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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
PROGRESS OF THE NAVY

The national house of representa-
tives has appointed committee to
"investigate'' the navy department,
along the same lines as adopted by
the senate committee in investigating
the army. Secretary Daniels, in
formed Of the house>s intention, re-
piled: All can say is that the coun
try will be proud of the navy when it
learns what the navy what the navy
has been doing.
We sincerely hope Secretary Dan
iels will make good mis- declarations.
Rear Admiral Taylor. chief of the
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

bureau OF construction, q few days
ago called attention to the size of the
navy program in hand aud pointed
with pride othe extraordinary speed
with which it is being carried out.
Because OF the measures taken con
sruction has been speaded so far
that vessels that were to be delivered
late in 1915 under the OLD scheme of
things, are today actually III service! !
Such achievements, coming on the
heels Of army procrsstination, and
especially from the navy department,
where deiDerauon was once the rule,
are particularly gratifying. Before
the war II was fact that ships con-
tracted for by the navy department.,
or built "a navy ship yards. were all
but ahaol4te before they ever put to
sea. Never was q battleship built III
less than jwo years, some even TOOK
three years TO build. The navy was
uotoriously slow. Such q change as
is marked ia the department today is
especially pleasing.
From another naval quarter. too,
comes further reinsurance, TIE
Shipping Board has announced the
launching OF steel ships on the Paci
ic coast within seventy days from
the laying of the keeis and promises
the time o construction js to be still
further reduced TO two months after
the first Of the year. 1t is such things
as these tbat renew faith in American
q ahilitiRR
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
ARMY AND NAVY
DISTURBANCE LAW

INSU RARANCE LAW
A division of military and navy insur
ance of The Bureau Of War Risk Insur-
ance has been organized as a part of
the Treasury Department and is in ac.
tive operation. A number of policies
on the lives of soldiers have already
been issued, aggregating nearly 525,-
600, ,000 in insurance, The benefits of
the law are available 10 all OF the mem
bers OF the United states Army, Navy
and Nurses Corps.
A short summary of some OF the main
features of the law follows:
Premiums for . $40. coo poiey tegin
with So 30 per month at ages Is, IS,
and SIl; increase 10 $6.4o per month
ages l8, 10. and 20; TO Sc so per month
for the ages u, %, and %; to &6 60 per
tor the ages OF "a, and %; So 10 per
month for the ages Of rs and q; toI
$3.50 per month for the ages Of 20 and
80; to $500 per month for the age OF
81; with progressive increases for ages
above those given. The minimum sum
OF Insurance That may be taken out is
$1,000
The compulsory allotment TO wife
or children which is separate IRON the
insurance, shall not be less than $1,000
per month and snail not exceed one nall
OF mans pay a voluntary allotment,
subJect to regulations, may be as large
as the insufed desires, within the limits
OF ms pay
In ADDITION, the government VIII pay
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

Ipswich Tribune: For pure. un-
adulterated loyalty to country give
us an up to date editor. He is 'there
with the goods" all the time and his
expense incident to war is alarmingly
greater than those of any other citi-
zen. The editor OF the Tribune would
like to have ten per cent OF the profits
that rightly belong to the newspaper
publishers of South Dakota in con
sideration for goods taken off their
shelves and donated to the cause. of
democracy in America, since war was
declared on Germany. He would pay
cash for q lot of liberty bonds and
then have money to ii sance trip
around the world
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
iDULTERATED AND
MISBRANDED FOOD,
DRUGS, ETC.

