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Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
Gunter To Call Special
Session

There will be a special session
of the legislature in all probabil-
ity if the present plans of Gov.
Gunter are carried cut.
The go lernor shot bombshell
into the midst of the meeting of
the Colorado editors, business and
professional men this morning
when he announced that he in
tends appointing committee of
leading doctors, business men and
lawyers for the purpose Of rec
omending to the Legislature GER
tain needed legislation made nee
essary because of unusual condi-
tons due to the coming of war. ;"
He dis closed the fact that one
OF the chief duties of this COM
mittee will be to solve the prob
lem of how it is best to raise mon
ey for military purposes and init
mated strongly that the proposed
extra session Of the legislature
will occur next September, by
stating the committee report will
be in his hands by that time.
The $l40. 900 voted by the leg
islature for military purposes is
utterly m.dequat. +" said the Gov
ernor. More money must come
from some place if we are to do
the work that the president and
his advisers have laid out for US.
In view of the situation | shall
appoint a committee of.the lead
ing business and professional
men to solve this problem and
others with a view to their lnak-
ing recommendations to the leg
islature as to what measures
should be passed. At the present
time there are three ways in
which the money might be raised
by an income tax or by an inheri
tance tax or Dy a bond issue to be
AIKEN up ay direct tax isioa. It
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

The high school orchestra hs s
been put out of commission by
the members having the measles
This is very much regretted for
their services are SO desirable at
Commencement time.
There are many very sore faces
among the teacher and pupils
who went to Flagler. The sun
bliste..es were so bad that some
of the victims, Were compelled to
leave school for a few days.
Measles have been rampant in
school the past week. the number
of cas- $ being so great that to
enumerate them would BE- great
chronicle of names. There are
more than twenty out Of the
grades and the high school.
By the time this PAPER goes to
press the school year will be prac-
tically closed. Friday afternoon
will he given over to the eighth
grade exercises and the evening
will be The high school comepce-
ment. DR.. Fifer will address
both meetings.
The entertainment that was to
have been given Monday night
by the grades had to be postponed
because of so many pupils out
with the me Asles. This was a
great Disappointment t, the pupils
that had trained SO faithfully for
this, yearly event.
District No. 2 carries off the
palm this year in the eighth
grade as Roy Batschelet of Miss
Robertson's s room was the highest
grade pupil that took the state
eie hth grade examination. Miss
Robertson has every reason to be
proud of this as well as Roy.
The Juniors with the seniors
and the teachers as their guests
left at noon Wednesday for Bran
don lake where they had picnic
tinner. This custom of enter
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
Our Denver Trip.

Last Sunday morning the editor
and son, Harry, left Cheyenne
Wells for Denver. the editor to
attend the meeting of the Editor
ial Association and the Governor
and the son to see the sights in
Denver. We were met at the
depot by our old time friend. w.
H. Fay, former resident Of this
county, and escorted up town,
after brief rest we were then
taken to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Coleman. where a
sumptuous dinner had been pre-
pared by that estimable lady, fer
US, which we heartily enjoyed.
Mr.. Coleman is president of the
Cheyenne Oil Company, which
expects to commence operations
in this county in the near future,
of which we shall probably say
more about in the future. On
Monday we went to the Capitol
and saw a number of our state
officers, after which we at
tended the Editorial meeting as
per the Governors request, an
account of which will be found
in another column of this issue.
After the meeting we strolled
around some and during our pre-
ambles we happened to meet
Miss Nellie Cahili, who has been
in Denver under medical treat
ment for some time, she is get
ting along fine and expects to re-
tnrn home this evening. We are
certainly proud to see her doing
SO well. After taking in the city
we again were invited to partake
of supper with Mr.. and Mrs.
Coleman, which we did, and must
say. it was a repast fit for King
to sit too, which was prepared by
her OWE hands. After social
chat with them for awhile we
were escorted to the depot by w.
H. Fay, arriving here about 8 A.
M. Tuesday morning. So if our
paper is better than common this
week. give our good vile and
daughter, Berdilla, the credit for
they have been running the Office
while we were off on 'bum
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
Beans To The Front.

