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The La Jara chronicle., 1909-11-05

Division Superintendent McAtee
went south this morning.
DIR. Howard, veterinary surgeon
of Monte Vista will be i'll La Jara
the fourth Wednesday of every
month or phone Monte, 40.
Buy your wall paper where you
please, then get W. G.. Helms to
hang it for you. All work guar
anteed tirst-class. No grating in
selling material.
Tom Good, one of the path
finders of the San Luis valley, was
visiting in the city Tuesday. He
arrived in Del Norte with Thos.
McCunnlff in 1874 and now resides
at DeQueene, Arkansas.
d. E. Newcomb returned this
morning from a trip to Denver
during which he consulted various
automobile firms with a view to
establishing a public garage and
auto agency in La Jara.
Miss Irene Whitney of Sanford
left Wednesday for Provo, Utah,
to resume her studies at hospital
where she is taking practical
course as a trained nurse. She
was summoned home several weeks
ago on account of the tragic death
of her sister, Mrs. John Macon.
A large crowd gathered at the
depot Sunday evening to bid fare
well to E. A. Locke and family,
who left for their new home at
lone, Wash. A card from a mem
Der of the family reports them
involved in a slight wreck the
other side of Denver with no
serious result other than delay
of several hours.
The opening OF the pool hall
has uncovered wonderful array
of artists of the cue. One would
never suspect SO much talent could
lie around loose and nobody run
off with it. 1t is probable that nm
limited practice with hay fork
makes the La Jara sports such
great adopts The action is much
the same and anyone who can
pitch hay can play good game of
billiards-if the darn balls roll
right. Geo. Fitzpatrick is credited
with championship honors and
James McKelvey is "comer."
s. X. Shirk says that another
monied friend of his is on his way
to La Jara and if suited will invest
and locate. His name is A. D.
Waggoner and with his family he
is coming all the way from
Spokane, Washington, for his
health, with which the climate of
the rainy state does not agree.
Mr.. Shirk, whose front name
should be Washington, because of
his we'll known reputation for
truth and veracity, says that he
has been instrumental in bringing
more men to the country than any
other man, save and accept j. II.
Shemwell. Mr.. Shirk is the boy
that makes good on almost any
old proposition.
Miss Aurelia Montana of Los
Cerritos stepped or fell from the
train at the La Jara station Sun.
day evening just before it came to
a stop and received a bad fall
which might easily have been
serious. She was picked up un-
conscious by brakeman and some
passengers and carried into the
depot where she soon revived.
After visiting at the home of s.
Abeyta and seeing sister who
resides here she left for home
Tuesday morning feeling all right.
The young lady stated that she
was ill when she boarded the train
at Romeo and remembers hearing
the brakeman call the name of the
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] EVENTS OF THE WEEK

See him.
Drive on to La Jara it is good
place to trade.
Joel Grantham was down from
Alamosa yesterday.
Attorney Stanley of Alamosa
was here Wednesday.
The La Jara State Bank also
has new artesian we'll.
A. b. Kidd of Bountiful made a
trip to Canon City this week.
Fresh bread, fruits, vegetables,
meats. always at q. G. divers.
Geo. Stout has gone into the
restaurant business in Alamosa.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Bower re-
turned to Alamosa Tuesday night.
S1OO,OOO.OO to loan on Conejos
county farms. Inquire at La Jara
State Bank.
Are you going to fence this fall?
Ii SO. see the Murphy Newcomb
Hardware Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. R. Silvers de-
parted this morning for Durango
for few weeks visit.
Railway mail clerks now run
from Pueblo to Creede and from
Alalnosa to Durango.
Lars Mortensen and June Nor
tensen departed on business trip
to Utah last Tuesday.
Luther A. Norland left for Monte
Vista Wednesday night. He will
be away several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Palmerlee
of Denver are guests of Mrs. L..
A Norland at Sunnyside.
A lodge of the Ladies of the
Maccabees was instituted at Ala
mosa last Thursday night.
La Jara schools have received
supply of College song books,
the gift of the school board.
Buggies, car load just received
at the Murphy Newcomb store on
the corner, The kind you want.
Mr.. and Mrs. Celestino Romero
of Los Cerritos welcomed little
son to their home last week.
Mrs. Geo. W. Durham and little
son are home from very pleasant
visit of several months in Oregon.
Genuine peach brandy, for
medicinal, family or tishermen's 8
use. Guaranteed. At Club Saloon.
Spoony couples have already
discovered that there will be a
total eclipse of the moon Nov. 26.
F. F. Murray, the Denver live
stock buyer who visits this section
every fall, was an arrival Monday.
Oscar johnson, the cement con-
tractor, is again at work on the
Cross walks after wait of several
days for cement.
Nelson Weddle of New Castle,
Pa, has bought 240 acres of sec
ton 4, Harvey ranch. His son,
Joseph, is here looking after the
plowing.
The proprietors of the Denver
Post have purchased the Kansas
City Post. Poor old Kansas City
will now receive her share of the
lemons.
Judge McCunnitf has purchased
of A. NJ. Benge the building oppo-
site DIR. Schenck's office now
occupied by the cement block
factory. The Judge figures he
will put in a cement block front
and fix it up in the spring to look
like new.
The Halloween social last Fri
day night was attended by a larger
crowd than was expected and
there was hardly room to turn
around. Such an entertainment
well illustrates the need of an
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$1,000 to $500 values in good wool
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wear; all sizes; SITS. In the basement
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$1,000 Suits-You never saw the like;
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plenty of grays and neat mixtures; all
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snap at $4.75. Basement.
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JUST K|LL|LAY;
THAT'S ALL
Killilay pitched yesterday?
Yes, that's right.

