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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Jewelry Specially Priced
Friday

SOC fancy rings Special Friday only, ..,.....19f
$125 and $l.50 white ivory picture frames Special Fri
DAY only,
Soc glass salt and pepper shakers with silver tops Spe
cal Friday only, pair, 39c
$225 silver plated bread trays. Special Friday only,
Rogers silver plated gravy ladies' Special Friday only
$1.25
Rogers silver plated spoons Special Friday only e
dozcne 'PAto
Dives Pomeroy & Stewart,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
FridaySale CoatSweaters

$498, $780, $3.50 and $3.50 Silk Fibre and Mercerized
Coat Sweaters, beed and sash models. Special Friday
Dives Poneroy Stewart, Store.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Furniture of Character
In the August Sale

This is the timeto buy furniture and this is the
place to buy it, for qualities of that substantial
worth that denotes dependaby, and prices represent
savings that are real
Davenport Beds in gold oak, fumed oak and ma
hogany roll edge mattress. August Sale Price $4,000
Four-piece frosted brown reed living room suite
upholstered in two-tone plush. August Sale Price,
$237.OO
Four-piece living suite, old copper finish up
holstered in fancy cretonne. August Sale Price,
$16O.5O
Brown fibre chairs and rockers, spring seats. Au-
gust Sale Price, ......................... .$12.95
Brown fibre resde chairs and rockers upholstered in
fancy cretonne, loose cushion seats August Sale
Three-pece living suite, solid mahogany.
Dives Pomeroy & Stewart Fourth Floor.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-21
Black Dress Goods and
Innings

$125 black Mohair, 50 inches. Special Friday only yard
~ 95c
$3.50 silk Popn, 40 inches. Special Friday only, yard
$1.95
5000 mems wear Serge in black 81 inches Special Fri
udy only yald, $4.95
$l25 Surf Cloth for bathing suits. Special Friday only
Pomeroy Stewart Street or.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
BUSINESS CHANGE
n. n. Mclean Sells Drug Store to DIR.
n. NJ. Burnett.

N. n. Mclean, who has been in act
i've management and ownership of the
Mclean drug store for 26 years last
Friday announced that he had cold the
business to DIR. N. NJ. Burnett. The
latter will most likely organize com
pany to take over the business but he
is already in charge. Mr.. MeLean's
was the oldest drug store in the city
under the same management and was
one of the oldest business concerns Of
any kind. Mr.. Mclean came here in
the spring of 1893 as a young man,
and by his energy, integrity and good
Judgment built up one of the most
prosperous business institutions OF our
city and has always enjoyed large
patronage, many Of his customers hav-
ing been regular patrons since his
start in business here, and all greatly
regret to see him retire. Mr.. Mclean
will remain resident of Lamar al
though for the present he Will make
his headquarters at Eastland, Texas
near which point he has made heavy
oil investments. Mrs. Mclean and
daughters, Misses Beryl and Gladys
will spend the winter in Lawrence
Kansas, where the young LADIES Will
attend Kansas University. Mr.. Nc
Lean still retains his large ranch north
of Lamar in May Valley, and will be
hack occasionally to look after his in
tcrests here.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
NEE NO. SHE MAKES PROGRESS
Work on the Well Near Lamar Goes
Rapidly Forward and Prospects
Bright.

The inability to get casing down at
Quanah, Texas, for their well there
has caused suspension Of the opera
tions of the Nee-No-She Oil Co. in
that field, and their crew of expert
drillers has been brought up to Lamar
and are now assisting in the drilling
of the well near Queen Beach just
north of Lamar. This enables the
company to run night and day shifts
and push the work rapidly. They are
now down over thirteen hundred feet
and reports coming from visitors at
the well are very flattering They
have struck three strata of oil bearing
sand, the last being quite heavy, and
the indications are so strong as to en-
thuse the old oil men on the force. The
formation proved out almost exactly
as the biologists predicted and if it
continues to follow out their prediction
a few hundred feet more will mean a
good well. Lamar is more interested
just now in this well than any other,
as it is the only serious attempt at
preseSt by anyone to test the question
of whether there is oil in this section
or not. The company has plenty of
funds and financial backing, and will
go down deep enough to thoroughly
test the question of finding oil in this
section of the valley.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10

