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The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
STATE MEETING
County Commissioners Of the State
Meet in Annual Session During
Stock Show.

The annual meeting of the county
commissioners of Colorado was held
at Denver on Monday of this week
with President A. =. Knuckey of Holly
presiding. Prowers county was repre-
sented by Chairman H. F. Decker.
Commissioners Ray McGrath and A.
P. Knuckey and County Clerk, Jno. w.
Prowers. There was a large attend
ance from all parts of the state as the
commissioners from all sections were
anxious to learn what is delaying the
distribution of the state road money
now that the bonds are reported to
have been sold, and many other mat
tiers connected with the big plans for
road improvement now being project
ed for the coming year.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
Blight of Yellow Press.

Colorado had good dose last week
of the yellow press when the front
page of the Denver Post and several
of its chief imitators were covered
with disgusting slime about great
scandals it claimed to have unearthed
at the University of Colorado. The
character of Colorado's leading educa-
tional institution and hundreds of the
young ladies of the state were deliber-
ately smirched by these vultures in
order to sell few extra papers at n
jitney each. When the real facts came
out, it was found that no young ladies
of the school were involved and the
great scandal consisted in about 4
dozen young men procuring and drink
ing some bootleg booze. Instead of
these scandal mongers unearthing the
facts, it comes to light that the facul-
ty Of the school were the first to dis
cover the offenses and had administer
ed severe punishment more than three
weeks before the sleepy yellows awoke
to the fact that anything had happen
ed.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
WILEY DISTRICT ELECTION
Taxpayers of District Insist on Reg
ular Election Being Held.

The directors of the Wiley drain
age district according to the Wiley
Journal have been letting the regular
election of directors slip by without
holding an election for several years
So when no call was issued this year
n large number of taxpayers of the
district held an impromptu meeting
and made a very emphatic demand
that an election be held. The direct
ors have accordingly called special
election for January 81 at which a
new board will be elected. These elecr
tions are n necessary part of the legal
machinery Of the district and the law
should be carefully complied with re-
garless of whether everything is run
ming smoothly or not.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
LONG SERVICE APPRECIATED
First Presbyterian VIII Honor Its Old
est Officials With Special Cele-
bration Next Sunday.

On next Sunday, January %, the
First Presbyterian Church of Lamar
will hold special service in honor
of three of its long time and most
faithful officers. w. j. Johnston has
been an elder of the church since its
organization twenty years ago; J. NJ.
Johnston has been trustee the same
length of time; and Chas. Maxwell
has been n trustee for eighteen years.
The morning and evening services
will be especially adapted to this cele-
bration and at the close of the evening
service there will be a dinner for all
the members of the church and friends
in the church basement followed by
social session. Two former pastors of
the church, Rev. ID. G.. MacLennan of
Hutchinson, Kansas, and Rev. VIM. G.
Kerry of Penrose, Colorado, have ac-
cepted invitations to be present, and
Rev. MarLennan will have charge of
both the morning and evening service.
At the eneving service short biographi-
cal sketches of all the pastors and of
ficers of the church will be given, and
other interesting features arranged
for the program.
The three officers specially honored
have done much to assist the church
through its many trials and Difficult
ties in its early days, and much of the
credit for its present high standing
and beautiful church building is due
to their efforts.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
AMERICAN LEGION
ENTERTAINMENT
Konechy. the Famous Violinist, to be
Here on Thursday, February %.

Walter l.. Bennett Post of the Amer
lean Legion this week made arrange
ment for the appearance at the high
school auditorium on Thursday, Feb
ruary %, of the Konechy company of
entertainers. Josef Konechy is not
only one of the worlds greatest vic
linists, but is also member of the
American Legion.
1t will be one of the greatest musi-
cal treats Lamar has ever had, and it
is seldom that such talent as is car
ried in this troupe makes stops out
side the large cities.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
EXTRA SESSION NOT NEEDED
Outside Denver and Pueblo There is
No Demand for Extra Session.

