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The Lamar register., 1903-03-04

A. NJ. Nichols, formerly a prominen
attorn, here, but now located at Rocky
FJrd, is under arrest 1T La Junta charg-
eel with an assault on IL ton year old girl
in h,s Office at Rocky Ford. An attempt
was made by n mob to take him from
the jail at La Junta but The tirmness OF
the sheriff prevented lynchlng. 1t is
believed that Mr.. Nicholas was crazed
by drink and drugs as it is reported that
his mind has been failing for some time.
| Kid Enlow, who assisted his father in
carryiug the mail on the Lamar.SpriDg
| field route left the dinner station last
Friday noon for Lamar In the storm.
The team soon lost its way and wander
ed around all day and far into the night
the boy tramping alongside Of them to
keep warm. They finally arrived at u
shack some miles west of the stage route
on Clay creek and camped there. He
came to town on Tuesday with the mail
and took n load of goods out south this
morning, appar, ntly none the worse for
his rough experience.
The Martha Washington Musicale was
n success. as the severe snow storm of
Wednesday evening, Feb. %, did not
accepting Mrs. Irwin's hospitality, for
about forty guests assembled there and
were well repaid for their effort. The
musical program was much enjoy cd,
having variety and charm. There we're
also recitations, and the Martha W,.s.-
ington caps and neck handkerchiefs gave
a quaint appearance to the costumes of
the members of the Social Circle. Most
appetzing refreshments were served
after which the tiny blue and pink
stockings were emptied and contents
counted, amounting to s7.75. 1t was
past midnight when the company dis
persed, thanking Mrs. Irwin for most |
delightful evening.
By a decision of the U. S. court of |
claims granting the claim of W. ii. Har- |
per's family to share in the apportion-
ment of lands and funds, which had ac
cumulated to the credit of his great
grandfather from the treaty with the
Creek Indians in 1897, Mr.. Harper and |
family received great wndfall last |
week in the shape of a fortune. 1t is
estimated to amount to about $4,000 in
cash and in addition 800 acres of land |
in the Creek nation for each member OF
the family. making 22i0 acres in ALL
The lands are to be allotted on March
2i and Mr.. Harper and family are max
ing preparations to go to Indian Terri
tory by that date. They haye been res
lLents Of Prowers county ever since it
was established and have seen all the
ups and downs that are common to pio-
neering, and all who know them will re-
joice that Mr.. and Mrs. Harper are as
sured atlluence and ease for the remain
der Of their days.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Election Notice.

Notice is hereby given to the qualified vote
ers of the town OF Lamar, Colorado, that the
annual municipal election will be held in said
town on Tuesday. the 1th day of April. A. ID.
')3 between the hours of seven o'clock in the
morning and seven O'Clock in the evening of
said day. for the election of mayor and three
trustees for the full term.
The place of holding election IN precint No.
will be at the town hall in said town Of Lamar.
The place of holding election in precinct No.
Will be at the court house in said town of La
mar.
Dated at Lamar, Colorado this 9Th day of
March A. ID. 1903. NJ. STRAIN
EDWIN Dr. HEY. Mayor
Clerk and Recorder.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
For Threshing Coal
90 to The LAMAR SEED co.
Best Trinidad Lump
Coal at IS per Ton.

