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The La Jara chronicle., 1909-04-02

w. III. Duncan and wife were
arrivals Thursday, from Wichita,
Kan. Mr. Duncan bought so acres
west of town last fall and now
comes with the intention of build
residence in town and making
his home here. He is now seeking
suitable building lots. Mr.. Price,
a brother-in law of Mr.. Duncan,
and a carpenter and builder, is
expected to arrive Sunday to take
charge of the building.
DIR. Schenck wishes to announce
that he has recovered from his
recent illness and that the quaran-
tine has been removed. The
premises have been thoroughly
disinfected and fumigated and
friends and patrons may now
resume friendly and professional
calls with perfect safety. The
doctor and family wish to thank
their friends for their kindness
through sickness and quarantine.
A faced calf was brought
to La Jara to-day by Pete Peterson
west of town. The faces were per
fectly formed growing out of IA
common head little larger than
natural size. Each face had two
eyes the outer ones perfectly form
ed and the inner eyes squinted "A
little. Each face had normal
car and enjoyed one in common
which was not much developed.
The calf drank milk from a spoon
through both mouths but was too
discouraged to stand up. 1t could
not even lift its head but would
try. Walter Seyfer bought the
curiosity and one of the Shaw
croft boys took it over to Richfield
and will try to keep it alive.
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Vote the Citizens Ticket.

A switch in time may avoid a
wreck.
The two faced calf should be
adopted as the emblem of the
Peoples Party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Haffy of Del
Norte are guests at the home of
d. E. Newcomb.
Dan Newcomb came in from
Denver Monday where he is attend
ing the University to spend a
weeks vacation at his fathers
ranch.
Over in Alamosa they have not
had town election for several
years but the beautiful level
streets and broad cement walks
testify to the competency of the
officials.
Interest in the town election
of next Tuesday increases as the
time draws near. The record of
the past administration is written
and there is no need to review it
here. With the candidate at the
head of the Peoples ticket in the
mayors chair there will be little
difference in the administration
of the future from that of the past.
The present mayor will still hold
the reins and guide the destiny
OF the town up and down broken
sidewalks and across graveled
streets, that is until the gravel has
disappeared under the refuse of
the street. On the other ticket
is a man, Leroy Wilson, who takes
pride in his town, whose well kept
lawn, and house, and store speak
volumes in his favor He has long
been the prime mover and at the
head of the leading financial
Institution of the town, the La
Jara Building and Loan Asssocia-
ton, an institution which has been
and still is greater force in the
upbuilding of the town than all
others combined, not excepting
the honorable mayor and board of
town trustees. He is believer in
the policy of fair dealing, live and
let live, advancement and reform.
The balance of the Citizens ticket
is made up of safe, sane and con-
servative men whom you all know.
There is hardly a voter in town
but what would gladly intrust any
one of them with the administra-
ton of his personal affairs were
he suddenly called away. 1t fol-
lows then that they may well be
trusted with public affairs.
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BEVENTS OF THE WEEK !

Monday, last chance to register.
Blue Stone at La Jara Drug Store
J. l.. Rivera was in town Thurs
! day.
Go to Wilson's for laces and
embroidery.
Eggs For Brown Leghorn.
Enquire of Mrs VIM Neff.
q. G. Oliver now keeps fine
supply of fresh fruit on hand.
You can save money by buying
lace and embroidery at Wilson's.
Fomaldehyde for treating seed
grain at the La Jara Drug Store.
Try King Cole Cigars, they are
top notchers, at the Dewdrop Inn.
What most increases anger is
the feeling that one is in the
wrong.
Rob't A Austin returned from
Denver last Saturday and went out
to the ranch
Mrs. HI. O. Ellis and son were
arrivals from Pueblo Wednesday
for few days stay.
Amy B. Poulson, teacher of piano,
will give lessons in La Jara and
vicinity. Address her at Sanford.
Just received largest and finest
assortment Of laces and embroidery
ever shown in La Jara. Leroy
Wilson.
Mrs. G. H. Wilder and daughter
returned Monday from Denver,
where they left Mr. Wilder greatly
improved.
Strayed-Light buckskin mare,
wearing new halter Formerly own
ed by Ellidge at Los Cerritos. Re-
ward return to j. A. Watson, LaJara
Scandalous Chas., the paint
man, paints anything from a coal
shed to a state capitol Plans and
estimates furnished on application.
A. E. Williams departed for
Taos, N. NJ, Monday, where he
has quantity of surveying which
will keep him occupied for several
months.
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Plenty of Money to Loan.

