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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

by he was to donate a half block d
ground for a home for superannuated
negro pastors. It is probable that the
home will soon be established IN
Colorado Springs.
One OF the largest real estate trans.
actions of the season was closed by
Coffman & Young in Rocky Ford
when the eighty-acre tract Of land be
longing to George I.ackey. just west OF
the limits of the city was purchased
by Z. r. Grogan. for the sum OF s23.
900. ~
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

sometimes thrust a penny into his
hand. SO beggarly and poverty-stricken
was his appearance.
He would even eat food that was in
the last stage OF putrefaction sooner
than throw 1t away.
One of the anecdotes told OF him is
rather pleasing. By an accident In the
street he received an injury to both
his legs and a doctor was called In
ELVES protested that the expense was
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

many broad. grinning
like the head of st.
Georges dragon. Its
jaws opened cavernous-
ly when proper levers
were put in operation at
the back. and from its
eyes and throat issued
flames and gusts OF
smoke. from braziers
filled with pitch and
blown upon with bellows.
Through this smoke sal
lied out the devil and
his aides, to drag in the
souls Of the lost: and
the agonized screams OF
the damned. punctuated
by the roar of cannon.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21
Some Stories About Misers

The other day an old woman In
plaistow. England. died of starvation
she had $3.50 in gold and notes in the
house at the time. and was possessed
of freehold property besides.
Jobn ELVES. who lived-we can
hardly say hourished-in the eight
.enth century, was a typical instance
~ the miser. who prefers the means
N the end. When he. possessed OF
rn,,,,on of money. walked the streets
n London. philanthropic people would
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21
COLORADO FARMERS CONGRESS
AND SHORT COURSES AT STATE
AGRICULTURAL CONGRESS-. Y.
COLLINS. JANUARY 7TH TO

A special rae will be made for this
occasion via the Colorado and South
ern from Pueblo and intermediate
points to I.oveland inclusive. Tickets
will be on sale January and .. Final
limit January ~. continuous passage
on the going trip with privilege OF
stop-oyer at Denver on the return trip
within the final limit.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21
NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK
SHOW AT DENVER, JANU-
AIRY is TO Fl.

A special rate OF one fare for the
round trip will be made via the Colo
RADIO and Southern for this occasion
from all points in the state. Tickets
will be on sale from points within l5o
miles Of Denver on January 16. IL. -
and 20. In addition to these dates
tickets will be sold from points more
than $50 miles from Denver on Janu'
airy 18th. Final limit on all tickets
January Gath.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

An Indiana paper tells of farmer
in that state who fills his pockets
with green walnuts when he goes rab-
bit hunting. and throws with such
deadly accuracy that he can hit the
animals every shot. How the base
ball scouts" overlooked talent ike
this is one of the mysteries OF the ma
tional game.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

A sporting expert says that too
much literary work ruined MIR. Bat
Ting Nelson as fighter. And those
who have read any of his writing do
rot hesitate to declare that too much
fighting ruined Mr.. Nelson as a III
erary man.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

when a boy breaks window"
observes the Atchison Globe, Ibis first
impulse is to run" And If the property
owner is anywhere about. his first I'M
pulse is to run after the boy.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

DIR. Lasker has defeated another as
pirant for the chess honors. How he
hangs onto the championship without
calling upon the Hon. James j. CO..
bett for training assistance Is one of
the dark mysteries OF this life.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

The stars in the Oberammergau Pas
sion Play receive s625 apiece for their
seasons work. Some professional act
ors might stand that, If there were
vaudeville or lecture engagements
during the winter.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

A prominent financier has written
a defense of Wall Street" But what
Wall Street wants is lambs, not de-
tenders.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

A Mexican poet, is said to have
killed four men. Probably they were
exchange editors who had merely
credited his stuff to Elk
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

An Indiana man has taken to eat
ing cigar stubs. Does DR.. Wiley kno"
the exact effect of F1etcherized CT
gar stub ON the human system?
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

