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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-05-10

H. II. Mcdowell, I. hne glrl.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Eau
rote on last Saturday, bouncing boy.
MIR. and Mrs. Geo. w Nolan left
yesterday for a short visit to the state
capital.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. sayler visited
Two Buttes last Saturday returning
Sunday evening.
fine new daughter arrived on Sun
day afternoon at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Jesse Rose.
c. L. McKitrick, proprietor Of the
Savoy hotel, left yesterday for visit
to Colorado Springs.
Fred Lee spent several days the
first Of the week in Denver booking
attractions for the opera house.
II. A. Long, the hustling Eads land
agent, came over Monday with party
OF settlers looking for location.
Attorney Chas. L. Doughty came up
from Springfield on Saturday and Wis
tied with home folks over Sunday.
Chas. Gamble, the hustling news
paper man of Wiley, was county
seat visitor the first Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Church were
called to Missouri this week owing to
the death Of Mrs. Church's sister
there.
Nessrs. A. n Parrish, J. S. Hasty'
and Ray Strain attended the meet
ing Of the valley ditch association AT
La Junta yesterday.
Messrs. B. B. Brown and J. II.
Thatcher of Pueblo, and w. l. Nor
ris Of the Holly National Bank visit
ed Lamar yesterday.
Edward Stream Of Hastings visited
over Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. o. Stream. He is mana
ger Of the Victor-American Coal 60.
store at Hastings.
DIR. G. NJ. Anderson has rented
the DR.. Snyder residence on South
Main street and vii shortly occupy 1t
with his family, who will soon move
here from Denver.
At the regular conclave Of Malta
Commandery No 80, Knights Templar
on Tuesday evening the X. T. De-
gree was conferred on Leslie l.. Earis
and John Y. Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Booton and Mrs.
Balm left the first of the week by auto
for Colorado Springs and will take
in Denver and number of the states
scenic attractions before returning.
B. F. Harper, the hustling land
agent, yesterday sold the So of IL
24-47 to ]. T. Claybrook of Gray,
Oklahoma. Mr.. Claybrook expects to
move to the land at once and begin
farming operations.
DR.. G. NJ Anderson was called to
Missouri last week by the death of
Mrs. Anderson's father. He returned
the first Of the week accompanied by
his wife who visited day with him
here before returning to Denver.
Married-At the Baptist parsonage
on Wednesday of this week, Mr.. Rob
ert L. Moore and Miss Ellen Sandy
of Little Rock, Arkansas, Rev. T. F.
Kelly officiating. The groom is one
of the substantial new settlers on
Cat creek southwest of Lamar, and in
the short time he has lived in this
county has made many friends whose
hearty congratulations and best
wishes are extended to the happy
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-05-10
For Sale

Imported Belgian Stallion, years
old, weight about 1900 lbs. One Jack,
4 years old.
A. N. PARRISH,
Lamar, Colo.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1916-05-10

We have a fine farm near Dodge
City to trade for Colorado dry land
ranch Milli<an & Turner Dodge City,
Kansas.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
Opportunity Still
 Knocks Among Us

asions and nuthng but the verry top is going to suit him. he must burn the midnite oil while uthers sleep and make himself absoooty air tte in his preparsions for the struggle he has undertaken. Now and then we read ill the papers about peTsun who has at tained faim and in grand eep, but it s rare indeed. Also in the papers and at the moving picture shows is about the only phase do it. Theere is accounted and fully set forth for the benneft of the plain peepul the thousends and thou sends of persuns who start out with this gennerel idear in who make dark brunette fizzle of it. and mostly all becawse they air trying all the time to jump rite the heds of hundreds of peepul who know than they do. and air not contint with doing whateI> is before them and doing it in the manner it should be dun
 Therefore, whatever you have to do, do it just it ought to be dun and eeve the rest to the future If you air going to becum doctur deteimin that you will be the verry best doctur in the community establish such reputasion that for miles around would be willing to dye unless he did under your care. If you air going to be lawyer, be good lawyer-thatll be faim enuff for you. Ennythng you do do it big scale-don't be a piker the country is with pikers now--theere is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

quick that in this day and time to succeed must furst Tern to be thorough The old style half baked way of doing things in this country is gone-what the public wants now is not only sumone to do it. but sumone to do it rite It should be considered bigger success in this life if persun erns to cessfully ween amfibious yung calf frum the par rent stem than to becum the gin rckey soked hus- band of the leeding lady of one-nite stand show
 So far as I am consumed had rather be known in the community who had successfully rastled with nature and brought forth good crop frum muther earth defying the festive bool weevil and the insdius cut wurm, than to spend limnited period in riding in a sixsyllender runabout cashier of the Nth missioner bank and in the end spend my time in lodging detecatives and uher gurms in the wilds of the Cannadien woods It is far bettur my yung trends to live the honnes life of plumber ing slowly but surely in the esteem of everyone in the nayborhood eXsept those for whom you work than to halfway munkey with things scyentiffic and perhaps discuvver grate boon to sosiety which upon investigasion turns out to have been discuv- vered by sum uther persun long before you wnt into the discuvvery bzness
 It is allie to have ambison and to seek afur grate things, but if is deturmined to have high asper
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

