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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-03
A Satisfied Farm Purchaser of
The ID. II. Bane Land Co.

Lamar, Colo. Aug. 4. 1910.
Mr.. william Nuckolls of Hutchin-
son. Kansas. says: Three months
ago | came to Lamar from Hutchin-
son, where | have been farming
since 1884 and bought a half sec
tion of land six miles north of La
mar for s12O an acre. Eighty acres
of this half section was in alfalfa.
Two cuttings of hay have been
taken off and the third cutting Is
nearly ready to cut now. From
the first two cuttings on this eighty
acres 264 tons of hay we're produc-
ed, which in the stack is worth
81 a ton or s2.64O. From the next
two cuttings I will get about 200
which ! figure will be worth $4,000
making s46O4 worth of alfalfa from
80 acres which cost me $500.
II the whole 800 acres was in al
falfa and the production averaged
the same. and there is no reason
why 1t should not. I would have
S17,56O from my land in one year
for which I paid $3s.40o.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-03
Wealth in bitches

feed Amity canal. when the normal
flow from the river runs low, or
when the daily use of water ex-
ceeds the daily appropriation.
Water. to be of the best value to
its users, must always be abundant
and available. and to insure this.
there must be no possibility of even
temporary suspension.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-03
Part of Our Prosperity

averages up to the present year
farmers. and with the further in
crease in the price paid to farmers
for beets this year. and with the
heavy increase in acreage the beet
growing industry bids fair to rep
resent the distribution among the
farmers of thousands of dollars this
year. approximating at least $780,
900 for beets alone. A portion of
this the farmer pays for field labor.
a portion for seed, and other ex-
penses OF raising any crop. and a
portion remains in his hands.
To the hundreds of Fasteners
who are getting the Register
through the Industrial Edition. the
sugar industry in this section
should be recognized. and its ef-
feet upon the prosperity of the
section realized. as realized by
the thousands OF the residents OF
this section. The factory means
the distribution of hundreds OF
thousands of dollars each year. and
thousands of sacks of sugar are
produced herein the fields. The
value of any land is determined by
the lands productiveness. That is
natural in any section. as Is the
value of anything as an invest
ment. Beets produce good rev.
enues when handled right. and
Prowers county farmers are be-
coming good beet raisers. and the
increased acreage in this section
this year is the result.
No one crop. however. should
hold the prosperity Of n section In
its Land. and the sugar Industry
does not do this. any more than
the alfalfa raising industry. the
feeding and orchard industries. and
the manufacturing Industry. But
the more of these large Industries
represented In section. the more
diversified is the farming. The
more diversified the farming the
more the production and the bet
ter values both for land and crop.
Therefore the addition to this sex
ton of the sugar industry brought
here something that is Indispensable
TO the economic growth of the sec
ton. and the industry. while OF
enormous Importance now. bids fair
to become of even greater import
anoe.
Mr.. +. II. Gerecke. the present
manager of the American Beet
Sugar Cos. factory and lands To-
Gated in and around Lamar. has
been with the company for many
years. and is recognized as one OF
the most capable and efficient beet
men in the country. The company
la nds are standards of Prowers
county irrigated farming. and it Is
under his direction that the sugar
industry developed and has grown
and it bids fair To further prosper
In this section.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-03