1911, the following list of foods,
drugs, etc, is furnished the county
auditor of each county in the state
for publication. Publication of this
list in official papers of each county
is required by said chapter This
list shows the brand and name of the
articles classed as Illegal and gives
the reason for so chasing them, 1t
gives the results of examinations
made by inspectors and analysts of
the Food and Drug Department of
samples of goods offered for sale and
SOLD by dealers in this state.
Helmet brand Tomato Ketchup,
distributed by Armour & Co, Min
neapOlis, MINI. Samples taken from
warehouse in Aberdeen and from re-
tail dealers showed the product to
sist in part of decomposed material,
therefore adulterated. Stocks on
hand were shipped out of the state.
Zeigler's Tomato Netchup, manu-.
factured by the Zeigler Canning &
Pre- erQing Co, Muscatine, II, con
sisted in part of spoiled or decom-
posed material
Yorkshire Tomato Ketchup, distri,
buted by John Morrell & Co, Sioux
Fails, manufactured by Paul DeLan-
ey, Ind, Brooton, N. Y. consisted in
whole or in part ot decomposed to-
matoes.
Snider's Tomato Catsup, manufac
tur5d by the T. a. Snider Preserve
Go, Chicago, III, consisted in part of
decomposed material
DaFom,n brand Tomato Catsup,
distributed by w B & W G Jordan.
Minneapolis, MINI, consisted in part
of decomposed material
Nockewil brand Tomato Catsup,
distributed by w b & w G Jordan,
Minneapolis, Minn, consisted in part
of decomposed material
Oaley's Fayorite brand Sweet Po-
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spotted potatoes, decomposed in the
eaas.
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manufactured by tha Webster Mill
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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

The fact that travellers are con-
fronted by wheatless and beefless
days on the dining cars and in res
taurants,- hotels and clubs illustrates
how the requests of the federal food
administration are being translated
into action.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20

The task laid upon President VIII
son at the opening of Congress was
the heaviest single effort that any
statesman has so far had 10 under
take. To suggest measures needed
by the executive to carry on the war
was small matter in comparison
with the obligation to outline a pol
icy for the war that would be univer-
sally convincing, and which woHld
secure not only the assent but the
active cooperation of dozen nations.
That he has achieved a signal success
ia beyond doubt. 1t is due, after al
Iowance is made for q comprehensive
vision Of the present situation, to the
supremely advantageous position
which the wise course Of the Presl
dent has already given to America.
l. was not only q message TO Con
gTe8s, but definite announcement of
Americas purpose in world affairs
Our detachment from particular
European interests enables that pur
pose to be formulated as policy.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1917-12-20
RE-ROUTING OF COAL

Washington, Dec. Is After a con
terence with Fuel Administrator Gar
Geld today, Chairman A w Thomp-
son, of the operating committee OF
the eastern railroads, declared the
coal famine is due more to shortage
Of coal
The operating committee, he said
is trying to overcome this by re-rout-
ing coal shipments.
The result of their plan viii! be to
supply coat to localities from the
nearest producing or shipping center
instead of over the lines of ordinary
trade.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14
LINE LANDS JOB
As ALAMOsA TREASURER

r Kline, a Monte Vista man to
..orts and purposes, was voted
treasurer of Alamosa county,
aSov, Cd by Commissioners c, Wall
~ % and Elmer Headlee, the two
oorots w on the board. Commits
or Lake, republican, voted for
mos Hyndman. Several other
mos we're sent in for the position,
hiob was made vacant week ago
1 tho death of Ashmer Meloney,
4. tbav we're not considered by
k,.,.rs Wallrich and Headlee. The
1 omes of c. NJ. Ball and Mrs. Dickey
tbe ones that Alamosa people
knought would be the two from
,noh the commissioners would
,oose from. C. NJ. Ball has been a
keosident of Alamosa since 1881; he
,s over since his residence here,
koan a heavy taxpayer; he has built
overall business blocks in this city
nd he spent his money here in the
ave when there seemed no chance
kor Alamosa to grow into the thriv-
kpg city it is today. In fact, c. M.
Bali has for SO years been one of the
kitv's foremost business men. The
.eader would like to have seen the
Gentleman appointed treasurer of
Slamosa county But it seems as If
late and democratic majority
yorked against one of the leading
temocrats of the county.
Mrs Dickey was the candidate,
|ast fall against the late Ashmer Me-
|onev. She received a good healthy
tote but not enough to elect her. A.
N, Carlson was also holding up his
Aolitical lightning rod for the job,
but the electrical forces of the demo-
tratc majority failed to hit him.
A. C. Kline was in the primaries
b. 1914, against A. E. Dattelzweig,
1or treasurer AL beat the Monte
Vista man to it and then was showed
Under by Ashmer Meloney. Mr..
kline's family have resided in Monte
Vista for quite awhile, with the ex-
beption of what time they put in on
|heir ranch nine miles up the Rio
Grande river. We believe that the
)ntire population of Alamosa county
you'd have been better pleased with
IN appointment of a real honest-to-
tod, Alamosa county citizen, but be-
hg as the democratic majority of
commissioners preferred a semi-citi-
zen we are satisfied. There will be
county election in 191S.-The Ala
|hosa Leader.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

