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The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
l.. WRIT MARKHAM CONFERENCE
First Bulletin Indicates Weighty Prob
lens Not Yet eBaring Down
Upon His Spirits

Our fellow townsman, l.. Writ Mark
ham, is now at Des Moines, Iowa. act
ing as one of the four lay delegates
from this state at the national general
conference OF the Methodist church.
The sessions are just opening this
week and it is said to be the most i'm
portant meeting of the church since
the civil war, but evidently the serious
matters to be considered have not yet
affected the optomistic soul Of the La
mar representative so much as the
high cost Of coca-cola, as will be seen
by the first official bulletin sent out
by him which is as follows:
Des Moines, Iowa. May 4, 1920.
To the Gang, care Of Geo. B Merrill,
Lamar, Colo.
Don't come here. Regulas e glass
coca-cola twenty cents. The reason
Jerry Downing moved here shaves 3
cents hair cuts is cents and l-4y bar
bers. This is not the Valle' Con-
tent. Short on sunshine al; 4
prices doubled. Regards to al.
WRIT
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
McAdoO's Fundamental

Mr.. McAdoo declares the railroad
law cannot settle the railroad prob
lem because it does not reach funda-
mentals" What his fundamentals"
may be the former secretary omits to
state, but presumably he has in mind
a Federal Treasury with the roads per-
mitted to draw upon it ad libitum to
make up any deficiencies in revenue.
Such an arrangement would be 4 solu
tion of the railroad problem from the
point of view of the roads, but, after
their experience of the past two years
of Federal control, the people might
register an objection. What the rail
road Law does is to return the roads
to their rightful owners with an offer
of Federal aid until they have over
come the frightful depression Of the
McAdoo regime. With permission to
charge properly remunerative rates,
the roads will be able to furnish effic-
lent transportation in the future. If
Mr. McAdoo does not recognize some
thing fundamental in an improvement
of that sort he is to be pitied.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05

irrigation as were planted last year.
Reports from the districts where po
tatoes are grown without irrigation
indicate about the same percentage.
The only important potato growing
district where a possible increase in
acreage is indicated is the San Luis
valley, though a decrease is indicated
for Rio Grande county. The harvest
falling off is indicated for western
slope counties, particularly Montrose,
Delta and Garfield Weld county re-
ports indicate that the acreage will
be about 80 per cent of that for last
year. The acreage Of potatoes grown
in the state last year as reported by
county assessors, was 92,500 acres,
compared with $4,000 acres in 1918
and 10000 acres in 1917 The indicat-
ed acreage this year, based upon the
percentage shown above, is about 49,
900 acres. The area devoted to beans
on the six principal producing states
in 1919 was l.01S,000 acres, compared
with l,741,000 acres in 1918, and :
s2l 900 acres in 1917. The acreage for
1915, the last year before the United
States entered the World war, was L.
1O7 900 acres. The area devoted to
potatoes in the United States in 1919
was 4,013,OO0 acres, compared with A.
295,O acres in 1918, and 4,3S4 900
acres in 1917 The acreage in 1916
was estimated at 3,565 900 acres. The
State Cooperative Crop Reporting
Service will have figures about May s
showing the estimated acreage to be
devoted to both of these crops this
year in the principal states growing
them. These reports will be given to
Colorado growers as promptly as pos
sible, to enable them to act upon the
information in any way that seems adj
visable TO them.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
COLORADO CROP NEWS

Reports received by the Colorado Co
operative Crop Reporting Service from
correspondents in all parts of the state
indicate that there will be falling off
in the acreage devoted to both beans
and potatoes in Colorado this year, un-
less plans of growers are materially
revised between now and planting
time. These reports indicate that only
about 20 to rs per cent as large an
acreage will be planted to beans this
wear as last year. The total acreage
reported for this crop in Colorado last
wear was So, 800 acres, compared with
252, 900 acres in 1918 and 25O,OOO acres
in 1917. The indicated acreage this
year is from $4,000 to $1,000 acres.
Reports from the principal potato pro
ducing sections indicate that the grow
ers now contemplate planting slightly
more than 90 per cent as great an
acreage Of potatoes to be grwon under
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
perfeeting Peace Resolution

