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The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
LAYING CORNER STONE
Lamar Lodge No. 1919, B. p. o Elks.
viii Lay Corner Stone of New
Home Next Tuesday.

Arrangements have been completed
by the committees for the ceremonies
of laying the corner stone of the new
Elks Home next Tuesday, and were
ratified by big meeting of the lodge
last Tuesday evening. The District
Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler, George
Stumph of Pueblo, will be here and
preside at the ceremonies. The prin
cipal address Of the day will be Civ
en- by Past Exalted Ruler Cora II.
Strain, first Exalted Ruler of Lamar
Lodge No. 1919. Rev. Bollcs Of La
Junta Lodge will act as chaplain. The
ceremonies will take place at 2:3O
o'clock in the afternoon and will be
followed by open house ut the club
rooms and dinner there at o'clock.
At 1880 the big ceremonial will be
held at the armory and n large class
OF candidates given warm reception
into the order under the tender care
and consideration of La Junta's bosa
degree team-said to be the gentlest
in the state.
The work has been going forward
rapidly on the big new home and the
members of the order are rejoicing
over the prospect OF soon having a
place they can call their own and fit
ted with all the convcnienccs for COM
fort and work.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
HOME TALENT SHOW
American Legion win Put on Fine
Program at High School Audi
torium on Thanksgiving
Night.

At . special meeting of Walter l..
Bennett Post American Legion held on
Wednesday evening it was decided to
present home talent show on
Thanksgiving night at the high school
auditorium. The Legion will be as
sisted by the American Legion Aux
Hilary.
The sl.ow will consist OF minstrel,
vaudeville acts, solos, quartettes, and
a forty-five minute farce comedy
sketch written by Mr.. Geo. A. Lewis,
a disabled veteran of the world war,
who will direct the show.
Mr.. Lewis, who was recently dis
charged from the Fitzsimmons hospit-
al, was formerly on the Pantages and
Orpheum circuits, and after being
wounded while serving with the 9lst
Division in France, assisted in the pro-
duction of several A. E. f. shows,
among them being Dough Boy Frol-
ic." "a Buck on Leave" and "Pink
Stocking"
The sketch in which Mr.. Lewis will
take Leading part was written by him
while in the hospital in France, and
was produced on the A. Z. F. Circuit.
1t has been put ON in several of the
hospitals in this country and was play
ed at the City Auditorium in Denver
last New Years for the benefit Of
the disabled soldiers.
The performance will be opened by
snappy minstrel, in which several OF
the former members of the Y. M. b. A.
minstrels will take part. The ticket
sale will be handled by the ladies of
the Auxiliary.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
LEGION CELEBRATES
Chilly Day Saturday Prevents Much of
Intended Celebration of Armis-
tice Day.

Ii was demonstrated once more last
Saturday that while it is all right to
hold services and programs in honor of
Armisticc Day, if the American Legion
wants a day for real celebration they
must pick another day in more sum
merry weather. Practically every at
tempt TO celebrate the day here has
been badly disarranged by inclement
weather, and Saturday was probably
the best we have had-and the weather
then was punk for celebration pur-
poses.
In spite of this drawback there was
large number of people in town, and
both the regular parade of the various
soldier organizations in the morning
and the Illuminated parade of the Ro-
tarians at night were success. The
day parade had all the soldier orpani.
zations from the veteran G. A. r.
down to the latest National Guard Or
ganization well represented, a large
number of Boy Scouts and school
children followed, and then floats of
the Legion Auxiliary, Red Cross, Ro-
tary. Denver Alfalfa Milling & Pro-
.ucts Co., G. H. Brown Mfg. & Lumber
Co, md others. At the armory after
.hc parade there was a short program,
the principal event being an address
by Hon. Arthur C. Gordon.
There was a football game in the af-
ternoon between two local teams and
various sports and races for the young
people to fill up the program in the
afternoon, and big dance at the new
armory in the evening.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
NEW THEATRE OPENS
Lamar Theatre Picture Show Now Do
ing Business and Fine Pictures
Attract the Movie Fans