The report that DR.. Cochem, of Sa-
IDA, had been arrested as a German
py and of his suicide, seems to have
|een utterly unfounded and untrue.
ne doctor has just returned home
rom Chicago and is alive and we'll.
ne Cochem story is on a par with
|he TO the effect that a Mexican had
(eeh hung in Monte Vista for insult
bg the flag.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

Men of good physical condition
from twenty years and nine months
to about thirty-fve wanted for train
ing for Reserve Corps Officers. Three
months training will be required
Must agree to accept commission in
Officers Reserve Corps. For partic-
ulars apply to George NJ. Corlett.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Mills, who
have been visiting the formers sis
ter, Mrs. Ira Mcclure, and husband
for the past few months, left Thurs
day evening for Denver, where they
expect to make their home for the
present.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

Inc Widman Place" just south
Fullinwider Park, was opened to
Fe public this week and will be con-
|uc'ed as a first class boarding
|ouse. Mrs. Widman is an excellent
Poh and the new boarding house
|'oulu prove to be very popular.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

Mrs. Polly Mcneil went to Walsen-
burg Thursday night to attend the
funeral of her sister.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

Mr' and Mrs. Taylor Wells are en-
p''hg visit from their daughter.
'S' Fred Wasson, of McCook. Neb
r's. "asson was formerly Madge
Gells.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

otaVey, of the Soldiers Home
"' 10 Alamosa Friday night to
pehu Easter with friends
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

The New Weiss-C Chapman Drug Co.
gave away a Bear Cat Racer last
Wednesday, Master Eugene Faus
was the lucky winner. Miss Julia
Getz is given the first installment of
silyerware.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

DR.. s. II. Moore and Robert Kerry
left Monday evening for Rocky Rord.
They will attend a meeting of the
Presbytery at Pueblo before return
ing home.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

Mrs. James Schmittle, of Center,
day and Friday of this week.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

Miss Josephine Settlers, of Center,
went to Denver Sunday night 10 con-
suit a specialist.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14

who are net = present devotees Of this store
-coms in. There is oniy a din crust Of habit
separating us, and once that is broken through,
YOU are ours for life!
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14
On the Choice Of Shirts and Scarfs
you are ours for life!

On the Choice of Shirts and Scarfs
With h.uc suit shirt of plain blue, plain
white or white w;;h black or bue stripe. The
scarf should be black blue, dark purple, dark red or
bottle green
With agray suit a shirt of plain white with
stripe of harmonling gray with very
buc heliotropc stripe. The cravat should be
black, gray of harnonizng shades, blue in the dark
shades or dark purple
With brown suit, a shirt OF pain white with
very narrow brown buff stripes white background
with blue stripes. A black scarf is too sombrc for
brown suit-choose between brown, blue in the
darker shades of green, rcd purple.
By the Spectator.
The Monte Vista journal., 1917-04-14
BREAKING tie crust OF Habit

Frankly, these words are directed to the fast
thinning number of men who have not yet
chit the trail Of conversion to the ready for
service principle in clothes-who as yet are
strangers to It's comfort, its satisfaction, its
downright econom!y
Here's what you can get for say $40 SIS
in Kirschbaum Clothes:
in style, the conception Of designing staff
whose talent could not be commanded for less
than $4,000.
in tabrics, variety ranging from Scotch
Hebrides homespuns to the sturdy worstedS Of
our New England looms.
in fit, absolute accuracy and comfort,
care not what the outlines of your physical
geography may be.
If that sounds promising to some of you men
The Lamar register., 1917-12-26
A Mining Story Of
the Early Days