Ii seems certain now that an extra
ed to meet early in the spring not
withstanding the fact that outside of
Denver and Pueblo there is absolutely
no desire to get this expensive piece
of state machinery together again. In
fact from most every section there is
very positive opposition not only to
the session but towards the special OBJ
jects for which it is to be called.
The people have several times jim
most emphatic manner at the polls ex-
pressed their disapproval of the Mof-
fat Tunnel scheme and no attempt to
revive it would even be thought of if
Denver did not see chance to use
Pueblo's greed as means of making a
trade to accomplish their own designs.
The tunnel is strictly Denver scheme
to benefit Denver and Denver is
amply able to pay for it. She should
be permitted to do that little thing
herself and not bother the rest of the
state.
We understand Pueblo is now offer
ing to modify their bill. The only
modification that will be at all salts
factory is to let the taxpayers of each
county unit decide for themselves what
improvements they desire and what
they are willing to pay for the same.
If they do this it is not necessary for
them to tie up with Denver and saddle
the state with a fifteen million dollar
bond issue for the Moffat tunnel. They
can get a bill permitting Pueblo to
tax Pueblo to any amount Pueblo de-
sires through without opposition. What
the valley objects to is Pueblo's right
under the proposed bill to force the
rest of the valley to pay for her spec
ial improvements.
If Governor Shoup has any realiza-
tion at all of the feeling over the state
he will drop his extra session call in
the waste basket-but will he?
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
WANTS JUSTICE DONE
L. Il. Taxpayer Comes to the Defense
of Baca County.
Mr.. Editor

Mr.. Editor
1t don't look fair to me to try to
lay all this bootleg business on Baca
county. There may be some "stills"
down there but the noise is all made
up here. Besides until careful sur
vey is made of Main street it is i'm
possible to state accurately that there
are no stills located right here on
our main city thoroughfare. There
gre ruts deep enough to conceal not
only still but whole brewery. Give
Baca county fair show, I say-and
incidentally pave Main street.
The city officials are discussing
what they will do with our surplus
electricity. Where do they get that
way? Who knows that there is any
surplus electricity in the Lamar plant :?
Lamar has never been lighted yet and
until it is who can say that there is
any such thing as curplus of juice :?
see in my home paper headline
that reads, "Big Dance on Hand"
Say, maybe they would let us have
that kind of dance in the gymnasium.
Just when the national government
gives us little relief from federal
taxes. Pueblo and Denver unite to
hook us for more than we save. Such
is the life, though, of
f. z. TAXPAYER.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
A Large Party.
F.. z. TAXPAYER.

Over fifty of the friends of Hon.
and Mrs. c. c. Goodale assembled at
their beautiful new home on South
Main street on last Friday evening
and enjoyed one of the most delight
full social evenings of the winter seas
on. 1t was Friday, the thirteenth,
and thirteen tables played Military
Five Hundred, but even this magic
combination could not give the champ
ionship to Table No. 13, for Table No.
just insisted on winning every game.
After an exciting evenings games
most delicious refreshments were serv-
ed and social hour spent. Many of
the guests accompanied the host in a
tour of inspection of the handsome
new home-the most complete and up
to-date in all its appointments of any
in our city. The host and hostess have
lived in Lamar for thirty-five years
and always been noted for their hos
pitality, but never have they given a
more enjoyable party than that of
last Friday.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
Cold Spell.

Lamar citizens who had been SER
iously thinking of sending out adver-
tising matter for the city as a great
winter resort had rude awakening
on Tuesday night when the mercury
in the thermometer began to tobog-
gan toward the bottom of the bulb. An
occasional scum of ice was all our peo-
pie had seen this season previous to
that time. Now, however, they know
what ice and frozen pipes are and
today many are holding interviews
with the plumber. When the mercury
finally stopped its downward flight
it reached degrees below zero but
is recovering slightly now after 36
hours of real winter and our people
certainly hope the worst is over.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18