VIII Endure For All Time
To make certain and unbroken
the supply of water for the farms
OF the Arkansas Valley Sugar beet
and Irrigated Lands Company. w.
NJ. Wiley. general manager of the
company. when he undertook the
management of the company's prop
critics some years ago. set about to
reconstruct Amity canal. making IL
enduring for all time. His greatest
trouble was the Arkansas river.
which had the habit of washing out
the canals dam and headgate. In
1904. great flood washed out
wooden dam and headgate in the
river. and tore out sand gates and
repairs with cement and concrete.
bolting the dam to the bedrock
with rivets of heavy steel. twenty
feet below the bed of the stream.
and setting the headgate in a bluff
of solid rock. Really. the headgate
Ia u tunnel through this bluff. and
now when the headgate goes the
bluff. which was set by Nature ages
ago. goes. The new dam and head
gate cost 100000.
Another source OF trouble was
an aqueduct. carrying Amity canal
over Big Sandy creek. This was
secure enough when there was no
heavy flood in the creek. but an
unusual freshet invariably. carried
the aqueduct out. leaving farmers
below without water. Here was
problem. The aqueduct might
have been raised easily enough. but
that would have carried II above
the level of the canal. What was
TO be done? The water must be
carried beneath the bed of the
creek The idea no sooner was
conceived than the work was under
taken. and behold. an inverted ST.
phon, carrying the full flow OF the
canal through subterranean con
duit, with a roadway upon a bridge
above for the use of the public.
The siphon is of cement and iron.
and 400 feet long. Its head is a
cement drop OF fifty feet. BY this
Tremendous pressure. the canals
great body of water Is compressed
into circumference of thirteen
feet. carrying a velocity of ten
feet per second The bridge and
siphon cost $50. 900 and will endure
for all time.
The distances from the outlet of
the Great Plains reservoirs to Big
Sandy Creek is one and one-half
miles. and the fall 1s9 feet. Over
the height the canal falls. Without
breaking the force of the fall of
such a great flow of water. the
canal would have been torn to
pieces To prevent this. a series
Of thirteen cement drops were set
firmly in the canal. costing
$4,000. Twelve miles east of the
siphon. the canal Is carried over
Buffalo Creek by a nume which
cost $1,000.
The inner face of the banks of
the reservoirs are lined with oak
timbers and the intakes and out
lets formed of concrete and mason
ry. To construct these reservoirs
and carry water to them a distance
Of eighty miles. conquering river
and baking the power of torrential
streams was the conception of a.
courageous mind: but the work
has been done. and done for all
time. The cost of the reservoirs
and of the auxiliary bitches to and
from them was 100000. Thip
doea not include any mart of the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-03
This Farmer Says, "It Pays to Ro-
tate Crops"

Claus Paulsen. near Lamar. has
kept careful record OF his crops
since locating in the Arkansas Val
ley. Here is his report for a field
of twenty-five acres for five years:
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-03
SUGAR INDUSTRY
velopmena of the Arkansas
Valley

Eleven years ago there were no
ley of Colorado, or in fact in the
state. The Arkansas valley pre-
sented to investors the possibilities
of the sugar industry. and the beet
growing possibilities were given a
thorough try. with the result that
at the present time there are six
sugar factories in this valley, one
of which is located in Lamar. The
Industrial Edition of the Register
would not be complete without a
few words of the worth of this
manufacturing institution to this
section.
Three things are considered nee
essary in any manufacturing busi-
ness. Raw material. manufacture
and distribution. The sugar beet
possibilities were realized in this
section. without the manufactur-
ing link it was worthless. Distri-
button of sugar is made possible
through the national demand for
a foodstuff. and all that was nee
essary to connect the two links of
the chain was the factory. The
some five years ago built fac
tory in Lamar. thus putting Lamar
American Beet Sugar Company
in the position to furnish a food
stuff to demand by converting
the product of Intensive farming
into sugar
Sugar beets mean more probably
to community than the raising
of other crops. in that II is very
intensively farmed. and therefore
words. the effect of the sugar fac
tory to this section has been one
of bringing into the section humid
reds of thousands OF dollars from
the nation at large. a larger amount
of money than was possible from
other food stuff raised. This
money reached everyone in some
form or other. and so tended to-
"arus the iihahoiai sro"lh vi the
section that LANDS immediately In
creased wonderfully In value. and
have been held there consistently
year In and year out and as long
as sugar factory is making op-
erations such land values viii in
crease and be held. II Is not
boom movement. but steady and
safe growth. caused by bringing
together the productiveness OF the
soil and an article OF food that is
not produced in TINS country III sur
ficient amounts to feed the people
demanding 1t.
The Lamar factory OF the Ameri-
can Beet Sugar Co. has not run
as consistently as 1t might have
been. but from the present outlook
the beet growing industry in this
section Is on the STEADY increase
and there seems to be no reason
to believe other than that the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1911-05-03

Total -. 90. 80. ..$g,5UU
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
EXCUSE FOR HIS LAUNDERING
Ideal Waiter, True to the End, Had
Been Working Under Pretty
Heavy Handicap.

