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The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
BIG CROP BEING HARVESTED
Wheat Crop Now Mostly in Shock and
Second Alfalfa Harvest Begins.

While the danger from both hail
and grasshoppers. both of which are
doing inestimable damage TO farmers
crops only few miles away from the
Lamar territory, is daily growing
stronger, yet the farmers of this sec
ton are beginning to think this is
their lucky year. The wheat crop is
now mostly in the shock, and the sec
ond cutting of alfalfa is beginning in
some fields. 1t will now be continu-
Gus harvest of some kind or other until
the last beet is in. 1t is much graft
fication to have the biggest wheat
crop ever harvested in the valley safe
ly in the shock and ready for the
threshing outfits which are getting
ready for a long campaign and some
already in the field All the other
grains are doing well and promise
larger yields than ever before If moth
ing unusual happens. The second
crop of alfalfa already being harvested
on some ranches VIII be a humdinger
and insure the running of all the mills
to capacity for many weeks.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
Envy The Poor Camel.

The old saying, who the Il
wants to be a camel" will have to be
amended for the whole world will yet
be a Sahara. Rere in Lamar it is
getting so it would pay big dividends
to be a camel. If you want soft drinks
pay the government tax OF ten per
cent. If you want water-the city
says so per cent extra please. If you
want something else-say bo, you don't
get it a-tall. If one could go nine
days without a drink he would feel
some like he was beating the game.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
BUSINESS CHANGE
Rapid Development of the Business Of
J. Is. Byars x Co. Necessiiates
Change of Plans.

The big growth curing the past year
parent concern for fifteen dry goods
sores in this section has made il neces-
s:iry to make complete change in
r.ethods of managing the big concern.
T.,ey find it will be necessary to have
u general central office in Denver
which will be in charge of Mr.. Byars
himself, assisted by A. f. Fox, form
erly manager OF the Golden Rule Store
here but now of Greeley. This leaves
the management Of the Greeley sto e
open end o. G. Edwards, manager of
the Golden Rule store here, hes pur-
chased an interest in tie Greeley busi-
ness and will move there. MIR. Ed
wards expects to leave Lamar about
August Is. for Greelc:, but retains
his large inter ct n the Lamar and
Wiley stcres. He will continue for the
present as II niger of the local store
until such time as the new manager
can be installed whieh will probably
be some time this fall.
Mr.. Edwards has been in charge of
the store here fer nearly two years
and has in that time made himself a
firm place in Lamar's business life
that will be hard to FIJI. He is an
energetic. courteous store manager
who constantly builds up his business.
l. Il. 4
many warm friends in the social life
of the city who will deeply regret to
see them leave us.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
Fairview

Inez Barrett and little daughter
have been visiting relatives in this
section the past two weeks.
The farmers in this section have
their wheat and rye in the shock.
Will Sherar and wife from Latham,
Kansas. have been visiting with his
sister. Mrs. w. H. Hoskins and fam
lily for several days.
Rev. A. w. Gibbons will hold me-
mortal services at Fairview next Sun
day at two o'clock. Everybody is cor
daily invited.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Darbyshire's
son Clyde, from Campo. is here sick.
He has been quite sick for two weeks
and is some better at present.
Mrs. Lucinda Vile, expects to go to
Anthony, Kansas, the last Of this week
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
FOR ROAD HOGS ONLY

| have my opinion Of the fellow who
will not dim his lights when approach
ing another car on the road. He does
not have the first principles of court
esy and fair play. He expects every
body to get out of his way. The fact
of the case is that most everybody
does, but it isn't fair and it isn't
square.
You man with the big lights, you
are not the only man on the road.
There are three times as many lesser
lights, and you are bound to respect
them. If you will not take the hint
and be courteous and considerate, a
law will be passed that will bring you
to task. Why not be decent and white ?
A thousand times, we drivers of
Fords have helped you out of diff
culties on the way. We want to play
fair. We expect to play fair, and we
intend to see that you play fair.
OF course we know well enough that
a large majority of auto drivers want
to play fair. Many Of the men with
the big lights dim them. Just last
night we met four gentlemen. 1t does
not take long to discover the real lady
or the real gentleman on the road.
Why not be ladies and gentlemen The
road is broad enough and long enough
for us all. Yes, but there are some
people who have never had any bring
ing up. Eventually they shall be
brought up before some court OF JUS
tice.
This is the opinion of
ONE OF THE LESSER LIGHTS.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
Et Tu, Charley

