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The Lamar register., 1918-05-08
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF sun
Center Of Totality of Eclipse on June
Misses Lamar u few miles.

Just as we had begun to feel con-
, fident that Lamar was the center Of
everything, along comes the govern
ment and insists that Lamar is about
thirty miles from the center of total
ity of the eclipse of the sun due in
this section late in the afternoon of
June s. Mr.. f. C. Slipher of Lowell
Observatory at Flagstaff, Arizona,
was here this week making arrange
ments for the erection at some point
on the line of totality-probably at
Brandon-of an observatory which will
be used by the experts from several
colleges to get photographs of the
eclipse. Mr. Slipher says Lamar, he
thinks, will be just on the edge of
totality. The duration of the total
eclipse is estimated in this longitude
to be S2 seconds, but it will be several
hours from the time the shadow of the
moon first begins to show on the sun
until it is totally clear again. Mr..
Slipher expects to have a force busy
for the next month making the neces-
sary preparations and they will have
somewhere near a dozen instruments
taking photographs continuously dur
ing the period of totality. 1t will be
the best opportunity that the people
Of this country have had to observe
an eclipse in many years, and long
series Of observatories will be con-
structed at various points along the
line. The path of totality is supposed
to be about sixty miles at this degree
Of longitude. and this will make La
mar just in the edge of the path.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

Treasury Department, was present and
delivered practical address explain
ing the necessities of the various
methods used by the government for
raising money and particularly the
reason for the War Savings Stamps
The meeting was very interesting
and the business men were serious
minded and intent upon solving the
various problems presented in the gen.
eral discussion which followed the ad-
dress of Captain Ballou.
Watch Prowers county on this War
Savings Stamp game. She is going
over the top"
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08
BOND CAMPAIGN FIGURES
The Splendid Record Made by Prov
ers County in Late Liberty
Bond Campaign.

The final figures for the Liberty
Bond campaign in Prowers county,
which closed last Saturday night have
been compiled and while they failed
by few thousand to equal the 200
per cent which the committee had
hoped to raise, it is an imposing total
that can be viewed with pride by all
citizens.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

The population Of Colorado Per
square mile Of area at present is 9.86.
as compared with ITO for 1910. ac-
cording to estimates just completed by
the State Board of immigration. The
total population at present is l.O2263s,
rs compared with 7ss,024 for 1910.
In 1910 the yowest population per
square mile, according to the census
calculations was in Jackson and Do
lores counties, being 0.6. The lowest
ut present is 0.72. for Hinsdale county.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

Notice to Homesteaders Who May
Have 3. Preferential Right Under
the Stock Raising or $40 Home
stead Act.
The Lamar U. S. Land Office is in
receipt Of information from the Sec
retary Of the Interior that two
hundred nnd seventy-eight or about
tvo-thirds Of the applications under
the stock-raising act have been class
flied as stock-raising land, said desig-
nation to become effective May 10th,
1918.
Under the Stock-Raising law n
homestesder whose land the land that
Is designated adjoins has a perferen-
tial right on such lands over an ap-
plicant for such land that it does not
adjoin-
All persons who have n preferential
right Of filing by virtue of adjoining
land which is designated have ninety
days from May 10. 1918 in which to
exercise such preferential right after
which time the preferential right is
-xhausted.
In order to allow persona chance
to exercise their preferential right and
prevent any confusion in the work of
the Office no notices Of allowance will
be issued until after August 10, 1918
the date Of expiration Of the tim'
within which preferences can be ex-
ercised.
This method Of notifying the public
is taken in order that no one can say
they did not have chance to exercise
their rights and all persons interest
ed will take notice accordingly.
A. L. BEAVERS, Register.
r. J. McGrath. Receiver.
U. 8. Land Once. lamar, Colo
Msy ', 1918.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08
To BE Expected.

In an article on the career Of Mrs
Potter Palmer, celebrated Chicago So
ciety woman who died this week. the
Associated Press is responsible for
the following: "She appeared at re-
cent concert dressed in brilliant
diamond sunburst and string Of pearls.
Pneumonia was the cause Of her
DEATH"
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08
Bringing The War Home
(By The Prowers County Council of Defensel

Remember the Red Cross drive the
last of this month. No matter how
much money we lend to our govern
nent. we will not take care of the
wounded boys. This work has been
delegated to the greatest organization
of mercy the world has ever known
The American Red Cross. If ever
there was call that should call for
an exhibition of 100 per cent patrio-
ism, it is the call to support this or
ganization.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

