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The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
Crusade Hits Market Street.

Denver. The Republican Friday
morning says:
The way of the transgressor is hard
in political campaigns.
BY order of the district attorney,
who had some 100 warrants sworn out
before a justice of the peace, the
women in the red light" district, who
have been living in the one-story
shacks facing on the streets, moved
away during yesterday morning and
last night The males who live off the
earnings CT fallen women and the men
who profit through renting and sub
renting the houses, had disappeared
from twelve to twenty-tour hours be-
fore. Four or five OF the parasites
were caught and lodged in Jail on
charges of vagrancy. The crusaders
from the district attorneys office were
successful in the main undertaking OF
Kidding The district OF this class of in
mates. A few of them left the city I'M
til the storm" had passed, but most
took rooms in other parts of town.
Although the crusade originated in
the political game OF whether the po-
lice department might not gain advan-
tage over the district attorneys office
at the coming election. there is reason
to believe that the worst feature of
Market street will be obliteratcd as a
result. A movement has been on foot
for some time past TO get rid of these
cribs"
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01

Washington The house public
lands committee has favorably report
ed the bill framed by the general COM
mittee of Western members of Con
gress providing for enlarging the home
stead units to 800 acres. In its report
the committee calls attention to the
paragraph in the Presidents message
to Congress in which it is stated that
a farm of 100 acres is inadequate In
the great plains region for self-support
of the entryman.
The committee concludes It's report
by stating that it believes the proposed
legislation will encourage settlement
of considerable areas of land not used
for grazing purposes and build up set
Elements in localities now without a
habitation except an occasional stock
ranch: that the bill is carefully drawn
in the interest of those in the Eastern
and Middle states who are or may be
seeking new homes.
Representative Rowland OF Ohio OF
the public lands committee. submitted
a minority report in which he predicts
that the present rapid absorption OF
public lands would lead to land fam
inc, and contends that the homestead
area should not be increased beyond
100 acres.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01

ITS Jim's COW pony as sure as I'm
sinner! What brings him home at
that pace, | wonder? Is he drunk"
He peered out indifferently. The
hoof-beats rang nearer and nearer,
clattered through the stable yards and,
before they ceased, two or three re-
volver shots rang out in rapid success
sion Jim had fired into the air to
arouse the house.
Springing from his reeking bronco,
he ran quickly to the stable and threw
wide the door. Here the boss. the
first to gain the outside because al
ready dressed, found him hastily sad
ding a fresh mount. Langford asked
no question. That would come later.
He stepped silently to Sadie's stall.
In an incredibly short space of
time the rest of the boys came leaping
out of the ranchhouse. slamming the
door behind them. To be up and do
ing was the meat they fed on. In less
than ten minutes they were all mount
ed and ready, five of them. silent, full
to the brim of reckless hardihood.
prime for any adventure that would
serve to break the monotony of their
lives. More than that. every fiber of
their being. when touched. would re-
spond. a tuneful, sounding string of
loyalty to the traditions OF the Three
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
Presidents Special Message.

Washington. A special message
from the President was read in both
houses of Congress soon after conven-
ing Wednesday, and in both 1t was
closely followed.
In the house the declaration that the
time had come for revision of the
tariff ELECTED hand-clapping on the
part of the Democratic members. Dem
ocratic approval also was given, by
way OF pounding desks, to the sugges-
tion that Congress could with advan-
tage forthwith remove the tariff on
wood pulp. with corresponding re-
duction upon paper made from wood
pulp.
The Republicans waited and con
fined the applause to the message as
a whole.
The message asks for the enactment
by Congress of the following measures
at the present session:
An effort for the prohibition of child
labor throughout the nation by the en-
actment of a model bill for the District
of Columbia.
Immediate re-cnactment of the EN-.
ployers' liability law, drawn TO conform
to the recent decision OF the Supreme
Court.
A wv giving compensation to gov
eminent employees injured in its serv-
ice.
Limitation of the use of injunction
in labor disputes.
Allowing railroads to make traffic
n reemcnts.
Giving the government place on re-
cciversDips of railroads.
Excmpiing labor unions and farmers
from provisions of the antitrust law.
Currency legislation and the estab-
lishment of postal savings banks.
Establishment of permanent water
way commission and safeguards on
grants of water power privileges.
Preparations for revision of the tar
iff early in the next session.
Pls ing wood pulp on the free list,
also imports of paper made from wood
pulp.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
FOOLED BY BAD COIN.