The sweeping nature of the prohi-
bition wave deluging the country was
thoroughly demonstrated last Friday
evening when Charley Wooden, the
proudest Arkansawyer of the state,
who has Dragged repeatedly that he
had always voted the democratic ticket
for free whiskcy and sailors right,
and would stand by that platform till
death, boarded the train for Atlantic
City rs a delegate to the Elks Grand
Lodge carrying the banner of Mr..
Rain, and fully determined to boost in
his modest and unobstrusive manner
for that gentleman's success at the
election. Old John Barleycorn may
have been buried on Monday week
ago, but we bet he turned over in his
grave a week later when Charley hit
the board walk.
Later.-Mr. Rain won, and the
drouth at Atlantic City was broken.
Charley is reported to have overcome
his bashfulness and made speech.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
HELP!

Why do ships cost so much? Fig
ures and details are bewildering, but
there's Mark Twain's story Of Reilly
uho took job as Chinese Interpreter
in the San Francisco courts, mot be-
cause he knew Chinese, but because
he wanted to earn al honest living
This has a parallel in the story of a
returned soldier who applied for work
at a shipyard. Without any mechan-
ical training he gave his occupation
as plumber and was promptly given
work ct good pay. For several days
he pretended to be busy, without ac-
complishing anything. All the time
he noticed another man, who watched
him without making any effort to
work. The plumber" got exasperat-
ed under the constant surveillance and
at length said:
"If you are set here to spy on my
work. I'm going to quit this job right
now"
Said the other: "What for? I'm
not q spy; I'm your assistant."-Wall
Street Jpurnsl.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
Missouri Heard From

For nerve to face any issue COM
mend US to the men who compose the
Missouri legislature, but for discretion
we fear they are badly below par. A
delegation of ladies visited them on
politics bent, and after leaving passed
resolutions denouncing the solons for
legislating in their shirt sleeves. The
latter Immediately came back with a
resolution asking the ladies on their
next visit to use gauze stretchers so
as to give their clothing at least the
appearance of covering their bodies.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
ANOTHER BIG ONE
A Second 500 Barrel Well Struck in
the Same Section With Holdings
of Local Company.

The following item Of great interest
to many people in this section is tax
en- from the last Saturday edition of
the Wichita Beacon:
"Big Well in Cotton Sounty, Ok.
The Carter Oil Company got a well
rated at 500 barrels in No. / Wiley
farm, just south Of the Chapman well,
section 5-1s-1Ow, getting sand at 2l00
feet"
The lots being sold by the Cotton
County Oil and Gas Company as well
as their 4O-acre lease are located in
section 5-ls-10w. This is the second
well in this section that has come in,
the other being 00barrels. AS only
two have been drilled it makes ii prae-
tically proven territory, and the many
local lot owners in the company are
feeling correspondingly jubilant. This
good news coming in addition to the
striking of a fine well on land adjoin-
ing their Burkburnett holdings makes
the lots Of this company look like a
gilt-edged proposition.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
SILO WILL STOP
EXCESSIVE WASTE
Statistics Show That so Per Cent OF
Corn Fodder is Wasted An
nually.