industries now pay, onto the general
taxpayer. 1t is not pleasant to con-
template.
Take insurance as an example which
pays millions in taxes, several differ
ent government boards are reaching
out to include it in their functions
while insurance commissioners as in
the state of Washington are asking
power to regulate rates.
The time is here to call halt 10
the mania for regulating somebody
else business. This same cry for
regulation virtually wrecked our nat
ional railroad system and has brought
our utilities to the verge of bank
ruptcy.
And what have the people got; rates
virtually the same as 30 years ago, a
stagnation in development due to fact
companies are not allowed to make
sufficient returns to attract investors
and in addition a tax burden probably
equal to rates paid, (really doubling
present rates., in order to maintain
regulating bodies to make rates. So
a man who never uses a railroad prob
ably pays as much in taxes to sup
port regulation as the man using the
road and the man using the railroad
or utility pays double, i. e., his fare
and his taxes.
Can the people afford to extend such
IA sVstem?
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
,ial plant food will have to be suppli-

cial plant food will have to be suppli
ed.
There will undoubtedly be 4 great
er world supply of bread stuffs next
year, and shipping facilities will be
so much improved that all grain
growing areas will again come into
competition with each other.
Even then there is no immediate
danger of low prices, as compared with
pre-war times. Our own consuming
population is increasing ut rapid
rate, and must be supplied from
sources where Il waning fertility is ap-
parent in the soil, which after all is
fundamental to the maintenance of
civilization in every land and every
clime.-H. T. French, Director Exten-
sion Service, Colorado Agricultural
College, Fort Collins, Colo.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
TINE Is HERE
City Must Get Busy With Street Paw
ing or Join Back Number
Class.

In this weeks Register will be found
the notice to contractors to submit
bids for construction of the concrete
road north of Lamar connecting with
the north end of Main street. The
bids will be opened on September 25th,
and the contractor will be expected to
begin work at once SO it can yet be
completed this fall. The road will be
thirty feet in width, eighteen feet of
concrete construction with six-foot
wings of gravel and make a splendid
driveway right up to our city.
1t is now up to Lamar to do some
thing and do it right away. To permit
visitors to ride right up to our city
limits on a fine concrete road and
then bump the bumps over five blocks
of dirt and chuck holes between solid
blocks of business houses would give
Lamar's reputation for progressive
ness black-eye that it will take years
to recover from. Every city officer
and every business man of Lamar is
yitally interested in this matter and
delay will be of the greatest detriment
to the good name of our city. Paved
streets have long been talked of and
longer needed. Now let's quit the
"talky-talk" stage and get busy. Now
Is the accepted time and the city should
be ready to do its share when the nat
ional government, state and county all
unite to bring this great improvement
right to our doorway. If Lamar does
not show a right disposition in the
matter the future appropriations will
pass US by.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
BEET SEASON OPENS
- Fixed as Date for Harv-
est of Big Crop 10 Begin and
Prospects Bright.

C. E. Swink, chief agriculturist of
the A. b. S. Co. for this territory, an
nounces that the beet harvest will be
gin on Monday, September %, the first
orders for delivery being given for that
date. All growers needing help for
the harvest should notify the agricul-
turists Of the company and they will
assist them in every way possible to
secure the needed labor
There is large acreage in this ter
ritory in beets this season, and Mr..
Swink says the prospects are good for
a better crop than last year This
with the high price Of ten dollars per
ton insures the farmer big profit On
his crop. The growers of beets who
have stuck to the industry for num-
Der Of years are better pleased with
results from it than most any other
crop, and will all increase their acre
age next year. Both as a matter of
profit and as benefit to the land
itself they favor a large acreage of
beets each year. The by-products of
the crop are also source of revenue
either for use on the farm or for sale.
1t is believed the acreage will increase
to larger extent the coming season
than it has the past one.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
Liberty Versus License

Ore of the features of the session
of the National Editorial Association,
was an address by DR.. Suzzalo, presi-
dent of the University of Washington.
He made plain the true meaning. Of
our basic national principles of liberty
and free speech. There is an extreme
to which so-called liberty may go
when it ceases to be liberty, and be-
comes license, he declared. When per
sons go so far in the practice of their
liberty" as to hinder the welfare of
others, whether it be bomb throwing,
sabotage, arson or class hatred on one
side. or the overbearing acts of mon
opoly and capital on the other, it
ceases to be liberty but is merely
license, which is vitally dangerous to
our national welfare.
In order to insure the proper ad-
vancement and progress in our ma
ton it is imperative that it be hun
dred-million" brain-power nation" with
everyone doing his part in bringing
about better conditions in an orderly
and deliberate manner.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
METHODIST CONFERENCE
Lamar Church Recognized by Election
of l.. Writ Markham as Dele
gate to General Con-
ference.