AIessrs. Harden and Epperson last
week opened up the old Star Theatre
again. 1t has been remodelled and re-
decorated and will hereafter be known
as the Lamar Theatre. They are get
ting the latest and best Paramount
films and that the public appreciates
this is shown by their steadily increas-
ing patronage. A glance at the next
weeks program in another column will
convince any one of the high class of
their attractions. Reported Missing"
starring Owen Moore, which they will
show on Tuesday night, November p e.
is one OF the seasons best productions
and draws crowded houses and high
est praise everywhere.
The management believes that the
Lamar movie fans will appreciate a
strictly up-to-date and high class line
Of pictures and intends to make their
bid for public favor by giving that kind
of service.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
Lamar Citizens Interested.

The terrible calamity, which has ov-
ertaken the west coast of Chile in
South America, the reports showing
increasing loss both of lives and prop
erty as the news comes in, is of es-
pecial interest to one Lamar family.
Judge J. C. Horn and family lived in
the heart of the stricken territory for
three years in the middle sos, and was
u teacher in the American college at
Coquimbo. Both he and the members
Of his family had many friends, ma
tive and others, living at Coquimbo
and nearby towns. Earthquakes, Judge
Horn says, were common along the
coast at the time he lived there. and
the tenderfeet like himself were always
looking for high ground to run to if
the ocean began to recede rapidly. that
being the preliminary to a tidal wave
like the one which has just over
whelmed the section.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15

While William Lampert of the La
mar Radiator and Welding Co. was out
duck hunting last Sunday north of
Carlton he accidentally received a
charge of buckshot in his thigh which
severed one Of the large arteries. He
was rushed to the Lamar hospital and
everything possible done to save his
life but he passed away on Tuesday
afternoon. He was fine young man.
% years Of age and veteran of the
A. Z. F. He has worked for the Weld
ing Company on North Main street for
several years and had many friends
in Lamar. He leaves wife and three
children to mourn his loss. The funer-
al will be held Friday under auspices
Of American Legion.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
OFT TOLD TALES
Yearly Spasm by County Treasurer
Begins in This Weeks
Register.

We this week begin the publication
OF "A serial story by our county treas
urer, J. Russell Mayfield, which con-
tains the names Of most all citizens
OF Importance in our county. 1t is a
story that everybody reads with inter
est and nobody enjoys. 1t brings mon
ey into the county treasury, but heaps
cusses on the head of its author. He
can't help himself, but he don't like
it any better than you do because it
makes night after night of hard work
for him and no extra pay. 1t is call
ed the Delinquent Tax List and this
year is worth just $4,000. The sale
will be made on Monday. December 1S,
and il your taxes are in the list bet
ter pay up before that date and save
added costs. The list is long one,
but is much less than it would have
been ten days ago.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
Legislative Assemblies Take Notice

Legislative Assemblies Take Notice
Present election returns indicate one
thing clearly, namely, that the people
are against new forms Of taxation
and are strongly in favor of candidates
who show a willingness to consider ap-
plying methods to public affairs and
who have made unqualified pledges to
reduce the overhead burden of taxa
ton.
Managers OF private industry have
had to reduce the cost Of production
to meet changed conditions and mana
gers of our public affairs who expect
to stay in office must reduce the cost
of producing good government and
maintaining the same.
Il is no harder TO reduce political
overhead than it is to reduce business
overhead under proper executive direc-
tion. The people have cast vote
which Enthusiastically shows their wishes
for reduced political overhead
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
BOOtlegger Cases.

Three cases against bootleggers ar
rested last week by the sheriff's force
were tried in the justice courts the
first of the week and resulted in fines
aggregating three hundred dollars and
costs. The receipts Of the sheriff's Of
flee have been running high enough
for the past few months to put It on
a paying basis. The receipts for No
vember will run near the thousand dol
lar mark.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
LAMAR WINS AT HOLLY
In Game Marred by Much Discretion
and One Serious Accident La
mar Savages Win.

