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Cheyenne record., 1915-02-04
ARAPAHOE.

Fay Bidinger was the guest OF
John Wyant Thursday night.
Mrs. L. Kibbee has been on the
sick list for a few days.
Lou Birn accompanied Fay Bill
niger home from town last Tues
day for a short visi'.
Miss Grace Petty and Mr.. John
Owen spent Saturday night with
the latters sister, Mrs. G. F. kib
bee.
On account of the stormy
weather Rev. Macleod did not
fill his appointment here Monday
night.
Oath Sawyer returned last
Tuesday evening to his home in
Gilbert Sta, Iowa, after a few
weeks visit with his brother. Del
no and family. and other friends
here.
All members of the Ladies So
cial Circle don't forget we're 60
ing to have g fine big dinner
Thursday Feb. 11th for the men,
bers and their families. Every
one is supposed to bring some
thing.
Talk about good times, we sure
had it Thursday night of last
week, the dandiest, biggest dance
you ever attended, everyone had
a fine time we think" also had
a big time Saturday evening, JUS,
practicing dancing. was all.
Back again after so long time
but it has been a case of necessi-
ty, not of lazyness, that has kept
US silent, but we don't suppose
we have been very badly missed
as our good paper is always so
full of interesting things that our
little bunch of nothing takes a
back seat.
1t is with much regret we are
called upon to to relate the sad
news of the death of Mrs. Mason
Sherman, of Revere, Mo. Mrs.
Sherman formerly resided in this
county, where she helped her
husband prove up on their claim,
some few miles north of our little
town. She had a wide circle of
friends here who will be greatly
grieved TO hear the sad news, it
seems she had not been sick very
long her daughters. Mr.. w. W.
Howard and Mrs. L. NJ. Dickson
of this place, received kilograms
Tkursday...stating she was dan
gerously i'll, Mrs. Howard started
Thursday night for Mo. and on
account of the illness of her little
boy Mrs. Dickson did not get to
start until Friday night, but both
daughters were too late as death
came Friday night near midnight
She leaves her husband and two
daughters before mentioned. two
granddaughters and one grand
son, one brother and one sister.
beside host Of other relatives
and friends to miss her bright
spirit that has gone beyond.
NORTH VIEW
Cheyenne record., 1915-02-04

We understand iha. L. v. Hui
son has purchase! c. o. Sears
interest in the Overland Garage.
and all bills due that company
are pa, able TO the new proprieA
tors. Here's wishing the neS,
firm an abundance of prosperity.
Cheyenne record., 1915-02-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Watch these items next week
for something important.
Quite number have been ab-
sent from school the past week.
The Semester closed Jan. 9th
the averages of those receiving
the highest grades will be pub.
lished next week,
A letter received and read in
the assembly from Harriet
Vaughn in which she wished to
show her appreciation and thanks
for the flowers sent her by the
High school. HARRIET will not
be able to finish the term in
school, much to the regret of all
in school.
The High school pupils assem-
bIed for very pleasant evening
at the school house last Saturday
night in honor of the represen-
tatives from Kit Carson. Tha
evening was spent in playing
games. They departed at late
hour after spending a very pleas
ant evening.
Next Saturday night lecture
will be given at the schoo, house
by Nh. Cameron, of the Engle-
wood school. Denver. He will
lecture on Yellowstone Park,
which is an interesting subject to
everyone Admission % cents
for adults and Is cents fer chill
lrsn. Everybody come. The
proceeds will be used fo- the ath-
'etic fund.
The second of a series of bac-
ket ball games between Kit Car
S m and Cheyenne Wells was held
at the Cheyenne Wells ground,
Saturday Jan. 80. The game was
called at 2:30 p. NJ. The girls
game a: the end OF the FIRST half
resulted IN score of 5 to in IA
vor of X Carson. at the end Of
the ga re the X Ca. .o1 girls
Were ahead. the score stanC-
ing 10 to ). After few minutes
intermiss;on the boys game was
called. This game was played
between Kit Carson's 5 first team
and our second team, at :he end
of the first half the score stood
5 to 4 in favor Of Cheyenne Wells
and at the end of the second half
was 8 to 6 in favor Of Cheyenne
Wells, We fee! very proud of
our boys, as Carson's team was
composed of nearly all men, but
men who had not been playing as
strictly TO rules as our boys and
so gave us many free throws
Cheyenne record., 1915-02-04
to do it.