He was an immaculate servant. To
watch him serve a salad was to watch
an artist at work. To hear his sub
dued accents was a lesson in the art
Of voice-production. He never slipped,
he never smiled, and his mutton-chop
whiskers marked him as one Of the
old and faithful stock. But n even
ing, to the surprise Of his master, he
showed unaccountable signs of nerv-
usness When the chicken came on,
he confused 1t with the pheasant. He
served everything in the wrong or
der, made blunder after blunder, and
put a final touch to his shame by up
setting the salt over the only super
stitious member Of the party. Then,
at last, when the ladies had retired to
the drawing room, he touched his a
ter on the shoulder. q" beg your par
don, SIR" he said in a respectful I'M
dertone, "but could you manage to
Epare me now? My house Is on fire"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16

A trial package of Munyon's Paw Paw
Pills will be sent free to anyone on re-
quest. Address Professor Munyon, SD q
jefferson SITS, Philadelphia, Pa. If you are
In need of medical advice, do not fail to
write Professor Munyon. Your communi-
cation will be treated in strict confidence,
and your case will be diagnosed as care
fully as though you had a personal inter
view.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are unlike
all other ~laxatives or cathartics. They
coax the liver into activity by gentle
methods. They do not scour, they do
not grippe, they do not weaken, but they
do start all the secretions of the liver
and stomach in a way that soon puts
these organs in a healthy condition and
c~orrects constipation. In my opinion
constipation is responsible for most all
ments. There are % feet Of human
bowels, which is really a sewer pipe.
When this pipe becomes cloggod the
whole system becomes poisoned, cauS
ing b~iliousness, indigestion and impure
blood, which often produce rheumatism
and kidney ailments. No woman who
suffers with constipation or any liver
ailment can expect to have a clear
complexion or enjoy good health. If
1 had my way I would prohibit the sale
of nine-tenths Of the cathartics that are
now being sold for the reason that they
soon destroy the lining of the stomach,
setting up serious forms of indigestion,
and so paralyze the bowels that they re-
fuse to act unless forced by strong
purgatives.
Munyon's Paw Paw Pills are a tonic
to the stomach, liver and nerves. They
invigorate instead of weaken; they en-
rich the blood instead of impoverish
it; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put
into it.
These pills contain no calomel, no
dope; they are soothing, healing and
stimulating. They school the bowels
to act without physic.
Regular size bottle, containing As pills,
Is cents. Munyon's Laboratory, SD &
Jefferson Sts.. Philadelphia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
UNIQUE TIME PIECE
Cantonese Still Content With
Archaic Water Clock.
Among the Quaint Survivors of An
other Age Is This Primitive
Form of Time Register
and Hour Glass.

Canton, China.-Threading the mar
row, dark, winding streets of Canton
it is easy for the traveller to imagine
that he has been suddenly transported
into some forgotten century. There
is no large city visited by the tourist
that is so entirely native in It's aspect
that is so entirely immersed in it's
own peculiar civilization. Canton
looks practically the same today as
it must have looked nearly six cen
turtles ago when the celebrated Vene-
tan adventurer, Marco Polo, visited
1t and wrote his vivid descriptions of
It's many curiosities. Among the
quaint survivals of another age the
famous water clock must take a prom
inent place. This is a primitive form
of time register and hour glass
worked by water.
To visit it the stranger makes his
way along the picturesque and crowd
ed street of the double gateway In
the old city. Here are the largest
and most fashionable book stores, and
it is this street that is the most
favorable haunt of the ~literati. The
double gateway itself pierces a Sec
ton of a very fine old wall dating
from the seventh or eighth century
and above it is seen the curious cree.
ton in which the Slepsydra, or water
clock, is housed.
This consists of four large copper
Jars mounted on steps one above the
other in such fashion that when the
top one is filled the water flows very
slowly, drop by drop, into the next ons
and then on into the lowest. In this
last one is a float to which is at
rached an indicator or measure. It
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
Water Clock and Attendant.

takes exactly a day of IL hours FOR
the contents of the top jar to be emp
tied completely into the lowest. AS
the water steadily rises in this last
receptacle the float points to the hour
marked on the Indicator.
The archaic time guage was first
erected about 1924 A. D. 1t has a
history full Of incidents; 1t has been
destroyed many times during inva-
sions from without and riots within
the city. But 1t has always been re-
stored. SO that today, in spite of the
advances made in mechanical methods
Of measuring time, we find the old
water clock in practical use as 1t was
500 years ago. For at intervals dur
ing the day (more or less) correct
time is exhibited on a board outside
the building and the native Chinese
are quite content to pin their faith
to this unique servant of old Father
time.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
Publicity Law Badly Needed.

