The La Jara chronicle., 1910-02-18
Isn't the proposed express company
trust carrying things too far?

N"--'
Mr. CLAWS is out of the forest ser
vice but not out of the woods yet.
Charles f. Christ, was an arrival
this morning from Malvern, Iowa.
Do you realize how soon you will
There is nothing in the progressive
messages of President Taft but what
have popular backing.
The way to be sure that you are
rot eating cold storage eggs is to eat
trench-fried potatoes.
One Of the articles in the Jeffries-
Johnson agreement should supulate
that Professor johnson keep out of
Jail.
AT least th, ham sandwich hasn't
gone up" notes the Atlanta Journal.
And the average slice of ham therein
can hardly grow thinner.
The American people are good ma
tured, but Uncle Sam can hardly ex-
pect them to use more souvenir pos
tai cards, even to hep make up a
postal deficit.
The man who thinks that he knows
all there is to know, doesn't know
one thing that he should know; and
that is that he is preparing him
self for good, hard bump.
"A lot of people who have never
been to Paris are writing beautiful
says contemporary. AS much
might be said of heaven, however.
Last weeks Center dispatch con-
tains advertisements of ten different
farm sa,es. Center real estate agents.
| auctioneers and newspaper men wear
diamonds for vest buttons these days.
Light engine No. 267, in charge
of Engineer Harry Good. ran onto
large rock in the center of the track
in deep cut one mile south of En-
budo on the Chill Line" Tuesday
evening. The engine was derailed
and it took two hours for the Ala
mosa wrecking crew to get her back
on the track. Good and his fireman
jumped and were not injured
mosa Empire.
Friday noon eight miles this side of
Santa Fe on the Rio Grande, Engin-
neer Daniel Holly of Chama, fell out
of the cab of his engine. When
picked up he was unconscious, re-
manning so for several hours. He
time it was feared his scull was frac-
tured Holy. outside of suffering
with a sore head, is on the way to a
speedy recovery.-Alamosa Empire.
Mrs. c. H. Wilder left Monday
evening for Littleton to be present
Wednesday, at the marriage of her
sister, Elsie, to Mr.. Harry Cliff, of
Denver The wedding was a quiet,
home affair, only relatives and imme-
diate friends being present. Miss
Mackey has visited La Jara several
times and her friends here will join
The Chronicle in wishing her every
pleasure in keeping with double team
work
John Kellenberger of Durango, had
a narrow escape on Tuesday of last
week at Ridg.eway. He fe.i under the
train and three coaches passed over
him. He said he thought of every
body he knew, especially of his wife
and babies, and resolved that if he
got out alive he would treat every
body right. By lying perfectly quiet
in the middle of the track the train
ran over him without inflicting any
injury, but he said it was the longest
train in the United States and was
hours in passing over him.-Silver-
ton Miner.
The church of the Seven Day Ad-
Eentists and two adjoining houses
We're comp.ete.y destroyed by fire at
Monte Vista last Saturday morning.
The furnace in the basement of the
church exploded and before assistance
cou d be had the buildings We're in a
mass of roaring flames. The parson
occupied one of the houses and the
other was owned by Joseph Duncan
of Denver. The loss to the church
property is estimated at $4,000, with
insurance amounting to $4,000. No
insurance was carried on the resi-
dences, and the total loss is estimated
at 81. 800.