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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
Registered 24,234,O21.

Washington.-A total of 24,234 ,O21
armies under the selective service act,
according to the second annual re-
port of Provost Marshal General
Enoch Crowder. Nov. II, when the
arInistice WAS signed, Uncle Sam had
produced selective army of 2.SlO.296
men, and the work of handling, class
flying and utilizing Uncle Sans man
power was just getting into perfect
swing when the ending of the war
brought ii to close. Had the mobi-
iizaIion lasted five days longer the
selective service organization would
have placed with the colors more than
3NW,D~ soldiers
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
No Improvement in Strike.

London--There was no improve.
ment in the strike situation in London
All the tubes and underground lines
with the exception of the Metronoli.
tan. which. however. has only one line
running into the city, stlll tied up. The
hotels and restaurants, while able to
replace a few of their servants. still
were offering only meager limitations
OF their regular menus. Some govern.
ment offices and large business firms
overcame the difficulties of the situa.
t,oo FOR their staffs by running motor
lorries from the outlying district..
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
GENERAL

Proposed constitutional reforms,
some of them adding 10 the powers
of the chief executive, are among the
most important matters before the
Mexican Congress.
Camp Kearncy, Cal, and Camp
SEWER $ c., will be recommended
for purchase and others will lie re-
turned To their owners at the eXpira.
ton of the leases.
The Mexican and american Cham
hers of Commerce in the capital re-
port the receipts of thousands of com
munications from commercial bodies
in The United States and Europe ask
ing details in regard 10 the demand in
Mexico for foreign made goods.
William HohcnZollcrn has grown
Surly and rarely speaks TO servants
or guards, according to mails from
the Amerongen correspondent.
lei Pueblo, a semi-official govern
ment organ. states that the epidemic
of influenza. in the state of Oaxaca
alone has claimed 2l.0oo lives.
Sixteen hundred hogs were burned
To death in Il fire in the hog house of
Morris x Go. at the National stock
Yards, ST. Louis. The origin of the
fire has not been determined. The
damage was estimated at 100000.
!. w kimpton. Il London capitalist,
is in Mexico City for the purpose of
establishing bank to provide mines
long unworked with sufficient capital
to purchase machinery and place
themselves on profitable basis.
The Federation of Union Workers.
the most powerful labor organization
in the Mexican republic, has appointed
committee to take up with other
workers organizations throughout the
republic the question of uniting all the
labor organizations of Mexico into one
confederation. The leaders in this
movement were delegates to the re-
cent Pan-American Labor Conference
in Laredo. Texas.
The exploration ship Endurance,
formerly the sealing steamer Nimrod,
which Sir Ernest Shackleton used in
his explorations in the Antarctic and
which had been engaged in the coal
trade between France and England,
was dashed to pieces on the sands off
Yarmouth.
United States District Judge Hor-
ace w Vaughn of Honolulu declared
from the bench recently that he would
see that action is instituted TO denat-
uralize any foreign-born citizen who is
reported to him to he believer in the
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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
WASHINGTON

The annual pension bill. carrying
s2l5, 030 900. was passed by the House
and sent to the Senate.
An official report to the State De
partment at Washington announced
that the French and British author
titles had assumed control of all rail-
roads in European and Asiatic Tur-
key, in accordance with the terms of
the armistice, and thar the allies also
lad taken over control of the Con
stantinople police and the German and
Austrian banks in the Turkish capital.
John Shelton Williams has been
nominated by President Wilson for
another term as controller of currency
The House agreed to the Senate
amendment TO the revenue bill taxing
campaign contributions over $500 for
100 per cent. The anYudment pro
vides that the tax should not be retro
active.
Gen. John Moulder Wilson. L. S
a., retired. died at his home in Wash
ington after an illness of several
months. General Wilson was chief Of
engineers during the Spanish-Ameri-
can war
Secretary Baker is urging the
abandonment of fourteen of the six
teen national guard camps and the
purchase of all national guard can
tonments, before the House military
committee.
Louis Swift, cross examined before
the Senate agricultural committee ut
Washington, was asked by Senator
Norris why Swift and Company $
earnings last year showed falling Oft
when the three Swift Companies
showed an enormous increase in the
operation Of their stocks. Senator
Norris read n newspaper statement
showing that these stocks gained In
market value S14o,310.Wo
Congress faces its busiest time of
the short session, wit "a final enact
ment of the war revenue bill. legisla-
ton to validate informal war con-
tracts and the oil land leasing meas
ure. regarded by leaders as the most
urgent matters at hand.
Comforts and supplemental sup
troops on the Archangel front regular
J., through the American Red Cross,
which has established n sled service
between its base at Archangel and the
outlying posts where the Americans
are opposing the Bolsheviki.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07

