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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
PRowERs COUNTY FAIR
Probability That Lamar Elks May
Conduct Fair in Future

The fact that his rapidly growing
business duties make it imossible for
Chas. Maxwell, owner Of the fair
grounds, to spare the time necessary
to run a successful fair, caused him
some months ago to announce that
some different arrangements would
have to be made this year. Since that
time he has considered several plans,
and has at last made a definite prop
osition to the local Elks lodge that
he would deed them his valuable fair
grounds property which has cost over
SIS, 900 if they would agree to run a
first class county fair for a period of
years.
This generous and public spirited
offer is the biggest proposition ever
made in the line OF public donation
here, and if accepted it will be the
same as a public donation because it
will insure a first class county fair
at a minimum cost to the public. 1t
is in keeping with Mr.. Maxwell's past
record as a public spirited citizen and
business man.
The proposition was made at the
lodge meeting on Tuesday evening,
and a committee of ten hustling
members of the order was appointed
to investigate the prospects and make
a definite answer. This committee
has the matter under consideration
and final meeting will be held on
next Tuesday evening at which time
it is generally believed that it will
be accepted and the arrangements
started for this years fair.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
Armory Dances

The NJ. B. H. s. Association are
cutting down "the high cost Of low
ing" by giving series of dances
with an admission Of fifty cents for
gentlemen. Ladies' admitted free. The
armory hall is clean, cool and well
ventilated, with 5000 square feet of
available dancing space, and the floor
is in excellent shape. The program
consists of the one-step, fox trot,
schottische, cake walk, waltz, waltz
hesitation and rye waltzes. The circle
dances have created quite a sensation
and will be made a feature of every
program. Dances will be given every
Wednesday night, except Chautauqua
week, unless there is cause for post
ponement. The price of admission
compares with that charged in the
larger cities and at the summer re-
sorts. A cordial invitation is extend
ed to spectators.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09

The case under discussion was one
similar to hundreds of others that
might be brought. A farm was ruin
ed from the seepage Of the water from
a ditch higher up on the hillside. The
owner of the farm brought suit for
damages. He won in the lower court.
The case was carried to the supreme
court where the judgement was affirm
ed. A rehearing was asked and at the
rehearing a majority of the members
of the supreme court changed their
minds as to what is the law, recalled
the original decision and rendered
another opinion holding that the ditch
company was responsible only for the
damages caused from negligent con-
struction or operation.
There are thousands of acres of
lands in Colorado today that have
been ruined in just the same way. To
say that the owners of those lands can
not recover seems anything but fair.
To say that all ditch companies must
pay for damages that result from
some other cause than negligence also
does not seem fair.
Colorado is still in its infancy. re-
garding the principles of irrigation.
There is a solution to above situation
which must be found or else it will be
impossible to sell good farm lands I'M
der bitches where the ground is sup
posed to be seepy. Possibly the solu-
ton will lie in more perfect system
of applying the water to the ground.
If the state would establish school of
irrigation and really teach our people
how to irrigate it would be one of the
truly great things of this age. If our
people really know how to irrigate ard
preserve every drop of water there
would be no seepage water in many Of
the water logged acres. Water-logged
lands come from over-irrigation or
from not knowing how to flow the
water down the bitches to the bes- ao-
vantage. With that knowledge many
acres of water-logged lands could be
saved. We suspect that the decision
of the court will have the effect of
causing irrigators to begin prepare
ton for the establishment of schools
in which the real principles of irriga-
ton will be taught.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
Memorial Services

Impressive memorial services in re-
membrance of their departed MEM
bers were held yesterday afternoon by
the Ladies' of the Maccabees. Music
and short addresses combined with the
ritualistic ceremonies made up the
program of the afternoon. Four MEM
bers were initiated at the meeting. The
next meeting will be held at the l. o.
o. F. hall June 23d. A musical pro-
gram will be given and light re-
freshments served. All members are
urged to be present.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
Crittenton Shower