The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee is giving close study to the
peace resolution recently passed by
the House. The form in which 1t VIII
be reported to the Senate has not as
yet been determined, but the indiea-
tions are that it will be considerably
simplified, ard much of he language
enacted by the House eliminated. IL
has also been determined that peace
with Austria shall be dealt with at the
same time the war with Germany is
thought to a close, but whether both
countries shall be included in one res
olution or treated separately has not
been decided upon.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
Dark Days in Old Kentuek.

o, ye blue domes of the Cumberlands
bow your heads in sorrow. And you
blue grass rolling plains hide your
shame at base uses to which your fer
tile fields are brought in these degen-
crate days of the republic! Your proud
thoroughbred race horses must now be
peacefully chewing their cud, and the
roaring floods of the mighty Kentucky
and Big Sandy must now be a gentle
moo. And oh, you Kentucky moons!
There will never be so many of you
any more. All of which has been call
ed forth by the fact that one Of our
old time friends returned this week
after an absence of six months and in
formed us he had been in Louisville
taking the buttermilk cure for stomach
trouble. Think of it Looeyville, for
generations the proud mecca Of all
who had troubles to forget and need
ed a little something for the stom-
ach's sake"-but buttermilk. If Ken
lucky ever produced a pint of butter
milk before July /, 1919, the fact could
not be proven by any male citizen of
Iooevyille,
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
GENERAL COLORADO NEWS

Reports now being compiled by the
State immigration Department for
publication in the 1920 edition of the
Colorado Year Book show q total oi
5000 public schools in Colorado, COM
pared with 3,l24 for 1919. The de-
crease is due to consolidation of many
rural schools during the past twelve
months. The number of teachers en-
ployed is approximately 1920, an in
crease of about ll5 over 1919. A
number of counties also report va
cancics in the teaching forces Of many
schools due to the shortage of teach
ers that has been somewhats acute for
the past three years. Apparently 1t
would require about 5000 teachers to
serve all Colorado public schools pro-
perly at this time.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
"D;g In" is The Order

After President Wilson has tixeu
the boundaries of the new republlc Oh
Armenia, and substantial loan from
the United States Treasury has neeh
handed over to that infant creation
then this Government will be given a
mandate over the state, and charged
with the duty of seeing that no harih
befalls it, either from the bloodthirsty
Turks or other source. At least that
is the program mapped out for Amerl-
ca by the supreme council sitting al
San Reno. Our ambassador to Rome
,ecured n front row seat at the eoun-
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
When to Quit Advertising

When the grasshopper ceases to hoI
And the cows quit bawling.
When the fishes no longer flop,
And the baby stops squaling.
When the dunner no longer duns
And the hoot owls quit hooting.
When the rivers ever cease to n,
And the burglar stops his looting.
When the vine no longer twines,
And the skylark stops his lark
When the sun no longer shines,
And young men quit sparkling.
When the heavens begin TO drop,
And the old maids stop advising.
Then-it is time to shut up shop
And quit your advertising.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
"Restriction and Coercion"

In criticising the Republican Con-
gress, Mr. Gompers says "A constant
genius for accomplishment must re-
place an ill-considered mania for re-
striction and coercion" The state
ment is precisely appliable to Gompers
himself, who has consistently worked
for-restriction of accomplishment in
industry and coercion by threats of
strikers for exorbitant wages and con-
ditions of employment.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05

Advance reports from county 2sses-
sors on the number Of fruit trees of
bearing age in the various counties,
now being received by the State Inn
migration Department, indicate that
the total number Of fruit trees in the
state will be considerably greater than
most people have believed There has
been no complete survey of the number
of fruit trees in the state since that
made by the federal Census Bureau
in 1910, and the general impression
has been that the increase in all classes
of fruit has been very slight since that
time and in some classes n decrease
has been forecasted. Such reports as
hcve been received to date, however,
indicate increases in all classes Of
fruit trees and rather large increases
in most classes. These increases are
due chiefly to relatively small in
crcases in counties where fruits are
not raised extensively.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
Here and There

Gloucester tNIass.) Times-"Wc de
nounce the profligate waste of money
wrung from the people by oppressive
taxation through the lavish approplia-
tions of Congress" Guess where this
statement came from. It was part of
Wilson's winning platform in the 1912
election.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
More Residences for Paseo

