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The Lamar register., 1903-12-23

people owning land that would be
benefited will come forward and en-
ter into the requisite agreements.
They will hardly reject 80 excellent
an opportunity to secure the con
struction Of irrigation works in
which, as owners of land in the Un
compahgre valley, they are so deep
ly interested.
One defect in the federal law has
been brought to light which is en-
tirely avoided in our Colorado irri-
cation district law. Under the fed
eral law there is no way of COMPEL
ing private owners Of land within Z
reclaimed area to take water from ir-
rigation works that may be construct
ed unless they enter into an agree
ment to do 80. Hence much land
underneath ditch SO constructed
may pay no part Of the cost Of build
ing the works. In connection with
the Gunnison tunnel project, for in
stance, there is a considerable acre
age in the valley which is owned by
non residents, who take little direct
interest in the enterprise. Unless
these owners take water from the
tunnel they cannot be forced to con
tribute to the expense of construc
tion, Notwithstanding the value Of
their land will be greatly enhanced
Under the Colorado law, however
all land embraced within an irrigs
ton district is made subject to a ia,
to pay for the construction of irriga
tion works. 1t operates exactly like
the law governing an Improvement
! district in city. A special tax ii
levied against the land improved
No other property is subjected tt
the payment of taxes on account o.
the work done; but every acre bene
fitted is compelled to pay its share
whether held by resident or non
resident. Furthermore, the fact
that this tax has to be paid makes
an owner put his land to profitable
use, thus increasing the productive
ness of the country.-Denver Re-
publican.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-23
Progress Of RecIamatIo n Work.

Progress Of RecIamatIo n Work.
The statements made by Mr.. New
ell of the geological survey in re-
gard to the progress of reclamation
work nnder the irrigation act passed
by congress "a year ago last June
show that cammendable results have
been achieved, although but little
construction is as yet actually under
way.
Mr.. Newell estimated that the DIFF
ferent projects examined up to date
and looked upon as practicable and
available involve an expenditure OF
about S25,OOO,OOO. On this score,
however, there need be no fear, for
the reclamation fund will far exceed
the sum just named by the time con
struction proceeds far enough to call
T n it's expenditure.
The only project of importance
under consideration in this state is
the one to construct the Gunnison
tunn,l by means of which to rt clam
land lying in the Uncompahgre val
ley. Some fear has been expressed
that agreements to use the watel
thus supplied will not be obtained
from a sufficient acreage to justify
proceeding with the enterprise. But
it is probable that this danger will
be avoided. Sooner or later the
The Lamar register., 1903-12-23
fails to arrive.

misfortune fails to arrive.
The beet sugar trust has shown no
anxiety during the past year, nor
have the manufacturers and beet
growers Of this state shown any
alarm. New factories are projecte d,
and farmers are increasing the bet {
acreage without any thought of mis-
fortune resulting from the passage
of this law, the enactment of which
has been a foregone conclusion for
months.
The fact is that there never has
been any danger to the beet sugar
industry, only in the minds of those
who were bent upon making politi
cal capital out of the question.-Col
orado Journal.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-23
The Bee, sugar Industry Is Safe.

Now that the Cuban reciprocity
trsaty has become operative, those
who feared that it would injure the
beet sugar Industry of this state
should get ready to explain why the
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County Notes
From the Holly ChieftainI

