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The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Hard times or no hard times,
the merchants of Spring fl eld +.
with probably $4,000 worth of
toys all told, on Saturday night
had practically sold out their
stocks.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

The national Ku K'ux or1ani
aation claims the credit of de-
festing the republican nominee
for governor In Kansas
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

What has happened to our Hi
Timber items? Did the sheriff
run them in, or have they awl
gone Up into the mountains fast
in and prain fur moar lite?
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

One of the psychically strange
things is that the name of a dis
credited oid-time organization
should be used in the nrganizs-
tion of a new similar order-and
large numbers of people take up
with it This with refer .nce to
the Ku klux Klan.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Some parties have been buy
ing gone-over fields of broom =
corn. and making over S25 90 a
day picking up and Jerking the
waste. Broomcorn this year is
broomcorn, same as diamonds
are diamonds.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

In spite Of all. the shooting
statistics show married men live
longer. Pueblo Star Journal.
Before the shooting or after the
shooting?
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Mrs. Mabel Hewe:v last week
sold her half section fourtae II
miles south for $1,000. Land Is
beginning to turn again. but on
accoun, OF che times, tho price
is too Low.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Sarah Rernhardt, one of the
great eat actresses of all times,
now in her 18th year, who has
b. en- at deaths door for some
time, is now on the road to com.
plete recovery.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

The president of the Prairie
Dill and Gas company in his tes-
tImony before senate commit.
tee SAYS within ten years Amer-
ican oil retiners would have 20
get half their supply from
foreign fields, The sequel to
this points to another possibility
that inside of hundred
wears. probably insioe Of fifty
wears. there will be no easoIine
for motor purposes. What then
will be the motor power2
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

There has heen a whole lot of
war-9raft noise, bat up to date
it seems tn have all gone into
the air
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

The Christmas tree and doings
at the Baptist church Sunday
night brought a jam. and all en-.
joyed themselves Immensely,
particularly the liz tie fellows.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

1t appears the NJ ,f,tt tunnel
project has not as yet CLEARED
itself ct legal entanglements,
the case against the legality of
the bonds going to the United
States supreme court on an ap-
peal. where. if it awaits lis
turn, it will probably not be
reached for a year Or III ore.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

New Years eve - Constance
TaImagp in a comedy drama
;"'Happiness A La Mode" Show
starts at 7;30 prompt. If you
want TO laugh come to see this
tlm. 10 and zoe.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Dor t forget those good reso-
'utions-that the mekIng is not
worth anything without the
keeping.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Didyou know 1.-THE day s
have been getting longer for
the past week?
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

The great mid-winter stock
show at Denver this winter will
be on the boards from Jan. 13 to
20. We acknowledge a comp.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

You nave just two days more
to write it 1922"
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
Saturday, Jan. 9

j. Barney Sherry in big
western-"H High Stakes"
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Senat>- ilral n rf he IT.
&c inci a ples igsnS- he l'ag1a.
MI, he 'n,'Si)le It N. t
In the senat 'tsl W-ek that -
"the u ,it ID Stlt,S a|r..l
IN o)th Eur1't nd he v = al
les treat, md t s s,n, to
drop prat,nsa md ram 3GhAer,
regarding the admjnistration
un Jf1l .ial opserv)rs over sea-. "
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

