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The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
HISTORIC BUILDING SOLD.
Winchester Acquires Possession of
WashingtOn's headquarters.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Winchester, Va, Jan. B.-Washington 5
headquarters, the oldest and most his
toric building in the city, was to-day sold
at public auction by the Kutz heirs, the
owners, and the city of Winchester be-
came the purchaser. the consideration
being 81 400.
If present plans mature the historic
structure will be made a memorial build
ing 1t will be filed with interesting
relies of the revolutionary and civil wars,
and suitable tablets will tell the story Of
Gen. Washington's occupancy Of the
house, Of which ample proof exists.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
ocean steamships.

New York. Jan B-Anived out: Philadelphia
at Southampton; La Gascogne at HaTre; Koenigen
Luise. at Genoa Celtic at Liverpool.
Sailed from foreign ports; la TouTaine, from
Hayre; Campania. from Liverpool; st. Louis, from
Southampton KrocnlanG, from AntwsTpi President
Grant. frnm Hamburg.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
LANHAM BUYS DRUG STORE.
Takes Charge of Old Haley Phar-
macy on East Capitol Street.

Benjamin T. Lanham, for several years
a clerk in the Ogram drug store in Penn
sylvania avenue, has purchased the old
Haley Pharmacy at East Capitol and
Eleventh streets. He has assumed per-
sonai charge of the store, which will be
improved and enlarged.
The former proprietor has received an
appointment under the government serv-
ice.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
Navy Orders.

Lieut. T. L. OZBURN. detached Thornton, to com
mand Blakely.
Ensign c. A. RLAKELY. detached Bakely. to
command Thornton.
Carpenter r. MORGAN, detached naval station
Cavite to Cleveland.
Warrant Maehinist T. L. SHANNON. detached
Puritan. TO Bath, duty connection Chester, with
view 70 duty on board that vessel when commits
stoned.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

MOVEMENTS OF VEssELs-The following move
ments Of vessels have been reported to the Ba-
reau Of Navigation:
Auived-JanuaTy u, Potomec at Newport; Leoni-
das at Boston; Chicago at Acapulco.
Sailed-January IT, Potomac Hist Tarantula
Viper. aud Cuttlefsb from Newport for New
York Navy Yard; Eagle from Port au Prince for
Guantanamo.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
c0MGRESS Hall

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN
Under the dome Of Z. 5. Capitol. Washington's
newest and most thoroughly modern hotel. Largest
and most beautiful dining room in the city.
Table Hots Dinner SIS TO 8 .. n.
Orteestra. Elegant banquet rooms. European cafe.
Private diBingreoms for small parties White help
only.
s. 4. MANUEL Manager,
'Phsns Lincoln 1m. tsls,sA :. :
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19
PROVE EARTH MOVES
Professors Will Show ROta-
tiOn by Pendulum.
DEMONSTRATION AT NEW YORK

Two RepefitiOus Planned of Fou-
cault's Famous Experiment in the
Chapel of Columbian University.
RAN Suspended on Long Wire VIII
show that Earth RevOIyes On Axis.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

this change could never be included under
the aDpellatlon OF square deal"
Comparisons of C0nsulates.
He gives the following figures bearing
upon the reformed consular service:
SIX CoNsULATEs IN CLASS e-sALARY. 50 800.
10
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-12
! EVENTS OF THE WEEK {