accompanied the suspect to the office
of Chief Clerk Travis and heard the
confession of Intentional duplicity and
saw the surrender of the practically
pilfered stamps that the Waterman
was satisfied.
Before making a similar test Secret
Service Agent Foster visited the Of
flee of Third Assistant Postmaster
General Lawshe and the latter ac-
companied him to witness the pros
pective downfall of the machines. On
the way Postmaster Barnes. Assistant
Postmaster Davis and Chief Clerk
Travis Joined the party.
AS a preliminary all four machines
were entirely cleared of accumulated
coin of the realm. OF the four, one
penny machine Is purveyor of post
cards and another. accepting coins or
the same denomination. gives forth 4
one-cent stamp for each copper IN
serted In the slot. 'rtsr -..
The postcard machine failed signal
ly to detect the fraudulent nature of
the coins carried by the party OF In
vestigators, but II the automatic
vender was human 1t might draw con-
siderable satisfaction from the knowl-
edge that even the secret service rep
resentative could be sure most OF the
coins were counterfeit only because
they were plainly marked for identifi-
cation. .I.
II was said that the dime" ma.
chimes. one of which sells five two
cent stamps and the other two five-
cent stamps, were protected by a
| system of magnets so that iron and
steel slugs would be refused. but the
magnets had no effect upon the lead
pieces. and 1t willingly gave its store
in exchange for bits of lead OF tho
same size and weight as dimes.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
AUTOMATIC STAMP vENDER
LOOTED WITH LEAD DIMES.
Secret Service Man Takes Hand In
Test Of the Device at Washing
ton and II Is Shown to
Be incompetent.

Washington.-Four of the new
stamp-vending machines standing in
front OF the post office department.
which the government is trying "at
the inventors expense" were con-
victed the other day OF receiving
counterfeit money.
The machines yielded more than
one dollars worth of good stamps and
postcards. and received in exchange
only a variegated assortment OF near
money ranging all the way from lead
sluss to bogus pennies and dimes
which might deceive every one but
the most expert money handlers.
This was the third test to which
the machines have been subjected
within a week. Chief Wilkie Of the
secret service designated one of his
agents. George F. Foster. to take part
in the effort to defeat the automatic
thinking machine" furnished for use
in the test n whole pocketful of pen
MES" which had passed through any
number of banks only to be detected
as counterfeits at the subtreasury.
carefully stamped series to simulate
Uncle odHl buhdilcSl tAlaut niiNci
pieces the dime"
On one previous test Of the ma
chimes 80 cents worth of stamps and
post cards had been obtained for a
dollars worth" of lead slugs. An
other time the manipulation was equal
ly successful with plugged dimes.
good Canadian dimes" and other
coins of similar character. An anus
ing incident occurred in connection
with the first experiment when man
who was standing near. on the post
office steps, became suspicious at see
ing an apparent stranger stuffing coins
into the slot machines in rapid sue
cession. The man was post office
Waterman.
Having exhausted his store Of coun-
terfeits. the experimental gathered up
the stamps and turned away. only to
be encountered by the Waterman, who
demanded an explanation. The tell
tale glass front of the machines ex-
posed to full view the 'phony" money
which had been foisted upon the ma.
chimes. It was only after the man had
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01

Bars and to its young master. Each
was fully armed. They asked no ques-
tion. Yet there could be no doubt OF
a surprise when the time came for
action. They were always prepared.
these boys of the most popular ranch
outfit west of the river. Right In the
face of this popularity. perhaps be-
cause of 1t, they were bit overbear-
ing, these boys. and held fellowship
with any outside the Three Bars a
thing not to be lightly entered into.
It was a fine thing to work for the
boss, and out of the content accruing
therefrom sprang a conservatism like
that of the proudest aristocrat of the
land.
Langford took the trail first. Jim
had said but the one word. willis
ton" 1t was enough. Nothing was
to be heard but the rapid though reg
ular pound of hoof-beats on the level
trail. 1t is a silent country. the COW
country, and Its gravity begets gray
ity.
Langford riding slightly in advance.
was having bad time with himself.
The keenest self-reproach was stab
bling him like physical pain. His
honor-his good honor. that he held SO
high and stainless-was his word not
given by 1t that the Willistons might
count on his sure protection? What
had he done to merit this proud boast ?
Knowing that Jesse Black was once
more at liberty, fully realizing of what
vast import to the state would be VIII
liston's testimony when the rustlers
should be brought to trial, he had sat
stupidity back and done nothing. And
he had promised. Would Williston
have had the courage without that
promise? Why were not some of his
cowboys even now sleeping with an
eye upon that little claim shack where
lived that scholar-man who was not
fit for the rough life of the plains.
maybe, but who had been brave
enough and high-minded enough to lay
his all on the white altar of telling
what he knew for rights sake. And
the girl
God! The grill" he cried aloud.
What did you say, boss?" asked
Jim, pounding alongside.
Nothing" said Langford, CURLY.
He spurred his mare savagsly. In
the shock Of surprise. and the sting
that his neglected word brought him.
he had forgotten the girl-Williston'
little girl" with the grave eyes-tne
girl who was not 10 but ~ and more
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01