-. }aca cruEty
t,uGa TO the confirmation Of the
poetic Inspiration Of Robert
Burns when blowing up the
mouse nest that
"1he best laid plans Of mIe
and men aft gang aRlee.'
Also demonstrates the fact
that truth is stranger than tic-
ton. and much more worthy Of
con sideratlon.
The year 1887 was an Elisa
bethan era in the west, it Wit
Messing a mad rush INTO what is
now Baca county. and seeing
town spring up like mushroons.
with saloons and newspapers AS
thick as flies in the sunnsr
time, the time the Wild horse,
snorting, uhe coyotes bowling and
bewilderd at these
omens of civilization that neant
for the IN
Good bye to hom G and friesus
forever"
The towns that sprang up pt
that time in what is now Ssya
county in about the order of
their sizes were-
Boston, Villas. Minneapolis,
Springfield, Carriso. Sboninx-
Jon. Brookfeld. Atlanta, Ply
mouth.
The newspapers in about the
order Of their ages aud places
Of publication we're
The Western World. Boston;
Democrat, Villas: Chico. Minne-
apolis; Banner, Boston; Cur
rent. Carrie; Herald. Spring
field; Maverick. Brookaeld; Ad-
vertiser. Springfield; Republic
an. MN neapolis; Plymouth Rock,
Plymou tn; Con stitution. Atlan~
ia; Republican. Villas.
Alb. those were chivelrous
days-days to be remembered-
when country settlers mingled
with town boosters. and tswn
boosters with COW boys, and
cow boys with cattle rustlsrs.
highwaymen and thieves, when
saloons We're walking urse1els
of men, and places of worshp y
were patronized by those who
wanted to go straight and 9th
er articles too numerous 10 men
ton.
And then came q frost, y kill
ing frost--meahing the al efity
that brings the wolf to the ooor
and the way those settlers did
hike it for taller timber and
the towns wilted sway Ike plants
plucked by the roots, the aews-
papers crumpled up as II by a
blow in the solar plexus and
the country became y Cemetery
of blighted hopes, Of fairy sir
castles, of future wealth and
prosperity, and. more pitiful
still, Of the little all the settlers
brought with them all, ali for
ever gone.
~
This we will call the cuuutvs
ancient history TheG came Lhc
middle ages OF dormant period.
when the whole county Was 4
nelghhorhood - every man n
neigh0or to every other man,
and all finally working to tho
same end that Of getting INTO
cat le and building up small cat.
tie ranches.
During this period about 700
remain ed with the country. und
getting into cattle became pros
porous.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Harold Llovd in reel comedy
Trip" l reel of car;
toons and Irene Castle. the fa-
nous dancer in THE Mark of
eain." Antonino Merino plays
with Irene Castle.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
Lyric Theater
Saturday night

Big western picture-also a
comedy.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

It was with a great dea! OF
amusement aud some amuse.
ment that l read clipping
sent me from your issue of the
7th lnst., under . Las Animas.
Colorado. date heading. pur.
porting to give . statement OF
conditions existing in the dry
lana sections 4 Colorado, nam.
ing Baca cou nty as one OF the
famine-stricken parts facing
starvation and another depcpu-
latlon, The country again going
back tc the wilds-fit only for
cattie barons. prairie dogs and
coy 3.
l wish to advise that your
baldheaded, fiction news pur-
veyor couldn't have got the
pueported information embodied
in that news dispatch in Las
Animas. Colo.. or auy other part
of southeast Colorado, and no.
where else in the state OF Colo.
RADIO outside of the insane asylum
at Pueblo.
I was one OF the 6rst in the
early settlement of this county.
stayed with 1t four yesrs, came
back twenty years ago. am still
here-and God bless you. expect
esssay here re~-,-----ss,i,z1--s7
Instead Of dry.land farming in
those old days proving a success
for several years. there was at
that time no dry-laDd farming
practiced. and not much Of any
other kind of farming.
I am sending you a map Of
Baca county with q wrl'e-up OF
the country en- the back that
will tell you why that first set
Element failed ard absQuatulat-
ed. the story in Il nutshell being
that they didn't know the coun'
try, had never beard of dry
farming or dry-farming plants
never knew that tillage had
any thiog to do with the conserve
alton OF moisture, or that one
plant was different from another
in drouth resistance. and most of
al didn't know that new ground
here has only SHALLOW moisture
and consequently not dependable
In q dry season.
Fifteen years ago the few set
tiers here began to talk farming,
the new settlers came and did
likewise, and today Baca county
has taken its place as one Of the
most prosperous farm counsies
in the state or in the west.
Danger Of depopulation?
The reports of the assessor
show the population and prop
ertv valuations have Increased
steadily and marvelously the
past fifteen years-lO,00 600 people
now as against 700 fifteen years
ago, property increased from
S250.OOO to over $40, 900. 900. the
county has 300 miles Of graded
roads to none then, over 100
bridges and culverts to none
then, 100 substantial school
houses to just four then. five
banks to none then, five large
churches to none then. hun.
Areds Of pianos and talking ma.
chimes to none then, hundreds OF
type writer's to none then, store
stocks probably agoregating a
81. 900. 600 TO about $50. 600 then
and everything else in propor-
tion.
Hard times7
Yes, Baca county in 1920 by
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
A Published Libel
On Southeast Colorado.

