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The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
Revival Meetings.

A two or three weeks tent servic es. OF
revival meetings will soon begin in La
mar. These meetings have been held ir
La Junta, and will be held in Las AMI
mas. Sometime in September, the meet
ings will begin here and they will be
under the united auspices OF the church
es OF Lamar. A mass meeting was held
last evening and the following commit
tees were selected to do the work indi-
Gated by the name Of the committee.
Devotional committee-Rev. o. W.
Auman, Rev. j. w. Purcell, Rev. j. II.
Rife.
Visiting Committee-Mrs. ID. E. Coop
err, Mrs. j. S. Hasty, Mrs. ]. H. Weller
Mrs. L. II. Manville, Mrs. w. G. Could
Mrs. Cora Case, Mrs. L. F. Adams, Mrs
Z. M. Lee.
Music Committee-J. X. Doughty, E.
A. Bannister, L. F. Adams, ]. A. Down
ing.
Finance Committee-Harry Mauville,
d. C. Marker, Vice-Chairman, w. j.
Johnston, E. r. Jones, ]. A. Downing
DIR. John Fewkes, c. c. Huddleston.
Advertising Committee-J. X. Dough
ty, c. M. Lee, N. N. Mclean.
Ushers' Committee-L. Writ Mark
ham, S. ID. Church, ]. M. Johnston, Geo
Robinson.
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Following claims were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn on general road
fund:
r w English Lumber Co, lumber .ss so
Cook & Jacaway, blacksmithing.. 8 90
|. On motion board adjourned to meet
at 8 o'clock a. m., August 4, 1904.
Board met pursuant TO adjournment.
present, Stevenson and Mcpherson,
absent, Knowlen.
On motion = warrant was ordered
drawn on the poor fund In favor Of Mrs.
Ida Barker for maintenance for June
and July. Amount, 500.
The claim OF c. L. Mcpherson for
road merchandise furnished was al
lowed and warrant ordered drawn on
general road fund for amount, 81.
Allowed claims and ordered warrants
drawn on ordinary county revenue fund
as fellows:
F q Rosacrans, dep. hire for July $50 90
J w Gollsday, Ivy hire corner. 3 90
] X Stevenson, serv. and mil'age. % 90
w F McPh -rson, do 25 80
On motion hoard adjourned to meet
September 6, 1904.
Attest:
]. F. CURRY, Clerk,
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Stockholders Meeting.
Lamar, Colo, July 30,

Lamar. Colo, July 30, 1904.
A special meeting OF the stockholders
Of The Big Bend Rural Telephone Com
pany will be held at the Silver Dale
school house on Tuesday, Sept. 6,l90i,at
0 o'clock n. M, for the purpose Of consid-
ering Art. 6 OF the Articles OF Incorpor-
alton. At IL a. M, OF the same day, and
at the same place, the regular annual
meeting will be convened for the pur-
pose of electing directors for the ensu
ing year, levying assessment, and the
transaction OF any other business con
nected with the aforesaid company.
Respectfully.
CHAs. f. HoAG,
Sec'y.
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comm,.sloner's Proceedings.

Office OF the Board OF County Commits
sioners.
Lamar. Colorado, Augu st 2, 1904.
Board met in regular monthly session,
present, Chairman j. X. Stevenson and
Commissioner w. F. Mcpherson. Alb
sent, Commissioner Joel KnowIen.
On motion claims were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn on road funds
as follows:
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Teachers. Examins,lon.

The regular county examination OF
teachers will be held at the court house
in Lamar, and at the school building in
Granada, Thursday and Friday, Aug
ust lS and 10, 1904.
j. A. RosEBRoUGH,
County Superintendent.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

LOST-A black velvet Monte Carlo
Jacket, on county road near Morehouse
residence Finder please leave at Mrs.
Woodard's and receive reward.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
Card Of Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sandoz " sh to
thank the ladies' of Lamar for their kind
ness and sympathy during their recent
time Of affliction.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

WANTED-A ladies' ticket and
half-fare ticket for child, or two ladies'
tickets to Kansas City, st. Joe or Des
Moines. Enquire at this Office.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

For bargains in fsrm lands 60 to
O. B. Thomsn.
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$40, 600 just received for farm loans.
No delays.
L. WRIT MARKHAM.
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DR.. A. w. Sesbury, physician and
surgeon. Offices on second floor Of
Irwin building, East Main street.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

