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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14
Dairy Does 1t

'Dairying and its affiliated indus
tries put the farmer on a cash business
basis. They insure a daily income.
Should the crops Of the farmer de
pending entirely upon them, fail one
year, he often is obliged to go to his
merchant and arrange for credit I'M
I'll another years crops evens it up.
If he is a dairyman, or a poultry
farmer, he can pay cash the year
round. A dairy community is always
marked by prosperous appearance.
Lands are higher Show me a dairy
community and | will show you good
roads, fine farm houses, big barns and
well cultivated. highly productive
Extract from an address by
c. l.. Seagraves, Industrial Commits
sioner, Atchison, Topeka e Santa Fe
Railway System.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14
Rare Bargain in High Grade
Piano.

We have a new, high grade piano
located at Lamar, which, for immed-
late sale, no reasonable offer will be
declined. Liberal terms to a respons-
ible party. If you act quick you will
find this an opportunity 10 purchase
a fine piano tremendously cheap. II in
terested write The Denver Music
Company, Denver, Colorado, at once
for particulars.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14
Davis-Gist

Married-At the May Valley home
of the brides parents, Mr.. aid Mrs.
Lee Gist, Wednesday,, Jan. 3lst, Mr..
Walter W. Davis and Miss Leila Gist.
Rev. 7. f. Kelly of Lamar ofiiciated,
and a large number of relatives and
f-iencs were present. After the cere-
nony a most bountiful wedding sup
per was served. Both Of the happy
young couple are well known residents
OF that section, and have q host of
friends in Lamar as well a May
Valley whose hearty congratulations
and best wishes go with them. The
groom is a prosperous young farmer
who has resided in that section for 4
number of years and proved his abil-
ity to make good. The handsome bride
has been a resident for sevcr'l years,
and has made herself most popular
with all who know her. They will
continue to make heir home in May
Valley.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14

The W. F. McCue Mercantile Co.
has just issued their February Bull
letin, and it is devoted to the farming
industry almost exclusively. They al
ways have long list of bargains to
offer to the public and the present
month is no exception to the rule
The Bulletin is a neat and attractive
publication and filled with good read
ing matter and items of interest in
addition to the long list of bargains.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14
Sayler's Dairy Sale

A big public sale will be held at
the New York Dairy Farm, owned by
T. J. Sayler and situated one and a
half miles north and two miles east
of Lamar next Thursday afternoon,
February p. A free lunch will be
served at 1890 and the sale begins at
1880. Fifteen fine young dairy
cows will be sold as well as several
head Of horses and mules and few
farm implements. These holsteins are
some of the best in this section and
most of them already have splendid
milking records. All dairymen should
be present.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14

The Fort Lyon Canal Co. board at
a meeting last week appointed Judge
CRANKY Hillycr as attorney for the
company to succeed Attorney Henry
A. Dubbs of Pueblo. who has held the
position since the organization Of the
company. The water right owners
have for several years been demand
ing that the legal business Of the
company could be handled by some Of
the local attorneys and this appoint
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14

ment is in accord with that feeling.
Judge Hillycr is too well known
throughout Che valley both as an
able attorney and judge to need any
introduction and the appointment
meets with universal approval.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14

Mrs. Chas. f. Incl and daughter
who spent several weeks in Lamar
returned last Saturday to their home
in Dodge City.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1917-02-14

