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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

the prcttiest In the whole grounds. In
front of each palace are gardens.
The hanging space for pictures in
the Fine Arts Palace is "a times
greater than that at the British Roy
al academy.
In the very center OF the grounds.
with their various palaces on either
side, is huge lake, from which run
lagoons. On this waterboats and
launches will fit to and fro laden with
visitors. the total navigable distance
being nearly a mile in length. In all.
there are no fewer than rs buildings
in the grounds.
portion of the grounds. known as
the Elite Gardens. will house the
Garden club. 1t will be the finest sum
mer club ever built. 1t will contain a
large banqueting hall. u dining-room
with n glass front similar to the
great dining room In the BoIs de Bou-
olgne, and ten smaller dining-rooms.
as well as "a outdoor dining boxes. In
addition TO the Garden club there will
also be equally magnificent quarters
for the Sports club.
There will also be an Irish Village
and native settlement, including an
Indian village from western Canada.
Actors will find all the newest the
atrical appliances and equipment on
show. medical men Will see the latest
discoveries In medicine and surgery
Agriculturists. gardeners and florists
will here be able to study the methods
of the greatest modern experts In their
art. In a word. the Franco-British ex-
hibition will cater to all.
To the American nation the fea-
ture of greatest interest Is the Stadi-
UNI, built after the design of the ia
nous Coliseum. at Rome. Here will
be held the quadrenlial Olympic
games in which 1t is hoped all the civ
ilized countries of the world will meet
AS generations Will pass away before
the Olympiad is held again in England.
! and as at least 22 nations are taking
| part in the contests. the occasion Will
be unique in the annals of British
sport.
The Stadium has length of 1000
feet and is 59i feet wide The seating
and standing accommodation is IS
feet wide and consists OF 80 tiers for
seats and Go tiers for standing. the
standing being at the circular ends OF
the building. and the seating at the
Gat sides. the whole being thus able
TO accommodate 10000 people.
In addition to a huge grass lawn
where cricket football, polo and other
games will be played. there is
cycling track IS feet wide with 2A
laps to the mile, and cinder running
track Is feet wide and one-third OF n
mile in circumference. as well as a
tank 240 feet In length and II feet
deep for the swimming and hight diving
competitions.
There will be more than 5000 rep
resentative athletes taking part in the
varied contests. and the curves OF the
running track have been so delicately
calculated that runner will be able
to get around corner at full speed.
The Aero club will conduct n mum.
Der of flying machine contests and
competitions. Perhaps the most SEN
satlonal item in connection with this
feature OF the exhibition will be the
Marathon race. the competitors OF
which will start from Windsor and fin
ish up in the stadium. This one build
ing, which Is double the size of the
| stadium erected at Athens where the
Olympic games were last held, has
cost $250.000.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29
CHAPTER XIV.

The next morning every available
seat was filled early. People had
blocked the rough plank walks lead
ing to the courthouse long before the
doors were unlocked. The day prom
Used to be fine, and the many teams
coming and going between Kemah and
the river to pick up the Velpen Poop
pie who had crossed the ice on foot
gave to the little town somewhat of
the gala appearance of fair time. The
stately and blanketed Sious from their
temporary camps on the flat were
standing around, uncommunicative,
waiting for proceedings to begin. Long
before the judicial party had arrived
from the hotel the cramped room was
crowded to its limits. There was
loud talking, laughing and Joking.
Local wits amused themselves and
others by throwing quips at different
members of the county bar or their
brethren from across the river as they
walked to their places inside the rail
ings with the little mannerisms that
were peculiar to each.
The door in the rear of the bar
opened and Judge Dale entered. A
comparative quiet fell upon the peo-
pie. He mounted to his high bench.
The clerk came in, then the court re-
porter. She tossed her note books
on the table, leisurely pulled off her
gloves and took her place, examining
the end of her pencils with a critical
eye. 1t would be busy day for the
gal reporter" Then Langford came
showing his way down the crowded
aisle with a sad-faced. brown-eyed,
young woman in his wake. who yet
held herself erect with proud little
tilt to her chin. There was not an
empty seat outside the bar. Louise
motioned, and he escorted Mary to a
place within and sat down beside her.
The jurymen were all in their chairs.
Presently came in Gordon with his
quiet. selfreliant manner Langford
had been right. The county attorney
was not tired to-day.
Shortly after Gordon came Small
Small, the dynamic, whose explosives
had so often laid waste the weak and
abortive independent reasoning pow
ers of "Old Necessity" and his sort,
and were the subject of much satire
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29
The New Pension Act.