Copenhagen. capital OF
the government of Volhynia, has been
captured by the Bolsheyiki, according
to information reaching this city
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
Convict Three Germana

Coblenz.-Three Germans have been
convicted in military courts here dur.
ing the last few days on the charge
Vi circulating enemy propaganda
among American troops in the occu-
pied area of Germany. The distribu.
ton of material which intelligence of
Ulcers regard as propaganda has been
carried on in various WAYS.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07

Archangel. Feb. 6.-Heavy losses
were inflicted on the Bolsheviki by
the American forces and the enemy
was driven back in disorder from the
village of Vistavka, on the Naga. The
American casualties were five killed
and several wounded. Many Bolshe-
visit soldiers were taken prisoner by
the Americans
The enemy early in the morning
began a commandment with field guns
and howitzcrs, and under cover of
shrapnel and pompon barrage essayed
a frontal attack with infantry in the
Arctic twilight at O'Clock in the ant
ernoon The American troops, who
were rested after their retirement
from Shenkursk, and were established
in a good position, poured heavy fire
from artillery and machine guns into
the charging Bolsheviki, whose ranks
broke and fled into the woods.
Captured Bolsheyiki declared that
the enemy had planned flank attack
simultaneously with the frontal move
ment. but this was abandoned when
the Vistavka attempt failed.
The enemy lost SO heavily in the
attack on the Tulgas position Jan. 81
that the Bolsheviki refused to again
60 forward and held a meeting at
which they openly debated the ques-
ton OF deserving to the allies.
Copenhagen Zhitomir. capital OF
the government of Volhynia, has been
captured by the Bolsheyiki, according
to information reaching this city.
Basic, Switzerland-An armistice
between the Polish and Czecho- Slovak
forces, which have been fighting on
the Silesian front. was signed on Feb.
3, according to advices received here.
The arm.stice is effective for seven
days, and is renewed automatically
for the sarIe period unless either par
ty chooses to renounce it. in which
event four hours notice must be Civ
en-. The opposing troops will retain
the positions held on Jan. %
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07

III 81 VI every iiiphNi
The State Board of immigration has
just completed statewide survey of
all uncompleted irrigation projects in
Colorado. This survey was made for
the guidance of the committee which
is in charge of the movement for farm
homes for returning soldiers and sail
ors 1t is the most complete undertake
ing of its kind ever attempted in the
state.
All returning soldiers are invited to
become honorary members of the
privileges of paid members with the
exception of voting. A letter of invi-
tation and membership card is sent
to each Pueblo man who returns from
the army camps or from overseas
service.
A bill by Representative Bashor
and Rockwell, with the dual purpose
of protecting game and migratory
birds and prohibiting foreign-born un-
naturalized residents of Colorado
from carrying firearms, was passed
on second reading after several mem
hers Of the House had expressed
doubts as to its cons'itutionality.
With the gradual return to full
crews in Cripple Greek mines, indica-
tons point to resumption of metal
mining operations in this district on
scale unprecedented since the Unit
cd States entered the war.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
sIeERIANS SLAUGHTER TWO d.
VISIONS OF eoLsHEViki
FORCES.
VILLAGE OF VEGA FALLS
CZECHS AND POLES SIGN AN
ARMiSTiCE TO END
TROUBLE.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Omsk.-Two divisions of BolsheVlsts
have been virtually annihilated by ST.
berian troops under General Gaida al
Kungur. fifty miles southeast OF
Perm.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
WESTERN

