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The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-06
U s, DESTROYER MAKES RECORD
 RUN FROM SEAS
Takes Fourteen Days to Reach the Atlantic . from the Pacific
 Coast.

WASHINGTON, July 6.-The de- stroyer Shaw has completed rec ord from 8 Pacific coast port to an Atlantic port, approximately 5.S58 miles, in IA days, 10 hours and 20 minutes.
 The Shaw is new destroyer, whose keel was laid in February, 1916
 Besides making a record run the vessel also broke all records in pass ing through the Panama Canal, re- quiring only hours and 45 min utes, as compared with the previous test of hours and 20 minutes.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-06
WE ALL HAVE MONEY

WASHINGTON, July 6.-It was an nounced today that the circulation of money in the United States was $4S per capita.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-06
Sickness in Army

LONDON, July 6.-The British ar my in Egypt reported today thirteen enemy guns put out of action in June. Many gun emplacements were destroyed. The sickness in the army is greatly reduced.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-06
National Misunderstanding

American Heiress-How do you like my new gown?
 English friend-It's ripping. American NHeiress-Oh, whereo -- (Exchange.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-06

Old papers for saie at The Empire ofnce. Second and Main streets.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-06

THE EMPIRES classineds pay.
The Alaska daily empire., 1917-07-06
Towels, Special, 35c

A Turkish towel, in pink and blue stripes, or plaids. Used considerably for crochet -edges to match. A good size and quality towel, and sold at 65c regular.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
Going Up

War prices seem to be the rule all
along the line. Wheat is now over the
50 per bushel mark, corn S1.50 and
all other grains in proportion. Alfal-
ia has hit the ceiling, hogs passed
the SIG line in Denver this week and
lambs got above SIS at Kansas City.
There should be no trouble in view of
these remarkable figures to induce
all owners of land to plant every
available foot in some kind of crop
this season and all stockmen to use
every effort to feed for market as
many meat animals as possible. No
such opportunity ever before present
ed itself to our farmers, and the GER
tainty is these prices cannot be lower
ed much and may be greatly increas-
ed. Get busy everybody. The only
way you can beat the high cost of
living this year is to have something
to sell or at least supply your own
table.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

The increasing business Of the Citi-
zens State Bank has demanded more
vault room and last Saturday a sec
ond big steel vault was placed in the
banking room. 1t was brought down
Main street on skids with Baxter
Church's truck furnishing the pulling
power, and even at that the progress
was so slow it reminded one of Mark
Twain's attempt to ride down the
Alps on an alleged moving avalanche.
After two days of watchful waiting
Mark discovered that the rate Of move
ment was foot year.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
NOTICE OF CONTEST

Department of the Interior
United States Land Office, Lamar. Col
orado. March 80. 1917.
To Erastus L. Brown of Hutchinson,
Kansas, Contestee:
You are hereby notified that Lonnie
J. Gurley, who gives Holly, Colorado.
as his postofiice address. did on Feb
Tuary 9th, 1917. file In this office his
test and secure the cancellation OF
your homestead entry No. 0l0923, Serial
No OlOs23 made August 11th, 1911. for
Township % s.. Range az w. 9th
Principal Meridian. and as grounds for
his contest he alleges that Erastus +.
dence upon the said land: that he has
wholly abandoned the said entry and
same in any manner: that said de
faults exist at this date. That his
absence from the land is not due 10
military service rendered In the army
or navy OF the United States. on ths
border OF Mexico or In any military
service whatever.
You are. therefore. further notified
that the said allegations will be taken
as confessed. and your said entry viii
be Cancelled without further right to be
heard, either before this office or on
appeal. II you fail to file in this ONCE
within twenty days after the FOURTH
publication OF this notice. as shown
below, your answer. under oath. speci-
fically responding to these allegations
Of contest, together with due proof
thut you nave served copy OF your
answer on the said contestant either
in person or by registered mail.
You should state in your answer the
name OF the post ONCE to which you
desire future notices TO be sent 10 you,
A. l. BEAVERS,
Register.
r. J. McGRATH.
Receiver.
Date Of FIRST pub. April II. 1911.
Date OF second pub. April IS. 1917.
Date OF third pub. April 20. 1917.
Date OF fourth pub. May 2. 1917.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