By ELIAS KnLIAN


A party Of young people stepped into
the dingy rooms of fortune teller of
San Francisco and asked her to tell
their fortunes.
SIN tired of this business" she said.
"but ! would like to make a little
money for my present needs. will
tell you the fortune of a couple whose
life is more strange than that of
anyone whose fortune ! have ever
told"
All agreed to hear the story, and,
finding whatever seats they were able.
woman began:
"In the early days of Virginia City
there lived there teamster with his
wife, a Scotchwoman, who took Ia
washing and kept a miners boarding
house. Neither of the two had ever
had any education, and neither could
read or write. They were just a
plain teamster and a plain washer
woman.
"One day some men came to the
teamster and told him they wished to
buy a claim Of few hundred feet on
Gold hill, but they hadn't quite enough
money to pay for 1t. Had he any
savings, and would he. If he had, like
to go in with them? The teamster
talked the matter over with his wife.
and after a long discussion they
agreed that they might as well put
what they had in the claim since they
knew of no way to invest 1t to get an
interest from it. That was a lime
when no one knew what great wealth
there was in the ground thereabouts
and whatever the couple bought could
be bought for very little money. So
they got out their stocking and dump
ed the bills and gold and silver and
copper coins on the table, counted 1t
and took It to the men who were GO
Ing to buy the claim and paid for their
share In it.
by and by the owners began to take
gold out Of the mine, and the more
they took out the more, 1t seemed, was
here to take out. Suddenly the team
ster and his wife found themselves so
rich that they didn't know what to do
with their money.
whats the first thing to do. wifef
asked the teamster.
Give big blowout she answered.
so they gave a big blowout at the
international hotel, asking everybody
they knew and everybody they didn't
Know, and told the landlord not to pay
any attention whatever to what any
The Lamar register., 1917-12-26

Then he removed his boots by the
staple method of Sitting the legs with
Bucks knife, barred his broken leg in
The same manner. braced himself men
tally and physically, gritted his teeth
and went docgcdly to work.
A man never knows just how much
he can endure or what he can do until
he is making his last stand in the fight
Tor self preservation. Ward had no
mind to lie there and die of blood poi
soning, for instance, and broken bones
do not set themselves. So, sweating
aid swearing with the agony of 1t, he
set his leg and bound the splints in
place and thanked the Lord it was a
suaight, clean break and that the flesh
was not torn.
Then he dropped back upon the bed
and didn't care whether he lived or not.
Followed days of fever, through which
Ward lived crafty and lost count OF the
hours as they passed. Days when he
Eoedcd good nursing and did not get
so much as a drink Of water except
through pain and effort. Hours when
he cursed Buck Olney and thought he
had him bound to the chair in the cab
in. Hours when he watched for him,
gun in hand, through the window be-
side the bunk.
Continued Next Week.
The Lamar register., 1917-12-26
thing cost.

thiiS NcoS
"Then they went away to Europe to
see all the sights there. They enjoyed
the Alps pretty well, for they are
much finer than the Rockies. But in
Rome and Florence and Naples they
saw lot of old buildings not so much
use as an adobe shanty and miles OF
paintings of men and women without
any clothes on, and they got tired of
It. Then they went to Egypt, where
there's nothing but sand and obelisks
and mummies, and to Greece, where
there's a big stone house on high
hill, with the wind blowing through 1t.
They call 1t the Acropolis, or some
thing like that, but they didn't see any
comfort in 1t, so they went away.
"Next they went to Paris and rode
up and down the boulevards and the
Champs Elias and saw shows such
as never was seen in a dance house In
a mining town and walked through
miles of pictures, in the galleries and
past indecent statues. From Paris
they went to London, where they saw
a lot of sights of old piles of stones
and castles hundreds of years old. But
in London they found the first thing
to really amuse them while they were
gone. That was riding on the busses.
They rode all day and some time late
into the night, but they got tired even
of this and came home thinking that,
after all, there was no place like Ne
vady.
"On the shore of Washoe lake they
built a big mansion. The site was a
beautiful one, with the wall of snow
capped Sierras behind 1t and water in
front. Money was no object In its
building. 1t was built Of quarried
stone and furnished with the costliest
San Francisco could supply. A library
of books with the name on every vol
ume was one of the furnishings. The
door handles were silver, the table
the finest to be had at
that place at that time.
1.-THE house was big enough for
families, but they didn't have
even a single chick of their own, SO
they adopted little girl they named
But the child sickened. They
loved her dearly-so dearly that they
would have gladly given all their
wealth to save her, but the Lord
wouldn't take 1t In exchange, and Per-
STA died, and that left no one in the
big house but themselves.
Next the teamster died and was
buried under the shadow of the
and after her husbands death
everything seemed to go against
the widow. Her fortune was melt
Ing away. and she undertook to
save 1t by speculation. This made
matters worse. Her mansion on the
lake went with everything else. and at
last she was as poor as when she
took in washing and kept a miners
boarding house.
"She had to do something to keep
the life In her lonely body, SO she
came to Frisco and opened a fortune
teller's shop, and here she is. A quar-
ter each, please, for the story"
"what was your husbands namef"
asked one of the young men Of the
party.
"Bowers-Sandy Bowers"
The Lamar register., 1917-12-26
B. &c. BOWER
CONTINUED from Page 81