John Duncan, Of Holly, was here the
first Of the week on business.
N. N. Mclean was a visitor at the
state capital several days last week.
COLI. G. Lockhart, Of Rocky Ford, was
in town last Saturday on business.
A Friedman was down from Las Ami
maj on Sunday visiting Lamar friends.
Earl M. Cranston, U. 8, district attor-
ney for Colorado, was Lamar visitor
last Saturday.
J. M. Johnston, Church Bros. and
Myers Pharmacy have new ads Of inte
rest this week.
Themes at the Presbyterian church
Sunday morning "The harvest is past.
Evening Friendship"
Dave Downer came down from La
Junta last week and spent several days
visiting his many Lamar friends.
Ed. and H. E. Pastorius, Of Colorado
Springs, the purchasers Of the Black
ranches, were here over Sunday.
Dwight Miser came up from the south
Saturday night bringing the mail with
him, as the regular carrier was lost.
Guy B. Huntington, L. F. Boggs and
Thos. Griffith, Granada business men,
were county seat visitors on Monday.
The tax list is now in the hands of the
county treasurer. having been turned
over by Assessor Rosacrans on Monday.
Ford F. Harvey. Of the Santa Fe eat
ing house system, was in Lamar last
Saturday visiting with his friend, land
lord McKeown.
The regular session Of the county COM
missioners is being held this week, Com
missioners Stephenson and Knowlen be-
ing present.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Ada ms very pleas
antly entertained few Of their friends
ct their home last night. The evening
was passed in games and other amuse-
ments.
Mrs. j. W. Gollsday fell on the ice
this morning and broke her arm. DR..
Fewkes was called In and dressed the
injured limb and Mrs. Golladay is now
getting along nicely.
A. E. Bent and L. Writ Markham who
bad been east for two weeks. returned
home last Saturday morning. They re-
port the storm as much worse there
than it was here.
T.. j. Phillips and family from north
east Missouri, arrived in Lamar last
week with car load Of household goods
They haye rented house in town for
the present but will move out to = farm
in the spring.
On Monday at the home Of the bride
north of Caddoa, Mr.. Harry Cook and
Miss EIma Cahall were united in mar
riaee. The happy young couple have
many friends in this vicinity who ex-
tend congratulations and best wishes.
The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
Teachers. Examination.

The regular county examination of
teachers will be held at the court house
in Lamar and at the town hall in Gra-
NADIA, March 20 and 81, 1893.
j. A. RosEDRoUGH,
Co. Supt. of Sthools.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
The Alcohol Tax.

At. the last session Of congress an I'M
successful effort was made to reduce the
internal revenue tax on alcohol from s1.10
to 70 cents a gallon. That setback has in
no way discouraged the advocates OF the
reduction and they are continuing the dis
cussion of the subject. -. s.:.~..'.. .,
With the national finances continuing
to show large SURPRISES each year, 1t
seems as if the government could very
we'll dispense with 40 cents Of its present
revenue on each gallon Of alcohol. Alco-
hol is becoming more and more useful in
the arts,Sf in which it has long played a
prominents part, but it's utilization as a
steam fuel IN France and Germany points
the way to a great extension Of It's s,se-
fitness In Germany the alcohol tax is
only Sc cents a gallon and that country
uses S5,5OO,oO0 gallons a year in industry,
while the United States consumes only
II, 200, 900 gallons in that way.
It is pretty plain that alcohol as a
power fuel is a Conner It can be made
almost anywhere that there is vegetation,
and when cheap enough should be of
especial service in agricultural regions
that are lacking in natural fuel supplies,
a. description that applies to much Of our
western country. Rockefeller may corner
cred, but he would have a pretty hard
time cornering alcohol if there were. a
general demand for it as a fuel: a.3s !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
A Populist Revival.

A gathering of reformers at Denver,
which was announced a few weeks ago as
intended to effect a combination of all
reformers in the country, resulted yester-
day in a set of resolutions agreed upon by
the leaders Of the two populist factions,
which have exploited various impracti-
cal economic and financial theories in this
country. during the last decade. The
populist and the middle- of-the-road
popu1ists, these factions We're distin-
guished in the presidential campaign of
1900, have not had much to encourage
them as their theories have been turned
down rather emphatically. They, how
ever, effected a reconciliation yesterday
and adopted resolutions reaff1rming the
leading principles Of the historic Omaha
platform" as they call 1T. 1t is expected
that the two national committees Of the
former factions will meet to-day and
ratify the action of the conference.
The original Omaha platform was
thet work of various labor parties
and the farmers alliance united
with the peoples party. which ap-
peared in presidential campaign first
in 1892, their ticket being Weaver Of
Iowa and Field Of Virginia, and the plat
form demanding free and unlimited coin
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
A Babe in the Woods.