Did you realize that while the 3<1st
Artillery Band-the great musical sr-
ganization from Camp Funston which
visited lamar Wednesday-divided n
day between Rocky Ford and La Junta
they booked both afternoon and night
concerts for Prowers county.
This was not merely happen sol"
1t was a direct compliment to the
showing made by our people in the
Liberty Loan Drive. The leader in
charge argued that people az progres-
sive as ours had showed themselves
TO be, deserved more than passing at
tention.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08
Elegy in a Hun Graveyard.
(After Gray, with apologies. }

Elegy in a Hun Graveyard.
(After Gray. with apologies.) |
The great guns toll the kneel of part
ing day;
The flowing gas winds slowly DER
the space;
The snipers trenchward crawl thsir
weary way
And leave the rading groups to take
their place.
Now fades the glimmering landscape
on the sight,
And all the air uncanny noises
holds
Where huge projectiles wheel their
droning flight
And the bright star shell DER the
height unfolds.
Beyond the tangled wires, the soil
defiled,
Where the torn earth was heaved
by hostile guns,
All in gray, huddled heaps together
piled
Lies the days harvest OF assault
ing Huns.
The sharp "rat-tat" on the mschine
guns played,
The shrapnel, spattered DER the
beaten sod,
The flashing bayonet., the hand
grenade
No more shall set them screaming;
"Kamerad!"
For them no more the order to aa-
Against the lines Of death that
flame and flare;
No wife shall greet their safe return
from France,
Nor ever know the grave that holds
them there.
Oft have their legions to the combat
wheeled;
Their waves as oft, the bursting
shells have broke;
How jocund were they pricked into
the field;
How bowed their heads beneath
their masters yoke.
For loyal ambition, this their fruit
less toll,
Dragged from peaceful destiny
obscure
That Kultur might advance ons blood
stained mile
Over the broken bodies Of the !
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

The War Industries Board announces
that the price Of wool has boeR fixed
by the government and that speculs-
ton will be prohibited in this COM
modify. Dealers are to be permitted
to make a charge Of per cent Of the
selling price IL the wool is not graded
and 81 per cent II the wool is grad
ed; this to cover all charges.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08
BUSINESS MEMS MEETING
Prowers County Business Men Meet
In Lamar and Start Vigorous
War Savings Stamp
Campaign.

At q meeting of the business men
Of Prowers county held at the Elks
Club rooms on Friday evening. May
3rd, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS. we are engaged in the
world war with Germany and her al
lies and have been so engaged for
more than one year and in that short
time have found it necessary to pro-
vide men, and supplies to win the war,
and to do this we must supply the
necessary funds and inasmuch as
Prowers county has taken her quota
Of the first and second issues of Lib
erty Bonds and has oversubscribed the
Third issue almost two hundred per
cent, and it has been ascertained that
the quota of the county for War Saw
ings Stamps is $274 $50, now there
fore be it
RESOLVED, That we, the business
mon of Prowers county, Colorado. in
meeting assembled this 3rd day of
May. 1918. do each and every one
agree to establish an agency for the
sale Of War Savings Stamps and
Thrift Stamps and to constitute our
selves a permanent organization for
the period Of the war to energetically
push the sale of these stamps; and
publicly to display before May 18th in
our places of business signs indicat-
ing that the stamps are for sale there;
And be it further
RESOLVED, that the business men
here assembled promise to actively en-
courage other patriotic citizens to be-
come agents and to assist them in the
sale of War Savings Stamps. And be
II further
RESOLVED, that each and every
one of those present hereby pledges
himself to buy personally at least 500
worth of War Savings Stamps during
this year.
Signed.
F. J. Gretchen,
Guy Hudson,
]. L. Mayfield,
C. o. Pattison,
Floyd M. Wilson,
Committee.
This meeting was attended by
practically every business man in the
county-standing room being at
premium in the hall. Captain Baliou
of Denver, representative OF the
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

Among the host of letters received
by the Liberty Bond committee during
the recent campaign was the follow
ing from citizen Of the eastern part
Of the county:
Dear Sir and Madam:
Find enclosed check for $500 to
help win the war.
81 am sending all that I am able to
spare at the present. wish / were
able to give hundred or more"
The committee mailed $500 worth
Of Thrift Stamps-and a sincere COM
pliment on his patriotism.
Rev. Kelly. chairman Of the ~ Min
ute Men," received the following tele-
gram Thursday and, despite the fact
that the field had been gone over
with a fine-toothed comb already, a
very pleasing response was made.
The telegram follows:
Notify all speakers to make this
proposition to all audiences:
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