A temporary resident giving the
name of Winters made considerable
talk the first of the week about Ger
many's ability with his help to lick
America and his own ability to clean
up on the local peace officers. When
Sheriff Downing heard of the offens-
i've talk he visited Mr.. Winters and
informed him that he had a place
where warm Winters could be cooled
off, and took him to the county jail.
After a night in a cell all the desire
to enlist in Germany's Mexican army
evaporated, and he promised to keep
his fool mouth shut if turned loose.
He was allowed to go with warn
ing.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

Hayes Williams left Tuesday for a
short visit to Denver.
Miss Bessie Lawless is visiting this
week with relatives in Ration.
C. c. Huddleston spent several days
the past week in Pueblo and Denver.
j. P. Campbell made business trip
to Pueblo and Denver the first Of the
week.
Mrs. f. NJ. Wilson of Hartman and
Mrs. Roy Cooper Of Lamar returned
the first Of the week from visit to
Denver.
Mrs. G. C. Faurote left the first Of
the week for Golden to visit with
her husband who is Second Lieutenant
of Co. d.
Professors Momyer and Shanner of
the Lamar schools went TO Syracuse,
Kansas, last evening to act as Judges
in the interstate contest between the
Granada, Holly, and several Kansas
town schools.
w. c. Gould left Monday for Den
yer where he underwent a surgical
operation at st. Joseph's hospital on
Wednesday. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Gould, his son, ]. r. Gould, and
Dr. w. o. Shelter. Reports last even
ing were TO the effect that he had re-
covered from the operation and was
resting easy, and the surgeons had
great hopes of his complete recovery.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

1t seems that form of CONSUMPTION
is now applied to golf. A writer at
one of our training camps states that
the officers In one of the main centers
of the Royal flying corps have been
literally ordered to the links, one day
in each week. One. Of the courses in
the vicinity is quite crowded with
khaki, and the players have begun to
find the fascination Of the game and
It's value In making them fit.-Golfing
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
Rain Comes

After a delay of so many moons
that the oldest inhabitants almost
forgot what it looked like rain came
as a welcome visitor to this section
this week, 1t was not a heavy one,
but fell in a gentle drizzle for many
hours and wet the ground to a con-
siderable depth, facilitating the start
ing of farming operations.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

STRAYED-From my place 10 miles
Sc Of Lamar one red mule, white
neck with black streaks down Shout
ders, 10 or IL hands high, poor sight.
Finder will be rewarded. NJ. W.
SHUE, Lamar, Route 3, Box 36.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
Simplifying the Operations.

Twenty-three operations are said &c
be necessary in the washing and iron.
ing of collars. But in Operating" or
ours the laundries seem to use only
two; Just tear and rip them.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
Protecting vehleIes From Autes.

To protect vehicles from being run
into by automobiles at night an in.
ventor has patented prism that
catches rays from lights and deflects
them through a pane Of red glass.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

Often when my little cousin came tc
our house my mother had ginger cake
but one day she had an angel fooc
cake and Johnnie said: Gee, Aunty
Anne, this Is the cleanest cake you
ever had. Exchange.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
X. p. Dance

The members Of Lamar Lodge No.
125 Knights of Pythias and their
wives and swethearts enjoyed a dance
and supper last Monday evening at
the lodge room. There was a good at
tendance and all enjoyed a most de-
lightful social evening.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