Killilay pitched yesterday?
Yes, that's right.
He blew up all in one inning,
when the game was as good as
won, and Aberdeen grabbed it.
Right again. It's the same old
story.
And that's about all there Is to
it. The Indians went up to the
ninth like band of thorough
breds and crawled out of the finish
like flock of drenched chickens;
the sort of finale that ought to be
labeled emetic, engendering more
or less speculation as to why is
killilay? He was raped for 10
hits, but the team had it in spite
of that until he finally beat them
out.
1t was a Az lead for the Indians
up to the last chapter, and Killilay
was largely responsible for the 2.
A hit, a sacrifice and one on the
ground that got by James netted
one in the third. Four balls and
two hits netted another in short
order, but Clynes came to the res
cue with three bag wallop, Alt
man and Weed got into the game,
and with timely hitting later all
round the Indians pulled ahead,
and had the thing cinched for four
games IN a row. Then Strieb
pumped one against Killilay's deli
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won't be satisfied until Cofroh up Battling
comes from Chicago that Jimmy Mcfarland
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S. A. A. c. CARD FOR =
TONIGHT'S MEET

Here is the card for the s. A. A.
G. athletic meet tonight with the
Salt Lake team: I
Wrestling, lis pounds-F. G.
Crabbe, Salt Lake, and Frank
Glahe, S. A. A. G.
Boxing, 105 pounds--Bert Ball
and Ed Hughes.
Wrestling, 125 pounds-C. M.
Miller, Salt Lake, and Adolph
Glahe, s. A. A. G..
Wrestling, 1856 pounds-C. P.
Evans, Salt Lake, and Ed Brechin,
s. A. A. G.
Boxing, 1853 pounds-Ed Blum,
s. A. A. c., and Ned Cheeley,
w. S. G.
Wrestling, las pounds-D. B,
Judd, Salt Lake, and Frank Kann,
s. A. A. G.
Boxing, 1875 pounds~-Jack Kaye
and Tom Mcfarland, both of the
8. A. A. C.
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THOMPSON DOES STAR
PITCHING STUNT

Thompson shut out Portland ct
Seattle yesterday with 40 score,
II strilleouts and only three hits
against him. Lynch and the rest
of Dug's bunch stacked up 10 hits
off Pinnace, and naturally there
was nothing to it. -
1 looked good for Tacoma yester-
day until the sixth, when Cahill
let loose a three base hit that
gave Vancouver the game by 3-2.
Baker pitched for Tacoma and
Paddock for the champions.
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cate shins, got to first and after
that the deulge. Siever hit and
Killilay, feeling like Shaping some
body on the wrist, soaked O'Brien,
with the bases full, and Brown
called in Jensen.
The Scandinavian was cold and
skeptical, but he got pernoll. Carr
then delivered two runs and Camp
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bell followed with a cleanup that
left no further room for argument.
A hard fought loss wouldn't have
hurt anything, but to bring the
bacon clear home and put it on the
cupboard shelf with everybody GER
tain Of dinner and then let a bunch
of cats creep in and get 1t is
surely a punk performance.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

Lajoie helped lose a IA inning
game yesterday at Cleveland by an
error. st. Louis 6, Cleveland 4;
New York s, Washington 1: Chi
cago 3, Detroit 1; Philadelphia 1,
Boston 0.
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It's a good thing to know when
to stop talking, but it is better ,toI
know when not to begin. II
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NATIONAL LEAGUE.

