OBITUARY

PORTER.Word has been received here of (lie

death at San Rernardino, Cal., las(night or Mrs. John Porter, a formerwell known resident of tills city.

Mrs. Purler resided in Tr.nidad forI’n yea"rs. her husband having died inibis city J S > cars ago. Eight years

.*?girr fct irn'-’ dpccased wilh her two "sons!Frank and Roland and her daughter,Mrs. Jessie Van lJryek. went to Cali-fornia. where they have resided eversince.

The many friends of Mrs. Porterwill he shocked to learn of herdeath.BENTON.

Dolly J Menton. U.s years of age,wife of J. W. Benton, died at I o’-clock today at the family re-idence.sis East Main street. The deceasedis survived by her parents, Mr. andMrs. George Slater, husband. J. W.Menton, and two children. Mrs.Menton was born in Idaho and cameto Trinidad with her parents whenshe was a small child, and has re-sided here since girlhood. She wasa member of the Court ot Honor, isodefinite funeral arrangements willbe made* until word has been receivedfrom relatives in Idaho and Greeley.

DAYTON.Word has been received here of

the deatli in Potsdon. N. Y., on De-cember 24, of Mrs. Mary F. Dayton,a former well known resident ofTrinidad, and the widow of Dr. I). F.Dayton, former physician of I’.i city

and who died here a number of years

Mrs. Dayton, with iter daughterMary, left Trinidad about six yearsago, the latter having been leachingschool at Potsdon. Dr. Dayton wascity physician here tor a number ofears prior to it is death.

SATURDAY

We will give a china salad bowlfree with a SI.OO cash purchasewhen carried from store.-—DISRX-KENT COFFEE CO. It

PERSONALS—.—

W. 11. carpenter lias returnedfrom Denver.

Charles Stanton, of lloeline, is In jthe city spetidin, v. 't ear'- day. (

• Mr. and Mrs. Fran.. Parsons of |Weston are spending a few days in'I i ixtuiid on a business and pleasure jiriii.

Dr. J. G. Gates of Pueblo is In thecity on a few days' business trip.

Mr. and Mrs. lial Russell au< i>•E. A. Duling and O. E. Russell ofZtoiiewnll lo.meu a party wiki spentNew Year's eve in Trinidad, motoring ;to their home this moriring.

George Doherty of Trineliera isspending a few days in ibis city look- ,mg after business matters.

L. fv iTilehcork of Clovis, X. M .

.s in the city on a short business trip.George T. I'eurt of the Itockj i

Mountain Fuel eomnauy is spending:*. few days in Trinidad looking after jbusiness matters in the interest of Jhis company.

George .1 Salle of Denver is in thecity on a easiness trip of a few da;• s

Guy Payne of Prlmero is in Huicily attending to business matters fora few days.

'tarry Schroder of Ludlow spentNew Year's with Trinidad friends.

Mrs. Enlow and son of Silver City.New Mexico, are in the city visitingwith friends, tin* guests of Mr. andMrs. W. \V. Moyle. .Mrs. Enlow was■i ruierly Miss Carey of this city, andn<;s many friends here.

Mrs. O. L. Davis, Sr., lias left forChicago and other nine*- in Illinoisfor a twom uotii’s visit with rela-tives and friends.

Representative John Mayer andwife have left for Denver wlici.they will spend the next Hirermonths.

Judge J. G. Norlhcutt lias re-turned from Santa. Fe, X. M.. wherelie spent a couple of days before Hiesupreme court.

George T. Peart, general manager>f the Rocky Mountain Fuel Co.. i.«*in the city today.

Air. and Mrs. E. X;. Snyder batereturned lo Aguilar after spendingthe holidays with Trinidad friends.

Mrs. Malcolm Lindsey will return:<• Denver tonight after spendingChristmas in this city witli her bro-ther, Judge A. W Mcllcndrie, andW. \\ . Mcllcndrie.

