The La Jara chronicle., 1910-07-29

lOl. ioSctHeI Will liitlT cIllluTeU
could not ,detain her by the clasI
of earthly love.
She leaves a husband and foul
children, two boys and two girls
the youngest 13 years of age
and four brothers and two sis
ters and scores of friends here
and in her former home to mourn
her loss.
Funeral services We're held from
the NJ. f. church, interment be
ing made in La lara cemetery.
Robert Guymon, the popular
salesman in the Leroy Wilson
store, was taken violently il
last Saturday night with abdomi
nal cramps and it required most
of the night for DR.. Schenck to
relieve him. However, Rob is a.
gain at his post in the store,
as obliging and brisk as ever,
though looking slightly the worse
for the wear.
Reuben B. Golden, one of the
new farmers on the Harvey rancl
who purchased 200 acres of that
fine land last spring, was in town
Wednesday and reports his crops
in splendid condition, feeling as
sured of a big yield. Mr.. Golden
is the sort of farmer who knows
how to raise grain and know
ing, eXerts the required energy to
accomplish results.
DR.. b. l.. jefferson, register
of the state land board, in IA re-
cent report shows that state lands
have more than doubled in value
during the past eighteen months.
In that time the land office has
sold more land than was sold in
the preceding thirty years, the
sales for the eighteen months "a
mounting to 100000 acres, while
those from 1878 to 1908 amount
ed to 100000 acres. The state
lands have now reached an ay-
erage value of Sl2 an acre. Two
years ago these same lands We're
selling for So an acre. This is
also great Improvement over
other western states, where the
state lands sell for from 81 to So
an acre.
The formal opening of the Club
Buffet last Saturday evening was
attended by large crowd. The
finest luncheon ever served in the
city had been provided and am
pie justice was given it by the
patrons who left not even the
proverbial crumb that is supposed
to fall from the rich man s table.
Tommy Sullivna "a New York
chef, prepared the spread and
carved the meats. He is a fine
cook as well as foxy boxer and
later appeared in the ring with
Ed. Smith, giving fast three
round friendly exhibition. The
other event was a three round
90 between an Alamosa man and
IA Denver wrestler who appeared
in Alamosa tl!is week at the
Oliver opera house. Mr.. Whita-
ker, of the Club, has received
many compliments on the luncheon
as well as on the entertainment
provided.
Charles Schneider experienced
what might have resulted in a
serious accident while returning
home from town, Tuesday night
after dark when his horse took
fright at calf lying in the road
and ran away With Mr.. Schnei-
der in the buggy We're his wife
and three children, Mrs. Schnei-
der holding the baby in her arms
and the two older ones sitting
in the back of the buggy. When
the horse first took fright, Mr.
and Mrs. Schneider and the baby
were thrown out but the children
in the back of the buggy remained
in the rig, the boy falling out "A
half mile or so farther up the
road and the little girl staying
until the horse stopped, she get
ting out uninjured. While all of
them might have been killed or
seriously injured, the only bad