Southeast Colorado. and Partic-
ularly the Southeast Corner
Comfy OF Bxca, In as Good
Plight as the Farming
Districts cf Any Part of the
Mississippi Valley.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
'yElE
g., ,,,, b, III. s.ecil" Ss~,p,per synaisa,s

Yesterday marked the sue
c.sslu, c;),s of The W))i->w
Wilson million dollac found ltion,
and was in addition Mr.. VII
sons sixty-sixth birthlay, w1en
he was the recipient of taDui-
ands If te'eg ans from all plrts
of he U,t4l ) ats
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Do not miss Just a Wife,
Tuesday. Jan, 8. Roy Stewart.
Beatrice Joy and kathIyn Will
liams stars. A Selznick drama.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
Tues day, Jam 10

Maggie and Jigcs or Jiggs n
Society-2 reels and Baby Marie
Osborn in "The Little Diplomat"
a Pathe program.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Instead Of dry.land farming in
those old days proving success
for several years. there was at
that time no dry-laDd farming
practiced. and not much Of any
other kind of farming.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Springfield. Coo., Dec. 26
t. the Kansas CNy Times,
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Tuesday night
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Watch for dates on "Wildhre"
Zane Grey's book. The films
are called Where Romance
Rides" A Goldwin picture.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Fifteen years ago the few set
tiers here began to talk farming,
the new settlers came and did
likewise, and today Baca county
has taken its place as one Of the
most prosperous farm counties
in the state or in the west.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
Thirty-Five Years
Of Baca County

A Story Of the Vlcissltudes,
Tragedies and Comedies the
Settlement Has Unfoldcd in
Its Pas, History: and the
Hopes, Prospects and OPP
portunities the Past has Un-
folded for the Future.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
Hard tines7

Yes, Baca county in 1920 by
Go Inside Page
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

Tuesday. Jan. 8
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29
THE best laid plans Of mIe
and men aft gang aRlee.'

Also demonstrates the fact
that truth is stranger than tic-
ton, and much more worthy Of
con sideratlon.
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

/ was one of the frst in the
early settlement of this county.
stayed with 1t four yesre, came
back twenty years ago. am still
here-and. God bless you. expect
e&rsay here re~-,-----,s,i,sl--s
The Democrat-herald., 1922-12-29

~ 5scl crurty
Gtuda to the confirmation Of the
Dnatic Inspiration Of Robert
Burns when blowing up che
mouse nest that
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

as they the surface He them hunted by the
devils with sharp forks He heard their pful cries laughed
at their horrible agony, DESTINED TO LAST THROUGH
ALL ETERNITY WITH NO HOPE OF PARDON EVER.
He sinner gnawng the skull of another both fastened
In ice.
And such the nature of in his day. he added
to the suffering of poor creature whom he had known and
hated In life.
Dante describes In most powerful, dreadful pas
sage doomed creature whose courage oil tho tomens
Of Hell and the certainty Of ending agony could
bdps For that rebeious ons sinking out Of sight below
the burning substance still raises his hand defy the power
that put him there THAT for you God says the rebeous
creature and disappears
Such was the conception Of mans relation to Divine
power six centuries ago. feeble mortal deyng tho
Divinity and eernaIy and horribly punished for their
wickedpess.
It's to be hoped that many Of the millions that this
page to-day different cities will interest themselves in the
reading Of Dante interest others In that reading they
are familiar with tho work of that great italian genius
The work beautiful In form, II has created and estab
shed the italian language Of to-day In all Its power It
beautiful In thought and above ALL In its intense powerful
feeling.
Dante knew sorrow Disappointment bitter hate He
exed from the city that he loved knew what 1t to
hold out his hand and beg,
He knew the shame of sitting unmportant his greatness
recognized the tables of the great sharing food and
condescenon with clowns buffoons and Others worthless
His hatreds intense. 1t Is probable that any
human brain there existed such passionate feeling
Those that read thoughtfuly viii notice that in descrb
ing Dante and Virgil climbing down the shaggy side Of
saan passing the center of Hell and the centre Of the Earth
and going upward Dante displays knowledge of the theory of
gravitation Aafterward established by Newton:
"When round turned me, thou djdst pas the point
10 which things heavy draw from side to side"
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
this earth multiplied by million And his unhappy victims
many millions