The shower given by the Crittenton
Club yesterday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. N. N. Mclean was a splendid
success in every way. The weather
was ideal and about rs ladies called
between three and five O'Clock, each
bringing a daintily wrapped package
containing her gift to the Crittenton
Home in Denver. Many who could
not come sent donations and others
have arrived today and the ladies
now have Al sheets, 3S pairs of pill
low cases and 80 towels which will
be sent to the home soon.
Delicious ice cream and cake were
served throughout the afternoon and
musical selections were rendered by
the Misses Beryl Mclean and Violet
Henkins.
The club very greatly appreciates
the interest manifested and the mem
bers extend their thanks to all those
who SO generously responded.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
LA JUNTA

Summsry-;stolen bases. Lovett. 2.
Pyle. Two base hits. Custer, Bagley.
Lovett, Lomasney. Three base hits. g
Brown Double plays, Littler to Cor
ION to Adams: Goth to c. Brown: C
Brown unassisted. Hit by pitched ball.
Lovett. Sacrifice hits, G. Eberling and
Lomasney. Passed balls, Custer. Struck
out; by LIttler 8. by Goth l. Bases on
pals. by Littler 2. by Goth 2. Umpire,
The Lamar team will present a new
lineup for the Sunday game with
Rocky Ford. Hill and Locke will be
he battery. Fred Littler will play
iirst in place of Custer and Bud Lit
tier will play second. Rocky Ford
IS bringing the college phenom, Nc
Graw, as their pitcher, so a sensation
rional game is promised the fans.
Everybody turn out and root and
help give the team good start.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
For Good Cause

From the Manchester Union.
A man allowed himself to get very
much excited about a letter he had
written to the editor of a newspaper.
He told a friend that he intended to
lick the editor.
"Why?"
well, the other day sent him
letter on public affairs, which | signed
'Honestas.'
Didn't he print it ?"
"Sure, he printed it. But what did
he do but add IS to the signature"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
Valley League Standing

Our baseball team went up to La
Junta last Sunday in a chilly wind
and played a so-called ball game with
Mr.. Goth, the La Junta pitcher. He
is too warm an article for cold wea-
Their to affect, but the Lamar boys
could do nothing on the wet grounds
and with wet balls, so there was moth
ing to the game but a slaughter. 1t
was the worst defeat ever inflicted on
the Lamar league team, the score be-
ing 10 to 2. AS Rocky Ford and Fort
Lyon postponed their games it gives
La Junta a clear lead of one-half game
for first place. The tragic tale is
best told in the box score which fol-
lows:
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
Fairview

The hail damaged, but did not de-
stroy crops in this vicinity.
Horse Creek ran bank full and Clay
Creek overfiowed a little.
Our memorial service was postponed
because of the weather, until Satur-
day right. 1t was enjoyed by good
sized crowd. A paper given by C.
C. Rinard was especially appreciated.
Mrs. Blizzard and children moved
on to their farm.
Forty-one people attended Sunday
School.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
A Scrappy Bell

1t was some scrap the old Liberty
bell started when it first pealed out
its message of freedom to the world,
but it was insignificant compared to
the one it started among Denver Of
ficials when 1t was announced that it
would stop there on its way to the
coast. When Denver can't start a
nasty scrap it will cease to exist, as
that is the chief occupation of its
citizens.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
The Law of Irrigation

The supreme court rendered one
opinion Monday that will be upheld
and criticised more than any opinion
rendered for many day. That opin-
ion held that "the owner of ditch is
not liable for damages as the result of
water seeping therefrom unless it ap-
pears that such seepage was caused by
negligent construction or operation OF
the ditch"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09

yield to your desire only because /
must and wish to bid you godspeed in
the parting. We shall continue to
work for the same causes even when
we do not work in the same way. With
affectionate regard, sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
Washington, June 8, 1915.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
HAVE A HEART

Rude Rail Readers Murder Modest
Milk Maids
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
FOR SALE

High Grade Goose Eggs
can be secured from L. Writ
Markham.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1915-06-09
BRYAN RESIGNS
Great Democratic Leader Retires tC
Avoid Embarrassing the
President