Connecticut, District Of Columbia,
Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan,
Mississippi, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island and Vermont, have laws
which provide specifically for the re-
porting of tuberculosis and which
make provision for the proper regis
tration of living cases of this disease.
In fourteen other states, laws or reg.
ulations of the state boards of health
require that tuberculosis be reported
simply as one of a list of infectious
diseases. The following 20 states and
territories have no provision what
ever for the reporting or registration
of tuberculosis cases:-Arizona, Alas
ka, Arkansas. Colorado, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Hi
nois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri,
Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Philippine Islands. Porto
Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and
Wyoming.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
IMPORTS PREACHERS
Does Our Own Country Pro- : No
Men of Great Larning arc
Piety7

New York.-Germany and America
regularly exchange university profess
sors and France and America ex-
change university lectures, but there
is n form Of learning talent which
we seem only to import and to have
nothing to exchange for. We ask a
great many preachers from England,
but England rarely asks us to send
any of ours in return.
New York city, which had already
imported Rev. DR.. William s. Rair~
ford, Rev. DR.. Hugh Black, Rev. DR..
Parks Cadman, Rev. DR.. Charles F.
Aked and half a dozen others, has now
brought over still another British
preacher, Rev. j. A. Jowett.
Why is it necessary to go abroad
for ministers to fill the best-paying
pulpits in this country? Is it because
America Is producing no theologians,
priests, or pulpit orators competent to
take the highest post S? Is piety
deficient here, or learning? Is 1t be-
cause the American preachers voice,
pronunciation and are less
pleasing that the English clergyman's,
or haply because the homemade par
son is less familiar with our tempta-
lions and needs?
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
DOCTOR PRESCRIBES
CUTICURA REMEDIES

6" wish to let you know Of a couple
by the use of the Cuticura Remedies.
Last August, MI. -- of this city
came to my office, troubled with a
severe skin eruption. 1t was dermatitis
in it's worst form. 1t started with a
slight eruption and would affect most
parts Of his body, thighs. elbows,
chest. back and a~bdomen-and would
terminate in little pustules. The itch
ing and burning was dreadful and he
would almost tear his skin apart, try
ing to get relief. / recommended all
the various treatments l could think
of and he spent about fifteen dollars
on prescriptions, but nothing seemed
to help him.
"In the meantime my wife, who
was continually suffering with a slight
skin trouble and who had been try
ing different prescriptions and meth
DDS with my assistance, told me she
was going to get some of the Cuticura
Remedies and give them a fair trial.
But as I did not know much about
Cuticura at that time l was doubtful
whether it would help her. Her skin
would thicken, break and bleed, es-
pecially on the fingers, wrists and
arms. I could do nothing to relieve
her permanently. When she first ap-
piled the warm baths of Cuticura
Soap and applications Of Cuticura
Ointment she saw a decided improve
ment and in a few days she was com
pletely cured.
,"I lost no time in recommending
the Cuticura Remedies to Mr.. -,
and this was two months ago. / told
him to wash with warm baths of the
Cuticura Soap and to apply the Cuti-
cura Ointment generously. Believe
me, from the very first days use of
the Cuticura Remedies he was greatly
relieved and today be is completely
cured through their use. l have great
faith in the Cuticura Remedies and
shall always have a good word for
them now that I am convinced of
their wonderful merits" (Signed) B.
l.. Whitehead, M. D., 108 Dartmouth
St., Boston, Mass, July %, 1910.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
COMES A TIME
When Coffee Shows What It Has Been
Doing.

"Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me-" writes a matron from Rome,
N. Y.
TITS lightest punishment being to
make me 'logy' and dizzy, and it SEEM
ed to thicken up my blood.
1.-THE heaviest was when it upset my
stomach completely, destroying my ap-
petite and making me nervous and IT.
ritable, and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks, in which l nearly
lost my life, / concluded to quit the
coffee and try Postum.
ct went right to the spot! / found
1t not only a most palatable and re-
freshing beverage, but a food as well.
"All my ailments, the loginess' and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
of my blood, my nervousness and irri-
liability disappeared IN short order
and mi sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. / began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now
Have a good appetite and an rejoicing
in sound health which l 1--WE to the use
of Postum" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little Book 1.-THE Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above 1etters A new
one nppears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
No Longer Have Small Feet.

Boston, Mass.-Women's feet are
growing larger. A Massachusetts shoe
manufacturer is authority for the as
sertion. He says a few years ago the
average feminine American buyer of
footgear asked for a No. 4. Nova
days most women take a No. s or a
No. s, and in some cases, it is whis-
pered, even larger sizes. The width
is greater, too. The man of lasts and
pegs thinks the increasing activity
OF women in the last few years and
their taller stature, vouched for by in
vestigators, responsible for the pass
ing of small feet.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
From the storehouse Of the Eyes.

Eyes are bold as lions, rowing. run
ming. leaping here and there. far and
near. They speak all languages; they
wait for no introduction; they are
no Englishmen; ask no leave of age
or rank; they respect neither poverty
nor riches. neither learning nor pow
er, nor virtue. o sex. but fntrude
end come again, and go through and
through you In a moment of time
What %inundation Of life and thought
Is discharged from one soul into an
other through them!-Emerssn: Con
duct of Life"
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
An UnIaureIed Hero.

Here is a niche IN the Hall of Fame
for Seth A. Eaton, a rural mail car
rier from the Middleboro post office,
who, surrounded by woodland fire, his
horse lying on the ground stif1ed with
smoke, his own hair singed, his hat
burned and one side of his face and
hands blistered, was still mindful of
duty and saved the mail he was car
rying by burying it In the sand, before
he fought through tae line of fire to
safety. Not all the heroes tread the
battlefelds.-Fall River Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
Mother Cannot Hequeath Child.

That a mother cannot dispose OF
her child by will Is the ruling of the
New York supreme court here. 1T is
with great reluctance that we reach
this decision" the court says. in
awarding to Leopold Meyer the Gus
tody of his little daughter. who the
mother had wflled should go to the
wealthy grandparents. "A fathers
right to the possession of a child" the
court explains, 'is equal to the moth
er's. and on her death it becomes
absolute. These provisions of law
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
A Turtle 400 Years Old.

Foul hundred years ago, according
to estimates, Indians, with their crude
fishing devices might have tried to
catch a large turtle that appeared at
times in the Chesapeake bay; but it
eluded generation after generation of
red men, white men, sailors and oyster
fishers until a few days ago, when it
was finally captured and sent to a fish
merchant in Homestead, the Pittsburg
Post says. 1t will make soup for 100
persons or more.
The turtle, weighing at pounds and
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
Kissing Breach of Peace.

The better half of a respected citi-
zen of New Jersey recently had the
temerity to hale her lord and master
before the court on a charge of having
kissed her against her will. For this
heinous offense this shameless Jersey
benedict was bonded owe in $500 bail
to keep the peace, and, moreover,
was warned by the judge never again
to kiss his wife without first obtaining
her consent in due form. If he is any
kind of a man, probably he will lev
want to kiss her a~gain.-Washington
Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1911-06-16
JAMES BRAID SAYS:

No Athlete can do himself justice if his
feet hurt. Many thousands are using daily,
abroad and in this country, Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken
into the shoes. All the prominent Golfers
and Tennis Players at Augusta, Pinehurst
and Palm Beach got much satisfaction
from its use this Spring. 1t gives a rest
fulness and a springy feeling that makes
you forget you have feet. Aliens Foot
Ease is the greatest comfort discovery of
the age and SO easy to use. 1t prevents
soreness, blisters or putting and gives rest
from tired, tender or swollen feet. Seven
teen years before the public, over 10000
testimonials. Don't go on your vacation
without a package of Aliens Foot-Ease.
Sold everywhere, Csc. Don't accept any
substitute. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.