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, 1920-01-01

$3.50 in order to get IL license, while
the fellow whose luxurious tastes will
make him satisfied only with II Pierce
Arrow of 60 or more horsepower will
have TO put up at least S24.
of ourse if the prospective motorist
feels that he might o always have
the price on January 1 to get IL Ford
license, he might buy n Saxon. -Four
dollars and eighty cents is the price of
II license for this type of car. That
price is absolutely bed rock on the
license market.
The average price for the makes of
car that are most widely used in this
community is II fraction over $40 an
increase of more than 100 per cent.
Applications for registration of auto
mobiles may he secured at the local
banks and from the Sheriff-s office.
The attention of owners is called to
the fact that it will be unlawful to op
crate their automobiles after January
1 without the 1920 license.
, 1920-01-01
TOO MUCH Is PLENTY

Rapid City IS. d. Guide During
were sent out to newspaper publishers
who were asked TO give their space
free. and it was Ion all over the coun-
try, and ne one has any regrets about it
because it was needed service, even if
all other craftsmen were paid good
wages for their labor, and h newspa-
pers got no pay for space and work.
Later a plan was worked whereby
the newspaper publisher was asked to
20 IL among business men and get
them to pay for running this free adj
vertising. SO the government got mil
lions of dollars of free bond advertising,
which no IL regrets, because it was
patriotic work.
But since that time a host of fellows,
all with some good scheme or other,
for saving the world from starvation
or to keep buns warm in winter. are
flooding newspaper offices with re-
quests for free ads. The last is some
New York society TO save the people
of the near east from starving. They
want to raise IL few millions or bill
lions. we have forgotten which, IL
send us some horrible pictures which
we are to get merchants to pay for
printing in the paper. This is to induce
the charitable to send o to some
New York concern of which they now
nothing whatever to feed the people in
a. ~ - -~ - N---.
supposedly.
Now the Guide is the last paper in
the world to discourage charity,
which is said to cover a multitude of
sins. but many good people are tired
Of being used as cutspaws for organ
lied beggary which is always saving
someone ON the other side of the earth
and never yon closer home.
A more f~ree-hearted, generous peO-
pie never lived than the people of the
west, hui there is IL limit to drives
you can get too much of Il good thing
and many people are going to inquire a
little closer about European charities
or any other before they throw o u
their dollars. The Red Cross, the Sal.
walton Army and some others we know
are all right, and there are chances nj
home for the exercise of generosity
where it is needed aud where every
dollar will do a good work, but for a
multitude of foreign organized beggary
schemes the Guide has no respect ana
SO far as it is concerned they will be
told in plain language to go straight to
some other print shop.
, 1920-01-01
Very Polite.

As Robert Patton Gibbs, the actor,
was strolling down broadway in New
York he met an acquaintance who
seemed to be somewhat the worse for
an encounter with the cup that cheers.
LEND me a dollar, will you?" he in
quired. Il need It."
For a drink, 1 suppose?" Mr.. Gibbs
inquired.
II might as well tell the truth. That
is what il is for"
But l thought You were ON the wa
ter wagon"
Il was. but 1 gave my seat to a
tdy.'-EXchange.
, 1920-01-01
STOCKMEN URGED TO
TEST ALL THEIR STOCK.
CONTINUED from First Page