now the fad
Cash paid for empty lard pals at
the Oliver meat market.
Hige Moss from the Empire dis
trict was in town yesterday.
Geo Oliver is building small
house on North Broadway for a
tenant.
Keep the best calves. They are
as good for the man who raises
them as for any one in the world.
FoR SALE-A western cottage
organ at the cost of only $40. Call
at this office. A discount will be
given for cash.
There will be service in All
Saints Episcopal church on We'd
nesday. June II, at 4 p. M, by the
Rev A. G. Harrison of Alamosa
The Masons of Alamosa are
making preparations for a grand
entertainment of the valley asso-
citation on st. Johns day, June "a.
Lost-Steel fishing rod, line and
reel, between Fox Creek and San
Rafel last week. Reward. w. G.
Spencer, Sanford, Colo.
Don't be deceived, Buy nothing
but American Field woven wire
fencing. 1t has the weight and
quality. The others are not in its
class.
E. j. Covert and R. Gains were
here this week from Garden City,
Kansas. Mr. Covert purchased
tract of land as an investment from
d. E. Newcomb.
Nine houses are now in process
of building in La Jara with plans
for several more under considera-
ton. No, not building boom,
just steady growth.
A. J, McGee of Garden City,
Kansas, who recently bought a
farm near Sanford, was an arrival
this week and it is understood will
become a permanent settler.
Henry Mullins of Alamosa and
l.. A, Norland Of La Jara. county
commissioners, went over to Cone
jos Monday to attend the regular
monthly meeting of the board.
Mrs Julia Driscol was an arri-
val Wednesday from Villa Grove,
driving down from Alamosa Mrs.
Driscol is the owner of the Hotel
La Jara building and will be here
two or three days.
The Home Lumber, Coal &
Grain Co., make speciality
of screen doors, 81 for the door
that usually sells for Sl.5O and
80 for the door that usually
sells for $500.
b J. w. Finney is home from a
trip to Taos and is not very favor
ably impressed with the country.
He says there is much good land
but very little water for any out
side of that owned by the Indians.
Elijah Kenworthy, who bought
s. K. Shirk's new house on the
Sanford road about two months
ago, was taken very sick imme-
diately upon his return to Lincoln,
Nebraska, but writes that he is
able to be up and around and will
move to La Jara MS soon as he can
gain little strength.
Miss Annie Newburgh returned
Monday evening from Santa Fe,
having had a thrilling experience
in wreck on the outgoing trip.
Thursday partially burned tres
tie derailed the two rear coaches,
including the one in which Miss
Newburgh was riding. The coaches
remained upright and, beyond a
severe shaking up, none of the pas
sengers were injured. All crowded
into the baggage car and continued
the journey, leaving the wrecked
coaches to be righted by the
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-12


addition to her home.
Wyman d. Knight of Chama
was at the Hotel La Jara Tues lay
Fine Screen Doors at The Home
Lumber, Coal and Grain Com
pany's for 81.
Romeo is enjoying building
boom and number of new houses
are going up.
!. }. Fl. Shemwell went to Denver
last Friday and returned Tuesday
morning.
E. Romero aud family of Capu-
lin were departures Wednesday
morning for Santa Fe.
DIR. Davis, dentist, of Alamosa,
will be in La Jara every Thursday
at Hamiltons drug store.
If you want IA good Key West
cigar. call at the Club saloon and
ask for La Flor de Lius Martin
ez- they're the stuff.
Mrs Harry Peterson was pas
senger on the west-bound train
Tuesday. She will visit her home
near Durango.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. ID. Eskridge
were arrivals from Denver the first
of the week. and will spend the
summer on the ranch.
p. s. johnson is having so many
calls for his window shade fixture
that it is impossible to supply the
demand, but he has made arrange
ments for IA quantity to be deliv-
cred in the near future.
Mrs. T. F. Gavin, accompanied
by her children. was an arrival on
yesterday mornings train. She
will visit at the home of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Judge McCun-
nitf, for about two weeks.
Frank Pursley visited his father
at Ojo Caliente, n. NJ, last week
and found him greatly improved.
Uncle Joe decided to remain at the
springs week a two longer in
hopes of complete recovery.
On account of the sudden
change in the train schedule last
Sunday several people missed the
westbound train this week. Re-
member the time is now 1925 a. m.
a half hour earlier than heretofore.
Wernette & Stanwood, dentists,
of Alamosa, will visit La Jara the
End and 4th Fridays and Satur-
days of each month. Office in
Ellis drug store. All work is
guaranteed to be perfectly salts
factory.
The MAX" store had largely adj
vertised an auction sale for this
week but the auctioneer was taken
sick and failed to arrive. 1t is said
a substitute has been secured, who
will probably arrive here today or
tomorrow.
The name of John Gerteisen, Jr.,
editor, now appears at the head
of the editorial column of the
Alamosa Independent journal.
The new editor pays high COM
pliment to Ira J. Bradford, whom
he succeeds.
The fire department held their
regular annual meeting last Mon
day evening but on account of the
unavoidable absence of a number
of the members the election of
officers was postponed and the
meeting adjourned until next Mon
day evening when it is hoped
there will be a better attendance.
County Surveyor Sampson, in
company with a party of gentle
men representing the state en-
gineer's Office, were making a pre-
liminary survey of the Sanford
road the first of the week. The
weak spots in the road where the
most work is naedad are now
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-12

