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The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
CHRISTMAS RUSH
Not So Large as Some Years But Still
the 7. q. Business is Large.

Postmaster Markham and his force
have been giving the public very eff
ficient service this Christmas season
and it is much appreciated by all pa
irons of the office. They will keep
the delivery window open on Christ
mas Day, Sunday, from 8 to 10 o'clock
in the morning and from to 6 o'clock
in the afternoon, and on the legal holi-
day. Monday, will be open from 0 to
10 in the morning only.
Some idea of the big traffic handled
may be obtained from the fact that
it took two of the big government
trucks to haul the mail of Springfield
alone on Monday morning of this
week. They have kept an extra force
at the windows all the time, and are
endeavoring to handle the big work
of receiving and delivering the Christ
mas packages and letters with as lit
tic delay as possible to the people
waiting in line. The holiday business
has not been equal to what it has
been on one or two past years, but is
larger than has been handled most
seasons.
The campaign to get packages going
long distances mailed early has had
very noticeable effect in reducing
the jam now that the big wave of
mailing is in progress.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
LA JUNTA CONDENSERY CLOSES
Libbey- Mcneil Condensery After Run
niag Five Years Gives up Hopes
of Getting Enough Milk.

The Libbey-M Mcneil condensery at
La Junta, which has been in operation
for four or five years, announced last
week that they had given up hopes
of getting a sufficient supply of milk
to make the condensery pay, and that
they would close the concern on De-
cember 81. This would give such of
their patrons as wished to continue in
the dairy business an opportunity to
seek a market elsewhere.
A large number of the farmers have
signified their desire to remain in the
business and they are seeking a mark
ct at other points. A committee was
here last week to consult the officials
of the local condensery of the Helve-
tia company. Also number of farm
ers have been here looking for farms
to rent where they will be handy to
the Lamar condensery. A number OF
these farmers are substantial business
men and have considerable herds of
high grade cows. 1t is believed that
good locations can be found here for
ell who wish to move, and they are
assured of the highest market price
of milk paid anywhere west of Pitts
burg.
The dairy business is proving one
of the most profitable industries Of the
valley and the growth of the milk sup
ply at the Lamar condensery this fall
has been quite encouraging to the of
ficials of the Helvetia company.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Albert Newtson Killed BY Train.

Many citizens of Wiley were ex-
tremely shocked late this evening when
the report came to town that Albert
Newtson, prominent farmer of the
Big Bend community was hit by a
freight train and instantly killed. Mr..
Newtson had been to Wiley and on
account of the bad roads and the very
high wind decided to set out afoot for
his home and thinking himself safe
and too, owing to the fact that the
railroad track into the Bend afforded
dry pathway for walking he chose
to go up the track in preference to the
county highway. At point about
mile and half north of the Alfalfa
Meal Mill he was overtaken by the
local freight which backs into Big
Bend from Wiley and was knocked
down and run over by the train. No
one saw the tragic accident occur and
the body was not even discovered un-
I'll the train returned from the Bend
about thirty minutes or more later.
when his body was seen lying on the
track. The train was stopped and the
body examined but life being gone it
was not picked up until the train crew
reached Wiley, reported the incident
to authorities and obtained permission
from the Coroner to remove the body.
With this permission the train crew,
together with Deputy Sheriff II. NJ.
Acker and other men from Wiley re-
turned to the scene of the tragedy and
brought the body to Wiley where it
was thoroughly examined and placed
back onto the freight and carried to
the morgue at Lamar. The body sus-
tained severe mangling. the right
foot being completely severed, the back
of the skull partly destroyed and many
bones broken.
Mr.. Newtson was man of quiet
sincere Christian character and was
2 friend of everyone who knew him.
He was a man of super-activity in
church work, being an active member
of the Wiley Methodist church in which
capacity he will be greatly missed by
those attending this church.
The news of the accident was made
known to the wife as soon as the body
had been identified, and kilograms
were sent to other near relatives
Wiley Journal.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
NOT MUCH DOM
County Treasurer Mayfield Finds Buy
ers Scarce for His Big Sale.

