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The Lamar register., 1902-12-24

summer, left yesterday for his home
in Washington, D. @. He has i'm
proved greatly in health during his
sojourn in Color ado and reports hav
ing enjoyed his visit immensely.
Harry has decided to remain and ac-
cepted position in his uncle's store.
[From tho Granada Times.l
E. F. Sellhorn's new house is
nearly completed and will be occu'
pied, December 20, by man from
Kansas.
H. S. Coleman has just completed
his new house on the land he pur-
chased of the KY, and he expects to
move into it in few days.
Mrs. G. W. Gibbs, of the north
side, died, last week of dropsy
brought on by valvular affection OF
the heart. Mrs. Joel Knowlen is a
daughter, and q. q. Gibbs and Fred
Gibbs are sons of the deceased. The
relatives have the sympathy OF all in
their bereavement.
-
Aaron Vanderpool reports that he
had some dispute over bill with O.
H. Frybarger of Carlton. Frybar
ger ordered him out of his store and
Mr.. Vanderpool says, fired a shot
gun at him. Some shot took effect
he came to Granada and had the
shot removed. Vanderpool is unable
to get around today. 1t is under.
stood that Vanderpool will have
warrant issued.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
A Dog Gone Story.

In Missouri town recently, a man
brought suit for 5000, claiming a
neighbor had killed his dog, and en-
gagged Senator Vest to plead his case.
The Senator made the following
speech:
"Gentlenlen Of the jury, the best
friend a man has in the world may
tnrn against him and become his
enemy. His son or daughter that he
has reared With loving care may
prove ungrateful. Those who are
nearest and dearest, to us, those
whom we trust with our happiness
and our good name, may become
traitors to their faith. The money
that man has he may loose. 1t
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
MCLEAN BROS.

a comedy drama named after tho
State, "Pennsylvania," will be given
for the first time in this city.
"Pennsylvsnia" is the joint work
of Daniel L. Hart, young Journal
ist OF Wilkes Barre who has written
"The Parish PRIEST" and other sue
cesses. and of G. +. Callahan, the
author of "Coon Hollow" and "Fogg's
Ferry"
The title of the play is very sp-
propriate as its plot is founded on .
law peculiar to this state, and all its
scenes are laid near Wilkes Barre.
The first set shows typical miners
home with view Of a breaker and
culm healp in the background, both
by day and moonlight. Another
scene is one OF the most relaslio con-
ceivable; it depicts the bottom Of .
coal mine, with the miners at work
loading and unloading cars, and an
elevator or cage in actual use, and a.
a elimination, the destruction OF the
mine by fire damp. III this scene is
introduced the celebrated Eagle
Quartette. The last acts contain
some OF the features Of military
drama, al a regiment is called out to
awe the strikers. The play is writ
ten upon a high plane, with natural
witty dialogue, and characters taken
from life, and will be interpreted by
a company Of merit among whom
are Willis Marble, Lew Kelly, Fred
Fairbanks, James Q. kits, Dan
Evans. Rene Darcy and Dolly Kline.
There are fifteen in the cast The
scenery is all special, by James Fox,
of the Metropolis Theatre, New
York.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24

in an exhaustive report, including
three sets of maps, which will be
published ty the department of ag-
riculture- and distributed to farmers
and others interested through mem
bers of congress. 49,.
1--WE started in above Rocky Ford
early in the spring." said Mr.. Lap
ham yesterday. at is the first in
vestigation of the sort ever under
taken by the department in Colora-
do. The bureau of soils was organ
lied 10 1900, though the department
has done some work of the kind pre-
viously. The object of the work is
to examine types of soils and send
samples to the department for
further analysis, SO that the best re-
suits from tillage might be obtained
and to determine the amount Of aka
Ii and the underground water sup
ply. The latter was perhaps the
special object of our work in the Ar
kansas valley. Our Investigations
embraced territory about four miles
wide along the Arkansss river, in
Guiding practically all the irrigated
and irrigable land of the valley. We
carried special apparatus for boring
into the soils, and made our tests to
an average depth of six feet, though
some deeper borings were made to
determine the condition of sub soils.
Gas a whole the soils we found
are esdecially we'll adapted to agri'
cultural purposes We classified
about dozen types; in fact, the
types seem to be pretty we'll mixed
in that section. We did not find an
alarming amount OF alkali, except in
places where seepage was consider
able. The drainage question is the
important one in connection with the
alkali evil. Other temporary remedies
have been tried, but where there is
much alkall, or where it is liable to
be brought out, owing to the prox
unity of the water table to the sur
face, the installation of thorough
system of tile drains is the only eff
fective remedy"
This sort of drainage system had
been little used SO far, said Mr. Lap
ham, The American Beet Sugar
company had utilized it on its lands,
and alkali and seepage difficulties
had been Immediately overcome
The experts found that there was
quite a good deal of alkali in the
sub-soils, ard as the water table
throughout the valley is within three
or four feet of the surface, this made
the danger of bringing the alkali to
the surface all the greater.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
They Pay the Freight.