The Methodist conference held at
Greeley the past week was largely at
tended and in addition to the usual
business annually transacted there was
much interest in the election of dele
gates both lay and ministerial to the
quadrennial general conference TO be
held next year at Des Moines. There
were four delegates to elect and the
places were much sought after and a
very exciting contest resulted. l.. Writ
Markham of Lamar was elected as one
of the four delegates as n recognition
of the earnest work he has done for
the church. Herschel Horn represent
ed Lamar church at the state lay con-
ference. In the assignment of pastors
to the various churches the congrega-
ton of the Lamar church was highly
pleased to see that Rev. A. j. Waller
was returned here. Rev. Waller has
been with the church here for the past
year and his services have been so ef-
ficient and helpful that the congrega-
ton was unanimous in the desire for
his return. The election of Mr.. Mark
ham was a deserved recognition OF
both himself and the church.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
A NORMAL WHEAT ACREAGE

There is some doubt as to the de-
STABILITY Of an abnormal acreage OF
wheat for the coming harvest.
There are two good reasons why
the farmer should return to the nor
NAL acreage this fall; first uneer-
tainty of market demands, and sec
ond, to conserve soil fertility.
For the past two years and we
might say, three, there has been a
greater drain on the soils supply of
plant food, than for many years prior
to this period Little commercial
fertilizer has been obtainable and
grass lands have been turned to crop
ping in larger proportions than COM
mon, both of which conditions must
be made good by returning as soon as
possible to use of more fertilizer, ma
turnal and artificial, and a rational
system of ration with grass in one
form or another, as the basis. Lc-
gumes must be introduced in a larger
measure, and as much livestock car
ried to consume the roughage as the
farm can carry, thus increasing the
natural supply of fertilizer, which
will postpone the day when CONNER
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
r,,.Ddiny Government Ownership

Just supp,sing the advocates OF
political ownership and control of IN
dustrv were given a free hand to take
over" the railroads, utilities, packing
plants. insurance, oil, mines and the
numerous other little items they wish.
These properties would Immediately
go off the tax rolls and pay no taxes
to city, state or nation any more than
the post office department.
The claim is made that rates would
he reduced but there are no grounds
for drawing such conclusions judging
from past experiments. d.
The remaining taxpayers of the ma
ton would have to assume this added
load.
With the railroads, wire lines, ex-
press shipping and other industries
under political control, the politicians
are hard pressed for something to re-
gulate and as result are reaching
out for more power over other lines
of industry. Chief among those
scheduled for political confiscation if
the regulators" have their way are
packing industry, insurance and bank
ing.
Just suppose the railroads, wire, ex-
press, ocean shipping, packing, bank
ing and insurance could be placed un-
der permanent political operation,
thereby shifting the taxburden these
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
HORSE DISEASE RACES
Lamar Territory Suffers Severely from
the Kansas Scourge.

The reports coming from all over
this territory show that the horse
plague is at its height and is doing
terrible execution all through this ter
ritory and west of US. Hardly any
ranches where there are any consider
able number of horses Lave escaped
the loss Of some Of their best animals
and in some instances the number is
quite large and at present prices run
into the thousands of dollars. At
Hartman where the disease first broke
out it is reported to have run its
course and to be practically over, so
it is hoped that the worst will soon
be over here All veterinarians in
this section are being worked day and
night.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
TO THE PEOPLE ALONG
THE D-C-D HIGHWAY

