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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
WOULD PRESERVE Il
BEAUTIFUL SJyl

Des Moines, Zee. 10. q IIs
Pammel OF Ames, made pil .l'ss
serving some of the beauty
Iowa in his address at the
cultural convention. HishSSef
THE Preservation of QVyy
ers." ! ! n ssss ~
Eve have a wealthy Brick
our doors ingalmost q s,>ie1
the state,Hsaid Prof. I'M
places were made for " ~
joyment and for thosr = Ss.0s1l
come. Should not the - Y
do something along thklC 80 ~,
rich in her matchless leadtI33
1t produces. Let the std 0eJspast G
just little while the idea whtsy
thing must be for agricultns ped
rather encourage the idea ~
should be produced on the gfUu1
we are now tilling. Let us now e.
then muse In the woods and enjo
beautiful around us. II will mak9v p
ter men and women ii
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Naw York Produce.

New York, Dec Observation-Disclosures
firmer; receipts, 4,152; creamery extras
341a@35c; firsts, 2Sh@331sc; seconds,
= Eggs-Firm; receipts, 1873; fresh
Rathered extra fine, 41@42c; extra
firsts, 3s@40c: frsts, s5@37c; seconds,
32@34c.
Cheese-Ftrm receipts, 674; state
whole milk flats held specials, INC;
do average fancy, IGN @17c; do cur
rent make specials, 16Nc; do average
fancy, 16@16hc.
Dressed poultry-Firm; fresh killed
chickens, 151k @27c; fowls. 12k @17kc;
turkeys, 22@23c; live Arm; western
chickens, 13@15c; fowls. 13@15Ac;
turkeys, 10000.
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CHICAGO Hay Market.

Chicago, Dec. 1O.-Hay-Receipts, L.
060 tons; shipments. 1874 tons. limo
thy hay in good demand and offerings
light. Market firm. Arrivals Of prairie
hay little larger and demand fair.
Market steady Choice timothy hay
quotable at s17@1S. No 1 at s15.50@
1850; No. 2, $14@14.50: No. 3, $10.50@
11.50. Kansas. Oklahoma and Missouri
prairie hay-Chofce, $13@14: No. 1,
s11.50@12.50; No. 2 $10@10.5O. Illinois.
Indiana and Wisconsin feeding prairie
hay, $500: packing hay, s6@7. Alfalfa
hay, $11@19.
Sales were: On track-Not graded
timothy. l car at $12, car at $13 and
/ car at s14.5O.
Straw-Rye straw dnotahle at s7m
8. Dat straw at s6@65o Wheat straw
at $5.50@6.,
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ALUMNUs MAKES GIFTS.

Grinnell, Dec. 10.-An anonymous
gift of watch charms in the form Of
miniature gold footballs by some alum
nus Of Grinnell college to the honor
&C" members of the 1915 football
squad has aroused no little comment
especially among the football men
here. To George Nelson and Fred
Little, the two graduating members
of the squad, the gift was somewhat
elaborated by the addition of neat
gold chains going with the charms.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-12-11
DUNLAVY LOCATES
MAN IN CEDAR FALLS

Sheriff Osa Dunlavy of Bloomfield
was in Ottumwa today en- route home
from Cedar Falls where he went after
John A. Schell wanted in the Davis
county courts for selling mortgaged
property without the consent of the
mortgage. Schell has been wanted
for some time and Dunlavy located
him in the Blackhawk county city.
He arrived here this morning and kept
his man in the Wapello county Jail
until train time this afternoon.
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Omaha Cash Grain.

Omaha, Nebr Dec. 10.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 hard. $1.o3@1o4k.
Corn-No. 2 white, 64@64hc; No. 2
yellow. 65H @66c: No. 2. 64@65kc.
Oats-No. white, 39A q 4oc.
New York Sugar.
New York, Dec. 10.-Sugar-Centrif-
ugal, 5.O2c: molasses. 4.25c
Refined-Quiet.
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St. Loui. Hay Market.

