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Newspaper
The La Jara Chronicle
Location
La Jara, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1908
Page
3
An advertisement touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a simple, gentle yet effective laxative approved by physicians for family use. It stresses known, safe ingredients and ethical sourcing, urging purchase of the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product at fifty cents per bottle from leading druggists.
A Colorado valley column describes busy work at Eastdale reservoir with 2000 earth loads daily and ample hay. It notes sparse Antonito crops, freight moves from here, a frost morning Sanford mail carrier, visits by Rev Dr Lee and Governor Buchtel, passing crows, a suspicious laundry joke, Dr Schenck’s mobilities, a transient commercial traveler, blizzards in Wyoming, strawberries in Albuquerque, and a diverse migration from New England to Illinois and beyond. It ends with carpentry wage talk and union eight hour days.
The article discusses skilled labor standards for carpenters, wind damage to peas, and a Colorado focus on wheat. It notes thresher to wagon scooping, grain handling, and high yields on irrigated land. Government data show Colorado leads in wheat yield and farm value per acre, with 1907 figures. It cites Deacon's Colic Specific and a delinquent notice promotion.
Public Trustee E Christensen advertises sale of Leroy Wilson property in Conejos County Colorado on December 7 1908 at 11 AM at the front door of the Conejos County Court House to satisfy the deed of trust note for $2000 with 8 percent interest and prior mortgages. The description covers Northwest Quarter Section 23 Township 36 North Range 9 East New Mexico Principal Meridian and two shares of water in the Commonwealth Irrigating Ditch. The sale proceeds pay the note principal and interest and costs.
Notice from the Office of the State Board of Land Commissioners Denver Colorado Navy 12th. Haskell Jr of Manassa Colorado has applied for lease No 57 for SE% of Section 9 Township 4 North Range 10 East in Conejos County Colorado. No other application will be considered after December 11 1908. John F Vivian Register. First publication November 20 1908 Last publication December 11 1904.
The Department of the Interior announces restoration of listed public lands in Colorado to settlement and entry on or after December 23, 1908. The notice forbids any settlement begun before November 23, 1908 and marks reserved parcel descriptions by sections and quarters.
S M Chavez of Sauses Colo filed lease application No 15 for school lands in Cjos County Colorado described as NE quarter of section 16 township 35 north range 11 west. The State Board of Land Commissioners will consider the application after December 1008 with notice published in this paper.
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