Geo. II. Russell came down from
Scottsbluff, Nebraska, this week for a
short visit in Lamar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert A. Hagerman
of Springfield came up on Monday to
attend the X. p. dance.
Mrs. Belle Lynch left last Saturday
to spend few weeks visiting in
Pueblo and Canon City.
]. F. McIlvaine took a party of land
buyers up to Hugo last Saturday and
sold several tracts of land to them.
r. H. Cochran, editor of Mealology,
the alfalfa meal magazine published
at Hartman, was a Lamar visitor yes
terday.
J. L. Wil<in of Aulne, Kansas, re-
turned home yesterday after a visit
fof several days with Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. B. Coover.
Harry Pettec of Holly and J. F.
Gamble of Wiley came to Lamar last
Sunday to attend the Easter services
at the auditorium with Malta Com
mandery.
w. A. Leonard returned the first of
the week from a trip to the Kansas
City market where he sold several car
lots of fat cattle at prices never heard
Of in this section before.
Senator F. X. Woods of Trinidad,
one Of the principal capitalists con-
nected with the d. A. NJ. & P. Co.,
spent several days his week in the
county looking over the various plants.
Miss Lila o'Neill came down from
Denver this week to visit her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack o'Neill at
their ranch south of town. She is at
tending the Colorado Woman's Col
lege
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Booton left this
week for Wichita, Kansas, where Mr..
Booton expects for the present to en-
ter into the land business, travelling
over western Kansas and Colorado as
an immigration agent.
o. ]. Cooper of New York, who has
spent the winter in Los Angeles as a
director for the Edison Film Produc-
ton Co., arrived in Lamar on Tues
day and is visiting in the home Of his
brother, W. w. Cooper.
Henry Gerstenlauer has rented
quarters in Bauer's store and will open
up with a line of jewelry and optical
goods and make a speciality Of watch
repairing. Henry is well known to
old timers here as an expert in his
line.
Judge ]. K. Doughty, who has spent
several weeks on legal business in the
east Strengthening out land titles, re-
turned home Monday evening. He Wis
tied Kansas City, Des Moines, Chi
cago, New York, Washington and Gin
cinnati while away.
The City Meat Market, which has
been conducted for the past year by
Leo Prinster has been sold out and
closed its doors the first Of the week.
The fixtures are being moved to
Holly, and the room will be occupied
as soon as refitted by a pool hall.
Mrs. ]. W. Bent received word on
Monday of the death of her father,
Mr.. Thompson, at Wichita Falls, Ok
lahoma, caused by injuries received in
a runaway accident on last Saturday.
Mr.. Thompson was well known in La
mar having spent the winter here a
year ago. He was 80 years Of age.
Mr.. Bent went to Wichita Falls and
had the body shipped to Trinidad for
nterment by side Of his wife who died
some years ago. Mrs. Bent left for
Trinidad last evening, and the deepest
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

All these years of wonderful automo-
bile development, and still no practical
invention to save walking from the
sidewalk to the elevator milwaukee,
journal.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
"Safety First"

"Now. Willie, where was your father
last nlght7 Come. you must tell IN,
the truth" Wnue-"I guess not. moth
err. You can't punish me as hard AZ
he can."-Life.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

81 hope your son has obtained EN-
ployment amid refined surroundings.
"Oh, my. yes. He works in refinery
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

You're kinder to dumb animals
than you are to me. your wife !" well,
you try being dumb and see bow kind
I'll be-"
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

The Tower bridge in London, built
in 1894, has span Of 226 feet siI
inches, and is the longest trunnIon lift
bridge In the world.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

II a man could be aroused as easily
as his suspicious are. there wouldn't
be much Of a demand for alarm clocks
-AtchlsOn Globe.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

Ed Tin motorcar)-'"rhis controls
the brake. 1t is put on very quickly
in case Of an emergency" Cold
'-Oh. see; something like a kimono'
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

Mr.. and Mrs. d. w. Apologize are
home again after spending some time
visiting relatives and friends at var
ious points in western Kansas.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11
For Rent

Two farms-1O0 acres alfalfa, 100
acres farming land in each farm. Fl.
W. Koen, Phone Lamar 175R2.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-04-11

Mrs. Chas. Maxwell, who has spent
several months at Hot Springs, Ar
kansas, returned home this week much
improved in health.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-19

government had taken Col. Cody's
advice and offered a bounty of S. a
scalp, the perplexing Indian question
would have been settled and humani-
ty done a splendid service.
Mrs. Fred Whitbred of Hinsdale
and children are visiting friends in
Glasgow.
Mrs. Jno. j. Kerr has gone east to
visit relatives for a month.
Archie Mahon is doing some r
veying in the Little Rocky country.
Mrs. Chas. S. Stafford of Culbert-
o is visiting with Mrs. Jessie Bell
Of this place.
Mrs. Fred Groves of Saco is visit
ing with the family of Conductor
Mckenzie.
o. S. Cutting and Bob Conatser
visited Malta Tuesday in the interest
of their campaign.
Pat Larkin left this week for Will
liston to take charge of a work train
for the Great Northern.
Madam Veronica has opened up a
fine stock of millinery in the Duffy
block. Everything is new and up to
date. Prices to suit the times. Come
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-19

