The La Jara chronicle., 1910-04-29

grant divorces. See him
See Pete Peterson for seed oats.
lie has the best black oats seed TO
be found in the country.
Judge Thomas McCunniff spent
Tuesday at Conejos, receiving in
strucuons as to his duties as dep
uty tax assessor in this district
Dom go to the expense of taking
up your carpets to house clean this
spring. Get one of Murphy
new vacuum cleaners and save the
work as well as the wear on your
carpets.
Our farm loan representative will
be here in short time. If you de-
sire a loan on your ranch see us al
once so an examination can be made
while the representative is here. The
La lara State Bank
Scandalous Charles, the only orig
lnal, drove in last night from Ala
mcsa, and after short stay drove
back again. He was a little more
scandalous than usual last night. and
that's going some.
SEED PEAS have a large guam
tlty of very fine seed peas for sa e.
All hand threshed and the best to be
procured in the San Luis valley.
Telephone me at my ranch. Cumbres
4.
at Conejos, Colorado.
The valley field meet and orator
ical contest wi be held on May 7th.
at Del Ncrte. An effort is being
made to secure a special train from
the lower end of the valley. If this
can be done, Antonito and all other
intermediate points win send large
delegations.
D. T. Motz. wife and child, were
arrivals Wednesday morning from
Fort Garland where MIR. Motz has
been station agent for some time.
The railroad auditors came in the
same day and checked Mr. Motz i'm
as station agent at this point, vice
| F. b. Hatfield, resigned. Mr. Motz
is a young man and formerly lived
in Creole. His family being well
known to many of the older residents
of this section.
Deputy Sheriff A. L. French, the
d. & r. e. special officer at Alamosa
arrested the supposed deaf mutes
who so successfully worked this
town last week The men had on
their persons more than 500 in
money and credentials indicating that
cne was n railroad brakeman who
had been crippled in wreck. He
seemed to be ablebodied and when
asked by French if he would agree
to leave town Immediately if released
he replied, You bet" and was al
lowed to so.
A letter from W. II. Vassar, former
ly of Romeo, locates the FANNY at
Los Angeles. California. I'VE have
been in California three weeks" he
writes, "and like it very well. The
climate seems to agree with us, and
there is no wind, but aside from that
it is not as pleasant as the Sunny
San Luis valley. Oranges are 10 cts.
dozen; Strawberries. four boxes
for Is cts. and other fruits and vege-
tables as cheap accordingly. We have
not yet decided on a location but
are waiting to see how the climate
will agree with us
A drummer represe enting the Den
Yer millinery firm of o. w. Lymon,
drove in Monday from Antonito to
show his line to Miss Iva Seyfer.
A light wagon containing his two
sample trunks. drawn by a pair of
splendid blacks, stuck in the mud
Immediately in front of The Chronicle
office. One of the horses becoming
discouraged sat down on the wagon
pole and broke it and there was a
great miX-up for a few minutes. One
thing is sure. either the ladies must
build their hats on a lighter plan or
the city dads must fix the streets.
The funeral of Israel Jensen was
held at Manassa last Sunday. The
manner of his death is still mys-
tery. The body was found on a
sand bar in the river a few miles
below Little Rock, Arkansas. The
remarkable state of preservation of
the body. would indicate that it had
been in the water only few days
or weeks at the most. but the young