]. A. Simpson and ]. d. Rhodes Of
Granada were county seat visitors
yesterday.
Mrs. c. c. Huddleston and Mrs.
Leon Butler left the first of the week
for a visit in Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Haberstroh
arrived in Lamar last Saturday to
make their home here.
w. o. Orr, the Granada auctioneer,
was looking after business matters in
the county seat Tuesday.
j. r. Walker, county superintendent
of schools of Kiowa county, was
Lamar visitor yesterday.
Mrs. Harry Manville, who has been
sick for some time, has recovered suf-
ficiently to be able to be out again.
l.. N. Zalinger and E. r. Won Kiel-
gass, who between them publish the
Truth, were Lamar visitors the first
of the week.
At the regular convocation of Orient
Chapter, No. 80, r. A. NJ, last We'd
nesday evening, the Mark Master de-
gree was conferred on Geo. II. Rus
sell.
Samuel Farmer Of Delta, represent
ing Denver capitalists, has been in
Lamar several days looking over
number of improvement projects in
this section.
Roswell Cochran of Hartman,
member of the d. A. NJ. & P. Co. Of
fee force and editor of "Mealology,"
was a visitor at the Register office
on Tuesday.
Messrs. l.. Writ Markham, ]. X.
Doughty and Herschel Horn were
Denver visitors this week attending
the session Of the Consistory Of 32d
degree Masons.
Rev. ]. A. Bastien left Monday for
Denver where he will have to under
go surgical operation. Owing to
continued ill health he rendered his
resignation to the Catholic congrega-
ton here.
Died-On last Friday Mr.. N. A.
Shanks, an old and respected citizen,
died suddenly. He had been in poor
health for several years. The fun
eral service was held on Sunday af-
ternoon at the Church undertaking
parlors, and interment made in River
side cemetery.
Mrs. Elmer Bartlett gave a very
lovely reception Monday afternoon in
honor of Mrs Ray E. Adams. The
color scheme WIS very appropriate to
the day and the occasion, red and
green and hearts being carried out
in the decorations, flowers and re-
freshments served. About sixty la
dies called during the afternoon.
The young people of Lamar have
been caught by surprise several times
lately by marriages coming unexpect-
tAlAls 81 evening q AAN-AA'
Der of the young ladies decorated a
bridal cart and proceeded to make a
cleanup. They gave several Of the
recent brides and grooms ride, and
also the privilege of treating, and
altogether had a merry time all
evening.
Mrs. T. ]. Sayler and Miss Sayler
entertained at beautifully appointed
luncheon Saturday. The Japanese col
or scheme and decorations were car
ried out in the table appointments and
delicious menu served to the thirty
guests present. The afternoon was
spent in playing military five hundred.
Again on Saturday night Mrs Say
Ter and Miss Sayler were hostesses
to thirty friends. Military five hum
,,rtiI tata hot1r with
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10
CHORUS

ter accounting has been devised
by the bureau of standards.
This system consists of sim
plified form of double entry
book Keeping especially adapt.
ed to Red Gross activities. All
financial reports will hereafter
be made on standardized forms
which will be furnished to the
Chapters.
Sept. 2s.-Two trains of
French Rapatries containing
z 900 people, 90 per cent. women
and children, arrive daily in
Evian homeless, sick, terroriz-
ed after three years of captivi-
ty. The American Red Cross
is cooperating with the French
Government in the care of these
people. The Red Cross is open
ing Il dispensary i'll connection
with the receiving bureau ut
Evian, and AN acute hospital of
80 beds for the sickest children.
One American nurse has been
in charge of 100 beds for sick
children for 8 months and the
results with meagre equipment
have been marvellous.
Sept. 30. In the various de-.
partments outside the Seine,
there are $4,000 refugees EN-
bracing all classes and ages ex-
cept able bodied men. Although
employment at good wages is
general, these refugees lost all
their possessions when driven
out of the invaded territory.
The Red Cross hopes to lessen
the congestion by supplying
furniture to those who in this
way can move into better quar-.
tiers, by completing buildings
partly constructed, and by fur
nishing cheap, portable houses,
as IA temporary makeshift.
Sept. 30.-The medical work
for children which the Ameri.
can Red Cross has undertaken
at Toul, had its formal opening
IN the presence of the Project of
the Department, two Generals
of the French Army, the Sena-
tor of the Department and sew
eral American Doctors and
nurses. The French and Ameri.
can flags were raised in front
of the new b.ick barracks given
by the French government fol
the children's refuge. The
Project warmly thanked thu
American Red Cross for it,
help with the children.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10
Miscellaneous Shower for
Rev. and Mrs. Wagner