way Theere air oceans of peepul in this country now who air filling phases in the nches of commerce and syense and the professions in heere poor blind way becawse theere happens to be no one else who can do it betur Theere air of peepul getting by on bluff pure and simple theere is plenty of opportunity left in this country for enny hefty per
 sun who can present strong line of goods. Theere air occupying big phases and pulling down large hunks of the needful in this grate land of ours who rattle round in theere seets like a livver pill in a furniture car waiting for persun to show up who can take up moor room. It is quite trew that the duties of the man who succeeds air becumming moor and moor exacting time goes by, but at the same time oppertunny for preparasion for sed duties air likewise increasing. One grate trubble with the rs- ing gennerasions and that throws an opaque gloom ovver the future for menny of them is, that they want to start rite in at the top work theere way up The average college graduate believes that ennything short of president of trunk line the he'd of law furm would be sevverel lengths be- low his dignity and unless he step rite into
 thing of that kind he prefers to stick around home livvng on 10 or 1J sents day and his relatives
 The big essun for yung folks to Tern and Tern
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

that Cordova is right on the Pacifc ocean, and the ships call there every week the year round.
 A Chicago man recently said to an Alaskan, who was telling stories about his country: T can believe everything but what you say about the mosquitoes. There can be no mosquitoes in a land where there is so much ice and snow" Any one who has travelled in Alaska in summer knows that the country nbounds in mosquitoes, and that at t.naa4 it Is impossible to go anywhere in ti.A Foods without every bit of ones skin it pro- tected.
 Most of the summer tourists who como to Alaska bring a great supply of un- necessary clothing. They load up with furs and overcoats, only to find that the interior of the country is roasting, and that the children are going about with tare feet. A party which went down the Yukon this season had nothing but heavy Hoolens along. This steamer ran aground or one of the islands and they were stranded for five days with the thermome. ter at 90 degrees in the shade .
 The same ignorance prevails as to tLe food of the country. The multimillionsire president of a gold dredging company of the Klondike brought load of fresh meats and vegetables with him to Dswson for fear he would suffer. When he got there he found at the hotel everything he had on his ship.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

be no profit in the subway and "I.y lines
 Never hoped for such a thing any, how. personally. However, if one cared to do so, he could ride all day on tho subway here, for cents. He could go back and forth on the same train, or skip train or so for the sake of see ing new subway guards but after he pays one fare to procure access to tho tracks, he is never molested again. and can ride until he dies of old age, If he so desires.
 Splash Week begins here next Mon- day at the Manhattan public baths. During the week there will be swim ming races, diving contests, water polo. etc, With the most expert girl swim mers of New York city as contestants. There will also be special stunts by the Girls Municipal Swimming class. Beach restrictions as to the character of bathing suits will not be observed.
 All of you ham lovers"-and your name in legion. with the female in the majority-may feel glad to know that your actor idols are going to toe the military mark nicely--so it is rumored. Mortimer kaphan. a Dickens imperson- ator, is organizing a troop of actors to offer their services in Mexico-not on the stage, but at the front of the battle line. Headquarters are at 1947 Broad- way-if you care to enlist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
News as Wrote

From the New York Post Magazine
 The Associated Press sells to papers in the Territory of Alaska what is called a pony" service. Every night message of few thousand words. touching the striking events of the day is telegraphed north over the fed- eral cable. The men who receive this skeleton news expand it just as far as their Knowledge of events will permit. and often a little farther
 Last winter a dispatch from Chica go announced the death of an aged and notorious Indian chief Ogalalla Fire a companion of Sitting Bull during that gentleman's career
 The correspondent of the Associated Press at Seattle. who condenses the days news for the Alaska papers, cabled to his patrons in the north: "Chica go-Chief Ogalalla Fire dead, ST. Fought with Sitting Bull"
 A newspaper of southeastern Alaska printed on its front page next morning the following dispatch"
 5g ''Chicago.-O. Galalla. for many years head of Chicago's fire department, died at his home here today. aged 97 in his earlier days Fire Chief Galalla saw military service during the Indian wars and took a prominent part in the cam paign against Sitting Bull. No funeral arrangements have been announced"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
THE FOURTH OF JULY IN ALASKA