NSOllllllltu lIOll IlISl IuScD
loss of an average of 500 or more.
Quite an item if this sum were de-
Quoted from the shippers check.
In fat cattle the disease seems to
assume the acute form more han the
chronic when attacked, the course is
rapid and soon becomes generalized.
| might add here hat animals found
on post norton to have been affect
always condemned. Also cattle suf-
fering from acute tuberculosis spread
the disease more rapidly than when
he disease assumes the chronic form
Thus II fat, healthy-appearing ami
nal affected with acute tuberculosis
may spread the disease through the
whole herd in n comparatively short
time. Not only the loss sustained to
beef cattle in this manner is of inter
est to stockmen, but the regulations
of livestock are becoming more rigid
each year. Although the government
permits range cattle to be moved in
terstate for grazing purposes, the live
stock sanitary boards 1T the various
states are reluctant ~admit female
cattle. other than heifers, without
first having these cattle subjected to
the tuberculin test at the point of ORR
gin. Especially is this true of the
better grade of stock which are more
or less Quartered where they come
in close contact with each other ut
different times of the year, and in
this way are more liable to spread the
disease.
I'm the case of dairy cattle. no
only are animals affected with tuber.
culosis a menace to the public health
but the losses to the dairyman are
enormous each year. The annual loss
from tuberculosis to livestock is es.
timated at $4O.O 200. 900. A consider.
able part of this is taken from dairy
cattle"
, 1920-01-01

with Inc locaf operator IL 30 pacA TO
your knitting. New York is not tongue
tied. If she needs you she'll wire.
"Of course. if you think you are a
bowling genius you will probably take
the first train for Broadway-and may
be it will be just as well for you to do
so. y genius is just us unhappy one
place as another. Eut. genius or no
genius. there went bc any brass band
to meet you mt Grand Contra station"
, 1920-01-01
r !. !. !. :. !. :. !. !. l. !. :. :. = !. :. !.
= A New Years Wish.

r MAY the New Year keep or :
y hearts and hands busy with pro- :
= ductivc toll. leaving neither time :
r nor opportunity for idleness and d:
= discomfort: may it swectcn our :
= daily bread with the thought that :
+ ii has been earned by honest ser =
y vice; may it free us from the sin :
y of self-pity 10y revealing To us n -.
= vision of the Divine purpose that .:
= made labor the law of life. ..
= + + !. :. !. !. :. = !, !. = !. = + = !. :
, 1920-01-01

You complain of ingrntitude. We're
YOU not repaid by your pleasure in
1oin= good?-Ievis.
, 1920-01-01
NEW LICENSES FOR 1920.

Under the provisions Of a law passed
by the last legislature. which became
effective today. January l, the fiat rate
of $500 for II license fee is replaced
by II graduated scale. depending upon
the horsepower rating of the machine.
The rate is 40 cents per horsepower.
In accordance with this rate, it will
cost the owner OF the humble flivver
, 1920-01-01
A Hint to Au.omohile Riders.

Every automobile rider has expert
enced the discomfort of dust in the
eyes and also from the effects of cold
winds. i suggestion has been made
that these discomfortS may he greatly
alleviated by applying castor oil along
the cyelaShes. This. it is claimed, will
catch most of the dust before it can ell
ter the eye. and also it protects the eyes
from the chilling effects of the wind.
, 1920-01-01

Juvenile pig raiscrs of Nuckolls
county to the number of thirty-nne
%journeyed to Lincoln in automobiles
and spent a day in Sightseeing. They
were guests of Governor Mckelvie for
several hours and paid II lengthy
visit to tn, state farm. The eXcur-
sionists, all boys, are members of the
county pig club.
, 1920-01-01

M. Wise--In the early days of this
country people went to church garry
ing guns. ~
Mrs. WIse-Nowadays they carry
hammers.
, 1920-01-01
No Hunting or Shooting.

No hunting or shooting allowed on
Saratoga Live Stock Company Ranch.
or Donald McPhail Ranch.
A. e. DAHL.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-08

bate which was waged in the
Senate and Republican nominee
for President of the United
States, Senator Warren G. Hard
ing, by his own confession, lacks
"a single program, constructive
in character about an association
of nations" The Wilson pro-
gram for a League of Nations,
of course, is all wrong because
Mr.. Wilson is a Democrat and
it would never do for an Old
Guard Senator to see good in any
Democrats ideas.
The Wilson program may be
unthinkable to Mr.. Harding,
despite his inability to offer a
better one, but the average man
who wants world peace will
cling to the League of Nations
until he is shown a concrete plan
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-08

