The La Jara chronicle., 1909-06-18
Mel Richardson came up from
Wednesday night.

Top buggies and spring wagons
at cost at the Murphy-Newcomb
Hardware Co.
The old town don't seem like
home without John Slaughter.
Wish he would come back.
Sanford and Manassa both held
May day celebrations last Monday,
entertained many visitors and had
an enjoyable time,
A big crop of peaches and
apples in the Aztec and Farming
ton districts is in prospect. Late
reports say the trees are loaded.
E. A. Locke went to Pueblo
Tuesday night to look into bust
ness trade which if satisfactory
may cause him to remove to that
city.
Henry Bever and family went
up to the Terrace reservoir the
first of the week where Mr.. Bever
will be employed for several
months on hume construction.
l.. d. Eskridge was an arrival
on Wednesdays train from the
south. He had been on trip
around the circle. spending a day
or two at Montrose, Durango and
other points on the road.
E. M. Decker and wife returned
| to Sanford last Saturday from
Centerville, Utah, where Mr..
Decker has been engaged in school
work He will be employed in
one of the schools of Conejos
county next term.
Mrs. G. L. Seabright will attend
to fitting eye glasses, repairing
spectacles and such work during
the absence of DIR. Seabright.
Will be in office at Ellis drug
store on Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday afternoons, or at any
other time by appointment.
A five cent picture show with
the nerve to charge quarter
played to small business at Wood
men hall last Monday anu Tues
day nights. An advance agent for
first-class attraction, THE Lady
and the Liar" was here Wednes-
day and may decide to bill his
company for July 3. 1t appears
at Alamosa on the End.
j. q. Maxey of Montrose is
fitting up "A lunch room in a part
of the Finney wall paper store.
He is a barber by trade and
intends to ship his fixtures here
and open a shop. He says that
the town by the big tunnel is suf-
fering from an overdose of adver-
tising just at present and immigra-
tion is running the wrong way.
John Flintham was down from
Denver the first of the week and
with the assistance of some of our
local sportsmen, several hundred
pounds of black bass and perch
were taken from the Flintham
pond which was overstocked
Some of the fish were put in other
ponds and half the people in town
had more than they could eat.
The old game law is still in
force and no license to fish is
required. After July l persons
16 years old or over must procure
a license costing 81 from the
county clerk, unless the law be
decided unconstitutional by the
supreme court before that date, or
refrain from fishing. No license
is required to sit on the bank and
cut bait.
N. P. Hess and son, Paul, were
welcome callers at The Chronicle
office yesterday. Mr.. Hess has
resided for some years at Eastdale
but recently sold out and removed
to Manassa. He has one of the
finest power cement and concrete
plants in the valley and has built
many handsome concrete buildings
in Costilla county and expects to
engage in that line of work here.
The city fathers gathered at the
town hall last Tuesday evening in
special session and passed on
second reading an amended side
walk ordinance which is published
elsewhere in this paper Final
action will be taken at the regular
meeting in July. The amend
ments provide that all sidewalks
hereafter built on Main street from
Snrnce street a half block west of