poor.
The boast Of heraldry, the pomp Of
power.
All the false gods that despetissu
gave,
Drove them to this inevitable
The path Of Kultur; and the ssn-
mon grave.
Perhaps within this fire-swept field is
laid
Some heart, half-kindled to the
flame of Right;
Hands that the throne of tyrants
might have swayed
And dashed aside the ruthless bonds
Of Might.
But Freedom! From their eyes her
glorious page
Was blotted by the Imperial Eagle.
wings;
Grim tyrannies repress their noble
rage
And rake them puppets in the
hands of kings.
Their lot forbade that hope should e'cr
b. known
~ FYr" ioui, and, iinbIuted. dull and
blind.
Bsds them to wade through slaughter
for the throne,
Bade them to dio, sccurst Of all
mankind.
Here rest their heads upon the lap
of earth.
Men unto mercy and to hops un-
known;
Tools of kings ambition from their
birth.
And slaughtered to uphold mad
mans throne.
Large was their loyalty. Deceived,
sincere.
What rccompcnse did their stern
masters send.
They gave to Tytanny-their bodies
here;
They gained from Tyrsnny-t.Iis
shameful end.
Sic transit" Huddled in an open
tomb;
Dead. to weld firmer yet the ehains
they wear;
But of the lords that drove them to
their doom
Ye will not find one Hohenzollern
there.
-Desn Collins, in Oregon Voter.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

"We like the beautiful brunette,
We don't despise the winsome blond,
But best of all the girls we've met
Is little Miss Iona Bond"
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

Data now being compiled by the
State Board of Immigration shows
that in 1917 the total area cultivated
in Colorado was 4.0TS, $50 acres, ex-
elusive of that devoted to orchards
and small fruits. This is but GAL per
cent of the area Of the state. Boulder
county ranks first in the percentage
of land cultivated. with 25.15 percent.
The only county having more than 20
percent of its acreage in cultivation
last year was Logan, and but is Of
the counties had more than 10 per-
cent under cultivation. In 1909 the
census bureau found the total acreage
cultivated, exclusive Of that devoted
to orchards and. small fruits, to be
2.614,312 acres, or 3.94 percent Of
the total area. The most rapid in
crease in acreage cultivated has been
in the nonirrigated sections Of east
ern Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08
COLORADO FACTS
Resources Of the State Have Been
Barely Touched As Yet.

Calculations made by the State I'M
migration Bureau from the reports Of
the state tax commission show that
the per capita assessed valuation Of
property in Colorado is 81 1859. The
lowest per capita valuation is for Baca
county, s513.07. and the highest for
Gunnison, :2,627.17. Nine counties
have per capita valuations lower than
81 900 and seven higher than $4,000.
The per capita figures are based upon
estimated populations obtained by the
State Board Of Immigration within
the past few months.
The Lamar register., 1918-05-08

This meeting was attended by
practically every business man in the
county-standing room being at
premium in the hall. Captain Baliou
Of Denver, q representative Of the
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

Won whether nr nat Rear patriotism
falls Down IN he 1eaat particular
Hero 10 what sana If the Rttls tete
alread> ione Tbes haxo rs good IS
drcd@ the family eh5uffenrq fh"feh1
releasing nna more MIN - bold maH.a
inh IN ammunition factory % on
farm. mud incidentally ra,lnR aefpe
twonf1 i've lnlare q veek fer you -
use in bu} tug liheftE I;ouda Naf
Savings stamps or making donations
Ia tho Rod Grnss 81 afher sar into
e7ts Il really aoomed Too ridiculous
FOR that daughter of yeuta - drive tho
car Tor Won eau ASSURE het thaf hsr
cnthuaiasm viii soon Wear m fhat
ahe VIII never he ablo - meet tile
various emergencies that como IN the
wav ar nat tires md things af that
sort. Int she has heen preparing far
tho omofRc ncv Wiz FIR wceks tn
fore Rho came home from college aho
has hecn training II a motor drivera.
class She f. already nj espert. md
Won cannot convince her thaf fho moods
any moro vacation this slmmer ihHa
ahe VIII Pet IN driving the car.
she a ono n tho fatnlls md vet rot
ono of tho famile tint daughter
toure SHE soafnp almost like ST.
cnne frrau neie sam md Ito effect ~
hor presence IN roar Kitchen md pan
Try has the Same enoct on YOU ms .
hadt, prickiuR Coincidence You knn~
you hayo been collecting I'll the rugar
Won could 81 fact. moro than your
share md Il soorlod al riphf There
is Anne. tho mud ~ nj works sho
sfmnl1 haa II have fslr SPOONS af
ftt lle Ia
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25
USE OF THE NEW CORN 81:
OIL AS A SUBSTITUTE

r 18TH. within a year or SO feel
~ ing has prevailed among US has
Il not that the housewife who
used substitutes for butter lard or
olive oil wasn't exactly PLAYING far.
II you could prove that q boarding
house keeper used llnseed oil tn her
mayonnaise you felt that she was com
ing unfairly ~ The profits that might
he made IN the price OF olive oil over
the inferior oil Much fairer would II
have seemed had she never had any
salad oil Whatever To be sure there
were some lard substitutes that were
used rs some housewives because they
really preferred using q vegetable Ill
to lard but somehow the orthodox
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