1t Is amazing how rapidly a grown man
will lose his self-control when he finds
that he is lost in the woods. If he be
not learned in Woodcratt and certain that
tho lost, he can without great difficulty
find his way. out, he will soon become
frantic, and, with alternating hope and
fear, will plunge first one way and then
another, pursuing no general direction,
and, of course, getting nowhere. After
hours of desperate walking, perhaps, he
recognizes some tree or other object, and
he knows that, for all his expenditure
of energy he is back where he started.
How much more agonizing must be the
experiences Of q tender child lost in the
woods! Little Albert Swanson, 5-year-
old boy, was found yesterday after hav-
ing been lost for four days and four
nights in a great swamp near Duluth.
Three Indian guides and 100 white men
searched long and carefully before the
poor little fellow was found. The reports
say that he was so overcome by terror
and hunger that he did not realize thai
he had been rescued. Think Of that in
FAINT alone in the dark mysterious swamp
| for four days and nights, lost and help
less, with wild animals providing about
and on every side the dense swamp vege-
tation It is "a wonder that he kept his
mind for single day. q,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
To Abolish "Sections."

The disastrous head-end collision on the
Chicago Great Western at vlasaty, Mimi,
Sunday was due, like many similar col
lisions, to misunderstanding Of train
orders. A passenger train was running
in two sections. one on time, the other
more than two hours late. A freight train
conductor was notified that the second
section was late. He evidently took his
orders to mean that the whole passenger
train was late. And so in fog the two
engines rushed together. Now the rail
way men are talking Of abolishing pas
senger train sections" Had this par
ticular train not been running in sections
there would have been no collision. The
second section instead of being called q.
section, would have been called an sex
ira" 3
A railroad man Is quoted as saying that
he could name twenty wrecks of the past
year resulting from the same general con-
ditions as those Of the Vlasaty wreck.
It is worth while for the railway off,
cials to make every change that caution
suggests. In this age Of mechanical and
electrical perfection it ought to be possible
to make it physically impossible for COL
lisions to occur, but, pending the introduce
ton Of devices that will attain that end,
every possible means Of misunderstand-
ing, once attention has been called! to 1t,
should be eliminated. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
Books and Authors
AN AUTHORS PLANT

..An .Ungratefu1 Author" in the National
Review pours a few plnts OF somewhat
diluted vftriol upon publishers and writer's
of book notices and book reviews, the
latter being characterized as frequently
much more illiterate than their readers.
He thinks the sin of these petple Is in
'soverpraise," which spoils the authors
and kills off more budding Keats's' than
the old slashing historic method. BY the
way, the story that Keats was slain by
tho ,caustic criticism of an English re-
viewer has long ago been exploded. Even
the torrential and da1nnatory rhetoric OF
Lord Macaulay did not kill Robert Mont
gomery. .sUngrateful Author says the
critics assure young authors that they
have nothing more to learn, and their
literary art is perfect, ETC., and the author
ceases to be painstaking and trusts to his
genius and plays out; but he contrad1cts
himself by saying that, after publishers
get authors name advertised extern
sively, the merit of his books becomes no
consideration; the public buys the books
on the authors name. This Is not true.
The publishers certainly8 advertise the
name of an author extensively In connec-
ton with his book, but all the printing
ink they can command will not help them
in connection with an authors name I'M
less he has done something to win public
regard The publishers carry the BOOM
ing of authors and books to a ridiculous
extreme. It is not the critics but the
publishers who overpraise. There are
newspapers which reprint fulsome praise
of an author prepared by publishers" but
to say that all newspapers lend them
selves to such business is false. 1t, is not
true, as "Ungrateful Author" says, that
the daily papers publish ''the most igno-
rant and fatuous notices of books" That
is the tone of chagrined and disap-
pointed author. This class are always
ready to fly into a passion and write silly
notes to papers which adversely notice
their productions. -----.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29

