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The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23

Ray Poulson returned to San
ford last Monday after IA two
months trip through Arizona,
California and Oregon.
Marshal Edwin Jones is slowly
improving in health, but is not
yet out of his sick bed.
Sven Peterson, the ex-mayor,
has been suffering from neuralgia
the early part of the week.
Mrs. Maria Nelson, was quite
ill the early part of this week, but
is now much improved in health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren Nelson are
rejoicing over the arrival. last
Tuesday of bouncing baby boy.
Lawrence Heisell from Manassa
with his mother-in-law, Mrs. Nor
gan, were in Sanford last Wednes-
day.
Philo Carter, who has been very
seriously ill with pneumonia for
two weeks, has taken turn for
the better.
VIM. H. Kirby, who has for
sometime been more or less of
an invalid is now very seriously
i'll with dropsy.
Besides the daily stage from
Sanford, an automobile now makes
connection with every passenger
train at La Jara.
Mrs. Sven Peterson with her
daughter. Della, will spend the
month of June in Utah, visiting
friends and relatives.
The quarantine was removed
yesterday from the family of John
w. Morgan, afflicted several weeks
ago with diphtheria.
Mrs. Lars Mortensen, who for
two months has been visiting her
daughter at Blackfoot, Idaho, is
expected home next Tuesday.
The La Jara river and its trib-
utaries are overlooking with their
mountain torrents. Crowds of
farmers have been summoned
daily to protect their farms lying
north of Sanford from the ravages
of the floods. Luckily the recent
cold spell has somewhat retarded
thawing of the mountain SHOWS
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23

Last Friday considerable work
was done by the citizens at the
forks of the La Jara and on that
day the river began to rise. 1t
soon developed that all the trouble
was not at the forks. The channel
of the river for half mile below
the forks has become SO choked
with willows and rubbish that not
more than half flow is permitted
in the river bed and the conse-
quence was that for space of
half mile the water overhowed
into the Arroyo. The water came
up in the arroyo until Sunday it
was within four inches of the high
water mark established three years
ago when the railroad tracks south
of town were flooded, In many
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23
Developing a New Empire.

N OTtlWeSt OF La Jhrd ABOUT ~
miles the traveller comes to the
edge of tract of ground embrac-
ing about 20 sections, very level,
but slightly higher than the sur
rounding valley. These are the
lands designed to be watered by
the Alamosa reservoir. Some of
it is state land and part is govern
ment land that has been filed on
under the various public land acts.
With few exceptions it is un-
improved but the owners are
rapidly getting it under fence.
The character of the soil is for the
most part sand and gravel loan,
good grain, potato and alfalfa land
as has been proven by the few
settlers on the tract who have had
water enough to plant crops. The
Terrace canal. which is designed
to irrigate about 10000 acres when
inv tIldNt ItSti VIII
has in past years afforded enough
water to irrigate IA few farms and
these have demonstrated that when
ample water is to be had the tract
will become as productive as any
part of the valley.
Up against the foot hills near
the intake Of the Terrace canal
f. l., Amber and S. X. Shirk
have established "A colony, com
posed of friends, mainly from the
neighborhood of their former
homes in Missouri. The settle
meut is about Is miles from La
lara and Mr.. Amber has just
completed the first house. IA roomy
bungalow. built on the California
plan, shiugled all over, roof and
sides. The house is lathed and
pIastercd, has ornamental doors
aud windows. and is handsome
and comfortable residence Mr..
Amber has built it nearly all by
himself this winter, living mean,
while in a tent pitched inside his
barn. He has found time to fence
his land, breakup a portion of it
and is now engaged in putting in
a crop.
MIR. Evans and family were
arrivals the first of the week from
Bolton. Mo. Their household goods
are on the road and Mr.. Evans
will put in a crop and build hear
Mr. Amber.
5. X. Shirk is putting in crop
there also and expects to be mayor
and postmaster of the town before
long.
Another arrival expected within
few days is J. w. Williams, who
is bringing through a big well
drilling machine. His machine
is capable of any sort of drilling
and by system of reducers
located at depth he makes flowing
wells out side the artesian belt.
Mr. Williams is interested in the
new colony and will try to secure
artesian water there.
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23
Progress on the Terrace Reser.
voir.
vOir.