At least one holiday bargain sale
has proved 4 rank failure. On Mon
day County Treasurer J. Russell May
field opened up a sale at the court
house of the biggest batch of rare bar
gains in real estate ever put before
the people. While many people were in
tcrested their supply of the green pa
per stuff was limited and their capa-
city to absorb bargains soon exhaust
ed. The sale was for sixty thousand
dollars worth of delinquent taxes and
lie sold just about six thousand of it.
The buying was done entirely by home
people as the outside buyers seem to
have got all they could handle at the
earlier sales in neighboring counties.
and never even took the trouble to
come here and investigate our sale.
A numbr of local people were pres
crt but they were interested in par
ticular pieces of real estate and wait
cd until they were offered. The de-
laying of the sale enabled many par
ties to pay up who otherwise could
not have done so, but at the same time
il probably caused the county to have
to hold many thousand dollars worth
of certificates that might have been
sold before the market became over
| loaded
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Death of Well Known Man.

Thad Huey of Las Animas, one of
the best known stockmen of the val
ley, died last Saturday at Pueblo
hospital where he had been taken for
an operation. Mr.. Huey had been a
stockman of the valley for nearly
forty years, and was one of the best
known of the remaining figures of the
old cowboy days. He was also prom
inent in the racing game and always
kept a string of high class running
horses. He had many friends all along
the valley who will deeply regret to
bear of his sudden death.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
STATE ROAD FUNDS
Prowers and Baca Counties Together
Get Over Sixty Thousand
Dollars.

The state highway commissioner,
Major Blauvelt, has announced the
division of the first installment of
funds received from the sale of high
way bonds voted ct the state election
in 1920 The amount to be distributed
is 81 100000 and has been apportion-
cd among the various counties accord
ing to the mileage of state roads in
each county. This gives Prowers
county the largest appropriation of
any county in the Fourth Highway
District except the county of Pueblo.
and it also gives Baca county large
appropriation. The money will be
spent in surfacing work along the
present state highways and will be a
great benefit to these roads. The
amount that will be spent is $36.4545O
in Prowers county and s25,762.5O in
Baca county. The engineers have been
surfacing the state roads lately with
a seven inch coat Of gravel and 1t is
proving equal to the heaviest traffic
that goes over them. A number OF
western Kansas counties are having
concrete roads constructed entirely
across the county. Finney county is
just completing such a road that has
cost nearly a million dollars, but it
seems far the wiser plan to build good
gravel roads and construct about ten
times the mileage for the same money.
While the tourist traffic is quite an
item to the towns along the valley, its
big profit goes to the mountain coun-
ties where they make their long stops.
The farmers are the real wealth pro-
ducers of this section and roads that
will benefit the greatest number OF
farmers are far more valuable to all
interested in this section. The amount
Of money required to build a cement
highway along the Santa Fe Trail in
Prowers county would furnish an ade-
quate gravel road to market for the
farmers Of all sections Of the county.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
A Suspicious Looking Critter.

Sheriff Rowetll nas made several Wis
its to the Republican office since the
installation of our new Linotype and
his undersheriff also has made n trip
or two for inspection. We surmise
they were little dubious as to just
what kind of machine we had and
they probably thought they had locat-
ed real still. After considerable ex-
planation of the mechanism and the
wonderful things it will do for print
shop, we managed to convince them
that there was nothing about our ma
sheriff says anything with gas burn
er. is considered suspicious now days"
-Baca County Republican.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Fire on Main Street.

The Oxo-Gas stoves that have been
on exhibit in the front window of the
Daily News building the past week
were responsible for quite little ex-
citement on Main street Tuesday morn
ing just before nine o'clock. At a
time when no one was near the stoves
one of them blew up or sprung a leak
and the flames mounted up until it
looked from the street as though the
whole room was on fire. An alarm of
fire was turned in and Fire Chief Sun
day and his crew were soon on hand
In the meanwhile though Harold Hus-
ted of the Hustled Motor Co. had come
to the rescue with fire extinguisher
and had the fire under contral. The
burner had to be carried out into the
street, however, and allowed to burn
out. A big crowd had gathered around
the building and there was consider
able excitement until it was under con-
troll.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Getting Easier.

That the money markets are begin
ring to open up again is evidenced by
the fact that there is again consid-
cradle supply of money to loan on
non-irrigated lands in moderate sized
loans. This class cf security being
the newest for this section of the
country was the first to be cut off
when the squeeze came over year
aeo. and the fact that this security is
again getting the attention of the loan
investors is one of the best indications
of the easier conditions of the money
market.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
ELKS MEETING
Large Turn Out of the Members of
Lamar Lodge No. 1919 Wit
nesses Initiation.