The high school foot ball team and
number Of fans went to Holly last
Saturday afternoon to play the fifth
game on Lamar's schedule. The game
was not very pleasing one for the
spectators as it was played in chill
ing wind and Was constantly interrupt
cd by the wrangling over decisions of
the referee. One mix-up resulted in
the serious injury of one of the Hol-
ly boys and this regretable accident
was a very depressing feature Of the
game. The Lamar team was too
strong for the Holly boys and ran up
a score Of 80 by making six touch
downs and kicking three goals. The
Holly boys tried gamely to the last
to break through the Lamar defense
and make one score at least, but were
unable to do so. The Savages go to
Rocky Ford Saturday for the final
game Of the season. II has been the
most disasterous one for years to La
mar as even if they should win at
Rocky Ford they will only get fifty
fifty break on the season and it has
been long time since the high school
team was in that low position.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
Drug Store Moves.

The Pioneer Drug Co. have moved
the pas. week to the Markham build
ing and are located three doors north
of the postoffice. The new store room
has been handsomely fitted up and
with the installing of the new fountain
soon to arrive they will have one Of
the most attractive stores in town. The
company expects to make many more
improvements in their new store.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
IN THE YEAR ONE
Some Interesting "Reminiscences From
The Registers First Year File.

Tho pa,.;.,o,. r.. Al III. -.
,o- a., .Io-.;-. = ,ooe .''ue
number of items NJ ,n,eras, ,o,,.v
Even at that date ovor five ,,or,,,,
after Il started no, ono al anDoa,,1
in rs list OF over fif,v ,d,,ar+,so,, ,.a.
contained the name NJ n ci,izor ., ,bo
town today.
One of the principaI news item. WINS
about the first election of Hon AIv,
Adams. democratic candidate for oov-
ernor. when all the res. Of the STATE
ticket WIS renublican Todsy ,h;r,,,-
six years Inter all tho stato is ,,our,
ing the death of Governor Adams ,,ho
held the office oftener and tor roro
years than any other man Tbera was
a Lamar Drug Co at tho time Inn, !,
was closed out wears boforo tho nros-
ent one started. There yas aIso
NJ Williams conducting n largo h,r,ho,.
wear. hut no relative NJ tbc NJ WI
liams now here
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'ou's VI. eii'i'ei''''"t Vi SCHOOLS was
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'e''''ei 10, iooo' 10 organize 'he La
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A meeting was held IN Longmont.
Colorado, to organize - company to
construct the Las Animas and Big
Sandy canal tnow the Fort Lyon and
1t Is OF interest TO note that the pro-
moters believed that canal six feet
wide and eighteen inches deep would
be sufficient. L. NJ. Slater for years
connected with the Henry Canal was
secretary ot the company and X. 5.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15

George Wagner, the football player
of Holly who was severely injured In
the game with Lamar last Saturday is
reported to be improving nicely. It
was feared at first that there might
be internal injuries but his rapid i'm
provement has allayed all fears of
that.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1922-11-15
ELECTION RESULTS
Official Canvass Makes No Material
Change in Previous Count.

The official canvass of the Prowers
county election was made Wednesday
with very little variation of figures
from previous table published last
week and no change in results. The
only close race that of assessor result
ed in an increase of the majority of
the winner, II. &. Lamson, his vote be-
ing 1853 to A. j. Davy's total of 1918.
Mr.. Lamson has the distinction OF be-
ing the first democrat elected 10 that
office in PrOwers county. When the
county was cut out of old Bent county
|. L. Maxwell, democrat, held over the
first year here, but was replaced ai
the first election in 1889 by q republi-
can and the office up to 1922 had new
er been occupied by any but republi-
cans. 1t was the only county office
that one party had always held and
now even that has been changed. The
republicans only got two offices, sup
erintendent and surveyor, but they
have in the past done even worse that
that, getting only assessor. The near
est any party ever came TO Il clean
sweep was in 1901 when the republi-
cans won all but sheriff and lost il by
one vote only.
The canvass showed the two rcuub-
lican justices, Judges Deeter and Kirk
patrick, both elected, and Geo. A. Wat
son, republican, and j. X. Household,
democrat, elected constables here. TIE
hospital lost by 4 vote of 65s for -
1897 against, and the voters showed
their hostility to the initiative method
of legislating by taking q hard crack
at all the bills but the medical school.
and even it, although advocated b.
everybody apparently. had n bare ms
jority Of i29 in Prowers county. H.
the state only 1t and the highway bond
issue carried.
The vot, on tho various amendments
and referred laws were as follows. ms
shown by the official canvass:
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-07-07

