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The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Receipts, 62l. The demand for choice
dry-lot steers has continued very good
all week and quotations range around
1915 or possibly as high rs $40 for
something Of extra fire finish. Choice
grasscrs are quoted from $3.50 to 1915
or possibly little higher. Choice
yearlings are quoted from 1925 to
| $3.50.
Cows were moved at fully steady
prices, most Of the stock going at
prices In the rance OF IS to s5.75,
Dealers are quoting the strictly choice
grassers around Sc. while II IL believed
probable that load Of the right kind
Of dry-lot stock would sell close to
1918.
Receipts, 2.4le. Packers paid the
top price OF the day. which was $3.50.
for four loads Of attractive stock.
Dealers were putting bulk for the day
| at SIPS to $685., hut most Of the stock
was OF the good light butcher class and
sold above tsI5. Packers rough heavy
throwout hogs and rough heavy sings
were quoted at 1915 and s5.15. respec-
lively. Drives sold well at ss.f5 to
1910 the latter price being paid for
one choice parcel. The best pigs Of
fcrcd sold for 49,
Sheep.
Receipts. 420. The demand for good
attractive killing lambs was good and
buyers awaited -the shipment eagerly
until they learned Its nature. 1t was
the opinion of most traders that stock
would have met with fully steady
market. Under such conditions II was
believed that choice stock would have
sold to packers for si1.75 for shipping
purposes, and possibly as high as VIZ
for local kill. Good to choice ewes are
quoted at $6.25 to 1850.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Twas Ever Thus.

AS party Of tourists motOred
through the eastern part Of Greencas.
tie recently, n small car, loaded with
five youngsters, slipped up behind, the
Indianapolis News reports. As the
smaller car was forging ahead one OF
the boys lii n giant cannon cracker
and tossed 1t behind the big car. II
went Off with a loud report. There
was screcching Of brakes us the big
car came to II halt and the tourists
piled out to hunt for the blowouts.
The youngsters passed merrily on.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Kansas Het Up Over "Henry and Me"

What's the matter with Kansas?
Nothing-except that the state is all
het up over the fact that Henry and
Me" have fallen out over the railroad
strike and "Henry" had me" arrested
and the .r,,IS1s will settle It In October.
1911" Is Gov. II. J. Allen (por.
Z nc herewlth). sponsor Of the Kansas
Court Of Industrial Relations. ME"
Is william Allen White Of the EN-.
poria Gazette and author Of "The
Martial Adventures Of Henry and Me-"
e$ written after the return Of the
WV ms from overseas. Both have
regulations as publiclsts and editors.
BIZ stuck a placard up In the Ga.
zette window announcing that he sym.
pathized with the strikers. Attorney
General Hopkins said the placard was
against the anti-picketing section Of
the law. Bill refused to take It down,
saying II was tyranny-an attack
on free speech. Henry had him arrest.
ed and he gave bond. Then Henry
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
IS! X |j R 5 s. 5
A Hard Lot.

"Madam." said the sauve agent, I
have here book that will tell you
how to live twenty-four hours a day"
~ haven't any use for It," said tho
hard.faced matron. with a no-ac-
count husband and SIX children TO sup
port by running a boarding house. I'm
already living twenty-four hours .
day. What need is season pass to
n movie house and chance to use
It"
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Contemporary Corrected.

From Fashionable Drcss-"When
the gay Bard of Avon fondIy inquired
What Is so rare as day In JuneY
he was probably thinking Of the
smiles and tears and tenderness Of
the wedding day."
Not Mt all, brother, not at all! He
was probably thinking: THAT'S a
mighty good line. Wish I'd thought Of
1t before Lowell dld"-Bost0n Tran
script.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soh'Su'd WI So'S T'aHos.
Soak hands on retiring In the hot suds
Of Cutlcura Soap, dry and rub In Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This Is
only one Of the things Cutlcura will do
II Soap. Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet ses.-Advertisemen
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Makinu 1. Even.