American Field Fence is the only
woven wire fencing that will stand
the test. The Van Vechten Hard
ware Co. sells it.
Warm weather this week melted
the snow in the mountains very
rapidly and all streams are flowing
bank full Irrigation bitches are
full and running over and farmers
in every direction are watering
their crops.
The morning passenger train
from the east now arrives at 1876
"a half hour earlier that the old
schedule. The evening train from
the west now arrives at 7:OS in
place of 6:55 as formerly. The
change of time was made last
Sunday.
Two small boys, IA handful of
straw and match caused little
excitement at the Methodist church
Wednesday. The boys only wanted
to make small bonfire, but located
it dangerously near the chnrch. A
gentleman passing happened to
notice what the youngsters were
about just in time to prevent any
trouble.
The local ticket office sold
twenty-five tickets last Saturday
to Sanford people going to Salt
Lake The station and platform
that evening presented gay ap-
pearance, crowded with the merry
party and many friends and rela-
tives who had come to bid them
goodbye. Among those going to
Salt Lake we noticed Mr.. and Mrs.
j T. Crowther, Frank Crowther,
Clara Chandler, Mr. and Mrs.
James Rasmussen, Edgar johnson
and mother, Mrs. Nora Mortensen
and James Jensen.
A dull explosion last Friday,
followed by a smell of burning
powder in the air, mystiied La
Jara people for a while. Roy
Barnhard has been the owner of
seventy-two sticks of giant powder
for about two years. With age
giant powder separates into its
original elements and becomes
very dangerous-exploding some
times at a slight jar. John May
field accordingly took the powder
into the field near Bountiful and
set it off with a giant cap. A hole
was torn in the ground as big as a
small house and windows ratified
in La Jara.
Harry Lawton of Alamosa in his
automobile raced the train We'd
nesday evening seven miles from
Romeo to La Jara Passengers on
the train say it was very pretty
race, with honors even. Where the
road was level and straight the
auto forged ahead, and at times
was half mile in the lead, but a
rough place would oblige Mr..
Lawton to slow up and the train
would then take the lead. When
the tram slowed up at La Jara the
two were about even. The auto
sped on its way to Alamosa but the
train was delayed about 10 minutes.
The outcome at Alanosa is not
known.
Trout will not rise to fly early
in the season but must be baited
with white grubs or something of
that sort, principally because the
melting snow in the mountains
makes the streams more or less
muddy. While the tish's sight is
very sharp it is not keen enough
to see such a small object through
murky water. Many kinds of bait
are used but the most successful,
all round, every day kind is the
ordinary angle worm. A little
later in the season or by the first
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-12

Romualdo Ortiz of Capulin
made business trip to Denver
this week
Just received Three cars of
shingles. Seven more cars of lum-
Der coming next week. Chas.
Magnes.
John Langratf of Garden City,
Kansas, brother of Pete, was in
town Wednesday looking after land
matters.
Found-A fountain pen, which
owner can have by calling at this
Office describing property and pay
ing for this notice.
Emilio Girard and family of
Capulin returned Saturday even
ing from Pagosa Springs, after a
very pleasant two weeks visit.
Don't forget that the Club sa-
loon is the place where only the
highest quality of liquors and ci-
gars are sold. A square deaf' is
our motto.
The d. & r. G. has added a
Pueblo sleeper to the evening train
from Alamosa. Passengers to Pu-
eblo and the west can now remain
in their berths until 7:3O a. m. if
they desire,
Chas. lavender was out driving
Tuesday with his wife and Mrs.
Finney. Near Romeo the horse
took fright at some new-shorn
sheep beside the road, and, making
a quick turn, threw Charley out.
After running down the road half
mile the horse became tired and
stopped without doing further
damage. Mr.. lavender sustained
Il badly sprained arm, the liga-
ments of which were strained and
torn, but he anticipates he will be
all right in few days.
Station Agent Hatfield has much
faith in humanity in general and
his confidence in the honesty of
the population of La Jara is simply
colossal Tuesday he placed live
trout weighing a pound and half
in the public watering trough on
main street where it reposed for a
day or two the center of attraction
for all who passed that way. The
trout was of the eastern brook
variety and came from the private
pond of l.. A. Norland in the west
ern part of town.
The tunnel house. tram house
and other buildings at the Gold
King mine in the Silverton dis
trict were destroyed by fire last
Saturday morning. The smoke
was sucked into the mine and
three workmen in the bottom of
the shaft were cut off from es-
cape. A rescue party of sixteen
went to their relief and all were
overcome. A second party few
hours later brought all to the sur
face. Victor Erickson, one of the
original three, Peter McEnaney,
Ray Coburn, Axel johnson, A. W.
Burns and Gus Olson, five of the
first rescue party, were dead. The
others are in very bad condition
but will probably recover.
Fred Donegan, a well known
fireman on the Creede branch of
the d. e. R. G. attempted the life
of his wife and then killed himself
Friday night at his home in Ala
mosa. When Donegan came in
from his run he took his wife in
his arms pressed revolver against
her forehead and fired. Mrs.
Donegan threw her head back as
the gun went off and the bullet
made a harmless flesh wound in
the top part of the head. She fell
to the floor and her husband, think
ing her dead, shot himself through
the head, holding the revolver to
The La Jara chronicle., 1908-06-12
important NOTICE
TO THE PUBLIC!

