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Newspaper
The La Jara Chronicle
Location
La Jara, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1908
Page
2
The La Jara Chronicle notes its weekly Friday publication in La Jara Colorado by Clifton H Wilder. It mentions mail circulation details and a subscription rate of 1 50 per year for White readers.
Colorado adopts civil service exams for state posts, with nurse attendants at Pueblo asylum among openings. Salaries from 20 to 60 dollars monthly plus maintenance, requiring some experience and basic scholastic skills. The Civil Service Commission urges interested candidates to request application blanks.
The Denver cattle market fell last week with prices down across most grades. Steers mostly $5 to $5.50, cows $4.50 to $4.75, bulls $2.75 to $3.50, and veals $5 to $5.75. feeders light and prices trending lower. Also reported are Timothy O Connors state finance semiannual receipts totaling $101 900 02 and a plea to protect birds to curb pests in the San Luis valley.
The piece praises Taft as a capable private citizen and potential long serving president while praising the Denver visiting Democrats and urging them to explore Colorado. It notes Majors actions and hints at political optimism for a Republican administration, with local notices about a new land office and a minister’s travel to Antonito.
Filed for record notices show multiple transfers and deeds including W E Fountain public trustee assignments, Henry to Moss, Smith to Hamilton land in La Jara, Valdez to Fisehbach, National Cash Register Co to Geo H Dwyer, IVEY slip Bermeiter to FPW, land plots in Alamosa, Newcoid to whom it may concern affidavit, Mattie Fisher Cowell quitclaim, Amanda J Borden to Daniel Vigil mortgage transfer, Continental Trust to Erwin Conyert, Porter B Fitzgerald to M D Hexter, Toltec Canal Co to H F Jordon water deed, and various county treas deed and ditch maps with July 6 to July 7 dates.
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