w w ~.
He estimates that with capi-
tai Of $40, 100000 enough ships
can be placed in the ocean-carry-
ing trade to compel the trust to
come to terms and carry freight
at the old rates.
He knows that unless this is
done the trust will continue to
charge "all the traffic will bear
and that means it will not be sat
isfied with anything less than
the SIG. 100000 a month it is rAk-
ing in now and it may demand
more
SAMPLES OF HOLD UP.
To illustrate how the monopoly
puts the screws to the shippers,
let's take the case of cotton. Be
fore the war, cotton could be
carried across the ocean for from
81 SO to $1.75 per bale. Now the
monopoly demands $l7.00 bale
or an advance of 1000 per cent.
That is from an American to a
British port and here is not a
German warship in the Atlantic
ocean!
Before the war, you could ship
Portland cement to the Argen-
tine republic for 50 45 per ton.
Now it sosts So 90 per tor.
Scores of other examples could
be cited but these are typical and
will suffice.
There is a tremendous demand
from all sections Of the globe for
the products Of American farms,
mines and mills, We must have
ships to take care of the business
AS the result of a half century of
Republican navigation laws our
merchant marine has been driven
from the seas and now a great
war has paral.zed the shipping
Of Germany and its allies.
We find ourselves at the mercy
Of the British shipping trust in
which certain American finan-
ciers are heavily interested.
WILSON POINTS THE WAY
What are we going to do about
i?
President Wilson has pointed
the way to maritime freedom and
the Democratic majority in Con-
gress. supported by such Pre-
gressive Republicans as LaFol-
!ette. Kenyon, Clapp and Poin'
dexter, are prepared to support
his leadership
BIT the survivors of the cd
regime declare they will not per-
NIT the question to come to vote
They will cndeavor to talk the
shipping bill to death, and if they
can hold out. until March 4 they
will probably succeed. Spurring
them on is the shipping trust
which is pocketing half a million
dollars for every day they waste.
Cheyenne record., 1915-02-04

Miss Florence Gudgel is teach
ing Miss Leta Trambor's room
today ou account of Miss TruHs-
Dor being on the sick list.
Cheyenne record., 1915-02-04
Washington Letter,
by Edward kea,ing,
ConwresSmau-at-Largc
From Colorado.

Ike American people are ROW
paving SIG, ,OO0, geo month to the
International shipping trust in
the form of excessive ocean
freight rates!
The trust will continue to hold
NO its American victims until the
European war ends, unless Pres
ilent Wilson's shippurch&s ng i'll
is passed and Uncle Sam smashes
the shipping combine by carrying
American ~oodS to the four quar-
ters Of the globe in government
owned ships.
When you read in your daily
parer that Senators Root and
Burton and Weeks and Gallinger
and all the other stalwart Stand
patters in tie upper house are
persistlng in their tilibuster to
defeat the ship-purchase bill,
lust remember the facts stated
above
Every day that the passage of
this bill may he postponed means
S5OO,COO to the Twentieth ceatu-
" pirates who control the ship
ping interests of the world. Who
says that silence is golden?',
The Standpat flibusters are de-
n onstrating that talk may be
coined into dividends for monop-
oply!
WILSON'S SECOND BATTLE
This is the second time Presi-
dent Wilson has clashed with the
shipping trust and each contest
has been prolonged and intense
ly bitter. The first battle was
precipitated by the presidents
demand that the monopoly pay
tolls on it's vessels when passing
through the Panama canal. He
! ad his way but it required
months of the hardest kind of
fighting.
The stake in that contest was
comparatively small perhaps $3-
900, 900 a year-a sum which
>eems trivial when placed besid-
the $4,000, 900 month graft
which the combine is endeavor-
ing to perpetuate.
AS in the Panama tolls fight,
,he friends of the monopoly do not
dare to come out in the open and
ace the issue. They are endea-
voring to throw dust in the eyes
tf the people.
IF we give the president S40.-
coo, 900 with which to buy ships.
he will purchrse the German
ships now interned in American
orts and that will be an unneu
lral act and will involve us in
var with England and her allies.
That's the favorite argument
Cheyenne record., 1915-02-04
MISREPRESENTATION
ANSWERED

