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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16

THE Wallace ladies met yesterua,
afternoon in Wallace nan ana or
ganized branch OF the Home hu
reau. Twenty-Five ladies we're IN AT
tendancsI A business session was
held when the organization was per
fected. after which the following OF
fcers were chosen to serve durlhe
the coming year:
Chairman-M John O'Donnel';
Vice Chairman Mrs. Dan Thomp
son.
Treasurer-Mrs. Matt Gahan.
Secretary-Mr John liinckey. Jr
The next meeting OF the organiza-
ton will be held on Thursday July
2gth. at the home Of Mrs. JONh DO
herty.
Mrs Martin tlzer entertained
twenty-five guests last evening at a
variety shower in honor OF her niece
Mrs. Earl KilgOre, nee Alberta Efn-
erick. who has recently married, Inc
evening was pleasantly spent with
games and music, and the guest OF
honor received many useful ana beau
silver ware, Miss Grace Dickman, OF
Buffalo, who attended the guest OF
honor at her wedding. was the only
out of town guest. Late in the even
ing delicious refreshments were sery-
by the hostess
&, s, :,
Little Dorothy Wiley entertained a
few little friends at her home on Nor
ris street. on Wednesday afternoon
at an informal party TO celebrate her
sixth birthday. A very pleasant af-
ternoon was spent by the guests play
ing games, after which dainty refresh
ments were served by the mother OF
the little hostess. Mrs. Roy Wiley.
q, e g
Twenty guests attended the picnic
of Ninewa chapter, Order Of the Mys-
tic Workers, yesterday at Mckinley
park. The guests went out in the
late afternoon and spent very pleas
ant informal social time. At G.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16

Toledo, Ohio Pal Moore. of Mem
nhis, defeated Patsy Wallace OF Phil
adclphia, in their twelve round fight
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16
Miles Of Perforatlons.

Measured in terms Of miles accord'
INK to It calculation of Director James
l.. Wilmeth of the government print
ing Office. the daily output OF holes
perforated from stamps, when placed
side by side and edge to edge, would
extend in single file distance of oG3l3
miles.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16

states at the Olympic games were
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16

Atiart G CiF Stasch }natokowski.
of Los Angelo. went into the lead of
two master chess tournament.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16
Middle Of Old Testament

IN the King James version Of .hs
Bible the middle book Of Che Ol3 ro.,
ta'n'ht Is Proverbs, while the middle
chapter would be the twcu,yninth
chapter Of job.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16

Miss Ruth Hanna will entertain at
her home on Ottawa avenue tonight
at an informal evening party.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16

Grand Island. Neb-John Pesek,
Shelton, Nebraska, wrestler. won
from konstantine RomdnOn.
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-07-16

The suit illustrated is whils
nahnei' Over the short bloomers
Is circular-cut skirt that Is at
cached to a sleeveless blouse The
c'ouse pouches q trifie over tina
nroad belt and has shapely col
iar OF its own flannel. Then there
Is the embroidery. A simple nat.
serh It Is, done in two shades OF
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-03-31
All Aboard fer Patterson. caIiforni,

The Third excursion to the great al.
rama fields near Patterson. California.
IN the San Joaquin Valley, from In
Sale County Will be run by the Amer.
lean Land and Security Company on
Thursday, April Is, 1920. and tho
Fourth the first week in May, exact
date 70 be announced later. You can
make this trip and return nicely I'm
ten days, or tickets are GOOD with
stop-over privileges for nine months.
Come and see this rich valley, where
the farmers have already cut two
crops Of alfalfa. Climate delightful
in summer as well as pintor. You
can save 500 By making this trin
with me. Satisfaction Guaranteed or
money refunded. For fan particulars
call on or write +. G. White. Room
l0l, Clifton Hotel, Ottawa, Illinois.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18

1t has also proven to the most skep
teal that so-called free trade or duty
free paper from Canada can be con-
trolled by the middlemen.
A Portland, Ore, card printing
house states that the cost of 100 or
binary cards by 3la inches has gone
up fifty cents within sixty days, and
other stock in proportion.
If this is true the advance is out
rageous and connot be laid at the doors
of the manufacturers, but is the work
of paper jobbing trusts that control
distribution.
There is no doubt that newspaper
and job offices are being held up out
ragcously by some of the firms that
control the distribution of paper stock.
More paper mills. more production,
relief from labor shortage, strikes and
agitation against capital are policies
to be advocated, but the middleman's
robbery must be crushed.
The house Journal of a big paper
jobber says of tire public: ''Thcy
should accept the increased rates in
public-spirited way" Holy smoke, we
should be thankful that the little pack
of calling cards has not advanced a
dollar!
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
Enormous Sugar Consumption

