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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-22

Presidents Secretary: Mr.. George
X. Williams, Denver.
Students from Denver: Miss Eva
Jones Is taking full business course.
including bookkeeping, shorthand and
typewriting. also piano instruction and
vocal culture. Miss Jones is quite an
aggressive worker in religious and lit
erary circles. beilg president OF the
Christian Endeavor society. Miss vir-
giniS Leftridge is taking normal work.
scientific cooking. piano instruction
and harmony. She is one OF the most
accomplished musicians in the instjtu.
tion, aha zen performs on gala oc-
casions. She is the piano accompanist
for the orchestra. and also the Choral
society. Miss Clara McLemore is TAX.
ing normal work. scientific cooking
and piano instruction. Miss Ethel
Minor is taking normal studies. sew.
ing piano instruction. harmony and
elocution. Miss vinita westfeld is
taking normal work, millinery. scien.
tific cooking and elocution. Misses
Jones, Minor and westfield have been
selected as members of the progres.
sive Woodbine club of normal class
young ladies'. Miss Nettie E1liston is
taking normal work, millinery. scien.
tific cooking, plano instruction. voice
culture and elocution. In elocution
she has done fine work. She aspires
to represent the school at the Inter
State Literary society in Lawrence
next Christmas. Miss Clora Rose is
taking normal work, and scientific
Miss Bertha White is TAX.
Ing normal work, millinery and piano
Mr.. Clyde Andrews is
.aking normal work, piano instruction
and harmony. He sings tenor in the
University quartet, also the Choral
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-11-22
REV. WARD
ST|RS SCOTT

hocks; pre-eminent in literature was
the story Of the Prodigal Son, pre-
eminent while only boy of u. as
he discussed great religious questions
and tenets with the elders, but most
pronounced when He was accused by
conspiring governmental onicers who
desired him a prisoner. but Jesus had
only to let lose one of his yolleys OF
spiritual oratory and His enemies
were forced to declare, Never a man
spake like that man." With his voice
keyed tC appealing note and with his
finger pointing heavenward and cast.
ing his eyes downward upon the sac.
ramental table, all gowned in white.
he so urgently yet SO lovingly ex.
planned the necessity of the celebra.
ton of our Lords Supper, that every.
one bowed in silent but reverent As.
sent. This do in remembrance of
me and as oft as We do it, you show
the suffering and death Of Jesus
Christ declared the speaker in an
ardent tone. At this point Of the
service Zion seemed to walk aboat
men and women alike shoutoa
Amen" "Hallelujah.' Glory to
God,' because the fire of the Holy
Ghost that had been kindled seemed
to burn as If by spontaneous com.
bustion until nearly every Christian
in the house was giving vent to his
or her feeling. either by a pat of the
foot, nod of the head, clap of the hand
or by a silent tear trickling down
from the moistened eyes. Rev. Payne.
with his urgent, pathetic, earnest
prayer. so full of feeling, fervency
and inspiration, rendered the time just
right for the breaking of the bread
which Immediately followed. Seventy
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
Holly Has New Bank.

The Holly State bank, incorpors'
ted at Denver yesterday with a capi.
tai of $50, 1000, is the second institu
ton of this character in EOIly. The
First National bank was originally
organized as state bank. The in
corporators of the new bank are: f.
w. Montgomery, president and
manager of the Holly Nero antile
company; ]. A. Pierce, suPerinten-
dent Of the leasing department OF
the Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and
Irrigated Land company; e. W.
Stevens, assistant cashier of the
Holly Sugar company and assistant
to the president of the Holly Con-
struction company.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
90 YEARS AGO
Notes from The Lamar Register OF
April 2, 1887