Coffeyville, Kan, for 81 500 in cur
rency, was not convincing, in view of
the fact that he produced no automo-
bile license from the Statesof Kansas,
the government going on the theory
that the bill of sale for the stolen car
was obtained through a confederate of
Powell's who, it was intimated, may
have stolen the car himself and had
it taken to Coffeyville, where he later
claimed it preparatory to his departure
for Lamar, Colo, with his five-year
old daughter.
Powell, apparently was well regard
ed in Bartlesville, where he was for
years pastor of the United Brethren
church. Following his retirement from
the pulpit he became associated with
the Y. NJ. C. A. of Bartlesville. During
his pastorate, however, he introduced
six quarts of whiskey into Oklahoma
Muskogee to plead guilty to the
charge.
After leaving Bartlesville, Powell
engaged in the dairying and chicken
raising business with his brother near
Tulsa and later he transformed over
the kerosene circuit, as a hypnotist,
crystal gazer, mind reader and deliver
into the future" under the name of
DIR. Buckley.
May Get the Limit.
1t is generally conceded that the
court in passing sentence on Powell,
unless there are some mitigating cir
cumstances, will be given the limit and
will be sentenced to serve five years in
the penitentiary and pey a fine of ST.
600.
In any event, the good-side in
Powell, while being punished for the
bad that is within him, may permit
him to engage in Y. NJ. C. A. work
among his fellow convicts at the
Leavenworth penitentiary, to which in
stitution it is expected that Powell
will be sent.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
Who is Ity

NJ. J. McMillin of Carlton, chairman
of the state stockgrowers association,
was prominent figure at the open
ing of the stock show in Denver this
week. We know lie was there in
person because the Denver Times had
a fine picture of him, but what we
would like to know is whose picture
was slipped into the Post engraving
department for his lickness.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
Basket Ball.

In the Prowers county section of the
Valley Basketball League last Friday
evening the Lamar boys defeated Will
ey by score of 26 to Is. The Wiley
girls team defeated the Lamar girls
10 to 9. In the east end of the coun-
ty Holly high school won both games
from Granada the boys winning 45 to
12 and the girls % to Is.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18

Died-At her home in Lamar on last
Thursday, Mrs. John B. Davis, aged
"a years. She had been resident of
Lamar for many years and was high
ly respected by large circle Of warm
friends The funeral services were
held on Friday afternoon and were
conducted by Rev. T. F Kelly OF the
Baptist church.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18
Case Set for January 30.

Thc attorneys have agreed to set the
trial of the much discussed Rose case
before Judge Deeter's court for jan
uary 80. Everybody seems to agree
that booze and chickens are a poor
combination, so the trial has been put
over until after the poultry show.
The Lamar register., 1922-01-18

Farmer Steve Crary was up from the
ranch this week trying to get Whit
of printers ink once more.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
Mystery Surrounds Oatman Explosion;
Glandless Goat Shakes Mohave County

Voyage" Here Lies Meet Me in
Heaven" Mules Kick" and Red
Hair Restorer"
Sheriff Mackey discovered that by
arranging the bottles in a row ac-
cording to size on q shelf in his Of
flee and then inserting whistles of
varied sizes in the necks of the bot
ties he could, by slightly unscrewing
the whistles, produce a melodious ef-
feet which sounded like a cross be-
tween pipe organ and a steam call
liope. The contents of the bottles
undoubtedly We're strong stuff and
the exhalations We're potent enough,
some believe, to blow the whistle on
the United Eastern mill for the grave
yard shift.
Now for the third factor in the case.
Yesterday Sam BayIess, local clothier,
who adyertises in the Oatman News,
found that he had lost the key to
his safe. For more than an hour he
ran about the streets of Oatman in
wild state of dishevelment and dis
tress. Finally he decided TO have
the safe blown open. None of the
-local miners cared to tackle the job
for fear their facility in safe open
ing operations might cause comment.
DR.. Tolleson supplied the missing
link
Il have a glandIess goat" he said.
Il want to get rid of it."
Bayless and Tolleson accompanied
the goat to Sheriff Mackey's office.
While the sheriff turned his back,
unable to witness such skullduggery,
doctor and merchant took down the
biggest whistle of. all, labeled "Gela-
tine Forty" the most powerful ex-
| plosiye used in the Oatman gold
| fields. A thirsty miner had dis
solved the stick in wood alcohol a
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
Good Fellowship
Day Is June ] At
Christian Church