=" Go LIN
Thomas cowan Bell, one of the
seven founders of the Sigma Chi fra
ternity and prominent as an educator,
died at his home in Oakland. He was
SO years old.
Prohibition history recit- numerous
instances of men getting into Jail for
possessing liquor contrary To the law,
but a reversal was recorded at Rigby,
Idaho, recently when some person or
persons broke into the county Jail and
stole thirty cases Of liquor.
Plans for special election next
June to vote bonds to cover the cost
OF construction of the state peniten-
tiary and other public buildings Of
Oregon. as IA means of employing dis
charged soldiers and war workers,
were taken up by the Legislature.
Gov. Esteban Cantu of Lower Cali
fornia issued statement to the peo-
Pile and government of the United
States" against continuation Of the
move to annex Lower California 10
the United States and referring to it
as IA conspiracy framed by some citi-
zens of the United States 10 assail the
integrity aud freedom of n friendly ma
ton"
Through consolidation of five of the
principal mines in the Rochester min
ing district in Humboldt county, Ne
vada, apex litigation which has threat
ened To tie up indefinitely the princi-
pal mining operations of the district
has been ayerted and suit recently
brought by the Rochester Elda Fina
Mines Company against the Rochester
Mines Company for ,2I2.OoO Will he
dismissed
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
FOREIGN


workers the packing houses have with
drawn from the cattle market in Bue-
nos Aires.
The railways Of France on oct.
next are to be again put on Il peace
footing except for certain minor re-
strictions.
Frederick william Iohenzollern,
eldest son of the former German en-
ieror. according to IA Berlin dispatch,
has instituted proceedings for di-
vnrce.
Sixty Serman prisoners, three
French officers and one American
were Killed and many injured when a
munirion train exploded on the rail-
road between Aubauge and Longway,
France. The accident was due 10 q
soldier dropping II shell.
Detachment Of 100 American sol
dIers arrived al Vienna with the first
shipment of American food for relief
purposes. The American shipment
viii enable the serving Of Il full bread
ration to the population next week for
the first time in many months
Eight hundred women clerks en-
ployed by the Bank of England us
war measure have been notified that
their service will no longer he re
Tulred, but that 300 of them may
make special applications for as many
permanent positions in tae clerical
staff.
l'etachinehts OF allied troops nave
arrived mt Adriauoplp aud put an end
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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1919-02-07
THE LATEST IMPORTANT Dis
PATCHES PUT INTO SHORT,
CRISP PARAGRAPHS.
STORY OF THE week
SHOWING TIE PROGRESS OF
EvEaTs IN OUR OWN AND
FOREIGN LANDS.
EASTERN

EAS LIN
Porto Rico is consuming 30 per cent
more coffee today than she did befor"
the island went dry according 10
san Juan coffee dealer.
The discipline taught ia" American
youth in the American army and the
hard knocks he received over there,
are destined to produce II race OF
super-business men In the United
States. in the view Of Lieut.. Col.
Charles w. Berry, adjutant general OF
New York state
The strike of the textile operatives
Ut Lawrence. Mass, to obtain fifty
four hours pay for forty-eight hours
work is growing 1t is estimated that
In the city's twelve mills not more
than 5000 of the 10000 workers wer"
mt their places. The other 1000
were divided between strikers, per-
sons forced out of work By closing
of mills or departments, and those
who stayed away TO avoid trouble, All
the mills except the Everett opened
their gatpD
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
PUBLIC TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas. Fred Waterman whose ad-
dress Is Granada. Prowers County.
dated October LIST. 1915. and recorded
November 29th. 1918 in the Office of
the Clerk and Recorder OF Prowers
County. Colorado. in Book 1Oa at Page
567 OF the records of said County. con-
Neyed to the Public Trustee OF said
County the following land in said Coun-
The North Half Of Section Ten uoj.
TownshlP Tweniy-Fiy,e ut25D south. IN:
Sixth Principal Meridian.
In trust to secure the payment OF one
PRINCIPAL note Of even date with snid
Trust Deed for sl125.00. payable to the
order Of f. \ Wines. one year after
date with interest thereon from ma
turity at the rate Of ten per cent. per
And whereas. Default has been made
by the said grantor in said Trust Deed
and conditions imposed upon him by
the terms of said Trust Deed in this,
to-wit; That said grantoL has failed
to pay said principal note when due ana
has failed to pay the interest due on
said principal note on October LIST, 1918.
And Whereas. The legal holder Of
the iudebtedness represented nv said
note has filed with said Public Trustee
notice and demand in writing. declaring
said default and electing to declare the
whole debt represented by said note
and interest thereon TO date of sale
sale of said land under said Trust
Deed.
Now. Therefore. Public Notice Is here
by given that pursuant to said notice,
election and demand. and under and
by virtue Of the authority vested in
me by said Trust Deed and the law.
/. j. Russell Mayfield. Public Trustee
of said Prowers County. viii sell the
above described land for cash. at pub
lie auction. TO the highest bidder at
the front door of the County Court
House. in Lamar, in the County Of
nroMers and ,5nd sat- Of G9lSrSdo on
n. 1919 ut 10 o'clock in the forenoon
for the purpose of paying said note
interest to date OF sale and the expenses
or this sale. and viii give to the pur-
chaser thereof a certificate of purchase
therefor as provided by law.
Dated November 18th. 1919.
J. RUSSELL MAYFIELD.
Public Trustee of Prowers County.
Colorado.
First Pub. Nov. 10. 1913,
Last Pub, Dec. u, 1919.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
Be Master Of Yourself.