this earth multiplied by million And his unhappy victims
many millions
The cruelty Of brutal coward toward children ami
mails toward and their children exploited industry
Is reflection Of the barbarsm Of ancestors.
Ancient religious beliefs reflect that barbarism. Men
that were cruel and inflicted punishment long they
Lived naturally imagined God horribly cruel inictng
horrible and inooncevabe torures through ALL ETERNITY
upon creatures created by Himself with full knowledge
10 their future lives and dsstinies
Greater respect for Divine power and tho Justice that
rules the universe has wiped out many brutal beliefs Only
groveng IN superstition would accuse his Creator
Of ordainng the existence Of such horrible beast as this with
three heads three mouths torung sinners with hs teeth
and claws.
The Same gradually increasing intelligence that has
destroyed besf in Dantes monster Is gradually
destroying tho combined ignorance and cruelty that are
responsible for the REAL DEVIL that Mr. Mccay showu-
q brutal man beating defenseless child
This picture Of Satan and what Dante wrote about IT,
when he lived than SIX hundred years ago shows how
conceptions Of Justice and of the Divinity have changed
Dante In his magnificent poem imaginss himself living
IN tho aesh conducted by the spirit Of Virgil through hell
and purgatoy finally permitted look upon the gores of
Paradise conducted thsre by the beautiful sanity Beatrice
Virgil pagan, could not gaze on Paradise
In his lifetime and for centuries afterward ninetynine
out Of hundred accepted quite reasonable ell that Dante
pretended to have and all that he described in the
horrors OF hell, and the gloom Of purgatory.
Travelling In hall downward from circle to the other
he saw all the tortures Giants chained In WELL hideous
punishment for for the immoral snakes biting
naves Of sinners and the themselves slowly changing
into snakes He hot fire falling upon the wicked He
saw them rolling in burning pitch with ends ashng them
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

The Faideous Three-E4eaded Monster Drawn
by Mir. McCay with Wonderful Power Shows You
Dantes Conception of Satan, Ruling i'm the Frozen
Bottom of the Internal Regions.
Fortunately Our Intelligence and Respect for
Divine Power Tell Us That No Such Three-Headed
Monster Exists No Such Horrible Cruelty, No Such
Never-Enea1g Monstrous Brutality.
But i'm This Cartoon MIR. McCay Shows Another
Scene, the Shadow as You win See Casting the
Devils Reflection the WALL And That Monster
Unfortunately DOES Exist
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

That point is the earths centre, the centre Of al
gravitaton regards this planet.
Every mind will find in Dante, as every mind finds In
Shakespeare the food that requires stimulating thought
strengthening the intelligence
Americans of 1922 may be surprised to find Dante select
ing for the sinners that Satan chewing with his teeth and
tearing with his claws only TRAITORS They may wonder
that Satan should vcousy hate TRAITORS negecng other
sinners whose crimes seem greater to US.
But Dante lived when almost every italian city suspected
fought every other when every Italian of power
gagged in conspiracy side the other and when
the traitor dangerous to all hated and feared the
poisonous cobra is feared and hated in India.
All other sins seemed light to Dante compared with
Treason had made him suffer- had driven him out
Of his beloved city.
Therefore three sinners satan Is chewing eli
traitors The mouth In the middle chews Judas hoario
Of all the traors And while his head and neck
chewed by saans teeth his back torn by the demons
claws.
Judas cariot punished with head out Of sight and
his legs outside, very humiatng from Dsntss point Of
view. The other traitors Brutus and osssius.
Whether Dante meant Cassius Longinus, who Joined
Brutus In the murder of Caesar Cassus Adus Of later
date who rebeed against tho admirable Marcus Aurehns
you must decide for yourself
Read how Dante describes tho horrible born m his
imagination. Tho Him In 'front.'" re6es Judas IscsSot
who Is shown being chewed by Satan with his head and
shoulders inside tho middle mouth.
Not Longfellows admirable trsnsation oan 1--WE
idea Of the power in Dsntes words It Il utterly be-
yond translation.
To him in front, the biting was as nsught
Unto tho clawing, for sometimes the spine
Utterly stripped of all the skin remained
That soul up there which has the greatest pain"
The Master said, ''Is Judas Iscariot;
With head inside, he plies his legs without
OF tho two Others who head downward are,
The who hangs from the black jowl is Brutusy
see how he writhes himself, and speaks word 49,
And the other, who stalwart In Cassiua
But night is reascending, and tits time
That depart, for we have the whole"
As seemed him good clasped him around Che neck
And he tho vantage seized Of time and place.
And when the wings opened wide apart,
He laid fast hold upon the shaggy sides,
From fell to fell descended downward then
Between the thick hair and the frozen crust
Be grateful to Divine Justice that this horrible picture
Of with three heads and all the dreadful aboinabs
oruetes attributed Supreme Power are the dreams Of
humanity's childhood
Pray for the day when the REAL devil the devil Of
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

Be grateful Divine Justice that this horrible potus
of Satan with three heads and all the dreadful abomnabe
crueltss attributed Supreme Power the dreams Of
humanitys childhood.
Pray for the day when the REAL devil the devil Of
cruelty and shown in the small picture a IN,
top of this page shall disappear from the earth.
Education will do the work READ GOOD BooKs
The Washington times., 1922-05-21
l@ q q