Chairman Winslow, of the Com mlttee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, comes fram Massachu- setts and has never been friendly to labor. He Is particularly friendly to those who believe in solving labor problems by cutting wages and in creasing hours. Winslow passed the buck for six months.
 After six months 1t became SO ap- parent that Chairman Winslow had no intention of giving a hearing to the Canal employees that Represen- tative Nolan, Chairman of the Com mittee on Labor, denounced the atti- tude of Chairman Winslow and his committee on the floor of the House. His attack came in the midst of a long-winded discussion about the sal ary of a United States marshal for the Panama Canal zone. Congress- man Nolan said in the course of his address,:
 "The commission went there and made some recommendation that took away from the Panama Canal employees privileges that they had from the days of Theodore Roose- welt, conditions of employment down there that were given to. them as an 1nduCement to go from the States to the Panama Canal Zone. They took away from them free rent, free light, free water, and free fuel, privileges given to every white man working for any concern in the Tropics. This commission also made a recommen dation that hundreds of white Amer ican citizens be discharged from me chanical positions, skilled and semi II. and that those positions be turned over not to native Panamans but to alien Jamaica negroes, because they could be hired cheap.
 That is another recommendation that this commission made which recommends the passage of this pending bill. They made the further after cutting down all of these employees and dropping them from the payroll, that the mili tary chief of the Panama Canal Zone,
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-07-07

presented an amendment ot include the exemptoin clause in the bill, It was defeated. A few days later Rep ersentative Nolan delivered scath- ing denunCiatIOn of the members Of the House for their defeat of the Johnson amendment. The exemption clause was again submitted and adopted by a vote of Io2 yeas to 50 nays
 Protection for Railway Men
 s. 3532, by Senator Robinson, for the protection of persons employed on railway baggage and express cars provides that after July I, 1925, the cars used for transporting baggage and express in interstate commerce shall be of such construction of steel or equally indestructible material. They must be heated, lighted and kept in sanitary condition by the rail road companies under penalty of fine not to exceed $500.
 Making Railroad Travel Safe
 H. R. Ioo3o by Representative Bland of Indiana, to promote the safety of employees and travellers up on railroads by compelling common carriers engaged in interstate com merce to provide for the inspection of bridges and tracks of such common carriers, is being held up in the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Chairman Winslow of that committee has been appealed to time and again to give a hearing on the bill The legislative representa- tives of the transportation brother hoods are very much exercised over their failure to secure hearing. The bill provides for the appointment of inspectors who vii compel the repair ing of bridges and tracks. It seems impossible to awaken the members of Congress to the necessity for such legislation. As all legislation for the safety of mine workers was only se- cured after some great disaster, it is believed that the same sacrifices by railway employees must be made to bring Congress to it's senses.
 SAMUEL GOMPERS, President American Federation of
 Labor
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-07-07
CHARGES CROOKED
 WORK DOMINATES
 P.O. APPOINTMENTS
Congressman Holds Up Legislation For Chance to Show Up
 Doings