Every woman's organization of the
Central Chr tian church and WON
en- members not affiliated with church.
societies will unite in a delightful all
day celebration on June /, according
TO an announcement made yesterday
morning The women of the church,
the Friendship club. Woman's class
and Missionary society are a few of.
the associations that will participate
in the event which will be in the ma
ture of a good fellowship day.
Throughout the year the women
and their friends who are included III
the get together meeting planned for
the coming fortnight. have met once a
week They Rave devoted their ef-
forts to church work. but all serious
work will be set aside for the jollifi-
cation wnicn will be featured by
play staged by the Friendship club.
Although all the details of the af-
fair have rot yet been completed, ii
is understood that the play will be
the leading attraction of the after
noon following a delicious home
cooked luncheon az which hundreds
of covers viii be laid. 1t is the desire
to have every woman who belongs
to the church and her friends pres
ent and in order TO make this pos
reaching the church is asked TO tele-
phone any morning before gathering
that automobile reservations may be
made for hol. Additional plans for
the mothers comfort and convent
ence have been worked out by. clev-
er commite tea which has arranged a
special table for small children in or
der that their mothers need not miss
the festivities by remaining at home
TO care for them.
The function announced for June !
is an annual event that had its be-
ginning Il years ago in celebration Of
the birthday of Mrs. NJ. V Warren. an
ardent work r in the church. Mrs.
Warren's death a few years ago did
not put an end to the all day affairs
Of which she approved and in her
memory and others who have gone
before. brief memorial will be in
corporated into the program.
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

few nights ago and since its installa :
ton in Sheriff Mackey's calliope
"Gelatine Forty has moaned out a
deep bass note.
The thirsty nanny drank deep and
long OF Gelatine Forty, Then Tolle-
son took Nanny up the street 70 Bay
less store. After Sam had placed a
mirror in front of the safe so that
Nanny could see her own reflection,
Tolleson poured rapid eating acid
on the rope to which Nanny was tied
in the doorway of the store. Both
Tolleson and Bayless than ran for
their lives.
When the rope disintegrated from
the acid, Nanny, enraged at the re-
Election in the mirror standing be-
fore the safe, staggered forward.
gathering impetus with every foot
When ten feet from the safe experts
estimate that Nan was going 40 miles
an hour.
For more than half an hour dense
tumulus mass of black smoke clouds
shrouded the Bayless store from
sight.
Since yesterday miners have been
picking stray boxes of silk pajamas,
rubber boots, slightly riddled nigA*
shirts and red bandanas from the
ruins. Nanny's horns are still draped
over the radio antennae before the
Moose lodge rooms.
Both DR.. Tolleson and Sam Bay
less declare they know nothing about
the explosion.
The representative of the Gibraltar
Insurance company is reported to be
on his way from kingman
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21

night This hike will be supervised
by a member of the United States
biological survey and members of the
camp staff. and is for the purpose of
trapping in box traps. foxes. bob
cats. rabbits. and other small animals
so they may be placed in a camp zoo
and studied at first hand.
One of the most interesting fea-
lures OF this hike will be the making
of plaster casts of wild animal tracks.
These casts can be reproduced ana
actual copies of the tracks of wild
animals can be studied by the Scouts
in their troop meetings at home.
A longer hike, lasting three days,
and using a pack train to transport
the equipment and supplies, will be
the lot of the first class Scouts. 1t.
too, will be under the leadership of
experts.
The educational features of the
Scout camp are broadening, to be
sure. but its greatest benefit TO boys
comes in the contact with ones fell
lows and with well bred men under
conditions that are ideal for the
broadest physical, mental and spir-
itual development of hoyhood.
Registrations for Camp Geronimo
are now being received at Boy Scout
headquarters, Room II, Berryhlll
building. Phoenix. and the chamber
of commerce at Mesa. The fee for
10 full days in camp is $3.50. Appli-
cations must be accompanied by a
registration fee Of 81. the balance of
$3.50 being payable by June 10 for
Scouts attending the first period and
June 81 for the second period
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
LIQUOR MAN TO
DELIVER DRY TALK

Rev. I. d. Hitchcock, field secretary
of the Anti Saloon league. national
headquarters at Westerville, Ohio,
arrived in the city yesterday and ar
ranged for the appearance here next
Sunday evening of DIR. Ira Landrith
OF Chicago in community mass
meeting TO be held at Library park.
DIR. Landrith is noted southern
orator and Chautauqua lecturer. His
subject will be To-day and the
America for It." 1t will be in ad-
vocacy of dry law enforcement and
the extension of prohibition through
out the world.
The life of the lecturer has been
devoted to the uplift He was for
il years a religions newspaper editor
and for 10 years college president.
He is regarded as one of the fore
most of American platform orators,
and an eloquent speaker. SO that
though, his subject may be dry his
lecture will not be.
DIR IRA LANDRITH
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
MAR|COPA COUNTY
SCOUT CAMP WILL
OPEN ON JUNE IS