Canadian, Tex, Sept. 81 have re-
Gently returned from trip to Colo
RADIO Springs and other points in Colo
RADIO, in the interest of the D-C-D high
way. We held u successful convention
in Colorado Springs on August goth,
aal remained in Colorado about u
week after the convention for the
special purpose of advertising the DC
ID highway to the returning tourists to
Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. Our
new highway car carried large DC
ID sign in front and rear, and this car
was driven in and around Colorado
Springs, Manitou and other Colorado
points and many thousands of people
read our sign. l distributed great
numbers of log books and revised maps
of our highway and talked to scores
and scores of tourists about our road.
A great many cars returned over the
D-C-D which had gone to Colorado
over other routes. ! have heard many
complimentary remarks about our high
way, especially in reference to the
country that it traverses, and many
tourists told me that we had the route
that ultimately will control the major
ity Of traffic from the southeast 10
Colorado resorts. found practically
every town in Colorado strong for the
D-C-D. am positive that with CO.
operation on the part Of the people
along our line we will have in year
or two the best known highway in the
southwest The possibilities Of our line
are truly great. and suggest to our
people that they stand by our organi-
zation in all Of the work that 1t Is
undertaking.
The slogan for our new highway
year is: Every Mile of The D-C-D
Must be a Good Mile by June, 1920"
Yours truly,
w. A. PALMER,
Secretary and General Manager,
D-C-D Highway Association.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
Presbyterian Church
given.
d. G. MacLennan, Minister.

Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Excellent attendance last Sunday.
Every member of every class is ex-
pected this Sunday.
Morning worship IL 100 o'clock.
Sermon subject, Kingdom Aspects
of Popular Education"
Young Peoples Meeting 700 p. m.
An out-of-doors meeting. Come all
young people.
Evening Worship at 500 o'clock.
Subject, Thinking with the Heart. ="
A cordial invitation for all at all of
these services. Come.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
OIL INVESTORS EXCITED
Lotholders in The Cotton County Oil
and Gas Co. Enthuse Over
Good News

A report published in the Wichita
Oil Reporter and afterwards verified
this week showing that the Texhoma
Company, one of the big concerns op-
Grating in the Burkburnett field, had
just brought in a large producing well
on their lease adjoining the Cotton
County Oil & Gas Cos. lease at Burk-
burnett, produced great excitement
among the many lotholders of the com
pany in Lamar, and the head office
was kept busy with visitors. 1t caus-
ed run for the lots of the company
and many were sold. The prospects
are now that all will soon be sold and
the campaign closed.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
By Glenn Mclaughlin

The schools of the city of Lamar
opened Tuesday, September =. The
total enrolment is about eight hum
dred, with two hundred ten enrolled
the first week in high school. This
is five more than the enrolment at
its height last year. 1t can be seen
by this that the school board was very
wise in submitting the bonds for an
addition last spring, and that the peo-
pie acted prudcntly in voting them.
The school time between a. m. and
p. m. is divided into four periods.
half of which is for recitation and half
for supervised study.
The organizations this year will be
about the same as those of last year,
except that there will be debating
club this year. The students council
will soon be completely organized with
John Will Merrill as president and
Eva Lee as secretary-treasurer Wilma
Leonard, as president of the Girls
club, and Howard Hall, as president of
organizations well under way for the
year. The musical clubs and organiza-
tions are very badly handicapped as
the school board has been unable to
is hoped they will secure one in the
immediate future.
Earl O'Donnell, Robert McIlvaine
and Ted Applegate, all members of the
Class of '19, were up at the high school
last Thursday morning and each made
very interesting speech. Earl and
Ted left Friday evening for Notre
Dame University in Indiana.
There will be an entertainment at
the high school Tuesday evening, Sept.
10th by Miss Josa Medelon Quinn, a
reader, musician, and impersonator Of
national reputation. The admission
will be 25c. The proceeds will go to-
wards furnishing the gyri with equip
ment.
Football started off with a bound on
Monday evening when about 40 boys
came out for it. The high school has
Mr.. Griffin again as coach and it is
believed that under his management a
football team will be developed that
will win the valley championship.
Clark Jones has been appointed bust
ness manager for the team with Glenn
Mclaughlin as assistant manager.
A reception will be given to all the
teachers of the schools of Lamar by
the school board, the PGrent-Teachers
Association, and the patrons at the
high school building on Friday evening,
September 18th. All men and women,
whether they have children in the
schools or not, are urged to be pre-
sent, that they may become acquaint-
ed with those who have charge of the
educational affairs of the community.
A very entertaining program will be
given.
The Lamar register., 1919-09-10
Dayis-Piyonka