NaaF -as soap 1as 4 ne" sse. " oman
) EMO l7E AS a complexion beau
,!6er
49, ,--s. .,....,. ...-...i .,.s "a, Ill,
~ SID f'as SOAP @"7 ''11 q i'A-'e"-
whose complexion had Become r'l.ned
by a protrac,ea fever None Of the
,-7t.,,-, .-.,.-,..,,. s.,...,,...3 j., IL, ,,,,,
-
the nurse heard t79 sex woman nus
band teilnk hov soft ana paao!s shaw
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

no longer 50 - the extremes thar NC
did a decade ago when tho summer Rarl
with the berry brown complexion was
the vogue Of the moment We do not
hide our faces behind masks IS ala tho
women OF wears ago hut We do Wear
wide hrimmed hats. and We do wear
wells Il need he We take our tanning
moderately. realizing that IN beauty IS
we'll as IN most things * is between the
two extremes that the truth is 70 Re
found
With tho periodic revival q ali
things quaint Il has been suggested
that we would some day experience n
return az the vogue FOR these masks
however. once no woman ~ quality
ever Went forth IN summer without
wearing some such complexion protec
tor, In Two Gentlenen o. Verona
YOU know. Julia IN disguise when asked
whether Julia's beauty is the same as
ever, replies to the effect that size has
no longer kept up her good looks. FOR
since she ala neglect her looi<ins
glass
And threw her sun-expening mask
away.
The air hath starved The roses in her
cheeks.
And pinched the Iily-tIncture Of her
face.
And now she IS become as black as I"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

the implements. should be YER cold
and should first have been rendered
scrupulousiy clean An eKG 6eater ;hat
IS not spotless may lie responsible for
the enrdliug of the dressing Granted
everything & clean and cold there IS
no more reason why the mayonnaise
dressing made from corn oil should
not come out than there s when
the finest olive oil is used II YOU have
dined or lunched much a hotels or
restaurants the chances are that vau
have been introduced long before this
10 mayonnaise dressing not made from
olive oil for even the most expensive
hotel kitchens have made use Of this
substitute long before this. Il Is
always Very poor policy to eat cheer
fully ar hotels what YOU scorn at home
for when You do YOU permit the hotel
manager 10 reap profit at your expense
that YOU are not willing To reap for
Yourself
There Is no reason why We should 70
without food cooked in deep fat for the
period OF the war The corn oils are
Just as satisfactory as lard. and II
really seems as II the lard discolored
and absorbed odors rather sooner than
the substitute oil At any rate. II heats
at lower temperature. and hence we
don't have 70 endure 50 much smoking
as We do from the ordinary kind.
one thing remember not all butter
OF lard substitutes are entirely salts
factory for use i'll greasing cake tins
and other baking dishes With some
sticking is almost impossible to avoid.
For this reason md out quite definitely
about the brand OF oil you use. and IL
YOU lind it does not lend itself 10 the
proposition, then use a little butter or
possibly the rlnd OF bacon fat for this
purpose. II YOU are making mullins
little clear bacon ct 1. satiafackorN.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25
my LADY
FAIR"
.ROM time out Of mind when
knights have sung ti1p praises IF


