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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-18

Mr.. Harding from Lawrence, Kan
sas, has come to our country to liv 9.
Mr.. Cooper from Okslahoma has
rented the farm recently vacated by
l.. Q. Barnard.
The Young folks Sunday School
class OF the Methodist church of La
mar made a raid ON Ersie Cooper and
wife on last Tuesday night. A fine
time was had, over 40 were present.
We understand the Sunday School
at Dry Greek is in fns shape and is
we'll attended.
We are informed that Mr.. Ricket
from Illinois has purchased so acres
of land from NJ. Strain aud has NOV
ed on the same.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eli Dewey were cal
lers at the Cooper homeiin Lamar on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hsyhurst entertain.
cd the young folks one night last
week.
The revival meetings held at the
school house by Rev. Graft of Dry
Greek have closed and We understand
much good was accomplished, and
khn
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-18
ALaw Abiding County.

Itmsy be good politics to besmirch
your own county and city to try to
make political capital for an election
but vs don't bslisvs the citizens OF
Lamar will look on the campaign OF
slandsr now going on against our
city in that light. To read some OF
the irresponsible and slanderous
charges now being made one would
think Prowsrs county was overrun
with criminals, whom exactly the oP-
posits is true and this is the most
Law abiding community in the state
There il not . county In the state
that has . prohibition city within its
Iimits whore they do not have more
terms Of district court and far larger
criminal dooksts in proportion to pop
ulstion than does Prowers county.
Every incorporated town in Prowers
county is high license and has been
ever since it was incorporated. We
have only two terms of court each
year and the docket never exceeds q
dozen oases and is usually about nail
that. Nearly half Of these have been
cheek Gases in which liquor has play
cd no part whatever.
In Weld, Larimsr and other coun-
ties that have tried prohibition for q
number of years they have four term. !.
Of court a. . rule and the criminal
dooksts run from City cases up IL
is true shat . speaker the other even
ing claimed that the police oour. n.
docket in Boulder bad decreased lou
per cent under prohibition but DIE
sthsmstiosl friends prefer you
would not mention this fact 10 sne''
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-18

Mrs. Phoebe Csrlsy is spending .
week with her son and his family.
William Taylor and wife are the
parents Of . new girl, born on the
9Th. Bill says, Eyes, she's mighty
fine but she never can be Q stone
mason"
F. 8. Southard and wife passed
through here Sunday they had beer
70 La Juata to see their little CIR
who had undergone an operation for
appendicitis. The chi Id is doing we'll
Dan Gormsn and family visited al
Carley's Sunday. They report all
doing we'll in Paradox.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-18

makes . good showing for our town
and country.
Preparations are being made fer
the laying out Of q new town about
IL miles west from Wiley, and about
two miles east of Hasty. A postoffioe
has been established at this place for
some time by the name Of Gem.
Sydney Finn will do the surveying.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-18
Ths0itlzens TIo kss

........N. N. Mclean
........ Morton Strain
The discussion of the present city
campaign has turned 80 completely
on the subject Of prohibition that
there is danger Of many citizens for
getting shs really more important
issues that are at stake this spring SO
far - Lamar is concerned.
The condition Of the water supply
for the town is BY far the most ssri-
ous problem our people have 70 oon-
slider. and the opening Of the irriga-
tion season makes il more apparent
than ever before.
The members Of the present city
council have taken hold Of this mat.
ter aud devoted much time TO It, and
have measures under way at the
present time that bid fair 10 perman-
emily settle this question and in 3
most satisfactory manner. 1t was
for this reason that the large tax
payers and citizens Of the town gen.
orally demanded their renomination
st the hands Of the citizens conven-
tion. All realized that new men, how
ever good they might be, would re-
quire much time to familisrize them
selves with this question, and this
would mean another long delay on 9
proposition that each year becomes
much more urgent.
The men whose names appear on
the the citizens ticket are all heavily
interested in Lamar, are we'll known
- sntsrPrising and liberal minded
basinsss men, and are thoroughly
familiar with the public business Of
Lamar and can take hold Of the vital
questions without any delay.
A. ths now question which has
bssa pat forward will be voted on
on sspalatsly il has no oonnsetion
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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-18