Pinto beans now seem 20. be
the big factor in making up the
loss in wheat production in Colo.
According to fairly reliable esti-
mates made by the seed COM
mittee of the ways and means
committee at Denver the acreage
devoted to beans in Colorado this
year will reach 125, 900 acres, as
against 38, 900 acres in 1916.
This would make one row of
beans 245. 600 miles long. Somo
beans!
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17

tax" said he. why. I know
one gentleman who has already
dismissed ten servants"
Does he run a boarding house?
Iasked.
''Oa bless you mol" was the re-
sponse. "He's not that kind of
lerson, you know ! Imeant he had
dispensed with ten of the serv-
ants employed about his town
house and his country place. He
felt the necessity for tightening
up, don't you know.
How many servants did he
have left?" I inquired.
"Oh, not more than twenty, or
twent- FIVE at the outside"
well" / said ''any one who
has only" twenty or twenty-five
servants in war time is of course
entitled to our sympathy. but |
do not believe it should release
him from the obligation to pay a
reasonable income tax.
."And, then, did it ever occur.
to you that there are some peo-
pie in this country who never had
servant-no, not even one and
they expect to, do their bit" in
this war-even to making the
supreme sacrifice.
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17

Approximately 26, 900 acres will
be under cultivation in 1917. In
cIuding the branch lines, the
right of way Of the Union Pacific
is almost 370o miles long. and the
right of way acres which will be
used for. the raising of food crops
during the coming summer, if all
in one piece, would make a strip
of land approximately 100 feet
wide and 2200 miles long.
Most of this land has been
leased to the owners of adjoining
farms at normal rental of one
dollar per year. Some of it has
been under cultivation in previ-
Gus years. but the recent appeal
of President Wilson for cooper
alton in increasing the farm yield
of the country has given tremend
Gus impetus to the extended use
of these right -of-way acres.
The figures given ABOVE do not
include small patches that will be
cultivated by the Union Pacific
employees and others with whom
temporary arrangement have
been made and will be made dur
ing the planting season. BY the
time all of these small pieces are
put under cultivation it will prob
ably add several thousand acres
additional to the sum total.
If the other railroads of the
country do as well in proprotion.
it will mean tremendous in
crease in the production of more
food stuffs which is now 50 essen
tial in the world wide struggle to
overcome the destruction being
wrought by German submarines.
The majority of this land is in
the richest agricultural sections
of the states through which the
railroad runs.
1t is scattered along the main
line of the Union Pacifi: in Ne
brask, Kansas. Utah. Wyoming
and COLORADO. and on the branch
lines, esp ciallv in Kansas and
Nebraska.
Not all the right of way of the
Union Pacific is available for
farm purposes. In some plices
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
The Following Are The Eighth
Grade Graduates, Showing The
District And Average Or Each:

Dist. Edith Johanna Funk 90.9
Leila H;ll S9.1
Roy Edward Batschelet SO
Russell Jennings Harmon SS.s
Leon Wray sI.4
, Edward Spencer s6.6
6Orville June Harmon $50
) Charles Kenneth Melton S5.6
s G. Harold Saunders S5.6
Herschel Kenneth MasonS5.4
, Ruth A. Coe S5.f
3George Eugene Ecton S5.j
Cecil Albert cochran s4.4
Robert T.. German s4.2
4 Mollie Mabel Killion s4I
Newton B. Nelson 50.
Alex ArgFt Gillespie 49,!
Blanche Elizabeth Millers3.2
2Jennie Myrtle Delaplain s3.2
. Fred L. Lewis s3.1
Frederick Cecil Williams So.
2James Clifford McCrumb S1.4
}. s Mabel Thompson Sill
3Leah Hazel Clossen sE1
\ 8 William Kennedy sO.8
3 Hcrley Obert Bunch sO.7
Irna Meier s0.7
2Cora T. Hollenbauxh 81 Q
Ray Hull s04
9 Berdilla v. Bogert So
Edith Bjork 0Iz
8 Kenneth Short 90
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17