VOlI.
A force of 80 or 40 men, which
is being almost daily increased, is
laboring hard at the Terrace reser-
voir to get the dam in shape to
withstand the great flood of water
that will pour over it within the
next few weeks. The cold snap
this week was great boon to the
men for last Sunday the tunnel
could just take care of the water
and one more day of warm weather
might have flooded the works and
done considerable damage. Three
temporary fumes have been built
ilto the dam to carry off the flood
water and the outlet end of the
tunnel has been enlarged to cor
respond to the intake end The
valves which control the flow of
water through the tunnel are
located at the bottom of a 80 foot
shaft midway between the intake
and the outlet. The outlet WIS
smaller than the valves with the
result that when the valves were
opened to their full extent the
water would back up around them,
fill the shaft and the valves could
not again be regulated until low
water period. 1t is thought that
this defect has now been remedied.
While the valves were closed and
the water shut off. miners would
enter the tunnel, drill and shoot a
round of holes. The miners work
ed while the reservoir above them
gradually filled to the safety line.
Then they retired and the water
was turned on until the reservoir
emptied This performance has
been repeated at regular intervals
of about 10 hours for several
weeks past.
During the years that the great
irrigation enterprise has laid idle
on account of the government rul-
ing adverse to all such things in
the Rio Grande water shed, con-
siderable damage has been done
by time and food. The outside
slope is nearly half gone The
tents, fumes, pipes, etc, are in
tatters. The inside slope to the
reservoir and the concrete core is
in fair state of preservation, but
there is really astonishingly little
to show for the 100000 or $4,000
said to have been expended there.
Since the government has with
drawn its ban and DIR. Porterfield
and his Iowa associates have taken
hold of the enterprise they have
accomplished enough to demon
strate that work from now on will
be carried on along practical lines.
They have thus far devoted their
energies to reclaiming and pre-
serving what has already been
accomplished and every man on
the job is "A worker. The flood
water season passed, the manage
IN mt will build about two miles of
high-line fiume and carry the con-
crete core up considerable
distance. The hydraulic system
o. washing material into the 6ll
will be continued it is said but not
much can be done in that line
before next year. Men and money
can move mountains and that is
what is needed at the big dam.
A mountain of gravel and sand
must be moved to make the big
fill, how long it will take to do it
is problem. The casual observer
would guess that about IA third of
the work has been completed.
Last Friday considerable work
| Voc ln,n h,, tln ,;t,,n,,, 80 tlo
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23
Money! Money! Money!!

Money to loan on good ranch
property, at lowest rates.
G. w. Spangler, Monte Vista, Colo
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 deal" is
our motto.
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23
Personal N e ntion
EVERYBODY'S MAG.

EVER 9BODY'S lag
AZHNE has come back to
town on a visit, after nearly
two weeks absence. He
says he hopes to stay quite
while with number of
the best families ; he brings
with him lot of new
stories-good ones /; his
health is much improved.
For SALE By
H. O. ELLIS
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23
Church Announcement. A

There will be Catholic service
at San Luis church, La Jara, next
Sunday, Apr. %. Holy commun-
ion at s a m., mass and sermon, at
10 "a. m, Sunday school at 2:30
p. m. Rev. AL Brucker, 5. j.,
Pastor.
Fresh fish, vegetables, meats,
candies. ALWAYS at q. G. divers.
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-23
Nobitue(
Constipation

floy begcrmorcnty overcome y proper
personal efforts r,th TIE oSs,stapcc
d the oqe truly ,eeneJs,e( (0aatise
rsHsdy, S,rSp o)Ees and Eidr 5Sspna,
tNb'ts aGiy SO thai assistance 10 no
tYre may DC gradually ,aisps"ssa~ahe
when no longer needed astae bssto}
remedies, when reqairea, oret to assist
nature and not 10 supplort the natm.
al functions, Which must depend ulti.
mately upon proper noueis|mect,
proper forts, and re eht living senerally.
,1osst lis benefeial effects. a'"~s
buy the genuine
Syup5EsssNElixu5semq
CALIFORNIA
FIG syrup Co. ONLY
SOLD BYALL LEADING DRUGGISTS
QUE sac only. regular price 5ot per Bottle
The labor world., 1909-12-18

&. WASHINGTON, Dec. secre-
tary OF War Dickinson has issued 8 an
order forbidding any officer SIS or em-
sploye of the war department from
pure hasing oil from the Standard Oil
company or any Of It's subsidiary, con-
Germs. II, ,atF II &. s.fs ii. t -
;T1h This action was taken as aSresult {
of the recent decree Of the 81 United
States Circuit Court for the Eastern
District Of Missouri, In which the
Standard OH company was declared
to- be q trust. III. I 5 sS h y; #
HE, Several IN onths ago Dickinson lai III
down the rule that officers ana en- 81.
ployes SOC the war d apartment should
not; pure hase supplies from concerns
which had been held by the court Rs
be trusts This rule was first III !
svoked against the tobacco trust.
81 The ord er against the Standard oil
COMPANY 5however j is srnuch larger III
Sits. scope and plies to all purcl1as-
ing officers, not only siin every corps
Sof the army, but also On the canal
sconnnission AM other civil branches
559f 5l9{If tae depa m Il
The labor world., 1909-12-18