SSoVev seSu"es
From The Holly Chisftain.
The City Council, last Saturday
let q contract to Gen. E. q. Cox for
800 fine trees, to be placed in the
residence district, and Mr.. Coz is
now at work fulfilling his contract.
II is the idea Of tho city dads" that
trees properly planted will rebound
to the oity's benefit . hundred-fold,
at the same time providing shade for
the oppressed on hot summer days.
Gen. Cox il . veteran in the tree
business, striokly man Of his word,
and can be trusted to give Holly the
best that money will buy.
The coming oitv election promises
TO be about the wsrmsst one Holly
has had in several years. The out
snd-out "wst" and "Asy" proposition
will bs up before the voters for the
first time. Then there is the ever
present water question; the cement
sidewalks; government ownership Of
railroads; the price Of sugar beets,
and other things too numerous to
mention. Free lunch ct noon. Let
everybody get in the game.
From the Granada Times.
j. F. Moore hss been appointed
Hartmsn's first postmaster, and the
appointment meets with the approval
Of the citizens.
Building operations are in full
swing, and the stroke Of the hammer
and the buzz OF the saw are heard ]
over the town A weekly visitor to
our burg can see Improvements and
growth each trip. and by the middle
of next month Hartman will have
completed portions Of her coming
business and residence district of
which she may be Justly proud. The
Santa Fe railroad is laying sidetraots
and is building . stockysrd and
freight and passenger depot, a new
alfalfa meal mill is being pushed
rapidly to completion, a new build
ing is being erected for the ascomo
dation of increasing postoffice busi-
ness. and in the reidsnce district
three new substantial dwellings are
being completed IS rapidly as mech
anics and material can do the work
one residence for DR.. Opie W. SwoPe
one for banker A. F. Baok, and one
for the nurseryman H. M. Todd
Hartman Notes.
Bristol is going to drill for srss
sian water. The railroad company
agreed to put down . we'll il the cit
izeps of Bristol would raise 81 1000
toward the expenses of il, which they
promptly did. Those subscribing to
this fund are to have the perpetual
privilege Of getting their water free
of cost.
The Bristol hardware company,
under the firm of J. r. Gordon and
T.. L. Coon, have ordered their stock
from the east and expect to be ready
for business by Saturday, March IA.
The new store will occupy the build
ing formerly used as the Buffalo
school house, and the structure would
have been moved to Bristol before
this il the roads had been in condi-
tion to use the traction engine
Bristol Notes.
From Wiley Journal.
The total amount of the Wiley sale
held March 4th was S5636.39, about
s2 10000 Of which was cash. This
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-03-18

presence.
The fact is that Prowers county
has the cleansst record in proportion
to population as regards crime of any
county in the state, and it is only
common justice to our own home to
make the fact public This il not a
breeding place for criminals, but the
fairest, cleanest and best place in
the west to make q home.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
UNION VIEW ON DECISION.
President LOrch Anticipates small
Change in Conditions.

John Lorch, president Of the Central
Labor Union. the most prominent local
labor official in the city, said last night
the decision issued by the Supreme Court
yesterday holding that corporations en-
gagged in interstate commerce cannot be
restrained from discharging employees on
account Of affiliation with labor unions
would not affect organized labor seri.
ously
Railroad companies have always had
the power to discharge men when thew
felt like IT, said Mr.. L0rch. "They viii
continue to do so.
Before this decision was given if a
man got too prominent in a labor union
that was not in favor with the railroad
company. he soon lost his position The
only change will be- that now the rail-
road companies can discharge the men
openly for belonging to organized labor.
We have not lost any real power by
this decisoon. OF course. the decision
was adverse 70 organized labor. II pre-
vents us from getting redress by law.
when a man Is discharged unfairly. We
were seldom able 70 get sufficient evil
denee Of the fact before this case.
Organized labor Is still the power II
was before the decision was made. and
will always remain so. I think the effects
of the decision have been oveTestimated.
in some instances.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
FILES CURED N g TO IA DAYS

PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed 10 cure any case
II Itching Blind. Bleeding. PTo;ruding Piles IN
s TO Il days or money refunded. Se
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
REID MURDER YET UNSOLVED
After Three Days Inquiry Police
Are Still at Sea.
Charge of Robbery Is Placed Against
Five Negroes-Five Prisoners
Have Been Released.

