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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-10-14
Why the New Tsxf

Since the United States is not en-
gagged in war the American people
will scrutinize closely the war taxes
which are about to be imposed by
congress.
There is no chance that the taxes
will be approved by the people in
cloud Of patriotism. Marching troops
will not distract the attention Of the
voters. Bands will not be present to
drown the protests of those who are
pinched by the taxes.
The people will want to know why
they are being taxed. They will want
to know whether such taxes are neces-
sary, and whether they might not
have been avoided by the practice of
little economy since the democratic
party came into power.
If there were any real issues which
influenced the election of the demo-
Gratis, aside from the split in the re-
publican party, they were the high
cost of living and the pledge of econ
omy.
The tariff for revenue only has
proved a failure from a revenue pro-
ducing standpoint. Before the war
began, imports had increased amaz-
ingly, but the revenue had fallen off.
If the new tariff cannot be defend
ed as revenue producer, its accept
ance by any portion of the public is
doubtful. Certainly it cannot be
shown to have reduced the cost of liv-
ing. Its effect on business and en-
ployment is already an issue in the
congressional campaign.
By bringing forward plan for war
taxes, at time when the United
States is at peace, the democratic
party deliberately focuses attention
upon extravaganza and the failure of
the tariff for revenue only. 1t sug-
gests an inquiry as to the reason why
economies have not been practiced,
and why the tariff for revenue only
has not produced the revenue.
Many of these issues might have
been overlooked by the public if they
had been left as abstract problems,
but with large proportion of the
public feeling the pinch in the pocket
book some original thinking will be
done at the polls.-Washingt Post.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-10-14

obtaining revenue, 1 think any demo-
crat may assert the right of Choice.
To be sure, in the end there must
be concurrence, and to reach it
there must be give and take.
''That is the reason l cannot agree
with the absolute abandonment of the
great sugar industry of Colorado and
the rest of the country, by our two
senators. With them it seems to be
all give and not take, and knowing
what | do of their views upon sugar
during the last campaign and up to
the time they left for Washington,
until they can give me a better rea-
son for the change of heart, l am
justified in believing with moderate
certainty that White House influences
are largely responsible for it.
81 am quite prepared to believe that,
from feelings of sympathy by Colo
RADIO democrats for the administra-
tion, majority of the democrats of
Colorado would, without any consider
able reflection, sustain the free sugar
program; but that yet remains to be
tested. The fact that Mr.. Keating
pulled through in the year of pres
idential election with the republican
party split in twain, is not, l assure
you, a safe index to what is likely
to occure at the next election"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-10-14

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tast of the citizens of his section
AGAINST the do-nothinp poliev of the
county commissioners in regard to
the roads The condition of the ma
t;onal trail through this county is a
DISGRACE and the other county roads
are no better Mr. Beacbe,s record
in tho wears he has resided here is one
of nush and energy. accomplishment
ard bu;Id;no nm He will hiring these
Qualities 10 the business of the county
and ,nate an energetic canable and
nuh,;o sn;r;t.d ,oemher of the county
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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-10-14
Democrats Afraid to Publish Tariff
Law Comparison

The democratic tariff law has been
in operation eleven months, yet the
comparison between the old and new
tariff schedules has not yet been
printed. The custom of the Ways
and Means committee of the house of
representatives has heretofore been
to have these comparisons printed al
most Immediately after the passage
of new tariff law. The disastrous
results of the Underwood law have
been so apparent, however, that the
democratic majority is evidently
afraid to put out printed comparison
before the fall election for fear it
will be used against them.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-10-14
PATTERSON'S PREDICTIONS
What the Candidate for Governor
Thought of Thomas and Keat-
ing in the Coming Election

Last year when Thomas M. Patter-
son-then private citizen and some
thing of patriot-took up the bat
tie against the destruction of the sug
ar industry in Colorado and warned
Senator Thomas of the fate that wait
ed him this year, William j. Bryan
went to the defense of Thomas and
Shafroth. Mr.. Bryan is free trader
out and out He answered Mr.. Pat
terson with the argument that he
(Bryan) used to the Nebraska beet
growers some years back, namely that
if they could not compete with the
tropics and Europe they must get out
of business. Mr.. Bryan praised Col
orado's democratic senators for sac
rificing their state at the, altar of So
called economy.
This is the main portion of Mr..
Patterson's answer to Mr.. Bryan,
taken from the Denver News, June
15, and it ought to be kept in view
when the two appear on the stump
this month in Colorado.
"If the proposed Legislation rested
on some basic principle, one might
fight for every inch of it, and refuse
to surrender at any point, but it does
not. 1t is free trade in spots and it
is protection in acres; it strips Colo
RADIO naked and allows New Jersey to
stand up to its neck in protection. 1t
puts some of the necessities on the
free list, but protects other necessi-
ties with high duties. When it comes
under such conditions, to selecting
which industries shall be turned loose
to live or die, without the help even
that revenue customs duty affords
or to the government coddling with
heavy duties other industries, wheth-
er in the name of protection or fol
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-10-14
PROMINENT BOULDER DEMO-
Graf BOLTS THE STATE
TICKET
Senator Harry Casaday Says He Can
Not Stand For It This Year

