The La Jara chronicle., 1910-03-04

lie sales at La lara.
VIM. Neff made business trip to
Alamosa Wednesday night.
DIR. Davis, the Alamoso dentist, at
La lara every Thursday at Hamil |
tons drug store.
Mrs. Barton of Manassa who has
been very ill for some weeks, is re-
ported to be improving.
See directions for treating seed
grain in the advertisement of the La
lara Drug store in this issue.
John Adams, of Alamosa, has pur-
chased four car loads of cattle from
the S. L. Newcomb estate and is
shipping to Denver to-day.
Maryland Glenn and wife left the
first of the week for Phoenix, Ari-
zona, where they viii spend some
time with Mr.. Gfenn's parents.
S. Mckinney and F. ]. Hmnicutt
departed Wednesday night for Salt
Lake City. From there they will go
on a mission, probably to Mexico.
| DR. d. S. Schenck made trip to
Denver Monday night returning We'd
nesday morning, accompanied by his
mother, Mrs. Harriet Schenck who
has been quite ill in the capital city.
| w. L. Riddle, the well known gents
furnisher, writes that he will be in La
lara about March Is. with his full
spring line of clothing and shirts.
IL will pay those wanting tailor made
suits and shirts to keep the date in
mind as his stuff is the best in the
land
Andrew Herbst of the Club, is or
gani2ing a base ball team and prom
ises some good games this summer.
The boys are now changing the lay
Of the diamond and grubbing off the
brush and anyone who has a suspic-
ion that he can play ball please ap-
ply to Andrew Herbst, or better still,
show up at the grounds with a grub
bing hoe.
| C. b. Christy. of Malvern Iowa, has
purchased 1.O40 acres of the Mclntire
ranch, the deal being closed by his
son, c. b. Christy, the first of the
week. w. c. Spencer of Sanford has
taken contract to clear the land OF
brush and plow 900 acres. 1t is
understood that it viii not be plant
ed this year and Mr.. Spencer figures
1t will take all summer to complete
the job. Mr.. Spencer bought a num-
ber of teams the first of the week
and will start several of them clear
ing off the brush next Monday.
Wheeler National Monument Park,
as a great natural attraction is said
by those who have seen it to rival
the Yellowstone National Park. 1t
is situated near the summit Of the
continental divide, at an altitude of
about IL, 200 feet, twelve miles west
of Wagon Wheel Gap. Innumerable
columns of pale yellow sandstone,
shaped like the domes of castles and
grotesque figures, present a view
ical word. A bill has been intro
ssuoed by Senator Guggenheim appro-
priating $4,000 to build a wagon road
into the park and if the appropria-
tion is secured and the road built,
this part of Colorado will have tour
list attraction not equaled by any other
portion of the state.
G. H. Russell. representing an east
ern seed house. was here several days
last week letting contracts for grow
ing field peas. Mr.. Russell furnishes
the seed, provides a special type of
pea thresher at harvest time and pays
threshed peas. The peas are said to
be unlike anything heretofore grown
in the valley but they were tried last
year with good success in the Greeley
district. The peas are of large size
and are said to yield more per acre
and vine less than the Mexican or
Canadian field pea, now the principal
pea product of the valley. Among
the contracts let. was one for patch
of 900 acres east of Antonito on
land owned by Fred Warshauer. c.
n. Block of Sanford secured this con-
tract. Mr.. Block was in town Mon
day purchasing horses and says that
the frost is out of the groudn and that
he can begin plowing at once.
His contract calls for plowing four in
inches deep, narrowing and seeding.
a sizeable job calling for the labor of
| a small army of men and teams THE