entertained number of brethren
from Lamar at its meeting Wednes
day night. The boys came down
for social visit and were royalty
welcomed by the members here.
The following were the visitors: j.
I. Lawless, W, W Reynolds, q. W.
Heaton, j. A Downing, Rev r W,
Moore, B. H. Rogers, ". p James,
tFrom the Holly NewsI
Engineer Berry of the A. V. S. B.
e. 1. l.. Company, came down from
Lamar Thursday on business.
The work of building the city Jail
was begun Monday by Mr. Pickett
The building is on the lot west of
Mr.. Pickett's carpenter shop and will
be in size 1924 with two cells, or
rooms, constructed Of heavy lumber
Fred Mohl came IN with party OF
gentlemen from the east Wednesday
night and yesterday he took them
for drive over the north country in
order to give them view of Colora
do land, a taste of Colorsdo's delight
ful winter weather.
From the Amity Optimisti
After weary weeks Of waiting @.
A. Erickson received a car Of coal
Tuesday night. It is Northern lig.
mite, of the Kind used almost ex-
clusively in Denver. It will be sold
at$7.25 per ton. The English Lum-
Der Company is looding for car of
the same kind Of coal on every freight
train.
Through typographical error the
Optimist stated last week that the
total beet shipment from Amity this
season was 1,230, 100 pounds. This
was mistake Of just eight million
pounds, the amount being $3.50, 100
A little thing like that doesn't make
much difference except that the Op
timist desires to be accurate.
A farmers telephone line is being
constructed in the Sunnyside neigh
borhood and has eleven subscribers
at 81 per month for boxes, and the
farmers construct and keep up the
line Carl Ray is engineer in cheif.
Cantaloupe growers Of the Amity
district will hold meeting at Sun
ny side school house next Monday
night to meet a representative of
Nichols g. Co, talk over the situa-
tion and possibly make contracts for
the coming season. Everyone in
tending to raise cantaloupes should
attend.
(From tho Granada Times.l
Mrs ID. w. Robinson came down
from Lamar, last Thursday, on &C
count of the illness OF her daughter,
Mrs. d. II. Dickson. Mrs. Robin
son returned home yesterday, her
daughter having almost recovered
Clark LIE Fever joined Frank
Townsley and his party of land buy
ers this morning and accompanied
them to Rocky Ford, they will all
return here, Friday morning, when
Mr.. LIE Fever will show them over
the KY lands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter II. Morris,
from Pryor, arrived here, Monday, for
q visit with relatives. MIR. Morris is
head clerk in the Hindmsn Mercan
tile Co, store at Pryor. A couple of
weeks ago he ran splinter into his
foot, and it has been in bad condi
ton since. He has suffered greatly
with the injury, and, for time it
was thought he would loose the foot.
1t is much better now, but still makes
him q cripple. These young people
were accompanied by their cousin,
Chas Morris, manager Of the Hind
mun Mercantile Co. store at Bow n
and his family, who are making a
visit with relatives here.
The Beet Sugar Industry Is Safe.
Now that the Cuban reciprocity
The Lamar register., 1903-12-23
from the Granada Times.

Mrs d. w. Robinson came down
from Lamar, last THURSDAY, on &C
count of the illness OF her daughter,
Mrs. d. H. Dickson Mrs. Robin
son returned home yesterday, her
daughter having almost recovered
The Lamar register., 1903-12-23

Cantaloupe growers of the Amity
district will hold a meeting at Sun
ny side school house next Monday
night to meet a representative Of
Nichols & Co, talk over the situa-
tion and possibly make contracts for
the coming season. Everyone in
tending to raise cantaloupes should
attend.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-23

Clark LIE Fever joined Frank
Townsley and his party of land buy
ers this morning and accompanied
them to Rocky Ford, they will all
return here, Friday morning, when
Mr.. LIE Fever will show them over
the KY lands.
The Lamar register., 1903-12-23

A farmers telephone line is being
in the Sunnyside neigh
borhood and has eleven subscribers
at 81 per month for boxes, and the
farmers construct and keep up the
line. Carl Ray is engineer in cheif.
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ALCOHOL IN TEE TROPICS.
Harmful in Highest Degree to Euro.
peans in Hot Lands.

From the Chicago Record Herald
The use of alcohol by Europeans living in
tropical climates has long been known to
be harmful in the highest degree What an
immense advantage total abstinence brings
is pointed out In way that Is neverthe-
less, almost startling by Major Fibrig. an
army surgeon who has served for twenty
five years in the Dutch East Indies. The
Lancet presents an abstract Of a paper
which Major Fibrig recently read at AK
la-Chapelle.
Up to 1893. it appears every Dutch SOL
der serving In the tropics received Il daily
ration of 100 cubic centimeters of wine In
that year the ration was cut In half, and
the soldier was allowed to draw it's money
value instead of the liquor. The officers
were given similar option and under their
lead large numbers of the soldiers became
before long total abstainers. Then Major
Fibrig began to make systematic compare
sons between drinkers and nondrnkers
Even within the first three months, he
says. there wasra remarkable dminution in
the amount Of sickness. Discipline Inn
proved. and the soldiers showed an ability
to endure fatigue and privation to degree
he had never before observed. Drinkers
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Christm as Fires.
rom Harpers Bazaar.