and see before purchasing elsewhere
Senator Hurd returned from Chlca-
20 this week, whittier he went with
four carloads of beef that brought
s4.s5 per cwt. This is within five
cents of the highest market price
paid this season.
A wreck on the Minot division de-
layed Thursdays No. 3 twenty-four
hours. Quite a pile up is reported
and several train employees are SAID
to have sustained minor injuries.
A band of 1900 head of sheep were
stolen from Jim Mcdonald, south OF
Pearmond, last week. Some
drove off his horses, and while look
ing for them, the entire bunch OF
sheep were taken.
Joe Hackney was arrested this week
near Culbertson charged with steal
ing horses from the Seiburn Cattle
company. He was brought to Glas-
gov and placed in Jail where he will
await the action of the district
court.
John Elder of Culbertson was a
visitor in Glasgow this week in at
tendance at the democratic rally.
Dan Van Meter, who is running a
passenger train in Mexico, was a visi-
tor among his old friends of Glasgow
a couple of days this week.
Col. Davis of Nashua was a Wis.,
itor in Glasgow Friday. The colonel
is a hi%ckory-ribbed Andy Jackson
democrat and will not abide any
other doctrine.
Joe Hackney, while riding the
range near Culbertson, had his horse
fall on his foot crushing it badly and
had the toes frozen off the crippled
foot before he could get medical at
tention. This, together with his ar
rest, leads Joe to exclaim. 30, how
full of briars is this working day
world"
Los Blackman, general manager of
the Home Land & Cattle company,
was in Glasgow this week. Mr..
Blackman emphatically denied the
rumor that he was to be under-sheriff
in case of Mr.. Conatser's election. He
said it was ridiculous, and he had
never had the subject mentioned to
him, and even were it rendered he
would not accept it.
The democratic campaign was OPP
ened in Glasgow Thursday night by a
rally. Major Martin Maginnis of
Helena, and E. D. Mats, of Anacon-
da, were the orators of the evening.
The house was we'll filled but the n
thusiasm was not great. The entire
burden of their talk was free silver.
They SHE'D away from the tariff is
sue like an Arkansas man from a
prayer meeting.
John Conley, herding sheep for Joe
Morrison near Malta, was found dead
upon the prairie the first of the
week. He persisted in the blizzard
while out with a bunch of sheep.
About $50 head of the sheep were
killed by wolves before they were
found. Another young fellow stayed
with his sheep four days before being
found. He is insane-caused no
doubt by privation and hardship. He
will probably recover his mind. His
name could not be learned.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-19

A fastidious old gentleman wa an.
Joylng a cigar with a friend n A.
ternoon.
Inc guest, having reached the end
OF his Ravana, hurled the stump on
to the well-kept lawn.
What made you throw your cigar
1nere!" said the old mar angrily.
"See how unsightly it is on the love-
ly grass"
THAT surely won't do any harm.n
sald the other, "for nobody would no.
tlce a little thing like that"
my dear fellow" solemnly replied
the old grumbler, cts just little
things like these that constitute tidi-
ness and tidiness is half the comfort
Of life."
His friend said no more for time.
and in a few moments he arose hur-
rledly disappeared, and was absent
for a full twenty minutes.
"Where on earth have you been?"
said his host, when he returned at
last.
"Oh, I've only been across the mea-
dow to spit in the river"
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-19

kept as the source of further and
future profits.
Since the beginning of the war the
number of swine in all countries has
decreased, and the decrease has been
marked in some of the belligerent
countries. In France, for example,
in the three years just before Jan.
1, 1917, the number of swine de-
creased 1912 per cent; during 1915
the number in Germany decreased
31.47 per cent.
Situation Critical.
Breeding stocks are being depleted,
and the department says that the sit
uation is already critical and threat
n to become very serious if the
country continues to be drained of it's
meats. Hogs furnish meat more
quickly and cheaply than other stock
can; the meat shortage, therefore,
can most readily be met by swine
production. It has been calculated
that the possible increase from one
sow is 1902 pigs in four years, on
the supposition that all litters con-
sist of six pigs, that all live, that
half are females, and that each gilt
should farrow at one year and every
six months thereafter.
Cut Feeding Expense.
Another cause of the depletion of
breeding stocks is probably in the
high cost of feeds. While concen-
trated feeds have gone up, the de-
partment says that some of the ex-
pense of carrying breeding stocks
may be cut down by the use of
green fall forage crops, pasture, al
falfa or clover hay. Brood sows may
be maintained in fair condition at
comparatively little expense by the
use of such feeds. By sowing in the
corn, or as a crop on land
which is likely to wash, sowing rape,
or planting a root crop, the rest of
wintering sows may be reduced. In
brief, the department strongly recon-
mends a campaign to ave the sows
as n means of helping to meet the
threatened shortage.
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-19
19 Years
Ago s; e.: s: ; FL: e.: 8
=-= C0untp Ga
SRfke Of MIn3feen Years A0o.
ssfte Of Mn,teen Years Ago