Z Pick. up the New York World and
you will see four big advertisements:
tSwitehmen wanted -
p. Three large employment agencies
have been given orders to get men to
break the strike of the railway work
'ers in the Northwest.
I The ads are display ads. :. Good
wages are promised with free board
and transportation. !
we ship today'' says one of the
ads : come, ready for work. -
An editorial IN the same paper COM
ments upon the. seriousness of rail-
way strike. It shows the effect upon
other industries and points out that
the public is the chief sufferer. 1t
then draws moral
What the railroad mems increased
wages might mean to them or to: the
railroads, is,'' the editor says, "a
TRIFLE compared with the cost Of a
strike to the people Of communities in
no way responsible for the dispute" "
In the same paper a news article is
printed showing that plenty of 'scabs''
are being employed and that the men
are sure to be defeated, - 7
~ Nearly every big paper in the coun-
try is printing practically the same
matter. Millions of readers are today
being induced to lend their efforts to
the defeat Of the striking switchnen.
Hardly a word is printed as to the
Justice of the mems demands. Nobody
The labor world., 1909-12-18

can discover what Isl the cause, Of the
trouble and few*will get the truth con-
cernlng the mems position. 4sl:
+ This Isl but al sample spf the power.
ful machine that Isl set IN action to
crush strikes, It ism more powerful
machine than the MAnufaetnrers'-RAs- AS
sociation. a million lars would be
needed. to buy the pace now being
used in the newspA for the Ipur-
pose Of DEFEATING = handful OF
striking workers: sssss:..s 4; = ,> 4. # .G ].
Yet ten union. m en- will support the
World and other pltalist newspapers
to one that will support this paper.
They keep the capitalist papers alive
day by day with: tn eirsth houghtless pen
nies. As readers they are capitalized
and their patronagess sspld to advertise
ers. They are the richest asset of the
big capitalist dailiesss s#s = 49,.
We know that thi4 4paper.. is poor,
weak. struggling thins and that It de-
mands some sacriicK SO buy this pa
per, instead of a much bigger one.
We know that itssltrnited staff and
means cannot: produce a paper of the
bri1liancy and shoWs of large. metro
politan dailies. NeVertheless we know
that If union men buy papers which
are using all 1heirsefforts to break
strikes they are simply aiding the en-
eny. They are helping to build UP
papers that: print ads or news Or edi-
torials to crush their own revolt. They
are creating a giant that will one day
The labor world., 1909-12-18
WOMEN C0REMAKERS ::
! PROVE. PROBLEM FOR
UNIONS OF BOSTON

: Boston, Mass, Dec. 17.-The in
crease in the employment of women
in the heavy work Of coremaking and
in coremaking shops of the iron foun-
dries Of Greater Boston has reached a
point where action by the union is
necessary. Whether to organize the
women or oppose their employment
Will be considered. Women, mainly
Polish and italian, have been rapidly
replacing the men at one big Cam
bridge foundry, it is stated.
8 At the time of the Industrial depres-
sion in 1907 lower paid women began
to Idisplace men and boys at some of
the lighter work. At that time the
foundry had 70 journeymen, s16 ap-
prentlces and helpers and about 80
women. Today, it was stated, the
force there consists of more than 100
women, 10 journeymen and or 10
apprentices, boys and laborers. The
women, it is stated, work on the core
making floor under the cranes, even
on the heaviest molds, and while
sometimes assisted by laborer, more
frequently themselves turn over the
heavy boxes to the cranes. 81.
1t is said that many of the women
employed at the work, especially a
mans occupation, are married, in
many cases the husband and wife
both working in the plant, sometimes
side by side. .'-', -. ! ;, ~,
The labor world., 1909-12-18
HIRED THUGS BEAT. :
!. !. !. LEADER OF STRIKE

