The La Jara chronicle., 1910-03-04


past week.
The Club Saloon is a favorite
place to get good cigar.
d. E Newcomb. Jr.. visited Monte
Vista the first of the week.
Furniture. new car load just re-
ceived at Murphy -Newcomb's
Mrs. Frank Smith and Miss Irene
Smith are both on the sick list.
The mother of Mrs. John Fullen-
wider is critically i'll at Romeo.
See Pete Peterson for seed oats.
lie has the best black oats seed TO
5e found in the country.
The Murphy Newcomb Hardware
Company received several car loads
Of farm wagons this week.
Zola Wellington, the twelve-year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wellington. died at her home in Ala
mosa last Wednesday afternoon. be-
ing victim of that dreaded disease.
scarlet fever.
The Alamosa Empire says that Mi IS
Alpha Grantham. sister of Joel Gran
than. is among the victims of diph-
iberia. but that she is reported as get
ting along with good prospects for
early recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. II. l.. Kloepfel were
arrivals the first of the week and
have rented the f. NJ. Rawlings res
idence. Mr.. Kloepfel is an undertaken
by profession and will also represent
the L. s. Investment company in La
lara
John Kinton and family came in
from Alamosa Sunday and visited
AIR. Kinton's parents. They have
sold their property in Alamosa and
left Monday night for Salt Lake City
with a view of locating if they ike
the country.
Since the New Year has arrived
the following resolution should be
made by everyone who owns a
home: Resolved. that | will take
out a policy in good safe. fire
insurance company represented by
Kavalec
A. L. Frnech, d. & r. G. division
Inspector, was here yesterday looking
up a complaint made by recent ar
rival, Henry Lemin. against the trans
fer gang at Alamosa. He succeeded
in locating lest trunk belonging to
Mr. Lemin but could not find a guam
tity of bologna and other missing edi-
bles. and so concluded that Mr. Lem
in had a just cause for complaint.
He promises to read the riot act to
that transfer crew.
y new top has been put on the
Denver hog market every day this
week. prices advancing five to ten
cents each day. Yesterdays top was
1895. which corresponded favorably
with Chicago and other eastern ma
kets. Hogs sold in Chicago the first
Of the week at S10.O5 and $lO.1O, the
highest since the civil war. These
prices seem to be due to an immense
shortage rather than any influence OF
the packing companies. Dealers pre-
dict that high prices will rule all sum
mer.
Jim Watson has about concluded to
file complaint with Uncle Sam
Certain roads on his rural route are
a most impas sable. Out in the Nor
gan district broken ditch has made
lake cf the road for three-fourths
Of mile and west of there the arroyo
is out OF its banks. While there is
no water in the La lara to speak of,
the arroya has more than its share
and something must be wrong with
the dam at its head. built to make an
equal distribution of the waters OF
the two streams.
The construction crew of the Colo
rado Telephone company, here last
week, brought in" to La lara centra
Bountiful. In other words the WORK
for these towns is now done in the
La Jara office instead of at Conejos
as formerly. Heretofore if a La lara
subscriber wished to call party in
Manassa he called La lara central
who called Conejos central, and Cone
jos central rang the party. Under
the new arrangement La lara cen
trail can ring Manassa direct. II