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The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-07

The United States can have ne
benefits from development Of the
I,i,le nations IN the Far East end
oIire ough, not be asked 20 assume
-aS,,,teeship over them.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-07

J. G.. Beakley OF Dunn was here
this week on mercantile and other
business. His oil faith is still at par
He says we must concentrate ana
CONCEAL on the mail plans pertaining
to Snyder. Dunn. Colorado, Ira.
Knapp, Durham. Gail, etc. and set
tie on suitable adjustment that
will permit all places concerned to
get the best possible mail services,
the incoming and out go
ing results
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1919-02-07

W. d. Hin, a retired politician OF
cambridge, Texas, David Crocketts
old home. is In the city, the guest OF
his sister. Mrs. Jim r Ketner Mr..
Hin has an eye on the local oil game
and may locate IN Snyder.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
IMPROVING CONDITIONS
Prowers and Baea County Dry Lands
Regarded as Splendid
Security.

The McIlvaine-Cox Realty Company
have recently loaned several thousand
dollars for a private client on south
eastern Colorado dry land. A letter
from their client advises that he is
well pleased with the Colorado secur-
ity and that he expects to place several
thousand dollars more on dry land
in the near future. This firm does an
extensive farm loan business in both
Prowers and Baca counties and are in
position to offer the most attravtivc
propositions possible TO the borrowers
in the present conditions of the money
market. The past seasons crops and
the bountiful prospects for the COM
ing season have caused the watchful
investors to turn their attention very
strongly to these lands, and as a Sc
curity for loans they are rapidly adj
vancing and promise soon to make a
place for themselves in the gilt-edge
class. The many owners of the land
who have heretofore been handicapped
in the work Of improving their lands
by inability to secure loans. are now
making many new improvements and
thus adding TO the value of the Sc
eurity.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY
Lamar Mexican Population Celebrates
Their Big Day Corresponding to
American Fouth of July.

May 5th is Independence Day for
the Mexicans and represents about the
same to them as July Fourth does to
our people. For the first time in La
mar the Mexican population gave a
general and public celebration of the
big event. There was large attend
ance in the afternoon and evening
when the main events took place and
there was big attendance and a
grand time for all. There was 4 big
reunion in the afternoon with pro-
gram of speeches and musical numb
ers. After the program bountiful re-
freshments were served and were fol-
Owed by a big dance in the evening.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
SPRING is HERE.
First Circus of Season viii BE in La
mar ON May 18th.

Hooray. The red wagons are COM
ing, After weeks of watchful waiting
on the part Of the kiddies and Older
boys" Of Lamar, the announcement is
made that the Great Sanger Circus
will exhibit here, Tuesday May l3. So
ut last if any weather prophets have
any lingering doubts but that Spring
is really here, they will soon be dis
sipated.
The Great Sanger Circus is coming
to Lamar aboard its own train Of
double length railroad cars. 1t is the
same big show visiting Trinidad, Colo
RADIO Springs and other large cities in
the state. The circus is now in its
28th season and is paying its first
visit to Colorado in eight years. Many
features are announced in this seas
on's program among them being the
st. Leon family of acrobats; The Sic
grist Sisters of aerialists; the Holland
family Of riders and the Silverton trio
of wire walkers. To delight the little
folks there will be a score of highly
trained Shetland ponies, dogs and
monkies as well as a congress of mer-
nv old clowns. Eddie Lewis, the
champion middle weight wrestler of
England will appear twice daily meet
ing all comers in u catch as catch can
match.
There will be performances at and
Is p. m. The doors opening an hour
earlier. Prof Carl Cleair and his mil
itary band will give a concert preeed-
ing each performance. A series Of free
exhibitions will take place on the cir
Gus grounds at / and p. m.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
Boys Conference.