Washington.-The new pension act
which went into effect on April 10Th
gives to 201 ,O5I widows and other pen
sioners an increase OF 81 month. All
pensioners getting less than $12 will
receive that amount commencing
April 18th without the necessity of
putting in new claims The increase
will operate automatically.
In addition to the increase of So
G50,448 in the amount of the pension
roll 1t Is estimated that $2.5s2,00O in
additional claims will be filed during
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

Denver-A Republican special from
Canon City Sunday says: Considerable
apprehension is felt here for the safety
of the fruit crop on account OF the
freezing weather last night when the
temperature fell to twenty-six degrees
by the government thermometer. 1t is
generally expressed today among the
fruit growers that the damage has re-
suited to the peaches. cherries and
plums, pears, strawberries and grapes,
but to what extent the apple. which
forms the chief commercial crop, is in
jured will not be known for several
DAYS
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

Following is the program at Fort
Logan, near Denver: Regimental pa
rades will be held at 4:45 p. m, FRI
day of each week, instead Of Wednes-
day. Guard amounting at 1890 a. m.
daily excepting Sunday. when 1t will
be held at $50. The Twenty-frst in.
fantry band will play open air concerts
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
after Moons at $3.50 and in the post
gy mnasium at 7:30 every Tuesday ev-
enjng until further orders
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29
SYNOPSIS.

George Wiliiston. a poor ranchman.
high-minded and cultured. searches for
s. On a wooded spot in the rivers bed
thar would have been an island had the
bssa Of hal se e me
creeps near enough to note the chang
steer Of the -. r. brand, Paul Lang
ford. the rich owner of the Three
the gang OF cattle thieves-a band of
long have de1ed the law and a author,
Landlord is struck with the beauty Of
Mary. commonly known as "Wiliistons
court sienographer. who had followed
her uncle, Judge Hammond Dale; from
is living with him at Wind city: is
EaSafS y the 10 mni
hearing Of Jesse Black. Jim Munson. in
waiting at the train for Louise. looks
Bill Brown, and there detects old
Mag" a well known emery, steer be
Bars. ranch. Munson and Louise start
for Kemah. Crowds assemble in Justice
James II. McAliisters court for the
The first of many great surprises. waving
examination. Through Jake Sandcrson, a
earned that the steer Mag lad been re-
covered. and thus saw the uselessness of
uSHilHE uSdlnSt NzountS
Attorney Gordon accompanies Louise
Dale on her return to Wind City. While
Williston stands in the light in his door
at night shot is fired at him. The house
is attacked and battle ensues between
Williston and his daughter. on one side.
and the outlaws on the other. The house
Is set on fire. As an outlaw raises his rifle
to shoot Williston shot from an un-
known source picrces his arm and the
rifle falls to the ground. Aid has come to
Williston, but he and his daughter are
captured and borne away by the outlaws.
L fttM IA fa nj N hanrI 81 shots
discovered the attack on Williston's house.
hurried to the Three Bars ranch and sum
moned I.angford and his brave men to the
rescue 1t was Langfori who fired the shot
which saved Willistons life. l.angford
rescues Mary from her captor. i4angford
takes Mary to the home Of Mrs. White.
Her arm has been broken bv shot. She
grows delirious and receives medical at
tentinn. The party search In vain for
Wililston. Louise comes to nurs. Mary.
Wiliiston is given UP for dead. But
meager evidence is obtainablc against
Jesse Black. and 1t Is concluded that the
case must be fought out on the sole
question of Mag
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

A new kink in addressing envelopes
has been noticed recently by some OF
the post Office clerks. Instead OF the
word personal on these envelopes to
Indicate that the letter is intended
only for the eye of the person ad.
dressed has been written Himself"
In each case these letters had been
sent from England. In some parts OF
ireland the head of the household is
always referred to by the members OF
the family as himself" and the infu-
ence OF that custom may have had its
effect on the English writer's. or pos
sibly the writer's were Irishmen living
in Englaud.--N. Y. Sun.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29
HIT BY FROST.
Heavy Damage Reported from Many
Points in Colorado.