There was large gathering of the
members of Lamar Lodge No. 1919,
B. p. o. Elks, on Tuesday evening at
the regular session of the lodge. Over
one hundred members were present,
and number of visitors from various
points Joined in the proceedings.
Two candidates for initiation, J. l..
Wade and +. W. Kenney, were present
and received a warm welcome into
the lodge. After the transaction of
The regular business the entire bunch
were treated to a fine lunch in the
club room. and enjoyed a social ses-
sion while waiting for the Victory
theatre to be prepared for their smok-
er. As Kid Slamem and Kid Bangem
were not present amateur performers
pulled a curtain raiser before going
TO the big show. The crowd then ad-
journed to the Victory. There was
good music in attendance and an en-
thusiastic crowd, and the meeting was
strong for going the limit to see that
all families in this section, who are in
needy circumstances, have a bright
and cheerful Christmas.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Colorado Agriculture.

Final reports from all county asses
sors to the State Immigration Depart
n,ent and corrections in the acreage
figures contained IN these reports, has-
ed upon the census report for 1919,
skow that the total area under culti-
vation in Colorado in 1921 was slight
ly in excess of 6,O00,000 acres, which
apparently was about three per cent
above the area cultivated in 1920 and
was without doubt the largest acreage
ever cultivated in the Centennial state.
The season was unfavorable in the
northeast counties, where the largest
acreages under cultivation are to be
found. The result was that the total
production fell considerably short Of
that last year. Prices Of farm pro
ducts were lower at market time in
1921 than they were at market time
in 1920 and much lower than in 1919,
with the result that the value of all
crops grown in the state this year was
perhaps slightly below 100000, 900.
the lowest in five years. Final esti-
mates OF crop values have not yet been
completed, but few examples will
chow the sharp decreases from last
year.
The farm value of the states wheat
crop will be in the neighborhood Of
$50 100000 this year, compared with
abort $35, 100000 for last year. The
value of the corn crop this year will
he less than s4,OOO,OOO this year, COM
pared with about $4,000, 900 last year.
The value of the hay crop will be ap-
parently in the ncighborhood of sls,-
900 900. compared with more than $685.
last year.
The decrease in these values is due
partly to decreased production, the re-
suit of the unfavorable season, but
chiefly to a heavy drop in the prices
OF farm products. Reports of the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture indicate that the average of all
prices of farm products on November
this year was 45.5 per cent lower
than the average on the same date for
the past five years. In other words.
the average price of farm commodi-
ties now is only little more than one
half as high as the average prices at
market time for the past five years.
The increase in cultivated acreage
for 1921 was due almost exclusively
to the large increase in acreage devot-
ed to winter wheat. County assessors
reported ,4O8,260 acres of winter
wheat in the state this year, compar-
ed with 1904, ,143 acres reported for
last year Spring wheat and oats
showed slight increases in acreage,
but other crops, except potatoes, show
ed decreases.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Discussing Electric Extension.

Granada business men and city of
ficials visited Lamar Monday evening
tc discuss with the Lamar aldermen
TIE question of extending the Lamar
electric system to Granada and other
points east. Both towns seem agreed
that rate of 6 cents on the switch
board at Granada would be fair but
the sticking point is the building of
the main supply line from the plant
in Lamar to Granada. The latter is
willing to bond their city and build
the line but want rebate on the price
that will gradually liquidate the in
debtedness. 1t is believed that the
matter can be adjusted in satisfact-
ory manner and other towns in that
section will also come into the agree
ment.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Wiping Out Waste.

The railroad labor board is seeing
the light and by its decision of Novem-
ber 30 has removed S50,00O,O0O from
railroad overhead by revising social
ed working agreements which have
been causing the railroads to waste
money under such iniquitous rules as
the following:
Machinists were forbidden to touch
anything but repairs. They could not
disconnect wiring. This had to be
done by electricians. They could not
touch pipe connections because this
was the work of sheet metal workers
only.
Unskilled laborers could not dis
mantle freight cars. This was the
work of carmen. No employe could
touch an engine CRATE except boil
er maker.
Such rules and regulations have rob
bed the American people of millions
of dollars as a result of wartime wage
and working agreements.
1t is stated that S50,000,000 year
will be saved the railroads by this lat
est ruling under which four men can
do the work which before required the
services of ten.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
And Then Came Kidder,

Roadoverseer o. II. Rhodenbaugh,
while out experimenting the work of
repairing the south road last Saturday,
captured big badger that had stray
cd away from home too far to outrun
Rhoddy. He brought him to town and
turned him over to the entertainment
committee of the Elks to use in a
badger and bull dog fight. The ad-
hcrents of the two animals were num-
erous and the bets were soon running
high. The fight was staged at the
Victory theatre after lodge closed on
Tuesday evening and was attended by
nearly two hundred members. A box
ing match between the Harker brothers
and a musical program were given as
preliminaries, and-then Kidder pull
ed the chain. The only casualties were
that Charley Wooden lost gallon of
blood and Vic Hovis spilled speech
or two.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Bank Robbers Captured.