Washington, July 1.-The most successful one-man flibuster in the history of the American congress IS being conducted by Congressman Poigt, a La Toilette Republican from Wisconsin.
 Voigt wants to call national atten- ton to the fact that there is some thing crooked about the civil service examinations held for the purpose of filling vacancies in presidential post offices.
 President Wilson placed these offices under the civil service and di- rected that the man who passed with the highest average should be ap- pointed, without regard to political affiliations. President Harding has changed this rule so as to give the postmaster general the right to name one of the three highest candidates. Even this arrangement has not been liberal enough for the politicians, and 1t is said that the examinations have been manipulated so as to permit the machine in various cities to name the postmaster, without regard to quail fcations.
 Under this scheme progressive Re publicans like Voigt have found that the1r TeaCt1Onary opponents were De- ing permitted to name the postmast- CTS in progressive districts.
 Voigt introduced a resolution ask ing for a congressional investigation of the situation, and the administra- ton leaders in the House promptly put it away in a pigeonhole. Then Voigt started trouble and achieved national fame overnight as the most -,,oooccf,,1 ci-11a ho a1 h11c in the history of the American Con- gross.
 Voigt has made a splendid record in Congress. He IS a man of unusual ability and great courage, but IS one of the most modest members of the House.
 Having started out to expose the crookedness in the postoffice depart ment his friends predict that he will not stop until the job has been prop erly disposed Of
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-07-07
ORIENTAL RATION
 FOR OUR SAILORS
Shipping Board Crews Now Get 65
 Gents Day for Living.

Washington, July 1.-The United States shipping board has voted to re- duce the cost of subsistence to 6 cents per day per man for sea1nen serving on United States shipping board vessels.
 This reduced standard of living for the American seamen brings him within 2H cents per day of the stand ard of living of Japanese seamen serving on Japanese ships, according to testimony of R. T. Merrill, direct or of bureau of research, United States shipping board.
 Testifying before the joint commit tee of the house and senate on the ship subsidy bill, MT. Merrill stated, on April I3, 1922:
 "The representatives of the ship ping board in Japan cables that 62 5-Io cents was the cost of feeding on Japanese ships at the end of Io2I.'
 Legislative Representative OBr1en of the scamen made this comment on the shipping boards lowering of sub sistenCe costs:
 "It looks as if the board is trying to make it impossible for American seamen to remain on the ships by lowering their standard of living to that of the Japanese"
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-07-07
Still Gas Cos. Say
 They're GoingBroke
But Government Says They Are Sell
 ing More Than Ever Before.

Although the gas-making industry had great difficulty in obtaining ade- quate supplies of good fuel in 1920, the quantity of gas sold was greater than ever before, amounting to near ly 800 billion cubic feet, having value of more than $500, 100000 ,ac- cording to the United States Geologi- cal Survey, Department of the Inter for. The sale of by-products by gas making companies was also greater in 1920 than in any previous year Over 1oo,oooooo gallons of tar, 55,- COG, ,ooo pounds of ammonium sulphate or it's equivalent, and nearly I25,ooo,- 900 gallons of light oil and other de rivatives were the principal items among these by-products-
 The average price of gas m 1920 was much higher than 1t had been for several years, averaging 10 cents thousand cubic feet greater for coal gas and water gas and five cents thousand cubic feet greater for oil gas and coke-oven gas than in 1918.
The Connecticut labor news., 1922-07-07

leadership whcih is incapable of con trolling it's own members and which has a dominating element fatly an tagonistic to industry. Every manu- faCturer should serve notice on h1s local leader, whether Democrat or Republican, that until industry IS treated fairly, and until the domina- ton of agriculture is eliminated, until the bonus bil wrecking crew has been subdued, and until all classes are on parity before Congress, there will be no contributions for political pur- poses. Men and women in industry, whether as employers or employees, have been contributing to political parties for many years. Let us now see what the effect will be of a re- fusal to pay political collections, the money so saved to be used to protect industry from the politicians who are using those very collections to set up a class government in Washington"
 This had a magical effect on cer- tain senators and representatives. There is no doubt of this for Mr. Barr on May 4 modified the original ulti- matum by saying in weekly letter to the members of that organizations:
 "Those who are asked to contribute to political parties or to the campaign funds of individual candidates should not make a hard and fast rule of no contributions In case of indi- vidual candidates there should be a disposition to subscribe when the candidate is of character that should have the approval of thinking men. It is only where a party has obvious
 ly surrendered to a particular class be leveled . It remains for every man who is appealed to for campaign contributions to determine whether in withholding contributions he is punishing the enemies of business or whether. he is merely punishing the few in the party who are antagonistic to business, and who are equally an