There is produced every year in this
country sufficient forage to feed liber-
ally all the live stock of the land. and
leave a good balance besides. The
shortage of supplies each year is due
to the spelling and wasting Of forage
already grown, and the means of pre-
serving this forage will solve the stock
problem of the country. The principal
waste is now going on with the corn
plant. 1t is most noticeable in the corn
belt states where perhaps so per cent
of the stalks and leaves of this most
valuable forage is wasted annually.
The silo furniahes means whereby all
farm forage can be preserved and
placed in the best possible condition
for feeding. The silo is too well known
to require a description of this method,
but its use is certainly sadly wanting.
1t can be safely said, on any farm
where 10 head of stock are kept, the
silo ie a proper equipment, and of
great economic value.-R. w. Clark,
Colorado Agri. College, Fort Collins.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
Eskridge- Wight.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Wilson and
daughter, Miss Katherine, went up to
Pueblo yesterday to be present at the
marriage of Mr.. J. T. Eskridge Of
Lamar and Miss Gertrude Wight Of
which took place last even
ing at the home of the brides sister
in Pueblo. Both Of the happy couple
are well known in Lamar. The groom
before the war held responsible posi-
tions with the ID. A. NJ. e. p. Co., as
manager of the McClave mill and later
in the general offices. He resigned to
Join the tank corps of the A. f. F.,
and saw some months of active serv-
ice at the front The handsome bride
is a daughter of Mayor E. ID. Wight
of Trinidad, and a very attractive and
talented young lady who has many
friends in Lamar. Their Lamar friends
extend heartiest congratulations. They
will make their home at La Jara where
Mr.. Eskridge will be in charge of the
large stock ranch which was a part
of the estate left by his father.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
W. W.-Wandering Woody

When Carlson was governor of Colo
rado and decided to visit few sections
Of the state to get the views Of its
people, he was abused by every demo-
cratic paper in the state and dubbed
Wandering George" 1t is all right
in the estimation of these same papers
for Mr.. Wilson to quit his job and
wander all over Europe. His initials
are the same as Weary Willie's," but
unlike the latter he does his travelling
in the most expensive style possible,
communicating ships for months that
ought to be bringing soldier boys
home, renting hotels and paying vast
retinue of Wallets. hangers-on. chamber
maids, and time-servers. The public
pays the bills, and Woody has the fun.
The George Washington in the time It
has been commandered for his bene-
fit could have brought 10000 soldiers
and made that many homes happy.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
MOnlgomeTy .bIand.

MIR. John w. Bland and Miss Agnes
Il. Montgomery accompanied by
number Of the members of their inn
mediate families called ut the home Of
Rev. ID. G. MaeLennan, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, this morning and
were united in marriage. These young
people are well and favorably known
in Prowers county and their many
friends wish them much happiness and
success. They left at lO:46 today for
Denver and western points. They will
be at home ut Plains, Prowers county.
after the first of September.
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09

ments with the
Young Mems Business Assn. where
by Lamar will be able to see four
flights of his machine over our city.
He will bomb the city in true war
style, except that he will use oranges
instead Of dynamite. Puflea has had
experience both in the army aviation
camps and has also seen active serv-
ice in France. He is thorough avia-
ton pilot and will make the exhibi-
ton flights regardless of the wind or
weather. In an interview with The
Register he stated that weather con-
ditions would make no difference so
far as his making the flights was con-
cerned. That il il is very windy
he would refuse to carry any passen-
gers as he would take no chance with
them at all, but that he would go up
himself just the same. He insists that
flying is one of the safest Of sports,
also that it has practically passed the
sport stage and is rapidly becoming a
public necessity. He soys that he can
easily demonstrate to a passenger that
the flights are as safe as land travel
ing by most any Of the modern means
Of rapid transportation and much more
rapid.
Frosty johnson Of the d. A. NJ. &
P. Co., who was one Of his passengers
at the Holly celebration, says the SEN
sation is much easier than in an auto
travelling at thirty miles an hour. He
Ia so pleased with his twenty minute
flight at a heighth Of 800 feet that he
has engaged passage for the return
trip to Denver and is thinking seri-
ously of investing in ole of the crit
ters to facilitate his trips of inspection
of the many mills Of the d. A. NJ. &
p. Co.
The Yambas are having field pre-
pared just north Of the bridge for the
landing Of the plane and Mr.. Puflea
will arrive on Sunday in his plane
and be ready for flights both Sunday
and Monday mornings and afternoons.
As soon as the Yambas discovered that
Mr.. Puflea could remain in the county
long enough to give ample notice to
the people Of our city and surrounding
territory of the flights so they could
take advantage Of the opportunity,
they Immediately raised the required
guarantee and closed the contract with
him.
Don't miss these great sensational
demonstrations Of what plane can do
The Lamar register., 1919-07-09
Lamar Will Have Two Days of
Classy Airplane Flights
WAR PLANE EXHIBITION
The Y. VI. b. A. Secures Four Exhibi-
tiOn Flights Over the City for
SeIt Sunday and Monday.