to be that, if we would attain any SPECIAL
condition we must follow the course of
others who have attained It. He who
would attain the things which are las
ing and noble will seek to get beyond
the realm of the bubbles that burst, into
the place where dreams are, which are
the only permanent and lasting things.
Aid to do this comes from others who have
gone out of their garments of flesh and
he becomes like. them The dream, &C
eerding to Welcker, is the most recent
thing on earth. He has a conception,
moreover that injustice and raplne are
continually storing within the earth cleo
triea1 force, which may, some day, cause
the earth's surface to sink and collapse,
and. molten lava and fire from within to
come thru the crevasses then formed and
spread out over its surface This Is
natures ministration of woe to the per-
petrators of injustice. Mr.. Welcker be-
Iieves that all who have struggled thru
the realm of bubbles that burst, into the
realm of the enduring, have effective
power over the natural forces. It will be
seen that, take the scheme altogether
Mr.. Welcker has not presented for con-
sideration anything very new or original.
He has adapted the Bible doctrine Of the
indwelling Of Christ in the man who would
dwell in him and partake Of His nature,
and the fiery retributieAr upon earth for
the violence and injustice Of men. His
dogma of the future life is not very in
spring. for Sylvia says:
- when tn comes to one
Then. will we lie EACH iii Ne others arms -
And As .one dies thesotler4dies as W.
And i>Ath. TIM. inned. pass to the r.alms OF
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
age Of silver and gold at the ratio Of 16 to

age Of silver and gold at the ratio Of 16 to
1; graduated income tax; postal savings
banks; collective ownership Of railways,
telegraphs and telephones; exclusion of
pauper immigration; the eight-hour labor
day; popular election Of United States
senator's; national currency only by the
government and legal tender for all debts,
and to be distributed among the people
at per cent annual interest. This was
not the 'imm ortay' and Historic" plat
form, however. That document appeared
as the result Of the populist convention
at Omaha in 1898, when the grotesque
government and legal tender for all debts
ing features were fiat fat money and lots
Of it, full legal tender; government or
public ownership Of transportation and
posts, telegraphs and telephones, to be
operated at COST, the land for tillers,
aliens excluded from land ownership, and
sidy. The fat money fad sticks to the
brains Of the populists. They declare that
they give ''unyielding adherence" to the
scheme, altho they have had black eyes
bestowed upon them several times for this
same 'unyielding adherence The fiat
money demand vitiates the whole platform
which contains a few good things.
The two populist factions having come
together, the question may be asked:
Where Is Bryan, who Is yet a populist
from way back
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
OUR PAMPERED AGRICULTURIsT
1aWrw NIg

sive team may find a nice little stretch
of road out In the suburbs, and conclude
that it won't hurt anything to let his nags
have a little spin, and he sends them
along. Next day the local papers are apt
to have big stories with sensational head
ings, announcing that the public streets
are being used as race course by the
bloated monopoltsts, who have no regard
for the lives and limbs OF the poor. The
mayor and council are appealed to in the
most frantic fashion to take some steps
to curb the beastly arrogance Of the bond
holders, and a mass meeting Is held in
the public square, at which demnition
demagogues denounce the tyranny OF cap
ital in terms that would make you sweat
blood. ,.-.... e.
We are as poor as Jobs turkey; we
never expect to be any better off than we
are now. And VIC are glad OF 1t. It must
be very disagreeable to be rich, and. be
cordially hated by poorer people; 1t must
be disagreeable to be constantly misunder-
stood and misrepresented; to have the
simplest action distorted into q deed o.
fiendish 1nalevolence. It must be trying
to be, constantly held up to public view
as examples Of tyranny and oppression,
matter how much the rich man does for
his town, he Is detested. People may
meet him with assumed cordially or nat
ural servility, but in their hearts they
hate him, because he Is moro prosperous
than they, and they will join In any DEM
onstration against him.
| We are dead tired Of the bouquets
which are constantly being flung at the
Honest Old Farmers. The newspapers Of
this western country seem to have organ
lied for the purpose of putting the Honest
Old Farmer on a pedestal and accepting
him as an emblem of all that Is good and
virtuous. The Honest Old Farmer Is no
| hof% m q "a n
petted and pampered until he thinks that
he Is the entire cheese, and when he comes
to town the mayor meets him out by the
standpipe and gives him the keys of the
city. But he is in the same class with
the rest of us; no better, no worse; and
we are weary of meeting him upon the
Lupercal and Offering him kingly crown.
He is the real p1utocrat: he is rank with
| wealth, but the popular idea is to repre-
sent him as poor and oppressed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29