Two old pals mot on the street,
II saw you in the liquor mems pa
rade Tuesday," one Of them said.
"Oh, yes"
Now you tell me about it. Who
we're those fellows in front on hors-
es ?'
"TboseY why, these were the
wholesalers"
"Well, who were those fellows IN
carriages?"
"Those fellows in plug hats, smok'
ing the big black cigars?"
eyes"
"They were the distillers and
brewers"
"Who were those fellows walking
there with the white plug hats, white
coats and gold headed canesS"
"They were the retailers"
"Wfo were those fellows that
brought up the rearS''
"Fellows with caulifower noses
and fringe on their psnts-the crowd
I was within
"Yes."
"Oh, they were the consumer" p
The Delawarean:
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
COUNTY Notes.
IFrom the Holly ChieftainJ

IFrom the Holly ChieftainJ
Fred Mohl brought. in party Of
six land seekers from the east yes
terday morning.
80
Geo. Hollis received 5000 from a
half an acre of beets. That shows
what the beet crop means where it
is given proper culture and irriga
ton.
j. A. K,ncaid of La Junta, man
aper for the Colorado Telephone
company for this district, was in
Holly Wednesday attending to some
business matters pertaining to his
company. Arrangements are being
made to extend the line into the
country northwest of Holly and in a
short time Holly, Granada and Amity
will be linked together with local
exchange system. We are informed
thrt the company has appropriated
$1,000 to be spent in extending the
lines in this end of the valley.
80
From the Holly News.l
James Smith, of Lamar, brought
down thirty-two head of horses Mon
day to be pastured here this winter.
Mr.. Medling is looking after them
for him.
+**
A crew of 20 Mexicans came down
from Rocky Ford last week and on
Saturday went out the beet ranch to
work for the company-pulling and
topping beets.
Robert Milans, the elder of the
two Mcpherson nephews who have
spent several months here the past
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flies from him, perhaps, when he
needs it most A mans reputation
may be sacrificed in moment Of ILL
considered action. The people who
are prone. 10 fall uron their knees to
do us honor when success is with us
may be the first to throw the stone
of malice when failure settles it's
cloud upon our heads. The one alb
solutely unseltish friend that man
can have in this selfish world, the
one that never deserts him, the one
that never proves ungrateful and
treacherons, is his dog. A mans
deg stands by him in prosperity and
in poverty, in health and in sickness.
He will sleep on the cold ground,
where the wintery wind blows and
the snow drives fiercely, if only he
may be near his masters side. He
will kiss tho hand that has no food
to offer. He will lick the wounds
and sores that come IN encounter
with the world. He guards the sleep
of hrs pauper master as il be were a
prince. When all other friend de-
serts he relnuins. When riches take
wings and reputation falls to pieces,
he is AS constant in his love as the
sun in it's journey through the heav-
ems. If fortune drives the master
forth an outcast in the world, friend
less and alone, the faithful dog asks
no higher privilege than that Of &C
companying, to guard against dan
ger, to fight against his enemies, and
death takes the master in it's en-
brace, aud his body is laid away in
the cold. ground, DO matter if all
other friends pursue their way, there
by the graveside may the noble dog
be found, bis head between his paws,
his eyes sad, but in alert watchful
ness, faithful and true, even in
death"
Then Mr.. Vest sat down. He had
spoken in low voice, without
gesture. He made no reference to
the evidence or the merits of the
case. When he finished the judge
and jury were wiping their eyes.
The jury filed out, but soon returned
with verdict in favor Of the plain
tiff for $500. He had sued for $500.
1t is even said that some of the ju-
rors wanted to hang the defendant.
In spite of the pathos of the above
likely story Lamar would be much
more pleasant place to live if about
steen hundred of "man's faithful
friend" we're killed.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
Holiday Greeting

We wish all the citizens of Lamar and Prowers
County Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
and thank you for the liberal patronage we have
received the past year. We solicit a continuance
Of the same, and expect to merit it by continuing
our we'll established policy of reliable goods, low
prices and courteous treatment.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
onsRokEE BILL SURRENDERED.
outlaw, After Delivery at Las AMI
mas, Tells His Captors Whore
to Find Guns, Ammunition
.And Other Plumber.