1t is easy to demonstrate its
absurbity. In the first place
Pr, sident Wilson has shown tina,
re would be about the last man
in public life to enroll this coun-
try in war with England or Mex.
leo or any other nation.
Men in close touch with the
situation do not believe that the
allies would offer serious objec
ton to the purchase of the Ger
man shi IS. bu,. if they did, ther:
a e other SHIPS which could be
procured.
The president is not shooting
in the dark. He knows exactly
what he can do ard he knows
Just how much will be required
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18

to be opened tomorrow"
"Oh, of course that" smiled the
servant, taking the box. Il will place
it with the other gifts. All, Mr.. Mer
wynn" and the servant stepped aside
to admit him.
FOR Miss Worthington," said Mer-
wyn, handing his gift to the other.
His gift was a picture he had painted,
and with it was letter.
Slowly Merwyn descended the steps.
He paused for few moments on the
pavement to take a last look at the
home that held so much for him. A
sinking figure approached him from
the shadows.
Mister" he stammered, I'm poor
and need the gold coin man gave
me for delivering a box to that house
tonight. but"
"Ah, l remember" observed Mer-
wyn, recalling man and circumstance.
"a gold coin is so rare for trifiing
service" resumed the other, that |
was suspicious. Then again | didn't
like the face of the man who gave 1t
to me; | followed him. He met some
others like himself. heard him laugh
over an explosion about midnight"
Great heavens" calculated Mer'
wynn, comprehending, and was up the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18

open in his heart for the first time in
years.
The auctioneer of the occasion be-
gan to sell off what had not been dis
posed Of. He came at last to the big
stocking Someone started bid of
ten dollars. Almost uncOnsciOusly old
Gabriel doubled it. Thirty-forty-
there was zest in helping good pur-
pose. The auctioneer nursed the ex-
element of the bidders.
What a Christmas the money will
make for the poor" he shouted. May
be the stocking isn't half empty
stocking and all there is in 1t goes to
the highest bidder"
Forty sang out the town
banker.
Fifty" nodded old Gabriel, and
Sold" announced the auctioneer,
highly pleased, and then, as everybody,
excited and laughing, surrounded the
fortunate purchaser, there came a tap
from inside the stocking and muffled
voice sounded:
please let me Quits dreadfully
close in here"
AS a section Of the papier mache
contrivance moved apart, revealing
the fisher maiden" of the occasion,
out stepped-Eloise.
Father" she gasped.
He started and quivered. He had
bought "all there was in it," Upon the
impulse of moment hung all the fu-
ture destiny of four souls. He opened
his arms, the tears rushed to his eyes
and Eloise was in his embrace
It was the gossip of all the town how
old Gabriel Monroe met and expanded
the golden opportunity of his life that
Christmas eve.
! 1t was like romance-the faithful
sutton of Eloise telegraphed for, the
! discarded son, mis- wife, sweet little
Dolly, sent for and installed in a home
/ whence want and care were banished.
1t was grandpa" who carried the
/ little one in his arms into the room
where the Christmas tree was all
ablaze and sparkling next morning,
and, sweetest music to his storm.
tossed. but now haven-found soul,
were the rapturous words:
ooh, the beautiful-the beautiful"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
OPEN AIR SCHOOLS
AND RED CROSS SEALS.
institutions Where Children Ara rr..,
Cd and Taught at Same Time

say, teacher, how sick's a Teller got
uer De ter get in this ere omen air
SCHOOL This was a greeting to one
oi the teachers at the Elizabeth Nc.
oormlck Open Air School in Chicago
Tue other day by puny little fellow
VINO mad been envying the sick kiddies
lne good time they were having at
studying working. sleeping and NAV.
ing all in the open air
open air schools to the numhar q,
nearly 500 are now maintained all
over the United States. Some Of Thorn
.nis winter in the northern states will
noid sessions when the Thermometer Ia
down to zero or below. Others will
enjoy the balmy winds of Southern
california, Louisiana or Alabama
In the open air school movement Rod
cross Seals have played and are still
playing an important part The seal
money, through the Anti-Tuberculosis
societies, has been the means for OK.
perimenting and convincing the hard
headed school boards Of the wisdom of
the plan and also for providing food
clothing and special nursing care which
the public funds could not furnish. Red
cross Seals are among the children's
truest friends.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
RED CROSS SEALS
HELP AND PROTECT.
Christmas Messengers Work the Year
Around For Tuberculosis Sufferers.

