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The Lamar register., 1902-10-08

The infant child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacobs died last Friday night, and the
parents took the remains to Denver,
where the little one was buried. How
much the little ones are missed when
gone only those know who have sus-
tained like loss, yet the sympathy OF
all will go forth to the afflicted parents
in their sorrow.
Under Sheriff Frisbie went to Granada
last week to serve papers. While down
there he found that man. supposed to
be crazy, had been taken into custody.
The officer brought the man to Lamar,
and last Monday an inquest IN luuacy
was held In the county court, and the
man was discharged. 1t seems that he
was suffering from the effects of some
CHEAP whisky which he had bought in
La Junta, and was actually out OF his
mind for several days. He probably
will steer shy Of that particular brand
of drunk make the next time.
A number of business men and farm
ers met at the Commercial club room
last night, and formed the Prowers
County Anti-Buckln Amen d m ent
League. David B. Novels was elected
president; l.. F. Adams, secretary, and
w. j. Johnston, treasurer. Vice-presl-
dents we're also elected, one from each
voting precinct. The OBJECT OF the club
is to discuss the amendment and It's ef-
feet on the people, and secure big vote
against the amendment. Steps will be
taken to have meetings and to distribute
literature, by means of which the bill
and its pernicious effects will become
known TO the voters.
Yesterday afternoon some children
playing about the stable on the prem
;ses occupied by Mr.. Ed Sherlock, eau sed
fire. 1t is supposed that one OF the
boys dropped a match. The fire took a
fierce start, and by the time the hose
department arrived, the building was
rapidly being destroyed. The fire boys
promptly got to work, and in short
time had tho fire subdued, and saved
about two tons of feed, and the part OF
the barn In which it was stored. The
feed was damaged some by water.
There was no wind at the time of the
fire, or there might have been dis
astrous confagration. The premises be
long to the First National Bank, and
the loss on the stable is covered by in
surance.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-08
For Threshing Coal
go to The LAMAR SEED co.
Best Trinidad Lump
Coal at IS per Ton.

On it's paper, A Chicago Tramp is a
drama Of the rip roaring, shouting funny
sort. that the Hoyt companies have i'm
mortalized. But at the theater yester-
day afternoon and last night, two big
audiences saw as clever drama OF its
class as ever held forth on the Crawford
bills The play is one Of the comedies,
with little tragedy mixed in, which
popular prices are making popular with
the people. The "Chicago Tramp" the
part taken by w. H. ST. James, Is clev-
er piece of work, while the Irish dialect
work of Arthur w. Smith is about as
good as is found on the road. The rest
~ the company, as rule, we're good
The Crawford theater was packed for
both the afternoon and night perform
ances.-Topeka Capital. At the opera
house Lamar, Monday Oct. 18th.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-08
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES, FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
DISTRICT OF COLORADO.

Trust Company Of America,
Trustee,
Complainant,
The Prowers County Land ]
Il Irrigation Company I
Tho Lamar Land and
Canal Company, The La
mar Canal Company, The
Kansas Loan & Trust Com
pany. as Trustee, Poris-
mouth Saving Bank, Ma
tional Bank OF Oxford, Lin l
coin University, C.. Il. Hull.
Mary a. Foster and G.. $.
Franklin, !
Defendants. !
The Lamar register., 1902-10-08

Harry Page, son of H. ]. Page, whose
name is well known in this region, was
here for several days, leaving for Denver
last night. Mr.. Page is now in charge
Of the Marvel ranch near Granada,
which is one of the best pieces OF land
in the county.
The Lamar register., 1902-10-08

/, the undersigned. Master in Chanccry ap-
pointed by the Court in the above-cntitled cause
under and by virtue of the final decree rendered
therein on the sth day OF May, A. ID. 1901. where,
In and whereby it was ordered. adiud8ed and
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
RAPID FLIGHT OF DREAMS.
Extraordinary Capacity of the Brair
to Grasp Fragments in Slumber.