Increased sugar consumption in var
ious forms, especially confectionery, is
taking the place cf alcohol, as a re-
suit of enforced prohibition.
1t is announced that the per capita
consumption of sugar in our country
was S7.6 pounds in 1919.
The amount in the past year was the
largest in the history of the country.
This is shown by the report of the
United States Sugar Equalization
Board. The report shows per capita
consumption, POPULATION 105, 900, 900 of
about ID pounds more than in 1918.
The total amou-:t of sugar passing
into channels Of domestic consumption
during the year is placed at 4,601 900
tens.
This is an increase of $4,000 tons
over 1918 or 100000 tons higher than
the maximum consumption Of any pre-
vious year, and is 100000 tons above
the average Of the five previous years.
With such enormous use of sugar
and food products made of sugar why
should there be luxury tax?
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
CAPITAL CHAT
Creel Bureau Played Double Game,
Says Martens

Washington, Feb. 17.-(Special cor
H.pordcnce)--Mr. Martens, testifying
before the Foreign Relations subcom-
rlittee of the Senate. says that the
wartime committee on public inform
s.,cn and other Officials of he Unit
ct States" worked witt agents of Rus
SIN sovietism to bring ab,a. re-
volution in Germany, and NJ the Same
t.inc publisho documents in i'ia coul-
t. intended to prove that soviet of
ficials were the paid agents of Ger
- ny. Senator Moacs, tho chairman,
suggested that ap. area ly Mr.. Creel,
head of the public .-,forinHtior bureau,
"was working with the soviets on one
laad and against ther or the other" :"
To that Mr.. Martens agreed. The evil
cerce confirms the conviction held by
many while the Creel bureau was at
the height of its activity-that it was
Little better than an instrument of
propaganda directed by the Admins
tration, rather than a purveyor of un-
prejudiced news to the public.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
INTERESTING DIARY SHOWS
LIVING COST IN THE FORTIES
Facts Recorded in 1916 Show That
the Cost of Living Was a Prob
lem in That Day as Well
as This.

A page from an old diary written
in 1916 gives some Illuminating items
about the cost of living. Tto diary
was written by DIR. Elmer Evan Ed
wards, the first president of the Colo
rado Agricultural College, and covers
a period of thirty-f.ve years. II is
a recent gift to the college library.
In the fall of 1s46, DIR. Edwards
was just entering Asbury college.
now De Pauw university, ,-as a pre-
paratcry studert. Ho gives his ex-
penses for his first week including
travel from Rossville as S10.41. His
on this large sum is, This
makes my expenses for food, fuel,
lights. etc, about fifty cents a week.
Good board can be had from $1.oO
to $500 week"
The diary shows that DIR. Ed
wards was living with two other
boys under the arrangement that is
sometimes called patching" Some
of the TENS arr, "Rent. s1.50 a
month; my share, SOC. Desk, tall
one reaching to chin, Toe. Hauling
load of straw for bed, l5c. Lodging
one night at hotel in Crawford, 37c.
Flour, l bbl $500; my share Sl.00.
The largest item il the initiation fee
into the Plato society, $500, the small
est is for one pound of candles at 12c.
The diary illustrated with either pen
or pencil sketches gives an entertain
ing account of the college life of
lively boy of the last century. One
of DIR. Edwards classmates was John
S. Harrington. the father of Booth
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18

Jennings Bryan on the respective mer-
its of "red Ticker" and grape juice.
Bryan accuses the two governors of
trying to bury the Democratic party
in the same grave with the saloon and
proceeds to ask who the Edwards and
Smiths will be among the Republican
candidates. SIS our party the only one
to be disgraced ?" he asks. A question
which cannot be answered because it
is based on the future when the past
has already provided many flaming ex-
amples. The Democratic party doesn't
need to worry about the fact that it
is to be disgraced. If autocratic die
tation, waste, extravaganza, maladmin-
istration, with thousand and one in
dictments has not been sufficient to
bring disgrace then it certainly cannot
be brought about by anything which
Mr.. Bryan might add. While the Re-
publican party goes merrily along with
all sails full to the breeze, it is dis
tressing to see the troubles the Demo-
Gratis are facing through disturbing
elements such as William Jennings.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
FARMER CAN CALCULATE
HIS SILO TONNAGE
Weight of Silage Varies at Different
Depths-weights Up to so Feet
Have Been Found.

