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The Lamar register., 1918-05-22

cubic yard OF earth. with an esti-
mated yardage OF One Hundred
Thirteen Thousand nl5.OOO) and
the District guHrant eing yhrdAgs
of not less than Ninety Thousand
tso.yoOl; l-nid contract involving
$4,000 be ratified and approved And
said expenditure nuthorized7
That the ballots required to be east
at said election shall contain the
words.
Ssyler Contract.
Sayier Contract ..-........N NO
That said District shall not be dlvid-
ed into separate precincts for said cleo
ton. but there shall be only one yota
ing place therein. which shall be 80
above mentioned.
That the polls for said election shall
be opened at eight o'clock In the morn
IN the afternoon OF said day.
That the Judges appointed by sad
Board Of Directors for said election
are ". l. Holland. Albert II. Kern. sId
That fun copies of the contract -boss
referred to Will be posted with copies
OF thia notice IN three public places ~
said District. and also IN the oiiice Of
fore the said date OF election. and that
the original contract is on file ana
may be inspected at any time durin.
business hours in the office Of said
ing in Lamar. Colorado.
Dated at Lamar. Colorado. thi, lst.
day OF May. 1913.
w. A. MACPHERSON
Secretary Of The Pleasant Val
ley Drainage District
FIRST Pub. May %. 1918
Last Pub. June o. 1918.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
AMERICANS WILL USE
POISON Gas ON HUNS
Shells Containing 1t Are Now
Ready for Shipment to
France

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-A great
poison gas campaign is planned as part
of the American offensive against the
Germans, testimony before the house
appropriations committee, just made
public, shows.
Shells, full of deadly poison, are now
ready for shipment from America and
General Pershings urgent request for
poison gas plants, both in America and
France, has been granted by the house
appropriations committee.
These two plants will cost about
SO, 100000.
Experts will be sent to the plant in
France to watch carefully for any new
gas that may prove more deadly, and
to be ready to meet any emergency. The
American plant will be designed to turn
out great number of the gas shells.
while the plant in France will be for
experiments.
Testifying before the committee. Col
onel E. J. W. Ragsdale, in charge of
this work, stated that it is often nee
essary to change the whole gas program
My the discovery of some new poison.
NO phase of trench warfare is open
to such sudden shifts as gas warfare.
For instance, the mustard gas used by
the Germans completely changed the
program he said.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
SELF DEFENSE
DEFEAT RacKAcHE AHp KIDNEY
/ TROUBLE VITA AEsuRIc.

. Many peopie in this section, - else
where, have suffered iron rheumatism
and kidney trO1Se and have found
IAnurfc to Be the nsost successful remedy
20 overcome these painful and danger
Gus ailments
The lucky people are those who have
suffered. bat who are now well because
they needed Natures warning signal In
time 70 correct their trouble with that
wonderful new discovery Of DR.. Pierce's
called sAnuric-7 You should promptly
heed these warnings some OF which are
dizzy spells, backsche, irregulaxfty of the
urine or the painful tvingeS Of rheuma-
dm. sciatica or lumbSgo. To delay may
make possible the dangerous forms Of
kidney disease, such as Bright's disease,
diabetes or stone in the bladder
To overcome these distressing condi-
tions you should take plenty of exercise
in the open air. avoid heavy meat diet,
drink freely of water and at each meal
take DR.. Piercs's Anuric Tablets double
strenxthl. You will, in a short time, find
that you are one Of the firm indorsers OF
An-u-ric, as are many of your neighborS
Send Dr.. V. VI. Pierce. Buffalo, n. Y
roc for trial package Large pkg. 60c-
SYLACAUGA, ALA have used
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
Ten Million Dollars Is
Revolving Fund for
Purchase Of Nitrate
Especial Dispatch to The JournaL)

Especial Dispatch to The JournaL)
WASHINGTON, Feb. Let is learn
ed TODAY that by an amendment added
to the agricultural appropriation BILL
through the activities of Senators Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, and e d. Smith, Of
South Carolina, an ample supply of nj
trogen will be furnished by theNgover1-
nent at cost to farmers needing it
The original bill carried an appropcia-
ton of 10000, 900, which was to be used
for the purchase of nitrogen produced
in Chile According to it's terms, the
nitrogen was to be sold at cost to farm
ers and the fund turned back into the
treasury. The amendment put on the
agricultural appropriation bill makes
this $4,000, 900 a revolving fund to be
used by the secretary of agriculture
when the nitrogen has been sold which
is first purchased by the fund.
The funds derived from the sale Will
under the amendment be again used for
the purchase of nitrogen and so on con-
tinuously, thereby making the amount Of
nitrogen to be furnished to the farmers
not simply the amount which could hrst
be purchased by 100000. but an
amount continuously provided for by the
continued use of the $10,0OO,0o0 as col
lections from sales furnish funds.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
PHONE OPERATOR ASKS
MORGAN FOR S50,000,0OO
RoJSSeIot Poses as EmiSSay
of Spanish King-N egOtia-
tons Actually Opened

