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Newspaper
The La Jara Chronicle
Location
La Jara, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
2
An editorial urges formation of a large irrigation district in the San Luis Valley to drain alkali land and provide reservoir water. It argues that combined drainage and storage water cuts costs, speeds completion, and ensures equal benefits and contributions, predicting high value from seepage water and steady late irrigation.
The speaker urges progressives to join the district, noting members will control expenditures and improvements. The irrigation district system is presented as the only fair, complete, and inexpensive method for the great work and for farmers to gain all benefits.
The Passenger Department of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad issues Camping in the Rockies with color cover and thirty three half tone illustrations plus an Edward L. Sabin introduction with tips for outdoor trips and costs for Colorado Utah and New Mexico outings. Congressman John A Martin forwards the Year Book of the Department of Agriculture for 1910 with twenty eight articles on plants animals life diseases cultivation and stock raising and invites requests by postal card to John A Martin M C Washington D C.
A pocket folder titled The National Resources for Colorado and Utah highlights the Rocky Mountain region s mineral agricultural and horticultural wealth its climate and scenic attractions and includes an up to date map from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific coast featuring the new Western Pacific Railway It is distributed by the Denver and Rio Grande railroad.
Rev. N. S. Fiscus will succeed Rev. A. B. Minamyer as pastor of the Presbyterian church. Minamyer says Fiscus, his classmate at Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburg, is a splendid man and minister. Fiscus is married and will likely arrive with his family before July 1.
A persuasive advertisement claims charm depends on health. It links constipation and kidney poisons to pimples and a poor complexion, then touts Electric Bitters as a cure. Benefits include better digestion, liver and kidney function, purified blood, stronger nerves, bright eyes, and smooth skin. Price is 50 cents at dealers.
A Lincoln Nebraska girl reports chronic constipation and stomach trouble with quick relief after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. She says within three days she could be up and improving. The medicine is advertised as sold by all dealers.
In Ramah Colorado the Dry Farming region plants Mexican beans on about a thousand acres with plans to showcase them at the Dry Farming Congress Exposition in Colorado Springs in October. The beans include dark red Chile con carne beans and Mexican Lima or Horse beans, grown with minimal cultivation. They fetch four to five dollars per hundred pounds in markets at Trinidad Pueblo and parts of New Mexico and Texas. The region, once a famed sheep and cattle range, has been newly settled in the last four years.
During the busiest season you are most at risk of diarrhoea and loss of days unless you have Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy on hand. Take a dose at the first sign of illness. For sale by all dealers.
Quit claim and warranty deeds deeds of trust releases notes and battle mortgages offered for sale at this office.
A travel warning touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as essential for journeys on trains and ships. It warns against buying from undesirable dealers and notes limited availability aboard vehicles.
Cattle sheep and hogs find a ready market at Denver or Kansas City as the valley, served by a single railroad system, remains a growing hub. The line continues to improve efficiency and service for the community as it progresses.
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