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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21
Thank 'eiUing Day the
Oldest of Our Holidays.
Civic Obligation, the Spirit Of
the Season Remains.

1t is a season of gladstone tradL
lions. Far away as are our lives from
those of the little band of colonists OF
Massachusetts Bay who reverently es.
tablished day of thanksgiving for
mercles which to us seem no more
than the commonplaces of meagre
existence, the spirit of the occasion
survives.
Through all the vicissitudes of our
national development, Thanksgiving
day has been preserved as peculiarly
the New England memorial. For gen.
erations 1t had a sectional observance
and a limited Significance. 1t was not
until the white heat of the civil war
fused our people Of all sections into
a nation homogeneous. that the New
England Thanksgiving was made that
of the whole country.
Since the first proclamation by the
president. calling for the observance
Of day of thanks for the preserva.
ton of the union of the states. the Gus.
tom has been maintained; the genera
ton of to-day knows II in this char,
acter alone.
This is the Oldest of our holidays.
In the early times of sectarlan intol.
erance. when church and state were
| Joined in the rule of Massachusetts,
there was no Christmas under the
! law. Observance OF the natal day OF
the Prince of Peace was discouraged,
If not absolutely prohibited. by harsh
enactments. But the recognition OF
the day of thanksgiving was enjoined
+ 81 ,t,
cation.
All this is changed in the growth OF
our people. our commonwealth. ouI
nation. to the stature which we see to
day. Our whole people unite in the Civ
ing of thanks and If the religious ele
ment is given less prominence in the
forms with which the day is observed,
I in the hearts of all there is a no less
reverent gratitude for the benefac,
lions with which the Power which
rules the universe has crowned the
life of people and of individuals in
/ this happy age.
We must be glad, every one of rs,
that we live today. The condition
of humanity is not perfect; there are
cruel exceptions to universal human
| felicity: but the advance has not only
been great but steady and full OF mar.
vclous promise for the race. And as
| for the immediate present, we have
only to compare existing conditions OF
physical comfort, of intellectual I'M
provement, of moral and social uplift.
! ing, with those enjoyed by our prede
cessors. to feel wave Of congratula
| lion surge over otir hearts
Personally. many of us may feel
that fortune. or providence. has dealt
harshly with us during the past year.
: There have been disappointments,
perhaps grieyous Affections, whose
pain is not yet dulled. Let such sum
mon up the resources of the faith that
sustained the men of the first Thanks.
giving days. who felt as well as be-
lieved that whom the Lord loveth,
them he chasteneth;" and let all Took
forward straight into the future where
the sun shines with a glory and a
gracious warmth unknown to the race
of mankind at any period before this
favored century.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

curious result of the recent adoption by
the United States army of the system of identif-
cation by finger prints, just reported to the war
department, was the discovery. in the person of a
soldier at Fort Leavenworth. of British muir
derer for whom the Scotland Yard authorities
have long been looking.
The man was prisoner In the United States
penitentiary serving a hve-year sentence for
military crime. In prison he was well behaved
and liked, but when the warden. following the
general order to take the fnger-print records of
all soldiers, attempted to secure an impression of
this mans digits he met with violent resistance
and the assistant who tried to make the record
was knocked down and roughly handled.
Suspecting that this resistance based
upon the mans previous knowledge of the
of which these finger prints might be put and
that his record bad. the warden sent copies
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

A West African on a visit to Eng
land with a missionary society was
shown collection of photographs.
"wha, is this" he asked. gazing won
deringly at one of them. THAT is a
snapshot taken during scrimmage
at Rugby football game"
But has your church no mission
aries to send among these people?'
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21


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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

A "Gordian knot" denotes great diff.
ficulty. Gordius. peasant being
chosen king of Phrygla, dedicated his
wagon to Jupiter and fastened the
yoke to a beam with a rope of bark
30 ingeniously contrivet that no one
could unite 1t. Alexander was told
that whoever undid the knot should
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21
WILL STUDY MEN AND PROJECT.

When the ships reach the Caribbean sea the
wireless station at Guantanamo will be depended
upon to keep Mr. Roosevelt informed and to trans
nit to Washington any instructions he may care
to give The navy has experimental with the
Guantanamo station and has had no trouble in
transmitting and receiving messages to and from
Panama.
In order that there may be question. how
ever. other ships equipped with wireless teleg-
raphy will be in constant communication with the
Louisiana. The armored cruisers accompanying
the battleshps can be employed as dispatch boats
should the necessity arise. with such formid
able array of armored craft 1t is extremely doubt
full of the ghost of the redoubtable Capt
Kidd will tic attempt to board the presidents
flags
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

Owner-why didn't you ride as I
told you? Didn't I tell you to force
the pace early and come away at the
corner?
Jockey-Yes. Milford, but couldn't
very well leave the horse behind.-EN.
change.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