q. G. Goodale and family will ar
rive here tomorrow from Winterset,
Iowa. Their new residence is COM
pleted and ready for them.
A lot on Main street was purchased
eight months ago for 5000. We'd
nesday it was sold for S23OO.
The Lamar Sparks published by
Mrs. Metcalf & q. NJ. Davis made its
first appearance last week well filed
with ads, particularly bright and
very saucy.
ID. S. Lowe, H. A. Billow and Mr..
Rawlings are the candidates for
mayor for the first regular city cleo
ton IN Lamar.
The Lamar State Bank will open
for business next Monday morning
with Francis Hall as president and
H. }. Gochenour, assistant cashier in
charge.
Next Sunday the first quarterly
meeting services of the Methodist
church will be held in Lamar by
Rev. A. Chamberlain, the pre-
siding elder from Denver.
f. W. Burger has let the contract
for two-story forty foot addition to
his hotel. The crowded condition of
the Burger House the past months
compells him to enlarge.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
Two Clerks Added.

The rapid increase in the land
office business at Lamar has at last
forced the government officials at
Washington to sit up and take
notice, and an order was telegraphed
from Washington last week to en-
ploy two clerks beginning with April
1st. Misses Vernie Miller and Pearl
Lay are at present employed at the
work and will remain unless some of
the government pets on the civil
service list want the job. The filings
for March were over the 400 mark
over 1926 being homesteads, and the
boom is growing every day. The
Office although doing the second
largest business in the state has
been getting along without any ex-
ira help, being the only Office in the
state that is doing SO. The boom
bids fair to last this time as long as
the vacant land in the district holds,
and there is several million acres of
It.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
A Genuine Business Session.

The Sixteenth General assembly,
which expires by limitation at mid.
night tonight, has made an excellent
record all through. For one thing
it has been absolutely free from
scandal or suspicion of wrongdoing.
In its proceedings the most yellow
of the sensational sheets have been
unable to trace the germ of sensa-
ton. This body of business men
has conducted business session
throughout. 1t elected Republi
can United States senator without
causing a ripple in procedure and
then went about carrying out the
pledges made to the people by the
Republican state convention last
year.
In all its work the legislature has
kept in close touch with the pre-
vailing sentiment Of the state, which
is optimistic to degree. No at
tempt was made to stir feeling or
set one division of society against
another. The very large Republi-
sn IN ajority has made possible bust
nesslike Legislation.
Cognition has been taken of the
changed and changing economic
conditions in Colorado.
The state is no longer beggar at
the gates; and its eggs are not in one
basket. As its resources are being
developed they are growing into
greater variety. In mining its metal
product has broadened. In agricul-
ture it stands pre-eminent il more
than one division of the husband
man.
As prosperous commonwealth its
legislature can extend and broaden
it's enactments without hurt to any
one.
This assembly passed an equitable
railroad law which will be an en-
couragement to railroads and their
patrons. 1t encourages the former
because it gives encouragement AID
protection TO the latter.
An insurance law, state banking
law, public accountant law and
measures dealing with the financial
status of Colorado, that could be un
dertaken only in atime of prosperity
and confidence, have been sccomp-
lishments that will rebound to the
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
Local Interest In Legislature.

While the present Legislative ses-
sion has done better in the matter of
general state legislation than any
previous session, locally it has been
quite disappointment.
1t was hoped by the people of this
section that the unjust democratic
gerrymander by which the lower
Arkansas valley is made merely an
attachment to the big counties Of
Las Anlmss and Huerfano, without
any real voice in the matter, would
be abolished. The republican caucus
agreed to this, but ID was defeated
because Of the greed of the Denver
members of the legislature, who re.
fused to give up even one of the
seats they are at present stealing
from the counties in the northeast
part Of the state. These members
with the solid democratic vote were
sufficient to defeat any attempt to
make fair Legislative appointment.
Two bridge appropriations on the
Lamar and Springfield state line, one
in Prowers and one in Bscs county,
were passed amounting to 81, 500, and
these will insure better road connec-
ton between Lamar and Baca county
than the latter section has with any
other town. The heavy trade of
that section is now coming mostly to
Lamar, and this will draw al even
larger proportion of it,
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
Success Here Sure.