=, New York, Dec. IL. 7.-Joseph Te-
cholz. president Of the striking Win
dow Cleaners was lured by a tele-
phone call to q saloon at 1S0 Suffolk
street and on entering a back room,
where he was invited TO sit down, was
attacked BY four thugs. z; 3 @5,1,'<,
Il :% Techolz put up a. fierce fight and It
was some time before his assatlants
could pound him %insensib1e. H. = 8 In :,
,s23.. 34 .'WE When he recovered he found him
sch, bound to a chair and his cries
for help were answered BY. a woman
living over. the room. III 55.. ( + 81
s3s3 IL He is now, under the doctors care
and and will be confined to- HIS bed for
several days. - jS$ s5$ Rs :.
Such IS, methods as this employed by
i !, the a boss window cleaners are rapidly
4 turning r+nlling sentiment toward the strik-
ers. M s51ss 3, Il. 81 4.
Il 'Tecllol case SIS Sonly one of: several
sssiEmilar Ct assau ults that have taken place
since ne as decIared
The labor world., 1909-12-18
CLAY TRADES, COMBINED, !.
LAUGH AT EFFORTS TO :
DISRUPT ORGANIZATION

East Liverpool, Ohio, Dec. IT,
'For the coming year special work
WIN pc carried on In Ohio, Indiana,
illinois, Texas and the Pacific Coast
oy representatives of the International
Br1ck. Tile and Terra Gotta workers.
Alliance, with the purpose Of increas-
ing the membership Of that organiza-
tion.< ,1sI ,.,a.>~. : q
The work of the Alliance has deysl-
oped a wonderful union spirit among
the different nationalities engaged IN
tne industries which have clay as
'at ,ne1r oas's' The efforts to create dis.
'ntesrat1ns influences such as have
succeeded in the steel industry have
been defeated by combined union act
iivity.1 ~ .l''E,. - : - -
The labor world., 1909-12-18

Immense Progress Has Been Made
/. in Union Work and overtures
to Other + Federati Are Now
Being Made. . %,*.S=. il

]. Y Few people on this North American
continent realize the Immense prog
resss that is being made IN the rep,lib-
lies y south &C Of US In the way Of labor
Organization. .%s 3, :.., & g il. q {:
V, V, There the ,llaboring classes have fol-
lowed the example of the capitalists
and organized their forces During
the past yea- there has been an In
creasing number Of strikes, some OF
them Of considerable proportions. For
example, in tBuenos Ayres the whole
city was paralyzed for week recently
by a general: strike, in which every
body ceased work and hardly a wheel
turned. ~ ,@3$ ,1 >+s7< -. ~; 4
F.-: Again, when war was imminent be-
tween Brazil and Bolivia and threat
ened to complicate Argentina the la
Dor organizations issued proclan1a-
tions against theirs several govern
Sments and declared that the first gun
fired would be the signal for general
strikes that would paralyze the coun-
tries involved in the controversy.
The latest move on the part Of the
American. workers is to form con-
#SA1ASAAk1A' ACACA 0t1OAl. II Will embrace
mechanics, laborers, miners, farmers,
etc, Of all the principal countries.
The promoters include natives, Ital-
ians, Germans, Frenchmen, Spania ards
and other, Europeans who have set
tied in South America during the past
decade. They frankly announce their
determination to raise wages and re-
.duce hours of labor, thus destroying
cheap. production and the underselling
OF labor in other parts Of the world. &.
h The next step will be to enter a
worlds federation with the organized
workers Of North. America, Europe
and Australia It is isAsexpected that
next year delegations from the South
American ne workingmen3sw will, visit II the
United States and Europe to gather
information and perfect plans for the
proposed International alliance, Z Z
t 1T Correspondence has already passed
between the South American workers
and the international labor bureau At
Brussels, as well as North American
representatives, with j a view toward
the contamination 1of the worlds labor
federation within q year. ,.s5 ssst Isl 81 jsf.. :4
The labor world., 1909-12-18
This With Anti Injunction Statute
Fight: Will Keep Federation
" Officials Busy During Coming
Session Of Congress.

Washington, Dec. 17.-When. cons
gress considers the Wickersflan1 pro-
posals, for amending: the Sherman
antitrust law this winter, another in
ststent demand will be made by the
American Federation of Labor to in
corporate clause clearly exempting
labor and trade unions from its oper-
ations. This measure, together with
the anti-injunction law, are the two
things that organized labor will fight
hardest for this winter, according to
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation. =
There is no doubt when the Sher-
man law was passed there was no
idea that it should include the work.
ingmen in its operation" said Mr..
Gompers today. "Its passage was
brought about by public indignation
against the trusts that preyed upon
the people. But the supreme court
of the United States has declared that
1t applies equally to organizations for
workingmen, banded together for
their mutual benefit and we must ap-
peal from that decision to the people.
"As it now exists, the Sherman law
Is but a replica of the ancient anti
coalition laws, under which every or
ganization of the people was distrust-
ed and their liberties destroyed II
the right of the workers to associate
themselves for their common good. is
denied, a new era of benighted life
would be inaugurated. '.,' /
Several so-called anti-injunction
laws have been introduced in, con
gress, but the officials of the fedora
tion are suspicious of them. r.<,
"The writ Of 4njunction has been Sc
perverted that it has become an in.
strument of judicial tyranny, and it is
now welded solely for those who not
only possess wealth, but arrogate
power in order to hold the mass .o1
workers in subject1on.'' "a.
The labor world., 1909-12-18
STRIKE WHEN THEIR !.
{ CO)|M|RA|D|] |. n R IS | J PLACED I. |.
: !. 0h THE BLACKLIST