Denver-All over Colorado a might,
battle. involving hundreds of thousands
of dollars. is being fought between the
farmers and fruit growers on one side
and the elements on the other. Ia
many cases the battle is already lost
and the farmers are preparing
to plant their orchards to gar
den truck in order TO recoup them
selves as much as possible for the Sc
we're losses entailed upon them by the
killing fro3ts OF Sunday night and the
night before.
The Colorado Telephone Co. Joined
in the fight between man and nature b.
sounding the alarm TO 5000 ranches
over all ranch phones in Colorado and
northern New Mexico. The word was
passed along in each community and
the fight began, but in some sections
the warning arrived too late. AT Flor
ence It is estimated that the loss to
the farmers and fruit men in that dis
trict will easily amount to $l,000,000.
Other losses occurred in various parts
of the state, the severity of which has
not vet been definitely determined
1t is Just year and seven days since
the heavy frost of April 20, 1907, which
resulted in severe losses in many parts
of Colorado and the neighboring states,
but the crop this year is about two
weeks behind in Development than at
this time last year, and this is regarded
as a strong point in favor of this years
crop.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

Under this -3;veF TIE yo11g ranch
man comforted Mary. whom the
others had temporarily forgotten, with
a long, carressing look from his hand
some eyes that was pledge of tire
less vigilance and an unforgetting
watchfulness of future protection.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

Denver.-A Florence dispatch Sun
day night says: With the thermometer
at twenty-six above zero the most dam
aging freeze that has visited this sec
ton for many years passed over all
parts of Fremont county from last mid
night until o'clock this morning. AS
far as can be told tonight nearly all
of the fruit of the county has been
killed. and the estimated loss including
the fruits and vegetables is upwards
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

Denver.-A dispatch from Montrose
Sunday night says: The mercury
dropped to twenty.three degrees above
zero last night. according to the gov
eminent Imometers, and the
peaches were considerably damaged,
as were also the raspberies and april
cots, but the strawberries. apples. cher
ries and pllhns suffered but little If
any. 1t was not believed early last night
that the weather would turn so cold
and but few took the precaution to
smudge. The blossoms on the trees
are so thick that it is thought the dam
age will only be slight unless the heavy
frosts continue. All fruitmen are out
tonight smudging.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-29

of $1,000 900. Examination of trees in
all sections OF the county show that
only few buds escaped the frost and
that there will be little If any of the
different varieties of the fruit left.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
The 1oo-story Possibility.

New York engineer and builder. Be-
fore such feat can be accomplished,
however, two great obstacles must be
overcome. The lack Of adequate fire
protection at such a height is one,
and the other is the impossibility of
providing elevator service under the
present systems. Even now In 30
story buildings the weight Of the
cables supporting the ,ars is enor-
nous, and buildings Of over 40 stories
would pass the safety line in this re-
spect.
The l00-story building is sure to
come" says one New York architect
I'VE may not be ready for it yet, but
the larger and higher buildings we are
certain to have in the near future.
The next stage in the development will
be the 50 and 75-story building con.
structed of steel and concrete"
Already the 40-story building has
been reached and passed in the com.
pletion Of the Singer building. The
5o-story: goal il practically here with
the construction Of the Metropolitan
Life building, which, when completed,
will be 4s stories high. -
Less than 4 dozen years ago 4 20
story building was a world wonder.
Now 1t is Insignificant. The census
Of skyscrapers In New York, not TAX
ing into account the Singer building,
gives 4 total number Of % buildings
more than 20 stories In height, and
405 buildings ranging from 10 to 20
stories high.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
COMM q ] WEST. '
Shoe Industry Gradually lsavjn05
Eastern Coast. ~