Sheriff John A. Simpson left Sum-
day afternoon for Oklahoma City,
where he has succeeded in securing
the arrest of the men who robbed the
Granada bank few weeks ago. He
expects to get back with his two pris-
oners tomorrow. The men were strang-
ers to this section and were either
amateurs at the work or else were
handicapped for lack Of tools.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
Needs Revision.
troll.

In view of the large number of cor
rections made by prominent men who
are interested in alleged facts stated
in Tumulty's story of the career of
Woodrow Wilson, it is evident that the
former Secretary was wise in print
ing it first in serial form. He can
make the correction to his text be-
fore it goes into book form. The num-
erosity of Tumulty's mistakes may ac-
count for some of the mistakes of
Wilson.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
500 Per Capita.

The allied debt to the United States
is about eleven and quarter billions,
including principal and unpaid inter
est. That amounts to more than 500
for every man, woman, and child in
the country. That is the money that
the debt canceling fanatics want to
take out of our pockets and present
to their friends in Europe.
The Lamar register., 1921-12-21
France Matches.

France has matched the offers of
Great Britain and Japan to retire from
leased territory in China and restore
the land to the original owners. The
action of the three powers is a long
step toward the removal Of disturbing
factors in the Far East.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-19
ALEAIANIA PRoTEsTA ANTE Ell
TRIBUNAL INTERNATIONAL

PARIS, abril 49,. Ell DR.. Simons,
rlinistro de Relaciones Exteriores de
Alemania, SO prepare para solicitar del
Tribunal International de Arbitraje
que Sc valoren los prestamos de Alema
MIA a los Aliados, para estimar La ca
pacidai econ6mica del exImperic.
LIE Temps reproduce la peticion-
del Ministries de Relaciones Exteriores
y dice que este continda su propagan-
da creyendo que ell Tratado de Versa.
lies no existe.
Tai creencia-opina ell importante
disrio parisino- -desaparecera despues
del 10. de mayo, fecha en- que los
ejercitos Aliados empezaran su avance
sobre todo Alemania, y todos los puer-
tos importantes, como Hamburgo, Sc
ran bloqueados por la escuadra inglesa.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-19

ser asi, incendiario (aunque no tan i'll
cendiario como algunos hombres de ne
gocios venidos a menos). Amor furio-
so, como debe serlo el que disputa a
una mujer tan estupendamente hermo-
sa como Resurrection: amasado con san
gre, repujado con el acero de las/nava-
jas. macerado con. besos de muerte
sacrificio. Toda, esa zarabanda de color
de passion, de movimientos, que entra
por los nervios del >publico, Sc filtra ba
jo las blancas pecheras, horada las
sensibiidades femeninas y pone estre-
mecimientos en- los hombros desnudos,
en- los rostros maquillados, en- las ma
nos fnas, acorazadas de sortijas, que
iucen nenos que los ojos de la estrella
que acaba de descubrir, para gloria de
sus aristocraticas, bellisimas concu-
rrentes, al cine 'Rialto".
AL saber Resurrection Quijano que
nosotros nacimos en- Madrid, la hermo
sa villa que fue cuna de la maravillo-
sa estrella de "varietes'' que actuara
inanana en- ell "eRialto'', mostr6 ell NAL
gusto de que nos presentaran a ella.
Bruno y Gonzalez corriercn en- per
secuci6n nuestra, y los pocos minu-
tos. nos situamos frente a los fuegos
de los ojos llameantes de La suprema
artista, que ovacionara mahana por la
noche nuestro pIblico.
Despu6s de ''El Triunfo de Venus -
resucita aqui Resurrection Quijano, que
sera, desde Ell punto de vista artistico,
otra victoria del Marne.
-5Qu6 lie parece Puerto Rico7,-fue
el primer disparo que lie hicimos a que
ma-ropa, despues de la presentation.
-Yo, que he recorrido todo Ameri
ca, puedo asegurarle que es niaravi'
lioso. va Sc 10 die a Bruno Y al
expresar este, fijaba Resurrection los
dos enormes ojazos en- Bruno, que So
extremecia como pluma al viento, sir
saber d6nAe meterse, pues Resurrec
ct6n RE. innanas, sxaspera, con IN ma
gico poder que asombra. Es un peeade
I d
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-19
La SITUACION DE
Los NEGOCIOS EN-
ESTADOS UNIDOS
INFoRME cABLEoRAFIco
New York. asrlI l5. ~.