Spain has adopted special tax on
bachelors. If they really want to even
things up, what they ought to do Is
take the bachelors pay envelopes and
leave them three dollars Il week for
lunches and car fare.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Crissinger and State Banks Fall Out

The long-standlng feud between
state and national banking institu.
lions over branch banks has Just come
to head as a result Of Comptroller
Of the Currency Crlssinger's policy, in
which national banks, to compete sue.
cessfully with state institutions, are
allowed to maintain additional Offices
The fact that there was such q
policy came to light when the comp
troller sent a letter TO Senator McCor.
mick Nll.) in answer to protest from
the Chicago and Cook County Bank
ers' association admitting frankly that
he had found means of getting
around the law against national bank
branches, and that he had no hesita-
ton In resorting to such an evasion
II evasion 1t be-in order that mn.
tlonal banks might survive the compe
titlon of state Institutions.
In this communication Comptroller
Crlsslnger agreed that the national
banking act forblds national bank
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17

Reed smoot, Republican, Of Utah

Reed SmoOt, Republican, OF Utah,
will be the next chairman Of the SEN
ate committee on finance. This comes
about through the defeat Of Senator
Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota
for the Republican nomination for
senator. Senator Smoot, now in his
twentieth year In the senate, under
the rule OF seniority will succeed on
March 4 next as chairman Of the com.
mittee whose deliberations and decl-
sions directly concern every man and
woman In America.
Senator Sm0Ot was born In 1862
at Salt Lake City, and got his educa.
ton In his native state. He is a
banker and wooden manufacturer. He
lives at Provo City. His father was a
Kentucklan and his mother OF Norwe.
CLAN stock. He Is an apostle Of the
Mormon church. When he was elect
ed In 1903, the fight to unseat him
lasted three years. Senator Smoot is
OF that grOtlp of the ReDuhlican marty
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17

An active mind probably gets Its
fullest occupation in politics. There
are no idle moments.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17

made public speech In Empoa and Bill Introduced h Henry sa
other things:
should Empor VIII White
which would protect and order
when he sits down before action
his emotion When Bill that
dangerous the faith have his judgment His
Z great compliment to him."
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17

sometimes eed to sandpatters often
Senator Smoot regular watchdog of the
be Of the Understanding senate
who begins his days labor almost with
long after most other senators have called "a
sa ~ to whom the study Of financial history PLEASURE
to vacations when n unkno
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17

be na0nalzed.
twenty-five
tnat state banks and companies with their branches
given cities to
igible number.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17

Frequently Wives Don't.
81 am another man since l got mar.
RED" exclaimed the happy benedict
"And does your wife love that other
MANI" asked a cynical friend.-Bos'
ton Transcript.
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17

70 duty or now their families look
" ne sTensth OF their youth to
Appealing General Sawyer Sprague
4 mental still that
remaining $40 victims Of mental disorders
institutions devoted entirely
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Brig. Gen. Sawyer VS.. American Legion
Brig. Gen. Charles E. sawye,

Brig. Gen. Charles e. Sawyer,
President Hardlng's personal physi.
clan and chief co-ordinntor Of the fed.
eral board Of disqualification (portraIt
herewith), appears to be In bad with
the American Legion. Anyway, Col.
A. A. Sprague. chairman Of the leglon's
national rehabilitation committee,
charges him with standing In the way
Of proper care for wounded shell.
shocked veterans, and holding up hos.
pItal plans voted by congress.
II recognize the fact" Colonel
Sprague wrote to the Presidents ply.
stefan. "that before becoming chief
co-Ordlnator Of the federal board Of
disqualification. you had no contact
with the men and women who were
serving In the army and navy during
the war and no experience either In
the field or In government service that
would give you chance to really
know how men feel who lose their
nerve. their hpalth and their minda
The Raymer enterprise. (New Raymer, Weld County, Colo.) 1910-19??, 1922-08-17
Breaking II Gently.