Good mantel folding bed for sale
cheap. Call at Imperial Barber S hop,
corner north Of depot.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10

FOR TBADE-First-C Glass Stock
Ranch. IN Baca county. Well improved
plenty Of water and timber. Will trade
for good alfalfa farm under Fort Lyon
canal. G. s. SMITH.
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For cheap town lots see O. 3
Thomsn.
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II you are looking for a safe, profit
able investment, see r. X. Mathews
Solicitor for 1.-THE Bankers Life
Insurance Assn. OF Des MOines,
Iowa. now in its twenty fifth year.
The Lamar register., 1904-08-10
Coach Excursion to st. Louis

Rate OF Sl7.25 Lamar to st. Louis and
return every Saturday in August and
September. Tickets good only in coaches
and chuir cars. Final limit for return IL
days from date OF sale.
~. GARVIN, Agent.
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| Fl Myers, disinfectants

| a Myers, disinfectants. ..... So
Normal Institute fund, Prowers
county registration teachers 8. 80 90
Allowed claims and ordered warrants
dawn on poor fund rs follows:
F Curry, cash advanced poor. SO O5
Lamar Hdwe Co, burial pauper.. 20 OO
On motion board disallowed the claim
OF =. Pinkham for merchandise fur
pished poor to tho amount Of So 10, be-
cause unauthorized by board
Allowed clsims and ordered warrants
drawn on road district No. s as follows:
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road work dist Mol 8 SC

Allowed claims and ordered warrants
drawn on Gen road fund as follows:
r W English Lumber Co, lumber 10 80
Sam Downsr, bridge work. ...... I so
c X Durant do ....... 30
The following claims we're allowed
and warrants ordered drawn on the or
dinary county revenue fund in payment:
Elisha House, ,serv mango inspect 225 90
Geo G Pollard, serv jsnitor ...... 40 90
H Colebourn, setting glass in ch 90
Fred Lee. serv as coroner. ........ 10 90
On motion Board adjourned TO meet
August 3rd, 1904.
Lamar, Colo, Aug. 3, 1904.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
present Stevenson and Mcpherson, ab-
sent, Knowlen.
Claims were allowed and warrants
ordered drawn on ordinary county reve-
nue. fund as follows:
w A Merrill, serv dep dist atty. 90
j H Frisbie, care OF Jail ......... % 90
s w Cressy. serv water com 80. 81 &c
H H Mcdowell ...... 20 90
Lamar Elec CO, light. 4 so
J G Boyd & Co, glass for C h.. % 50
G T Feast, ] p fees People vs.
Darby ............ .............S ~
Frank Kelsey, constable fees,
came case PAS
j F Curry, services during July. SO O
do cash adv. stamps, etc. 2s
E M Steward, labor and material
for court house. e................ SO rs
Albert Dicus, labor on c'rt house 90
N E Butler, wit. fees dist. court 2 65
On motion claims were. allowed and
warrants ordered drawn on special con-
tingcnt fund as follows:
w ] Johnston, blankets ........ ~
Lamar Hard ware Co., mattresses 10 90
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For Sale

-Four room dwelling, stable, smoke
house, coal house and two lots. Price
1925, $50 cash balance at 8 per cent.
c. M, LEE.
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Lafen: an love . maid the better.
whilst have tooth in my head"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
QUESTION OF POPULARITY
Historical Political Anecdots Re
called BY Bourke Cockran's Re-
turn to the Congress-.

The return Of Bourke Cochran as Z
member Of congress from Mayor Nc
Clellan's district in New York city
brings back an eloquent and inter
esting personality to the halls Of con
gress. Mr.. Cochran is an undoubted
addition to the list Of orators at Wash.
ington. and his presence will be hailed
with delight by those who have been
bemoaning the decadence of congress.
sional eloquence.
At the time Of the last denomination
Of Mr.. Cleveland, B6urke Cochran at.
tended the national convention as the
orator Of Tammany Hall. Those who
were present wifi probably remember
to this day the long and forcible mid
night speech winch Mr.. Cochran made
in opposing the denomination Of the
former president. He made particu
larly big hit when. answering the state
ment that Mr.. Cleveland was popu
lar man, he exclaimed with fervor:
eyes. Mr.. Cleveland is popular
man; he is very popular man; he is
the most popular man in the United
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