with a suddenness that would have
played havoc with the equilibrium OF
less seasoned horsemen than cowboys.
They followed with the precision and
accord of trained cavalrymen.' Now
and then could be seen a black, SIMS
ter figure patrolling the burning home
stead, but hugging closely the outer
skirt of darkness, waiting for the
doomed door to open.
''Boys!" began Langford. But he
never gave the intended command to
charge at once with wild shouting and
shooting to frighten away the maraud-
ers and give warning to the besieged
that rescue was at hand. For at that
moment the door opened and Willis
ton and his daughter stepped out in
full view of raider and rescuer. Would
there be parley? A man, slouching in
his saddle, rode up into the circle OF
lurid light. Was 1t Jesse Black? There
was something hauntingly familiar
about the droop of the shoulders. That
was all; hardly enough to hang a
man.
Langford raised hts rife quickly.
sight was never truer. His bullet
went straight to the rifle arm Of the
outlaw; with ringing shout he raj
lied his comrades. spurred his pony
forward, and the little party charged
the astounded raiders with fury OF
shots that made each rustler stand
well to his own support. leaving the
Williston's, for the time being, free
from their attention.
The desperadoes were on the run.
They cared to take no risk of identi.
fication. 1t was not easy to determine
how many there were. There seemed
a half-dozen or more, but probably
four or five at the most would tell
their number.
The flames were sinking. Willis
ton had disappeared. The boys scat.
tered in wild pursuit. Wheeling his
horse, Langford was in time to see
big. muscular fellow swing a girlish
form to the saddle in front of him
Quick as flash he spurred forward
lifted his heavy Colts revolver high
over his head and brought it down on
the fellows skull with a forco thai
knocked him senseless without tims
for sigh or moan. AS his arms fell
lax and he toppled In his saddle
Langford caught the girl and swuns
her free of enhancement.
Ito Be Confinued.)
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.
Annual Catalogue Shows Large In
crease in Attendance.

Boulder.-The 1908 catalogue Of the
Colorado university was issued Tues
day. 1t shows total attendance for
the college year of 961 regularly matri-
culated students, an increase OF III
over that of last year, while the total
attendance, counting the summer
school students, was 1.044. The teach
ing staff consists of 121 professors and
instructors. During the past year two
new buildings have been added to the
equipment of the university. The new
shop building, which was opened to
the students last Monday, gives Colo
RADIO university the best shops be-
tween Chicago and the Pacific coast.
The other building is the home for hos
pital nurses.
Three thousand volumes have been
added to the library since last year,
there being at present $4,000 bound vol
umes, besides several thousand UNI
bound pamphlets. the largest college
library in the West.
The university comprises four col
leges, the graduate school, and the
schools of law and medicine, in add
tion to the summer school. The col
lege of liberal arts, the oldest depart
ment of the university, gives all the
regular collegiate studies, there being
eighteen distinct branches, and oHer'
ing total of $50 subjects.
By system of doubling. the medical
course and the college work both can
be completed in six years, two years
credit being given for the first two
years in the medical school. This will
be made compulsory in the fall of 1909,
after which no student can enter the
medical school without two years pre-
paratory work in college work.
Requirements for admission have
been lowered one unit since last year,
fifteen units being all that will be re-
quired in the future. A unit is a course
of study weeks for five days week,
with a forty-covering the school year
of thirty-six five-minute period. All
students from accredited high schools
presenting these units are admitted
without examination. There are forty
nine such high schools at present.
From the announcement In the cata-
logue the regents have taken their
first step toward placing commence
ment week further in June by having
school open on September 18th. or a
week later than this year. This will
give better weather in June for the
class day exercises.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
SMOKED A PIPE 100 YEARS.

