The La Jara chronicle., 1909-06-18
/ #EVENTS OF THE WEEK /

Sduip OutlltS anu all KINDS OF
sporting goods at the Murphy
Newcomb Hardware store.
Don't forget to get one of those
Safety Deposit boxes Just received
by the La Jara State Bank.
Mrs. r. A. Flowers, accompanied
by her brother, August Hartzell,
is home from a southern trip.
d. G.. n. Raulstone is here again
looking after investments. present
and prospective, for his company.
Genuine peach brandy, for
medicinal, family or tishermen's
use. Guaranteed. At Club Saloon.
Wanted-All parties having wire
stretchers belonging to Murphy
Newcomb Hardware Co., to return
them AT ONCE.
Peaches are selling in Denver at
S15O piece. Almost as expen-
sive as the kind you get tagged
with marriage license.
The best insurance companies
are always the cheapest. Kavalec
represents about Is of the largest,
safest, and best companies in ex-
istance. See him.
Ralph Fl. Moore, bank cashier.
and r. G. Balaam, real estate
man, of Delhart, Texas, were here
the first of the week land looking
with ID. G.. HI. Raulston.
Get No. 3-A Folding Brownie
Camera-the new camera that tops
the Brownie class. Just the size
for post cards. Price, $40 Ellis
sells it, and all sizes of cameras
and supplies.
Frank McCunnitf has changed
his name to Electro and is practic-
ing the grocery business in Leroy
Wilson's store But his smile is
at least two bits worth short of
Electro's generous grin.
Lee ID. Price returned the first
of the week from trip to South
Dakota. He reports very poor
crops in western Kansas and Ne
braska but a good stand in the
eastern and central portions
The A NJ. Benge building OPP
posite The Chronicle office has
been rented by the Murphy-New-
comb Hardware Co. A car load
of farm wagons and a car of new
machinery have been stored there
in.
w. s. James, senior member of
the firm of James Bros, manu-
featuring jewellers of Alamosa, ac-
companied by Mrs. James, was in
town Sunday, arranging for further
investments in farm lands of this
vicinity.
Andrew Glenn and family and
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hendren left
Tuesday morning in two covered
wagons for trip through New
Mexico. They have a fine camp
ing outfit and expect to be away
two months or more.
f. w. Frewen, prominent
citizen of Denver, was in the city
Sunday and Monday. He is per.
fecting the organization of new
life insurance company and plac-
ing small blocks of its stock
throughout the state.
Joe Fleming shook the dust Of
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last Friday evening declaring he
would return no more, alas! Mon
day he returned by freight but
the same evening made fresh
start for verdant fields elsewhere.
And SO, to fill up the paper, some
thing always happens.
The Alamosa river was several
inches higher last week than for a
number of years. About "A inches
of water ran through the emer-
gency fumes at the Terrace reser-
voir. Near Capulin the water was
dangerously high and except for
the embankment built there this
spring by residents of Capulin,
the river might have overhowed
and done considerable damage.
The Capulin people put in $500
worth of work along the river this
spring.
Francisco Montoya, whose death
from an accidental gun shot wound
was reported at Los Cerritos
couple of weeks ago, is alive and
able to walk around little. After
living as one dead for two DAYS he