Richard Fromm expects to leavetonight for Denver, where lie will re-main. until .the lirst of the week at-tending to business

Misses Lillian and Daisy Moorehave left for Denver, called Her

"■"lit *'» tli° serious illness of theirsister, Mrs. John Webb. They ex-

i to be gone several days. gKj£Mrs. J. A. Mi Kee and i ii>y ha."

left for their home in Walsonburg,after spending the past month inTrinidad visiting with Mrs. M•*parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Wight.

D L. Taylor is spending a fewdays »n Denver attending to busi-ness matters.

i . Donahue, secretary of thechamber of commerce, lias left forPueblo on a few days' business trip.

Mrs. McClelland has returned to'her home in Denver after spendingHu* holidays with her son. 11. P. Me-< lelland and family.

Miss Gertrude .laeolu lias left forStanford. Colo., where she lias ac-cepted Hu* position as school teacherfor that district.

It. I. Jones ha; r- iiirned to Denver;liter a short ousiness trio in this cityn tin* interest of the I). AL- It. G.

Ails. H. A. Mott has returned toMoriey after spending a few days Inthis city visiting wilh relatives andfriends. .1(

SOCIETY, (lowboy Dance.

j The annual cowboy's dance wasgiven Wednesday night in La Juntaend was attended by a number ofTrinidad people, who spent tin* nightthere, returning yesterday morning

I Invitations were extended to the|most prominent citizens and cow menof the city, niuny of which were un-able to lie present. Tin* dance, asis the usual custom, lasted untjt day-light. the guests leaving shortly be-fore breakfast. Among the Trini-

l uad people who were present wereMr. and Mrs. S. Grims ley. Claire

I Clark and Tommy Thompson.

Miss Mason to Entertain.| Mis; Kathryn Mason will preside.‘ever a prettily arranged dinner to-|night at her home on San Juan street,i oxers will be laid for Mrs. Jack llen-

• uricii. Misses Gladys Mranson, Paul-ine Jamieson, Harriet Jamieson. Lois

{King and \iinu Nelson.

jEastern Star Installation.The annual Eastern Star lustalla

I I ion ot officerp was held last nightj‘i the lodge rooms, and was an un-!l - tally well attended meeting. AnU Inhorate iiampict was served carlxin the ••x-ening, ail'd following Ho

Imstalalt ion exercises a "Watch■ arty xv.ts held. The Mdloxving ol'leers will serve Hie lodge during theI lesent year.

Worthv Matron—Clara McKay.Worth.' Patron Ernest Limning.Associate Matron Elinor Miller.Secretai • Flora M Carnahan.Treasurer c. Etta Pierce.Coild netoross Nellie Roberts,

j Associate Conduetoress Mildredj Thomas.

J Miss Sears Hostess at New Year’sParty.Miss Helen Soars will he tin*

charming young hostess at a WxvYear's party to he given this nfter-

] noon and evening at the home of herparents. In*, and Mrs. \. \|. Sears, on'i'lllotson street, rhe hours will hefrom t to S and s (•> 12. and dancingwill form a pleasant diversion forHie guests. Quantities <;!' red carna-tions, holly and greenery will heneed as house decorations, and thecolor scheme of red and green will bocarried out in the luncheon to heserved during tlu* afternoon andevening. Assisting the hostess xvillhe her i a rents. Dr. and Mrs. A. M.Sears and Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hen-drickson, Mr. and Mrs. J. <'. ('aid- ■well, Mr. and Mrs . • Baiiev. Mr.and Mrs. John Turner. Dr. and Mrs.L. T. Richie. Mis- Sears will enter-tain the M ■ ;s<-s Helen Jaieie.-on. AlmaSherman. Ingla Bunnell. Edna andFtnei Coney. Eudora Mahcock,Thelma Turner. Elinore Richards.Edna Mason. Gertrude Espey. LueiloJamieson. Mary Horn. MarjorieI.exvis, Allien Robertson, Frances Da-vid. Norma .Miller. Margaret Wood-ward. Gladwin Griffith. Mae Logan.Adelc Wheeler. Lela Mae Aultman.Anna Mroxvn. Mona De Roy. RubyLane. Lu-ule Dunlav.x. Mate W’ood-xvard. Bertha Poxvder, Myrtb* andIsab« lie \N ilson, Hel ■ B ib« » kMlanen Britton. Thelma Lawson,Gralice Johnson. Helen Kuver, ClaraNell Caldwell: Messrs. Fred Hell.Earl Men. ••!■. Adolph Richter. HowardMiggerstaff. William Jamicsob. GlenSliepard, Gi'in-ge Mnllarc. Ovid John