The boys conference scheduled to be
held at Rocky Ford on May 10th
promises to be one of special interest
and value to boys in the Arkansas val
ley. Rev. F. A Hatch of Pueblo in
charge of the work of the Boys Work
ing Reserve for that county will be one
of the principal speakers.
The Boys Working Reserve sustain
ed by joint action of state and nation
has done great deal in the past and
promises, when the people understand
more fully its purpose. This year
every effort will be made by this or
ganization to furnish boys who will
be of value in the beet fields. There
is feeling in some sections, city boys
do not take to this work, but a special
effort is being made to send no boys
for beet field work who are not equip
ped for it, Mr.. j. o. Stream of La
mar the county director of the organi-
zation will be able to give the farm
ers desirable information along this
line.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER MEETS
Afternoon and Evening Session Held
for Two Teams to Take Two
Degrees.

Orient Chapter No. 30, X. A. NJ,
held an afternoon and evening convo-
cation on Wednesday to accommodate
visiting candidates from Cheyenne
Wells and Springfield. In the after
noon the NJ. L. NJ. degree was confer
red on U. X. Calkins and II. Homer of
Cheyenne Wells, J. c. Shriver of
Springfield, X. S. Coates Of Bristol.
and C. II. Strain of Lamar. After the
ceremonies bountiful supper was
served in the banquet room, and en-
joyed by large crowd of members.
After supper the class in two teams
was taken through the solemn and i'm
pressivc Royal Arch ceremonial. and
given an effective illustration Of the
trials of the founders OF the great
Masonic institution.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
MAY TWENTY-THIRD
The Big Day of The Year in Lamar
Elks Will Roam all Over
The City.

The class for the Fourth Anniver-
sary of the Elks Lodge in Lamar has
reached ninety-eight and will go over
the hundred mark long before the next
would now be the mark. The day and
night will be one that Lamar will
never forget for it is to be real
jazz celebration, with three crack
jazz hands, Il live elk, two big parades
the night one illuminatcd-stre
decorated, fireworks, and crack
team of visitors to show the candidates
real run for their money. Visiting
Elks from every direction will be pre-
sent and over hundred candidates
from all over this and adjoining coun-
ties and far into Kansas.
The local committees have ample
funds to put on a real live show, and
as the celebration is the anniversary
of the city of Lamar as well as the
local lodge of Elks, every citizen is
interested and can help with the noise
and enthusiasm. A special prize for
the best decorated ear in the Elks
parade has been offered and some
startling effects in the line of decora-
tions are promised.
Don't forget the day and don't fail
to see the big parades and fireworks.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
COMPANY MUST GET BUSY
City Council to Give Intermountain an
Opportunity to Put Real Electric
Plant Here at Once or They
They Will Proceed Under
Power Granted by Vote
of Taxpayers.
of Taxpayers

Mr.. van Diest, president of the In
termountain Railway, Light and Pow
er Co., has agreed to submit his plans
and proposals of what he intends do
ing in the line of putting real cleo
trio plant in Lamar to the board of
aldermen on Saturday evening of this
week. The mayor and aldermen have
employed a competent electrical en-
gineer to look over the city business
needs and the proposed plans of the
companysto see if they will meet the
requirements of Lamar for reason
able period in the future. The Of
ficials at the recent meeting inform
ed Mr.. van Diest that this was not
the only question to he settled though
as it would be necessary that the cap
ital stock Of the company be based on
same fair estimate of the worth Of
the new plant and distribution sys-
TEN; that the city would not have
rates based on dividends for all the
money wasted on second hand junk.
II the company's plans are satisfact-
ory and it is willing to go ahead on
this plan, the city will withhold the
issue of the bonds voted last month
for the present. The past experience
has made all so suspicious of the COM
pany that they will be forced-t to put
up a considerable bond in order to do
business even on these lines.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
EADs COMMERCIAL CLUB
Enterprising KiOwa County Capital
City Has Big Time at
Banquet.

Eads and Kiowa County organized
a big commercial club on Monday
night at rou5ing meeting and ban
quet in which over three hundred citi-
zens took part. The hustling young
city never does things half way and
the new organization was started out
with membership to make fair
sized city jealous.
The guest of honor on the occasion
was Hon Chas. II. Wooden of Lamar,
who warmed up and forgot his usual
reticence and made few remarks.
His effort was received with applause
and short talks were also made by
Jesse c. Johnston, Glen Kirkpatrick
and John Y. Brown, who had gone
along to chaperone Charley and see
that he got through safely. There
were a number of live talks also by
Eads business men, and the meeting
was big success in every respect.
The visitors from Lamar report that
there may be a food shortage some
place in the country but that it, has
never reached Eads as yet as every
thing you could wish for was there.
All enjoyed a splendid evening.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
VICTORY LOAN
PrOwers County's Quota Will be Rails
ed hut Lamar Has Not Yet
Done Her Duty.