ST Louis, Mo-, Dec. 10-Of 40 cars
inspected % were timothy, clover
mixed, IL prairie, clover and alfalfa.
Market remains steady and firm all
around. All descriptions and grades are
in fair request. Supply Of medium and
common grade timothy and prairie is
moderate, but clover-mixed, clover and
alfalfa and high grade timothy and
prairie are real scarce.
Straw-Scarce. Quote market firm at
Sc track for wheat
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ST. Louis Live Stock,

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 10.-The live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market steady; receipts, H.
500; pigs and lights, $5.50@6.75; heavy,
$6.S0@690.
Cattle-Market steady; receipts, o.
900; steers, $7.5O@1o.4O; cows and heif-
ers. $5.5O@10.20; calves. $6@10.50.
Sheep-Market steady; receipts, 900;
yearlings, $6.50@7.5O; lambs, $3.50
$50: sheep, $5.50@6.5O.
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Kansa. City Cash Grain.

Kansas City, Mo-. Dec. 10.-The cash
grain market follows:
Wheat-No. hard, $1.06@1.11; No. 2
red. 3113@1.15.
Corn-No. 2 mixed, 65@6b NC; NO
white. e5@65hc; No. 2 yellow, 67Ac. .
Oats-No. white. 42@43c: No. .
mixed, 10000.
Rye-90c.
Hay-Timothy $11@12; prairie $1o.50
oil: alfalfa, $15.50@16.
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St. Louis Produc

ST. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 1O.-Poultry-
Unchanged except turkeys, Ice.
Butter and eggs unchanged
Peoria Cash Grain.
Peoria. ILL.,. Dec. 10.-The cash grain
market follows:
Corn-No. 8 white, 65c; No 4 yellow
63k @64&c; No. 3 mixed. Csc.
Oats-No. 4 white, 3ac
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Omaha Live Stock.

Omaha, Nebr., Dec. 10.-The live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market lower: receipts 1880;
heavy. $6.10@6.40: light, $61O@6.35;
pigs. $685. @6.25; bulk, s6.20@6.30.
Cattle-Market steady; receipts, L.
200; steers, $6@9.50; cows and heifers
$5.25@675.
Sheep-Market steady; receipts, l.
500; yearlings. 6@7:Awethers, $500
6.25: lambs, $825@S8O
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Kansas City Live STOCK

Kansas City, NO. Dec. 10.-The live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market lower: receipts, 81
900; bulk, $6.30@6.55; heavy, $4,000
$50; light. $6.25@6.5O: pigs, $5@5.75.
Cattle-Market steady; receipts. L.
900; steers. $6.20@10; cows. $4@9;
calves, $6@95O.
Sheep-Market steady; receipts, o.
900; lambs, $s.35@s.90; yearlings, $S.75
@7.50; wethers, $5.75@6.50; ewes, 1925
@6.15.
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81 Loui. cash Grain.

st. Louis, Mo-. Dec. 1o.-The cash
grain market follows:
wheat-No. 2 red, $1.1sk OLA; No.
hard, nominal.
Corn-No. 2, 671s 6Sc; No white
671ac.
Oats-No. 2. 44hc: No. white,
nominal.
Rye-96c.
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CHICAGO Cash Grain.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-The cash gram
market follows:
Wheat-No. 2 red, $1.2o@I211s; No.
Bred, s1.12; No. hard. nominal; No.
hard, $1.0Sh@1.1O.
Corn-No. 2 yellow, nominal; No.
yellow new, 63k @66hc; No. white.
new, e4A @65hc.
Oats-No. white, 4oQ41Ac; stand
ard, AN @43Ac.
Rye-No. 2, 95@96hc.
Barley-62@73c.
Timothy-$5@S.
Clover-$10@1750
Pork-$1675.
Lard-39.45.
Ribs-$1025.
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CLINTON CHURCH AhNlvERsARY''

Clinton, Dec. 10. The sixtieth ami
ersarv OF Grace Episcopal church viii
be celebrated at the church Sunday,
December 10, at which time Bishor
Longley Of Des Moines will preach TIE
anniversary sermon and also adEnin
lister the sacrament Of confirmation tc
class which has been receiv
Instructions under Rev. w. Ernest
Siys kley for the past two al Ithse
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Kansaa civ Produce.