( u. Georgu .Mitchell Julius Brackett.Russell Larson. IToiucr Howell, EdgarBrighton Earl Phiil s Ri yell Mur-ray. James Parker, William Easley,Scxvell MaTaer, Alie .Mason. Carltonetfrxgs. Stanley Hardman. Price Dun-la y, Ji . Mason Nelson, Martin Shtard, Harry Mitchell. Wesley Taylor,Morgan Sullivan. Ernest Woodward.Kdxvard Mars. Harry Dickinson. JohnGriffith and Carl Ri 'Her.Now Year’s Eve Ball

Profusions of palms and fernswere used nr- decorations at the for-mal hall, given X'xv Year's Eve. attlie Cardenas hotel. b\ the memberof the Animas e'ub. The dance isan annual affair, and is one of l he

largest and most delightful ef tluwinter social functions, palms fon:*.* ;a background for tin; orchestra, andquantities of greener > xvas used inadding attractiveness to tin- hall.The gu«*sts danced the old year out.and xveiromed the new. dancing-un-til past midtiight. A buffet lunchxvas served at 11 " iie<•k. Among

those present were;Mr. and Mrs. ,\. II. Muson. A 1.

bain. John Drury, K .1. Him, Will! r letrl i. lolin Mol lain A \N l<llcndrie. I'. J. Fadford, I. T. Ith-hle.John ISspoy. James ISspey, H d ■Sherman. Oscar Samuels, Fred c’ark.W. \V. Taylor, ban Taylor. Jr., b lThompson, NV. It. Itapp, J. Du we,K. I*. Kan<-. r it. Wood. !•-. I*. Wood,,1. II Abrams, C). I. bnvls, Jr.; Mo-dames c. I**, ('ashman of Denver,Thomas, Newman: Misses KatherineMnson, Ituth ('lark, Hess Archer.lurjor.v and Zolla Noriheuti, Nidi

Abrams. Gertrude ami t'uira Wight.

Salome llershey. Evelyn and DotSanders. Adele I lamcrslouuh. Gladysliranson. Helen and Lucre!lu Yea-inuil. Tot Mitchell- Messrs. WillSamuels, ban Kelly, \lh-n Dovoton.Sidney Sunders, Olmore Davis. Mil-Ion I lamcrslough, Waller Campbell.Miilcom Erickson, (Silniore Tliompson. Iter tram llesbroa, Sam Morse,Timoth\ Kane. Henry (oil. Captain

Carswell and Lieutenants Robertsonand Thurman.Entertains at Bunking Party.

Miss Edith Uudlord entertained alew of her girl friends ut a NewYear’s eve “bunking and watchparty at tie- Itadlord home on Gurutavenue. Those present were HelenJaeohs, Until and (Jertrude Espey,Dorothy bunlavy and the hostes-.

GREENS OBSERVE 50thWEDDING ANNIVERSARY

With n reunion of all tnr members• • th ir family, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-liam (Jrecn today celebrated the ..nthi.nniv ursury of their wedding. Eighthildren and sixteen grandchildren

.sat down to a New Year's dinner atthe Creen home, some of them com-ia • from «|uit( distant places in Colo-rado. ■ s,> lycsi-nt were Holnu t Creen,of Fort Collins, Alexander and

r r sons or Mnnitnu. Mrs. ItnhcrtGirling and two sons of IloChk'. .william 11. Creen and three childrenof Yeiser. Coin. Mrs. Henry Igo andbuns of Greeley, Mr. and Mrs. JohnAllen and two children of Aguilar.,! .i i•«i Mrs L i ) toddart and twohildren <>t t h • - city and RIr and\!rs (•■'ii'! • Green .# Mi Gi I ibeen a resident of this county since

.», and a prominent ruii' hmnii.