Work started this week on new res
licences for Capt. H. C. Byrnss and F.
w. johnson in the new Paseo Place
addition. In addition several new lots
were sold and each will soon have res
licences built upon.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05

The reports on the activities of the
national forests in Colorado, made by
the District Forester to tn" State Inn
migration Department for use in the
1920 edition Of the Colorado Year Book
shows that more than 100000 peo-
pic spent their vacations in the ma
t.onal forests of the state in 1919. This
rumbcr included persons from every
state in the Union and from % foreign
countries. The national forests of Col
otado were more popular among va
cationists than thsc of any other state,
measured by the number Of visitors
making use Of them. The report shows
t,.at more than $4,000 automobiles
visited the Colorado national forests
curing the 1919 tourist season, carry
ing about 665, 900 automobile tourists.
There has been an increase of approx
imately &c per cent in the number Of
Wis. ors in the 1a.ioTal forests of the
state since 1916.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05

Oseeola (Neb.) Record-England is
now glutted with meats from Ameri-
can packers and in the meantime there
are 100000 children in New York City
alone that are undernourished because
of lack of meats. It's about time to
aid poor. hungry England by another
loan, isn't it?
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
Forest Republican (Tionesta. Pa }

Reduced output per capita and increas-
ed consumption, particularly of lux
uries, is rapidly bringing the world to
4 condition Of scarcity which means
higher prices, if not actual want.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05

Gil as an observer, but the country has
not heard that he so much as intimated
that the plan would not be perfectly
acceptable to the United States.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
MAY MILK RATES
Helyctia Milk Rates Being Maintained
in Face of Rapidly Dropping
Market.

The Helvetia has again led all other
companies in the state in paying high
prices to the dairymen for milk. Their
rate card for May just ou; maintains
the price of $3.50 per hundred paid
in March and April. Their March
price was the same as paid to the
dairymen of the Chicago and Elgin
districts as shown by the Elgin Dniry
Report. But while the latter markets
dropped to $275 in April and now an
nounce $2.7O for May, the Heiyetia at
Lamar still keeps to the $3.50 price
and the farmers here are thus favored
in both ways as they get higher price
for their product and feed at much less
cost. We don't see how that combina-
ton can lose. The following article
taken firm the Elgin Dairy Reprt for
May /, 1920, will show conditions in
that great dairy center:
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05

Canton, Qn.) Register-Not a single
act of the Wilson Administration has
tended to encourage men to stay on
the farms.
The Lamar register., 1920-05-05
May Milk $40

The milk price for May for the Chi
cago- Elgin territory has finally been
arrived at, as S2.TO per hundred, for
3.5 percent milk, delivered at country
plants, with the usual four cents DIFF
ferential per point for milk either
under or over the 80 perc n test. 1t
was rather thought that the price
would be somewhat lower than this,
owing to the lack of demand for con-
densing purposes in this district, but
other factors entered into considera-
tion. The ice cream business will be
absorbing a lot more of the surplus
from now on, the season has been
backward, and so the price of S2.1o
was arrived at with the understand
ing that the distributors take all the
milk offered by their regular patrons
This price is higher than last year
when the rate was $3.50 per hundred
pounds. Prices for this year are aver
aging down more closely than they
did last year, when January was
S3.76 and May and June was s2-3o'
This January we had a $3.50 price
and in March $3.50. A good many OF
the farmers claim that at present
prices there is no money in making
milk, while others, who figure to
raise a good share of their own feed
find it fairly profitable enterprise.
The greatest trouble experienced IS
the lack of skilled help, or in fact the
lack of any kind Of help, particularly
to work on dairy farms. The hours
are long. and the work does not seem
desirable to n great many people
With several of the largest automo-
bile factories closing down for lack
of material, it may be that some oI
the farmer boys who have drifted to
the Large manufacturing centers, Will
temporarily, at least, get back INTO
farm work, and perhaps relieve the
situation for the time being. Certain
ly the wages offered, around in this
vicinity at least, should be attractive
prices ranging as high as 500 per
month. board, room and washing IN
cluded. This leaves more net money
for the farm hand than the man work
ing in factory at 80 to 10 percent
more gross income.
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
NEWS SERVICE AIDS
GROWER AND DEALER
Outlines Movement of Various
Important Farm Crops.
Gives Reliable information Regarding
Supplies Arriving at All Of Large
Consuming and Distributing
Markets.