Kansas City, Mo-, Dec. 10.--Butter-
Creamery 33c: firsts. Bic; seconds
CSC; packing, 19c.
Eggs-Firsts, 29c; seconds, zoe.
Poultry-Hens, 101a Ollie: turkeys
15c; springs, 12c.
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HAVE TROUBLE WITH CORN.

Greene, Dec. 1O.--The farmers are
Sexperiencing great deal of difficulty
In saving their corn after husking it
this year. One farmer about eight
miles west Of town had a crib of corn
which heated and caught fire and
burned both the corn and crib to the
ground. Others are finding that it
will heat u Diied up at all.
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Toledo Grain Seed

Toledo, o., Dec. follower seed
Prime cash and December, $3.50; Feb
ruary, $3.50.
Alsike- Prime cash and Dec, s1o.4o;
February, $1,000
Timothy--Prime cash and Dec,
$3.50; Feb, $685..
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Il Latest Markets Of the World
HEAVY RECEIPTS
At HOG MARKETS
DECLINE IN QUOTATIONS FORCED
BY THE UNEXPECTEDLY
LARGE SUPPLIES.

Chicago, Dec. 1O.--Sharp declines
were inevitable for hog prices today
owing to unexpected heavy receipts.
Cattle. sheep and lambs were COM
paratively scarce.
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Minneapolis Closing Grain.
Mimi, Dec. 1O.-Closlng

Wheat-Dec., s1osN; May, s1,osA:
No. / hard, Silly; No. northern,
s1.OsA @1.OsA; No. 2 northern, $1.o4A
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 74@75s
Oats-No. 8 white, 3S@S8hc.
Flax-$1.97@1.99.
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CHICAGO Live Stock; Opening.

Chicago Live Stock; Opening.
Chicago, Dec. 10.-The opening live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market slow, 10000 lower
than yesterdays average; receipts, co.
900. left over, 9,118; estimated tomor-
row, $4,000; bulk. $615@6.40; light,
$5.SO@6.55; heavy. $6.25@6.s0; good
heavy, $6.40@6.s0; mixed, $6@6.76;
rough, $6.25@6.4O; Workers, $3.50 .36;
pigs, $4.15@5.75.
Cattle--Market steady to strong; re-
ceipts, $500: estimated tomorrow, 800;
beeves, $5.50@10.50; Texans, $6.O5@
$50; westerns, $6.10@s.20; cows and
heifers. $2.60@S.20; calves, $4,000
1926.
Sheep-Market steady to 10c higher;
receipts, 5000; estimated tomorrow, q
900; natives $s.1O@6.60: westerns 500.
@6.75; yearlings, $7.25@S; lambs. ma
tive. $7.25@9.l0; westerns. $7.25@s.4O.
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N.vx York Money; Closing.

New York. Dec. 1o.-Mercantile pa
per-3@3A%.
Bar silver-55Ac.
Mexican dollars-42Ac.
Time loans-2k @3%.
Call money-Ruling rate, y %.
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CHICAGO Live Stock; Chasing.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-The closing live
stock market follows:
Hogs-Market moderately active,
mostly zoe lower than yesterdays av-
erage; receipts, $4,000; estimated to-
morrow, $4,000; bulk .$6.10@6.60; light
$5.75@65O; heavy, $6.20@6.75; mixed,
$6@6.75; rough, $6.20@6.35.
Cattle-Market steady; receipts, e.
500; top, $10.50.
Sheep-Market strong to shade high
er; receipts. 5000; top, $6.75; lambs.
top, $40. 81 ssl A5 vs. @J IS
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Primary Movement.
Car Lot Receipts,

wheat-62 cars. with 10 of contract
grade.
Corn-27s cars. with II Of contract
grade.
Oats-1so cars. with 9 Of contract
grade.
Total receipts of wheat at Mtnneapo-
lis, Duluth and Winnipeg TO-DAY were
1857 cars. compared with 1888 cars
la st week and 1,166 cars the cores
ponding day year ago.
Estimated cars tomorrow. Chicago
Wheat, 90; corn, 210; oats, 191.
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chie.oo produces