After spending three days invests
eating. the police, at a late hour last
night had not been able to discover 4
clew to the murder Of Henry W. Reid.
They said that they were stiH working
on theories alone
Five Of the prisoners arrested Satur-
day and Sunday were released. They
are stump" Washington, John Smith.
Mercer Johnson, Samuel Langkorn. and
William Beverly. The police are stin
holding Charles and Frederick Philips
and Thomas Poindexter
Charges of robbery were placed
against Poindexter and Frederick Phil
fps. After having several opportunities
TO look at the negroes, Francis W. Self.
the aged pensioner living at % F street.
identified the men as the two who at
tackled and robbed him of $3.50 in front
of his house a few minutes before Reid
Is supposed to have been murdered
The police believe robbery was not the
motive for the murder of Reid. Testi-
mony at the inquest held at the morgue
yesterday developed that Reid's right
hand was thrust deep into one Of his
trousers pockets. and that the other
pockets of his clothing had not been dis
turbed
Much interest developed yesterday in
the information given by w. NJ KEYS. a
cutler, living at 1902 f street northeast.
KEYS told the police that on Friday two
negroes came to his establishment with
an oyster knife, which they wished to
have sharpened. Because they were not
willing to pay the charge Keys asked,
the negroes decided not to have the work
done. When Keys was shown the oyster
knife found under Reds body, he iden-
titled it as the one brought to hts store
by the negroes.
An examination Of the knife showed
the edge had been ground. probably on a
rough stone or brick
Funeral services for Reid will be con-
Quoted at the Baptist Church, Manassas.
Va. this afternoon. Interment will be in
the Manassas Cemetery. Reid was for
merly proprietor of the Summit House at
Bentsvile Va.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
STATES BRYAE'S POSITION.
Willis J. Abbot Says Nebraskan Has
Net Been Asked to Retire.

Mr. Bryan's position was authorita-
lively announced yesterday in a state
ment sent 10 the Democratic press by
Willis J. Abbot as follows.
There has been much talk among
un-Democratic Democrats about the
possibility of Mr.. Bryan retiring from the
candidacy for the Presidency. Most Of
this talk has come from men who have
never stood either for Mr.. Bryan or for
real Democracy. It's publication has been
mainly I'm newspapers unfriendly alike 10
him and TO the principles for which he
and his followers stand. Mr. Bryan has
been in Washington for forty-eight hours.
During that time the newspapers have
been full of stories 90 the effect that GER
tain self-appointed committees were TO
wait upon him and ask him to retire
from the Presidential race
NO committee waited upon him; no
man up 10 the present moment has sug-
gested TO him such action. And Mr.
Bryan himself IN conversation with me
to-day said. do not profess TO quote his
exact words. If there is any committee
in Washington or elsewhere whose pur-
pose was To wait upon aim and induce
him to withdraw as a possible Demo
cratic candidate for the Presidency. the
committee in question has not material
lied. Mr.. Bryan went on to say that he
seriously doubts its existence
His position on his candidacy has not
changed. He Is not seeking the nOmina-
tion. but will accept If the rank and file
OF the party decide that he is the most
available and the best man 10 make the
race. He further said that his judgment
on this matter viii not be sWayed by
the council of a few men. or a few papers
whose loyalty 10 the party is Of doubtful
character. but will be determined by the
opinions OF the millions of men who have
Loyalty stood by the party since long be
fore 1896.
This is the definite and explicit state
ment made by Mr.. Bryan to-day. The
circumstances under which II was made
precludes the possibility of quoting him
literally. But the sense is that of his
intention and the language is nearly his
own. 1t is sent out with perfect assur-
ance of its authenticity. but not as an In
terview with him. but as a report of his
with an intimate friend
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
ASSURED OF new CAR Line
Confidence that Bill Will Pass Ex-
pressed at Meeting.
North Capitol and lexington Cit
liens Associations in
Session.