!: Massachusetts, and Connecticut arc
generally thought Of as the big shoe
manufacturing states, but, as the great
west has become more densely popu-
lated, these; states are slowly losing
prestige.
Wisconsin, for instance, has tho
largest @manufac . OF Efull' 'vamp'
shoes in the world-The F. Mayer
Boot & Shoe Co. Of Milwaukee. Tho
market for this compahy's pseauct IL
the great west from The Njssissippl
to the Pacific. Undoubtedly It 10 Ail.
waukee's nearness to this great west
mxfket which II responsible for tho
great growth Of this concerts which
has been inaproportion to the growth
Of tho west. In the last 25 years they
have outgroWn' six factories. Includ-
ing tho new Seattle factory nearly
completed and the Milwaukee factory
annex built this last year tho total
capacity Of the Mayer Boot 4 Shoe
Company exceeds 5000 pairs per day.
which already. has ~been-inadequete to
meet the demand OF the west.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28


to be equipped On scale Of magnif'.
cence exceeding anything Of the kind
previously. installed. The whole room
Is to be finished In solid bronze, with
all the fittings Of the same material.
*>* The vault is SO large that it over
flows the unl bstructed floor Of the
sub-basement, Nnd includes two rows
of the columns Of the building within
it's area. To take care of these, sever
al openings, entirely cased in, are
made: through the vault from top to
bottom. =,
\ tBesiide,ssy bein,lie; : remarkable 4 in its
general features, this vault is unusu-
lily Interesting in its design and con
stfuction. Az: stated. t is intended
toE be fire, burglar, mob, and earth
quake. proof. Danger from fire is OBJ
Waited by the heavy 16-inch coating
ofI concrete and hre-proofing material
which surrounds the top. bottom and
sides: The Burglars chances for sue
.cess 1re small, as the walls of the
vault: are made OF fourinch Harvey
lied steel armor~plate, Of the same
Kind as furnished the government for
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28

son. many natives may be seen wear
Ing shoes and sandals, to avoid cuts
on their feet through which the plague
might enter.
Snakes are a real peril in India,
some $4,000 persons dying annually
from snake bite. A certain missionary
upon whom I called had 4 native
nurse for each of his two little chill
dren: perhaps he thought looked %
II regarded this az a missionary ex-
travagance. for he explained that they
dare not trust a child outdoors for q
minute alone because Of the danger
from snakes. Altogether, missionary
work in India is not an Edoenic ex-
pertence- especially since at some
place the missionaries labor for years
without a convert. One British vet
eran has had only three converts in
15 years. At Benares the three strong
missions average only two or three
accessions q year.
Copyright. by Joseph b. Bowles.)
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28

to state the use to which it IL to be
put. The writer goes on to say:
This armor.plate vault is q sort Of
glorified safe, to be filled with strong
boxes. The advantage claimed
for the armor.plate vault over al 9th.
or types Of construction is that it IL
fre, burglar, mob and earthquake
proof. This one is built in two stories
. with a connecting passage be-
tween them carrying stairway and
q passenger elevator. The lower story
IL ~ feet high. 106h feet long, and
30h feet wide. The whole structure
weighs about 1900 tons. 1t is pro-
vided with an emergency door in
the right-hand corner of the fore
ground of the figure. The upper floor is
81 feet long, 9 feet high, and 10 feet
wide, provided with two doors for reg
ular service, one at either end.
The upper vault, in particular, is
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
IMPORTANCE OF the COMMA.
Getting Punctuation Mark in Wrong
Place May Cause Trouble.