Sugar making has proven such q
failure in Nebraska that the last beet
mill was closed down this week, new
or to run again. The irrigated fields
of Colorado have been found to be
the only reliable beet growing lands
in the west and it is we'll to add that
hundreds of beet rsisers in that
state are 'now hiking out for this
country. A PROCESSION of fifty Gov
cred wagons left Grand Island this
week bringing party of farmers to
work in the vicinity of Holly in
Prowers county. The families OF
these men; at least fifty Of whom are
purchasing little farms of their own,
will follow later. A number of the
men are leasing lands and will farm
for awhile under the tenantry sys-
tenn. The failure of sugar making
in Nebraska is due primarily to the
manner in which the soil was ruined
by the growth of sugar beets, for
with all the precautions that were
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
Not a Success.

Tuesday morning No. 8 struck an
unknown man, under the influence of
liquor, who was sitting on the edge
of the ties, and instantly killed him.
There is no use for any man to try
to ditch these fast Santa Fe trains
by sitting on one side of the track,
so young men should take warning
not to try it.-Holly Chieftain.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
Suffered for Five Years with Kidney
and Liver Trouble.

~ suffered for five years with kidney
and liver trouble, which aaused severe
pains across the back and binding
headace. L had dyspepsia and was 80
constipated that 1 could not move my
bowels without cathartic. l was cur
ed by Chamberlain's Stomach Liver
Tablets and have been well now foI six
MONTHS" says Mr.. Arthur S. Strick-
land. of Chattanooga, Tenn. For sale
by all druggists.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03
credit of the assembly and the Re-

credit of the assembly and the Re-
publican party.
In such time as this the moral
welfare should not be forgotten and
an excellent local option law stands
to the credit of this assembly.
And, as with the national con-
gress when it was making history of
a constructive kind, the business Of
the state, as of the nation, propered.
-Ex.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03

Mr.. Byers is going to move to the
Markham ranch.
The Kemper family is quarantlned
on account of smallpox.
DR.. Hssty was here last Thursday,
and vaccinsted about twenty per.
sons.
Mr.. Medlock's team ran away Fri
day evening and tore things up con-
siderably, but Mr.. Medlock was not
hurt.
The farmers are busy preparing
their ground for beets.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03

taken the fertility could not be main
tanned and In this way the value of
the ground was all shot to pieces.
The Norfolk mill was removed to
Prowers county last season and the
Grand Island factory will probably
be transplanted to Bent county the
coming season.-Field and Farm.
The Lamar register., 1907-04-03

Money to Loan-On farm property.
No appraisers, money paid as soon as alb
stract approved. j. s. HAsTY.
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DR.. Hale in His Study.

to Boston. l met him at the station and he was
leaning on his staff; and though the day was as
bamy as spring, he wore a heavy overcoat and his
daughter, who with him, took his when
ever he moved few steps. In the train, after We
had chatted awhile, his daughter said Now you
will have to excuse father he has to take his nap
or he may not be we'll tomorrow" The old man
leaned his head against the window and pre-
pared to go to sleep. l remembered his words at
that moment,-why l know not,-"God is the
Father, and are all His children.
The train rumbled through the beautiful New
England country af1ame with the colors of autumn
beside the placid river Charles, of historic men,
cries; and the tired old man fell into light
broken slumber.- He reminded me of some heroic
figure by Michelangelo; prophet, very old.
the last link between colonial times and the
present,-a voice from the long vanished past.
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brass letters on the wall / come not to be minis
tered unto, but to minister; and upon that text
he preached that morning, in a clear voice, with
simplicity with infinite humanity He talked of
God the Father. and of man the child He knew, he
said, life divided from the Lord. Religion, after
ALL very simple matter. For instance, Our
Father and if you wish you may add who art"
Thus. putting the two ideas together. you get the
complete essence. God hath made of one blood
all nations of men" have read these words many
times, but never was impressed with them until l
heard venerable DR.. Hale
After the sermon, l went with him the train
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left, an alcove made by walling in old veranda.
holding 1 learned afterward, thousands of
pamphlets, newspaper clippings and letters,-from
the days of the Stamp Act to the Cars recent
personal letter to DR.. Hale universal peace. At
the far end of the study is a wide brick fireplace.
and over it the motto, "Olde woode to burne;
olde bookes to read olde friendes to trust" Old
settees built in, flank the sides of the fireplace;
Grandfather TROOPS mahogany writing desk.
style of 1880 is at DR.. Hales right; brass candle
sticks; old rose chairs; book shelves reaching to
the ceiling; books, old and new, by the thousand;
portraits of Revolutionary leaders,-a quaint,
cluttered study, very quiet very sleepy,-and near
the fireplace young woman, who also acts as
secretary. filling in few moments sewing. And
in the deep silence l heard clock ticking from
another part of the house.
All, yes, here is the missing letter" Dr.. Hale
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the spirit and the theme, earth and heaven,
the man and his message
His sermon more like the kindly injunction
OF father talking to his children. My dear young
friends. he called them. and they sang Cowper's
hymn, The Spirit Breathes Upon the Word
There is something nspriting in hymnal music
by fifteen hundred feminine voices and DR. Hale
told me afterward that he deeply affected he
Joined in the refrain:
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter world above.
Then the aged preacher trembling with the weight
of his eighty-fve years slowly stood up and
opening his Bible glanced right and left, and bowed
reverently to the young lives much as to say,
- You the promise of your country; the spring
time of the coming generation which shall not see
but which shall try to help" His eyes sought the
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By JOHN HUBERT GREUSEL