The Epworth League of tho
NJ. +. Church, South, entertain
ed very delightfully."- at tile home
of Misses Georgia and Alinnc-
sofa Bostwick last Friday even.
ing.
The lower floor of the Bosl
wick home was decorated in
the league colors of yellow and
white with dahlins, marigolds
and crepe paper.
The evening was spent in
playing games and music was
furnished by several of the.
guests, after which they were
invited into the dining room.
where delicious refreshments
were served.
a large tray piled with gifts
from the Leaguers, topped with
Il bank note from Mr.. j. H.,
Bostwick, was brought in and
placed on the table before Rev.
and Mrs. Wagner, which were
given as tokens of their sincere
appreciation and love for them.
Last summer the Epworth
League gave Rev. and Mrs.
Wagner a trip to Washington
Springs and also gave Rev
| Wagner a suit of clothes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10
New Road to
Kentucky

1le United States Steel peo-
pie, who are erecting u large
coal operation near Benhams, in
Harlan county, Kentucky, have
determined to secure the build
ing of a road TO connect with
the Wise county roads on Looney
Creek.
They have already surveyed
and located the road to the state
line Ut the top of the mountain
and have proposed TO the Harlan
County Road Board to subscribe
whatever sum they are unable to
appropriate to build the road,
1t will require the building of
about five miles of road from the
top of the mountain down Loon
ey Creek to n connection with
the Wise County system of roads
at Linden.
We are informed that appli-
cation has been made or will be
made to the Wise County Board
to make II similar arrangement
for the construction of the Vir-
ginia end of the road.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10
Deficiency Bill
Carries Appropriation OF 81
757,434,4i0 For War
Purposes
Purposes

r
Washington, Oct. Within
less than three minutes tho SEN
ate adopted tho conference re-
port on tho war urS Mt duiicicn-
cy appropriation bnl, carrying
s7,757 ,l3i, 40 in cash and nu-
thorized contracts. The House
is expected 10 adopt it ana send
Il to prtsid, ut Wilson.
The measure is said to be the
greatest OF the Kind in the his
tory of any government. 1t
emerged this afternoon from
conference between the two
houses in which it was lnvoiv
ing over S7SO,o0O, 900, had been
in dispute and went through
the Senate in record breaking
lime without che tormulity of II
roll call.
The bill carries $500, a7C,-
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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10

1t is refreshing TO hear of at
least one honest excuse for
raising prices. The oyster men
have put up the price of their
fruit because other articles of
food are dearer.n
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10

These are the days when the
dealer in ice and coal get all
mixed up in an effort to deter
mine which product to push the
hardest.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10

Colonel Roosevelt calls the
war can exclusive war" because
he was kept out. Do you con-
slider that 80 awfnlly exclusive?
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10
Sincerely,
4. IL. LARAuAIE.

The food pirates have one
consolation-the food control
bill will lessen their liability
under the income tax law and
the excess profits measure.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10
MFR. HOOVER
Appeals to American Woman
hood Today-Read His
Message to You