Owing to differences of opinion over
the Lusitania question and other mat
tiers of our foreign relations, Secretary
of State William Jennings Bryan on
Tuesday rendered his resignation to
take eject when the note to Germany
was dispatched. The resignation was
at once accepted.
Secretary Bryan has been one Of
the foremost advocates of peace at any
price, and was evidently sincere as he
followed that course when he knew il
was unpopular and meant loss of his
prominent official position as the sec
ond head of the administration. As
the note to which he objected is not
yet public his position is not So well
understood as it will be when the whole
question is made public. 1t is unfor-
tunate that a difference of opinion
should divide the administration in a
crisis like this, but both the president
and secretary seem to be actuated by
the most conscientious and honorable
convictions.
L ne correspondence 1OlloWb.
Bryan's Resignation
My Dear Mr.. President: 1t is with
sincere regret that have reached the
conclusion that l should return to you
the commission Of secretary of state,
with which you honored me at the
beginning of your administration.
Obedience to your sense of duty and
actuated by the highest motives, you
have prepared for transmission to the
German government a note in which
cannot join without violating what
deem to be an obligation to my coun-
try and the issue involved is of such
moment that to remain a member of
the cabinet would be as unfair to you
as it would be to the cause which is
nearest my heart, namely: the pre-
vention Of war.
therefore respectfully tender my
resignation, to take effect when the
note is sent, unless you prefer an ear
lier hour. Alike DESTROYS of reaching
a peaceful solution of the problems
arising out of the use of submarines
against merchantmen, we find our
selves differing irreconcilably as to
the methods which should be employ
ed.
1t falls to your lot to speak Off
cially for the nation; l consider it
to be none the less my duty to en-
deavor as a private citizen to promote
the end which you have in view by
means which you do not feel at liberty
to use.
In severing the intimate and pleas
ant relations which have existed be-
tween us during the past two years,
permit me to acknowledge the pro-
found satisfaction winch it has given
me to be associated with you in the
important work which has come be-
fore the state department, and to
thank you for the courtesies extended.
With the heartiest good wishes
for your personal welfare and for the
success of your administration, am,
my dear Mr.. President, very truly
yours, w. J. BRYAN.
Washington, June 8, 1915.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
CITY OF NAPLES.
1t Is Macon, Mo-, and the Stranger
Invariably Notices the Trees.


The stranger in Macon, Mo-, invar-
iably notes the large number of mag
nificent shade trees that border the
streets of the town. The place has
come to be known as '"The City Of
Naples" and the inhabitants take
pleasure in telling of how these fine
trees were acquired. In 1872 John W.
Beaumont, a real estate man, went
broke" and could not pay his taxes,
which amounted to SIG. He offered
the city council in lieu Of the cash
10000 young maple trees, from one
to two inches in diameter, all ready
to set out It was that or nothing, so
the council took the trees. By public
proclamation the Mayor fixed an
"arbor day." and everybody who
would agree to set them out and care
for them received from six to ten
trees. At that time the town was al
most bare of trees of every kind. AL
most in a day Mr. Beaumonts legal
tender for taxes was in the hands OF
the inhabitants, and they so faith
fully carried out the mayors in
junction that today there is hardly a
street in town which is not beauti-
fully shaded by thick leaved trees,
suggesting town in the tropics.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Brain Growth.

The brain usually stops growing at
about fifty, and from sixty to seventy
it is more likely to decrease 1t has
been related by Canon MacColl that
Mr.. Gladstone's head was constantly
outgrowing mis- hats. AS late as the
Midlothian campaign, when he was
nearly seventy, he was obliged to
have his head remeasnred for this
reason. Canon MacColl's conclusion
that this continual growth of brain
contributed to Mr.. Gladstones per-
ennial youthfulness appears not un-
ted.--Spectator
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Love of the Sea.