An eminent public man of England
whose mental faculties had been sub
jected 10 too great a strain and who
suffered greatly from mental depres-
sion that amounted almost TO the dis
ease of melanchOlia. was told by his
physician that he must rest his brain.
He was a very busy man and scoffed
at his doctors prescription of a nap
in the middle of the day.
Finally, after much persuasion, he
agreed to this experiment: He would
sit in his easy chair every afternoon
with his hands on his knees, holding
a dinner bell In his hands. II he lost
consciousness and went TO sleep he
would be willing TO sleep for the period
that it took for the dinner bell 10 fall
to the floor and wake him.
The doctor who suggested this ar
rangement declared that the mere
mental relaxation of going to sleep. If
only for few seconds. would suffice
TO save him. He invited his patient TO
study the activity of the brain by no.
ticing how many things he could dream
while the dinner bell was falling to the
floor.
Every day for many months the man
sat down after luncheon with the din
ner bell in his hands. Every day he
went to sleep, slept for half a second,
while the bell fell 70 the floor, and his
mental condition improved steadily.
partly because of the rest which his
mind got through losing consciousness
for a second and partly because of his
interest In the extraordinary dreams
which passed through his brain while
the bell was falling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29

L. W. shurtlin OF ogden Is vice prssi-
dent for Utah. and z. J. Kiesei. also OF
ogden. Is a member OF the national
executive COMMITTEES. They earnestly
desire that those delegated 10 appoint
representatives take prompt action and
select able men 10 represent the state
az Colorado springs.
The Herald has before published the
apportionment OF delegates. but FOR the
beneht OF those who are stili unin-
formed. Il Is again presented. as fol-
lows: The governor, 20 delegates; the
mayor OF each city OF more than 25.-
Oo5. 4: the mayors Of cities Of less than
5000. z; each board of county commits
sioners, 2; each chamber OF commerce,
commercial club or real estate ex-
change. 2; each irrigation, agricultural
and livestock association, 2; each So
ciety oE engineers. 2: each irrigation
company and agricultural college. 2.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
Engineers Premonition.
(Chicago Tribune


AS one Of the fast trains on the Chi
cage & Northwestern railroad was rum
ming through Evanston shortly before
daylight yesterday morning the en-
gineer. William Campton. was seized
with a feeling that the track ahead OF
him was not clear. Signal and switch
lights were set for a clear track and
the brilliant electric headlight showed
no obstacle in front of the engine.
The feeling would not leave him, and
although he could see no reason for the
action he shut OF the steam and set
the air brakes. The train came to a
stop Just north OF Central station. Con-
ductOr NJ. Brown came running for
ward and made inquiries OF Engineer
Campton.
There's something wrong. but I do
not know what il is said the engineer.
Lets investigate a little"
The trainmen took lanterns and went
ahead Under the front end of the
pilot they found a young man lying be-
tween the rails. II the engine had gone
ten feet further he would have been
crushed. He was unconscious and help
was summoned from the police station.
He was taken 20 DR.. Hemenway's Office
and after a short time regained con-
seiousness. He gave his name as John
Goudie. 2615 West Railroad avenue.
He had been employed as a watch
man at a new building and had been
taken i'll during the evening About /
o'clock he left the building 10 go home
and tainted on the railroad track. But
for the premOnitlon OF Engineer Camp
ton be would have been cut TO pieces.
AS It was the pilot struck his head, in
| ficsing two scalp wounds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
Makeup Satisfied Him.
Chicago Inter OCEAN,


When 1.-The Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast was rehearsing in New York,
John McNally, who rewrote the Iibret-
to. was trying to plague Phoebe Coyne
about the makeup she would be COM
PEELED to wear as the witch.
II never saw a woman yet" declared
McNaiiy. who was willing TO sacrifice
her beauty to hideous makeup"
We'll. you'n see one this time" de-
clared the actress. I'm going to make
myself so ugly that even you. Mr.. Nc
Nally, will refuse to recognize me"
"Oho." laughed the hbrettist. you
will. will you? Well, I'll wager you
won't. I'm too old bird to be fooled
by bit of grease paint. can tell a
pretty woman under her makeup any
time. When I see you on the stage for
the first time in that makeup at dress
rehearsal. say, I'm going to step up
and kiss you. just TO show that I'm
game"
Nothing more was thought Of the In
cident until the dress rehearsal was
called. When Miss Coyne made her
first entrance, crouched in the position
she assumes as the witch, Mr.. McNaIlv
was standing in the wings with a smile
on his face. Miss COyne raised her
head. That was enough for the Ibret-
fist. He made one dash for the front
OF the stage, and jumping over the or
chestra pit landed In the center aisle.
You win" he shouted back; 'Tu
pay. only for heavens sake don't come
near me-"
Miss Coyne was stin bent almost
double. but It was with laughter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
THs ,RRleATIoE CONGRESS.