NEW YORK. Feb. 16.-FFow a SIS
a week telephone operator, posing as
'This excellency, the Marquis Edmond
Rousselot di Castillot. confidential rep
resentative of his majesty, King Alton
SO XIII of Spain" opened negotiations
with the banking house of ]. p. Morgan
Il Co for a loan of $50,OoO,00O to Spain
and by promising that Spain would en-
ter the war on the side of the entente
allies. brought the state department
into the matter was revealed in the
federal court here today when three In
dictments were returned against Ed
mond Rousselot. under the espionage
law.
Rousselot was pressing his plan for
the loan when chance caused his arrest
on another charge, and his castle IN
Spain quickly toppled.
william Pierson Hamilton, of the
Morgan house, was foreman or the
grand Jury which returned the indlct-
ments, and was familiar with the en-
tire transaction because he was the
member of the firm to whom the mat
ter was entrusted
When the subject of the loan was
preached to the bank by Rousselot. who
had been properly introduced by W. r
D. Stokes, of New York City, the bank
Immediately communicated with Sec
retarv Lansing, who opposed the loan TO
the Spanish government through an In
dfviduaI. and suggested that it be taken
I'D through the regular government
channels. Rousselot objected to this
method of procedure explaining that
the loan was to be made personally to
King Alfonso and it was because OF
this secret arrangement he could prom
Use that Spain was to join the entente
allies.
The negotiations were still under
way, and Mr.. Hamilton had the mat
ter under consideration, when Rousse-
lot, about three weeks ago, was arrest
ed on the charge of falsely represent
ing himself as Count Rousselot, a
French diplomat here on a secret mis-
sion" and being unable to obtain bail
was sent to Jail. This led to inquiry
and the whole affair was laid before
the grand jury.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

of "whitened sepulchres," and the quar-
tier does wear. indeed, an aspect of
vague melancholy, un peu triste "a lit
tie gloomy. with its monotonous IA
cadeS of gray or white, or cafe au lait,
that have a way of scowling gloomily
in the rain that drops down so easily
from the low gray northern skies; the
houses seem always to be closed, and
the persionnes venetian blinds) drawn,
as though their owners were not at
home. Perhaps it is because they are not
at home to everybody, though when one
of the great doors is opened with a
great chatter of chains, by an impressive
butler. and one is once within, one at
tributes the external aspect to the re
serve that one finds characterizing
everything within, surcharging even
the calm atmosphere. Through these
great doors in other days carriages
rolled as motor cars roll in ours, or
as they did roll until the Germans came,
and at the other end of the porte
cochere which pierces the house like a
tunnel, one has a bright glimpse of
those lovely gardens where so much of
the intimate life of Brussels is passed
For the Bruxellois knows the charm Of
formal gardens, the mystery of high
walls with the Lavender blossoms OF
wistaria vines or the bloom of a peach
as, from long intercourse with France,
he knows the beauty of the subduSd
colors and the exquisite lines of the
furniture that was made in the time
of the Louis.
The timer doors of these old mansions
have a sense OF exclusion and intimacy
that enhances their hospitality once
one is admitted to it; they give into
stately halls, with a wide StHi rCaSe
leading UP to the great salons with
their lofty ceilings and their heavily
Curtained windows overlooking the
street. and the espbon (spy) to tell who
stands at the door without, a device
that might have relieved Horace of
the bore CrispsnuS. and delivered Ener-
son out OF dangers of those awful dew
azstzAtors of the day who dYelI in every
land The Old house, there on the cor
ner of the Rue Belli2rd and the Rue
dc Treves, that was the American le-
CATION, did very we'll for the ordinary
times of peace, though it, was hardly
prepared for those extraordinary times
then lurking in the dark future, when
Il was to be daily crowded with the
victims oil tragedies that even Joseph
Conrad could not have imagined, and
/ to become the strange stage of events
/ that are now part of the history of the
| dear, the charming, the tragic land
There was little hint of those tragedies
in the bright spring that came so early
in that fateful year. 1t all seems like
dream now, from some dim land of
youth, and in another day when we
were all young and the world was
otherwise. How long ago, those din
n1Rs at tna various ministers; at Mr.,
DaxagmOus f1rst O< al. v4nsre an AE0eGa-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