From Harper's Bazaar.
III one would revive a memory OF the
old fule fire backlog of hard wool, the
largest to be had, should he chosen. The
hearth should be clean and cold before
Christmas even, and the log set IN place
with the cedar or pine or other light
wood klndlings at hand rs the sun goes
down fire is applied and the big Log set
ablaze In the days of the Druids, whence
fuie-ios lore Is derived. the priests light
ed the annual log with an ember from
the sacred perpet ual fire they guarded.
In the mountain regions Of the south
the hearth fire is kept with an almost
equal hdellty, scarcely ever being per-
mitted to die out from October to March
and in the cabins of the negroes 1t is no
uncommon sight. upon Christmas night
TO see within the fireplace itself. their
heads up the chimney, pickaninnies of
various sizes, busted in warming their
toes. their bare feet resting on logs of
eSaar or hickory or oak. and stheir black
eyes rolling with anticfpations of COM
ing good things.
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A Performing Monkey.

TOYS attached. These may consist of re Al
India rubber dolls and animals. as well as a
rattle.
A Performing Monkey.
The jointed monkey. made of a compost
ton and covered with real skin, performs
on a rubber string and uses his voice An
other Jocko of the organ grinder type is a
perfect clown in his costume. One side IS
red and the other white.
OF animals there is no end. Crocheted
sptz dogs, with blankets and collars, Sit
and stand In all sorts of positions. Vel
vet rabbits in natural colors. the ears lined
with red velvet and with red-rnged eyes,
kneel bunny fashion. Mechanical animals
and dolls with voices move around and
bend their joints to suit the occ aston, all
of which helps to keep the baby good nat
ured.
One of the cleverest things shown Is n
music box, the top of which is supposed to
represent a back yard scene. AS soon as
the box is wound, the music and perform
ance begin simultaneously. A bear turns
miniature hand organ, which gives the i'm
preston that the mus C comes from that
source. Meantime, cat and dog pe-fo m
on q trapeze, while another cat dances q
jig IN the corner. All of these anlmass nave
voices.
A smaller music box has on top a boy
with a whip in his hand and several geese
near him. As soon as the music starts the
geese begin to eat. while the boy tries to
drive them away
Older baby boys have their worsted reins
with bells, and such toys as a cl lpp ng
clown, who has pair of cymDals in his
hands, which he Glars together as he closes
his eyes. The older BABY girls can play
housekeeping with toys that are not only
novel, but marvellous, as for instance,
dishes which contain the most natural look
ing food maginable-poached eggs, pc a
toes, meat, celery and vegetables of all
sorts in dainty portions, which help To
carry out the make-believe idea.
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CHRISTMAS. FLOWERS
With Good Weather Dealers
Will Be Happy.
PRICES ARE VARIABLE
MIXED BOXES FETCH FROM FOUR
TO FIFTY DOLLARS
Red is the Predominating Color for
Holiday Season-Blooms That
Are in Demand.
PRICES ARE VARIABLE