throughout Washington, and it has
earned for him the two stars of a major
general. All of which shows that 1t pays
to be prompt and business-like in hand
ling official transactions.
Back in 1886 Ainsworth, then doctor,
was brought in from the frontier and
set to the task of restoring some kind
of order in the record and pension office
Of the war department. That Office
then had control Of all, the hospital
records-over 10000 books. Ainsworth
found something like 10000 unanswered
calls from the pension Office for hospital
records. Some of them were six months
old, some year. Blythe middle Of
March, 1887, sAiusWorth. had answered
all the 10000 calls, and was getting out
Information on three days notice. He
did all this with the same force the office
contained before he took charge Of 1t.
His remarkable talent as an executive
ofncer was promptly recognized, and his
powers were increased. His Office at
once began to expand. Division after
division was transferred to him until
now he has under his charge all the
records relating to the organization Of
officers and enlisted men Of both the
regular and volunteer armies from the
earliest history of the government
down to the present time. Seventeen
different divisions have gradually been
absorbed by him, and now he Is to take
in the adjutant generals department:
When secrettty. Root asked congress
to consolidate the adjutant generals de-
partment with the record and pension
bureau. he said nothing about promot-
Ing either Gen. Ainswofth or Col. Hall.
The friends of Ainsworth attended to his
advancement in committee. the two
stars of major general being a.spon-
taneous Offering in recognition of his
remarkable services In the war depart
ment. Col. Halls promotion was decided
upon in committee also, but for a diff
Eerent reason. ~
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

the handicap under which he started.
that even at the present time he Is
Sone Of the youngest among the men of
authority In the navy He ,distin.
guished himself severa! t1mes during
the Turko-Russian war.
At the end of the wac he took COM
mand of Russia's Mediterranean squad.
ron. At succeeding periods he COM
manded the Black Sea feet and the
oriental squadron. He was called homo
in 1896 to become commander in chief
Of the Baltic heet. which is the main
branch Of the cars navy. Before re-
turning to Russia he made an extend.
ed trip through this country, visiting
all the navy yards and gathering much
valuable knowledge. which he since
then has put to good use at Kronstadt.
It was in 1898 that the idea occurred
to him to build an ice breaker more
powerful than any heretofore con-
structed and thus to obviate the great
est shortcoming of Kronstadt as .
naval base. a 81
T Encouraged by his success In the
Baltic Admiral Makaroff planned In
1901 to make his way to the pole on
board the Ermak. The expedition was
fitted out at Newcastle the car having
appropriated ;75000o for the expert.
ment The Ermak started In the early
part of the summer, but did not reach
as far north as Nansen's Fran had
done. In August Admiral Makaron re-
turned home admitting that no boat
constructed by man could force way
through the polar pack.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
BELIEVES IN,seoto, oAsHEs.
Admiral llskaro2, Now In command
Of Port Arthur Fleet, Has
Ideas Of His Own.

Rear Admiral AakarofI, who has
taken command Of the crippled Port
Arthur fleet, succeeding Stark, has
ideas that run counter to those gener-
ally accepted by naval experts and
strategists. Ono Of his pet aversions
is .armor. The admiral is ever out
spoken in his criticism of the heavy
battleship, which he always contended
placed too many eggs In = single basket
and shows hts paytiality for fleet COM
posed Of . large number Of swift, un.
armored cruisers armed with heavy
guns and attended by an unlimited
number of torpedo boats.
He was born in Kamschatka. where
Is a mere boy, he was picked up by =
Russian naval officer, whose fancy was
caught by the brightness and ambition
Of the lad. Taken to st. Petersburg by
his protector, he embraced eagerly q
chance of entering the imperial navy.
But he did this at the very bottom. be-
ginning rs a cabin boy and working
his way steadily upward.
His career was so rapid, in spite OF
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Seed Grain.

The importance of treating seed
grain for the prevention of smut has
been impressed on the farmers of the
state by the workers at the experi-
ment3 station and the institute lee
turers and Professor Bolley of the
station has just issued Il newspaper
bulletin on the subject. The use of
the. formaldehyde system is becom-
ing general. Many farmers declare
that it pays to treat tibet ,wleat in
that manner, even IF sthere' is no
smut, as the grain ripens earlier.
Lack of funds has prevented the
North Dakota Agricultural college
farm from acquiring. as many high
bred cattle as were wanted. Some
good breeds have been secured but
many of the experiments were car
ried on with scrnb stock. The fact
that all We're not thoroughbretls has
invited criticism from the farmers
of the state who visited the college
on the excursions and the board was
determined on more liberal policy.
All grades are to he disposed of and
will be replaced by pure bred cattle
of different. breeds as quickly as pos-
sible.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
A Bad Accident.