prize of g, and boys under years for a, prize of $1.50. The 100-yard dash for men and boys had prizes from s7.5O to $l0 There was a 50-yard dash for girls of from P to fl and another for younger girls ranging down to those under s years, the prizes being from s1.5o to s. The rope climbing contest was open to all. as was also the pole vault. The wheel barrow race was limited to men of over 150 pounds weight, and the first man in received a prize of SIP. There were four entries for the angleworm race, and it's prize was $10.
 And then there were bicycle races of various distances for men, boys and girls and swimming races of 1O0 yards with prizes of from s1o to $2o.
 On the second day the ladies were among the runners. There were obstacle races for boys and girls, egg and spoon races for girls under II. and a potato race for boys under r. There was a pie eating contest for boys, and a dough- nut eating contest for girls, the prize in each case being S2.5O for the one who ate fastest and most. Another feature was sack race for boys under F, and an- other three-legged race, in which each
 
 one leg each tied to leg of the other
 Among the evening events-it is as light as day up to midnight the Fourth of July everywhere in Alaska-there were ladies races, ladies nail driving con test and a tug-of-war. The amount of prizes given in this way was more than 5000, and it was contributed by the cti- zens, all of whom went out in force to the sports
 The Fourth of July came on Sunday last year. It was celebrated at Juneau that Juneau and Treadwell teams at the Ju- neau Recreation park. The diamond there day by a baseball game between the has been cut out built upon gravel which was formerly placer mine, and I doubt not the dust raised had still a sprinkling of gold in it. The Treadwell ball park is made up of the tailings that have come from the great mines which have already produced more than ESQ., Oo0000 worth of gold These tailings have been run down into the channel and have built up on it's shore an area large enough for the game The purse con tested for at Juneau was S25O
 On Monday, July 5 the day opened with an industrial parade, with prizes for the best decorated floats and in the after noon there were races like those at Fair banks. The prizes were about the same, ranging from $2 to S15, and every one was expected to compete One of the events was the climbing of a creased pole, the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

to be, and it is not for visitors to spend a night or week in.
 Yes, Manhattan is having it's little war, and this is one in which the millionaires seem to have met their match Strive as they Will, they cannot keep the trade in terests from progressing right up their own, dear little avenue. But, the trouble probably lies in the way in which the trade interests attack-they know where lies the greatest weakness of the "mul- tis,' and they strike him there "Envir- onment is great thing, and all that no doubt but think, man. Much more money can be made off that property if-etc."
 There has been new note on Broad way and the avenue recently. It was the note of the bugle. During mobilization, and as the troops marched from their various armories to entrain, it seemed as if the grand old pleasure loving thor oughfare, as well as the street of wealth, were both looking at life from differ ent angle. The boys were given cheers. kisses, hand clasps. flags, smiles and even tears, as they left for the borders of Mexico.
 A brave enough lot they seemed, as they HidrSheu away singing, 'It long way to get Carranza," but one who know something of southern climate. could not but wonder how they would appear upon their return, whether they stopped any "greaser' bullets or not
 The guardsmen of the southern states in all probability. will suffer less than these boys from the colder cline. They have not felt one da, or extreme heat this summer-or they had not before they left NoW York a nf Texas and Mexico will no doubt be as hard for them to fight as the Carranzistas themselves. E
 After the war with Srain, many of the New York troops returned to their homes so ema hal theiI hest friends could
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

and the voyage is as long as from New York to Liverpool, and the steamers go once month.
 Our people cannot appreciate the dis tances in Alaska. By the ordinary summer route, it is from 1900 70 c000 miles from Juneau to Fairbanks. Never theless, merchant of the latter towr told me he had just received a letter from a Boston firm, saying that they had drawn upon him through a banking establishment at Juneau.
 Another man in the party described the troubles he had had in the pur- chase of well known dictionary con- sisting of 10 or Il volumes. This dic- tionary has been extensively advertised in the magazines. The man sent the money and asked that the books be d j. livered al Fairbanks. It was d month or more before he received a reply, when a letter came saying that the books had been shipped him from their Canadian branch, the company evident ly thinking that Fairbanks was in Canada. The result was that the books were held at the international boundary for duty and they have not yet been delivered.
 