7 IS WITH PLEASURE as well as
from a sense OF duty that The Her
. "A again calls attention to the neces-
ty Cor a large delegation from Utah
} the tenth annual session OF the Ma
oual Irrigation congress at Colorado
prings. oct. SO inclusive. Utah may
istiy DC termed the mother OF irriga-
On in the United States. Her peo-
4 e were the first 70 realize the bene-
= that spring from the application
water 20 apparently desert Sands.
when they came through Emigration
hnyon into salt Lake valley more
Ban afty years ago, their FIRST work
as a work OF irrigation, The science
as then unknown and the early efforts
s ere. OF course. crude. They consist
III chiefly IN conducting streams OF
aseg oyer small tracts OF ground with
at much care IN the conservation Of
be- water and without much accurate
rowledge Of the needs OF the land
D the nature OF things this had 10 be
rse. for the pioneers were pioneers
Irrigation as In other respects.
Their success exceeded their widest
reams. The desert country was made
yield bounteously Of everything
eedfui 10 the welfare OF the settlers.
) the years went by the systems were
Extended and. as the, population grew.
became necessary 60 carry out plans
pr the storage OF water and for the
Establishment OF wider canals. And
2ver. as the systems were broadened.
b benefits derived therefrom became
aore apparent, Today, thanks 10 the
tan pioneers and their worthy ees-
sndaRts. irrigation has become a prime
Rctor IN the winning Of the west.
Al the Colorado springs meeting next
slonth. discussions OF vital interest 80
'ae irrigAtlon movement are 70 be read
nd discussed. Utah should take a
Prominent part IN those deliberations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
FUNsToE ON the cANrEEN.

- INCE GENERAL FUNSTON has
~ confined himself strictly 20 army
work he has become a better soldier and
better officer. This is evidenced by his
annual report 10 the war department
on matters coming under his jurisdic-
ton as commander of the department
OF Colorado. Nothing in the report is
so interesting as General Funston's re-
marks on the army canteen question.
He Is unreservedly in favor of repeal
ing the law under which the post can
teen was done away with and his rea-
sons therefor are convincing TO the
unprejudiced.
After citing the fact that the number
of cc..vtsmartial has nearly doubled
since the adjustment OF the canteen,
General Funston says: +Since this ac-
ton was taken saloons OF the lowest
type have been established just
outside the boundaries OF the vari-
Gus reservations; their proprietors,
IN almost every case, are unprin-
cipled scoundrels who leave nothing
undone to debauch the soldiers and
obtain their money. The
soldier whose desire for drink would
ordinarily be satisfied by a few glasses
OF beer in the canteen of the post
exchange. goes TO one of these resorts
and does well If he escapes before he
has spent or gambled away ali his
money. overstayed his leave or engaged
In an alteration"
Citizens Of Salt Lake have long been
convinced that the re-estabiishment of
the post caDteen would be a good thing
for the morale OF the army. The To-
cal police records will show that the
percentage OF disorderly conduct here
has increased by a very marked extent
since the anti-canteen law was enacted.
Where the men in blue We're once con-
tent 10 spend a portion OF their pay
for beer and other comparatively light
beverages within the confines of the
reservation. many OF them now come
TO the city every payday and sQuan-
der their money IN few hours Of riot
Gus debauchery.
Too often the spree ends In a broken
head and a Jail cell with a police court
punishment to follow and a court
/ martial behind all that II the truly
good but sadly misguided temperance
people who forced congress into en-
acting the measure Of which General
Funston complains could only live in a
city near a garrison, they would un-
derstand how they allowed themselves
to he used by the saloon and dive keep
ers. other army officers besides General
Funston have entered protests and it
: is barely possible that the next con-
gress VIII be brave enough TO repeal
| the present law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
THE SOD SCHOOL HOUSE.
The Distinctive Sign of the West Is
Disappearing.
(St. Louis Globe-DemocratD