A large number of stockmen are
buying winter feed in the form of
sliced corn. The problem of estimat-
ing the tonnage in silo is usually
a difficult one. The following table
is taken from Circular 80 cf the Mis-
souri, Experiment Station and is of
fer>d to the readers of this paper
thru Alvin Kezcr, arronomist, of the
Colorado Agricultural College.
Silage at depth of five feet weighs
33.4 pounds per cubic foot; at ten
feet it weighs 35 pounds per cubic
foot; at Is feet, 36.4 pounds; 20 feet,
37.5 pounds; 25 feet, 3s.3 pounds;
30 feet, 80 pounds; and at 40 and so
feet the silage averages 4O.3 and Ala
pounds respectively.
To find the capacity of the silo:
Multiply one half of the inside di
ameter by itself. then by 3.1416. and
then by the dep:h of the settled sill
age. This gives -hc volume. Multi
ply this by the weight of silage at
that depth. This will give the capa-
city in pounds. Divide by 1000 to
get the weight In tons.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
Library Receives Generous Donation

The Lamar Carnegie Library last
week received the most genrous in
dividual donation in its history since
Mr.. Carnegie's original gift of the
building. Mrs. George J. Garvin, who
has always been an earnest worker
in the interest of the library as well
as other public interests, made the
book committee a gift Of 500. With
the many calls on our citizens for aid
in various drives the past two or three
years, the library has been sadly ne
elected, and outside of the small
amount received on cards, etc, the
only financial assistance the book
committee has received has been from
two or three of the women's clubs,
and this very handsome gift from Mrs.
Garvin comes at a time Of great need.
It will enable the placing in the insti-
tuition of an up-to-date encyclopedia
which has been badly needed for some
time.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
Plenty of Democratic Hats in Ring
After Grey Letter

The Democratic sons took a quick
leap into the Presidential ring follow
ing the Lord Grey letter. We don't
know that the letter had anything to
do with their sudden activity but we
do know that previous to the time
this Englishman told the world what
he thought about American reserva-
tions to the peace treaty, their actions
had been greatly akin to those Of the
snail. Perhaps they took this occasion
to jump because they saw the hand
writing on the political wall, at least
so far as the White House is concern
ed.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
The Baptist Chu rch

Morning Worship. 11:00 a. m.
Subject, my Obligation.
Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.
C. C. Church, Supt.
We are making speciality of the
study of the Bible. Bring your Bible
with you.
Music by the Junior Choir.
B. Y. p. u, 6:300 p. m.
This service is a real service for
young people.
Evening Worship, 1880 p. nj.
Subject, "The Unprepared."
We are expecting you next Sunday.
T. +. KELLY, Pastor.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
ID. G.. MacLennan. Minister

Sunday Sshool 9:45 a. m.
Morning Worship, HOO a. m.
Sermon subject, "Great Old Testament
Prayers"
Young Peoples Meeting, 700 p. m.
Let everyone interested be at this
meeting.
Evening Service, 1880 p. m. Subject
''The Music of the Spheres" third in
series of sermons on the Psalms.
A most cordial invitation to all these
services is extended. Strangers and
those without church are invited
to worship with US,
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
1T CAN HAPPEN EVEN IN LAMAR
Meeting Last Friday Evening Unique
in the History of Our Pros
porous City.