tanning the seniors mas proven
very pleasant to all concerned and
the juniors this year are trying
to make this trip the best ever.
At the election of high school
directors last Friday, Mr.. G. T.
Pfost was reelected for three
years and Mr.. Frank Williams of
Cheyenne Wells was elected
president. Mr.. McReynolds from
the Kit Carson section was the
third member elected. Mr.. Trum-
Dor and Mrs. Howard were the
retiring members.
The class of II has purchased
a beautiful present for the school
very pretty custom practiced
by nearly all first class schools.
No one has been allowed to see
the purchase as yet, but the class
say that it is beauty and when
the proper time comes all may
see how thoughtful of their alma
mater they have been. The class
of 16 not TO be outdone have sig
nified their desire to purchase a
present which will be installed
later.
Chancellor Buchtel of the Uni
versity of Denver gave the bac.
calaureate address in the hall
Sunday night. There was a large
audience present and all were
very alternative to the stirring
address given by this eloquent
speaker. His theme was the
place Anne lea has occupied in
the world and what her future
course must be. He said the old
world Couldn't appreciate the
fact that America doesn't wish
to steal more territory from her
weaker neig hbors. Other coun-
tries have been formed by tribal
wars, but America was founded
on the principle that all men are
free and equal, that there must be
freedom to own the soil. a free
church and free schools.
The grade and high school or
atoricrl contest held at the Odd
Fellows hall Tue ;day evening
was success from every stane-
poirt. There was a full house
and the young people did their
work in most admirable manner
The contestants from the high
school were: Ethel Shy, Harold !
Melton, Harriette Vaughn, Zelda
Jones. Margaret Long. Those
from the grades were: Newton
Nelson, Blanche Miller. Hazel
Goodnight, Lillian Shy. Herschel
Mason, Ruth Coe. Glenn Hickey,
Mildred Shy. Jennie Delaplain.
Five of these were from the
school in town and four from the
outlaying schools. In the high
school Margaret Long won first
prize of five dollars Zelda Jones
second prize, three dollars; Har-
old Melton third prize, two dol
lars. In the grade contest gold
medals were given. two to the
boys and two to the girls. The
following were the winners: Mil
dred Shy. first; Ruth Coe: second
Newton Nelson, first; Glenn
Hickey, second. Mr.. Gurus of
First View. Miss Hrdsell of Kit
Carson and Mrs. Howard of
Arapahoe were the judges. Mrs
Weir awarded the prizes accord
ing to the decision of the judges |
mnsic was furnish
ed by the Akerly family. by !
Melba Akerly and Genevieve
Wells. Miriam Nye gave a dec
lamation, Ben Hur Chariot |
Race. A chorus of high school
neonle rendered three numbers.
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
Washington Letter
BY Edward Keating

= tt Dy EuWdEd hSbtAhS
Congressman from the thila colorado
District
War is costly business. In
a few hours the other cay, tie
House Of Representatives passed
an appropriation bill providing for
the expenditure of So, 700. 900, 900.
That was the largest appropri-
alton bill ever presented any par
liamentary body in the history of
the World.
1t represented an expenditure
of $27 for every man, woman and
child in the United States.
Some one has figured out that
the average income of the work.
ers of this country is about $500
per annum. If that be true, we
voted away in a few hours as
much as A, 900, 600 American wor-
kers COULD earn in year.
1t was more than Lincoln eA-
pended in any two years of the
Civil War.
And The bill was only the first
of its kind. Others will follow un
til peace comes.
Congressman Meyer London.
Socialist, of New York cast the
only vote recorded against the bill
The Republican and Democratic
members who had voted against
war and against conscriptpn
voted f,r the bill on the theory
that Congress having declared
war and having decided to raise
an army by conscription, it was
our duty to provide the money
needed to make those acts effect
i've.
AMERICAS GREAT NAVY
Readers Of these letters will
perhaps remember that | have
repeatedly stated that the Ameri
can navy was second only to that
of Great Britain and was super
ior to the fleets of Japan. Ger
many and France. The "jingoes"
vehemently desired to knock a
chip of our shoulders.
| have before me a Washington
newspaper containing an inter-
view with the great French ad-
miral, Chocheprat, who is visit
ing this country as one of the
French repablic. He is surely a
competent. and Trustworthy wit
ness and here is what he says:
1.-The United States is in pos
session of the most powerful fleet
in the world, next to the British.
and this is bound to weigh heAvi
lyin fastening the day when fin
alspeace will be wruDg from the
foe"
PRICE OF SUGAR BEETS
Here's an item which should
prove of interest to those Colora-
do farmers who raise sugar beets
The Government of Holland
has fixed a maximum price on
. sugar of 8 81 cents per pound
wholesale and 9 40 cents retail.
These prices include consump-
ton OF excise tax of a 90 cents
per pound. so that ;he net amount
received by the sugar factory is
4.29 cents Eer pound.
In this country the average
price received by the sugar fac
tories is said to I've 8. 40 cents per
pound, and the government does
not collect any excise tax.
In Holland the farmers get
$1O.85 per ton for their beets and
in this country the average is
said to be S. II per to-.
If the sugar factories of Hol-
land can afford to sell their sugar
for 4.@ cents per pound while
paying $40 IS for the beets can't
the American factories afford to
be q little more generous to the
grower?
OBJECTS TO INCOME TAX
A few days ago I net a gentle
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
DIR. LORY EXPLAINS FOOD
CONSERVATION