Denver, Oct. 81 intend to support
the republican ticket from top to bot
tom with the exception I intend to
vote for Attorney General Farrar,"
said Harry Casaday, former demo-
cratic state senator from Boulder
county this morning.
"The question at issue in Colorado
is the sovereignty Of the state. The
present chaotic condition of our state
government and the failure of Gov
ernor Ammons to maintain law and
order can be directly charged to the
democratic candidate for governor,
Thomas NJ. Patterson. Under cam
paign of law and order I think that
she republicans should support Cen
sral Farrar. He is the one man in
the capitol building who has repre-
sented the state sovereignty with
Governor Ammons the last two years.
Seventy-five per cent of the republi-
cans of Boulder county will support
him and 1 think it would be good
move if Goblin would withdraw from
the republican ticket in favor Of Far
rar. It would insure the election Of
the entire republican ticket and would
make Goblin the next attarney gener-
al two years from now without a
doubt.
81 think State Auditor Kenehan
should be defeated because the con-
stitution never intended that a man
should rotate first to one Office and
then to another as between state
treasurer and state auditor. It meant
that he should only hold each Office
one time. Two years ago he received
the smallest support in the assembly
and the same was true this year.
"Did you ever stop to think that Of
the entire bonded indebtedness Of A,-
100000, $S.OOO.OOO of it is for insur-
rections that occurred in this state
through the agitation of outsiders and
that Senator Patterson supported
every agitator who ever came to the
state to help create this Indebtedness.
The interest on this Indebtedness
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1914-10-14
From the Ell Progresso, Date Oct.
10th, 1914
(Locals)

(Locals)
Hon. Thomas M. Patterson, candi-
date for governor, is the proper man
for Executive Magistrate of the state
of Colorado.
Hon. Edward Keating must be re-
elected as member Of the National
Congress for the State of Colorado,
for great and powerful reasons.
COPIED verbatum from the above
issue Of the above named paper.)
Will the editor, Senator Barela, ex-
plain what those great and power
full reasons" are.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
PERSONALS

Wilbur swiger, "a member of the
editorial staff of the Fairmont Times,
spent Sunday here.
3. R. Kingsley is here from Park.
ersburg. e.
N, H. Reardon was here Monday
from Wallace or business visit.
Paul Shaw, Of Fairmont, is a city
visitor.
NJ George H. Morse, of Tunnelton, is
in the city on brief visit.
N. L. Heintzelman, Of Fairmont, is
here on a business mission.
Thomas F. Robey, Of Fairmont, is
here on a brief visit.
B. Simpson. of Buskhannon, is a
guest at the Hotel Gore.
R H. Gist, of Morgantown, is city
visitor
George E. White was here from
Weston Monday.
H. P. Hall is here from Wallace.
j. A. Moss, of Wheeling, is bust
ness visito:, in the city.
w. ]. Boyer, Of Fairmont, is trans
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
Mine Men Entertained.