Some girls are born foolish. some
achieve foolishness, and others go
skating in hobble skirts.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21
THE M. ]. O'FALLON SUPPLY CO
WHOLESALE
pII-MHING AND sIEAM GOOns

PLuMBI>G AND STEAM GOODS.
Hofisrus and radiators for heating residences
and public buildings General steam and wa
ut works supplies pipe and fitfinEs pumps
and Windmiiis Bras pipe. sewer pipe. ce
gardsn hose. lire hose. etc Agents for
the KsNane. system qf Water supply. In
quirs for our sp.eiai PIPE cutting tools.
wAHEHorsIss AND DISPLAY ROOMS.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

The noiseless. soup spoon that has
Just been invented is going to get
warm welcome from the man VINO
tucks his napkin In his neck.s'
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21


iowa
sounded
he
slowly forward With
life the of
carried horr spear in the sde its waist
implements
covered with long hair and hideou ons armed Its black
doubt It's identity could
pressing
in
wasB aaamw was in review them
romh aven fromh 81
m a
mi 10
blow" ETTWTME--1I;mJ0
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

Rocky Ford. Colo,
Dec. IS. f9f6.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

1 !:
Of december in the
OF Lord in the
yet touch in its
neghborhood
2 favored with
early months of tools
Of the the whe
the Of all
from the 10
OF st Maclou honged
outward
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-12-21

So mereii the sheppards Their pipes
blow"
Queerest of all the manner In which these
various personages accoutered. BALKAN
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
Organizing Dewey County

Pierre-In compliance with a petit
ton presented to him, Governor
Vessey has called an election to CO.
incide with the general fall cleo
ton of Dewey county. The admin
istration of Dewey county has been
accomplished as an ~unorganized u
ty attached to Walworth county from
Selby, the county seat of Walworth
county, which has been a great incon-
venience Que to the location OF Dewey
county, which is west of the Missouri
river.
Ed l.. Milligan and John G. Con-
away, of Timber Lake, the proposed
county seat of Dewey county, have
been in conference with the governor
today, and have presented a petition
filling the requirements of law in re-
gard to the admission of counties,
signed by $50 voters residing in the
territory included in the present
Dewey county. The plans OF these
gentlemen are to include the lower
tier of townships in the present Cor
son county comprising 2SS sections OF
land,
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
n WEATHER MEN
Have Finished Sounding With Very
Gratifying Results

Huron-Government experts from
the weather bureau at washington
have completed their work OF sending
up sounding balloons here, the total
number used being twenty-six. one
of the experts, B. j. Sherry, has gone
to points on the Pacific coast. n
work of these gentlemen here was
highly satisfactory. out or the TWEEN
ty-six balloons used during the
months of August and September,
baskets and instruments from 10 have
been returned. The records, however,
of these have not all been completed,
but have been sent to Mt. Weather,
Va. a station established by the
United States government, upon the
crest of the mountains, for the trans
lation. One of the balloons reached
an altitude of a little more than eight
miles and registered a temperature or
So degrees below zero. The records
made by the balloons used at Huron
will be of vital importance to the
weather bureau Of the United States
and other countries. These %recorTsS
will be published by the government
as soon as translation has been com
pleted. Mr.. Sherry's errand to Bis
marek is by direction of the authori-
ties al Washington and is for the pur-
pose of making Investigations rela-
tive to the establishment of a perma-
nent test station. either in that city
or Huron. This station will be under
the direction of the United States
weather bureau and will mean much
to the CITY in which it is located.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
NO HEALTHY SKIN LEFT

my little son, a boy of five, broke
out with an itching rash. Three doc
tors prescribed for him, but he kept
getting worse until we could not dress
him any more. They finally advised
me to try a certain medical college,
but it's treatment did no good. At
the time I was induced to try Cuti-
cura he was so bad that | had to cut
his hair off and put the Cuticura Oint-
ment on him on bandages, as it was
impossible to touch him with the bare
hand. There was not one square inch
of skin On his whole body that was
not affected. He was one mass Of
sores. The bandages used to stick to
his skin and in removing them it used
to take the skin off with them. and
the screams from the poor child were
heartbreaking. l began to think that
he would never get well, but after the
second application of Cuticura ONT
ment began to see signs of improve
ment, and with the third and fourth
applications the sores commenced to
dry up. His skin peeled off twenty
times, but it finally yielded to the
treatment. Now l can say that he is
entirely cured, and a stronger and
healthier boy you never saw than he
is to-day, twelve years or more since
the cure vas effected. Robert Wattam,
1148 Forty-eighth St., Chicago, Ill.
Oct. 9. 1909"
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30