 time of the boundary dispute between the United States and Canada. The sub- ject came up in Congress. when one senator asked for more information about the Lynn canal. He wanted to know when it was dug and who dug it." When it is remembered that the Lynn canal is one of the great fiords of the North American continent, and that it was plowed out by nature in the prehistoric past. the fund of informs- tion of the auestioner can be appre- ciated
 Along the same line of ignoran"e was a letter received at Juneau from q Philadelphia merchant in response to an order for certain goods to be sent C. O. D. The letter stated that the Philadelphia firm could not send goods c. O. D. to foreign countries.
 are those which relate to the climate of Alaska. which is different in different sections of the country. One of the chief merchants of Cordova told me how he once ordered some woolen goods from a Minnesota mill through an agent at Seattle. The goods should have arrived within 30 days Upon their failure to come, the agent wrote the Minnesota firm and received the reply that the or der had not been filled. as navigation was already closed and there vas nc use in making any shipment to Alaska at that time of the year. The truth is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

August Heckscher bought the lot from Harry Payne Whitney for business pur- poses. A business building now stands there.
 An art store now stands upon the site that was once occupied by the home of Edwin Gould, on the northwest corner of Fifty-sixth street and the avenue. Oppo- site the mansion of Mrs. Alice Wander bilt between F'ifty-seventh and Fifty eighth streets, only one of the famous old Mason-J ones houses stands as it was built, 10 years ago. This one is oppo- site the Huntington home and was oc- cupied for some years by Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs. The others have all been re- modelled for business enterprises, though a bachelors apartment has been erected where one of these houses once stood.
 The latest thing to go over to com merce is one of Baron William Waldorf Astors most valuable realty holdings in Manhattan, the northeast corner of Fifty-sixth street and the avenue. 21- year lease on this property has just been obtained for $2000,O00 by a syndicate in which the Guggenheims are said to be interested. On the site a modern $2, 000.000 hotel will be erected.
 There are five residences on the Astor corner and when they were built they were among the finest dwelling houses. in one of the choicest residence sections of Fifth avenue. Before his departure for Germany. one of these houses was occupied by Ambassador Gerard. and the corner house has recently been under lease to Mrs. Nelson Aldrich widow of Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island.
 These are some of the indications that commerce is winning out over the old timers with their millions. Of course, the upper avenue is still more or less intact--that is, along the row and op- posite the west side of Central park. However, there was a day not so long gone when point much further south
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02
UP AND DOWN BROADWAY-By Allen Griffin Johnson

him, since he has lately filed plans for the erection of a business building on the site of the Webb house. One would hardly dare say that after making so good fight to keep the trade inter- ests out, he had been brought around to see the matter from their standpoint One would hardly dare say it because it is evident that only one thing could possibly have accomplished this change of heart"-greed for more money.
 True, the Vanderbilt homes at Fifty first street and the avenue, remain And there also is seen an interesting differ ence; instead of selling out to trade in- terests. the home of Cornelius Vanderbilt is even now remodeled, if it has not been very recently completed, at a cost of $2000OO. This house became the prop erty of Cornelius Vanderbilt upon the death of his uncle, George Vanderbilt whose home it used to be-
 But the Vanderbilt homes-twins, they i.ave always been called-are the excep- tons, not the rule, below the southern boundary of Central park. Opposite the Astor corner at Fifty-sixth street was the old Woodbury G.. Langdon home. which has been occupied by the Langdon hotel for about three years. The Lang don represents one of the trade interest victories. and following it. have come other smaller encroachments until, to- day, the rest of the block is entirely given over to commercial buildings.
 In Fifty-seventh street there is ample evidence that commerce is winning cut over all that resists it's progress. And one hardly knows whether to cheer for progress or sigh for the passing of an environment which had much to do with making Fifth avenue the famous thor oughfare it is today.
 The Whitney mansion. which occupied the southwest corner of Fifty-seventh street. was razed three years ago. when
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-02

hardly recognize them and they are go- Ing to be up against the same proposition during this trouble. And in the distribu- ton of the general glory that is bound to follow the conclusion of the hostili- ues' one should remember this. and give the cold climate troops credit for a dou- ble hardship.
 We are requested to celebrate the Fourth of July here by hanging out flags, as usual. but we are also asked to keep them out at night. and to il- illuminate them wherever possible The regular flag in electric lights is not so inspiring as the natural Tapping of the flag itself when illuminated by cleo tricity, and New York city will no doubt present very attractive appearance on the night of the glorious, for New fork loves decorating. and there is more general cooperation along that line here than in any city have known
 new building in New York city. called the Godfrey, on Seventh avenue. north Of Times Square, is one of the most unique in the country. It is for moving picture interests solely and .he inaJorltS ol the Hlms you witness daily have been in that building before you beheld them. It is the most fire proof building in the world it is claimed, and has lots of room wherein pictures are displayed to prospective purchasers, etc. It is really the very heart of the moving picture business in New York.
 It has been discovered that the h. terhOrOnoh Ranid Ira cit makes profit of 2.91 cents per passen- ger. The company has also admitted that the desire to provide seats for all pas sengers must end in an idle dream. They frankly state that if each passenger were provided with seat there would