had said something of the venerable sage of Boston,
DR. Edward Everett Hale, whose humanities shine
like star,-Hale who for l know not how many
years has been helping everybody this wide world
over; maintaining, through his Lend Hand
clubs, open doorway that with all reverence
may be called clearing house for the woes and
sorrows of mankind; paying large dividends not
in the current coin but in the fine gold of charity
Hale. poet, orator, historian preacher, citizen,
octogenarian and then heard these words:
It's too bad that you've not seen the Alpine
monastery of St. Bernard and the hospCe as it is
called, where travellers rescued from death in the
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<'Helphl Americans

TCET For at eighty-hve he was still
OLA going about pilgrimages of
love, telling the new generation
how to live: when, at his advanced
age. the freside and freedom
from should be his only thought. But
that would not be DR.. Hale, who coined and
sent round the world the phrase g Lend a
hand,
The Man in His Home
NEXT day l went to Roxbury, to talk with
DR.. Hale again 1 found the house with
out difficulty street gamin, mile away, told
to look for the house with the big porch l
entered a dooryard with patch of green lawn:
and there is gigantic elm beside the gate; the
porch overrun with vines screening the lower part
of the immense pillars; an old colonial home
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The Man in His Home

GA cio SotCllldl IiOlllS-
stead, built on honor by a gen.
Grafton dead and gone these
many years; large. roomy, ram
bling; hall in the middle; quaint
mahogany furniture. marbles,
antiques; books everywhere; a
literary mans home. DR.. Hale's
study is to the right in the rear,
reached by a side hall that is
dark, with alcoves and doors
leading here and there in a way
that excites ones curiosity. You
recall houses in Hawthorne
books.
| found the venerable philoso-
pher in his big Morris chair; and
a few steps away is the broad
couch on which. when he is
tired, he takes his nap; for
man at eighty-fve has to
be extremely careful of his
strength, must rest often to
get through the day. Sit
down." he said, and make
yourself at home. Excuse me
a moment he added. 81 am
looking for a letter. Excuse ME,
won't your"
AS. without rising from his
chair, he went through the pa
pers beside him, l took a look
about. What quaint study!-
two rooms made into one,-no,
hree,-and still Others, behind
closed doors; walls in terra
Gotta, old dull, harmonizing
with the air of venerable repose;
bookish workshop used these
forty years and more; where
things are untouched and papers
and books accumulate in delight
full confusion; to the right,
three broad windows with old
fashioned panes, opening on a
small dooryard, with an elm
tree whose nodding lower
branches almost touch the win
dow beside DR.. Hale; to the
lie by Walling in an old yeranda.
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First of a Series of Articles on ttHe