That the citizens of Washington will
get better street car service in the future
was the consensus Of opinion expressed
by several speakers at the meeting of the
North Capitol and lexington Citizens
Association last evening.
W. J. Frizzell severely criticised Rep
resentative Fowler chairman of the
House Committee on Banking, for taking
up two hours of the time in the House
which should have been given to the
discussion OF District affairs yesterday.
Mr. Frizzell spoke of efforts in behalf
of the citizens Of Washington made BY
Representatives Smith and Sims and
Senator Hepburn. He said he was con-
fident OF the passage of the bill for a
street car line extending along Florida
avenue to Eighth street northeast, and
connecting with the Union Station.
Another member of the association who
commented upon the railway questions
now pending in Congress was ". G.
Henderson. He said that the hundreds
Of signatures signed to the petition for
the proposed line along Florida avenue
had added weight to the measure. He
felt confident the bill would be passed
by both bodies of Congress.
on motion Of ]. II. Lane il was de-
cided that a letter be sent 10 the chair
men of the District Committees of the
Senate and House. indorsing their action
regarding the railway bills.
a. NJ. Elwell, chairman of the commit
tee on police and fire departments, report
ed that several FIRE hydrants had been in
stalled in that section of the city recent
ly, and that the many complaints from
residents in lexington regarding broken
glass found around lamp posts would be
investigated by the police department.
In the course Of discussion relating TO
police conditions, Mr.. Edward FouIke
ridicued the measure recently proposed
in Congress whereby the crossing police
men were TO be transferred TO the regu-
lar force. In order TO accomplish this
purpose there must be a change in the
law, declared Mr. Foulke
Dr. W. W. Trail offered a resolution
indOrsing the action of the District Com
missioners asking appropriations for more
policemen for Washington.
Resolutions deplOring the unsettled and
troubled conditions in the public schools
during the past eighteen months. and
recommending that the present superin-
tendent and system be undisturbed by
any further legislation by Congress. were
adopted by the association. Copies of the
resolutions viii be forwarded to the Dis
trict committees in Congress.
Arrangements were completed to hold
the annual banquet OF the association al
Freunds on February s.
The following new members were ad-
mitted: /. O. Baker, H. L. Stroh. Mat
thew Wamaling. ". E. Espey. John
Kraus. +. ". Collamore. and F. NJ. Beck.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
DIED

POST-on Monday, January 2. INs. IRWIN T.
foel, III has sixty-second year at the resideucs
Of his sonin-iaw. Henry F. smith
Funeral on "Wednesday. January g. ar D. 10.
infement at Gleuwood CemeteFY. Connection
and Chicago papers please copy.l
kElD-snddenly, on Saturday January 2 7as
about lZ:9 q. n, HENRY y. REID. aged forts
years
Funeral At Manassas. Va Tuesday. January "A
At p m- Relatives and friends invited
sMITH-On Monday. January 2. Iss. LULA Z. G..
SMITH aged thTtytW0 years
Funeral from parents residence. 1871 Rrentrro1
road northeast Wednesday. January p. AZ 2
p. N.
RlDGEWAY-OR Sunday. January a5 Iss st f;sr-
neid Memorial Hospital. ANNA RIDGEWAY
aged ffty yesrs -
Funeral services at the chapel nf Frav Bros IN
dsItsking establishment Tuesday Januarv q "a
~ a. m lnterment az Linc0luia Va
WILco&-On Sunday. January d. 80. At O'Clock
AZ his residence, 1921 Eighth street noTrbwr,-
". A. WILCOX
Funeral services at the chapel Of Frey Bros r,r-
eeTtSking establishment lss0 Fourteenth street
northwest, On Monday. January q III m
lateTment at MdGlebury. Vt
WRIGHT-On Sunday January s Iars. tsi5am
MINNA. widow Of Capt irwin Wright
Funeral from Rock Creek Church On T1es5s-
January q at 80 i. II. Intemert ar R0rz
treek Cemetery. Cincinnati and Iogausnart
IapeE please cupyl
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28