sent Rather down the last shelf OF DanK
and he did not look up to see just
where he was. Rather was well train
ed horse, since he was Wards. He
obeyed the rein signal and stepped Oh a
two foot bank into a nest Of loose piled
rocks that slid treacherously under his
feet. Sure footed, though he was, he
stumbled and fell, and 1t was sheer In
stinct that took Wards feet from the
stirrups IN time.
Ward sprawled among the rocks.
dnzed. the shock of the fall took him
out of his at Of abstraction and he
pulled away from Rather as the horse
scrambled up and stood shaking before
him. He tried to scramble up also.
Ward sat and stared stupidity at his
left leg where, midway between his knee
and his foot, 1t turned out at an unnat-
ural angle. He thought resentfully that
he had had enough trouble for once
without having a broken leg on top Of
1t all.
snow this Is one deuce of a hxr' he
stated dispassionately, when pain had
IN u measure cooled his first anger. He
looked around him like n man who Is
taking stock of his resources. He was
not far from the cabin. He could get
there by crawling. But what then?
Ward looked ut Rather, standing do
cilely within reach of his hand. He
considered getting on-if he could, and
riding-well, the nearest place was fif-
teen miles. And that was a good, long
way from a doctor. He glanced again
at the cabin and tried to study the sit
uation impersonally. If 1t were some
other fellow, now, what would Ward
ndv him to do under the circum-
81
He reached down and felt his leg
ginsc=ly. So far as he could tell it was
n straight, simple break-snapped short
off against n rock. he judged. He shook
his head over the thought of riding iif-
teen miles with those broken bones
grinding theiE edges together. And
still, what else could he do?
He reached out, took the reins and
led Rather a step nearer so that he
could grasp the stirrup. With his voice
he held the horse quiet while ne pulled
Himself upright upon his good leg.
Then, with pain hurried, jerky move
ments he pulled or The saddle, glanced
around him and flung it behind buck
brush. He slipped Off the bride, flung
that after the saddle and gave Rather
a slap on the rump. The horse moved
AWAY and Ward stared after him with
set lins. Anyway, you can look after
yourself" he said, and balanced upon
his right leg while he swung around
and faced the cabin. 1t was not far
TO a man with two sound legs. A hum
dred yards, pc haps.
Ward crawled there on his hands and
one knee, dragging the broken leg after
him. 1t was not nice experience, but
The Lamar register., 1917-12-26
Evidently He Was Annoyed.

A girl who was running a London
Bus was making out her first report.
Under the heading Accidents" she
stated: Bumped into an old gent"
Under the heading Remarks" she
said: simply awful"
The Lamar register., 1917-12-26
EsrRAY ADVERTISEMENT

Notice is hereby given to whom IL
may concern that the following de-
scrlbeu estray animals We're taken up
near Bristol. Prowers County, Colo, on
or about Dec. Il. 1917. to-wit:
one yearling Holstein steer. weight
ABOUT 4OV pounds; Two red yearliny
Heiters. No visible brands.
SAD animals being unknown to this
Board. unless claimed by owner on or
before Jan. 10. 1918. said est-ay viii be
sold by this Board for the benefit OF
the owner when found
STATE BOARD OF STOCK INSPEC-
TIoN COMMISSIONERS. DENVER
The Lamar register., 1917-12-26
Injured by Prosperity.
The mind is more injured by pros
perity than by adversely.

Little Oscar called on a neIghbor's boy
one morning and was invited in to
wait for his friend, who was not quite
ready. The neighbor was kneading
bread and asked: "Does you mother
make bread?" "Yes'm," replied Oscar,
"only she don't play with 1t like you
do"