There comes a time in the history
Of cities as well as individuals when
they just have to do something diff
ferent-and the hour struck for La
mar last Friday evening-or rather
knocked. 1t Jared so on the sensi-
tive nerves of old steady boosters,
who had grown gray in the boosting
game, that they joined the anvil chorus
for few brief moments. Lamar has
been known for thirty odd years as
the home of the most loyal boosters
in the west, and no di9cordant note has
ever been allowed to jar the cars of
the visitor to our gates, but for about
two hours last Friday evening any
visitor at the home builders club
would have thought that it was Hoop
ole townships sewing circle discussing
the latest arrival in their vicinity.
The meeting had been called to get
the city's live wires together to de-
wise some plan for a material increase
in the number of houses in the city SO
that at least a portion of those seek
ing to make Lamar their home would
be accommodated. The meeting was
not much more than called together
when the fireworks went off. AS soon
as one man would advance an idea
some one was on his feet to call it
"child's play" and il he advanced
something in its place another had his
hammer ready for the new idea. Some
were enthusiastic for any plan that
would not cost them much; some were
willing to spend some money provid.
ed the new houses were built where Il
would benefit their vacant lots, some
thought one section of town was the
only safe place to invest and others
thought elsewhere. A few were sports
enough to believe that money spent
anywhere in Lamar was sure to pay
a profit and were not afraid Of any
proposition that would secure more
houses.
After this had continued for some
time newcomer TO our city arose
and said he had felt highly honored
to receive an invitation to the meeting
as it was his first invitation to a pub
lie meeting here and he understood il
was TO be a boosters crowd, and he
had always considered himself as be-
longing to that bunch, but he feared
he had made a mistake and fallen
among the hammer artists. This ap-
parently cleared the atmosphere and
the crowd seemed to have relieved it.
self Of whatever had been disturbing
their systems. They appointed a
committee of substantial business men
with C. F. Adams as chairman, and
they are giving the question serious
and careful consideration and expect
soon to report number of plans
whereby the building of new homes
here will be materially facilitated
There is nothing more needed in La
mar today and if, as we belive, such
a benefit is TO be the outcome of Fri
days meeting it will be worth while
even to have had Lamar's 34-year re-
cord hrokan
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
Where Lies The Blame?

Relief from newsprint and job stock
shortage-we were going to say ex-
tortion-is of far more importance to
publishers and printers than any other
political question.
It has also convinced the victims
of the holdup that that congressional
commissions and political palaver
amount to nothing as against organiz-
ed greed and profitssring.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
Democrats Troubled Over Floor Leader

Now that Mr.. Glass, formerly Sec
retary of the Treasury, has taken his
seat in the Senate, it is planned by
the Democrats to hold another party
caucus in an attempt to break the tie
over the choice of floor leader. The
Republicans look with complacency on
the rivalry between the Hitchcock and
Underwood factions among their op-
ponents. To them it is a case Of dog
eat dog.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
R. R. Conferees Reach Agreement

The conrefees on the Senate and
House railroad bills have reached a
virtual agreement, according to reports
from the Capitol 1t is understood
that the anti-strikc clause of the Sen
ate bill has given way to provision
for the compulsory submission of
wage disputes to Federal board APP
pointed by the President. The labor
clauses Of the two measures have been
the bone of contention from the be-
ginning of the conference, and their
adjustment has paved the way for a
complete agreement. 1t Is anticipated
that the compromised bill will be re-
ported to the .wo houses by the LIST
of March. and it is predicted that it
will become law before the Presi-
dent has an opportunity to return the
roads to their owners on that date.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
Largest Peace Deficiency Bill in
History

The House has passed what is said
to be the largest peace time deficiency
bill in the history Of the country. car
rying total Of s89 .4OO. 900. The great
er portion of that sum is made up of
appropriations made necessary by the
war. Fifty-five million dollars is for
compensation to former service men,
$4,000, 900 for the education of war
cripples, and s4,5OO,OOO for the treat
ment of sick and wounded. Another
large item is s1,OOO,OOO for the de-
portation of Reds.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18

Daniels Receives Instructions on Navy
"We had no business to think about
who was the enemy" was the aston
ishing statement of Secretary Of the
Navy Josephus Daniels. during a part
Of the cross examination before the
Hale subcommittee investigating the
question of naval awards. 'T raise no
question" he continued. at this time
as to the accuracy of his admiral
Simso memory.
But the wind was completely taken
from Mr.. Daniels sails when Senator
Miles Poindexter, of Washington, an
swered the Secretary's statement that.
81 am in favor of building the biggest
navy in the world" The Senator from
Washington replied, "But don't you
know that If we have league of ma
tions you won't be able to build any
ship without the permission of other
powers, including Great Britain"
Mr.. Daniels: mo, I don't know
that"
Senator Poindexter: "Well it's a
good thing for you to know"
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
IL Can't Be Done

In view of the letter from Lord Grey
it is said that Administration Senators
are seeing some difficulty in being
"more English than the English"
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18
"Nobodv Loves Me--But

1t must be great disappointment
to Hoover to find that no one loves
him but the New York World.
The Lamar register., 1920-02-18

Democratic Troubles Start Early
The Democrats are starting their
family scraps early in the game. Gov
ernors Edwards and Smith are having
"spiritsd" discussion with William
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-02
HAPPY HOLLOW.

