The La Jara chronicle., 1909-06-25

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reasonable rates of interest. The
La Jara State Bank.
Hon. Celestino Garcia drove
down here Tuesday after l.. A.
Norland who will superintend an
extension of the water system at
Mr.. Garcia's home.
Dr. Howard, veterinary surgeon
of Monte Vista, will be in La Jara
the ith Wednesday of every month,
or will answer calls left at La Jara
drug store or Phone Monte 40.
Norton Brothers, owners of the
Excelsior ranch, have received
handsome set of furniture for their
La Jara Office and either of the
two good looking gentlemen, Tom
King or Bill Fisher look perfectly
at home in front of the massive
roll top.
Two years ago Scandalous
Charles, enroute everywhere, acci-
dently arrived in La Jara, and
many scandalous things have acci-
dently happened since then. But,
La .jara has more pretty and
artistic painted houses than any
town in Colorado four times its
size and, of course, Scandalous
Charles did it.
l.. H. Mortensen and wife, who
have been visiting in Sanford since
the closing of the school of which
Mr. Mortensen was principal at
Snowflake, Arizona, left Wednes
day night for Chicago to attend
musical conservatory. Mrs. King
briggs accompanied them to join
her husband who has been in
attendance upon the same insti-
tuition for some weeks.
Edward Clifton and son Creede,
who came here with Frank Onstatt
about a month ago, left Thursday
night for their home in Garden
City. Kansas. OF the II or ii head
of horses Mr.. Clifton brought here
all but three are sold which with
three others recently bought he
left in Blacks pasture. Mr.. Cliff
ton says he will sell his Kansas
property and return with his
family to live in La Jara in IA
few weeks.
Mrs. VIM. Stover and son were
here from Mosca last Sunday to
consult Judge McCunnitf on legal
matters. The Stover's recently
arrived from Kingman, Kansas,
and paid S65,0OO for some land at
Mosca at the rate of S75 per acre.
trading in on the deal lot of
Kansas land. They now repent
their bargain and allege that the
Button Land Co., from whom they
bought, only paid about S25 per
acre for the land. On the road
from Mosca they lost their con-
tract with the company, either
driving to Alamosa or on the train
from Alamosa here. They spent
the day telegraphing trying to
locate the missing paper but were
unsuccessful. The Stovers state
that they will begin legal proceed
ings seeking release from their
contract.
B. W. King got home Monday
night from long trip through
Utah and the western slope, better
satisfied with the valley than ever
before. He was all over the
Uintah country and investigated
the fruit districts around Grand
Junction and Delta. He found
no community that was as pros
porous as are the people of the
San Luis valley. Mr.. King noted
with surprise that the bankers
and others refused loans on high
priced orchard lands. But there is
no occasion for surprise when it is
known that nearly all of that land
is encumbered with ditch assess
ments and water bonds to such an
extent that all possible earnings
are provided for for the next ten
years. Farm loans are considered
gilt edge in the San Luis valley
and rightly SO because the farmers
wheat and oats are as good as gold
at the nearest railroad station
while the fruit grower is entirely
at the mercy of transportation
companies and commission men
who must be paid before the
grower receives cent.
HOW'S THIS?
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any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
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