To he able TO keep cool when all the
world goes mad shows mental grasp
and genuine bigness. This grows with
the years. II becomes part of the
nature. Newly dubbed aristocrscie,
and the victims Of sudden wealth usu-
ally betray their plebeian origin by
their cultivated show of authority.
Where the blood tells 1t rises with
might to occasions. but seldom allows
itself to get ruffied without occasion.
And what spectacle one can make
Of himself by getting all stewed about
nothing or losing his temper on some
little thing that approIimates the zero
mark. The really big character n
slow to anger and lrritates little dubs
by his superior calm control. At the
same time the exhibition of mastery
challenges the secret admiration OF all.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
SALE OF SCHOOL AND INTERNAL
IMPROVEMENT LANDS

Notice is hereby given that l VIII
SELL at public auction. to the highest
responsible bidder. on the 3rd day OF
December. 1919, at o'clock. +. NJ. az
the office of The State Board of Land
Commissioners. Capitol Building. Den.
yer, Colorado, the following described
lands. situated in Prowers County, Colo
RADIO, viz:
NEK Of Sec. Sc. Twp. "a s.. Range Al
w. Minimum price per acre. $1,000.
NWA of Sec. SO. TWP. "a s.. Range
AZ w. Minimum price per acre. $1,000
SWA of Sec. SO. Twp. "a s.. Range
a W. Minimum price per acre. 5000
SEX of Sec. SO. TWP. "a s.. Range
"a W. Minimum price per acre, 1000
Sale application B-427.
Nj. of NEL of Sec. 20. Twp. % $.
Range "A w. Minimum price per acre.
S22.50. Value of improvements. $500
81. of NE1. of Sec. &c. TWP. 22 s..
Range "A w. Minimum price per acre.
Nj of sEh of Sec. 20. Twp. 22 s..
Range "A W. Minimum price per acre.
$1,000. Value of improvement. $500.
All the land included in this applica-
tion to be sold or none of it.
Sale application BEST.
Subject to any or all easements or
rights of way heretofore legally obtain
ed and now in full force and effect. IL
any there be.
Reserving however. to the State OF
Colorado all rights to any and all min
erals. ores and metals of every kind
and character. and all coal. asphaltum.
oil. and other like substances in or
under said land. and the right of in
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19

,.rass and eEress for the purpose of
mininr- together with enough of the
surface of the same as may be neces-
sary for the proper and convenient
working of such minerals and sub
Certificate of Purchase will not be
issued until purchaser executes quit
claim deed conveying to the state OF
Colorado the above reservation.
No land will be sold at less than thS
minimum price per acre. as given above.
The above land will be offered In
tracts OF not more than 160 acres and
not less than 40 acres. All to be sold
or none as may be determined by the
State Board of Land Commissioners
Terms of payment shall be 10 per cent
of the purchase money on the day of
sale the balance in eighteen equal an
nuai payments at 6 per cent. per an
mum III the purchaser does not own
the improvements. he must pay for the
same al sale. Purchaser will execute
bond as provided in Section 2S. Act of
July IL. 1905: must be citizen of the
United States. or one who has declared
his intention of becoming such. must
pay appraisement and advertising fees.
The Board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
No sale shall become effective until
approved by the State Land Board.
Applications Nos. B-427 and B-2S7.
Date sale ordered by Board. Sept. eth
and Oct. 3rd. 1919.
Date of sale. December 3rd. 1919.
JOHN F. VIVIAN.
Register State Board of Land Commis-
sioners.
First Pub. Nov. 5. 1919.
Last Pub. Nov. &c. 1919
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19