A Mr.. Scott, passing through on
the train east from the Copper river
country, reports seeing John Kent
and Albert Wedum. He says that
they are both in usual good health,
but there is no gold in the country.
Albert is engaged in working in a
store. In the spring they expect con-
tinuing their pilgrimage to Forty
Mile creek, a distance Of 1000 miles
over a rough country. If they have
good luck they expect reaching their
destination in 1903.
The Leech Lake Indians have been
raising their annual crop of "Mary
Yellan Leases favorite product h-ll
and killed of a few whites. If the
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-19
HOLDING OF LOADED CARS

AAoADAA>u VI AV<A/AO OHAAo
Shippers who hold loaded cars at
yards while deciding on their final
destination contribute Importantly to
the shortage in transportation accord
ing to the Bureau of Markets Of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture. Specialists who studied con-
ditions at the Potomac Yards, Vir-
ginia, for 30 days last summer, found
that 236 car of %perishable commo-
dities were held on the average Of
A. hours each by shippers or consig-
nees before issuing orders to move
the cars. No car held for less than
"a hours was counted. A a Of
cabbage was held 70 hours; a care Of
watermelons, 81 hours; a car of Gu
cumbers, 104 hours; a car of pota-
toes, 1913 hours; and a car of tomatoes,
213 hours.
These facts make clear that ship
pers through these yards are abusing
their diversion privilege and are
wasting much car space by not keep
ing their cars moving. The remedy
is to file diversion orders in advance
Of arrival. AS Potomac Yards is
only n of hundreds Of important
The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1917-10-19
LIGHTNING RODS

Lightning rods, according to the
weather bureau of the United States
Department of Agriculture, are worth
while for much more than just to
make fearful folks feel comfortable
during a thunderstorm. It goes on
to say that with good lightning rod
installation they not only feel but are
more secure, and that protection
against lightning is generally thor
oughly justified for farm buildings.
In a bulletin just published the de-
partment gives specifications for in
stalling lightning rods. These speci-
fications are meant no so much to
enable the householder to construct
his W protective system as to make
it possible for him to understand and
inspect adequately the work of in
stallation as done by an expert.
Copper-cable installation is recon-
mended as the best, but it costs the
most. Competitive bids should be Sc
cured if the installation is to be ex-
tensive.
A few of the main points to be
considered are: Conductors should be
installed in straight runs, and when
bends are necessary they should, if
practicable, not be abrupt. Changes
of direction should preferably be made
in large radius-curves-that is on
curves with a radius of a foot or
more. dnsulators should not be en-
ployed, because a good electrical con-
nection with the wet roof and walls
of a building helps to conduct the dis
charge to the ground harmlessly.
Along ridges and flat roofs the
aerials, or upward-pointing conduct
ors, should be not more than rs feet
apart; steeples, and towers, because of
their prominence, should be given ex-
ira protection.
The most important part of the
work is the grounding of the con
ductors, or their electrical connection
to permanently moist earth. Ample
metal plates, or pipes, ETC., are bur-
led in the earth and permanently and
thoroughly connected to the conduct
ors on the building, and this metal
in the ground should be of a noncor-
~rosive type, such as copper, bronze,
or aluminium.
Steel towers, such as those which
support windmills, do not require spe'
cial protection, as a rule, because
they r constructed of metal and are
we'll grounded through the pump
D~eep-rooted trees are some protec'
ton to buildings near which they
grow; on the other hand, it is recon
mended that especially valuable large
trees might we'll be rodded.
Farmers Bulletin 842, "Moder1
Methods of Protection Against Light
Ming" will be sent free to all who will
apply to the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington
D. c.