We are in the farm loan business.
Any amount, secured on Conejos
county irrigated land on 5 and 10
years time. See me for terms and
rates. THos. MCCUNNIFF.
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Hats at Wilson's
overcome.

Mrs. Brooks, of Alamosa, will be
at Leroy Wilson's store Saturday,
April Bird with line of Ladies'
Hats, flowers and trimmings. All
the latest spring styles. Be sure
and come in and get your new hat
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val thiS hioiiiuS lIolli SiIdllld.
Dr. Davis, dentist of Alamosa.
will be in La Jara every Thursday
at Hamilton's drug store.
For fresh COW, 10 quarts a day.
For seed oats-white. and seed
potatoes, see s. K. Shirk.
. Spring is now here. You will
want garden seed. l have the west
ern seed in bulk. Leroy Wilson.
Miss Laura King returned from
Grand Junction the first of the
week having had a very pleasant
trip.
Wednesdays train west bound
got off the track near Durango.
No one was hurt but traffic was
delayed "A bout II hours.
Parties found hunting on the
Flintham ranch, with or without
licenses will be prosecuted. By
the Game Warden.
When looking for friend you
can almost always find him at the
Club saloon because it is "a nice,
quiet place to spend an hour or two.
E. W. Phillips of Mulvane, Kan,
was a visitor in town this week to
meet his son-in-law, w. HI. Dun
can of Wichita, who owns a farm
west of town.
W. F. Middleton and l.. p. Penn
berton came home Monday from
two weeks stay at Clark mineral
springs, Pueblo, and are feeling
fine and dandy.
An Alamosa editor was out duck
hunting the other day and says
he saw some white geese. Must
have been some of the white robed
angels on the Peoples ticket
gone astray, brother Stewart.
Some little boys came into The
Chronicle office few weeks ago
and were boasting as young folks
are inclined to do, some older
folks, too, in fact. One little boy
said, my papa takes the La Jara
paper" The other little boy said,
"My papa takes the Alamosa
paper" $50 do we take the Ala
mosa paper" replied the first little
freckled face youngster and he
lisped tritie, that it'll we don't
egg-thactly take it, but we trade
our La Jara paper to Mr.. Ormond
for hith Alamotha paper"
Every Saturday afternoon in the
future beginning tomorrow there
is to be a public sale on the streets
of La Jara. S. X. Shirk the well
known auctioneer has arranged for
a kind of stock show and exchange
market to which anyone may bring
horses, cattle, tools, furniture, etc.
to be sold at auction to the best
bidder. A number of vehicles,
sets of harness, and many other
articles have been secured for the
first days sale. Anybody needing
anything about the house or farm
can very likely pick up bargain
at the Saturday afternoon sale.
The income of the town of La
Jara is derived, $1,000 per year
from liquor licenses, about 500
per year from police court fines,
about $3.50 from road tax, and a
few other licenses, and the dog
tax, amounting in all to about
81 ,25O, roughly speaking. Quite
a tidy little sum. Enough to re-
pair the cross-walks and put in
some new ones, look after the
trees and line things up generally |
and keep them so. These duties
may be safely intrusted to the
gentlemen on the Citizens Ticket,
who will work in perfect harmony
for the good of the town. How
and improbable is dis
cord in Legislative bodies is well
by the Seventeenth
asseubl which is about TO
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-15
The Happiest.

In the smoking-room of the Finland,
discussing June wedding, Andrew
Carnegie said:
And thank goodness 1t wasn't an
international marriage, though the
bride did have Is millions.
Not" appended Mr.. Carnegie, that
l object to international marriages
wherein the two parties are good and
honorable and well matched. But so
many of these marriages are like one
that Boston cynic described to
me.
WAS it happy marriage?' asked
this Bostonian.
"'Oh, quite said he. The bride
was happy, her mother was over
joyed. Lord Lacland was In &c
stacies, and his creditors, l under
stand, were in state of absolutely
endless and uncomfortable bliss
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TO SERVE AS SURPRISE DISH.
Combination That Is Known as
italian Cheese ls Appetizing
and Healthful.