The Emperor Of the kingdom dolorous
From his mid-breast forth issued from the icei
And better with giant compare
Than do the giants with those arms Of his;
Consider now how great must be that whole,
Oh what q marvel It appeared to me,
When beheld three faces on his head
Underneath each came forth two mighty wings,
Such as BETTING were great q bird;
Sails Of the sea never 80 large.
No feathers had they, but Of a bat
e. Their fashion was; and he waving them,
So that three winds proceeded forth therefrom
Thereby Cocytus wholly CONCEALED.
With six eyes did he weep, and down three chins
Tricked the tear-drops and the bloody drivel.
At every mouth he with his teeth crunching
sinner, in tho manner Of a brake,
So that he three Of them tormented thus
The Washington times., 1922-05-21

The big picture above showing tho devil with the wings
Of three heads Of the three mouths chewing the
body traitor old conception Of tho informal regions
and Of their ruler
AL human beings living to-day, except . few deeply
sunk In superstition and ignorance know that no such
ture as this horrible monster existed.
No intelligent being would the Creator Of the
world Of not merely allowing but Planning tho totes and
crimes Of such horrible being.
But this cartoon Is intensely interesting showing
does what ONCE believed showing what thu gigantic
keniu Dante himself ct least PRETENDED believe and
willingly placed In tho minds Of millions through many
centuries.
The devil with the wings Of bat tapping and causing
hs cold that according Dante eezes the bottom
Of hell Is for all Of u.s. able to think at ell purely AN
IMAGINARY DEVIL.
That monster, with Dante and Virgil holding onto the
hairs Of the huge body their way out Of He does not
and did exist.
But consider the other the REAL devil that Mr.. McCay
shows in this picture.
His character portrayed in the horror Of the poor
child that shrinks from him. 1t Is portrayed also in the
Satanic shadow that his body casts upon the wall
This hend that torturss and frghtens helpless child
this monster strength nictng brutal blows helpless
childish weakness unfortunately creature Of imagina
No Dante needed TO imagine him. and unfortunate
ly no Internal region rolds him fest bound
This most horrible cruel and Sowsrdy creature lives
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-05-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department of the interior, U. S.
land office at Blackfoot, Idaho, April
II, 1922.
Notice is hereby given that George
P. Parsons of Blackfoot, Idaho, who
on February 90, 1917 and July 10,
1918, made homestead entry serial
Nos. O25231 and 02S104, for SWA
NWA, M SWA sec. %, SEA
NEA, section 20, NJ NWA section
2S, township 3 south, range 80 East
Boise meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make three year proof, to
establish claim to the land above de-
scribed, before register and receiver
U. s. land office, at Blackfoot, Idaho,
on the second day Of June. 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Joseph L. Davis, of Basalt; Hyrum
Davis, of Basalt; Charles Singleton,
Of Basalt; Oscar Armstrong, OF
Basalt.
J. T. CARRUTH,
adv. 16-17-1S-19-20-21 Register
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-05-11
NOTICE OF HEARING
PETITION FOR PROBATE

In the probate court of Bingham
county, State of Idaho.
In the matter of the last will and
testament of Arnold D. Quantrell,
deceased. &
Notice is hereby given that a petit
ton for the probate of the will OF
Arnold D. Quantrell, deceased, and
for the issuance Of letters tesla
mentary to Aline Alice Quantrell has
been filed in this court; and that
Monday, the fifteenth day of May
1922, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon
of said day, in the courtroom of said
court at the courthouse in said
Bingham county having been ap-
pointed as the time and place for
hearing said petition, when and
where any persons interested may
appear and contest anne and show
cause, if any he has, why said petit
ton should not be granted. &
Dated April 81, 1922.
(Seal) j. E. GOOD,
Probate Judge and Clerk Of said
Probate Court. adv. 17-1S-l9
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-05-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Of the interior, U. s.
land office at Blackfoot, Idaho,
March 81, 1922.
Notice is hereby given that Frank
P. Tye, Of Blackfoot, Idaho, R. F. D.
No. 2, who, on May II, 1919, made
homestead entry, serial No. O32393,
for Eh NEA sec. 34,. VIZ NWA
section 35, township 2 south, range
33 east, Boise meridian, has filed no.
tice Of intention to make three year
proof, to- establish claim to the land
above described, before register and
receiver Of U. s. land office, at Black
foot, Idaho, on the sixteenth day Of
May, 1922.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Christian M. Jensen, Ed l.. Higgins,
William j.. Spencer, Charles Rissi all
of Blackfoot, Idaho.
J. T. CARRUTH,
adv. 14-15-16-17-18-19 Register.