=
the management of the State
Food Conservation Campaign in
Virginia, MIR. Hoover, National
Director OF the Food Administra-
ton, appeals most urgently to
the women of Virginia to help
him and his co-workcrs in every
State to make this campaign an
Unprecedented success.
MIR. Hooycr's appeal to Ameri-
can womanhood has tremendous
weight because in the saving of
food supplies, the women Of
America, rallying to this cause,
can accomplish more than all
others put together. The appeal
of some woman whose son is
serving in our Army has tire
menlous weight; she can ask
her sisters to help her boy and
their boys because after all the
Question of food conservation at
this time navrows down TO the
proposition of whether or not
we will take some pains to so
administer the affairs of our
household that we will be able
To send the supply they SO sore
ly need to our soldiers aud our
Allies.
Every ounce saved in the kit
chen of the American house
hold means another ounce OF
food available for our boys at
the front, and waste AT this time
i'll the American home is not
lonlv inexcusable but criminal.
The Observation-Disclosures to insure
this saving of food are simple
enough ; they consist of the
pledge card, the instruction card,
the War Creed Of the Kitchen,
tile window display certificate
and the membership pin.
Please remember that The
Campaign Committee has ar.
ranged for the extension of thi,
campaign in every county, vii
lage and hamlet in the State.
The names Of County Chairman
will be published in the local
papers within the next day OF
two. Get in touch with them
and see that the womanhood OF
your community is so thoroughly
interested that all of them will
be enrolled in this great Human,
itarian Campaign for the win.
ming Of the war. Your energy
faithfulness and enthusiasm di
rec,ed to this end will bring re
suits not surpassed by the boy!
at the front and the girls wh'
concentrate themselves TO fel,
hospital service.
We realize that your help i,
necessary to the fullillment o
our objects in food conservation
MIR. Hoover issues II special ap
peal to American womanhood t
enlist in this field where the,
can accomplish such wonderful
results.
Won't You help us?
DO IT NOW!
Sincerely,
+. II. LABAuMs,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10

While they would be willing
to fight or work in the field if
needed. the women of America
just now are mostly engaged in
tending to their knitting.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10
WAR REVENUE Bill,
Passed BY Congress and Will
Soon Become Effective

DChhtOb AOA'o w A'6 VIZ t.NoihP PIC
set by the House, adopted the
conference report without IA
roll call. More than two and II
half billion dollars of new taxes
are levied by the measure,
which has been in the making
since last April.
AS soon as the bill il engross-
ed and signed by Vice President
Marshal and Speaker Clark it
will be sent to President Will.
son, who is expected to sign it
Immediately.
Senate discussion was brief,
participated in by but few
members, all Of whom realized
futility of opposition. Most of
the criticism, was Ii Jun the sec
ond class postage increases.
The speedy action on the con
ference report raised members
hopes for Adjournment of the
war session by Saturday or not
later than next week. The Ad-
ministration Sailors and Sol
diers' Insurance Bill, which has
passed the House, will be
brought up tomorrow in the
Senate. Its disposal in Il few
days is anticipated. The only
other measure the leaders ex-
pect to put through before ad.
journment is the eight billion
dollar Deficiency Appropriation
Bill, whose conferees expect to
agree tomorrow and secure
adoption of their report with
perfunctory debate.
Praised and Criticised.
AS finally drafted after one
OF. the longest and most strenu
Gus struggles in congressional
history, the Revenue Bill, which
WAS passed by the House May
% and by the Senate after n
months debate September 10,
draws principally upon incomes
and war excess profits. AS
passed by the House it totaled
III, SOS, 100000 and the Senate
raised it to $2,4l6,0OO, 900. The
conferee's draft increased the
total assessment by about $780,
100000 over the House and
$l2S,000, 900 above the Senate.
The bill now is estimated to
raise about $3.50, 100000 from
incomes, corporate and individ-
ual, and about 1000, 900, 900
war excess profits. Other ma
jor levies are $50, 900, 900 on to-
bacco, about $275, 900, 900 on liq-
uors, $40. 900 on iirst-class
mail $40, 100000 on automobiles,
vi 800. 900 on freight transpor-
tation, $GO,0OO,0 900 on passenger
transportation, $50, 900, 900 from
stamp taxes and 100000, 900
from amusement admissions.
Elimination of consumption tax
es on sugar, tea, coffee and gas,
electricity and telephone ser
vice, together with the house
taxes on 1916 incomes and n
general per cent. tariff levy,
were features of the evolution
of the bill.
Both praise and criticism
were given the conference re-
port today in the Senate. Sen
etor Simmons, heading the
Senate conferees, in II two
hours explanation of the con-
ference work, said the bill had
been q ecid Q lily improved
though he was unable to de-
fend certain provisions insisted
upon by the House conferees,
including the second class mail
and munitions lakes.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-10-10