from the floor, and inside were all the
missing bits of plaster. 1t had been
a m%ethodical ghost.
1t was very much of a disappoint-
ment. | had expected a secret room,
at the very least, and I think even Mr..
Jameson had fancied he might at last
have a clew to the mystery. There
was evidently nothing more to be dis
covered; Liddy reported that every
thing was serene among the servants.
and that none of them had been dis
turbed by the noise. The maddening
thing, however, was that the nightly
visitor had evidently more than one
way of gaining access to the house, and
we made arrangements to redouble
our vigilance as to windows and doors
that night.
Halsey was inclined to pooh-pooh
the whole affair. He said a break in
the plaster might have occurred
months ago and gone unnoticed, and
that the dust had probably been
stirred up the day before. After all,
we had to let it got at that, but we
pun II oil uHCollllOiI dDlS OuIudy. UtI-
trude went to church, and Halsey took
a long walk in the morning. Louise
was able to sit up, and she allowed
Halsey and Liddy to assist her down
stairs late in the afternoon. The east
veranda vas shady, green with vines
and palms, cheerful with cushions and
Longing chairs. We put Louise in a
steamer chair, and she sat there
passively enough, her hands clasped
in her lap.
We were very silent. Halsey sat on
the rail with a pipe, openly watching
Louise, as she looked broodingly
across the valley to the hills. There
was something battling in the girls
eyes; and gradually Halsey's boyish
features lost their glow at seeing her
about again, and settled into grim
lines. He was like his father just
then.
We sat until late afternoon, Halsey
growing more and mor moody. Short
ly before six he got up and went into
the house, and in a few minutes he
came out and called me to the tele-
phone. 1t was. Anna Whitcomb, in
town, and she kept me for 20 minutes,
telling me the children had had the
measles and how Nine. Sweeny had
botched her new gown.
When | finished, Liddy was behind
me, her mouth a thin line.
Il wish you would try to look cheer
full, Liddy," I %groaned, "your face
would sour milk" But Liddy seldom
replied to my gibes. She folded her
lips a little tighter.
"He called her up" she said oracu-
larly, che called her up, and asked her
to keep you at the telephone, so he
could talk to Miss Louise. A thank
less child is sharper than a serpent's
TOOTH"
"Nonsense!" I said brusquely. 81
might have known enough to leave
them. It's a long time since you and
| were in love, Liddy, and-we for
get"
Liddy shifted.
mo man ever made a fool of me-"
she replied ~virtuously.
well, something did," l retorted.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
TIL CIRCULAR STAIRCASE

knew how to account for 1t. To me
MIR. Jameson was far less formidable
under my eyes, where I knew what he
was doing, than he was off In the city,
twisting circumstances and motives to
suit himself and learning what he
wished to know about events at Sum
nyside in some occult way. / was
glad enough to have him there, when
excitements began to come thick and
fast.
A new element was about to enter
into affairs; Monday, or Tuesday at
the latest, would find DR.. Walker back
in his green and white house in the
village, and Louise's attitude to him
in the immediate future would signi-
fy Halsey's happiness or wretcned-
ness, as it might turn out. Then, too,
the return of her mother would mean,
of course, that she would have to
leave us, and | had become greatly at
tached to her.
From the day MI. Jameson came
to Sunnyside, there was a subtle
change in Gertrude's manner to me.
1t was elusive, difficult to analyze, but
it was there. She was no longer frank
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
Liddy heaved a sigh.