"If Christmas eve comes in mild and
warm. and Christmas morning follows the
gentle prophecy, the florists will be the
happiest men in Washington said the
proprietor of one of Washingtons largest
dollhouse establishments.
TT will mean that thousands of boxes of
Christmas flowers which must be delivered
on Christmas forenoon can go out with
only the ordinary packing. On the other
hand should there be freezing weather,
every flower must be packed in cotton.
which doubles the labor and time neces-
Sary.
with a mild Christmas which is the
florists delight. the force in the big flower
stores work the entire night before Christ
mas. and all hands are busy packing
boxes. which in Il few hours are to convey
Christmas remenbranees; and before noon
all the fragile blossoms have reached the
feminine hands for which they were In
tended. One dealer in fashionable resi-
dence section has sent out between 500 and
GOO boxes every Christmas morning for
many years.
Prices OF Flowers.
1.-THE mixed box ranges from 81 to 500 IN
price. 1t is very modest little box for the
first price-half a dozen roses a dozen car
nations bit of Christmas green In the
500 box there will be probably half a dozen
American beauties, half a dozen long
stemmed liberty roses OF the rich, veive.y
deep crimson variety; some vioiets, some
valley, some mignonette, to sweeten the
whole box; perhaps some sweet peas and
hyacintbs. a bit OF heliotrope, and always
some holly and red satin ribbon TO tie
the whole.
The latter boxes are simply pretty
tribes. sent to the rich by those VINO are
not sufficiently indebted on sufficiently
intimate terms 10 send more costly or sub
rstantial gifts. Fifty dollars for flowers that
fade in a day makes the attention more
delicate than four or five times that
amount put into some more durable trifle
Red the Christmas Color.
Red is pre-eninently the Christmas
color, ana red carnations and red roses
are the favorite purchases The red i'm
mortelies also go in great punches for
Christmas decorations In houses of both
high and low degree. These immortelles
are real flowers, though some persons have
notion they are made of paper.
Their natural color is yellow and they
are grown in the south of France, where
great fields of them may be seen dried and
dyed for the market 1t is a great indus
! try there
Europeans use them largely to the ex-
cit sion of fresh flowers and thousands
upon thousands of boxes of the red ones
afe imported To this country every year
! for the Christmas trade. They cannot be
| successfully grown in America owing to
| duced in Texas, but florists say they are
| not right.
1.-The price of Christmas flowers will de-
/ pend largely upon the weather. but the
price at the retail stores Will be very little
If any, higher than usual The price is al
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The mild and Immediate effect of DIR. kilner';
swamp Root, the great kidney and bladder remedy
is sooL realized. 1t stands the highest for III
of the most distressing cases
SwampRoot will set your whole system right, ant
the best proof of this is n trial.
IA East 1a0tb ST., New York City
Dear Sir: Oct. 18TH 1893
II had been suffering severely from kidney
trouble. All symptoms were on hand; my
former strength and power had left me;
eoul0 diy drag myself along. Even my
mental caracity giving ont, and often
wished to die. II then saw adver-
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would not have paid any attention to it had
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that your Swamp-Root is purely vegetable,
AMI does not contain any harmful drugs.
an. seventy years and four months old, and
with 4 good conscience recommend
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troubles -Four members of my family have
been using Swamp Root for four different
kidney diseases with the same good re-
suits
With many thanks TO you. remain.
Very truly yours.
ROBERT BERNER.
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Weak and unhealthy kidneys responsible
suffering than other disease therefore, when through neglect
other kidney trouble permitted
follow.
Your other may need attention kidneys
because they do and need attention
If sick feel badly begin taking DIR. Klmers Swamp
Root the great kidney liver bladder remedy
kidneys begin better they will help all the other organs
health A trial will convince any
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would appear in good condition as alb.
stalners so long as peace lasted, but as soon
as there was a cali to active service and
they We're put to the test of hard work the
drinkers began TO Succumb. Suicides were
invariably consumers of liquor. The pro-
portion of deaths from palustral fevers,
haematuria, cholera. dysentery, cirrhosiS
Of the liver, neurasthena, cephaialgia and
surgical injuries was far higher among tho
drinkers. Many of the drinkers who resist
ed disease became moral wrecks, losing all
energy and initiative" and were unfit for
the service Major Fibrig himself has been
total abstainer for ten years. He has
ceased to require midday siesta. Hard
work in the heat has no bad effect on him.
and though he is forty-six he recently took
part In an arduous campaign. requiring
long and toilsome marches, with little dis
comfort.
In the principal garrison towns of tho
Dutch East Indies refreshmenf rooms or
canteens have now been opened which
either sell no alcoholic drinks or nothing
stronger than light, wholesome beer.
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ways doubled in December, snd the dealers
say they cannot go much above that, or
Customers will be frightened away.
Sweet Peas Forced for the Season.
Sweet peas are 80 cents for a dozen
sprays, and only the old fashioned pink
and white ones are sold at this time of
the year, the various solid colors for which
the demand is less beinis reserved for t.Ie
more popular prices later in lie season.
Sweet peas nave been forced for the
Christmas market only for many years
past. They must be started blooming be-
fore the cold eather begins. Then they
VIII bloom all winter.
'Daffodils do not get in until February,
but almost all the rest OF the spring, flowers
are on the Christmas counters. Easter
lilies. too, though ther cold and white
for Christmas find sale. Fiolets which
were net so fragrant last year, are par
ticularly fine this winter. and from s. to 6 a
hundred.
Holly began to come in from the hills
Of Maryland and Virginia daring Thanks
giving week and have been on the coun-
terS ever since. The wild holly supplies
the market and there has never seemed
to be any perceptible decline of the sup
ply Great quantities of it are purchased
by all sorts OF dealers. who decorate their
stores with If and send out a sprig at
tached to every Christ mas parcel.
Potted Plants, Too.
The floral Christmas RENE mhrauees
sometimes take the form of potted plants.
always more acceptable TO the mistress
of house. Perhaps the Christmas favor
lite is the poinsetta, whose red stars have
blossomed under Christmas trees for the
last quarter Of a century.sThey are from
81 TO So apiece, and a twelve-incli pan
hlled with them comes from $12 to slb
Scotch heather is always popular. An
enthusiastic country dweller in Massa-
chusetts says the fowerman is going to
plant all the hills on his estate with
Scotch heather to grow wild, as it does
on the hills Of Scotland
The deep roSe-colored azalea never
loses Its popularity or the Chinese paper
plant, which, with it's crisp. papery look
ing little chinese lanterns of blossoms,
is quaint oddity. These plants will
stand steam heated rooms. and with lit
tie care retain their beauty"
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All is Vanity.