Chop one pound of veal, IL pounds
of calfs liver and half pound Of
ham, all uncooked. Before chopping
the liver cover 1t with boiling water
for five minutes and dry 1t.
Add two tablespoons chopped pars-
ley, one teaspoonful salt. one-half tea
spoonful pepper. dash of cayenne.
half teaspoonful of powdered sage
and one small, grated onion. Mix
well. Grease a plain mold well with
butter, press the meat tightly into 1t,
cover and steam or boil three hours.
When the lid Is removed you will
find that the meat has shrunk. leav-
ing an inch of space partly filled with
liquid, carefully remove this liquid,
put 1t into saucepan on the fire, add
to 1t one-fourth of box of gelatin
(Which should have been covered with
cold water and soaked half an hour)
and sufficient water to fill the space
and cover the meat.
Stir until the gelatin is dissolved
add salt and pepper to taste, pour
back into mold, around the Cheese"
and set away to cool. Turn out of
the mold, when cold, and cut into
thin slices. If properly made the
meat should be encased in jelly.
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KEEPS THE BOTTLES SWEET.
Simple Scheme Of Housewife That
Seems to Promise Much In the
Line of Results.

To keep bottles perfectly sweet, es.
pecially those which contained milk,
requires more than careful washing,
they should also be we'll aired and
drained
One ingenious housekeeper has hit
on novel plan which has much sim
plified her bottle washing. She had a
narrow board about three inches wide
nailed to the outside of kitchen
window that had sunny exposure.
At intervals along the length of the
board were made screw holes just big
enough to hold child's drum stick
the bottom of which was likewise pre-
pared for screwing, This could be
done at home by anyone slightly
skilled in tools. but carpenter would
charge little for it. The drum sticks
were painted white, with a coat of
enamel, so they could easily be kept
clean.
When bottles were to be aired the
sticks were screwed in the holes SC
they stood upright and bottle, first
cleaned in hot soda water, was turned
upside down on each stick to drain,
and sun.
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A Good Cake,

Two cups of butter and two cups of
sugar, creamed; six eggs, well beaten;
one cup sirup, one cup good brandy:
one nutmeg, one teaspoon cloves,
three of cinnamon, two of soda, three
of baking powder; grated rind of two
lemons, juice of one; one tablespoon
of vanilla, one Of lemon extract; two
pounds of best raisins. one of sui
tanas, two cups of walnuts, one of cit
ron, one of orange peel, one of figs,
one of dates, one of preserved straw
berries drain off the juice; five cups
of flour sifted with the soda and bak-
ing powder Prepare the fruit the
day before making; cut the figs and
dates fine with the scissors; also the
raisins, and be sure there are no seeds
left in them; shave the nuts with a
sharp knife and the citron and orange
peel as fine as possible. Dredge the
fruit with flour and add Just before
putting in the oven. which must be
hot at first and then moderate. Bake
in two loaves, and ice.
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A dull red flush was distinctly visi.
piled to my question.
"Im not native, you know. I was
here for bit last year, and liked IL;
so when I had chance to buy an is
land. house and all, | jumped at It.
But I'm not wise about my neighbors.
| do know that this cottage was oc-
cupied last summer, and | heard the
people were very unsocial and never
received guest or entered the village
while they were here; and, of course,
there were stories. Gossip fiourishes
on a mystery, you know"
We'll" | returned, 81 don't care how
mysterious the former tenants were,
but I'm glad they did not come back.
Perhaps they were in mourning. or in
valids. or something of that sort"
mo doubt" he agreed hastily; mo
doubt"
And then we changed the subject
and talked of other things till the
sound of voices and laughter told me
Elizabeth and Gabrielle we're return
ing from the village. They brought
Lady Edith and Lord Wilfrid both
home with them to dinner, and 1t was
not difficult to persuade Mr.. Bennett
to stay also, so we had the first of
some very merry repasts, where
morning costumes were allowed, and
where Mary Anne, to quote her own
words. 'dished up hanything that
came andy and prayed the Lord 1t
would be enough"
That night / asked Gabrielle to look
in her bag and give me my side
comb; but she found that 1t was not
there, and that our picture also was
missing.
I'VE will ask for 1t the next time we
see him." remarked Elizabeth. Il don't
think 1t is very nice in him to have
taken 1t out"
"Oh, no." objected; don't say
anything about 1t. / don't want to
give him the satisfaction of knowing
we missed It,"
And we all agreed that this was our
most dignified course.
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CRAZE FOR TlTLEL HUSBANDS.
cynlca Bachelor criticizes Aims Of
Average Rich American Mother.