ganization. His fitness for the position
in which he lab0rs, his diligence in the
discharge of his duties can not in law
or sound reason depend in any degree
upon his being or not being member
OF a labor organization. It. can not be as
sumed that his fitness is assured. or his
diligence increased, by such membership,
or that he is less 1T or less diligent be-
cause Of his not being a member Of such
organization.
1t is the employe as a man and not as
a member OF a labor organization who
labors in the service OF an interstate car
rier.
Intimidation Not Considered.
'Will II be said that the provision in
question had It's origin on the part OF
Congress IN that. If II did not show more
consideration for members Of labor or
ganizations than for wage -earners who
are not members of such organiza-
tions. or did not insert in the statute
some such provision as the one here
in question, members of labor organi-
cations could, by Illegal or violent
measures, interrupt or impair the freedom
of commerce among the States?
We viii not indulge in any such con-
lectures, nor make them, In whole or in
part the basis of our decision we
could not do so consistently with the
respect due TO coordinate depart
ment of the government. We could
not do so without imputing to Congress
the purpose 10 accord to one class of
wage-earaers privileges withheld from
another class of wage-earners. en-
gagged. II may be, in the same kind Of
labor and serving the same employer.
Nor viii we assume in our consid
Grafton Of the case. that members Of
labor organizations will in any con-
siderable numbers resort 10 Illegal
methods for accomplishing any partic-
ular object they have in view"
There is no such connection between
interstate commerce and membership in
a labor organization. the court holds. as
to authorize Congress 70 make il q crime
against the United States for an agent Of
an interstate carrier 10 discharge an en-
ploye because Of such membership on his
part II such a power existed in Con-
gress. It would be difficult 20 perceive
why II might not by absolute regulation,
require interstate carriers under penal
ties To employ in the conduct Of its inter-
state business only members Of labor or
ganiZations.
such rule Of criminal liability could
not IN any se'.se DE regarded as a regu-
lation Of interstate commerce. The power
TO regulate interstate commerce could not
be eXerted in violation of any funda-
mental right secured by other provisions
Of the United States.
Justice McKcnna and Holmes dissented.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
THOUSANDS AT The LIBRARY
Great Rush for Books on Reopening
After the Scare.
den and Women in Line FOur Deep.
and Attendants Work Hard TO
Give and Receive Volumes.

Thousands Of Washington people
went TO the Public Library Yesterday
tc see how 1t looked after it had turned
ont a case Of smallpox
The building was reopened and the
number Of people who visited it yester-
day was the largest in a single day
since its existence began.
II was opened at O'Clock. and
throughout the day people came IN
droves. taxing the force Of clerks and
assistants. until toward evening. when
according 70 the estimate OF Librarian
George +. Bowerman, there had been
1000 to 5000 people who had visited
the building
Yesterday was the largest day. by a
couple Of thousand we have had here
said Mr. Bowerman. In fact. II may be
said the attendance was twice as large
as that Of any other single day since
the library was built. We ordinarily
have between 100 and $500 visitors.
Four deep the line extended beyond the
door, ana the extra work taxed the corps
Of assistants to such an extent that the
usual routine of work had to be changed 10
supply the demand. Some brought in as
many as six books apiece, one for each
member q the family no doubt. The re-
turned books came in so fast they had to
be piled on trucks and carried away to
their cases. to make room for others.
we have decided we shall make a nev,
provision" continued Mr.. Bowerman. "bv
allowing all books that are out now TO be
returned free Of charges This applies to
all books that have been out for anv
length Of time, be 1t a day or a year. We
have been so gratfied with the attend
ance we have decided TO collect no fines
at ALL
DR.. Woodward, District health officer
said the library was the healthiest build
ing in the city at present Every page
OF every book has been fumigated with
formaldehyde, which is the scourge Of all
smallpox germs.
The Washington herald., 1908-01-28
SUPREME COURT VACATION.
Recess. February TO ~.
Several Rulings Handed Down.

Chief Justice Fuller yesterday an
nounced that the Supreme Court on Feb
ruary 3 would take the usual midwintar
recess of three weeks. and would meet
again on February "a
The court yesterday granted four wrlts
of certiorari TO review as many cases at
taeking the validity of the Elkins rebate
law. Three Of these concern fines Inn
posed on the Chicago and Alton and two
of its officials for rebates paid on packing
house products. and the fourth similar
case involving the Burlington road.