GEORGE PUFLEA, the pilot who
The sun., 1919-09-07

Those races at st. Nazaire and the
entirely care free performance of a
battle SCARED Dodge Brothers light de-
livery truck are still talked Of wherever
there are doughboys who were coming
through that port about the first Of
June on their way home. Four first
places and two seconds against a mixed
field, out of six events scheduled, is a
good score for any car. Hence the pride
of the 811th Supply Train and of the
France, In the little racer which they re-
built in five days out Of truck that had
been all over the battlefields and had
come finally to the Nantes park. For
the car which represented Nantes at
the races on La Baule beach near st.
Nazaire turned in just such a score,
after exactly that war experience.
Fifty thousand soldiers, 1t is estl-
mated, were waiting at St Nazaire to
have their service records checked up
and the last animate traces of their
overseas service removed from their
persons, BY way of celebration an auto
mobile race was plainly indicated, as
the doctors say. When permission was
given some three weeks before the event
there was wild rush, to use the words
OF an officer who was present, to build
racing cars in every Motor Transport
shop in st. Nazaire. and every town
within the limits of Base Section No.
One, s. o. s., for which that well known
port is headquarters Some forty cars
were finally entered, ranging In size
from the ever present four whose name
needs no mention. to skies, Fights and
twelves.
Motor Service Park 767 at Nantes
picked the best material 1t had avail
able, Dodge Brothers light delivery
vehicle which, after hard service at
the front, had been driven overlandrto
the park, where it was being kept in
general service, To make racer out
of 1t the tenders AMI body were re-
moved, the wheel base shortened to 100
inches, the compression increased by
planning down the cylinder heads slightly,
reciprocating parts lightened, and a
stock roadster gearset substituted for
the commercial gear already in place.
With these few changes the car was
ready for its mile a minute performance
In races from one to forty-nine miles
The sun., 1919-09-07

on n beach that was only seven miles
long.
In the first race, one mile against
time in field of ten starters, the little
car finished second with time of 5S.4
seconds. 1t won the second race, TWEEN
ty-one miles, free for all, with eighteen
starters, showing 81 minutes seconds
for the distance and beating cars con-
siderably larger and usually regarded
as more powerful
The second days racing turned out
a large crowd to cheer for the little
white racer with Its red IN IN a circle.
The first race of the second day was
at fourteen miles for light cars only.
The Nantes entry won easily; time, IS
minutes 1914 seconds. The next race
was a forty-nine mile free for all with
sixteen starters. over this distance the
rough surface of the course had a chance
to make itself felt, and one of the en-
trants turned over, killing its mechanic
clan and injuring its driver. The race
was won by composite car The
Nantes entry finished second time,
1901.
The third day of the race meet prom
Used double winning. The first event
was a mile against time for light cars
only and this proved easy for Park
"767's' entry. the time being fifty sec
onds fiat. The final was a ee-for-all
with officers driving at forty-nine miles,
The early races had been run with
enlisted men at the wheel, and the
M racer had been piloted by Sergeant
Paul Harvey, with Sergeant William
MowTy as meohanician. For the last
event, Lieut.. Noble Van Burkleo re-
placed the sergeants of the 311th Supply
Train. There were twenty entries and
on the fourth lap, somewhere between
twenty-one and twenty-eight miles on
the way home, the Dodge racer was a
mile ahead of its field when the race
had to be stopped on account of two
serious accidents.
To properly Judge the time it must
be remembered that the beach at La
Baule is only seven miles long and mar
row. The cars had to slow down to
something like fifteen miles an hour i'm
making the turns for races longer than
the distance. The course was rough too
and spotted with bitches and bumps. On
the last day and this is on authority of
an officer who knows automobiles init
mately, the car was in as good condition
as on the first.
The sun., 1919-09-07
HUNT TALKS ON PRICES.
Looks for Important Announce
ments at show Time.