YEARS ENROLLMENTLARGE IN CITY AND

COUNTY SCHOOLSWith an attendance of appxroim-

; lei: L’.l-IJ pupils in tin- Trinidadcity schools, and •l.r.nn in the county

. totored by 19 t• u- tors a:i*lprinci ials, the educationa I departmcr.t of the county approached tin-( rjd of Mil l with a feeling that theyouth of the vicinity was being

properly eared for along educationalline.'; that their duty had been wellami faithfully performed.

A resume of the situation showstiie following detailed situation;

Total teacher- in the seven Trini-dad schools i including principals)

Total pupils in the se\en Trinidad*schools. IMI V

Total number of schools i:i county

t exclusive of Trinidad), so.Total teachers in county texclus-

i. «• of Trinidad ». 1 30.Total pupils in county (exclusive

of Trinidad ). 1 ~MUi.’ll:- only new school building

erected in the .county durin r tluyear was the one recently comipetedat Garcia Plaza, Jut a t o tbTrinidad brick yard. This building—consisting of two rooms waserected at a cost oi • mid is. ; ped vi tlu moderischool room facilitU . m luding th’’north window liglit" system tliru-ou t.

OLD YEAH PASSESOUT WITH MUSIC

AND DANGING■’undemon.um a? midnight when

the year 1911 passed away. It- emeu as though ail Trinidad wasciup a boll, tooting a whistle ord rgii tli family flrea rtnWhen tb- hra/.en medley of rounddied away there was proclaimed theeirtii of the New Year 191.*>.

K was tn all respects a somewhatoniet N*\v Years eve celebration iuTrinidad. The younger set mademerry at dancing, the departure oftin* year being marked by the open-ing ot the K. ('. dance hall and otherregular dances. The Animas club ■made merrv at the Cardenas hotel jCafes and restaurants held merry :t lircngs •(>'" people up to midnight )" iwu. of course, the lid was clamped <i a the refreshment.

The picture shows did capacity sbusiness up to closing time. A large .< rowd attended the present a* i-»u <th< “Shothi • ' ol the KillWest theatre. A great number iho ts - parries - Inimed tile at.fi n'ion o <'onng fol k s and evcrywl.on the «•! Jyear tripped out to the strains of ’music and the laughter of men anil ;women.

If we would practice tin* colder,rale, th** lawyers wonlil have !••

prie-t ; -e.

THE JHRONICLE-NEWS, TRINIDAD. COLORADO, FRIDAY. JANUARY 1, 1915

"A man without a hunk Is a man witlicut a business, for a busi- 'iichh without a bauk Ih without hope By all fair and reasonableumans bring your bank and your business Into us close touch witheach other as possible. It Isn’t cash but credit that makes for confi-dence/*

We are ready and willing to help you and your business.

THE INTERNATIONAL STATE BANKCapital and Surplus, $115,000.00

I). I’. JONES, President E. D. WIGHT, Vice PresidentW’. R. CHAPMAN, Cashier H. K. HOLLOWAY, Vice President

<’. ft. RAPP, Assistant Cashier

The Trinidad National BankC APITAL $ I 0u.000.00

SURPLUS AND PROFITS $00,000.00DIRECTORS:

K. I). Wight 11. K. Iloiloway W. It. ChapmanPhilip Schneider D. P. Jones W. J. Murray

We will be pleased lo have your business and offer every accom-modation consistent with safe bunking. Interest paid on timedeposits.

INe wish you all aHappy New Year andthank you for yourpast patronage

Trinidad NoveltyWorks

♦♦ We wish you a happy New♦ Year and you will lie sure of♦ it by resolving to trade at the♦ White Mouse, where the best♦ Mood Eats await you and the*♦ be- 1 possible service given. <?

♦ The White House Mercantile♦ Company.

F*D COLD QUICKLY BROKEN UF.Mrs. Martha Wilcox, Gowanda, X.