est. Louis Globe Democracy
There is something of more than pass
ing interest in the news that South Da-
kato's last sod school house Is about TO
be razed. The sod school house was
virtually unknown east Of the Missis-
sippi except in parts Of Illinois and
Indiana. East OF the Alleghenies and
throughout the stretch Of country be-
tween that range and the great river
log school houses were the rule at the
outset In pioneer days. But in a por-
ton OF Illinois and in the greater part
OF the region between the Mississippi
and the Rocky mountains, especially
between the Missouri and the noun
tains. the absence OF timber made some
other kind OF material necessary in the
construction of the original cabins for
all sorts of purposes. School houses
appeared almost as early as habita-
tons
Thus the little sod school house be-
came almost as familiar a landmark
on the great plains as was the Indian
or the buffalo. Like them, too. il has
had its day and Is about 20 pass on.
South Dakota as a state is only lit
tie over a dozen years old. but time
moves swiftly in this age. More changes
have come in that locality in the past
thirty or forty years than were made
in all the preceding century and a
quarter since the Verendryes went up
the Missouri in searching out new fur
trapping grounds for their French
friends in Canada. That was long be-
fore Laclede and Chouteau laid the
foundations Of ST. Louis. In one re-
spect, which is hardly realized. there
has come sweeping change in the past
thirty years. largely. too. through the
efforts of the late ]. Sterling Morton.
There are far more trees on the great
plains now than Coronado, from his
glimpse of them three and tWo-thirds
centuries ago, ever dreamed would be
there
In the evolution of the American
community the sod school house held
an important place. In most OF these
little nurseries of American democracy
the name of Pestalozzi, of Froebel. or
even of Horace Mann, may not have
been known, but they met the demands
of their habitat as successfully as did
the little red school houses of New Eng
land. and are fully as deserving OF their
laureate. Kansas. Nebraska, South
Dakota, Montana, Colorado and the
ltSS VI thN hCNSA SeASSS 40 N4A'-AoNe
the material of their institutions Of
learning in the lapse of time. though
the alteration in spirit and ideals has
necessarily been less marked. Pixies.
Longs and Wilson p. Hunts Great
American Desert" is today dotted with
flourishing. progressive and happy com
munities, but that vast domain con-
tains nothing more typically and ro-
bustly American than were the little
sod school houses which have passed
out with the Indian. the trapper. the
buffalo, the prairie schooner and the
rest of the primitive life Of the van
ished American frontier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
A sew PRIsoN PAPER.

THE FIRST NUMBER OF the John
/. Whitman Moral Improvement
Association Journal has reached The
Herald. This paper is 20 be published
monthly at the Cook county Jail. Chi
cago. for the benefit of the inmates Of
that institution In spite OF the sur
roundings in which the Journal is ed
tied and printed. and the fact that all
the editors and contributors are prison.
ers, IL is neat. breezy periodical, and
seems destined to accomplish much to-
ward the alienation Of the lot OF evil
doors.
There is hope for men who can see
the humorous side of life, even though
they are shut of from the pure air Of
liberty and from intimate contact with
their fellows That at least some OF
the prisoners are still able 10 smile, is
evidenced by a few paragraphs select
cd al random from the Journal. They
follow:
We have a boy on the seventh tier
who is 80 cross-eyed that the tears run
down his back when he weeps. 1t is
beyond us how any judge can sentence
a man to a year in Jail for borrowing
a pair Of pants with $50 in them and
falling 70 return the same. We have
new patient on the sixth tier with the
going-out fever. The doctor prescribed
a dose Of sixty days. Why do a GER
tain mans feet resemble a camel? Be
cause they go sc long without water
They refused TO allow the box gang
and the laundrymen to turn out on
Labor day. for which they gave no
excuse"
The Herald wishes for the new pub
lication a full measure of success. Its
circulation may be limited, but its field
for usefulness is wide.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
WHAT SHE THINKS OF THE DRUM
MER.n