Prospective visitors to the agricultural de-
partment acquire monumental unpopularity
by referring remotely to the subject OF
baby breeding" dull day. and few facts
are perhaps responsible for the report to tho
effect that. along with plant and animal propaga-
ton. the department planned to begin crusade
improve the American baby. The facts
these:
Prof. w. n. Hays. assistant secretary of agri-
culture, Is secretary of the American Breeders
association. He has named a committee of noted
scientists and has asked It's members to coordinate
some scattered observations already made
corning heredity. 1t Is hoped that from available
data 1t may be learned. In measure, how heredity
and environment affect the development of human
beings particularly with respect to blindness.
deafness. and other principal physical defects.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

reign over the whole east. Well"
said the conqneror, lit is thus l per.
form the task" So saying. he cut
the knot in twain with his sword
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21
BACK STAMPS ON LETTERS IN FAVOR.

1t is said that the postal department is be
ginning to hear from business men in different
parts of the country regarding their dislike of
the recent order to discontinue the backstamp-
ing of mail in the post Offices at Los Angeles
Kansas City, Minneapolis. St Paul, Detroit and
other cities. That disfavor is also shared by the
business of Washington. who slow
their limitations that the back stamp enables
a Ms who gets delayed letter to register his
kick with the person at fault and largely fixes
upol the party responsible for the delay.
The bickstamping consists of stamping On
the back of each letter the name OF the city OF
town in which 1t is received. together with the
time of It's receipt. This with tie stamp on the
front the letter shows the actual time occupied
in the transmission of the letter from the place
In which 1t was mailed to the place where
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21
Our Washington Letter
Newsy Information from the Capital IF the NaionPresident Goes
to See Panama-Programme of HIS TrpBa5ies Not for the
Department Of Agriculture

Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt, accom-
panied by Mrs, Roosevelt and Surgeon General
Rixey, of the navy, has gone to investigate the
big ditch Uncle Sam is digging on the isthmus.
The president is breaking presidents with
out mercy in connection with his Panama trip.
When he made his trip from New Orleans to
Hampton Roads with the armored cruiser squad
he went outside of the marine limits of the
United States, and now he will 80 ten days away
from American soil
A president of the United States has never
placed his foot foreign soil. Mr.. Roosevelt
will do so at Panama. Hawaii be reached
from San Francisco in less time than Panama
can from Hampton Roads and Europe in much
less time from New York Perhaps with ths
precedent of visiting foreign lands established
n trip may be made by an American executive -
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-11-21

The most extensive cemetery in tho
world is that at Rome. in which over
100000 human beings have been IL
tered.
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The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
THE TRANSFERS.
Sompers in Chicago Trying to Unite
the Warning Factions.

President Gompers spent a portion
OF last week in Chicago trying to bring
together the two factions of the team
sters. The situation is somewhat
mixed. In that city the teamsters are
organized into separate locals. each
one being in a class to itself. That is,
the ice wagon drivers are together, the
van drivers are together. the coal driv-
ers are together, etc, etc. Under the
old organization the ice wagon drivers
could transfer in the fall when busi
ness grew slack, and put their cards
into the local of coal drivers, for in
stance. Now the double organization
complexities matters. President Com
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
THE ONION CLUB.

This famous organization that has
never organized is getting ready to
resume its winter functions, and some
good times are anticipated during the
winter. The onion crop was bountiful
last season, and the members are look
affair this winter The Omaha branch
of the Parent Bermuda began. it's win
ter sessions last week, and the in
augural peeling was said to be ex-
tremely odiferous. A JOINT meeting
will be held some time during the
winter, perhaps at Ashland.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05

nize organized labor can hope to win
in Lancaster county, and we will have
the offices filed with men to work for
a living instead of men who play poll
tics for living.
The two union men who ask for
suffrages of the voters of Lancaster
county are in every way qualified for
the positions to which they aspire.
Neither OF them wanted to make the
race. They merely offered to go into
the fight because of the promise that
it would benefit the cause of organiza-
ton. Both of them are skilled mechan-
les who make more clear money at
their trade than they could make as
members of the legislature. Both of
them are square-toed union men. They
have the best interests of labor at
heart, and if elected will make a gal
liant fight for justice and equality.
Harry w. Smith and George F.
Quick are entitled to the support and
the vote of every unionist in Lancas-
ter county. Their records as union
men are above reproach. Their inter-
est in good citizenship is unquestioned
Their loyalty TO Lincoln and Lancas-
ter county is beyond dispute. Their
honesty and integrity are integrity are
known of all men. They will be a
credit to organized labor, as well as
to the entire community.
The only way to compel recognition
of organized labor is to stand solidly
by Smith and Quick at the coming
election.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
WAS TIE APOSTLE PAUL A TRADES UNIONIST?