The Victory Loan Committees for
county are now nearing the close of
their hardest drive, and the fact that
they will probably be able to meet the
county's full quota in face of the most
difficult task yet put up to them shows
the efficient and earnest character of
their work. Chairman f. NJ. Wilson
will have three big and successful
drives to his credit, going over the
top in each. In the work he has been
very ably assisated by the effective
woman's organization in all sections
of the county which was built up by
Mrs. W. S. Partridge, formerly coun-
ty chairman and now state vice-chair-
man. Mr.. Wilson took charge of the
big Third Liberty Loan drive first and
nearly doubled his quota. In the
Fourth he also went far over the lin
it, but this time the war is over and
the enthusiasm of many workers has
been replaced with apathy not only on
their part but the people also. The
money, however, must be raised to
meet the governments debts, and it
is menace to the prosperity Of the
country to have it all taken from the
big centers from which alone promo
tion capital for new enterprises can
be expected. Therefore. no difference
how hard the task the various COM
mittees are earnestly at work to Sc
cure their respective qutoas.
Granada, Bristol, Wiley, Hartman
and Holly have all gone over the top.
and only Lamar is tagging. This city
must in the next two days purchase
$50 900 more in bonds or go into the
Stacker class. There is yet time for
our city TO save its previous 100 per
cent record.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
Lamar Rifle Club.

The Lamar Rifle Club will hold
banquet at the Baptist church Friday
night at 7:3O for all Rifle Club mem
bers. Plates Sl.00.
We will have little business ses-
sion following the banquet and speech
es by the following:
Al Beavers, Allen Robinson, DIR.
Likes, DIR. Knuckey, Lieut.. Mathews,
Judge Goodale and others.
All Rifle Club members are urged
to be present.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
Too Much for The Weather Man

Lamar's only printer-farmer bun
died the whole family into Ford
last Sunday and started out to the
farmland just look what has hap
penedi The next time n printer
starts for the farm, we are going to
start for the equator. George says
he found so much quiet out on the
flats that he thought a still" ought
To run itself, so he plated out gard
en- to raise Il bed of mint and an ice
plant. Then he will have all the ne
eessities for breaking n drouth.-i.a-
mar Register.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
Where Is This Patch. George?-Holl,
Chieftain
The Loeation-By George

Under the heat of the desert sun the
little dugout stands,
Twenty miles from the smell Of tho
shop in the heart Of the desert sands
And the lend is the very best OF its
kind dished out by our Uncle Sam.
It's high and dry and | think that's
why, it looks like no mans land.
Day in, day out, from morning till
night you get the sunlights glow
On the soapweed and cactus and buff
falo grass where the trees refuse to
grow.
And children running round the shack
look in at the open door,
They'd love to find a cosy spot in the
shade where the wind don't blow.
We went on Sunday to the farm and
took all Of the boys,
We chugged away for twenty miles
and never heard a voice
Save the wind and rain that blowed
and felt as cold as any ice;
And with our numb, wet hands we
wiped the sand out Of our eyes.
Chugging, slipping and skidding, on
ward through sand she goes
The little Ford that takes you home
has earned nights repose.
Brave. brave is the gink who sticks
ii out and proves up on his claim
And in our minds entitled to place
in the Hall OF Fame.
The end of a perfect day down on the
farm.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07