(By Ella Wheeler Wllcox.)
First in the crowded car ne is TO offer
This travelling man. unhonored and IN
The seat he's paid for. to some woman
young.
Or old or wrinkled. He is first to protfer
Sometimes a trifle from his sample.
To please the fancy of the crying baby.
He lifts the window and drops the cur
For unaccustomed hands. He lends his
case
To make a bolster for a child. not GER
But its mamma will frown him in the
So anxiousiy some women seek for dan
ger
In every courteous act Of every stranger.
Wen versed he is in all those ways con-
ducive
To comfort where least comfort can be
found.
He turns the seat unasked. yet unob-
trusiVe:
His little deeds Of thoughtfulness
abound.
Is glad TO please you. or to have you
please him.
Yet takes 1t very calmly II you freeze
him.
He smooths the jove-like frown of the
official,
BY paying the fare OF one who cannot
pay.
True modesty he knows from artificial
VIII flirt. OF course. II you're inclined
that way.
And II YOU are. be sure that he detects
you:
And II you're not. be sure that he re
spects you.
The sorrows OF the moving world distress
him.
He never fails to lend what aid he can.
a thousand hearts today have cause 20
bless him.
This mueh-abused. misused commercial
man.
/ do not strive 20 east halo round him,
But speak of him precisely as I've found
him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
Time Propitious.


During an unusually warm, dry soeli
the teacher was questioning sOber-faced
5-vear-old Jack
-Of what did God make Adam. Jack7--
Jack didn't know
God made Adam out OF the dust ~
the earth" sad the teacher
Jack Dondered a moment and then
drawled-
He could make lot OF them now.
sould1't he. Miss Mary2"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
Loved His Lot.
New York Times. ]

The venerable Bishop Williams of Con-
necticat. for many years presiding bishOp
of the Episcopal church OF America. and
who lived all his life a bachelor, was talk
ing one day with a young man from the
west about a possible tax a western state
was trying to impose on bachelors, the
tax TO be increased a certain per cent for
every ten years of bachelOrhoOd.
Why. bishop" said the young man. "at
your age you would have to pay about
500 a year"
Well said the bishop. quietly. ana in
his Old-time vernacular. its wuth IL"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
Roosevelt's Name a Puzzle
New York Times }

Just how TO pronounce the name OF our
president is a matter that puzzles great
many people. His name has given rise
10 greater variety of pronunciation than
that OF any statesman who has ever oc-
cupied the front rank.
The English people SHE'D at D'Israelli
when they first saw it in print, and
Americans when they first saw Theirs
were given pause. Bonaparte changed the
spelling OF his name and there are some
purists who excite amusement by still
spelling il "Buonaparte' and pronounc-
ing IL accordingly.
But for a man Of worldwide fame, as
the president of the United States must
necessarily be in these days, there has
never been case like that of Roosevelt
10 puzzle mankind. Even Goethe and
Pepys were not so mystifying.
Elsewhere than in New York and IN
Holland and South Africa, where Dutch
names are common, the greatest varia-
tons Of the presidents name are TO be
met with. People in England are at sea
about IL. On the continent almost every
man has his own opinion on the subject.
Here are a few of the Vagaries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29
She Could Explain the 'sThrill >,
Detroit g Pressl

"Ahr' sighed the dreamy poet what
peace. what restfulness there Is here In
the placid solitudes. communing with ma
ture. Do YOU not also find that many
things come TO YOU unsought-that Won
consciously realize that something has
touched YOU supremelv-that some in
visible power has thrilled YOU unspeaLs-
blve"
WHY. don't know" answered the
young woman. with a nervous start.
but did think felt a mosquito a min
ute ago"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29

That is A most unusual story that
comes from ogden about the minister
70 whom a mining operator. actuated
by proper sense of gratitude. gave a
Zip 10 purchase a certain stock The
minister made the purchase and is now
wealthy. Ordinarily the miAing man
would have tucked the pastors savings
away in his inside pocket.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29

The latest bulletins indicate that the
san Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroad has been sold TO the Chicago.
Milwaukee & 81. Paul. The latest bull
letins also indicate that the sale has
not been msde. Readers are at per-
feet liberty to take their choice. No
body with any authority 10 speak has
as yet discussed the matter.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29

Another wife has been murdered be-
cause she allowed a man other than
her husband 10 win and hold her affec-
tons. 1t is difficult TO see just how
much better of the murderoGs husband
is with his wife dead. but he viii re-
ceive a lot OF maudlin public sympa-
thy, just the same.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-09-29

A few million people IN England think
the president is a BOer. Others say:
There's another one OF those queer
American names" In Germany people
believe him TO be a Jew descended from
one OF those families which took their
names from objects in nature, such as
RosendaIe and Rosenstein. Many French
men think he Is a German. especially
since he talked fluently In that language
with Prince Henry. but spoke with Count
Roehambeau in language which one OF the
French delegates described as bizarre"