i knights have sung tfle praises of
my lady fair" they have nes nj
my lady beautiful" And since Il was
the established habit TO regard fairness
Of complexion as synonymous with
beauty Il f. small wonder that women
resorted 10 masks and cosmetics. par
ssols and shade fans-anythin and
everything 20 keep the RAYS IF sum
mer's sun from hronzins their com
piexions
Psychologists and anthropoiosists
could probably account for this point
OF view. In countries such IS England
during the Norman dominance. where
r northern race had the upper hand
and the down trodden race was 81 dark
complexion. # was but natural 70
idealize the blonde type 81 woman
Moreover the woman Of leisure and
nobility who could preserve and accen-
suate her beauty. was for the most part
8 house bred creature, whereas the
peasant woman-the woman whom
slsvish toll de1sured. and whose beau
~ was often concealed by neglect and
suuaior-wss quite apt 70 he-in times
gone blythe woman whose cornple xion
uss exposed TO the suns rays Her
and arnusements we're taken for the
most part IN the fields because the
rude hut tina. she called home was only
isrre enough 70 serve as a place 70
prepare and eat meals and a place 70
sleep. And while tire lady IN the castle
kept her skin as fair as q habys. this
woman OF the people became tanned
and bronzed The one was regarded as
nenronplace, vulgar. and the other
WIS sung IN song and story. She
wac my lady fair"
or course. our attitude toward mere
ssirnes. OF skin IS different nowadays.
We ere more democratic n our ideas,
for one thing. Poets and artists have
come forth to extoll through their art
the beauty Of the woman Of humber
origin. Moreover. under present con
diton.. work is not SO killing. Econ
nu1ic conditions have really improved
enormously: work Is no longer so arciu-
BUS for women that they break and grow
ugly in their youth or that they must
be Of the leisured class in order to have
q fair chance of making the most %
their good looks.
But even if you still cling 70 the
aristocratc ideal OF feminine lowell
ness-the aristocratic woman is no
longer q creature nurtured within the
shadowy walls Of a castle. She is 10
be found on the golf course, and on the
tennis court she drives her own motor
or one for the army. She sails and
she walks and she rides and she skates.
She is IN fact. no longer fair and fair
ness no longer is anonymous with
beauty. Moreover. the same trend OF
conditions that have made the woman
of leisure q creature Of the outdoors
have carried the woman OF toll indoors.
She is found in factory and store,
whereas she once worked almost ex
ciusively in the field So things have
heen neutrahzed and my lady fair as
syononomous with my lady beautiful
surv1ves only because o. old estab
llshed usage
But in spite Of our sensible attitude
toward rhe effect or Old Sors rays we
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25
s-.ear-na <iensna.

There are man sss o~eparirg
sidnevs it t1- a.r.dl step S aIHa
practically ne same SOAK p -1id
aater -iasv aaro4Ka. AMI men cover
s.t1 .p..az sa4t-t WAGER asd simmer
t~ .-u u-a3tes Drain ag mis- Vate-
and .3@e- AGAIN Win aoiang Al alter r.
5u cave -ue drain and re-cover
gan attrs -hen SINNER 2 al over
az an eogr >ow sa!n ne Sidne,
and a4t rsem Up r desired peces. ~hey
mas ~ made into q palata5!e l.sh sv
wing 7em ~ shallow Fat with a .,'tla
71ppea onion. Add meat stock or got
water enough - make Lizzie clear
roam graz. season Nitn salt Aad pep
Per nd serve. or .1ey may a served
with ar0wned aour zravy seasoned
7!ta mushrooms and Wor chestersatTs
sauee. or they nay simply e Gus Up
p small pieces aad served w.ta 3 49,
seasoned white sauce
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

on some Of the new suits pockets are
emphasized with a band Of fur A the
top, and on some Of the silk frocks they
are quite bag like in shape and size
OF course. the new calico frocks have
pockets, some Of them, but they are
quite prim and fat. bound OFF. as befits
calico pockets with a bit OF the same
cut bias.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

FIR long years this part ~ ne beef
carcass wss regarded a. vaIueiess nu;
It's merits having been 3iscovered nv
famous ep!cure +. soon came ~ 10 re-
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

=
- =. = . -
i"s"ioie |" make sueh WHITE sauce
not only with one OF the veKeta hle oils
but with rice -four instead of wheat
ao,,r +, ,..o,,l4 IT., ,=.-f+at.,. -.
= 'i.e nm ~ : az" s.'s''
II Is an open question whether the
gourmet would prefer the old fashion
ed pre- var yvbtta saf4z,a ~ tho ne,,.
s,rs,t+.,.
iiieiil'ti "'"ds ti'at III usiae one @.
the substitutes you need less IN guam
tlty than you would Of butter To
make good white sauce YOU should
heat two tablespoons Of the ell as you
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25
Salad Dressings.

In making mayonnaise dressing with
corn oil the same PRECAUTIONS should
be taken that are taken when using
olive oil All ingredients. including
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-25

- ONT buy anything -a.sea q.
distance from volr home rher
You can possibly .se something
zra11 +baf a "A sod -ea --.-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1918-05-30
Somerset Veterans

The Somerset Veterans Association
and Ladies' Auxiliary will hold the reg
ular June meeting in X. of p Hall
NorridgewOck, Friday, June 7. open
ing at 10 a. m. The usual program
will be in order during the day. Din
ner served by the Ladies of the G. A.
r. Circle Public most cordially in
vited
f. f. GOULD.
Colonel
S. F EMERSON,