LAS AsrMAs, Colo, Dec. 19.-Cher-
okee Bll was captured yesterday
afternoon at the head of Mud creek,
near the south corner of Bent coun
ty. Wednesday, morning Tom Pur.
Wis cameiin and reported that Bill
had stayed last night at his sheep
camp. Sheriff Dean of Bent county
was just cleaning up II term OF the
district tcourt, and sent out A. H.
Bailey 70 see if he could effect the
capture He took with him his
brothes. H. H, Bailey, and W. A.
McAfee.
Wednesday night they put in at
Purvis' sheep camp. Here they
learned that Bill, the day before,
had left, for the south, riding a horse
which he had stolen from Amos
White, after his horse had been sho
IN fight some time ago. Thev
found that Bill had stayed Wednes
day night at another sheep camp
near the twenty five mile water hole
on Mud creek. They struck his
trail further up the creek, headed for
Big Cedars. They soon came into
sight and chase of several miles
took place. The snow WAS very deep.
A. H. Bailey's horse gave out first.
McAfee was riding very swift
horse, and rode around to head Bill
off. Iu the meantime. H. H. Bailey
came up Within seventy yards of
Bill and called for him to stop and
throw up his hands. Bill continued
to ride on. Bailey at once got of
his horse and began shooting.
After eight shots had been fred
Bill stopped, turned around and sur
rendered. He was in very bad
hsal.,, He is notorious morphine
fiend. After being assured that they
did not intend to kill him, the first
thing he asked for was morphine.
The Baily boys came into town to-
night and reported the capture, leav-
ing Bill in charge of McAfee. Nc
Afee is holding his prisoner some
place they refuse to disclose, for the
purpose of securing any reward that
may be offered.
LAS AN1MAs, Colo, Dec. 21.-"Cher-
okee Bill" was brought in to day by
A. W. McAfee from his ranch IN the
cekars, where he has been keeping
him for couple of days. The Bal
ley boys agreed with Frisbie, under
sheriff at Prowers county, to turn
over their prisoner for 500, as of.
fered this morning. Frisbie turned
Bill over to Sheriff Dean to night.
He will take him out to the cedars
again to morrow, where Bill says he
will find all the guns and ammuni
ton taken from Frybarger's store
at Carlton. He. also says that he
will show them whsre there are lot
of hides. "Cherokee Bill' says that
the Stanley boys had planned to rob
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa 'Fe
railway office at this place as soon as
they completed the Carlton job. He
says the Carlton job was for the pur-
pose of getting ammunition, OF which
they were short and they were entire
ly out OF money. They had been
here aud looked up the route for
several days and had taken in the
entire situation. They were provid'
with DISCUSSES of different kinds.
Getting caught on the Carlton job
headed off the robbery here.
The Lamar register., 1902-12-24
"PennSylvanIa"

This company will be at the opera
house on December 29th. Until the
present sesson Augustus Thomas has
enjoyed monopoly of the names OF
States as titles for plays, but at the
opera house on next Monuay night
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rhe Elaer sothern,s .ract.

1t was in the year 1868 or 1864. Dur
ing the summer months Sothern, with
John Z. Raymond and several other
well known actors, occupied the local
theater of a seaside summer resort, to
which he and his company drew a
houseful of people several nights in
the week to hear and see them act
rehearse it really was In preparation
for their next winters New York sea-
son-the most important of Shake
speare's plays.
The little building had Of course
gallery, and in the gallery the gods
became so obstreperous on occasions
that it was with. great difficulty the
play could be proceeded with. The
ringleader, well known rough of the
town, was a man named Bill Hanra-
han. One night a happy inspiration
seized Sothern. Having learned the
name of this prominent member of the
rowdy element, he addressed him in
the midst of the most unearthly noises
as follows: Mr. Hanrahan, will You
be good enough to take charge of the
gallery and keep order for me, and
shall feel very grateful" The result
was magical Bill became at once an
official of the theater and as such
cracked the heads of few Of his erst-
while fellow rioters with such good eff
feet that it was only little time be-
fore the best of order prevailed
tury. 1HG9 a stH
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A SCARED BEAR.


