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Newspaper

The La Jara Chronicle

Location

La Jara, Colorado, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1905

Page

4

Near Neighbors News Notes From Our Local Pages

Sums with local names and events: S. W. Smith named assistant postmaster. Zeph Charles Felt from Denver visits. J. E. McKinzie buys Olen Haffaker place to move in. Elmer Dunn and Delia Christensen visit Eastdale. Ex Bishop John C. Dalton improving. Mrs. Lafe Jackson ill with possible heart dropsy. L. W. Sowards feeds 2,500 lambs near Rome o for Chi cago. Mrs. C. H. Alley visits from Salt Lake City. Mrs. Barbara King travels from Telluride for winter with Scott family. John C. Dalton Jr. visits from Chama. John H. Carr sells house to C. H. Gibson and plans move to Oregon. Goudy and Colt in town on Schifer bank case. Olen Hutfaker to finish school in La Sauses then move to Idaho. Geo Barton distributes Durango coal to Manassa. P. A. Jack brings beef cattle from Denver market. J. P. Haynie ships cattle to Denver weekly. Koch Co. promotes holiday dress goods and Xmas dress. Little Henry Jensen Jr. dies after blood poisoning from a leg bruise. funeral at Stake House. C. E. Mercatt’s store to be sold or rented. Elizabethtown needs 150 teams for Utah Construction Co. inquiries via Monte Vista Bank or Sanford.

Bids Wanted for Grading Contract at Hopewell NM

Earth dams project in Hopewell New Mexico seeks bids with work to begin at once. Apply to M J Gill Hopewell for particulars. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. For first class blacksmithing see Frank Brumbly.

Hopewell New Mexico M. J. Gill

From Our Special Corresponder At Will Spencer Roofs Peterson Building

Local notes report Will Spencer working on the Peterson building roof. Mr and Mrs Peter Poulson traded in La Jara Monday. Boys skate on ice Thursday. Ira Luster visited from Jasper for a few days with his girl. Mrs A J Nielsen left for Old Mexico to see her mother. Mr and Mrs P H Cornun hosted Thanksgiving dinner. Alex Harris and Rob Dyer came from Alamosa for the Thanksgiving dance. Swen Peterson bought a heavy team from Mann Robbs for 800 dollars. Bishop Crowther T A Smith and CG Frederickson attended a creamery meeting at La Jara.

Peter Poulson la Jara Ira Luster Jasper A. J. Nielson Old Mexico P. H. Cornun Alex Harris Rob Dyer Alamosa Bishop Crowther T. A. Smith CG. Frederickson

Residents take stock of winter trips and repairs

Miss Pearl Mortensen and Zola Adams return home after weeks with Mrs. Dollie Irvin at the reservoir. Will Christensen and C. I. Decker depart to E-town New Mexico to stay through Christmas. Holm Mortensen and Job Whitney repair Social Hall walls with wallpaper. Mr. H. C. Heiselt and Mrs. A. G. Lindberg plan a Salt Lake City winter. Neph Smith and B. S. Reynolds head to Mexico to round up cattle. snow trapped them, three feet fell, and their camp outfit was left behind with no wagon recovery until summer.

Neph Smith B.S. Reynolds Mexico

Local Travels Report From La Sauses And Surrounding Areas

Querino Quintana and Alfredo Medina traveled to La Jara last Saturday to seek winter work. Jose P. Trujillo Juan D. Gonzales and others from Costilla passed La Sauses en route to Monrose for winter jobs. Alfredo Quintana and family paused at LaSauses returning from Del Norte due to snow. They visited Ricardo Barela for several days. J. D. Noranjo J. J. Samora Mrs. Juan Andres Lucero and locals left for San Pablo to attend the marriage of Juan Espinosa held last Saturday. he formerly lived here and friends joined the event.

Querino Quintana Alfredo Medina la Jara Jose P. Trujillo Juan D. Gonzales Costilla la Sauses Monrose Afredo Quintana LaSauses del Norte Ricardo Barela J. D. Noranjo J. J. Samora Juan Andres Lucero San Pablo Colo Juan Espinosa

Capulin Notes On Weather, Visitors And Farm Activity

Capulin reports very cold weather with farmers holding grain for better prices. J Luis Rivera family visited over the weekend. Adelino Muniz impressed at last Sunday’s festivities then hosted a large reception. Jose Lauro Valdezm readying teams for winter work. J R C Ruybal, active young man, visited Capulin midweek. Jose Ramon Valdez busy threshing a big grain crop. Multiple parties recent to buy cattle.

Capulin J. Luis Rivera Jose Lauro Valdezs J. R.C. Ruybal Mr. Ruybal Jose Ramon Valdez

Also Mentioned on This Page

H. O. Ellis Prop Manassa Erceegeg As Eed S. W. Smith Zeph Charles Felt Denver J. E. McKinzie Elmer Dunn Delia Christensen Eastdale John C. Dalton Lafe Jackson L. W. Sowards Romeo Chicag C. H. Alley Salt Lake City Utah Martha Barton Barbara King Telluride T. D. Scott John C. Dalton Jr Chama Haynie Dalton John H. Carr Town C. H. Gibson Oregon F. Goudy M. B. Colt Our Town Schiffer Bank Olen Hutfaker Idaho Geo. Barton Durango P. A. Jack J.P. Haynie Mr. Haynie Geo. J. Koch Co Janie Sellers Henry Jensen Jr Henry Jensen van Fradenberg C. KE. Metcalf C. E. Mercatt Utah Construction Company Elizabethtown R. J. Kavalec Bank of Monte Vista H. K. Christensen Sanford Frank Brumbly Will Spencer Peterson Swen Peterson Mann Robbs Jefferson County Zere — Bene Adelino A. Muniz THE American National Bank Alamosa, Colorado Dan Patch Tse Ady & Crowe Mercantile Co Enver Colorado Leroy Wilson
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