District Teachers Association.
The District Teachers Associ-
alton, of which Lafayette Co., is
a part, viii meet at Warrens-
burg, Mo-, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, October ID, 10,
and 16, 1920. Programs have
been mailed from the College at
Warrensburg to all teachers in
the county, and it is the hope
that all may attend. The Octo-
Der meeting of the Lafayette
County Teachers will be held in
Warrensburg in connection with
the District Teachers Associa-
ton on the above mentioned
dates. Teachers who attend
these meetings will not have to
make up the time lost from the
regular school work.
Elmer H. White,
Co. Supt. Of Schools.
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which will work effectively. To
him, Senator Harding, without
a single program constructive in
character" will be placed in the
attitude of a candidate seeking
to make a political football of
the League.
Political football players, it
may be added, aren't especially
desirable White House material.
Missouri State Journal.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-08
Spencer Caught in Another

ONShN h 1AHONAACA-
Senator Spencer has caught
the contagion of Republican
speakers and makes such state
ments as seemeth best to i'm
press the voters of the country.
statement that the President
had promised military aid to
Rumania and Serbia in the
event of the invasion of
those countries" Secretary Tu-
multy informed Spencer that the
statement was false, but Spen-
GER said that Tumulty had never
consulted the President and had
issued the denial on his own re-
sponsibility. Now the President
in the language of a gentleman
calls Spencer a liar.
Here is the letter.
Senator Palmer Spencer, st
Louis, Mo-: / have just been
shown your statement that my
secretary's denial of the previ-
Gus statement by you that l had
promised military aid to Ruma-
mans and Serbs was issued by
him without my knowledge and
sanction, and that you did not
for a moment believe that l had
made any such denial, or that
the matter was ever called to
my attention. | wish to state
that your statement was called
to my attention by Mr.. Tumulty,
and | requested him to issue the
denial to which you refer. re.
iterate the denial. The state.
ment you made was false.
WOODROW WILSON
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-08
MI. Harding Can't Make up His
Mind.

At last Mr.. Harding is out in
the open. We know where he
really stands regarding the
greatest question before the A.
merican people today-a ques-
ton upon which every intelli-
gent American should have
reached a decision. Mr.. Harding
says; Pm perfectly frank to
say TO you that | am without a
single program constructive in
character about an association of
nations" A member of the u
nited States Senate when Wood
row Wilson first announced his
plan for a League of Nations, a
member of the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations, a par
ticipant in the long treaty de-
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lIust K~eceIved.

A complete line Of Porcelain
(nickle trimmed) and black en-
ameled Gas Ranges Also Hot
Platter. See US before buying.
Economy Furniture Store,
Tel. 4l6 llo4 Franklin ST
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WANTED: Salesman for Lex
ington and vicinity. Commission
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full time. We viii teach you to
sell income protection through
our free school of instruction
and help you build a business of
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FOR SALE: A Velie Six. This
car is in first class condition and
the price is reasonable. Apply to
Emil Schenck. 9-281w.
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FOR SALE: Z room house and
3 lots on 2lst street. Call phone
SOB. 9-27tf
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1920-10-08

FOR RENT: Second story O
yer Weinstein's store. Apply of
Edward Aull. 9-23-tf
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SPECIAL-Ladies Fine silk
Hose, full fashioned, $3.50 val
ne, cOlOrs black and brown, al
$1.95. b
MCDANIEL & WILEY
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WANTED: Second hand fur
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Call 416, Economy Furniture
Store, TIA Franklin Ave.
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FOR RENT: A Broom cot
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Fitzgerald. 10-7-1w.
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FOR SALE: A wood heating
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FOR SALE; Several very de-
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Con Barron and Ernest Hoff-
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Buya TruckRight

Here's the chance you've waited for. Get a
truck at a big saving. Not a secondhand truck
Of little reputation, but a new truck.
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WANTED: A man to cut the
trees and make 1000 oak fence
posts on my farm six miles
south of Lexington.
9-7-tf. Richard Field.
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FOR SALE; MY residence in
Southside Addition. A bargain
if taken at once. Apply of Ed
Long or phone $50 Red.
9-21-2w.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-20
KWLZ