The outstanding feature of the Mar
ket News Service of the, Federal Bu-
reau of Markets relating to fruits and
vegetables. live stock and meats, dairy
products. hay, feed and seeds. peanuts,
and cotton is that 1t keeps before the
producer, distributor, and consumer a
picture of the movement of important
crops and of the supplies arriving in
all of the large consuming and dis
trlbuting markets and the wholesale
prices prevailing in each.
Prior to the establishment of the de-
partrnent of agriculture's news service
only few large organizations were
able to obtain reliable information on
market conditions. Now such infor-
nation Is available to producers and
all interested parties simply by re-
questing the bureau of markets. Unit
ed States department of agriculture,
Washington. d. c., to furnish It. The
use of the service protects the small
grower and dealer and brings about
more stable conditions and better dis
tribution.
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
Trade Avenues
to Be Revised

from controlling the trade of that
rich area as 1t did in the past.
The business of Sebastopol, Theo-
dosia and other Crimean ports is COM
paratively small. Novorossiysk. the
grain-shipping center for the rich
farming districts owned by the Cos
sacks, has equipment for shipping pc
troleum in tanks; and is an export CEN
ter for zinc ore. potash, oilcake and
many other products.
Georgian Ports to Gain.
Poti and Batum, the two Georgian
ports, afford an entrance to Persia
and the entire trans-Caspian area and
are looked upon as centers which will
eventually assume great Importance
because of their unlimited petroleum
supply piped in from Baku. These two
ports supply a population of about
100000.
Before the war Poti was exporting
between 100000 and 100000 tons of
manganese annually from the mex
haustible deposits near Kutais. Most
of this went to Germany, although the
United States and England took small
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
Spanish Monarch chases chamois Day
After Day Over Mountains of
Pieos de Europa.

Santander, Spain.-No fatigue or
physical effort is too great for King
Alfonso when he hunts the chamois in
The Picos de Europa, as he did this
year In August after attending the
horse races and personally steering his
yacht to victory in the regatta at San
Sebastian.
The party included the queen,
Princess Alice of Albany, Infanta Luz
lisa. Infante Carlos, Prince and Prin-
cess de Bourbon. Lord Athlone. Mar
quis and Marchioness de VillaviciOsa
de Asturias, Luis de Busumante and
number of court missionaries of
high rank.
The site of the hunting box is Llo-
roza, at a height of S,45O feet above
sea level, and here has been built a
miniature palace containing many
modern comforts. At night 1t is al
ways cold at this height.
Activity is the watchword during the
kings short stay. Everybody must
have breakfasted and be ready to start
at seven in the morning for the high
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
WARNING ON SOFT DRINKS
Federal officials Say Many Fake Fruit
Beverages Are Being Sold In
United States.

Observation-Disclosures against fake
fruit beverages that have flooded the
soft drink market since prohibition was
issued by the public health service.
Many of the orange beverages, it
was said, consist only of sweetened
carbonated water, favored with a lit
tie oil from the peel of oranges and
artificially colored.
The department of agriculture has
ruled that provisions of the pure-food
act will be held to have been violat-
ed In case such drinks are sold under
trade names that lead the purchaser
to believe they contain the edible por-
ton or juice of the fruit named.
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
UNITED STATES NOW
RAISES BEST STOCK
Foreign Buyers Find Desirable
Animals in This Country.
Live Stock Industry Not Surpassed by
Any Other Region In the World
Has Greatest Number Of Pure
bred Herds.

Buyers of purebred live stock
throughout the world are coming in In
creasing numbers to the United States.
according to the bureau of markets of
the United States department of agri-
culture. Foreign breeders now find In
this country the greatest number of
purebred herds, all breeds being well
represented, and are assured of every
facility for obtaining exactly the ami
mails desired.
For many years breeders in the Unit
ed States have been importing the fin
est animals from other countries. and
by the most rigid selection in keen
competition with other breeders have
developed purebred live stock until
now the live stock industry in this
country Is not surpassed by any other
country In the world. In recent years
animals bred In the United States have
repeatedly won in open competition
against imported animals at the lead
ing live stock shows and expositions.
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
PLAN TO AVOID
CALF AILMENTS
improper Feeding or lnsanitary
Conditions Are Said to Cause
Most Trouble.
PREvEHTIVES ARE OUTLINED
Calf Intended for Herd Bull or for
Foundation Breeding Cow Must Be
Given Careful Attention-First
Aid Treatments.