Health seems to be about as usual.
 Property seemed to decline in value Monday when the tax assessor was with us.
 Some of the farmers have no stand of cotton yet.
 Jess Roberts entertained quite a crowd Sunday for dinner.
 I noticed in Judge Lea's retire ment announcement that he says that the county is practically out of debt ; also he should have said entirely out of culverts. Yet he won't say that we have fine roads with all the road machinery that he has purchased for the county to pay for, when M E. Cornell succeeds him, but just lis ten and you will hear him score Con- nell. Judge, we want figures on this and not so many mud holes. You still have time to send the overseers over the road.
 June ?.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-02
IS DISSATISFIED WITH
 TEXAS BLACK LANDS
Subscriber at Pecan Gap, Tex, Rec ommends that Homeseekers
 Light" Elsewhere.
Editor Log Cabin Democrat:

Editor Log Cabin Democrat:
 Please give me space in your paper for a few words, as 1 am a subscriber to your paper and anxious each week to get it; 1t gives us so much news from our home town and county. We zee through the items there las beer lots of rain all over Arkansas as well As Texas, and farmers are behind witt fheir work. I have 55 acres of th;s black land in cotton and have nearly all of it to hoe yet.
 The crops in this country consist mostly of cotton. The chintz bug is an enemy to corn, rye and oats; some years they won't make any thing The tea weed is the worst thing the cotton grower has to contend with Half of Delta county failed to get a fair stand of cotton and had to De planted over. It is now the first of June and 1t is not up yet.
 Now, you readers of the Cabin, who are in search of new location be sure you don't light in this black land. It reminds one of a fly on fly paper, the harder he tries to get out of this mud the tighter it sticks. It takes four to six mules to one bale of cotton to get it out of the field in the fall, when it is rainy season like last fall was. 1 can't understand why it is that the land here is so much higher priced than f' Arkan- sas land, when it doesn't ake any more to the acre. The average is one-third to one-half bale to the acre. Prices range from s250 to S375 per acre
 The drinking water here is some
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-02

thing awful to put up with in hot weather. Anyone that was ever used to the cold, pure water of the Arkan- sas springs and wells can hardly drink this that is caught in a big iron tank from the gutters.
 We'll, let's all go to Paul's Valley, Okla, where we can get good drink of water and make a bale of cotton to the acre.
 Editor, print this if you think it worthy of space, if not cast it into the waste basket. c. M. Hill.
 Pecan Gap, Tex, May 31, 1920.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-02
MT. OLIVE.

The farmers are enjoying the sum- shine
 Cotton chopping is the order of the day.
 Mrs. G. w. Weatherley was on the sick list last week.
 Several from. here attended the all day singing at Vilonia Sunday, and reported a nice time.
 There will be singing here next Sunday afternoon and everybody is invited to come.
 Rev. Shelby will preach for us Sun- day at Il a. m.
 June ?.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-02
Full Bargain Days-from May 29th to June 7th Incusi,
Ladies' Dresses

39 Ladies' Dresses in Taffetas, Satins Georgette and Tricolets. They all go a Clean Elm Up Prices.
 Ladies Blue Tricolet Dress, made up il the newest styles, and beautifully trim med; regular price $75.oo; CRE m Clean Elm Up Price eDCC.UU Ladies' Georgette Dress, beaded trim mlngs, a beauty; regular cA7 eO price $60; Clean Elm Up D4 .OU Ladies Rose Taffeta Dress, handsomel, designed and beautifully made up; reg "1sn ,Em Pr''1 P'n pS;ss $$s.5o; Clean S29 75 A dress in beautiful Maize Georsette hand beaded; regular price coo 7E $4o; Clean Elm Up Price DOL. C Ladies' Rose Georgette Dress, hand C1ae'e 6eaded; ;r' regular price m $50; E2Q m
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-02
WILSON AIDS REPEAL
 OF INCORRECT BILL
lRu IInitod PraaaA

Washington, June 2.-President Wilson today signed the joint senate and house resolution repeating the Come ramendment, which by mistake included the agriculture appropria- tion bill As intended by it's framer the amendment dealt with citation trading.
The log cabin Democrat., 1920-06-02
HEAVY DAMAGE DONE
 BY WISCONSIN STORM
tBy United Press)

Blanchardville, Wis, June 2.-Prop- erty damage estimated at $500,000 was sustained here this morning when a cloudburst and tornado swept the thickly settled country north of Blanchardville.. A number of per sons were slightly injured. Livestock was killed and barns and silos wreck cd