DR.. Charles. "A. Lory, president
of the state agricultural college,
who attended the food confer
ence held under the direction of
Herbert Hoovec. food dictator,
t I'D Of some of the plans for the
conservation of food explained at
some length the question Of why
congress will not fix a maximum
price on food.
The minute that is DONE" he
said. "the maximum price be-
comes the minimum price and
the people suffer. A plan has
been evolved whereby standard
price will be fixed and the govern
ment will take control if prices
for any one article go to high"
DR.. Lory stated that a number
of the things disclosed at Wash
ington cannot be made public.
but he explained at some length
plans for food control, and crop
production, asking that many of
the details be kept out of the
press for the present.
This country will win this
war;" said he. "But it will take
every man among US in some Co.
pacity and what thar CT pacity is
will be for congress the president
and the governor to decide.
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17

Every indication points to the
largest tourist trave! for Colorado
and the intermountain region for
the 1917 season in the history of
the West. Secretary of the In
terror Franklin K. Lane, under
whose jurisdiction are the nation
al parks of the country. in a state
ment denying reports that the
federal Fairgrounds are to be
closed on the account Of war,
says that the entrance of the
United States into the war will
have no effect upon the western
tourists travel. He predicts that
the-travel to tie mountainous re-
gions of the West will exceed the
previous two years when 400, 900
tourists enjoyed the charms of
western scenic attractions. The
declaration is made that it is of
paramount Importance that the
health OF the nation be conserved
and that there is no better place
that the mountainous resorts to
build up human tissue and human
energy. Secretary Lane calls at
tention to the fact that the con-
ditions for automobiling in the
national parks were never better.
that improved hotel and trans
portation facilities have been pro-
vided, a~,d that many new facill-
ties for the comfort and enjoy
ment of visitors have been pro-
vided.
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
UNION PACIFIC TIME GARD

~ wESTBoUND.
No. 100 Fast Mail 1880 am
- l19 6:35 m
- l67 Jitney s:2 a. IN
EASTBOUND.
90 11l Fast Mail l:S y m
;. 1ss Jitne, $50 p m
:" i02 Mail 8:l0 p. N
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17
will be for these gentlemen to
decide this question and, make
recommendations.
OUTLINES HELP FROM
THE PRESS.

The governor then went into
a number Of questions involving
the ways in which the press of
the state will be asked to help
the state-exacusive in preparation
for the war.
These are string times" said
he. Times when every man
should forget self. ambition,
every thing, and remember only
his country and the Stars and
Stripes Of Old Glory that wave
over it,"
! Among the other speakers were
representatives of the governor
who have been at Washington
attending important conferences
They explained the plans of the
government as fully as they could
for coping with the food situation
selective service, and other pre-
parations for the war. The head
of the committee appointed by
the governor to take charge of
registration for service, explain
ed fully details of the selective
plan and delt extensively with
the fact that it is the idea of the
war department and President
Wilson to rush registration the
very minute congress passes the
act.
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17

the right of way isleased on both
sides of the track. and in others
only one side Of the track is
,nder lease.
The Union Pacific officials an
ticipate that pract,c ally all of this
land will ultimately have to be
used for purely railroad purposes
but until that time comes. it is
intended to encourage the leasing
of it for agricultural purposes to
as lart e an extent as possible.
Especially this is true during the
present war emergency.
Cheyenne record., 1917-05-17

Not all the right of way of the
Union Pacific is available for
farm purposes. In some pllces
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with their efforts assist their by much of their possible
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The Monticellonian., 1917-11-09
Growing a Character.