A frightful, and what may prove
fatal, accident occurred ut the whole
sale house of Wahpeton Leach Cam
ble-Dextcr company while Il car of
syrup was being unloaded. VIM.
Bently, receiving clerk for the COM
pany. and nephew of o. A. Leach,
one Of the firm, was on the platform
checking the goods, when the plat
form slipped and he was pinned by
the neck against the wall, the whole
truck of syrup falling ON his head,
frightfully decorating his head and
face. Medical assistance was at once
summoned and he was taken to the
Breckenridge hospital. The chances
for his recovery are doubtful.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
A NEW ARMY BUREAU
TO BE KNOWN AS THE MILITARY
sECRETARY's DEPARTMENT.
Adjutant Generals Once viii BE
Merged with lt-oen. Ainsworth
to Be at the Head, ~ MIL
itary Secretary,

The adjutant generals bureau. for
many years the strongest department of
the United States army, was wiped out
OF existence the ether day when the
senate voted to create a new ofice-the
military secretary's department. The es-
Enlistment Of the general staff was the
death blow to the adjutant generals Of
ice and to all the abuses with which it
was charged.
The officers who will benefit by the
change are Brig. Gen. Frederick G..
Ainsworth, chief Of the record and pen
sion division, who is to be made majo:
general, and Col. William P. Hall, acting
adjutant general of the army, who is
to be promoted to brigadier general.
VThe remnants of the adjutant generals
Office will be merged with the record and
pension bureau and the business con-
tinued under the high sounding title of
military secretary's department of the
war department.
Gen. Ainsworth, who is to be the mill
tary secretary, has had remarkable
career in the army. He probably has
profited more by congressional favor
than any other officer, save Leonard
Wood. Like the latter, he entered the
service as doctor, but he displayed such
rare executive ability that he was put
in a position where his natural talents
could be employed to better advantage
than in the hospital. Ainsworth was
made a colonel by special aqt Of con-
gress. He secured his promotion, to the
grade of brigadier general through the
courtesy of congress, and now he is to
be made major general by the same
process. His rapid advancement by this
means has made him a target for those
who are opposed to, promotion by legis-
lation. But back Of 1t all there is more
or less good reason for the liberal be-
stowal of favors on Ainsworth by con-
gress. .tur .-,-
There is one executive office in Wash
ington that has the reputation of always
answering letters the day on which they
are received. The Office is presided over
by Gen. Ainsworth. II member of
congress wants to know the military
record of man who served in the civil
war he writes to Gen. Ainsworth for
the information. He can safely bet that
the answer will be in hand within "a
hours. Such is Ainsworth's reputation
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

rl .
States every day in the year-except
election day." c.
After that speech and at the con-
clusion Of the session of the conven.
ton, number OF the Tammany braves
gathered in the Headquarters Of tho
New York delegation and talked it
over. Most of them we're delighted
with the Grafton and thought that Cock.
ran had shed lustre upon Tammany
Hall and upol the democratic party
in general. While they were talking
in this strain. one little old fellow.
with common sense face and short
stubby beard, who sat in corner Of
the room unobserved. said in q squeaky
voice: w
"Well. what's the use? What was the
good of that speech anyhow? Cleve.
lands going to be nominated by the
convention"
THAT may be true" answered one
Of the ether delegates, "but ! think
that Cockran's eloquence is going to
make deep impression when it comes
time to cast the votes"
For reply the other grunted and
said:
"If words were votes, Cochran would
be the most popular man in the world.
And he isn't"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
Narrow Escape.


Fire destroyed the house of John
Laird, little distance north of Roll
la, by fire. The fire was discovered
by Mrs. Laird in the absence of her
husband. She ran for help to the
home Of neighbor, William Mayo,
leaving little child sitting in a
high chair. The Mayo boys were
skating on a pond near by, and they
ran to the burning building. The
oldest boy. Melvin, entered the house
at the risk of his life, and brought
ont the baby, who was uninjured.
News Notes. as,.+ go sSs
George w. Voltz, of Buford, is the
possessor of live mountain lion o.
cougar, which he caught in trap
q few days ago. 49,.
The farmers telephone line from
Paramount is assured. A company
has been organized and work will
start soon.
A number of blind pigs were driv-
en- ont of Bowbells the other day, to
the satisfaction of the law-abiding
part of the population.
Most of the editors are back from
the trip to Mexico.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
PAUL DWIGHTE MOODY
HAS JUST MADE BOW TO PUBLIC
AS BIB1E 1HsTRucToR. \
Youngest Son Of Lats Evangelist
Speaks Well Before Large Audi
eness-In Love with His
Mothers Companion.