nj Cincinnati Z, Pittsburg 4; Chi
ciago Z, st. Louis 3; Philadelphia 4,
Boston 0; New York 8, Brooklyn S.
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St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

four most pleasant years in the
school rooms Of the beautiful Teche
country Of southern Louisiana.
After spending the Lords day
with old time northern friends at
Roanoke, who, for years, have been
residents and citizens Of your State,
and after spending the better part Of
this day with our good old time
school friends at New iberia, we are
more than ever undecided tonight
where the larger part of our heart is
with the friends from the North
land or with the friends in the South
land. Suffice it To say. we see, in
our own heart, reasons, more than
one, why Louisiana and Pennsylvania
may appropriately be called sister in
this great Union of States.
1T shall be our pleasure to say d
few things which may be Of slight
interest at least to q number of us
regardless of our places of residence.
We desire to refer TO our first impre-
sion Of Louisiana and how they
changed. When contemplating our
proposed school work ii Louisiana
the boldest efforts we're made to him
der our going South at all. We
were told about the bad water down
here; about the worse mosquitoes
that were too annoying to think Of
as companions for d single night, aud
of the yellow fever that went prowL
ing around doing its worst in every
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
5 EEZ.TlTATL PARTY TETaa PUMPING nsI y IN Ae11a enl. m4E guaMLgE

their homes here, where they should
ind a genuine Southern welcome.
Mr.. Ogden spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
we of the South welcome you Of
the East, citizens of a common coun.
trr. We feel that you are hot
strangers to US but brothers, by ali
the ties that weld and cement a
great and prosperous country into
one harmonious whole.
Living as we do iii the greatest
country in the world, we NAV well
feel proud of one another and live in
the hopes that the great prosperity
Of our country is but d harbinger Of
greater prosperity III the future.
We Of the South are blessed with
the most fertile lands on earth, but
we need the push, the energy and the
capital of our brother Of the East to
aid us in the development Of the
material interests of this favored
land.
Living as we do in a land flow
ing with milk and honey, with d
climate second to none, where the
colder winds of the North are tenn
pered BY the gengle zephyrs Of the
South; with a soil unsurpassed in
fertility; it is with feelings Of
mingled pride and pleasure that we
greet you, who have come here to-
look at our fair prairies; and we
trust to make up your minds to come
and abide with US and make this
your home by adoption; where we
will dwell together in unity in The
land of the free and the home of the
brave
The future Of the South IS I'M
revealed. Behind the curtain of
futurity, within whose folds every
thing is shut out from mortal eye,
we can still discern IN perspective
the growth that must and will be the
heritage of our people.
"What we need in addition to the
gifts that nature has shoWered
upon us, is the helping hand Of our
brother from the East, the West and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

soil meant ruin and fire and bloodshed
that was the inexorable dictum of
War-today 1t means the deleVopment
of our endless resources, the Whir Of
machinery and a better and quicker
progress. And need ne blush to
make this admission? The answer
comes to me, almost unbidden, from
historY's written pages. Your wealth
and fortunes were made a century
before ours began. Your ancestors
were already reaping the deserved
fruits of an established civilization
and a commercial prosperity scarce
" eqnalled in the annals BIZ the world.
while ours were carving out their
homes in a vast wilderness and
struggling for existence and estab-
lishment among a hostile race. Af-
forwards came that awful nightmare,
from which we awoke to find our
beautiful heritage sorely stricken and
almost PROSTATE, and from that event.
full epoch, and only then, it may justly
be said our commercial and mater
ial development began. Hence, / say
we can without shame or weakness,
invite your presence and capital here.
Nor could you find a fairer field for
your labors, a richer reward for your
investments. You have seen how.
bounteously nature responds to the
~plowahare and the hoe; how over
on the hilltops the cane and
cotton and corn ~magestieally wave
and mdulate before the passing
breeze, while just . little beyond on
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03
PUMPING STATION or UNION IRRIeAnoq co. NEAR VAsHQe1 on.

we greet you with the open hand, the
sparkling eye, the parted lips; time
was when the tramp Of your feet on our
those magnificent prairies and ex-
pansiye fields Of rice spread out like
Verdant carpets on the face of nature.
Nor are we unmindful Of the re-
sources, or recreant to the obligation
Of thrift and economy. I say to you
what the great and good Grady said
to you brethren on the occasion Of
that memorable love feast soon after
the war:
we have let economy take root
and spread among us as rank as the
e~rab-grass which sprung from Sher-
mans cavalry camps, until we are
ready to lay odds on the Georgia
Yankee, as he manufactures relics Of
the battlefield ID d one story shanty
and squeezes pure olive oil out Of his
cotton seed, against any doWn-east-
erner that ever snapped wooden nut
megs for flannel sausage in The valleys
Of Vermont 2
DR.. L. Lazaro was the next speaker
who in a short talk told Of the high
esteem in which the people Of this.
community held Mr. Schell, and how
confident they were that he would
carry to completion that great irriga-
ton system out there on the Hill.
Quite d number Of OpeIousas folk
attended the reception and all speak
words of the highest esteem of these
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