Character is what you are. Repu- tation is what folks think you are. Sometimes they are so well balanced that you can't tell one from the oth- CT. says Grit. But more often the one is libel on the other. Folks exalt virtues that do not exist and condemn follies that are purely subjective and personal Much depends on who re ports you. Friends are always chari- table and interpret our lives to best ad- vantage. Enemies can see no good in us and report as they see. So repu- tation may tlatter or condemn. Not so with character. This is something beyond external observation. It is the life itself as lived amidst it's motives and obstacles Few people can know its real value. for even you do not all ways know just what you are capable of being until the emergency demands display your worth. What you are in the face of severe testing Is character.
The Monticellonian., 1917-11-09
University Functions.

What is the matter with our univer sites is that all the students are schoolboys, whereas it is of the very essence of university education that they should be men. writes George bernard Shaw. The function of uni versity is not to teach things that can now be taught as well or better by university extension lecturers or by private tutors or modern correspond ence classes with gramophones. We go to them to be socialized to acquire the hall mark of communal training i; to become citizens of the world in- stead of inmates of the enlarged rab- bit hutches we call homes to learn manners and become interchangeable ladies and gentlemen. The social pres sure which effects these changes should be that of persons who have faced the full responsibilities of adults as working members of the general community. not that of barbarous rab- ble of half emancipated schoolboys and unemancipatable pedants.
The Monticellonian., 1917-11-09

About One-eleventh of the area of Africa. some 100000 square miles, still awaits exploration.
 patent has been granted for Il stand on which a wrist watch can be hung to serve aS a clock.
 Rolling a camera film between the hands 10 tighten ii after exposure sometimes generates enough electricity to spoil 1t.
 Scientists in Europe have developed q process whereby Illuminating gas producers can manufacture ammonia by synthesis.
 A simple device has been patented to hold mans trousers up anl his vest down and to keep his shirt from being displaced.
 English experimenters have succeed ed in spinning a textile fiber from a seaweed that grows plentifully in Aus tralian waters.
 Bangor. Me, was visited one night by such flight of moths that the sidewalks in places were covered with them to the depth of an inch.
 A new gas range can be mounted on top of a table or refrigerator and swung upward out of the way when idle.
The Monticellonian., 1917-11-09

WaShngton.-Uncl Sam is rather pleasantly surprised at the way the nation is standing the war tax gnfr. The grouehing, such as there is. has been growled in a minor key. and most of 1t comes from the trouble-makers. the whining racifists, those of sick ly cast of loyalty.
 Nobody really enjoys paying excess taxes, such as three cents postage for letters, extra charge for freight. ex- press and passenger transportation. telephone and telegraph messages and amusements. But all true Americans who realize that the kaiser is 10 blame for the trouble, stand ready and will ing to pay their share of the cost of exterminating the worlds greatest menace.
 By the way, do you know that if you are single and earn more than S1.0O0 yearly. you must pay two per cent tax on what you make over S1 00O. And if you are married, you must pay two per cent on what you make over S2.OO0. The tax for all of 1917 must be paid by June l, 19Is
 All of the new taxes fall upon the average man. They have nothing to do with the transcription of wealth. They are a part of the program of taxation to make each man. woman and child in the United States feel Il direct personal part in the war. They apply to freight, passenger and eN- tat tinn limos Dirlt- man seats and berths, telegraph and telephone messages, insurance pOli- cies, admissions to theaters and movies" and to club dues. The ef- feet of most of them is felt, therefore, in a slight rise in the high cost of living.
 The taxes are expected to net the federal government the following rev. enueS:
 | Freight transportation. ... ST, 100000 Express transportation -. 1o,0oo.0o0 Passenger transportation. 60,0o0.000 Pipe lines es............ 100000 Seats and berthS. ........ 4,OOO,OOO Telegraph and telephone messages .............. i'ooo'ooo Insurance policies ........ 5,0oo.Ooo Club dues " f.500. .U00 Admissions .............. D.oOo.ooo
 The war tax on facilities furnished by public utilities is now levied as follows:
 Three per cent of the amount paid for transportation by rail or water or by any form of mechanical motor pow CT in competition with carriers by rail or water, on freight consigned from one point in the United States to an- other.
 One cent for each twenty cents or fraction charged by express compa- nies for transportation from one point in the United States to another.
 Eight per cent of the amount paid for the transportation of persons by rail or water or by any form of me chanical motor power on a regular established line in competition with common carriers, from one point Ill the United States to any point in the United States, Canada or Mexico where the ticket is issued in the Unit ed States. No tax is imposed on com