"'Not only an English earl but an
Italian prince and German count
proposed to my daughter while we
were abroad, but
THAT is the sort of thing, said a
cynical bachelor, that we hear on all
sides from the average rich mother on
her return from Europe What does
it denote? Why, hang it. it denotes
that the average American mother
feels actually ashamed nowadays II
her daughter doesn't marry into no.
BILE foreign family. To marry into the
foreign nobility is the correct thing to
do. and the girl who doesn't land
duke or a count or something feels
ashamed. and her mother feels more
deeply ashamed still
II don't want to boast, but, consider
ing the quality of us American men,
| think it's terrible than American
heiresses only marry us as a last re-
sort when they are ashamed Of heir
failure to get a duke or marquis.
If you think I'm eXaggerating, lis
ten to the shamefaced mothers of mar
riageable daughters who have returned
from Europe without a title in tow.
Like parrots they say nothing but:
Yes. Prince Petit and Lord Lac
land and Count Sage all proposed to
Mamie, but"
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ORIGIN
OF a Famous Human Food.

The story of the great discoveries
or inventions is always of interest.
An active brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack of bodily
strength and vigor and could not carry
out the plans and enterprises he knew
how to conduct, was led to study va
rious foods and their effects upon the
human system. In other words, be-
fore he could carry out his plans he
had to find a food that would carry
him along and renew his physical and
mental strength.
He knew that food which was a
brain and nerve builder (rather than
mere fat maker) was universally
needed. He knew that meat with the
average man does not accomplish the
desired results. He knew that the
nerve centers is made from Albumen
and Phosphate of Potash obtained
from food. Then he started to solve
the problem.
Careful and extensive experiments
evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famous
food. 1t contains the brain and nerve
building food elements in condition
for easy digestion.
The result of eating Grape-Nuts
daily is easily seen in marked sturdi.
ness and marked activity of the brain
and nervous system, making it a
pleasure for one to carry on the daily
duties without fatigue or exhaustion
Grape-Nuts food is in no sense a
stimulant but is simply food which
renews and replaces the daily waste
of brain and nerves.
It's favour is charming and beinG
fully and thoroughly cooked at the
factory it is served instantly with
| cream.
The signature of the brain worker
spoken of, C, w. Post, is to De seen on
each genuine package OF Grape-Nuts
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, 1.-THE Road to Wellville.'
There's a reason"
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DREADFUL DANDRUFF.
Girls Head Encrusted--Feared Loss
of All Her Hair--Baby Had Milk
Crust - Misslonary's Wife Made
Two Perfect Cures by cutlcura.

"For several years my husband
was a missionary in the Southwest.
Every one in that high and dry at
mosphere has more or less trouble
with dandruff and my daughters scalp
became so encrusted with it that l
was alarmed for fear she would lose
all her hair. After trying various rem
edles, in desperation bought cake
of Cuticura Soap and a box Of Cuti-
cura Ointment. They left the scalp
beautifully clean and free from
dandruff, and am happy to say that
the Cuticura Remedies were COM
plete success. / have also used sue
cessfully the Cuticura Remedies for
so-called 'milk-crust on babys head.
C,lticura is blessing. Mrs. ]. A..
Darling, 80 Fifth st., Carthage, Ohio.
Jan. 20, 1905"
Potter Drug Chem Corp. Sole Props, Boston.
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lcopyrieht, igol, by o. Lippineott COB
SYNOPSIS.

rhree girls Elizabeth. Gabrielle and
summer there. on board steamer they
were frightened by an apparently dement,
ed stranger, who finding a bag belonging
to one of them, took enjoyment In scru-
tini4ing n photo of the trio. Elise shared
her stateroom with a Mrs. Graham, also
hound for Canada. The young women on
n sightseeing tour met Mrs. Graham,
n mania for sailing. They were intro
Siuced to Lord Wilfrid and Lady Edith.
A cottage by the ocean was rented by
ebe trio for the summer. Elizabeth
2earned that a friend of her fathers was
TO call. Two men called. one OF them
being the queer-acting stranger on the
steamer. The girls were mot at home"
but discovered by the cards left that one
of the men was Elizabeths fathers
friend The men proved TO be John c.
EBfskc and Gordon Bennett The party
wEss told of the search for smugglers In
Ehe vicinity of the cottage. Elise visited
Mira. Graham to find that her life was
not the happiest Che learned that the
GrahaIns and Lady Edith were acquaint-
ed a wisp of yellow hair from Mr.. Ora
hams pocket fell into the hands of Elise.
n storm the young women heard n crash
I'm the basement of the cottage and mo-
nent later Mary Anne. their woman serv-
&nt- entered, her arm bleeding To as
sure them there was no danger, Mary
Anne descended to the basement alone
and quleted their fears. Lady Edith told
the girls of a robbery of jewels at the
gems. she left them In safe at the cot
tage. Mr.. Gordon Bennett was properly
introduced, explained his queer actions
yrtur'ned the lost bag
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and made me feel like a new person,
and it shall always have my praise"
Mrs. w. p. VALENTINE, 902 Lincoln
Avenue, Camden, N. j.
Gardiner, Me, 60 was q great suf-
ferer from a female disease. The doc
tor said L would have to go to the
hospital for an operation, but Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound COM
pletely cured me in three months" -
Mrs. s. A. WILLIAMS, r. i. ID. No. Ia,
Box 80, Gardiner Me.
Because your case is difficult one,
doctors having done you no good
do not continue to suffer without
giving Lydia i. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound trial. 1t surely has cured
many cases of female ills, such as in.
flammation, liberation, displacements,
fibroid tumors. Irregularities, periodic
pains, backache, that bearing-down
feeling, indigestion, dizziness, and ner-
yous prostration. 1t costs but a trifle
to try it, and the result is worth mil
lions to many suffering women.
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English ORANGE MarmaIade.