,"Some lawsuits Of the highest I'M
portance have hinged upon the right
placing Of a comma" said Judge F. g.
Downing Of st. Louis.
when I first started to practice
law q Missouri editor came to me in
peck Of trouble to defend him
against q threatened libel suit grow
ing out Of faulty punctuation. He
had not meant to give some innocent
young woman the slightest oftense
when he wrote 4 story about two
young men who went with their girls
to attend q lecture and after they LETT,
the girls got drunk Putting that mis-
cradle little comma out >of its right
place did the work, - it made the
girls the ones who became inebriated
instead OF their escorts. I managed
by proper diplomacy and the publica.
ton Of a neat apology to stave OF
the damage suits, and afterward my
editorial friend became an expert on
punctuation
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
HOME RECIPE ron COLDS.
Will Break Up q Cold In ~ Hours Or
Cure Any Cough That 10 curabie.

Mix half pint Of good whisky with
two ounces Of glycerine and add one
half ounce Concentrated oil Of pine.
The bottle is to be well shaken each
time and used in doses Of q teaspoon
full to a tablespoonful every four
hours. The Concentrated oil of pine
comes in one-half ounce Walls packed
securely in air tight cases which are
intended to protect it from light and
retain all the original ozone. 1t Is a
product of the laboratories of the Globe
Pharmaceutical Co., OF Dayton, Ohio,
and is guaranteed under the National
Pure Food and Drug Act. Don't use
bulk oil Of pine or limitations of Con.
centrated. They are insoluble and
work havoc to the kidneys. Any drug.
gist has the Concentrated oil Of pine.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
44loona for wonnne

when was in Berlin" said .
clergyman" l had enough curiosity ia
visit one of the peculiar saloons for
women that they have there. The
place interested me, and l am bound
to say that it was decently conducted.
Berlin is the only city In the world
that has those institutions. In our
country, where the women are nearly
all teetotalers, we don't need them. In
England they don't need them because
English women Of the lower classes
enter the public houses and lean
against the bar and zip their beer
with ~ much nonchalance ~ their
husbands.
In this female saloon In Berlin
about Is females were gathered. They
looked poor, but respectable. Some
were smoking-cigarettes and cigars
read the papers, and In . cor
ner 4 little group argued noisily over
an. article in q fashion magazine.
much 40 men argue In their own ~
looms over politics"
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
Sectional View Of
Apparatus.

An,.-,+.. Popular Mechan-
les Another tank,
A, is made the same depth as B, but
its diameter is a little smaller, so that
inverted it will just slip easily into the
tank B. In the bottom, or, rather, the
top now, of tank A is cut hole and 9
little can, D, is fitted in it and sold.
cred. On top and over can D in
soldered large tin can screw. A rub.
Der washer is fitted on this SO that
when the screw top, E. is turned on it,
the joint will be gas-tight. Another
can, c, which will just slip inside of
the little can, is perforated with
number of holes. This can c is filled
about half full of broken pieces of
carbide and then placed in the little
can D. A gas cock, H, is soldered on
to tank A, as is shown, from which
the gas may be taken through a rub.
ber tube. Fill tank B with water and
set tank A into 1t. This will cause
some air to be inclosed, which can be
released by leaving the cock open
until tank A settles down to the point.
where the water will begin to run in
the perforations of the little tank. The
water then comes in contact with the
carbide and forms gas, which expands
and stops the lowering of tank A.
Then the cock must be closed and
tubing attached. 1t is dangerous to at.
tempt to strike a match to light
jet or the end of the cock while air is
escaping and Just as the first gas is
being made. Wait until the tank is
we'll raised up before doing this.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-02-28
PEAT As FUEL,
Effort in This Country to Make lts
Use Practical UnsuccessfuI.

Peat, which might almost be called
the national fuel of Ireland, has never
been very successfully exploited in
the United States. While peat can be
converted into q fair quality of fuel
for both domestic and steam purposes,
all methods Of handling it 50 far de-
vised require heavy machinery and
considerable hand labor, and both of
these are expensive. Several expert.
mental plants have been started to
test the feasibility of manufacturing
peat fuel. but they have not com.
menced work on a commercial scale.
It is estimated that from 500 to l.500
tons were produced in 1906. DurinG
the year there were imported into the
United States 8,557 short tons Of
peat, valued at &46,344.