The executive sad department
heads Of the seven mines of the
/ Hutchinson Fuel Company in Harris
son county were entertained by C.. j.
Ryan, general superintendent of the
company, at banquet at the Gore ho-
tel Sunday afternoon.
Forty representatives of the head
departments of the mines met at the
hotel at / O'Clock and short talks were
given by number of the men OH
mining conditions at their plants and
the prospects for the coming year.
The men called upon by Mr.. Ryan
were q. L. Luton, Mt. Glare, Walter
Miller, Mt. Clare, William Heller,
Bridgeport, o., Frank Parsons. state
mine inspector, John Dad" Daley,
Erie,I A. ". Morgan, Dola, Homer Col
Inns, Erie, and G. d. NJ. Kramer, of
this city general inspector. Follow
ing Mr.. Kramer's speech Baltzer Kra-
Emer, of Mt. Clare presented Mr.. Ryan
with beautiful diamond scarf pin as
token Of the high esteem in which
he is held by the officials working un-
der him.
At 1880 O'Clock all present were
ushered into the dining room by Mr..
Ryan where a delicious banquet was
served. The menu consisted of
choice Christmas delicacies and was
thoroughly enjoyed by all present.
! The Cadenza orchestra furnished
music for the affair. Those present
were c. D. NJ. Kramer. general in
spector, Of this city. Baltzer Kramer.
Mt. Glare, James Cummings, mine
foreman, Reynoldsville, Russell
Drummond, assistant mine foreman.
Reynoldsville, w. Heller, assistant
mine foreman, Bridgeport. o., Rich
ard Adock, mine foreman, Reynolds
Vile, D. K. Harrison, electrician.
Meadowbrook, Bruce Bailey. chief
engineer, Fairmont, C. L. Luton,
superintendent, Mt. Clare. o. NJ.
Ivanscoy, mine foreman, Mt. Glare,
r. H. Moore, store manager, Rey-
noldsyille, ]. E. Cuff, store manager,
Dola, Guy Sidenstricker. Mt. Glare,
w. B. Malone, superintendent, Fork
and Delta mines, Reynoldsville, p. F.
| Coger, mine clerk, Meadowbrook, w.
F. Rousch, mine foreman, Meadow
brook, John Daily, superintendent,
Erie, NJ. Quay Halter. assistant chief
iengineer, Fairmont, NJ. r. Malone,
mine engineer, Erie. w. w. Shawhan.
electrician, Erie, ]. H.. MCGEE. store
manager, ,Meadowbrook, ]. Walter
Miller, superintendent. ]. L. Thomp-
son, pay roll clerk. Reynoldsville, H.
| c. Collins, pay roll clerk. Erie, O..
Mcintyre, mine foreman, Florence,
Lee Drummond mine foreman. Erie,
H. B. Carpenter. pay roll clerk. Dola.
s. Z. Kramer, pay roll clerk,
Florence, R. H. McAtee, Mt. Clare, w.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21

idays. Y
Edward and John Hart Will arrive
Miss Frances Curtin will return
home Wednesday from Bryn NaWr
to spend Christmas with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry b. Curtin.
5 Mrs. Miller Gal1aher. Of Charles
ton, who was q guest of her fathers
John Basel, has returned home.
home Wednesday from Cornell Uni
,versity to spend the holidays with
their father. John p. Hart.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21

From 3 to 5 o'clock Monday af-
ternoon the members of the Monon-
gahela and Pinnicfinnick Camp Fire
Girls held their Christmas party in
the home of Miss Bertha Bland on
West Main street. A very attractive
Christmas tree was the pleasing fea-
ture OF the entertainment and q
Christmas slam was presented to each
member of the Camp Fire Girls as
a souvenir Of the Christmas season.
At s o'clock light refreshments were
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
HIGH coLoRED MAsoNs.

Imperial Potentate John H. MUIR
ply. of the Northern and Southern
Jurisdiction of the Mobiles OF Mystic
Shrine. colored, Pursuant Grand
Commander r.. l.. Pendleton. of the
Southern jurisdiction, and Secretary
General James B. Bauefeld, all rep
resentatives OF the Shriners, are in
the city today on a. visit to Imperial
Deputy r. French Hurley. A temple
will be organized here.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
Successful sale,
emit.

With Mrs. H. NJ. Heavier. Miss
Alice Chorpening. Mrs. Harvey w.
Harlner. Mrs. A. ]. Watson and Mrs.
w. g. Meeks in charge a very sue
cessful sale Of fancy work for
Christmas was held in the Bains
millinery parlor and quite nice sum
was netted for the Ladies Aid So
ciety Of the First Methodist Episci-
pal church.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
lcting business here,

acting business here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Farnsworth,
|of Buckhannon, were week end guests
of Mrs. Martha M. McCarty.
Miss Agnes Hood is home from
Baltimore. to spend the Christmas
vacation with her parents. DR.. and
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Hood. 9
Miss Eleanor H. Blackford, OF
Parkersburg, will be a guest Of her
grandparents, Col. and Mrs. Henry
Raymond. during the Christmas hol-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21

Riggs, Mt. Glare, Fred Weiss, mine
foreman, Mason, John Reuter-, Mead
OVERLOOK, Charles P. Candy. Dola.
Frank q. Parsons, state mine inspec-
tor. Clarksburg, Eli Morris, mine
foreman, Hepzibah, A. ". Morgan,
superintendent, Dola, Jacob Phillips.
superintendent. Mason. and DR.. R. v.
Lynch. Erie.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
Mn. Clear Entertained.

Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan G. Stealey en-
.tertained Charles Clear, leading man
of The Quaker Girl" company, which
was the attraction at the Robinson
Grand theater Saturday, at u.
o'clock dinner Sunday Mr.. Clear is
a first cousin OF Mr.. Stealey.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
Plans ave Made.

Plans for a holiday meeting of the
Michabo Camp Fire Girls were ar
ranged Monday afternoon at a meet
ing held in the home of Miss Cen
evieve Allen at Point Comfort, with
Miss Mamie r. Lowe guardian.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
EetiernfionI, IL Meas

In the First Methodist Episcopal
church at $3.50 o'clock Monday after
noon. December %, an interesting
program With given at a meeting
of a federation Of Mothers Clubs.
All members are asked to be pres
mt
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Not gEiect

Election OF officers to serve for
the ensuing year will be omitted at
meeting OF the Golden Rule Re-
bekah Lodge to be held this evening
In the Odd Fellows, hall.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21

Csylon's new college Of tropical
agriculture will be one Of the LARGEST
institutions of the kind in the world.
, 1914-11-12
Report on Wyoming Crops.

The Crop Reporting Board of
the United States Department of
Agriculture has just completed its
estimate of the acre yield of the
principal farm crops of Wyoming
for this year. The estimates are
based on crop conditions during
the early part of October. The
final figures will be given out
within a short time, but it is re.
ported that they will not differ to
any great extent with the prelimi,
nary estimates.
, 1914-11-12

For Sale-Very reasonable terms
Complete mining machinery plant
about 4 months service. First class
a No |, from Hendric and Balthorp'e
Denver; 40 H. z. boiler, tubular por.
table; 6xs stand Vulcan hoist, geared
lOx5xl3 No. Z Cameron Type sinking
pump; Patent Dial Indicator; 6xs
Wood Tank; suction hose; wrapped
three-fourths steel wire Roebling rope.
Quantity of oil, pipe and miscellane.
GUS fixings. For further particulars
address Box 245, Encampment, Wy.
omiug.
, 1914-11-12

sYou'n have to wash decks proba'
bly,"
~ am Oiled with a wild longing To
wash decks" | asserted. smiling at his
disturbed face. II should probably
also have to polish brass. There's a
great deal of brass on the boat"
"How do you know thatY'
When | told him he was much ex
cited, and. although 1t was dark and
the Ella consisted OF three lights, he
insisted on the opera glasses and was
persuaded he saw her. Finally he put
down the glasses and came over to me.
perhaps you are right, Leslie he
said soberly. You don't want charity
any more than they wan a ships doc
tor. Wherever you go and whatever
you do. whether you're swabbing decks
in your bare feet or polishing brass
ratings with an old sock, you're a
man"
Soon after that he took his departure.
and the following day he telephoned
to say that If the sen was still calling
me he could get a note to the captain
recommending me l asked him to get
the note.
Good old Mac. The sea was calling
me. true enough, but only dire necessity
was driving me to ship before the mast
necessity and perhaps what, for
want OF a better name, We call destiny.
for what is fate but inevitable law, in
evitable consequence.
The stirring of my blood. generations
removed from a seafariDg ancestor: my
illness, not a cause, but a result: Nc
Whirter. filling prescriptions behind
the glass screen Of a pharmacy, and ft
ting out. In porcelain Jars, the medicine
closet OF the Ella: Turner and his wife.
Schwartz, the mulatto Tom. Singleton
n Elsa Lee; all thrown together, a
~hodgepodge of characters. motives.
passions and hereditary tendencies.
through an inevitable law working to-
gether toward that terrible night of
Aug. IL. when hell seemed loose on a
painted sen
The Ella had been u coasting vessel
In the South American trade. The firm
Of Turner & Sons owned the line of
which the Ella was one of the smallest
vessels.
The gradual elimination of sailing
ships and the substitution of steamers
in the coasting trade. left the Ella.
with others. out of commission She
was still sea worthy rather fast. as
such vessels go. and steady Marshall
Turner. the oldest son Of old Elias
Turner, the founder of the business,
bought 1t In at a nominal sum. with
the intention of using 1t as a private
yacht, and. since 1t was a superstition
of the house never to change the name
of n of its vessels, the schooner Ella
odorous of fresh lumber or raw rubber.
, 1914-11-12