derful letters which this apostle-work-
ingman wrote to the members of those
early labor guilds, for, while not ad-
dressed directly to them as an organi-
zation, nevertheless they were intend
ed for the unionists who had been SO
loyal to him when he was a stranger
in their city.
Thirteen of the books in the New
Testament were written by Paul Read
his plea for the slave Onesimus in the
letter to Philemon. Read his master
full presentation of the universally of
the benefits of Christianity in every
one of these epistles. Read that beau
tiful "1oveletter'' which he sent to the
working-people of Philippi, when they
sent him missionary basket when
he was in the Roman prison. Follow
him in his fight for the common people
of every nation as it is told in sThe
Acts OF The Apostles and go with
this workingman-preach as he trav-
els over almost the entire then-known
world, bringing a message of joy to
the masses, who, for generations had
been told by the philosophers that they
had no souls-that they were made of
the same stuff as the dog which upon
his death was kicked into the ditch
end then say that you are proud of
Paul-Paul, the apostle-trades union
ist.-Rev. Charles Stelzle.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05

pers is trying to restore harmony.
Lincoln teamsters have held their
organization in spite of repeated dis
couragements, and are making some
headway The chief difficulty encoun-
tered is the opposition or negligence
of the very men who should be most
interested. The union got quite Sc
we're bump" a year or so ago by the
dishonesty and crooked practices of a
member who had been trusted for a
long time. He forgot to report few
collections made, and also neglected
to pay few bills which the union had
allowed and given him the money to
pay. The Wageworker has safe de-
posit vault full of promises that this
man made to pay a bill owing it, and
for which he had drawn the money
from the union treasury. UP to date
he has not paid the bill. A few ex-
periences like this is calculated to
make it difficult for any union to get
along well. But the teamsters have
been gritty and they are slowly max
ing gains.
Business is reported very good, and
the opening of the coal season prom
ises a continuance of work.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
BACK TO THE RANCH.

Last Monday evening Mrs. f. M. Cof-
fey and two Of the children departed
get the famous ranch ready for winter
occupancy and then send for the rest
of the children. They will spend the
Mr.. Coffey will remain in Lincoln and
continue to manipulate mill at the
Journal shop. The best wishes OF ii
big lot of friends will go with Mrs
Coffey and the children. Mr.. Coffey is
now prepared TO receive invitations to
Sunday dinners, etc, from all who may
feel for him in his lonely condition.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05

The sources of information concern
ing the workingmen's guilds of two
thousand years ago are very meager,
and for the most part. very unreliable.
But it has been clearly established
that there were powerful labor guilds
in existence at that time, and that
practically every workingman belong
ed to the guild composed of those
who practiced his craft.
In these days nearly every Jewish
boy learned a trade, no matter what
his social position may have been. So
it happened that Paul. the greatest
missionary in the history of the early
church. learned the trade of tent
maker. even though his father was SO
prominent man as to have the honor
of Roman citizenship conferred upon
him, and even though he had the ad-
vantages of thorough training at the
university at Tarsus.
This apprenticeship made Poul eli
gible to membership in the Tent
makers Union, or the union which
comprised the tent-makers of that per-
iod 1t is altogether likely that he
became a member of that organization.
We find, in sacred history, that on ut
least one occasion, Paul made his
headquarters in the city of Corinth
with Aquila and Pricilla, simply be.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
kENNEDY's ANNIVERSARY.
Printer Celebrates 1t in Manner That
Pleases Him.

Printer Celebrates 1t in Manner That
Pleases Him.
October 1, 1906, was Roy Kennedy's
frs anniversary as q union printer,
and he celebrated it by working all
day at the Independent shop. Ken
nedy was admitted to full membership
in the union on the first Sunday in
October last year He had hardly
taken the obligation when the assess
ment of so cents a week was chuched
on. Two months later the 10 per cent
assessment was voted on and Kennedy
voted yes" and began paying it, He
paid for nine months without muir
mur. His first anniversary as a union
man was celebrated by ordering the
assessment reduced to per cent, and
Kennedy rejoices that the executive
council thinks SO much of him as to
mark the anniversary in that way.
However, he is hoping that the council
will not have to wait another year to
take off the assessment entirely.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
FIGURE 1T OUT.
Then See How to Help Make Lincoln
Bigger City.