TT was going on midnight, and still
the little group fingered before
the fireplace. The log had burned
itself to ashes, now all but dead and
cold. One after another the friends
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terrible snow storms find food,
drink, and shelter. The beggar,
the drunkard, the thief,-no
matter,-each is welcomed as a
brother; and as you pass the
night in this desolate Alpine
fastness, and reflect on the
broad charity, a strange feeling
creeps over you,-the frailties
of mankind take on a new as
pect, pity rather than condem-
nation,-and you realize that
these monks, self exiled, self
condemned. are among the first
real soldiers of religion. exem-
plifying in their daily lives the
true brotherhood of man
kind"
The speaker, pausing a mo-
u,ent, added, When you meet
DR.. Hale. you will see, l am
sure, true brother of the Alpine
pass. In his case. you do not
need to go on a long journey to
study a great man. He lives at
Roxbury, Boston, within ten
miles of this house. -
His Sermon at Wellesley
SUNDAY morning dawned
- bright and beautiful, rare
autumnal day. and went out
to Wellesley to hear DR.. Hale
preach. On the platform in the
Gothic chapel sat an aged man
in a simple black robe. He had
the aspect of the PATRIARCH
long gray hair, gray beard, face
serious and kindly. Before him,
in sharp contrast. were seated
fifteen hundred young women in
their new autumn hats and
dresses, a picture of LIES spring
time The sage was sitting in a
massive golden-oak chair, and
behind him streamed the mel
low light through the pale
orange windows. Here then
were the spirit and the theme,
the man and his message
His sermon was more like the
of a father talking to his children
friends" he called them. and t
hymn, The Spirit Breathes
There is something inspiriting
The Washington times., 1907-09-18
Little WRHe Child Sold
And ChInan1an AdoDts Him.:
What Is HIS Nationality?

SEATTLE, Wash. Sept Is-some-
where out on the Pacific IS a little Amer
lean boy born OF white parents who has
been sold 10 Chinaman, who viii bring
him up as his own son IN the Land OF
the Dragon. This case is said TO be
without parallel In the history Of the
United States immigration affairs. X is
the first case OF this character ever re-
corded. and is absolutely without prece-
dent
When Sing Lee. a Chinaman. boarded
the steamship Chippewa with his adopt
ed son, Samuel Edwards Sing Lee, an
American boy with only the rights and
privileges OF an alien. there ended so far
as this port is concerned, a story Of such
deliberate heartlessness on the part OF
dissolute parents that hardened imni-
grafton officials were visibly affected.
AT Fort Wrangen Alaska. Sam Ed
wards married Jennie Edwards in Isss
on the 18Th day OF October. 1888. baby
boy was born to the couple. and Ed
wards was stiil said to be a drunken
absolute lOunger. with no appreciation
or home life. The child was healthy ana
large Tor It's age. When little Sammy
was three years old, the child was sold
70 lndans for small sum. with which
the father Is alleged 20 have purchased
, Whlsky 10 continue his alleEc.s stotOus
The Washington times., 1907-09-18
HOBO PUMPS COW,
MUST HAVE MILK

wANAoUE. Z. J.. Sept 17.-"saw
wood first. then eat That's my rule
with fellows OF your kind" SO said
Garman Hastings, a farmer. to a tramp
who begged him for a meal
I'm too weak to work boss" faltered
the hobo. Il haven't lad anything TO
eat for two days"
The kind-hearted man was touched.
The tramp ate enough for three men.
then sighed I feel better now" rolled
Up his sleeves and went to the wood
pile.
A few minutes later Farmer Hastings
went into his pasture where he keeps
his cows. on a milking stool sat the
tramp busliy milking a COW and catch
ing the milk IN the bell which he had
taken from around the cows neck. As
often as rhe novel cup was filled the
hobo drained, then replenished II
HI. there yelled Hastings, swear
ing sulphurOusly AT the tramp and rush
ing for his horsewhip.
I'm strictly temperate and have to
have milk with my meals the hobo
Jeeringly cried, taking to hts heels