as the case might be. dingy gray in col
or, with sIovenly decks on which lines
of seamen's clothing were generally
hanging to dry. remained. IN her meta
morphosis. still the Ella.
Marshall Turner was a wealthy man.
but he equipped his new pleasure boat
very modestly As few changes as
were possible were made. He increased
the size of the forward house. adding
quarters for the captain and the two
mates, and thus kept the after house
for himself and his friends. He fumi
gated the hold and the forecastle-a
precaution hat kept all the crew
coughing for two days, and drove them
out of the odOr of formnldehyde to the
deck to sleep
The wheel. replaced by a new one
white and gilt. remained in its old pc
sition behind the after house, the
steersman standing on a raised iron
grating above the wash Of the deck
Thus from the chart o which had
become a sort of lounge and card rpuni
through a small barred window IL WA,
possible TO see the mnn N the wheel
who. I'm his turn. commanded II view
of part of the chart room hut moi at
the foo
The crnft was schooner rugged, car
ried three iifehonts and n %collapsihl,
raft and was ~nHvignted by a captain
first and second mates and n crew OF
six a%hlebodicd sailors and One gaunt
youth whose sole knowledge of navi.
CATION mad been gained on an Atlantic
City catboat.
To be Continued.l
, 1914-11-12

Garrett Price, son of DIR. Price OF
this place, took first prize in the field
shooting of Co. K, Wyoming Nation
al Guards, at Laramie recently. There
were five prizes for accurate and rap
id fire, and Garrett pulled down the
first one.s
, 1914-11-12

The alarm of fire was sounded last
Friday night and the report was Civ,
EN- out that Mrs. Lees house was on
fire, which caused some excitement.
1t was found, after a heroic run with
the chemical engine by the fire he
roes, to be only a bonfire.
, 1914-11-12

Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Conley and
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Smith arrived
here yesterday morning from Chey-
enne, and after Mr.. and Mrs. Conley
completed their business, they left in
the evening on the return trip.
, 1914-11-12

DR.. Talpers, the dentist, who makes
Hanna and Saratoga both each month,
will be here the week beginning Nov.
10th. Please be on hand early and
make your dates, for the DR.. has a
large amount of work engaged.
, 1914-11-12

Ed. Freeman vas up from Walcott
Monday. MI. and Mrs. Freeman
have recently purchased the Walcott
hotel and built an addition on the
west side, where the post Office has
been moved to. They have things all
nicely arranged and are getting along
fine
, 1914-11-12

Ralph Wood was in town the first
of the week. His son, Russell, killed
a big lynck Sunday with a % pistol,
on the Wood ranch in Elk Hollow.
, 1914-11-12

Mrs. Len Huston and Aubrey, left
the first Of the week for Fit. Collins,
where they will visit Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Spencer. Mr.. Huston is east
with cattle at this time and will come
back via Fl. Collins and bring his
family home.
, 1914-11-12

Mrs. Riggs and son Ray we're in
town this week from the ranger sta
ton on the Hayden national forest.
, 1914-11-12

Mrs. Mary ]. Stockwell left Tues
day for Rawlins, where she will visit
for a few days.
, 1914-11-12

Mrs. VIM. Large and son William
we're in from the ranch Yesterday.
, 1914-11-12

VIM. Cole and Leroy Jenkins wert
down from French yesterday.
, 1914-11-12

Albert Nixon, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Nixon of this place, came home last
week from Butte, Montana, where he
has been employed for some time in
the mines.
, 1914-11-12
Mike Quealy
Il. p. Hinkle
FINANCIAL STATEMENT

Report OF the condition of The sARAroa.
STATE BANK, at Saratoga in the State of Wy
oming, at the close of business on the Hst dsv
Of October, 1914.
Loans and Discounts 90 Ga, A.,
OFeruraIts' 952 rs
County, City and School Warrants b24 az
u'ure anu fixture 1884 Il
Other real estate, mortgages owned 400
Due from National Banks 1880 ls
Due from Sta b'ks 4 b'kers
Checks and Cash Items ~
Money Reserve in Bank, VIE
Specie 1921 q,
Lgl tndr and natl bnk notes II2O 90
NickelS and Pennies 10 N 70 ,ks q,
Total 1856, 2sI 60
Sapl.al rad In 5 1900 90
E,uipl 10000 90
NV Ion rIonts $50 I6
Certificates Of dept Dm'nd 6I6 rs
Certificates of deposit tune SO,919 40 100 ks9 4,
Bills Payable
Total I,o.,-
State of Wyoming
County of Carbon
i'"eo, w. Broadhurst, Cashier of the above.
named Bank do s~olemnly swear that tho
above statement is true to the host o5 ns
knowledge and belief. ny
GEO. W. BRoADHURsT, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to beforo mo IL
day of November, 1914. ''"
,e, Chas. f. Price
NJ Notary Public.
NY Commission Expires March 81, 1915
CoRRECT-Attest:
+ + { ( j EBES Director.