Chicago, Dec. 0.-Butter-Unchan
ed
Eggs Unchanged; receipts, 1,7e5
cases.
Potatoes-Unchanged; receipts, 50
cars.
Poultry-Alive. unchanged.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
A Word to the Wisel

Come, Mr.. President, an honest con-
fession is not only good for the soul,
but sometimes a relief for sore eyes,
and you must realize that from start
to finish the policy of the Administra-
ton in the matter of Mexico has borne
evil fruit when it has borne any fruit
at all. Except the futile effort Of the
A. b. c. conference at Niagara Falls,
no part Of it will stand out against
critical scrutiny. If it should hold
over into 1916 and become a para
mount issue-as it will, unless mean
while decisive action is put forth and
beneficient results are attained-it will
prove a dangerously effective weapon
in the hands of your enemies.
Each day that passes brings us the
report of some kind Of parley at long
range with the faction fighters. Moth
ing is to be hoped from them. Their
trade is revolution. The worse the
internal conditions the better for each.
No one of them could survive stable
and orderly government. The delays
you are allowing such cut-throats, Mr..
President, are life to them; every
word you address to them is recogni-
tion and encouragement; your un-
supported demands pass through their
ears, for minds they have not, as
water passes through sieves. They
know only the stress of arms, respect
only the law of force. Unless you
bring force to bear, you may brawl
and bicker, back and fill to the end OF
time, with nothing doing toward re-
restoration and peace in
Mexico.-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
Death Blow to State Insurance

Wisconsin has wearied Of its scheme
to foist upon its people state insur-
ance. 1t will now proceed to coax
back into the commonwealth the in
surance companies which were driven
out when La Toilette put every mans
insurance under a political regime.
State insurance has failed. 1t would
not come up to the glowing specifica-
tions laid down by its sponsors. 1t
has proved to be neither cheaper nor
more reliable than insurance by pri-
vately owned or mutual concerns.
Indeed Wisconsin has found that
when all the accounts are added up
the state insurance scheme is unecO-
nomical and unsatisfactory. Hence the
official announcement that it is to be
kicked upon the junk heap Of unwise,
socialistic laws.
La Follette's scheme of state gov
ernment was for the state to do ev-
erything, from running its railroads
to bossing its universities and, with
La Toilette at the top, state or public
ownership follies ran mad. The "Wis-
consin idea" was heralded as direct
gift from heaven, which would heal
our political ills and solve every finan-
cial and industrial problem. Boiled
down, this "idea" was that the state
could do everything better than an in
dividual.
There is great significance, there
fore, in the determination of Wiscon-
sin itself to abandon as extravagant
one of the chief illusions embodied
in its "idea" namely, state insurance,
The people of that fine commonwealth
are to be Congratulated on so quickly
repudiating a scheme based upon one
ambitious mans desire to control
through a vast political machine all
its chief activities. Good common
sense appears, after all, to be the
prize "idea" of Observation-Disclosures
phia Public Ledger.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
MIGRATORY-BIRD LAW
Sportsmen Warned That Federal
Regulations for Protection of Wild
Fowl Must Be Observed
Open Seasons for Shoot
ing

