The La Jara chronicle., 1910-02-25

See A. E. Mead who will cry pub
lie sales at La lara.
DR. Davis. the Alamoso dentist. at
La lara every Thursday at Hamil-
toms drug store.
Mrs. +. l.. Blackburn left on last
evenings train for Alamosa to be
gone a couple of days.
Call at the La lara Mill & Elevator
Co. for corn, corn chop. etc. before
it is all gone.
Pres. r. C. Balaam. of the Trans
Mississippi Investment company. left
last night for Denver expecting to
return Sunday morning.
Resolved that it is not good
policy to be without fire protection;
but that it is one of the best kind. of
POLICIES If it is in one of Kava-
lees.
Please call Immediately and leave
in an order for supplies and want TO
be in position to meet all of my pat
rons' wants in this line. w. w. Sey-
fer. at the La Jara Drug Store.
The many friends of the family of
Joseph c. Pursley will be grieved to
learn that Mrs. Pursley suffered an
other stroke of paralysis last Tues
day. rendering her quite helpless and
also seriously affecting her speech.
j. w. Williams moved his well drill
ing outfit down to the Luther A. Nor
land ranch the first of the week and
will put down two SA inch artesian
wells for Mr.. Norland. The wells
are designed to furnish water for
irrigation and perhaps a fish pond or
two. The sinking of the big wells
wi be watched with great deal
of interest by the people of this vi
cinity. because if the flow of water
is up to expectations and sufficient
for purposes of irrigation a new era
will dawn for the San Luis valley, in
that many acres now without wa
ter can be irrigated from artesian
wells. Water from artesian wells, of
course, has been in use for years for
the irrigation of garden and small
tracts, with perfect success. but no
fattempt to tap the seemingly mex.
haustible flow of underground water
with a bore of large dimension has
heretofore been attempted.
The "cake-walk" social given by
the Young Peoples Christian society
at NJ. W. A. hall last Tuesday night.
was great success. 1t was not a
dance, and any inclination to prance
was severely frowned down. How
ever. the children, old and young,
chose partners for promenade a
round the room to the music of the
piano. and the fortunate couple that
mounted a step and stood under the
lucky arch when the music stopped
received delicious cake as an
award Some received two and three
cakes. while others got none at all
But those who didn't come near it,
as well as those who did, had lots of
fun. and the evening was one of the
most enjoyable ever spent in the
town. Fifteen or twenty cakes were
disposed of and the receipts of the
evening amounted to S21.50 and will
be applied on the cost of the lighting
plant recently installed in the Metho
dist church. A debt which the young
peoples society contracted prior to
the late unpleasantness.
F. w. Crowl had narrow escape
from death, Sunday morning, under
the hoofs of a stallion belonging to
handling the stallion for several
weeks and had never noticed anything
bad about him. Consequently, he was
not expecting an attack and was tax
en- entirely off his guard He had
just returned to the stable from ex-
ercising the horse and was stand
ing in front of him, with the ha ter
strap in his hand. AS he glanced at
the horses flanks to see whether or
not he was warm, that instant the
animal reached out and grabbed him
by the shoulder, lifting him from his
feet and shaking him up and down.
He then dropped Mr.. Crowl to the
ground and stamped upon his back
several times. When the stallion
first grabbed him by the shoulder,
horse and man bumped heads so Sc
verey that the man was rendered
unconscious. was down and out for
the count, and would have undoubted-
iy been killed had not the horses at
tention been attracted by a mare be-