HuoAS hoF important announce
ments at show Time.
Last winter there was a prevalent
feeling in the automobile trade that by
midsummer there would be a general
reduction in the price of automobiles"
says James J. Hunt general manager
of the REQ Motor Car Company of New
York, Inc. "This feeling was based
upon the assumption that war time
prices of materials and labor were alb
normally high and would come down
shortly after the signing of the armis-
tice However, quite the contrary has
been the case.
with few exceptions, the materials
used in the manufacture of automobiles
have at least maintained their war time
level of prices, and in a number of
instances the prices have been greatly
increased Likewise, the cost of labor
Is unusually high. The result is that
not only are no price reductions looked
for but there has come a general re-
vision of prices upward. 1t is expected,
however that when the car makers hit
the stride of production and when pres
ent conditions are somewhat altered,
there will be several important an
nouncements made and some of these
are looked for at show time"
The sun., 1919-09-07

John o. Hofbauer has become sales
manager of Morrow Motors, Inc.
The success of the Templar car
throughout the country has attracted
high class executives ss well as quality
dealers everywhere.
The Morrow Motors acquisition of Mr..
Hofbauer indicates this trend. He is one
Of the well known automobile sales
managers of Broadway. His ability and
success in sales building while in charge
Of several other well known makes fore
shadows a larger horizon for the Tenn
plar sales In the East.
Hofbauers experience with automo-
biles dates back to the time when a
trip to Yonkers and back was consid-
cred a tour and was talked about for
months afterward. Mr.. Hofbauer says
II believe the time has arrived when
the factors of economy and quality pre-
dominate with the automobile buyer,
People are beginning to realize that the
small bore lightweight car, like the
Templar, made of superhne steel and
other materials, gives unusual satisfac-
ton.
1.-THE Europeans learned this a number
Of years ago, and the small motor and
lightweight car with great power is the
standard of construction there now. This
tendency is made almost a necessity by
reason of the high cost of gasolene,
tires and general upkeep, besides the
pride and satisfaction in owning a quail
ityscar.
The Saxon line is so we'll known and
thought of and its sales in Eastern
territory SO large that comment is un-
pecessa ry."
The sun., 1919-09-07
QUALITY WILL RULE
IN MANUFACTURING
Harry Houpt Quotes Govern
ment Authority on This
Very Important Point,

Quality rather than eheapness win
be the guiding star Of automobile manu-
facturers in the future" says Harry $.
Houpt, president of the Hudson Motor
Car Company Of New York.
According to Government authorities
the development of the industry is ex-
pected to be distinctly In the direction
of higher quality rather than lower
prices.
I'm this the makers are simply follow
ing in the steps of the Hudson Motor
Car Company, whose motto has always
been quality first A Government au-
thority in discussing this question said {:
with market never before equalled
the sales and engineering departments
viii insist on the factory turning out the
best car 1t is possible to design with
respect to performance and longevity.
Prices will be fixed to meet competition,
The rising price of cars to-day Ia largely
due to this tendency. Many concerns are
bringing out higher class cars than they
ever marketed before.
Assembled cars are automatically
forced into the high priced Glass because
parts makers will build only high quail
Ivy uHllS. lnlS Is CIedT WneIl IL Is COH-
sidered that 1t is utterly impossible to
sell a car at $1,000 or less unless it is
produced in very large numbers. Quality
production must be backed up by II
fundamental control Of the sources Of
material supply. In fact the tendency
in the largest plants Is to get further
and further back to the core In securing
materials. Thus the product of the
parts makers in the future will be
found In the car selling at $1,000 and
upward,
"This does not necessarily signify that
in lower priced cars quality will be sac
rificed. The difference In price will be
made up In riding comfort, as provided
by increased space, more luxurious up
holstering and fittings, greater speed In
range and accessibility and possibly In
greater economy. 1t Is very possible to
build n high priced car with the finest
materials designed OH an economy basis.
This would be an exception, however, as
the difference in value would probably
be put into the first mentioned qualities,
"From these considerations It 10 APP
parent that there are two real markets
one in which low price Is the domi-
nant thought of the purchaser, and the
other that in which the greatest COM
fGrt or luxury Is desired. The thought
OF luxury need not and should not De
distasteful to US any longer now that
We have peace. Civilization consists
largely in making necessities of Injuries.
America is a leader in this movement