Liddy heaved a sigh.
Girl and woman" she said, 1--WE
been with you rs years, Miss Rachel,
through good temper and bad" the
idea! and what l have taken from
her in the way of sulks!-"but / guess
l can't stand it any longer. My trunks
packed"
"Who packed it," / asked, expecting
from her tone to be told she had
wakened to find it done by some
ghostly hand.
Il did; Miss Rachel, you won't be.
lieve me when l tell you this house
is haunted. Who was it fell down the
clothes chute? Who was it scared
Miss Louise almost into her grave?"
I'm doing my best to find out" ]
said. What in the world are you
driving at?" She drew a long breath.
There is a hole in the trunkroom
wall, dug out since last night. It's big
enough to put your head in, and the
plaster's all over the place."
NONSENSE" l said. Plaster is al
ways falling"
But Liddy clenched that.
"Just ask Alex" she said. when
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
YIELDS ARE GOOD
Reports From Dawson County Show
Better Than Estimate

Better Than Estimate
Mitchell-Returns from threshing
mcahines are coming in with good re-
ports on yields. In this county wheat Is
making a better yield than was anticl-
pated before the harvest commenced
No report received as yet has been be-
low IS bushels, and the highest on a
fairly large acreage has been 26a BUSH
els per acre. The wheat on hundreds
Of farms is turning out % bushels per
acre. J.. R. Bonham, living In the
northwest part of the county, has
made the biggest return as yet. He
threshed 1870 acres of wheat, which av-
eraged 26 bushels per acre. He haul
ed it direct from the machine to the
elevator and sold it for $500. Mr..
Bonham also sold his f1ax crop Tor
1,70O at the same time. James Pan
aluna, living In the same vicinity
tried, tried a big experiment on a
this He broke 200 acres OF new
ground and sowed it to flax. He has
sold his crop of $500 bushels for the
sum of 5 1893. The expense o. break
ing the ground, buying the seed, SOW
ing the fax, cutting and ~thresh1ns
amounted to about $1,000, leaving him
400 for his summers work, and this
was but one portion of his crop. G.. g.
Case had eighty-three acres OF wheat
which yielded 26a bushels per acre.
Corn in this county is we'll out OF
the way of frost at this time, and a
good yield is anticipated. The light
frost of a week ago did not do any
damage in this section, the mercury
only going to 33, and frost was hardly
in evidence.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
BZMRY =
ROBERTS
- RZNEHART
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NpsAenw - ~ aaass .acaaxkca -
SYNOPSIS.

Miss Times, spinster and guardian Of
Gertrude and Halsey, established summer
headquarters at Sunnyside. Amidst nu-
As Miss Innes locked up for the night
she was startled by a dark figure on the
yerandA. Unseemly noises disturbed her
durins the night In the morning Miss
q hamper. Gertrude n Halsey arrived
With lack Bailey. The house was awak-
oned by b revolver shot and Arnold Arm
strong was found shot to death in the
hall. Miss Times found Halsey's revolver
on the lawn. He and lack Bailey had dis
appeared. The link cuff-button mysteri-
crliyyed. 0's aertrnds re D 8 she ' was enn
gaged to Jack Bailey, with whom she
talked In the billiard room a few mo-
ments before the murder. Jameson ac-
6ence. He imprisoned an Intruder in an
empty room. The prisoner escaped down
= laundry chute. Gertrude was suspected.
proved to be Jack Baiiey's %cuff-button.
Halsey reappears and says he and Bailey
left In respons to a telegram. Gertrude
said she had given Bailey an unloaded
Weapon. Cashier Bailey OF Paul Arm
strongss bank, defunct, was arrested for
embezzlement Halsey said Armstrong
Bailey. Paul Armstrong; death was an
nounced. Halsey's fiancee, Louise Arm
strong. was found at the lodge, The
l~odigekeeper said Louise and Arnold had
Use was Frustrated. Louise told Halsey,
a. while she still loved him she was to
marry another, and that. he would despise
It developed that DR.. Walker and Louise
were to be married. Al prowler was heard
in the house. Louise was found at the
said she had heard a knock at the door
md answered 1t. Something brushed past
her On the stairway and she tainted.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
XIX.
Concerning Thomas.