County of Prowers.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
IN THE NATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF GRANT ASHBY. DECEASED.
Notice is hereby given. that on De-
cember 3lst., a. d. 1913, The court WIN M
heirs of said deceased. pursuant 10 the
verified petition of Elizabeth Ashby.
parted this life on or about the 20th
day OF October. \ ID. 1918; that there
has been no administration OF the es-
tate of the said deceased. consisting OF
real estate. to-wit: Lots one (D ana
Two 90; South Half of the North East
Quarter SSfNEhg sa%ioH and SoutH tiv,. hg5' a51
Township Twenty Five t25l South.
Ittnge Forty Two G2) West. 9TH T. NJ.
according to the Government survey.
and the following personal property. to-
horses: two mules and farm machinery
That she is claimant as hen at law
of said deceased and is asking tor
judicial ascertainment ana determlna1
tion of the heirship OF said estate and
from which 1t appears that Elizabeth
Deward {. Ashby. a son: Harry NJ. Ash
by. son; Il. Vernon Ashby. a son; w
Lloyd Ashby, n son; Claude g Ashpy.
L. Ashby, "A daughter: G. Raymond Ash
by. a son; Ruby B. Ashby. a daughter;
sna se5 bein hoS oS,ds s1m smd thn m foiIoM
ing minor heirs. to-wtt: Bessie May
Thomas. rand-daughter; Delbert
Thomas grandson; Orin Thomas. "a
grandson; Leland Thomas, grand
son. Verde Thomas. a grand daughter.
and Theo. Thomas, grand-son. the
said minor heirs being the children and
heirs Of Ella Thomas, deceased. said
Ella Thomas. deceased. having been |
daughter OF said Grant Ashby. deceas- |
ed. |
Now. Therefore. any and all persons
who are or who claim to be heirs at
law of said Grant Ashby, deceased. are |
hereby required to be and appear there |
at or abide the determination of the |
Court thereon.
Dated at Lamar. Colorado. this 18th |
day OF November. a ID. 1913.
A. T. DOwNER.
Clerk OF the District Court in and for
Prowers County. Colorado.
First Pub. Nov si2. 1919.
Last Pub. Dec. "a. 1913.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
NOTICE or FINAL SETTLEMENT

Estate OF Elmer L. Bartlett. Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on the
18th day OF December. \. D. 1919. the
undersigned viii present to the COUNT
Court of Prowers County. Colorado. her
accounts for final settlement Of ad-
ministration OF said estate. when and
where all persons in interest may ap-
pear and present objections to the same.
" any there be.
NELLIE u, BARTELT.
Administrators
First Pub Nov. 10. 1919.
Last Pub. Dec. II. 1919.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY

Estate OF Alice Belinda Miller. De-
ceased
No. 1856.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent them for adjustment to the County
Court OF Prowers County. Colorado, on
the LIST day of December A. d. 1913.
EUGENE A. MILLER,
First Pub. Oct 20. 1913.
Last Pub, Nov. 26, 1919.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY

Estate of Patrick Joyce. Deceased.
All persons having claims against
said estate are hereby notified to pre-
sent them for adjustment to the Coun-
~ Court of Prowers County. Colorado.
on the 14th day of January. \ ID. 1920.
CT AKLES II. MARTIN.
Executor.
First Pub. Nov. 10. 1913.
Last Pub. Dec. Il. 1919
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
COMMISSIONERS PROCEEDINGS

Lamar, Colorado. November 3. 1919.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment- Present. a. +. knuckey. Chair
Commissioners; and l.. NJ. Markham.
County Clerk.
Upon motion the following claims
were allowed in fun and warrants or
dered drawn in payment therefor:
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19

Lamar. Colorado. November I. 1919.
The Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment Present \. +. Knuckey. Chair
man: Fred Williams and J. Il. Rhodes,
County Clerk.
Upon motion the following claims
were allowed in full and warrants or
dered drawn in payment therefor.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION OF
HEIRSIIIP.

State of Colorado.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19

Lamar. Colorado. November IL. 1919.
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State OF Colorado.
County of Prowers. -.
1. l. NJ. Markham. County Clerk and
Recorder in and for said county in
the State aforesaid. do hereby certify
that the foregoing iS full. true and
correct abstract Of the proceedings OF
the Board of County Commissioners in
said County as relate to the allowance
OF bills. letting of contracts and the
granting of rebate Of taxes or assess
mentH the same appears upon the
records in my office.
Given under my hand. and official
1919.
l. NJ MARKHAM.
County Clerk.
The Lamar register., 1919-11-19

State of Colorado.
County of Prowers.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT.
IN THE NATTER OF THE ESTATE
OF GRANT ASHBY, DECEASED.