Most calf ailments are due to i'm
proper feeding or insanitary condl-
tions, or both. Particularly II you are
raising a calf for herd bull or for
foundation breeding COW, keep the ami
NAL out of cold rains in winter as
much as possible, and provide dry.
well-bedded stall at night. Provide
natures tonics-exercise. sunshine.
pure air, abundance of fresh water.
and variety of feeds. and there will
be little need for medical attention. 1t
is not for the purpose of curing dis
eases that these suggestions are Of
fered. but to prevent their occurrence.
Observe the calf closely at all times.
II II should appear drowsy. feverish.
stiff. or sluggish. act quickly. Reduce
feed at once and the disorder may be
in large measure prevented Keep
salt before the calf at all times. An
abundant supply of fresh water should
be available always. Some of the com
moner ailments only are briefly dis
cussed here, with a few suggestions
for first-aid treatment. In case of seri-
Gus illness consult a competent veter-
marian at once. Do not delay.
Constipation.
Occasionally when the newborn calf
fails 10 get the coIOstrum or first milk
from the COW its bowels remain mac
tive, and the mecOnium (first drop
pings) are retained. which causes con-
stipation. An enema or injection Of
one quart OF warm water N which one
teaspoonful of common baking soda or
one-half teaspoonful of common salt
mas been dissolved Will usually give
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
sP0lLs SAILORS GOOD TIME
Feminine HoIdup at Bordeaux Pulls
Trigger and Takes His
1900 Francs.

BordeauX.-Yves Borthon sauntered
Off the good ship Laverdiere where he
presides over the destinies of the gal
ley, with 1000 francs In his pocket
and great longing in his heart for
a sailors good time"
Hands up" was the shout of a
feminine voice that greeted him as he
turned into waterfront street from
the docks.
"This is good joke" said Yves. as
he wheeled about to look into the muz-
zle of businesslike pistol. held by n
steady feminine hand. "This is In
deed good joke, let me kiss you"
'Bingw spat the businesslike pistol
and Yves felt stinging pain in the
left shoulder.
When he awoke the 1900 francs
had gone and so had the businesslike
woman.
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
STOCK
E7a5 NOTES

Hogs are Improbable without good
pasture.
A purebred sire means more money
in the bank.
Hogging OF corn is profitable in
times Of high priced labor.
Keep farm animals healthy and in
the long run they will profit you.
Live stock cannot be improved with
out the constant use of good sires.
Cows and sows should have plenty
of fresh water accessible at all times.
In feeding silage to horses one
should gradually accustom the animal
to II.
Hog cholera is the swine raisers'
chief enemy. Inoculation locks the
stable before the horse is stolen.
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22

.TARM15NOTES

Paint your buildings.
Grow clovers and build up your
soil.
Sllage is without a peer as winter
feed.
Plant a small kind of tree in
small kind of place.
Organized growers get more for
their product-no matter what 1t is.
Don't leave your machinery out in
the open to rust. Build shed for it.
this year. Good ears that mature will
have a real value.
AS timber grows scarcer year by
year that wood lot on the farm
grows more and more valuable.
If the instruction book which ac
companied your binder is lost, better
get another. 1t may save lot of time
later.
Farmers who complain of the meth
ods of business men ought to read n
business mans magazine and vice
versa. Less friction and more har-
mony would be the result.
The Ordway new era., 1920-10-22
Alfonso Tire1ess Hunter

All the hunters are provided with
ropes in case of danger in passing the
deep precipices, on the edge of which
the chamois generally is found.
Alfonso was this year lucky as re-
CARDS weather. and each day the roy
al party brought back to the hunting
box on the backs of donkeys a con-
siderable bag of game.
Notwithstanding the strenuousness
of the days work, the king was al
ways ready the following morning to
start out again at an early hour.