He Didn't Enjoy Coasting Down Hill
ON Hand Sled.
There We're five brothers of us, and
we lived in house in Vermont at the
top of long and steep hill. Father
built us a stout sled to coast on in the
winter, and the five of us used to get
on and so whizzing down the hill and
away across a meadow. When there
was plenty of snow, the sled would run
for half mile
One afternoon after we had been
coasting for three or four hours we left
the sled at the top of the hill without
making it fast. That night about 10
O'clock bear came prowling around
| the house, AID our dog made such
fuss that we were all aroused. Thele
WAS bright moon, and we looked from
the windows to see what had disturbed
the dog. Almost at once we made out
the bear. He was walking around tie
sled. as If wondering what it was used
for, Pretty soon he stopped and put
paw on it. Then he put up the other
paw Then what did he do but pull
himself up and stand and look about
The sled WAS pointed down hill and
the movement of the bear started it
Off We thought he would jump off,
but he didn't He dug in his claws,
and the sled began to go faster and
easter. and we got so excited that we
gave Bruin a cheer. When the steep
est part of the hill was reached, the
bear seemed to get scared Never be-
fore had he gone at pace like that.
Had he kept still the sled would have
gone straight ahead, but he swayed to
and fro, and suddenly the sled left the
track and ran over the hard snow and
struck stone wall with great crash
That was as far as the sled went, as
it was badly broken up, but the bear
kept on. When the sled struck the
stones, he went flying ten feet high,
and next day we found that he came
down ten feet beyond the wall and
then rolled down hill for 100 feet be-
fore he could stop himself. He must
have been badly frightened, for as
soon as he could get on his legs he ran
for the woods and was heard of no
more. He was probably the only bear
in America who ever coasted on a
hand sled, but one trip was enough for
him.
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Every Convenience.

There is dock laborer in Glasgow
who is possessed Of a great sense of hu-
NOR. Perhaps it's because he's an
Irishman. Pat had been disturbed sew
eral times in his single apartment by
well meaning lady missionary. See
ing Pat was rather an exemplary sort
of husband, she suggested that he
might be able to afford room and
kitchen soon.
"An' phwat wad OF want LAWN such
a comfortable house as this for" asked
Pat.
"Well," she replied, you would have
more room-more conveniences."
"Convaniences is it?" said Pat, with
smile. Sure, an at prisint if OF
want to go to the drawin room or
the dinin' room or the conservatory,
begorra, Oive just got to sit still.
Phwat could be handier?'
The lady couldn't say.-London An
SWerS
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Not nn occnsion For naste.

During the Sikh war the late Field
Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain, who
then held the rank of colonel, called for
volunteers to assist him in blowing up
bastlon Three or four responded
and the colonel led the little party
close up to the point where the mine
was to be fired AS soon as the eX-
plosives We're in place and the fuse
lighted the volunteers started to run
in order to get out of the way Of the
explosion no less than to effect as
speedily as possible to retreat to the
safety Of the British lines. They lad
not gone a dozen yards before Cham
berlain shouted; "Come back! There's
to be no indecent haste, young men,
Well walk And walk they did, while
the fuse slowly sputtered down to the
waiting powder
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-10-24
Agricultural Notes.

Darkness and low temperature are
the primary requisites in the success
full storing of potatoes.
Potatoes have rotted considerably in
New England, New York and New Jer-
sey.
A new York state exchange reports
the Niagara grape crop practically a
failure.
1t is a guess, but there must be some
guessing in farming, and l believe that
this is the year to sow wheat in the
Ohio valley, says Alya Agee in Nation
al Stockman.
Concrete buildings are much talked
about of late.
Experiments in Iowa go to show that
grass is the most economical sheep
feed.
Beef production in the eastern states
is becoming an interesting proposition.
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Ser PRODUCTION.
What the Present state of the Ms