New Questions
What grain is used for food
more than any other2
2-What Significance has the color
OF birds eggs2
3-What country's event OF inter
est occurs the night Of April 212
5-Who was Daniel LAMBERT
6-What is shogun2
What was the original name OF
the city OF Coblenz, Germany
8-What four meanings has the
word cricket
9-What familiar garden flower Is
that which was known to the ancient
Greeks as asphodel2
10-What IS a fanlight2
Answers To Yesterdays XVII.
The excessive desire for gain.
developed TO the point OF mania, is
termed pleOnexia-
2-The dove is the symbol Of peace.
5-The oldest bell In North America
Is thought TO be one at East Haddam
Conn, which was made in Spain. in
815 A. D.
4-The distinguished Belgian poet
Maurice Maeterlincz. was born In the
ancient city OF Client, Flanders. Au-
gust %, 1852.
5-The center Of the fur trade OF
the United States is, and has been
since earliest days. st. Louis. No.
6-The most beautiful shawls in the
world are made in the Vale Of Kash-
mir The finest specimens are almost
priceless and are retained in the
Orient
The first judicial recognition Of
the de facto government in Ireland
was made in the United States by
judge Marcus KavanouEh OF Chicago.
Wnen he obliged an Irish applicant
for American citizenship to forswear
the Irish republic as wen as the gov
eminent OF Great Britain. This his
toric event is reported to have oc-
CURED March 18th, the day after St
Patrick's.
S-Japan consumes more fish in
proportion TO the number OF inhab-
itants than any other nation.
9-The British naval base In the
West Indies is at Port Royal Island
OF Jamaica
10-Theda Bara, in a recently pub
lished interview. states that in real
ity there is no such type as the
vampire woman she deIineates in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-20
Little Interviews.

tons and therefore hotel business
70 an extent never before seen in
Fl Paso.'
Il understand that immigration au-
thorities have discovered a new
lodge employed By persons who
wish to 90 70 Juarez without pass
ports, particularly drug addicts,"
said chief OF police J. p Montgomery.
These people VINO try it wade across
the river az some obscure spot and
spend such time as they desire in
Juarez. Then they return TO the
bridge with the plea that they lost
their passports, relying upon the
ienience OF the authorities TO get
them back 70 their own country They
pretend 10 have had one day pass
ports and 10 have lost them during
an afternoon OF sightseeing. one
woman from FL Paso went over by
Wading the river While in Juarez
she was unfortunate enough 10 get
herself into the jail. She was held
there a while and then released. She
appeared at the bridge and when
questioned told that she had lost her
passport Further investigation re-
Tealed that she had tried the same
plan before and had waded the river
both tines"
The army Is gradually cutting out
the hospitals for sick and injured
soldiers and transforming them into
public health hospitals as the number
OF men requiring attention in the
army decreases" said Fletcher
ErsWett. For example IL has lust
been reported that the hospital camp
at Fort Bayard win be so changed
within a Few months. The need for
the army hospitals is becoming less
and 7 am told that only two or three
tuberculosis hospitals are to be main
tanned by the army. After they are
turned over by the army they viii
be in charge Of the public health
service and probably will be avail
able to all civilians / think this IS
a decidedly good plan, especially in
the case OF the tuberculosis hospitals.
as the sites are always chosen with
careful attention 70 advantageous
climate. recently discussed the cure
OF tuberculosis with an army surgeon
and he said that the percentage Of
deaths among tuberculosis patients
IS small, which evidences the fact
that the army treatment Of the dis
ease is good OF course, this physi-
clan did not say that the treatment
cured, but IN virtually every case he
had handled the case was arrested
and the patient well and apparently
free from the germs after discharge
from the hospitals The officers and
men who are stationed at Fort
Bayard are particularly loud in their
praise Of the mess there. They tell
me that the fort has its own farm,
with a Holstein dairy herd and plenty
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-20
HOROSCOPE