HitS lIIOIIdSs
"Mr. JAMESON" l said, when we
found ourselves alone after dinner
that night, "the inquest yesterday
seemed to me the merest recapitula-
ton of things that were already
known. 1t developed nothing new be-
yond that story of DR.. Stewards, and
that was volunteered"
AN inquest is only a necessary for
mality, Miss Innes," he replied. "Un-
less a crime is committed in the open
the inquest does nothing beyond get
ting evidence from witnesses while
events are still in their minds. The
police step in later. You and I both
know how many important things
never TRANSFERRED. For instance: The
dead man had no key, and yet Miss
Gertrude testified to a fumbling at
the lock, and then the opening of the
door. The piece of evidence you men.
ton, DR.. Stewards story, is one of
those things we have to take cautious
ly; the doctor has a patient who
black and does not raise her
veil. Why, it is the typical mysteri-
GUS lady! Then the good doctor
comes across Arnold Armstrong, who
was a graceless scamp-de mortuis-
what's the rest of it?-and he is quar-.
reling with a lady in black. Behold,
says the doctor, they are one and the
same"
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30

he put the e cooks trunk there last
night the wall was as smooth as this.
This morning it's dug out, and there's
plaster on the cooks trunk. Miss
Rachel, you can get a dozen detectives
and put n on every stair in the
house, and you'll never catch any
thing. There's some things you can't
handcuff."
Liddy was right. AS soon as l could,
l went up to the trunkroom, which
was directly over my bedroom. The
plan OF the upper story of the house
was like that of the second floor, in
the main. : One end, however, over
the east wing, had been left only roug-
ly finished, the intention having been
to convert it into a ballroom at some
future time. The maids rooms, trunk
room, and various storerooms, includ-
ing a large airy linen room, opened
from a long corridor, like that on the
second floor. And in the trunkroom,
as Liddy had said, was a fresh break
In the plaster.
Not only in the plaster, but through
the lathing, the aperture extended.
reached into the opening, and three
feet away, perhaps, / could touch the
bricks of the partition wall. For some
reason the architect in building the
house had left a space there that
rue me, even in the surprise of the
discovery, as an excellent place for a
confagration to gain Roadway.
You are sure the hole was not here
yesterday asked Liddy, whose ex-
preston was a mixture of satisfaction
and alarm. In answer she pointed to
the new cooks trunk-that necessary
adjunct of the migratory domestic. The
top was covered with fine white plaster,
as was the floor. But there were no
large pieces of mortar lying around
no bits of lathing. When / mentioned
to Liddy she merely raised her
eyebrows. Being quite confident that
the gap was of unholy origin, she did
no. concern herself with such trifies
as a Dit OF mortar and lath. No doubt
tney were even then heaped neatly
on a ~gravestone in the Casanova
~churchyard!
brought Mr.. Jameson up to see
the hole In the wall, directly after
breakfast. His expression was very
odd when he looked at it, and the first
thing he did was to try to discover
what object, if any, such a hole could
nave. He got a piece of candle. and
by enlarging the aperture a little was
able to examine what lay beyond. The
result was nil. The trunkroom, al
though heated by steam heat, like the
rest OF the house, boosted of a fire.
place and mantel as well. The OPEN
Ing had been made between the due
and the outer wall of the house. There
was revealed, however, on inspection.
only the brick of the chimney on n
side and the outer wall of the house
on the other; In depth the a ex-
tended only to the flooring. The
breach had been made about four feet
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-09-30
Science and Cheese,

A medical authority kindly assures
us that as long as cheese isn't de-
cayed it will not affect the health Of
the consumer. This is a fact that we
have suspected for a considerable
time. But how is the ordinary cheese
epicure to detect the difference-un-
less he waits for results?
There is cheese so thoroughly dis
guised in the costume and aroma Of
decay that it's proper standing on the
c%onjuror.
For instance, there is the brand
known as limburger.
But why pursue this subject?