weaving cotton cloth. was married
soon after I went to Mr. Gordon's
home. We had nine children. but all
except two are dead" ..r r.
Mrs. Gordon lived with the Gordon
family until after the civil war. Then
she moved to little truck patch in
Warren county, Mississippi. She. with
her son, moved to Kansas City. Kan,
II years ago. She is wrinkled and
rheumatic, but still retains all her
faculties. She is an ardent Method.
ist. and expounds Its doctrines to all
who will listen. 1920
Mrs. Gordon, while telling the
story of her life. drew from her apron
pocket clay pipe. filled It with tobac-
CO. and. lighting 1t with piece of
paper which she had touched to
live coal in her fire. said: ''Well.
boy, I've told you enough. Go way
and let me smoke. I've smoked pipe
for more than 100 years, and 1 can't
stop it, |f-N
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01

Storm Lake. Ia.-Too many pro.
posals and too much notoriety follow.
ing leap year proposition of mar.
riage. published in her own paper.
have borne down heavily upon Miss
Elizabeth SohE. editress of the Storm
Lake Vidette.
She is i'll In bed OF nervous prostra.
tion at her home here. and her friends
are extremely anxious over her con.
dition. .'f l.H. tt.
AS result of her odd announce
ment that she would be willing to
drive double with strong man, who
could help her run her paper and at
.end to the political end OF the game
Miss Sohn received 200 lacceptancsA
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01

the girl who had waited for him,
whom he had sent on her long way
alone, joyously, as one free Of a duty
that promised to be irksome-the girl
who had brought the blood to his face
when, ashamed. he had gallcped of
to the spring-the girl who had closed
her door when a mans curious eyes
had roved that way. How could he
forget?
The little cavalcade swept on with
increased speed, following the lead
of the master. Soon the sound of
shooting was borne to them distinctly
through the quiet night.
THANK God. boys!" cried Langford.
digging in his spurs once more. They
are not surprised. Listen. God,
What a plucky fight! If they can only
hold QUIT"
At that moment a tiny tongue OF
fame leaped up away to the front
of them. cleaning in the darkness like
a beacon light Now there were two
they grew. spread, leaped heaven
ward in mad revel. Langford's heart
sank like lead. He groaned in an ex-
worst had happened. Would they be
in time? These claim shanties burn
like paper. And the girl. He doubted
not that she had sustained her share
of the good fight. She had fought
like man, she must die like man
would be the outlaws reasoning. He
believed she would die like man
If that meant bravely-but something
clutched at his heart-strings with the
thought. Her big, solemn eyes came
back to him now as they had looked
when she had lifted them to him
gravely as he sat his horse and she
had said she had waited for him. Was
she waiting now?
The boys rallied to the new i'm.
petus gloriously. They knew now
what 1t meant and their hardy hearts
thrilled to the excitement of 1t, and
the danger. They swept from the main
trail into the DINNER one leading to
Williston's, without diminution of
speed. Presently. the boss drew rein
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
Autograph Letters to shut-in In
cIude Bryan's and Cannon's.

Allentown, Pa.-Harold b. Stahler
of "a North Thirteenth street. who
has been confined to his bed for near
~ a year, and to break the monotony
of his confinement is gathering auto
praphs. has received the following
from William j. Bryan. who writes:
My Dear Sir: Your favor at hand.
1 am very glad to write you word.
and give you my autograph. Those
who are favored with good health
ought to be grateful enough to spare
a moments time occasionally for those
less fortunate, and l assure you that 1t
gives me pleasure to comply with your
request"
Joseph G. Cannon writes from the
sneakers room at Washington as fol-
lows:
my Dear Sir: have your favor Of
the 10th inst, and think you are en-
titled to much credit for your splendid
6smeanor In the face Of adversity."'
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
Bridge Contract Let.

Denver.-For $1,000 the Portland
Cement Company has contracted to
build the great reinforced concrete
arch bridge, 1875 feet in span across the
Arkansas river at Portland. Colorado.
The contract was awarded yesterday
by the state engineer, T. w. Jaycox.
after considering five other bids, the
highest of which was $13.92O. The Pu-
cblo Bridge Company offered the low
est bid of all, 80 500, but that was for
bridge built on the company's own
plan and not according to the specifi-
cations of the state engineer. The
Portland company contracts to have
the bridge completed on or before De-
cember Is, 1908.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
Montezuma Reservoir.