THE HOME LUMBER, COAL AND GRAIN CO.,
of La lara, Colo, has recently purchased the most
complete and extensive stock of Lumber and Coal
ever bought by any firm in Southern Colorado or in
other part of the state outside of the large cities
paying spot cash for the same, thus enabling them
to make discount of 20 to 40 per cent below
competitors prices There has been slight drop
lin prices building material in the wholesale
market within the last 80 days which has helped
to lower prices and divide the profits with
patrons.
These unheard of low prices lumber and
building material cannot last long, stock is dis
appearing and we expect to raise prices building
MATERIAL July lst, while we will sell coal at these
prices until August 81.
There has not been, nor will there be- any drop
in coal except for storage purposes All coal
consumers know that is to impossible for the
retail dealers to coal for their customers through
the winter. By making purchases of from 1900 to
900 tons of Canon City Lump and Nut, and La Veta
Oakdale Lump and Nut at time and paying cash
for same, enables to sell coal for summer storage
at these unheard of low prices.
A WORD TO THE WISE IS SUFFICIENT
Coal consumers get your coal while it is plenty
and very cheap. We also have extra bargains to
offer in Anthracite, Mine Run, Blacksmith and Slack
Coal. Steam plow and threshing machine men can
do themselves good by seeing dropping
card before purchasing.
WE MEAN BUSINESS. GIVE US A TRY.
The HONE LUMBER,
COAL AND GRAIN co.
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Short Ways to Multiply

p APID multiplication is always a source of
~ pleasure and profit to the operator and
never fails to cause establishment in those
who do not know how it is done. Suppose
you wish to multiply two numbers of two
places each, such as 65 and 90. The product
can be written in one line by inspection as
follows: times are 40. Put down for
the right hand figure and carry A. Add and
8 and multiply the sum, 10, by 9, obtaining
70. and add 4. Put down for the next fig
ure, and carry 8. Multiply the o's and add
the and put down "A for the remaining num-
bers The product is therefore 4,42o. In
this case the tens are alike.
The same method may be used if the units
are alike. thus: What is the product of
Is times S.? Five times are IS. Put down
s and carry 2. Seven and are Twelve
times 5 are 90. Add ?. Put down and
carry 8. Seven times are IS. Add the and
write Al. The product is 4,I25.
The last illustration might be worked an
other way, since both of the right hand figures
are and the sum of the tens e yes an even
number. In such case, simply write IS for
the right hand figures, and for the remaining
figures write the product of the tens increased
by one-haf the sum of the tens.
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How to Find Week DAYS