Breaking II Gently.
"Maud's pet dog has been run over !;
she'll be heartbrOken.'
"Don't tell her abruptly"
mo. I'll begin by saying It's her
husband. Boston Transcript.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

THE VANISHING POINT BY Con-
ingsby Dawson. Cosmopolitan Book
Corporation.
a IR. DAWSON has produced a
Nj book which Ouida at her
finest might have been
proud to claim Here are beings of
wealth and the deepest dye of wick
edness, great lords with endless
power, schemins against whole ma
tions. Here are women. more beauti-
full than dream, easily numbering
man after man as they pass on
through life; here is one lurid ad-
venture after another. If you know
what you want, and it is this sort
of want, then you will get your
moneys worth in buying THE VAN
ishing Point" This point, it is ex-
planned, is the one in life that re-
sembles the spot where, if you look
up a railway track, the two rails ap-
pear to meet and disappear. Should
train get to that spot. it would, of
course. be wrecked Should a life
reach the same point it may
be claimed that in the first case the
thing is an illusion, and perhaps it
is because of this that Mr.. Dawson's
book is so unreal II certainly dances
at the vanishing point from begin
ming to end.
However. 1t has its thrills. From
the moment when the American
financier, Philip Hindwood, meets
Prince Rogovich on board the liner
events crowd one another on the
pages. They crowd all the faster
since Mr.. Dawson scorns finding
any explanations for many of them.
Things happen, that's all; like ii or
leave it. Rescuers rescue when res
cue is needed, and then disappear,
taking their mystery with them
ally be killed all over again, so little
do they realize it, so persistently do
they go on living. 1t reminds one of
the difficulty the Bad Man had in the
play of that name in keeping the viii
lain properly dead. How many
times must | keel your inquiries the
Bad Man. peevishly, doing it again
So it is here
The woman in the ease IS of mixed
blood, drawing from Asia along with
various other places. She has the
faults of her inheritance. and the
virtues that go with such. She is
head of some sort OF band, not
CnnLinMed on EnIlnlriAn pnnc
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

has had a number of stills" made
of himself in various costumes. and
when he has saved what ne thinks is
enough money he boldly goes off to
Hollywood to seek his fortune. After
long wait and much distressing
adventure - the details of which
should be left for the reader to en-
joy at leisure-he gets a chance and
makes good" though not quite as
he imagines. He is taken up by an in
telligent director. who sees in him
the perfect urlesque-perfect be-
cause of the Inconsistencies of it
of a popular film idol. Merton works
in all seriousness and never sus-
poets any comic element in the thing
until after the film is actually pro-
duccd. Just how Mr.. Wilson gets
him around that hard corner should
also be left to the readers discovery
but it is admirably managed IL
won't spoil il, however, 70 quote the
climax of the solution. He has at last
realized something of the buriesque
Of it-he and his bride (who is also
his diseoverer) are together:
He shiveredz-or did he shudder?
and quickly reached TO take her
hand. 1t was a simple. direct ges-
ture. yet somehow it richly had the
quality of pleading.
Mother understands she whis-
pered. Only remember yeu mustn't
seem TO think its funny
u won't he said again. But in
his torn heart he stubbornly cried.
I DON'T | dont,'"
The long road to this climax is
richly dotted with incident. of vary
ing flavor. from the broadest farce
to the most delicate and often pa
thetic shadings OF humor. 1T has
plenty of event, and the many peo-
Pile one meets on the way are all
worth while. "Flips." the girl who
finally rescues Merton from starya-
ton and starts him on the road to
success, is herself a most engaging
young woman - good enough to
make" a book. even If there were
/ little else in it. Naturally we meet
a large company of film people.
actors. directors. artisans and hang
ers-on-a finely diversified army. We
go behind the scenes at many points
and assist in shooting more than one
great picture.
4 The process OF Merton's disillusion-
mentor. rather, what would be en-
I tire disillusionment to any one less
Of a nuts extensive and gives
Mr. Wilson a chance to insert not a
little eaustically explanatory matter
on tue general theme. Merton learns
that his first heroine. the lovely
BeuiJh Baxter. IS not quite an he
had imagined her. She allows an
othc- to double" for her for the most
dangerous stunts OF the great serial.
The Hazards OF Hortense When
he asks II she is married he gets
various replies. one to the effect that
she often IS" and when ne alters
the query to rs she unmarried' the
answer Is twice" He also learns
something OF the way j scenario is
buils up from a starting point. but
it makes small impression on Merton.
II VIII i,elight the reader, however. in
any ~ its several manifestations
One spsoimen tenn Is to quotation.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