The general land office at Washington
asserts that only 2O0,o0o,eoo feet of Chip
pewa Indian reservation pine, instead Of
a billion or more. is subject to removal
by July, 1905. In a season-and a-half
the mnnbermen would have no great diff
fculty in removing 2O0OO0,OO0 feet but 1T
was feared that it was the intention Of
the land office to insist that all the pine
should be removed by July 1, 1905. Prob
ably this was the intention. for after all
the agitation and discussion Of the sub
ject, the land office gives 1t ont that 1t
has no intention of postponing the date
for cleaning up on the second sale beyond
July 1, 1907. Nothing Is said as to how
much pine will be involved in the second
sale. If 1t is several hundred million feet
the lumbermen will not get much relief
from the two-year extension on q. part Of
the pine, tho such an extension IS better
than nothing. - ..-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29
THE NON PAREILMA

matters which they are both expected to
answer He says the novelty of getting
the postals interests the children hugely,
and that while some of the questions may
seem a trife deep, they stimulate
thought and are good "brain stirrers.''
He predicts that it will be but short
time before his system obtains recogni-
ton.
Here is the postal addressed to little
F4-year-old Helen last Monday:
Are you good girl? Why not2
What is the difference between hen without
feet and a boy who won't eat porridge?
Johnnie takes an apple to school. Teacher gives
gives him plum; Marion gives him pie How
many slices of bread and butter has Johnnie:
Let your motto be for to-day COMMA Labor
| vincit."
On Tuesday e-year-old Bertha was
asked these questions:
Tell briefly and in not to exceed 1000 words,
what you know about the prophet Deuteronomy.
Corregio, Billie Patterson.
| Describe the course of the Pacific ocean.
Who was Cock Robin? a
Who did Caesar do?
Where do flies 60 in the winter?
| Is the moon made Of green cheese-yes-nof
| On Wednesday Helen received this pos
| tai: .....
| Spell physiology, dog, pig, Gioachino. COM
| paratively, circumstantial, cat, physics.
Define river; d cat; dog.
| What is nine spota Name one.
| Do you like your mama7 Why?
| What do you know about the doctrine Of pes
| nicious activity? --..-
Give names Of all presidents, and what they.
! did.
| Give the imports and exports Of Patagonia;
Chile; South Minneapolis; Hopkins.
Quote from memory the first eight cantos Of
| Millions 'Paradise Lost"
This was Bertha's list on Thursday:
| Why isn't pig called a dog?
Did you ever hear a cat bark? Why not1
| Which would You rather be, piece of dried fce
| or locomotive with square wheels1
Why would it be nicer to be a fish without
| head than bicycle without cycle tagf
| Do you like your papa? Why not?
| All those in favor Of the new system
| please raise the right hand. The right
hand, I said. Thank you; the system
evidently will need more supporters.
A summer resort in east Tennessee 10
called Jeffrey's He'll. Too many summer
resorts have it on tap.
The Balkan war cloud rests while the
Oriental war cloud mows the grass.
The public who bought "undigested'
securities at the top prices are filing
Newport, R. L, with tale Of woe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-29

General Q. G. Andrews, the Minnesota
fire warden, has an interesting article in
the New York Tribune Of July rs on Daniel
Webster forester. It seems that the
great statesman began tree planting on his
Marshfield farm sixty-ei years ago.
Some of the pines he planted on the north
and west sides, Of his farm are still stand
ing tho many were cut down when they
attained diameter of two feet. The seeds
from these trees planted by Webster have
given rise to a natural second growth.
Webster also planted many hardwood trees
on his farm. An instance Of this kind is
valuable as showing that even pine trees
grow fast enough for one generation to
plant for the next.