June 16 will usher in one of the
most important events in the call
endar of Maricopa conntys boyhood
for on that day Camp Geronimo, the
summer training camp of the Boy
Scouts of the valley, will open at
Pine Air, mile high, in the pines,
and about 75 miles from Phoenix.
The general program of the camp
was announced yesterday. The rou-
tine is as follows, with expert in
struction in first aid, signaling, camp
cooking, shack and shelter building,
hiking, life saving, camp fire build
ing, birds and animals, trees and
plants, and ali the other outdoor fea-
lures of the Scout program featur-
ing every instruction period:
6 a. m, first call: sos, reveille, ex-
ercises, dip, toothbrush drill, ETC.; !;
$40. meeting OF the camp staff; Z,
mess; :45, inspirational and devo-
tional exercises; s, camp duties;
$50. first scoutcraft instruction per-
iod: $3.50, second instruction period;
10:30, recall: 1925, swimming call,
swimming and life saving instruction,
water sports; 1880. recall, prepare
for inspection; 1920 p. m, inspec-
ton; 1880, mess; 1:15, siesta 2,
scoutcraft test period. all examina-
tions for advancement during this
period; 4:30, games; o:45, recall; s,
retreat and flag ceremony: 6:15,
messe7. games; :45 camp fire: 9:30,
tattoo; GAS, quarters: 10, taps.
OF course there will be slight va
riatfons of the program, as on Sun
day. for instance, when the program
is appropriate for the day. including
religious services, and on other days,
when hikes are scheduled.
Life saving instruction is a daily
feature at Camp Geronimo. This in
struction is in charge of the Scout
executive. who is a life member OF
the Red Cross life saving corps and
holds an examiners certificate in life
saving from both the Southwestern
and Pacific division of the Red Cross
Mr.. Murray win have supervision of
the entire water program at camp,
and safety is assured.
Many a mother has expressed her
surprise at the ability of her boy to
care for his own room after a season
spent in. Scout camp, for there the
Scouts are required to care properly
for their own bed and other belong
ings, wash their clothes and do their
own mending and sewing on of but
tons There is rigid inspection
cNtiy udys ana lulS GONGIS uOL only
the neatness of the tent and its con-
tents but of the person of the Scout
as well. A Scout camp is conducted
on the good old theory that "Cleanl-
ness is next to godliness."
One of the most attractive features
of the entire camp will be the hikes
for the three ranks of Scouts, tender
foot, second class and first class.
A foresters hike, under the direc-
ton OF the forest ranger and men,
bers of the camp staff, win be held
for the tenderfoot Scouts. These
Scouts win study the various trees
and plants in the vicinity of the
camp, label them. and gather speci-
mems for the headquarters museum.
They will also be instructed in forest
fire prevention and how forests are
propagated and cared for.
The second class Scouts are to have
a trappers' hike, lasting two days and
Arizona republican., 1922-05-21
Community Club Is
Endorsed By Head
OF Phoenix G.. of G..

The following letter. endorsing the
Community club program and Bible
classes, was received by DIR. Will
Wilkinson, who has been an active
worker in promoting the splendid
work of this organization:
Dear DIR. Wilkinson:
We believe the Community Bible
class conducted by Mr.. Clark every
Sunday morning at the city hall park
is worthy of the attention and atten-
dance of the business men of Phoenix.
The potential possibilities for good;
the quiet, delightful, cool Sunday
morning hour; the uniqueness OF the
outdoor public meeting spent in the
study of the Bible and bringing to-
gether people who might not other
wise attend church, suggests to the
Christian mind the opportunity for
self-discipline and the encourage
ment to others to attend this meeting
surely would do more good than any
thing of like character that has ever
been offered to the worshiping public
of this city.
We hope that your meetings will
grow in volume and interest.
Very truly yours,
JOHN +. BARKER.