1t is most reasonable to assume that
the maritime Importance of such
countries as Great Britain and the
United States is due in large meas
ure to the intense interest evinced
by the people OF those countries in
everything relating to nautical affairs.
The sea has a special attraction for
them, and that attraction manifests
itself not only in their naval and mer-
camille fleets, but also in the passion
ate devotion with which they enter
all forms of sport and pastime on toe
high seas.-Hindu, Madras.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
NOTICE FOR POSTING
AND PUBLISHING

United States Land Office,
Phoenix, Arizona, May Is, 1915.
Serial No. O27485
Notice is hereby given that the
SANTA FE PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD COMPANY, by Howell
Jones, it's Land Commissioner, has
this day filed in this office its ap-
plication, serial No. 027485, to
select under the provisions of the
Act of Congress approved March
A, 1913, (37 Stat, 1007), the fol
lowing described lands, to wit:
GILA AND SALT RIVER
MERIDIAN N-ARIZONA:
The Southwest quarter of
section twenty-six in township
eighteen North of range twelve
East.
The East half of the Southwest
quarter and the West half Of the
Southeast quarter of section
twenty-five in township seven
teen North of range twelve
East.
The Northeast quarter of
section thirty in township twenty
eight North of range one East.
The Northeast quarter of
section ten in township twenty
four North of range three West.
Any and al! persons claiming
adversely the lands described, or
desiring to object because of the
mineral CT racter of the land, or
for any other reason, to the dis
posal to applicant, should file
their affidavits of protest in this
office on or before the "a day of
August, 1915.
Thomas F. Weedin,
Register.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Snail Earminu.

France is perhaps the premier snail
producing nation, although Austria,
Bavaria, and Switzerland have thous-
ands of snail farms, where the famous
escagots are raised and fattened on
vine leaves. lie demand for snails
in France is far too great for the sup
ply to be left to chance, and thus 1t
comes about that snail farming is an
important industry. San
Francisco.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Italian Diet.

The low resisting power of the Ital-
Ian even among the more favored
classes, to the assaults of disease has
long been ascribed to the profession
of the well-nigh farinaceous and leg
luminous fare on which he subsists-
the call on the heart in the later
stages of pneumonia, for example, too
often finding inadequate response
from the defect of the muscle-forming
constituents in the diet of the patti
ent.-Lancet
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
HouSakeepinu.

1t is generally assumed by one class
of the up-to-date that, to be thorough
ly domesticated, woman must be
proportionately stupid. Nothing OF
the sort! Why, the housekeeping
of today involves mental gymnastics
before which the tricks of the trade in
diabolists pale.-Lady Phyllis in the
London Bystander.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
The Blind.

The blind are a peaceable people
who do not cause themselves to be
much talked ABOUT That is no reas-
on why we should forget them. The
efforts Of their teachers at the Ham
burg congress to utilize the fruits OF
their common experience are infinite
ly praiseworthy-Le Petit Parisen.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23

MARIA EDGEWORTH was cele-
brated Irish novelist, born in 1866.
Sir Walter Scott, with whom she en-
ioyed closest friendship, has acknow-
lodged that to her descriptions Of Irish
character and manners we are indebt-
ed for THE WAVERLY NOVELS.
The rich humor, pathetic tenderness
and admirable tact" of her Irish de-
tineations. he declared, led him first
to think that something might be at
tempted for his own country of the
same kind.
In private life Miss Edgeworth was
highly beloved and respected by all
who knew her; and in her intercourse
with society she was most unaffected
and agreeable. Blu, she had long ceas-
ed to take an active part in life or in
the world of literature, of which she
was once so bright an ornament, her
last. years being pass in tran
guilty at the family seat in Edge
worth's town. She died in 1849.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Fascination of London.

London acts on the dweller in 1t as.
the sound of bugle does on the war
horse. Having once heard it he longs
broken in hope and spirit that the
Londoner desires to permanently fee
from town.-London Opinion.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Stranue Uses.

Old Surrey Chapel, Blackfrairs road
of which Rowland Hill was the first
minister, is a motor garage; the Pri-
ory church at Chichester, a cricket
pavilion; Trinity Congregational
Chapel, Hackney, may become fac
tory and Exeter Hall is run by firm
of caterers.-Sunday Strand.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Gas VS.. Electricitv.