How Red Cross Christmas Seals not
only bring comfort, but provide safety
and protection for those who haven't
tuberculosis, is illustrated by a story
which reached headquarters today.
working as a compositor In small
newspaper office In an Indiana city.
she fell a victim to tuberculosis through
some ones carelessness. She was only
nineteen and the sole breadwipner for
little family group which consisted
of herself and her grandparents. Her
fellow workers noticed that her cough
became chronic and that day by day
she grew thinner and thinner, but she
never confided her troubles to any one.
She just kept on the job" Through an
unknown channel the Kings Daugh-
tiers learned Of the case, and investiga-
ton proved that the girl slept at night
on a pallet laid on three chairs 80
that she could be near the two old
people whom xha vas supporting.
Physicians pronounced her case hope
less, and she was refused odmittance
to the state serstcrium for early cases
for this reason. she knew little about
the danger Of spreading the disease to
others until recently, but she Is now
being cared for at hcIne through Red
Cross Seal funds and is taking the rec
ognized precautions 10 prevent her in
lection from spreading to OtherA
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
COST OF BOMBSHELLS

Big cost of the shells used in war
fare has astonished many persons
who were unfamiliar with such mat
tiers.
Answering a correspondent who
asked why cheaper shells, made of
cast iron, were not employed, in
preference to expensive steel, the
Engineer. of London, says that,
where shrapnel is concerned, the
number of bullets is reduced because
the walls of the projectile must be
thicker. There is no objection to
high explosive shells which call for
walls thicker than is necessary for
strength, but there is danger of cast
iron shells developing cracks during
manufacture and there would be a
risk of such shells bursting in a
gun.
Another trouble Is that cast iron
shell is liable to be inaccurate in it's
flight The projectile must be in
perfect balance with the walls, not
only the same thickness all around,
but homogeneous. At the high
speed of revolution the slightest diff
ference in weight on one side would
cause irregular shooting
The steel shell is machincd inside
and cut, to insure uniformity, but
| if shell were cast on a core and
the core were not absolutely con-
centric. the center of gravity would
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
The Yuletide Dawn
Blu Victor Radcliffe

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Copyright by Western Newspaper Union)
Joy bells were ringing out upon the
clear, frosty air, but their sweet tin
tinabulations had little of cheer. or
comfort for Gabriel Monroe.
He had made his own life's history,
and this was what made him sOmber
this ideal winters day-the day be-
fore Christmas. Pride had been hum
bled by regret; he was old, wearied,
heartsick. This was his second day
home-if he could call it that-after
q five years sojourn in foreign land.
1t all came back to him now. the
salient appeals to his better soul
pierced the frail armor of the heart he
tried to make iron. He recalled the
hour when his daughter. Eloise, had
come to him with the news that his
son, Gerald, had married against his
wishes. On the moment, Gabriel Mon
roe had disowned him, banished him
from heart and home. In vain had
Eloise pleaded for her brother.
He closed the old mansion at once
announcing that he intended to live
abroad. Eloise declined to go with
him. Gerald was young, inexperi
enced, without resources. Plainly she
recited her duty to her father as she
felt it. She would stay and help Ger
aid become a man.
Since his return, after a lapse dur
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18

i'll and at present had hard time
making ends meet.
But he had turned out to be dill
gent earnest man. The gentle intlr-
ence of loving wife, the sisterly care
of Eloise, had been his at all times.
Eloise, her father heard. was beloved
Of worthy young engineer, at pres
ent at a distance.
Old Gabriel moved about uneasily in
his luxurious armchair. He paced the
apartment for an hour, he tried to
read. His eye caught a notice in the
local paper. There was to be Christ
mas sale at the village hall, he noted,
under the auspices Of ladies' club,
for the benefit Of the poor. Why not
go? Sooner or later he must meet old
acquaintance.
The maddest, merriest Of Christmas
groups throngod the big hall. There
were booths and counters and, near a
bewildering Christmas tree, an i'm
mense papier mache creation in the
form of stocking. Its province simu-
lated fishing well, for near by were
poles and line, and upon payment OF
fee cast over into the top OF the
stocking brought up gift, fastened
on by someone concealed inside.
Old Gabriel made happy score OF
little ones by paying for their fishing
plunge. He bought several trinkets
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18

not lie exactly in the longitudinal
axis Of the shell.
Furthermore, the making of steel
shells has been so perfected that
such shells can be turned out more
qui. ky than those of cast iron of
equal reliability or accuracy. 1t is
said that an 1S-pound she'll can be
completely machined in forty min
utes.-Washington Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
MIqht Have Been Worse.