Two dozen juicy oranges. six lemons
(only use juice of, cut rinds of or
anges in quarters put in pan with cold
water When hot empty water out,
lay rind on board, white side up, and
with small knife cut all white out, then
slice rind in very thin, narrow strips.
Peel of all the white of the orange,
then quarter in small pieces and put
on to boil until cooked. This, run
through sieve; pulp. throw away.
The juice and the sliced peel measure
and put equal sugar; boil this all to.
gether until thick; stir often.
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very dark and unprepossessing and
seemed to be a repository for old
boxes bits of paper, kindling wood
and the usual accumulated trash of a
household. At the extreme end an
empty packing case large enough to
have contained piano rested against
the wall, which looked and smelled
very damp and mouldy.
Elizabeth glanced about and curled
her lip contemptuously; the zeal of the
born housekeeper shone in her eye,
and knew she had visions of nicely
whitewashed walls, with eminently
proper receptacles for hndling and
waste paper, and foresaw trouble
ahead for Mary Anne.
We could hear the ocean outside.
for the cellar was an excavation in the
bluff, and it conveyed such an un'
pleasant impression of vault-like
cave that was not sorry when Eliza
beth proposed an adjournment.
''And here is the hanging shelf"
remarked, as | almost ran into II,
Mary Anne has lost no time in put
llnS IL up dStiu-On CudlnS lulS llIle,
so hope it is safe"
How rusty they are!" said Eliza
beth. pausing to examine them. They
look as though they had been here for
years, but | suppose they are old ones
she found somewhere. This place
must be well aired; it is awfully
musty."
She gathered up her skirts as she
spoke, preparatory to going up the
steps, and ! was about to follow when
something caught my eye, and me
chanically l stopped and picked il
up from u crack between two bricks.
Have YOU lost anything?" called
Elizabeth from the stairs.
NO" | replied; Il have found some
thing. Look here"
Together we examined my dis
ooyery as 1t lay in the palm of my
hand--a mans cuff link of duh. raised
gold, the head of the Sphinx on one
side aud the under link shaped like, @
small key
Elizabeth turned it over curiously.
1T must have belonged TO the PEG
pie who were here last year." she con
iectured. ITS very pretty, isn't it,
never saw one anything like it,"
Look, Mary AnneH exclaimed, a.
we entered the kitchen. See what
have found
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Time to Chance subject.

The Courier-Journal tells of this
embarrassing statement made by a
well-known Louisville woman who Is
thinking" Her daughter was enter
tanning a young man on the front
porch and the mother was standing
at the fence talking to the neighbors
next door. In the yard of the latter
was baby little over year old,
and 1t was trying to walk. "You
shouldn't let it walk so young" ad-
-vised the thoughtless matron. Wait
until it's a little older. | let my
daughter walk when she was about
that age, and it made her bow-legged.'
The young man began to talk ener-
getically about the weather
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Had to Hear Exidence.

Some ladies were visiting at
Blanche's home one day. During the
conversation, while the visitors were
there, one of the ladies was describ-
ing how the blowflies laid eggs and
they Matched out as maggots. Four
year-old Blanche did not seem to be
interested in the conversation nor pay
any attention to what they had been
talking about. After the visitors had
gone, Blanche said:
Mamma, don't believe flies lay
eggs"
"Why?" asked the surprised mother.
Because never heard one cackle, "
explained the doubling Blanche