Probably the quietest school election
in Lamar's history took place on Mon
day. There were two directors TO be
elected to succeed l.. NJ. Markham and
C. S. Wilson, and as only one ticket
was in the field they were reelected
without opposition. Only twenty-five
votes were cast. The voters got all
the local scrap they wanted in the
city election and are now after peace
and harmony.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1919-05-07
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
(By Glenn McLaughlin)

tfiihas peihs iePiS'''ANSu' iie 'i"eh
meet resulted IN victory Tor Rocky
Ford. Rocky Ford made 62 points
while Las Animas made AZ and La
Junta just 10. The Rocky Ford girl
won in defamation and the Las Ami
mas boy in Grafton. A number OF
Lamar students attended and reported
very interesting time.
The freshmen had u picnic last Mon
day evening. Everyone present en-
loved a splendid time.
There will be a manual training ex-
hibit in the show windows of the John
ston Mercantile co. next Friday and
Saturday, the 9th and / 9th This will
consist of part of the work done in the
manual training depart hent of the La
mar public schools. There will be
nmber of pieces of furniture made by
the bows to sell; the proceeds to be
giyen to help purchase equipment for
the new gymnasium. which will soon
be built near the high school building.
"Skinner's Baby" "A picture given
nv tho mniors last Thursday night.
was a great success. "The Forest
Spirits" Greek dance, was excel
lcntly given by Nora CoiTman, Wilma
Ieonard. Georpene NcAleer. Const-
ance Curran. Mary Beatty. Laura
Swan. Marion King, Frances King.
Dorothy Mitchell, Catherine Smith,
and Beth Myers accompanied by Doris
Everett on the piano. These girls
were trained by Miss Allen and to her
is due much of the success of the
dance. The juniors made about $40
on this show. Their next and last
show will be given MAY l6.
The high school teachers spent a
pleasant time last Saturday afternoon
at a picnic.
The Girls Club have elected the fol-
lowing officers for the next school
term:
Wilma Leonard, president.
Georgene MeAleer, vice-president.
Nora Colrman, secretary-treasurer
Educational pictures were shown at
the high school Tuesday afternoon.
Gcorpeuc McAleer gave the reading
Evening star., 1919-08-17
To the Editor Of The Star:

10 the Editor OF The Star:
From statements appearing in the
papers. given by retail dealers in meats
before the congressional committee on
the high cost of living, one is led to
believe that the cheaper meats. such
as stew and chuck, command no sale
here. Let me say this is an absolute
falsehood, made only for the purpose
of hoodwinking the committee.
1 have been buying meats on Louis
lana avenue and Center Market for
eight years. and. being unfortunate by
having a family of five children to
support. believe me, the best meat
have been able to buy has been chuck,
price % cents to 35 cents, on Sum
days. and stew, 25 cents to 80 cents
twice a week. If any dealer will sell
me these meats cheaper I should like
to discover him. Something must be
done, and done very quickly, or some
thing more serious may happen. A
mother is not going to suffer her help
less offspring to starve in order to
assist vampires, commonly called
profiteers. from the packers down.
to graft from the helpless public. Let
some of the members of the committee
visit the meatshops and quickly will
they see for themselves the truth of
my statements, and furthermore be-
come convinced that cheap meat
(stew mea) has risen from and
10 cents to 25 and 80 cents per pound,
and SO all along the line.
Mrs. E. A. RAGAN.
Evening star., 1919-08-17
BY FORREST CasssEY.

Like it's twin. opportunity. aspira-
tion is the very essence of American
ism. 1t is the handspring of acting
and achievement-the Juice. in the
motor that makes the pistons move.
Subtract, aspiration from. the: sum
of human motives and You have
killed the engine cold. : When you
find. man who hugs the. conviction
that he has. nothing to live for" you
have located q dead one. derelict
who Is a floating menace to all who
are carrying their part of the world 8
traffic.
America has been called the land
of opportunity until the phrase has
become trite and threadbare. But the
dust Of the commonplace should not
be allowed to dim the brightness Of
the truth symbolized by this term.
To millions of its citizens America
means a full and fair chance to
make the most of life. to get the
richest return from toll, to live. thr
fullest life and the freest that tha
Evening star., 1919-08-17
JEWISH OUTING TOMORROW
voliner Ladies Relief Fund So,
ciety Has Aided 1000.