Romeo Johnson of indianapolis once
gave this explanation of how he came
by his first name: my father was .
great admirer OF classical acting"
said he, land was an especial admirsr
Of Edwin Booth. Shortly before
was born be was In the East and
stayed over a day to see Booth In
Romeo and Juliet The impression
was SO strong that he named me Ro-
meo. It's q good thing that he left
when he did. for the performance the
next night was 'Pygmalion and Ca
latea-'"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18

the table He remembered the shape
and size of the box. His eyes made
out one corresponding to it.
Merwyn gave it fling through the
window, there was flash, and outside
defamation that shook the house.
Some flying object thudded against
his head and he fell to the floor.
1t was Christmas day when he
opened his eyes. He lay upon couch
pulled directly under the chandelier.
Daylight was streaming into the room.
The wrecked window frame was bar
ricaded His head was bandaged, and
seated at little distance was Esther.
"Oh, | am SO glad" she cried as
she noticed that his eyes had opened.
THE surgeon has Just left and papa
he says you saved US all and that you
are a hero, And the beautiful picture
you intended for met was riddled
with window glass, butt found the
letter. Why did you write SO sadly?"
Observation-Disclosures feared to write
all the truth" Merwyn confessed.
THE man who warned you told us
enough to have us guess the truth,
spoke Ethel, confusedly changing the
subject, and then she followed the
glance of Merwyn. His eyes rested
on the mistletoe right over his head.
why this is Christmas morning,
sure enough" fluttered Esther, "and
we are the first
Ethel spoke Merwyn irresistibly,
81 love you."
His arms were lifted towards her
and a world of pleading was in his
longing eyes. She did not hesitate,
Their lips met that strangely beautiful
| Christmas morn-under the mistletoe
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
WeddIp Ring Always Used.

Wedding customs have varied with
changing periods but the wedding ring
form was iron. then, In turn, copper.
brass, leather, sedge and adamant;
and, after this, the precious metals.
The FIRST record OF its use is in Gen.
esis 4. The old Gimmal ring was
cunningly fitted in two sections, SO
that one went to the bride and the
other to the bridegroom: and 1t Ia
often copied for modern st.,.es
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
Under the Mistletoe
Blu N. P. Hedtherington

Copyright by Western Newspaper Union.)
It was an ideal Yuletide. The sweet
notes of church chimes throbbing out
melodiously, Peace on earth, good
will to men, announced it: laughter,
smiles, gay greetings among the
street crowds emphasized it. Two
men going in the same direction,
strangers one to the other, yet oddly
mutually involved in a fateful circum-
stance Of the hour. unconsciously
lessened their gait to catch the final
notes from the distant belfry.
He in advance, swarthy, evil-eyed.
bearing a neatly covered box under
his arm, uttered an ugly, sinister
chuckle.
Before that hour strikes again
this" he Kissed malevolently rather
than uttered, and he tapped the box
and strobe on, grim with some pro-
found purpose,
The man ten PAGES behind him,
young, handsome, neat, but none too
fashionably clad, carried thin. square
package suggesting canvas, for his
was an artists face, and he was an
artist-Chase Merwyn.
Had he spoken his hearts thought
he would have whispered softly:
Before this hour strikes again l
shall have said good-by to all love.
He of the sinister semblance strobe
on and turned into fashionable resi-
dence thoroughfare. Unconsciously
like a shadow. the other kept almost
even pace with him. Under an arc
lamp Chase Merwyn paused to looh
over the package he carried. His OBJ
jective point was mansion. daz
zling place of light and luxury, and
before it the sinister-looking man hat
halted a poorly-dressed fellow strug
Cling along without an overcoat, ant
blue and pinched with the cold
The twain were conversing and the
man with the box handed it to the
other, pointed to the doorway of the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
orIaIn Of the Bicycle.

The modern bicycle seems TO have
had its origin in 1854. P. II. Fischer.
, mechanic Of Schwelnfurt, Germany.
added pedal cranks to the velocipede
Quite Independently Ernest Michaux
hit upon tn, SAFE idea In 1855. Rub
Der tires seem to have been first
ased in 1sss by NJ Thevanon OF Lyons.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
And II She Stands for That!

when l wants to be plumb sadis-
fed in muh mind dat sistah has
done been converted and not dess
merely pollyfoxin' to be poplar" con-
fessed sage old Parson Bagster, Il
takes her husband TO one side and
tells him to let a wet dog into de
parlor de fust time it rains. "-Judge
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-18
Ancient Jokes.

Did a man ever hold stakes" asks
the Atchison Globe. without making
a remark about running away with
the money!" And did one Of the bet
tors. following someone's offer to hold
the stakes, ever fail to counter with
Who'll hold your"