chat with Prince Koudacheff: Nell has
had him at the dinner table, he was so
good at heart In his Russian way, and
his fncorrigfble pessimism was so de-
lightful. But near by, in the great hall,
one of the German secretaries of lega-
ton was recoundn the history Of an
enormous oil painting OF the kaiser that
hung over the staircase; the history was
neither important nor interesting, but
since the portrait was Of the kaiser, the
secretary adopted the courtter's tone in
speaking of it, and I could like the
young Belgian who, glancing up at the
theatrical figure in its bald and too
vivid colors and squirting at the light,
said:
IN serait perrnis de dire n'est-ce pas,
que CONNIE art, la peinture nest pas IA
meuse7' cone Is permitted to say.
isn't one. that as art, the picture is not
great7")
But then MI Won Below was said 10
be a man Of superb taste; he played the
piano well, and had a knowledge of all
the arts. Under him the German legation
would be immensely improved; he had
already set out a new formal garden
he would enhance the already widening
German influence in Belgium; his din
rers that spring had been excellent; the
Bouygogae We had just had for dinner
for instance, was the famous Chateau
Chose-lsT3
II had been brilliant and a crowded
season. even if its beginnings had been
'Ouched BY the shadow of the mourning
or the Countess OF Flanders. the moth
er OF the king, from which the court was
5ust emerging. The two salons bleUs
With which the season at Brussels be
ans, had been given at the Palais and
--e queens garden party with which
ends. ia the summer palace at Laeken
--ut that year, destined to be so tragic
"a Belgian history and in the history OF
--ankind. rad been distinguished by
events OF unusual social interest; there
lad been the special mission from the
lew Chinese republic, the visit of the
sing and queen or Denmark. and ther
alter i'm the fatal summer. the visit
E' he lord mayor Of London. who IN
-Cbes and golden chains came riding
al least from the Care du Nord to the
palace--in his ancient coach with his
. beef eaters and all the civic pomp OF
"a London town. And these events had
lTghing echoes and brilliant reflections
q the Quarter Leopold, which never
perhaps had been so gay. 1t is the quar-
I ter sacred from time If not immernOrial
l At least what NOutO De lEnncEnOrfoll IT
most Of our cities, TO the aristocraoc
and lies west Of the boulevards of tn,
upper town. as that part OF the city
/ was called when Leopold I came TO the
/ throne, and with fits solid blocks o.
stately houses. II extends now eastward
almost TO the Cinquantenaire So Ia.
artstocracy fiourished- Joseph Conrad. IL
one of hts stories, refers 10 thoss
houses as having given the tnpTess10z
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
Wife of Rome Barber
Gains a Rich Estate
By Decision of Court

ROME, Ca, Feb. 16.-Mrs. Myrtle
Wade Burton, wife of a Rome barber,
becomes possessor of an estate valued
at more than twenty thousand dollars
by decision of the supreme court an
nounced today.
Although never formally adopted, she
had made her home with the late Avery
Durham, of Rome, for ten years after
he took her from the orphans home at
Hapeville, when she was aged eight.
Blood kinsmen of Durham fought the
girls claim, he having left no will, but
the courts here decided in her favor
and the decision was affirmed on appeal
to the states highest tribunal.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

can lady, whose husband had just been
ordered home, CHANGING down the long
table brilliant with its napery, it's
flowers it's plate, the uniforms and
toilettes of the women about it, and
the flashing jewels, sighed and w4ris-
pered to me: Il hate to leave il allr'
We were all soon to leave it and
we did not know, and the master of
the house was to be among the first
not only to go into exile while the
Germans came to pillage his wine Gel
lars and carouSe in the very dining
hall, but to hurry on into that longer
darker, exile where myriads have since
been hurried.
(Contdnued IN Next rSsue.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
Eight British Craft
Hunting Submarines
Sunk by Destroyer;

LONDON. Feb. t5.-Eight British
craft which were hunting submarines
have been sunk by a raiding fotilla of
enemy destroyerS. it is announced Of
icially.
After having sunk these vessels, sew
en- of which were 'drifters' and one
trawler, the enemy destroyers returned
rapidly northward before they could be
engaged. The destroyer raid took place
in the Straits of Dover. the official an
nouncement states
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

the Anunc Tablets
for the kidneys and
they surely did give
good results. / have
also used the sPleas-
ant Pellets for the
liver and they have
done me . great deal
o. good. / can
recommend Doctor
Pie-ce's N edicins
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
ReichStrat Member Arrested

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 16.-Von Ber-
tolini, member Of the reichstrat from
South Tyrol, has been arrested in Trent
in connection with alleged widespread
italian espionage plots, according to
copies Of the Tageblatt received here
today
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

as mighty hne.D q. A kAosDALk-
with my back for 10 years and had tried .
RreAt many remedies OF course, was
not completely down but Il was very pain
ful through my spine tried Auuric
and found complete relief. Now l can lift
100 lbs. and over, where before / could
sczrraly get I'D when stopped TO tie my
ahne SLH ~ AngnS+a Are.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
I'D
BRAND WHITLOCK