A very pretty wedding took place
ct 800 South Main street this morn
ing when Miss Gertrude Davis, daugh-
ter Of G. ID. Davis, was united in mar
riage with Mr.. Ralph Pivonka, by Rev.
ID. G. MacLcnnan, pastor of the Pres
byterian church. The beautiful ring
service was used. Miss Davis'was ac-
companied by Miss Marie Lee and Mr..
Pivonka by Mr.. Geo. d. Harper. Mr..
and Mrs. Pivonka are well and favor
ably known in Lamar and their many
friends will wish them happiness and
long life as well az the many good
things that life has in store for ex-
eellent young people. Following the
ceremony a splendid wedding breakfast
was served. The newly married couple
left on No. IL for n wedding tour of
western points. The guests present
and sitting at the breakfast table were
Mr.. and Mrs. G. d. Davis, Mr.. J. c.
Cartwright, Mrs. r. d. Filkirs, Miss
Ruby Filkins, Miss Vcne NJ. Filkins'
Miss Ethel Resor, Mr.. Geo. d. Harper,
Miss Marie Lee and Rev. d. G. Mae
Lehman.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
Loew's Lyceum.

One hesitates in critizing the bill al
Loew's for the last half Of the week,
II would be difficult to select the head
liner. The Robins present a singing act
offering ballads and semiclassic num-
bers. The woman has a nice soprano
voice. one Of sweetness, and she seems
to- realize more than the two men the
value Of moderation In tone resulting
In clearer e%nunciation. Her Campfire
single stood out, I'm the Frozen North
with Neville and Brockway gets the
laughs. The chap In biackface has
some witty lines eleverly put, Feats
that are difficult are made to appear
easy by the Jap team, Taketa and
Kuana. Their stunts, barrel tossing,
are featured, but preceding tricks, the
perch pole balancing especially, are not
to be overlooked. Kitty Ryan, of Chris
tie and Ryan, Ia a dainty dancing dam
sci, good to look at, while her partner,
Joe Christie, IL an adept in shaking his
feet. Both sing acceptable. Charley
Reilly keeps his hearers thoroughly
awake with a monologue and several
songs. The big picture is 1.-THE Love
Cheat" starring June Caprice and
Creighton Hale, II Is q romance, tinged
with enough comedy to make the film
n go. and distinctive In it's American
atmosphere, Thanks to Joe Henkel for
Ia fine musical program, Director Hen
KEEL certainly has the Lyeeum orchestra
working In excellent style.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-10-31
AMUSEMENTS
"The Naughtv VIC


one OF the most successful plays seen
IN New York and Chicago In many sea-
sons wa The Naughty Wife" a farce
by Fred Jackson. The farce, exactly
as II was seen In those cities, win be
presented at the Lyric theater for two
days commencing tonight, with natl
nee Saturday. with an exceptionally
good cast, among whom are such WELL
known players as Reeva Greenwood.
Gordon Eldrid, Gertrude Walthers, Har-
~ Keen, N, H. Crosby and IFma Heath.
The Naughty Wife is exerueiatingly
tunny. both in It's situations and its
arise from the calm announcement OF
the wife TO her husband that she is
about 10 elope with another man ana
his efforts to prevent her from doing
50 are quite beyond sober contempla-
ton. In the working out Of what in
evttably follows, whenever an interloper
attempts TO come between a husband
and wife, the audience enjoys without
question the best laugh OF the year.
True, such misadventures are not al
ways funny, but when they are faced by
a husband as complainant, and at the
same time as quick witted as the hubby
Of This Naughty Wife, they have lin
itless possibilities for farce.
In The Naughty Wife" Mr.. jackson
has discovered the knack OF making his
audience laugh with and not at his
characters, He rouse a sympathetic
interest from the first moment of the
play md those who see II find them-
selves unconsciousiy following Its deyel-
opments, quite as anxious themselves
for the success Of the ruse Of the hus-
band to win back his wife as that per-
son seems to be himself.