IT, Philadelphia, Dec. Forty-six
cutters and trimmers employed In the
clothing manufacturing company of
Arnold & Louchein. went on strike
this week and before their troubles
are settled 1T Is probable that hum
dreds of others will join them. @
e According to the strikers, one OF the
men who worked with them resigned
short time: ago and obtained en-
ployment with another clothing es-
tablishment. He had been there
scarcely. a week before he was dis
charged, and, according to the strik-
>ers, Arnold & Louchien were respon.-
sible for the man losing his position.
To show their sympathy for the dis
charged man the forty-six cutters and
trimmers struck. s! s- 49,.
The labor world., 1909-12-18
BROUGHT IN GREEKS
IN PLACE OF SHOE. ). !.
III :.
CUTTERS ON STRIKE

Rochester, N. Y, Dec. 1.-THE
striking shoe cutters here are out
against the firm of Dugan & Hudson,
who, it is said, are importing scabs
to take their places. .-.'
'The cutters went on strike for bet-
ter conditions and are making a good
stand" says one of the union off,
cials. "The firm belongs to the Man.
ufacturers' Association and through a
detective agency in New York Ar
menians and Greeks are being brought
in. The firm pays these men SIS a
week: then they go to Sol Vile, the
lawyer for the association, and get IS
more, making $40 in ALL"
The strikers are warning shoe cut
ters to keep away from the locality
until the present dispute is settled.
The labor world., 1909-12-18
Denver. UN|0N|STS
RALLY. TO SUPPORT !.
OF LAUNDRY. ! GIRLS

=, DENVER, Dec. 17.-Labor unions
throughout the city are coming to the
aid of the laundry girls, who are
opening a vigorous campaign for
shorter working hours and better
working conditions. %',-. >>..5s 3.s.>, a
il The Typographical. union has voted
to assist the laundry workers in every
possible manner, so long as they could
do SO without throwing the sorganiza-
tion in danger of prosecution under
the boycott law. The letter recently
sent out by the. State Federation Of
Labor, naming the laundries that are
considered unfair TO the laundry girls
was, read at the meeting, but the union
refused tovapprove it because it might
be considered in the nature of a boy
colt. -. 49,, 4 = T.,
This letter has been mailed by Sec
retary w. T.. Hickey Of the State Fed
GRAFTON to every union in the city, with
a request that each union give the
girls whatever assistance it can in
their fight. .*zS ...,4.' Z
r. Thesstate federation will follow the
first circular with a, number Of others,
urging all union men and their friends
to. support only <laundries which are
recognized as fair Ito the laundry
workers. F5g +, e' ISi5 IN.
The labor world., 1909-12-18

destroy them. /, &St 5#::, IS ..::s t. IL; :.
The switchmen have got a hard
battle before them. Every power that
money can command will be used
against them and zunf drtunately 1t Will
not only be the power of the bosses.
but the power OF the workers also. II
the switchmen lose, 1t will be partly
because the rWorkmen help papers
such as the World, lend their money
and patronage to an enemy which at
such times as these keeps the work
ers misinformed and uses Its machin-
cry to crush their strikes. &
The capitalist, alone, would be help
less. But with the aid Of unemployed
workmen, of union patronage of the
capitalist press, the switchmen have a
fierce battle to fight. n: = E q I. / Ss.1 1z.
This paper will do what it can to
help the: men. II all union mem sup
ported us we could do ten thousand
times what we, do now If our press
were really the press of the workers
and were loyalty; supported by the
workers. that alone might be enough
to: turn the tide in favor of the men
in every great strike. IT,. ~. ..
Here's to the switchmen. Here's
success. to those brave and fearless
men now in battle. What little help
we can give is yours. The much that
we would like: to give must wait until
the workers for whom this paper Is
published make of: it the power It
should be.-Robert Hunter in New
should be. - |.t"