What the Present State of the Mar
ket Means to Eastern Farmers.
Whether the present advanced price
Of beef and dairy products, especially
beef, is due to the controlling influence
of the SO called beef combine or to the
shortage of the feed supply, to the con-
sumner the result is the same-namely,
increased price. To the eastern farm
er there is deeper meaning from the
important bearing it has on his future
course of operations and methods. IL
due entirely to combine control, he
should lend his assistance &c zip de-
stroy such an octopus, both as duty
to his fellow man and to let the bust
ness of beefmaking settle to perlna-
nent basis that we may know where
we are.
On the other hand, it may be due to
shortage of food supply incident to the
western drought of last year, as some
of us are inclined to believe, together
with the facts that in five years beef
cattle have decreased IA per cent and
the population increased 10 per cent.
Most of us who know what it means
to produce good beef at the present
price of feed can appreciate this.
Then the question arises, Shall our
past be a guide to the future? Be the
cause what it may, trust or supply and
demand, we cannot help agreeing that
if the eastern farmers with land con-
tanning 20 per cent clay and over had
mir ntt 10 etc eli nj
with herds with natural tendency to
beef and left those with lighter and
better adapted lands to do fruit raising
we would not have been so entirely de-
pendent on the west for our beef sup
ply. Neither would there have been
such bountiful table spread for the
propagation and sustenance of the
many insects and fungous diseases that
now make fruit growing both a science
and an art as well as more expensive
than formerly.
The stock farmer, requiring less help
Oh the same acreage than the fruit
farmer, would to that extent have
helped the labor supply and decreased
the money spent for concentrated fer
tilizer and increased the land fertility
by the application of stable manure.
Our producing good beef here in the
east by using any of the strictly beef
breeds, with the assistance of the mod
ern silo filled with corn and cowpeas
for winter feeding, crimson clover and
winter oats to supplement the pastures
in summer, places the feasibility of this
enterprise beyond question, concludes
an American Agriculturist writer.
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How 10 Keen Late cnbbnge.

Late cabbage laid in shallow trenches
roots up will keep well if not placed
too close together in the trench. Dig a
trench about s or 10 inches deep and
pig to 3 feet wide, putting some cross
pieces of wood in the bottom of the
trench for some odd and end boards to
rest upon, making a rough kind of plat
form, leaving a space of two or three
inches beneath. A little straw is
spread over the boards and the cab
bages are packed in head down in two
layers, the upper layer being placed be-
tween the angles formed by the cab
bages of the lower one. A coping is
placed over to keep them dry and at
tention paid that they do not get fro
zen.-Cor. American Gardening.
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some effect on it when the wind that
had been blowing steadily from the
northwest veered suddenly round to
the west, and the kite struck a sudden
gust, quivered Il moment and then dove
head first down into the linden tree
just underneath. Luckily for Tatters,
who else might have had his brains
dashed out against the ground, the
kite caught in the top branches, and in
moment Tatters was swinging like a
pendulum from the end of one of the
lower branches about ten feet from the
ground.
The boys now threw the line upon
the ground and ran with all speed to
the tree.
Here, Chunk" said Diff as his prac-
ticed eye took in the situation. You're
the llghtest. Shin up that tree and
crawl out on that branch and let it
down until we can cut that dog loose"
And that is what happened While
the little girls looked on in interested
silence and Helen dried her tears
Chunk was boosted up into the tree,
grasped the branch and went out to-
ward the end hand over hand until his
weight bore it down so that Halter,
who was tallest, could reach Tatters.
He grasped him, cut him loose and
gave him over to his little mistress,
who, hugging him close to her breast,
ran away with him.
Then Diff, though his eyes twinkled,
turned and said sternly to Buck, How
could you play such cruel trick on
my sisters dog?'
Il didn't think 'twould hurt him, +"
answered the culprit.
"Well it might have" answered Diff,
turning on his heel.
So that is how dog came to figure
as hero in the tale OF kit7.-Philadel-
phia Times.
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Some years ago | made quite num-
Der of bushel boxes like the one here
with illustrated. made them more as
an aid to sorting apples in midwinter
than for any other purpose. After l
had used them for year or two liked
them so well that have made a num-
Der, and l have found them to be very
useful in handling either apples or po-
tatoes, says a correspondent in an ex-
change. Apples may be sorted, put in
these bushel crates and stacked up in