JUPITER Mercury and Venus rule
so strongly for good today. &C
- cording to astrOlOEy. that K
should be most favorable time for
most human enterprises Late in the
evening Mars is in evil aspect,
This should be above all things
most lucky for. all commercial ven
lures and money in millions will be
employed in new enterprises although
banks will give warning against
reckless investments
There is a sign read as presaging
the entrance OF women into big BUSH
ness and the success OF daring initia-
tive on their part
Mercury is in a place read as fore
casting much advertising and pub
liclty in which women are interested.
The stars seem to smile upon their
schemes.
While all the indications are read
as good for the progress OF women's
large interests. especially in politics.
the seers give warning that new
faults VIII be developed in them and
that money will become Inscriptions.
Mars gives warning Of disappoint-
ments and heart-burnings that will
disturb both men and women in the
next few months.
From this date on to midsummer
gossip and Islander viii touch many
persons later TO be focused on the
few.
Romance continues TO exercise an
unusually powerful influence on per-
sons Of every age and those in high
place may be peculiarly susceptible
70 nattery.
Again music IS subject TO the best
government OF the stars and the evo-
luton Of artistic taste will be rapid
through the next decade.
Warning is given against dangerous
propaganda that may affect the ma
tons relations TO neighbors north and
south.
Persons whose birthday It IS should
avoid law and quarrelinE. There is
special danger OF accident Benefits
in business are foreshadoWed
Children born on this day will be
fortunate and successful especially
II the afternoon IS the time OF birth.
Girls may not be lucky in marriage
Copyright 1920, by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-20
Patter And Chatter
Big Bosses Should Not Be Too Busg.

CHEP TURNER lives ut PInkney-
y willie. and he's leading citizens
His house Is highest on the hill, he's
envIed by his fellow men
when shep goes for a trip it's known
to all the people OF the town;
He occupies a local throne that can't
be filled when he steps down.
He tells folks how 20 vote and whys
he owns the copy House. and
bank.
And. lIosess wouldn't gossip ny n
he should ever pull n prankf
CHURCH deacon, chairman OF about
- a dozen boards. or maybe more.
His many interests reach out and
may be numbered by the score.
He has TO teach a Bible elasHi the
village council never acts
TIL he has had n chance TO pass upon
the case and know the facts.
II there's n pavement TO be laid or n
the town demands more light
The said Improvement can't be made
till Turner says -All right
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-04-20
A Soldier Candidate.

ZEN. PERSHIEG'S announcement that he would accept
" the presidential nomination if called upon may have
effect the pre-coHventon campaign Although he did
not state 1t generally understood that Gen Persng
Republican and politicians busy figuring what
bearing his candidacy VIII have the other aspants for
the Republican nomination
No campaign is planned By the overseas commander
He merely has told the country that he would accept the
honor if 1t should be offered him. Nevertheless vast posi-
bties in the mention of his name for certainly
the leader Of the American army in the is entitled to
consideration.
Gen PeTshings record is in his favor He assigned
to big task and did It we'll If any military is to be
elevated to the presidency certainly the who led the
American army victory the worlds greatest the
logical for the honor. There is bemish IN Gen
Pershings life public private and his accomplishments
stamp him Of high ability and force Of character.
Apparently however there is strong sentiment in the
country against the election Of military The prob
lens which the country faces economic and diplomatic
and the nation VIII hardly turn a without special
experience IN these essentials.
The immediate effect Of the Pershing announcement IS
likely to be felt chiefly by Gen. Wood for those who favor
military VIII naturally be divided between the two
generals Then too, there IS reported to exist feeling
between Gen Pershng and Gen. Wood which, if true,
bound to react against both for the Republicans want
harmony, above all else
If Gen Pershing had timed his announcement to
hit the Wood boom hardest he could not have chosen
better period