place. Wewere told that the chances
were that we would not live long if
We would drink the Southern water.
We were told that we would never
survive one single night if the mos
quitoes had their way with us. We
we're told that if We escaped both
of these misfortunes, it was only a
matter Of time when the yellow few
er would certainly head us off. III
which case our body would never find
q resting place under Northern soil.
But, | came, | saw, I conquered
We would not intimate that there
was any victory that was difficult to
win, or one, indeed, that required d
bit of effort or sacrifice of any kind,
On the contrary, upon our arrival in
southern Louisiana, we found that
the proVident men OF the South had
secured for themselves the cleanest
cypress ~cisterns, into which they
gathered the sweetest waters Of
heaven. From one Of these cisterns
We drew our first glass of water. We
will never forget it. We looked and
it was clear as crystal. We smelled
and it was inviting. VIZ tasted and
1t was palatable. We drank and, Of
course, it all went down, and this
stranger was refreshed. We liked
the Southern water from start to fin
ish.
The mosquitoes? They never got
a chance at us. The good southern
women had provided a canopy for
every bed, SO that the mosquitoes
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

the North, whose clearer Judgment,
quicker energy and greater push
will when you come to. stay with us,
make a combination that viii over
come every obstacle in the onward
march to progress and prosperity;
and conspire to make this fair
country one continual garden spot
blooming like a flower and ~blossoming
like a rose.
Come to US and stay with us
and We will show you that
the people with whom you will
abide will fully appreciate your pres
ence among us, and will receive You
with open arms as one congenial
family.
The great enterprise that is nov
in rapid completion & mean the
Schell Canal is and will be one of
the finest monuments to enterprises
and thrift that it has ever been the
good fortune Of our people to have.
Too much praise cannot be given
to Mr.. Schell for bis indomitable
energy, who ii spite Of many dis
couragements and set backs kept
ahead, until now with feelings of
pride and gratitude he b see the
achievement Of his enterprise about
to be crowned with success.
The assistance rendered By you
gentlemen, who with unstinted gem
crosby have furnished and I still
furnishing the capital to carry on
and complete this great enterprise,
exeites our greatest admiration and
gratitude.
The Imagination can scarcely con-
ceive the magnificent results that
will flow from this undertaking.
ssThe thousands of acres of parched
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

energy Of the East, with the gener
Gus impulse of the South, making a
combination that viii be acknoWl-
edged to be the finest product under
the sun.
Not wishing to fatigue you gen
tlemen, I viii close my remarks BY
wishing you all the happiness and
prosperity you deserve, and by re-
minding you of the beautiful coupIet
in Sir Walter SCOTS Lady Of the
Lake Earth does not hold a lone
some glen SO secret but we meet
again."
The next speaker to address the
audience was Rev. Minnick, of Roa-
noke, La, a former Pennsylvania,
who in an interesting talk, told how
rice was first made in what is now
the rice belt, and how it was now
made, showing a wonderful develop
ment of this great crop, in the plant
ing, irrigating and marketing. He
stated that it was not an easy matter
to make rice without the great irri-
eating systems Of to-day, and how
important it was that this system
now being erected, be rushed to com
pletion. 1T means d great deal to
your people, and you should lend your
every assistance to complete it,
The next speaker was Mr.. John w..
Lewis, Of 0pelousas, who made a short
address, dwelling on the Importance
Of this great work, and laying special
stress on the great courage, persist
ency and wonderful amount Of energy.
in the body Of the d who is engi-
neering this undertaking to a success
full climax, Mr.. sehell.
Mr.. Lewis spoke as follows:
To you, men of the north, st. Lam
dry extends a hearty hand of vel
come. Nor need this hand be stretch
ed across d bloody chasm. There
ii no chasm now. Noble hearts and
willing hands on either side have
drawn its bloody lips together, until
today our country stands among the
nations Of the earth ike some mighty
structure, with not a marble frac-
tured. not a pillar shaken Time
was when W. net your coming with
cannon, and musket and sword, today
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-07-03

had to keep their distance, and so it
was easy and pleasant to live I'M
molested through each night as it
came and went.
THE yellow fever never came our
way. There was none to come. The eff
Gent boards of health, working along
scientific lines, had eliminated that
seourge. We, therefore, lived
through the years and hugely enjoy
ed our work and our stay in the sun
ny South, where we fonnd comforts
and eonYeniences and friends Of the
highest type, even as we had them
ii the North. No reasons we're dis
covered why we might not c~onsisten-
II speak Of the sister states of Penn
sylVanIa and Louisiana.
The people do not differ greatly
Some one has referred to the push
Of the northern people, That must
be credited to conditions and to the
people. If men work more in the
North than ii the Souht, and they DO,
it is because they must. The fact IS,
if you people would work down here
like we must up North, you would
never need help Of any kind, or from
anybody to build these canals and
this splendid pumping plant, and we
would in that case be a sorry crowd.
We think ii q great privilege to as
sist ID this magnificent undertaking,
an undertaking which will mean SO
much to all who may chance to be