The vegetarian is the only
fellow who doesn't have fit
when he reada the quotations in
the meat market.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

runa. In addition to these two there
was, of course, Walt Mason, whose
metrical efforts we're printed III hun
dreds of newspapers and imbibed with
the morning coffee at hundreds of thou
sands of breakfast tables. Mr.. Mason
is a prosperous man now, but he served
a long apprenticeship and manufactured
thousands of rhymes before he got his
reward.
'T wrote poetry for twenty years be-
fore made any money at all out OF It,
he says, land when moderate success
did come was too old and feeble to en-
Joy blowing the money as money should
be blown. If had a stepson who sui
fered for a career would advise him to
secure patent on some good washing
machine"
Twenty years is long time to serve
without profit in any profession, par
ticularlv for man of Mr.. Mason's rare
abilities. But it was his misfortune to
be born too soon. There are plenty OF
STRIPPING poets nowadays who have
served virtually no apprenticeship
whatever, wearing fur coats by day ana
silk pajamas by night.
The old convention of the poet living
in an attic is now matter of the past,
unless the term attic can be applied to
lofty apartment on Central Park West
or the Drive. Many poets can afford
two eggs for breakfast. Rupert
Brooke's Collected Poems" sold up
ward of $4,000 copies, and Mr.. Mas
ters's Spoon River was not far be-
hind. The other day publisher an
nounced a new book of verse with the
words First edition, $4,000 copies" A
short time past all the books of verse
published in America in year, except
ing the output of Riley and DR.. van
Dyke, scarcely had an aggregate sale OF
$4,000 copies.
British critics ascribe the boom in
poetry over there to deeper interest in
spiritual things as a result of the war.
But much of the most popular current
British verse is scarcely of spiritual
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
BOOKS. COMMON AND PREFERRED

In the United States we also devour
great quantities of poetical war brides
But the increased consumption Of po-
etry would have come even had there
been no war. 1t was upon us before the
assassination at Sarajevo.
With the past decade a group of
young Harvard essayists discovered the
work of an all but extinct American poet
named Walt Whitman. They came
upon him in the critical writings of au-
thoritative French and Russian savants,
who gave him high praise. So they
looked him up. In similar way, some
years before, we learned from Italian
and other European sources of the eX-
istence of one William James, philoso-
pher; and it is only short time back
that the British discovered, living in
London, dramatist named Bernard
Shaw, who had gained great distinction
in Germany and America, but could not
be played in England because the censor
suspected him of carrying concealed
wickedness. A genius is without honor
in his own country.
Having dipped into Whitman, the
young Harvard Columbuses proceeded
to preach the characterization of poetry.
Already the thing was in the air. Re-
volt was brewing against the old poet
ical conventions. Formerly classical
education was necessary to understand
the verse of many of our poets. Some
times even with classical training one
couldn't get them. Of course, few of
us are able to go to college. Of the for
tunate college graduates the majority
have to take Office jobs, and if they have
any classical recollections after eight
hours grind at desk such things are
crushed out of them in the trip uptown
in Mr.. Hedley's sardine cans. Poetry,
therefore, was not snapped up with
vigor, and the poets were ripe for a
change. 1t came.
Our verse makers began to write less
about ancient kings and more about cab
bages. They also wrote about farm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28

the benefits of raising boy in the
country, where the city cannot contami-
nate his morals Why, if had a boyj
as | have, I'd rather bring him up on
the corner of Forty-second Street and
Broadway than in any secluded rural
community to be selected by three un-
interested parties"
81 guess you're right, said the Chief,
constructing a dozen or so legs on his
flaming parallelogram.
1.-THE boy that sits around country
store, listening to the conversation OF
the village Diamond Jim Bradys gets
more contamination and less chance to
wash it off than the city boy who goes
to dance hall every night and smokes
cigarettes all day. In that Maine town
| was telling you about, and it is typi-
cal of most small towns in Maine, there
are no movies, no reading rooms, no re-
ligion, nothing but an improving popu-
lation Of stagnant-minded, who know