A Dublin electric lamp company
claims that electricity is the safest,
the cheapest, and the most artistic OF
all illuminants. Unfortunately, the
facts are against all three claims
Gas World.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
Sne Could Subtract

Little Marjorie was telling about her
number work at the family dinner
table and papa wanted to test her mild
Iy.
"Can you add small sums, girlie?"
"Yes, papa"
"And can you subtract, too?"
Take one number from another?
es, papa"
That's nice dear. Now, let me hear
rou do it. Supposing there were four
les On a table and I killed one, how
many would be left?"
"One," was the proud and sparkling
nswer. "The dead one"
But women with the weeping habit
rant keen their DOWdpr drY
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
NAVAJO APACHE BANK
AND TRUST CO.
PRESERVE YOUR EYES

DR.. j E Ward, of Los Angeles,
renders every service that scien-
ce and skill devise to relieve
painful, lost or failing vision. All
work guaranteed. Visits Wins
low every three months. Watch
for the date and wait for him.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23

The printing trade in Canada en-
plays almost 10000 people at an an
bual wage list Of $5,540,oS9.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23

There are two women undertakers
in Oakland, Cal, while another Is an
articulator of skeletons.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23
BEHIND This BANK

is a service that is prompt and
sure, fair in its dealings, keen to
earn the needs of it's customers
and egar to make it's interests
their own. We have every de-
partment known to banking, and
our full reasources of experience
and equipment are at your dis
posal. We solicit your patron
age on the broad ground of des-
erving it.
The Winslow mail., 1915-07-23

But women with the weeping habit
can't keep their powder dry.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-08-25

dence in their future actions. A tar
if commission created by them would
be formed for the purpose OF defeat
ing rather than establishing protection
to American labor and capital.
The democratic party, both in its
platform and it's performances, is
against either protection or tariff
commission. The republican party
has always stood for protection and in
the tariff act of 1909 made an initial
step in the direction of tariff COM
mission by creating tariff board
which the democratic party discon-
tinued.
x There IS need for tariff commits
sion a. 4 hoard of intelligent ascer-
tainment. but not clothed with such
powers as may hamper, retar.l and
destroy seneral business in this .coun-
try. The members of such commits
sion should be subservient to the pres
idlent or any other one man. The
commission should not have power
which could be used to favor one sec
ton of the country or to reward
friends or punish enemies. The pow
ers of the board should be definitely
prescribed and it should submit its
reports to congress and through con-
gress to the people OF the country.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-08-25
Out for Kuehnie.

Why would not Mr.. Kuehnle make a
good compromise candidate? He is not
very wet and not very dry; not very
conservative and not very radical;
not very German and not very Eng
lish; not very warlike and not very
much coward; not, crazy for high
tariff and not much OF low tariif
man; not very young and not very
old; not very rich and not 50 aWfully
poor He il q German. yci ready at
all times 70 tell you that America is
4. GOOD enough country for him past,
bresent and fuure. He came to Craw'
|.toIU county a poor boy, with nothing
hut his two hands and level head
Tor sets, and he has risen to high
.Jlace. He is "a graduate ofAlowa uni
varsity, and Il. post graduate or the
great school of get-there. If the party
and the people are casting about for
a good man on whom to compromise
their differences, then we present Mr.
Kuehnle for the place. Otherwise we
are for Cosson, because DE u a doel
OF Ahings.-Charter Oak Wines.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1915-08-25
1.-TWO SOULS WITH But A SINGLE
THOUGHT"

"Mr. Carranza and the persons who
cooperate with him are of the pro-
found conviction that if the American
government would know the true sit
uation in Mexico it would understand
that the only possible, just and ac-
ceptable solution would be to leave
the revolution to follow its natural
course until the complete victory OF
the party representing greater neces-
stiles and popularity. "--CarranZa's
note to the Latin American confer
ence.,
Il hold it as q fundamental ,princi-
pie, and SO do you, that every people
has the right to determine its own
form of government. and 80 per cent
of the people OF Mexico never had a
look in in determining who should
be their governor or what their gov
eminent should be. 1t is none OF my
business, and it is none OF your bust
ness, how long they take in determin-
ing it. 1t Is none OF my business, and
it is none Of yours, how they go about
the business. The country is theirs.
The government is theirs. The liberty,
If they can get it-and God speed
them in getting it's theirs. And so
far as my influence goes, while | am
president nobody shall interfere with
them. Have not European nations
taken as long as they wanted and split
as much blood as they pleased in set
Ting their affairs? And shall xe-1eny
that to Mexico because she is weak ?
No, / Woodrow Wilson's speech
at Indianapolis.