Paul Dwight Moody, ~ years old, the
youngest son of the late Dwight Ly-
man Moody, the evangelist. made his
bow q day or two ago, for the first
time, SO far as the public is concerned,
as an instructor in the Bible.
MI. Moody was graduated from Yale
IN 1901, and since then has taken two
years course at q Scotch theological
school. having branches at Edinburg
and Glasgow, Scotland, spending one
year at each
According to the Boston Globe, he
came home last June, and from that
time until September he was engaged
IN editorial work on the Mortified
Echoes. q paper covering the Moody
conferences and having q circulation
OF about 1000. In September he be-
came one of the faculty of the Mt Her
mon school for boys, teaching English
and especially the study Of the Bible.
This work takes him from East
Mortified to Mt. Hermon four days a
week and four hours each day, not
Including the time spent in travelling
the six miles back and forth between
the two schools.
He likes teaching. in fact, just now
he says that he is ready to spend his
life at it. There is special reason
for this. When Mr.. Moody came back
from Scotland last June he found q
very charming young woman, Miss
May Hull, acting as companion to his
mother. Miss Hull was graduated from
the Moody seminary for girls in 1900,
and then she was for two years at the
Pratt institute at Brooklyn. Mrs. D.
L. Moody wanted a companion. She
did not specially remember Miss Hull
in her Mortified days, but she was
found eligible. and went to East North
field. The not uncommon result fol-
lowed that the young people fell . in
love, and their engagement has recent
ly been announced .... &.
Mr.. Moody was asked the other day
If the date, of the marriage had been
fixed, and he replied very frankly that
it had not, but he wished it was fixed.
Notwithstanding that he is only just
out of the theological school, Mr.
Moody thinks that he has first and last
already made so addresses in. public
He Is inclined to think that one Of the
most notable was at Denver. He does
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31
GOVERNOR OF PORT ARTHUR
Gen, stoessel, Who Holds the Position
Is Highly Esteemed by the
Russian War Office.

Although thus far he has not achieved
any success in the field. Gen. Won
Stoessel, commandant of the Russian
land forces at Port Arthur. is never
theless a soldier who is to be feared.
Gen. Stoessel has fought in the Turkes.
tan campaigns and in the Russo.Tui-
kish war, and his bravery and cool
judgment have never been questioned.
Owing to the naval disaster at the open
ing of hostilities, which crippled the
defenses of Port Arthur, the command
ant has had no opportunity to make
much of showing. He has nade the
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-03-31

not enjoy speaking in public He has
passed the period Of stage fright, but
somehow or other public speaking goes
against the grain. i
In spite Of this apparent dislike, he
will be heard probably more and more
by the public. There are calls already
for him in q variety of places as an
instructor of the Bible. His theologi-
cal school training was specially for
this work. He likes teaching the boys
and they like him.
Paul Dwight Moody is very much
like his father in certain respects. He
Is perhaps half head taller, but he
has not yet the breadth and weight
physically of the father. The great
Moody frame is there, however. Then,
again, the son is growing q beard,
which will increase the resemblance.
The voice is largely the same. There
is no imitation, but there is an inner
tied tone. look, gesture, manner and
general delivery. I'D
The listener who was familiar with
the platform utterances of the father
might close his eyes and well think
that he VS. hearing the voice Of
Dwight L. Moody, SO far as voice IS
Concerned, and he mightsopen his eyes
and think that Dwight L Moody was
speaking with his youth renewed.
There would be one radical differ
ence, however. Unquestionably the
young man is vastly more tolerant Of
so-called liberal thought than was the
father. The young man is conserva-
!; tive and still liberal. d The father, even
in the last year of his life. would in
stantly have repudiated many Of the
idsas which the young man boldly adj
yances and maintains.
n other words. the son began where
the father left of. He says very frank
IL there are things Ia the Scotch phase
Of theology that are too strong for
him. Perhaps he does not say this in
just so many words.
He speaks very largely without ref
erence to his notes and at times with
great rapidity. THIS Is q defect Just
now, because it is difficult for the av-
erage person to key his mental pro-
cesses to such strenuous pace.