Y.. writes: ”1 first used Chamber-lain’s Cougli Remedy about eightyears ago. At that time I had a hardcold and coughed most of tlies time,it broke up the cold in a few days,and the cougli entirely disappeared.I have told many of my friends of thegood I received through using thismedicine, and all who have used itspeak of it in the highest terms."For -ale by all dealers.

REMOVAL NOTICE

Dr. D. G. Thompson will removehis office from the Colorado Bldg’,to Suite 1-2-3 Elks Bldg.. Jan. i.1915. tf

NOTICEAll parties in the auto contest arc

requested to bring in their ticketstomorrow.- REX T 1 E \tkk. 1 1

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fGood Thing's To EatAlways Here

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APPLESExtra Fancy Colorado Apples $1.50 P er boxGood Quality Cooking Apples $1 .OO P Er box

10 pounds for 25c

Reilly Bros, have opened up anautomobile tire and tube repairingshop at 240 East Main St., wherethey arc prepared to do all kinds ofvulcanizing and repairing- of tubesand castings at reasonable rates. Allwork guaranteed. 4t

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4- WARNING: 4-4- -r4* Repeated violation- of the >

city ordinance regulating the T,4* Pmit of speed by autos and mo- 4*4* torrveles during the past month 4*4- have been called to my atten- 4*4- lion. There has also been a4*4* number of violations of th»- *•;- •*-

4* dinaine requiring automobiles 4*4* to have their lamp- I|* *e»t4* Molh of those violations must 4*!♦ be stopped. I have notified all 4*4* pplicemen to place under arrest 4* fv every violator of the city ordi- 4*4* nance governing tlie two above 4*i regulation- 1 tie ord : .i:*n«** *'‘ 4-4* the eitv call for a sped not ex- 4*4* reeding eiglit miles an hotir in 4*4* tlie business district and ten 4*4* miles an liobr In ■he reSidi . ;

4* see* ions.4* JAMES !.. MOWLDEN*. 4* |4# Chief of Police. 4*

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Down Go The |1 Prices on all I

Broken Lines of|mk, Women s Felt |

$1.50 and $1.25 Comfys and Faror ribbon trimmed Julictts at 95c

Misses' and children's Slippers.. D

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1,1 STATI TEACHERS ! w^o wan{j to rent a room know. | nbu.L it. Try a C-N Want Ad.

Deliver. Frank b. Slut/., mm mm «

tie Ninth ■!■ H IIschools elected , ■ S" I MV ■

State 1 w® fl fl MV ITeachers’ association. Ballots which □« H jJ Ifl fl MgM ■t lie teachers have been easting by Hie i Q {| jfprimary election ry.-i' in since the lie

KinninK <J 11,- c<mv-,ulu,i who,, on I’liotoH next 7 .layn only:counted showed one of tin- largest 1votes in the history of the assocln- NIFTY FOLDERS. $1.50 DOZ. UPlion. The IMicblo teacher won by a Ilair nmjorll;. Dr. churli-, A l.„ry ] POSTCARDS . . PER DOZ $l.OOof Fort Collins, .1. A. Sexsoti of Sterl- img and J it. Morgan of Trinidad A j OT K Mi2- o I AMr 7kn

(' .1 Blout, cl’oii u auditor for-j L U "T*0 Q g ■II.Mm <,:,!• . ny I aJ 0111in ■■■

Ielected. I’lleblo eoilllti utnl thesou tin,rn parts of IU- sialo -1-n-il Our tilmloa Do„'f take ourseven out of the eight new officers, word for it. ('all In ami see forof the association. I yourself. \\ e are making a grout cut

K. t' (’ash of I’iima. Fucblo countv. in prices for next seven days only to.. is made .auditor tor th-- three-year advertise our goods,term, the newly elected members of

of Rflnin QTimmTrinidad. Mrs. I ue/. Johnson L**wir | | | | VU I Uof Colorado Springs and Daniel Ward~r ,lock>’ Ford- F(rmcrly Smiley Studio, 110 E. Main

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