With the approach of the open sea-
son for shooting wild fowl the depart
ment is warning sportsmen that the
Federal regulations as amended Octo-
ber /, 1914, will be strictly enforced.
Some misunderstanding has arisen
from the fact that the various state
laws do not always conform to the
Federal regulations. This is regard
ed as unfortunate, but in such cases
the department must insist upon the
observance of the Federal regulations.
The department will consider any
recommendation submitted in good
faith for amendment of the regula-
tions, but will hold no public hearings
thereon, nor will it amend the regula-
tions prior to October 10, 1915. 1t is
the purpose TO conform the regulations
to the wishes of the majority of
sportsmen so far as it can be done and
at the same time give wild fowl the
necessary protection.
Federal regulations divide tho
United States into two zones. Zone
No. /, the breeding zone, includes the
states of Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Ne
braska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and all
states north Of them. Zone No. 2, the
winter zone, includes all states south
of those named.
The regulations prescribes seasons
as follows:
Open Stasons for Migratory Birds in
1915 Under Federal Regulations
ZONE NO.
Waterfowl ........... Sept 1-Dec. 16
Rails, coots, gallinules Sept. 1-Dec.
Woodcock ...........Oct l-Dec.
Shore birds (black breasted
and golden plover, jacksnipe,
yellowlegs) ......... Sept. 1-Dec. 10
Insectivorous birds protected indef-
initely. Band-tailed pigeons, cranes,
swans, curlew, smaller shore birds and
wood ducks protected until September
l, 1918. Rails in Vermont and wood
cock in Illinois also protected until
1918.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18

Eighty per cent of the commercial or
ganizations in the South have gone
on record as opposed to it. But Mr..
McAdoo knows his business. He knows
that in the South are to be found the
leaders of the democratic party and
the largest number Of democratic con-
gressmen. If he can get these people
with him, he has a good start. But
it was a Southern Senator, Bankhead
of Alabama, who was in the forefront
of the opposition to the bill in the last
congress, and we doubt if Bankhead
can be budged.
An idle car means an idle man. This
is an axiom in railroad circles. In
June this country showed more than
275 900 idle railroad cars-a tremen-
dous increase over the figures of a
year previous. And it is significant
that, during the same time, the rail-
roads of the country laid off 10000
men.
Secretary Redfield has announced
that all the Great Lakes steamers will
be subjected to an equilibrium test,
but the mental poise requisite in a
cabinet officer was discovered to be
sadly lacking in Mr.. Redfeld a long
time ago.
1t has not escaped notice that the
Colonel said he would "enroll" as a
progressive. He will probably vote as
a republican together with nearly all
the progressives.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
Why Not Be NeutraI7

We got the sparrow and "fawncy"
pronunciation from England; we got
the carp, the Hessian fly and limber-
ger cheese from Germany; we hire
from France the slit skirt, the tight
skirt and the near-no-skirt-at-all; frori
Russia we got anarchy and unprn-
nouncable names that produces lock-
jaw; from Vienna we got pulverized
pup in pigskin; yclept sausage; from
Italy we have the Black Hand, the or
gan and the monkey, and from Turkey
we have the harem trousers and
brand Of cigarettes, so why shouldn't
we be neutral ?-Exchange.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18

ious nationally one year from this
coming November.
The majority of the American peo-
Pile have not broken away from the
republican ideals. The election Of
Woodrow Wilson did not represent the
majority sentiment of the country.
The new progressive movement was
the factor that made the republican
defeat pronounced, but there has been
a gradual decline of the strength of
the progressive movement regardless
of what Roosevelt or Victor Murdoch
may say or write.
The unrest within the country is
Enthusiastically the result of democratic
failure-democrat laundering legis-
latively. The people everywhere have,
through defeat, come to a greater
realization of republican principles
and ideals. There has been a reaction
"a reaction which promises to make
1916 a grand old republican year.
There should be no break, no fac
tionalism within the republican ranks.
Republican principles are clear-cut and
republican ideas and issues are clearly
defined. Republican success depends
upon loyalty and steadfastness. Vic
tory can only be achieved by the re-
publicans of the country standing on
a common ground, understanding what
republicanism means.
Often one hears 1t said in this COM
munity or elsewhere: Il am republl-
can" To qualify this statement must
have looked into political lore and as
certained to his own satisfaction that
the fundamental republican principles
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
Washington Notes