A LIGHTNING method of telling the day
of the week for any date in the interval
from 1900 to 2o99 Is based on the method of
casting out the IS Four things must be
borne in mind in making the calculation: the
century, the year, the month, and the day ofthe
month. The number for the century is chosen
and must be memorized. If the year is between
1900 and 1890 inclusive, take 2 for the century
number; 1000 to 1900 Is o; 1000 to 1000 Is g..
The year number is found as follows: (I cast
the IS from the last two figures of the year;
i.e, divide the last two figures by and remem-
Der the remainder. CD Divide the last two
figures of the year by 4, neglectlng remanders.
Then add the final results of % and ca and
cast the IS from the sum- remembering the
remainder The remainder Is the year number.
The numbers for the months must be re-
membered. They as follows: January, I :;
February, !; March, 4; April, o; May, q;
October, /; November, 4; December. g. For
leap years January is o; February 8: the
rest the same. The numbers for the months
based the fact that if we start with the
first day of january on any day of the week
and call it I, February will be on the same
day as January 3; etc. The of course is
the same as with the cast out.
The day number is simply the day of the
month with the rs cast out Thus the 18th
Is called 1; the 3D. ?: etc.
Then add together the numbers for the cen
fury, Year, month, and day, and cast the IS
The remainder will give the number OF the
day of the week when Sunday is called 1.
To illustrate: What day of the week was
July o, 1873: The century number is ,. The
year number l. found thus (I) cast the IS
from IS, and the remainder is /; (2) 81 di-
vlded by 4 Is 10, neglectlng fractions; the sum
OF and O i 20. The month mum Der IS O. The
day number Is o. The sum OF ,. 20 O. and is
%. Cast the ;, and the remainder is O. which
Is the same as though it was :, or Saturday
" hat tiaN 81 tlt week Ert
1877, The century number is ,: the wear
number Is 10, or with the IS cast Is : the
sum OF the year and century mum bers with the
: 5 cast Is the month number is !, the div
number with the 5 cast is I. The sum is : :;
the day is Thursday.
What day II the week was January I, IqoS?
The century number is O the year number is ::
the month number is 0, since it Is leap year: the
day number is 1. The sum is j. OF Wednesday,
1t must be remembered that the Years
1900 and 1000 were not leap years; but the
year 1000 will be a leap year. Otherwise,
any Year exactly divisible bv =, is a leap wear
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WITH NUN B E R S

lowing method: If the
second remainder is less
than the first, the figure
erased is the difference
between the remainders.
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Quick Work in Fractions

SOME rapid results in squaring fractions may
- sometimes be obtained. If the mixed num-
Der containing the fraction ends with !, simply
square for the fractional part and multiply
the nteger by more than itself; thus, the
square of 81 is 724.
The same general method may be used in
multiplying fractions where the integral parts
are the same, provided the sum of the frac-
tional parts is Thus the product OF 95 and
90 IS 90 20.
Mixed numbers ending in !, when the inte
gers are not the same may be multiplied rap
idly by the following method: Multiply the
fractional parts, and for the integer of the prod
uct multiply the two integers together and
add to the product half the sum of the inte-
gers. Thus, 81 times y 2o4 If the sum
of the integers is odd number, call it
less to make it even, and change the to to
offset the change. Thus, a times i 5Sa
A Puzzle in Figures
SOME very amusing and puzzling tricks are
seen IN the following examples: Think OF
any number OF three more figures, divide
by Q, and name the remainder. Erase one
figure of the original number and divide bv
9, and name the remainder.
The number erased caa i'c tod ly the fol-
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between the remaInderS.
If the second remainder Is greater than the first,
the figure erased is equal to minus the differ
ence between the remalnderS. Thus :: Think OF
2S7. The remainder after dividing by 9, Is s.
Erase the q The remainder, when 81 Is divided
by 9, is g. The difference between and IS 2,
the figure erased If the had been erased, the
second remainder would have been G. The
difference between the and Is g. If the
had been erased, the second remainder would
have been I, which when subtracted from
gives a difference of 7, the number erased
Another Mystery
TAKE any small number: multiply it by :,
and multiply it also by 4. Square these
two products and add their squares. Extract
the square root of the sum, and divide by the
original number and the quotient will always
be 5. Thus think of 3. Three times are 9,
and :, times 4 are The square of is 81,
and the square of IL is IA. The sum of 81
and I44 is 22S. The square root of 225 Is IS,
which gives when divided by 3, the original
number. If the original number is first multi
piled by and 8, instead of by :, and 4, the
quotient will be 10 instead of s. If the original
number Is first multiplied by and instead
of by 3 and A. the quotient will always be IS.
If 10 and "a are the multipliers, the quotient
will be 90 etc.
A Problem in Digits
IF you take any number composed of two
the difference between this number and the
original number, either of the digits in the
remainder can be named when the other is
known. Thus, take the number o.. The re-
versed number is SO. The difference is II.
1t will be seen that the of the digits in
the difference is O. Hence, when one is known,
the other is easily found by subtracting the
known digit from O. This will be SO, matter
which dgts are taken for the original number
With 9's and SIS
CHOOSE any number, divide it by 9, and
- name the remainder. Multiply the
Der by some given number, divide the product
by 9, and the remainder can be told at once
Thus, suppose the other person chooses the
number 43. The remainder when divided by
9 is T. Tell him to multiply the original num-
Der, say, by 3 and divide by 9. The remainder
is of course 3. While he is performing the
operation, multiply his first remainder by the
3 and obtain Divide by 9, and you will
obtain the same remainder that he has when
the original number is multiplied by 3 and the
product is divided by 9.