We talked with four or five cigar
dealers last week with a view to as
certaining as nearly as possible the
number of cigars smoked daily in
Lincoln. The guesses varied, but the
average was about 10000. Then we
asked how many OF them were union
made. The average estimate was about
10 per cent. Every non-union cigar
sold in Lincoln is made outside of Lin
coin. The bulk of these cigars are of
the scent brand, but the average is
about ~ cents. That means that
81 ,450 Il day Is sent out of Lincoln for
goods that would better be made in
Lincoln. II means that in the course
of year over HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS is sent out of Lincoln for
goods that should be made in Lincoln.
The. average cigarmaker makes
about ESQ cigars a day. To make 49,
600 cigars day would require the
work of 70 more cigar makers than are
now at work in Lincoln. They would
average about $18 a week. This would
mean that about $1,000 a week would
be spent with Lincoln merchants, with
Lincoln landlords and with Lincoln
restaurants. The offer of manufac-
turing company to remove it's plant
to Lincoln and employ seventy-five
hands would cause the Commercial
Club to hustle to get it here.
We talk about loyalty to our home
town, and prate about patronizing
home industry. Yet only one cigar in
ten consumed in Lincoln is made in
Lincoln, and for every dollar spent
with Lincoln cigar manufacturers SO
is spent with manufacturers in other
towns. What's the matter with get
ting wise?
BY the way. the Commercial Club
does not handle Lincoln made cigars.
Is it because the Lincoln manufacture
ers are not members of the club? If
SO, how can business man denounce
union man for exercising the boy
colt?
Suppose you figure on this thing a
: little bit.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
THE INTELLIGENT coMPOSITOR
Not BIamabIe For All the Mistake
Made in Newspapers.

Not BIamabIe For All the Mistakes
Made in Newspapers.
The intelligent compositor" is usu-
ally blamed for all the mistakes tina.
creep into print. But seldom does the
blame rightfully belong to him. Last
week "ye editor" made one. He said
the Typographical Union would meet
the next Sunday, but it didn't. There
were five Sundays in last month and
the printers meet on the first Sunday
of the month. That's how it came
about.
The Typographical Union will meet
next Sunday (sure) and will look after
a lot of business. They will also have
IA little rejoicing over the decrease
in the assessment The question OF
dispensing with an executive commit
tee and leaving the business transact
ed by that committee in the hands of
the president, vice president and sec
retary, will be discussed and settled.
ether business of importance will be
transacted and every member should
be present.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
Interesting News Notes
From the Northwest

Spokane, Wash, Oct master
plumbers in Spokane have run up
against the real thing, and, while no
trouble in the way of strikes or walk
outs are threatened, the union have
adopted resolution declaring that in
the future all plumbers are forbidden
from working on non-uniOn jobs. In
the event of violation of the rule
the master plumbers may be fined in
any amount from $40 to $50. This, it
l., believed, will help the other build
ing crafts Heretofore the owners of
union shops have taken all the nom
unior work they could secure, but thi:;
will be stopped.
Mayor Floyd l.. Daggett of Spokane
has been appointed a delegate by the
street car mems union of this city to
confer with officials of the Washing
ton Water Power company regarding
the reinstatement of employees who, it
is said were discharged for joining
the union.
Local teamsters, No. POP, has with
drawn it's delegates from the Central
Labor Union of Spokane, because of
alleged differences in regard to wage
scale The teamsters demanded that
their schedule be recognized, but the
central body would not consent.
Spokane plumbers union entertain
ed the delegates of the Northwestern
Association of Journeymen Plumbers
to the Toronto convention at smoker
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
PRINTERS WIN A POINT.
Methodist Book Concern Gets Right on
Labor Question.

Western Methodist Book Concern,
headquarters in Chicago, after holding
out against the printers demands for
AL eight-hour day for over a year, has
got into line. The eight-hour day goes
into effect in all mechanical branches
of that concern, and the management
withdraws from the Typothaete.
The managers say they have always
favored the eight-hour day. but assert
that condition prevented them from
adopting it until now. The struggle
has been q long one. and while the
Typographical Union has not scored n
full victory it has accomplished a lot
and expects to get the rest of it in a
short time.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1906-10-05
by REV. CHARLES STELZLE

best information to be had, so effective
respect that the labor guilds of his
day became the most important cen
ters of Christianity of that period. He
met with no reader response any
where than among his fellow-crafts-
men. 1t is interesting to note that
Paul visited first of all and established
his greatest churches in the cities in
which trades unionism was strongest
Unquestionahly, he operated very
largely through the labor guilds in
these cities.
1t is not necessary to prove that
these ancient guilds were similar to
present-day labor unions. OF course
they We're not-in every particular.
But if one were looking for faults in
these older organizations, as one finds
them in the more modern ones, it
would not be difficult task. 1t is
enough to say that these guilds were
composed of workingmen, sometimes
including the employers, in order to
improve the condition of the toilers of
object of the labor unionism of this
generation, although it is adapting
itself to present-day needs, through
present-day methods.
1t should be an inspiration to work
ing men everywhere to read the won