From Judge.
Crabshaw-"Miss Purseproud has taken
up philanthropy"
Crawford she really associate with
the poor?'
| Crabshaw-"Well, of course, she draws
| the line at her poor relations"
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Tribulations at the Zoo.

Prom Judge.
Mrs. Monkey-'T wish you'd drop in and
see our milkman. Charlie, and give him a
good calling down"
Mr- Monkey-"Why, what's the matter
now?"
Mrs. Monkey-'I told him to leave three
cocoanuts this morning and he only lef,
two, and one of them was only half full
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The cheapest. quickest and
easiest way to convey useful In
formation TO the citizens OF any
community is by the use of the
columns of a widely circulated
local newspaper, like The Even
ing Star.
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MStletoe.
hSe1etUo. !
From Country Life In Amorsca

From Country Life In America
The eastern mistletoe Is parasite on de-
cduous trees as far north as New Jersey.
1t grows in great lunches from one to three
feet across and soon dishgures tree The
people of Atlanta, Ga. have free mistletoe
The city authorities cut 1t out of the shade
trees that line the streets, and any one may
take II away by the wagon-ioad. The plant
Is IN no danger OF exterrnipa ton, as we are
amount-despite its unique associations,
which ought TO make H. in universal de-
mand. The trade Is supposed to handle
about ten thousand pounds
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Der the name, Swamp Root, DIR. Kilmer's Swamp.
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test symptoms Of kidney bladder trouble or if
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Tipkins-'1 don't believe there ever wa.
a horse race that was on the square
Piker--"I saw an honesl race once
Tipkins-- indeed! Where?"
Piker-In Arizona Tho chap in the lead
stole the horse. Chicago News.
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Truth crushed - Garth will rise again"
remarked the quotation flend.
Sure thing" e, oined the close observer.
but 1t seldom does it until after the ref.
cree counts en.'--Chicago News.
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OF o trouble or
OF Thousands thousand letters from
In writing to tina In The
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white velvet ribbon. with non-destrucuble
toys attached. These may consist or real
India rubber dolls and animals. as well as
rattle.