The La Jara chronicle., 1910-07-01

Attend the La Jara Board of Trade
meeting tonight.
If you want beefsteak. and of
course you do. go to G. c.
Oliver
Frank McCunniff is helping out
during the busy season at the Leroy
Wilson Store.
Two or three little showers the
first of the week. but good soak
ing rain might help some.
None but the best of wines and
whiskeys are sold at the Club Buffet.
A fine line of bottled goods for fam
lily use.
The Trans ns-Mississippi Investment
company's offices are now equipped
with first-class blueprintins out
fit. They will furnish you a blue
print of anything.
Don't forget that Chas. Olehy is
going to have a Fourth of July cele-
bration and a half out at his grove
and that you are welcome to come
and bring your basket.
Mrs. C. E Hal and mother. Mrs.
John Slaughter. came down from Ter
race Iast Friday and went out to
Denver. Mrs. Slaughter will visit with
her daughter in Denver for some
time
Mrs. Eliza McLendon. sister of
Mrs. Martha Bayley of Sanford. died
last nigh; at Alamosa She was be-
tween 10 and so years of age. The
funeral will be held Saturday at San
ford
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Moore. Mrs.
Moore's sister. Miss Helen Shock,
and Geo. n. Seeley left last Sunday
morning for a weeks outing up the
Conejos river, intending to pitch camp
near the mouth of Elk creek.
While Marshal Fulfs was examin-
ing a shot gun at the Dewdrop Inn
last evening. trying to determine
whether or not it was loaded, the gun
ans wered in the affirmative and shot
hole in the ice box.
a letter from Provo received yes
terday. states that Peter Guymon is
recovering nicely from an attack of
pneumonia and was able to sit up
for the first time on the day that
the letter was written.
The Trans-Mississippi Investment
company has received most encour-
aging reports from all of their east
ern and western agents and the out
look for a big business this summer
ami fall could not be brighter. and a
large number of new settlers will be
the inevitable result.
\ record breaker crop must be con
fidently expected by the Murphy
Newcomb Hardware company this
year, because they are bringing in
harvesting machinery in train loads
Though the harvest is great and the
abcrers are few, still there is labor
saving machinery that can be bought
cl reasonable terms.
Wat-r will be turned out of the
Terrace reservoir at / O'Clock to-day
and the prairie farmers north west
cf town will water their crops for
wat-r carly in the season and now
the rtscrycir water comes just at the
right time. The reservoir contains
about .O0O acre feet at this time.
John E Fields came down from Den
YER this morning to oversee the open
ing of the va YES and there will be
quite little celebration over the
event.
A young 9exican of IS or 20 years
cf age. was taken into custody the
first of the week for lifting various
small articles around back doors and
weed sh eds. He had been sleeping
on J. w. Finney's property opposite
the Methodist church and had col
lected quantity cf cid clothing
and large and varied assortment of
ladies old SHOES and s ippers. He
was held over night in the town Jail
and Tue sday morning escorted out of
town by Marshal Fulfs. Among the
young mans effects was bundle of
pictures of women and girls cut from
ma gazines. Because of this and his
! f1ndnos5 for ladies' shoes some peo-
pie claim that the young man was
crazy or at least feeble minded. but
the evidence, as above cited. is hard
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