The Voliner Ladies' Relief Fund So
ciety, a Jewish organization, Will hold
it's annual excursion tomorrow al
Chesapeake Beach. An athletic pro-
gram and other unique features have
been arranged.
The society is composed of 132 Jew
ish members. banded together to rem
der aid to needy families. whether
Jews or gentiles. More than 1000
persons have been helped since the
society was formed in May. 1916 :.
The committee Ia charge of ar
rangements for the, excursion is COM
posed of Mrs. Dora Schiffman; chair
man; Mrs. E. Brill, Mrs. Rose Lich-
zenberg and Mrs. Lima Schock.
Evening star., 1919-08-17

has raised more than $2e.ooO,oo0 for
Jewish war relief. and Its chairman
Is Louis Marshall. Other members
Of the committee are Jacob H. Schiff.
Henry Morgenthau, Nathan Straus.
Felix NJ. Warburg, julius Rosenwald,
Cyrus Adler and prominent Jews in
every state in the Union.
In announcing the plans to award
this medal, Henry H. Rosenfelt, direc-
tor Of the committee, said:
"The Jews Of America cannot, and
will not. forget the magnificent serv-
ice rendered by men and women not
of their faith. who at great personal
sacrifice have responded to the call to
service in aiding the millions of un-
happy people in the war-devastated
Evening star., 1919-08-17
Designed by Argentinean.

The medal is of bronze and was de-
signed by ]. Kilenyi. now of New York.
well known. Argentine sculptor. 1t
is one of the finest modern examples
of the medallurgist's art. The face
of the medal shows kneeling woman
and two children grouped appealingly
before a figure of Columbia. Behind
the figures is an altar, f1anked on each
side by a seven -branched candlestick
and a six-pointed star of David, en-
Evening star., 1919-08-17

blem of Jewry since time immemoria1.
In the reverse the medal bears the
inscription:
Humanity Called and You Nobly
Responded"
/, State chairmen Of the American
Jewish relief committee will recon-
mend to the national body at New
York the names Of those eligible for
this award.
Evening star., 1919-08-17
BOLST1EVIST IDEA DESCRIBED
AS ESSENTIALLY UN-AMERICAN
Organization Characterized as /. Exalted
Order of Crusaders Of Chaos" In Con-
trast With the Higher Ideals.

worker can live in any land under
the sun; to go farther along the line
of his Individual talents than man
can go in any other country; to get
more, spend more and help more
That's America-where the race for
achievement is a free-for-aH and
where the common labofer of today
is often the millionaire of tomorrow
and the timid emigrant is turned into
the lawmaker and the political lead
er: where the hod carrier and the
formed. almost overnight, INTO the
ownef OF limousine.
Suppose the incentive to make use
of this. marvellous reserve or oppor-
tunity- were suddenly stricken from
the breast of every man in America
what would we then have?
, "By Any Other Name"
A bolshevist heaven! A paradise for
those whose definition of bliss is to
reduce human effort to it's least com
mon denominator.. to drain the last
drop sof juice from the gas tank of
individual ambition, to pluck all the
prizes from the game of life and to
rob every human dream of the glow
of - incentive. That's bolshevism-
Wn1Cn is the Same nldu, TOllSH anu
wolfish thing when called by any of
dozen different names.
There is nothing known to man so
essentially un-American as the creed
of the bolshevist. Judged by its actual
works. it is lodge in which the
password is destruction and the
countersign stab in the back; it is
the Exalted Order of Crusaders of
Chaos in which ignorance and rob-
berry outrank intelligence and a de-
cent regard for fundamental human
rights; 1t is a brotherhood conceived
in the bed of greed and rocked in the
cradle Of rapine and plunder. 1t is a
commercial system which abolishes
the law of compensation. takes but
does not~pay. destroys but does not
build. Its only salvage from the list
Of things for which a brother may
still aspire are the crudest crea-
ture-lusts-the things really worth
while are tossed into the scrap heap
Of forbidden ambitions. A more vio-
lent opposite to real Anericanism is
unthinkab1e. for it kills aspiration in
it's cradle. sends ambition to the firing
squad and applies, the torch to that
kind Of opportunity that has made
Evening star., 1919-08-17

areas. AS a symbol of Jewry's appre-
citation for this unstinted aid and as
sistance a limited number of medals
will be awarded to these men and
women and will serve to preserve for
posterity the high humanitarian ef-
forts of these splendid Americans who
are above racial discrimination while
human suffering exists"