Denver.-A Greeley dispatch of
March 26th says: L. L. Stimson. con
struction engineer for d. A. Garfield
on the Montezuma reservoir and ditch,
near Cortez, southwestern Colorado.
returned today and reports that work
nearly completed and that by May list,
the entire system will be ready for use.
Two reservoirs. have been built. with
100 miles Of ditch, all costing $4,000.
Residents there are jubilant. twelve
carloads of household goods Of new
Corners are at the station and Eastern
land seekers are arriving daily.
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
Negro Woman Of Kansas Says She 10
1926 Years Old.

Kansas City, Kan.-At the foot OF
Lafayette avenue lives negro woman
who says she is 125 years old-and
that she can prove 1t. Mrs. Nancy
Gordon Is her name. She was born
near Alexandria. Va. about 1852.
She was the slave of Matthias Boone.
a wealthy cotton planter of that vicin-
i:y, who was an officer in the con.
tinental war.
II was sold, the first time" Mrs.
Gordon said the other day. ito satisfy
sheriff's warrant. My master
daughter, Ellen, was married to a
young planter, William Gilliss. and !
was given to them as dowry. My
new master was spendthrift That's
why / was sold at a sheriffs sale to
John Gordon of Vicksburg. Miss. a
cotton-grower. l was put to work
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
San Francisco Anarchist Arrested.

San Francisco.-Paul Bignami. said
to be the head of the local colony of
anarchists, was arrested Wednesday
and an attempt will be made to have
him deported. Bignami, who came
here from New Orleans about year
ago, Tuesday night harangued crowd
and was heard by Policeman Rocca to
say that the feet on its arrival should
be blown out OF che water. that Presi-
lent Roosevelt should be assassinated.
md that the entire police department
4 this city should be wiped out OF sx-
etence
The Lamar register., 1908-04-01
BIG MEN WRITE 10. INVALID.

The French ambassador, NJ. Jusser-
and, expresses his sympathy as fol-
lows: l..1a-
ut gives me great pleasure to send
you my autograph. with my compli-
ments for your manly disposition. and
my best wishes for your complete and
speedy recovery"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1908-12-23

w. j. SERVER has been spending
the week in Chicago and Warsaw.
Mrs. Sears McHenry and Mrs. L.
Seemann were Omaha visitors last
week.
George and Maggie Sharp of Dow
City were among the holiday shoppers
on Monday.
Ben Bartcher will spend Christ.
mas with his wife and children in
Council Bluffs.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Wood left to-
dav for Christmas visit with Ne
braska relatives.
F. H. Randall and sister. MISS
Addie, have returned from Iowa City
for a vacation visit.
Miss Beatrice Kirkup came home
from Manila Saturday to spend the
holidays in jolly Denison.
Miss Blandid Lally has returned
from her college work at Sinsinawa
for a holiday week at home.
Mr.. William Dillon will return
from Nebraska for Christmas visit
at the j. H. Gable home.
Stewart SERVER will return from
Ames and Miss Clara will return
from lndianola for Christmas week
at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Schulter of
Davenport are among the welcome
Christmas visitors with Denison
friends.
We regret to learn that Hon. j. P.
Conner has been quite ill since his
return to Washington. suffering from
influenza.
Miss Edna Raine is among those
returning from college for a week at
home. She has been doing fine work
at Indianoa.
| Will Slavery is to be the new dep
uty sheriff under Henry Cummings.
He will continue to run his pop fac
tory. however.
Mrs. Sears McHenry is looking for
ward to entertaining all the Harvey
tribe on Christmas day. They are
splendid tribe. may their shadows
never grow less.
Miss Sarah Schutt of Des Moines
was a welcome guest at the E.
Gulick home the first of the week.
Miss Schutt is successful teacher
in the Des Moines schools.
Mr.. and Mrs S. M. Thew. having
sold their house. feel free to do some
"gallvantin' and left Monday for
Washington, Kansas, to spend some
time with Mrs. Thew's sister.
Miss Ella Harding, who has been
assisting in the dentist Office with DR..
Robinson. is spending Christmas with
her parents at Hermosa. S. D. She
is home loving girl, and will enjoy
the days at home to the utmost.