1t is now heralded to the world that
the President intends to make national
defense zone of the principal subjects"
of his annual message to congress. In
the ordinary run Of things, congress
will not assemble for four months, so
there is plenty of time for a skillful
campaign of advertising for the Pres
ident's change of heart. In one sense,
national defense was zone of the prin-
cipal subjects" of the Presidents last
annual message. That is to say, out
of a message containing little more
than ten printed pages, about three
pages were devoted to the subject.
In those three pages the country was
told that it had been "misinformed"
and that the national defense had not
been neglected. What are we to have
next December?
Sanford T. Crapo, president of the
Michigan Manufacturers Association,
is evidently optimistic of republican
success in 1916. Mr.. Crapo was dis
cussing various phases of the Under
wood tariff iniquity before the Federal
Trade Commission, which recently
stopped off in Detroit on its govern7
ment-paid de luxe to the San Francis
co exposition. Mr.. Crapo mentioned
the fact that Canada had a duty on
cement which made Windsor, Ontario,
as far from Detroit as st. Louis. And
speaking of our own present tariff law
which placed cement on the free list,
Mr.. Crapo remarked with cutting sar-
casm: 81 don't think the Canadians
will build many cement mills on the
strength of this being permanent
feature of the tariff" thereby indicat-
ing his belief that the next tariff law
would be a republican measure, car
rying adequate protection.
The U. S. Steel corporation is now
selling a very large amount of its pro-
duct abroad at higher prices than it
is realizing at home. Is this more or
less wicked than selling its product
abroad at lower prices than it gets a:
home? The employees of the corpora
ton were not receiving any less wages
in the former case than now, and in
both cases the ability to market the
corporations product abroad has Civ
en- employment to American labor.
Mr.. McAdoo appeals to the South
to back up his ship-building bill.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
PRowERS COUNTY FAIR
Largest Purses and Best Entertain
ment Program Offered in the
Valley

The premium lists for the various
being issued by Chas. Maxwell for
the Prowers County Fair shows larger
purses and premiums than any other
fair in this section of the state. 1t is
larger by nearly one thousand dollars
than those offered by the Rocky Ford
fair which is the nearest approach to
the fair in this county. The liberality
of Mr. Maxwell coupled with the fact
that the dates selected for our fair,
September 2S, 29 and 30, are open
ones for this section of the state in
sures the largest and best list Of
entries ever before seen here in the
speed ring, and will make a racing
program unequaled in this section out
side of Denver There are to be eight
harness events and twelve running
races.
A number of special amusement
features are under consideration and
this part of the program will also be
better handled than ever before. The
displays in all lines are already being
taken care of and will make a finer
showing than in any previous year
owing to fine crops and the lateness
of the dates making a much wider
range of displays possible.
The liberality of Mr.. Maxwell in
cutting prices Of grand stand seats
and making the bleachers free will
also add to the popularity Of the fair
and as in the past other fairs will be
forced to follow his lead and come
down to popular prices. Nearly every
improvement in entertainment or cut
in prices to the public that has been
made in the valley fairs has been
through the others being forced to fol-
low his lead, and the public appreciate
this fact.
Boost for the fair and keep boost
ing. 1t will be well worth all your
efforts.
The Lamar register., 1915-08-18
BENT COUNTY FAIR
First Fair To Be Held in Valley This
Year, August q to q

Next week will be held the annual
Bent County Fair at Las Animas It
will be the first fair of this section of
the state for this season, and is at
tracing much attention. They are get
ting together a fine line of exhibits
and are offering a good program of
races and other entertainment. There
will be a large Lamar delegation as
usual This town always sends u big
to the annual show at Las
Animas and they reciprocate gener-
ously.
The Arkansas Valley R. X. will hold
the train for the east each evening
of the fair at Las Animas until six
o'clock to give the farmers on the
branch line opportunity to see all the
program and still get home. They have
made a rate of one and one-third fare
and this taken with the generous
schedule arrangement will make it
easy for the farmers to take in the
fair.