The La Jara chronicle., 1910-06-03

Ice cream and all the fancy drinks
at the La Jara Drug Store.
The excursion train to Alamosa
Monday. was not well patronized,
Is or 20 being all that cared to at
tend the races there.
G. G. Oliver has worked up a
splendid trade on Denver Honey
Bread, the finest bakers bread
to be found on the market. None
genuine without the liable.
From every side comes the report
that crops are looking fine. The
first watering has about been com
pleted and grain is up high enough
in most fields so that the drill rows
can no longer be seen. Alfalfa, es-
pecially, is growing fast and some
fie. .ds look almost ready for the sickle
President r. C. Balaam of the
Trans-Mississippi Investment Co,
returned Tuesday morning from the
west, having been absent for more
than fortnight on business in
Portland, Oregon.
This office has received from Colo
RADIO Agricultural College, agricultural
and mechanic arts prospectus for
l9l0-191l, giving entrance require
ments for students. course of study,
etc, Anyone interested may call and
see it.
Everyone who has looked over my
new line of clothing says for style,
make and quality, it is the best they
ever saw. Come and look it over
and let us know what you think of
il. Guaranteed a wool $500 to$2O
a suit. Leroy Wilson.
Probably not one farmer in a thous
and ever took his moving machine
guards out and ground them on the
cutting edge. Look at them and
see how dull they are. Some day
before haying. when you have little
time, just take them al! out and
sharpen them. You have no idea
how4much better they will cut.
Next Sunday is the date for the
this district 1t will be held at Bowen
and because of this convention, there
will be no preaching service at La
Jara. A arge number of La lara
people are making arrangements to
attend the convention, among them
being, Rev. and Mrs. Wright, Prof.
and Mrs. Kloepfel, Miss Nora Neff,
Eliza Hamilton and son Henry, Chas.
Trip and many others. Several of
the best speakers in the state are
expected to grace the convention
and great interest is being taken
in the event.
J. X. Pitts, an elderly farmer living
south of town. has been i'll for some
time at the Launis rooming house.
He was delirious at times and the
first of the week it was found neces-
sary to employ a nurse and later to
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he would be under restraint and could
not get out and do himself harm. He
has ',een in this vicinity about 20
years, it is said, living alone the most
of the time. His relatives, if he has
any, cannot be located. He seems
tired of living, says that he is tired,
which is bad feature of his ill
ness and indicates. together with
his queer actions and weird moods,
that his mind is unbalanced. If no
change for the better is apparent
in few days. his sanity will be
legally questioned in order to ascer-
tain just what should be done with
him.
The site of the new hotel at Romeo
is busy place these days. A gang
of ~ or 10 men is employed on
concrete work and have the basement
walls up above the ground. The
sand and gravel taken from the ex-
cavation for the basement is being
used in the walls no screening or
sorting of the materials being neces-
sary. There will likely be enough
of this material for two outside walls
and the foundation. II is designed
to use brick for the front wa Is of
the building. There will be store
and bank on the lower floor be-
sides hotel office, dining room and
kitchen. Quite substantial boom
is on in the building line at Romeo.
A half dozen handsome residences
are just being completed. the adobe
walls of new store are ready for
the roof and the foundation of the