New YORK, abr3t -. 1921.
Aumentan en- los distritos rurales las
+ Ventas de las cssas despachadsras de
pedidOs por cOTeO. Las opciones de ri
go para ertrega en- Julio solo alcanzah .
noventa y ocho centavos por fanega.
el preciO mas baiO desae 81 aao mil no.
vecientos diez seis Harina de Ies mo.
limos de Minneapolis Sc GOTTA a menos
de ocho dolares ell barril. Las facsorias
de acero funcionsn q treinta clrco
por eiento de su cspacidad ordinaTta
Production de lingotes de acero durauts
el mes de mario. 1871 900 toneladas: dn
rante febrero, million. setecisntos cuatsn
ia nueve mil tOnsladas La United
States Steel Corporation" rebsia los pre-
clos de plancbas ''billets" barras.
slambre. varillas. angularss. To-. esc. De
aceTo (structural steel shapes1. plan.
chas de es.aho. Pedidos de acero pen
dientes de eiecucion suman has.a el -
de MARIO 6,2s4.765 toneladas. 10 que rs
preser'a un descenso de nueve por Glen
10 ell los mismos. PIecio de carbon bi
tuminOso, West Virginia. $3.50 Ia tone
laaa; carbon bunker de buena cali.
dad, Baltimore. $50 Ia tonslada I'll
consume de algod6a durante mario a..
cendi6 437.933 pScss: duTsr'e febts.
rC, 395,5s3 pscas II cosso de las sob.
sisteneias descendio cuatro cua'ro de-
cimos por ciento GAO o. durante el mss
de febrero. De ochenta srticulos Hsts
ban eumentads de precio. miemtrss que
vetnticihco han b1jado. In1ice BTsa.
street para preciOs de slimen'Os durapts
la ssmana S2.a7; semana pssads, 500.
NGmero de qriebas dnTants el trlnles.
tire, 1910. con uu pasivo total de- dos.
cientos veints mlllonss de d6lares.
LiouidsciOnss bsncarias dursnte 81 tfi-
messre. veinticinco por cisn.e znsnos csc
en- 1920. PropOrci6n de reservas sn e
Bsnco de Ia Rsssrva Federal contra pres
tamss dep6atos combinsdos. al nueve
de abril, $500 II Banco de Ia Re
serva Federal en- Boston rebata sus II.
pos para descuentos comeTcialet del 50.
te al seis por cieRto. Promoaio Dc pre-
clio de veinte vaIores inaustriales S7S
O6; semana pasada. S7816. Proinsdio %
percio de veints vaiorss ferrovisrios,
SGT SO; semana paSada, S0s.9s. ''Can
money. sis,e por cientO; time loans.
7 90; acep;aciOnes bsnearias n3verta
dias. rs 90 Plata en- barras % csn
tavos la Onza.
IRVING NATIONAL BANK,
Charles W. FOWLER.
Representante
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-19
Mr.. LEONARD WOOD JR.

Sc cncuentran nuevamente en- San
Juan los distinguidos caballeros Mr..
Leonard Wood Jr. y Mr. Albert S.
Fish, 1ro. Y Edo. vicepresidentes de
h importantisima corporation "Gra-
ven Oil y Refining CO.., que ha he
cho excelentes negocios en- Puerto Ri
co. ,.
En- union de tan conocidos caballe-
ros, que. gozan de gran prestigio en-
el mundo social Y financiero de San
Juan, ha llegado Mr.. Dominick Me-
lilo, reputado hombre de negocios de
los Estados Unidos, quien dirigira
Ia cficina permanente que los seno-
res, Wood y Fish abriran Ell esta po'
blacion.
Reiteramos el mas afectuoso salu
do tan distinguidos caballeros
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1921-04-19
LA HUELGA DE LOS TABA
QUEROS

Anoche Sc celebro en- la Federation
Libre de Puerta de TERRA una asam
blea general de todas las uniones de
trabajadores de San Juan v de la is
L. Ell acto revisti6 gran importan-
cia, habiendose acordado solicitar dc
la international" de los Estado Uni
dos, ell correspondence pcrmiso para
mantener la actual huelga de los ta-
baqueros, la cual, segiin informes
que nos suministran anoche, a 1lti-
ma hora, de Ia Federation, sigue
firme, dispuestos los tabsqueros, tam
to mujeres como hombres, nlante-
nerla en- todos los pueblos de la isla.