EVERY ISSUE of The
Semi-Weekly Journal will
carry a new installment of
Brand Whitlock's The
Truth About Belgium"
There have been many
stories written about Ger
man atrocities in Belgium,
but whitlock's story in The
Semi-Weekly Journal is the
only official narrative of
what actually happened in
Belgium under German rule.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

One Cornus FLORIDA CWhfte
Flowering Dogwood). The
white flowers, borne IN ear
ly spring. are 2 to 4 inches.
lcross, and remain many
weeks. Foliage become.
brilliant in autumn. REQ
bark and berries make -
pleasing sight in winter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

One xanthorrh1za- yellow
Root). Dwarf, spreading
with bright yellow roots
md branches Dainty, deep
Y indented, fern-like leaves
make a delightful appear
ance throughout the year.
Dropping purple flowers.
One Rhus Glabra- Grows
10 to 10 feet high, with open
,rown and compound leaves.
Flowers in July, in creamy
panicles, followed by Grim
son fruits, which remain
all winter.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

One AInorpAa F'ruacosA,
(False Indigo). Grows . to
10 feet high and forms a
large spreading bush, with
compound leaves. Slender
spikes of deep violet-blue
flowers are borne in sum
mer. Red and gold in au-
tumn.
Two Roses Of Sharon
Beautiful shrubs of rapid
growth, making the most
gorgeous show of large,
brightly colored. double
flowers, which remain all
fall. Grows IL feet high.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19

The Quicker You Get q Free Trial
OF Pyramid Pile Treatment the Bet.
ter. 1t Is What You Are Looking
For.
Don't talk operation. If you can't
wait for a free trial of Pyramid
drug store and get relief now. If
not near store send coupon for
free trial package in plain wrapper.
and get rid of itching, bleeding and
protruding piles. hemorrhoids and
such rectal troubles. Take no substitute.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-19
FuII Box Sent On Trial
Our"Home Beautiful" Collection

This massive collection is composed of twelve one-yea
shrubs and trees of varieties described below They ar
about foot long the very best size to plant They make SUI
prsngy rapid growth producing very pretty effect the mr.
year They all perfectly hardy, will not winterki an
will succeed everywhere.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-16
ny WEBB MILLER
tnhrsi Prews Correspondent

cOBLESz. Dec. ~. - CSightl--
niy Courier to Nancy. THE Amer.
cans lacked experience in the tech
nicalIu~- Of modern warfare. but
they knew how to 20 ahead-they
knew too we'll"
That is the opinion OF Col. Won
s,cibel. chief OF staff OF the enemy
sTth division. which fought and was
beaten by the Americans In the Ar
gonne.
Won Et-Ibei, who In attached 10 the
German bridg,hesd commission. dis
GUESSED freely with the United Pres
correspondent the phases Of the Ar.
gonns break.thru.
In too much OF hurry to get things
done" he said.
For instance. in attacking our
machine guns-vhich are tho bes, In
the vorid-they utilized no scien.
tific means. IL seemed TO us that
the only way they knew to elim-
mate a machine gun nest was TO
keep coming until they got IL. That
was rather discouraxinG 10 the
morale OF our gunners. They knew
that " they stayed long they would
be killed or captured.
I'VE have no doubt that America n
Intervention won the var. We could
have beaten the other allies. but tho
constant stream OF America ns.
young and enthusiastic. overwheim.
81 us.
The Americans are good oppo-
nents and fair fighters"
Won Steibel declared the German
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-12-16
American Women
Arrive on Line
of Rhine River
By WEBB MILLER
nY WEBB MILLER


WITH THE AMERIcANs
ACROSS THE RHINE. Dec. i5.--1By
Courier 10 NancyD-The first Amer.
can women 90 reach the Rhine. in the
line Of duty, have arrived here.
They numbered u. and were at.
tached to evscuation hospital 200
Their arrival attracted considerable
attention from tOvnspeople Some Of
the girls walked 10 the river. where
columns Of the First infantry were
crossing. The doughboys spied and
chcered them.
Included IN the party are nine girls
from tho Presbyterian unit Of Chica.
so. half a dozen from New York city
and state. and a number from Cleys-
land. Kansas city and other Middle
Western cities
While the First was crossing the
Rhine, ten wounded Americans re.
leased from German hospitals arriv.
ed on the east bank. opposite Cob.
lsnz. As they limDed across. they
were greeted by yelis Of welcome
from the doughboyE