N Wilson.
The director, Henshaw. and the Gov
ernor' are discussing making a pic
tune out of Robinson Crusoe. The
Governor objects:
But, say look here. how about
your love/interest?
"Henshaw waved this aside with
his own cigarette Easy
enough-Belmore can fix that up
How about having Fridays
sister brought over with him to the
island? The cannibals are going to
eat her, too. And Crusoe rescues
the two. And when he cuts the
girls bonds he finds she can't be
Fridays real sister, because she's
white--see what l mean? Well. we
work it out later that she's the
daughter of an English Earl that
was wrecked near the cannibal
island and they rescued her and
Fridays mother brought her up as
her own child She's saved the
papers that came ashore, and she
has the Earrs coat of arms tatooed
on her shoulder blade, and finally
after Crusoe has fallen in love with
her and she's remembered a good
deal of the past along comes the old
Earl, her father, in a ship and res
cues them all How about that?'
Henshaw. brightly expectant. await
ed the verdict of his chief.
Well don't know The other
considered. Where's your conflict.
after the girl is rescued from the
savages? And Crusoe in the book
wears a long beard. How about
that? He won't look like anything
sort OF hairy. and that's ALL"
Henshaw then suggests that they
''modernize" it-make il into a
yacht with rich young New Yorker
as the modern Crusoe. equip him
with a valet and other up TO date
accessories and so on. The theme
crops up again. each time with some
new frill and at last emerges as that
great success-"Island Loye''-love
instead Of passion" because passion
has been a little overplayed. One
/ might suppose il nearly impossible
to burlesque the existing screen
\ versions of old stories. any more
than it Is advisable to try to gild
| the lily but Mr.. Wilson has man
aged 10 do il with entire success.
The book thus has double value !:
as an Illuminating but usually under
standingty tolerant satire on the
whole moving picture business, and
/ also as a living delineation of a
single human eccentricity WHO en-
bodies il himself, raised 10 an nti
power. not at all uncommon form
Of possession" among the aspiring
youth. both male and female. of to-
day. Not merely the Simsburys and
other way stations but also tn,
sophisticated cities are fun OF girls
and boys who feel the same thrill
OF aspiration that made a hero out
Of, Merton The book thus has the
lasting quality Of valid satire upon
widespread tendency Of the times
And. above all, it IS hugely amusing
from its opening. where Merton is
juggling with the store dummies as
1 he acts ont 4 scene" down to the
/ final bit Of perfectly initiated criti-
cism from motion picture maga-
zines interview with the successful
hero.
HENRY WALKER.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09

Continued on Fofo,cin9 Page.
The New York herald., 1922-04-09
New Fiction in Varied Forms

MERTON OF THE MOVIES. b
Harry Leon Wilson. Doubleday.
Page & Co.
ERE is our always good and
II greatly entertaining old
friend. Harry Leon Wilson.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-08

back to rapid progress is the paying
off Of our land contract. This land IS
for Others to use not for us who are
here; but it should be handled and the
land saved for the future. The timber
alone is worth 3 times the price. Upon
my return to the job. | shall take up as
a special task the completing Of this
land purchase. We deserve your sup
port and | am sure you will give ii, and
if / can only fulfill my part Of the task
properly. know you will fulfill yours.
We had intended to take our eats out
under the trees to-day. but as our Wea-
thernan Dougherty had rain up his
sleeve, Mrs. Crawford, our highly eff
Gent and devoted thotel manager, as
sisted by large number of comrades.
young and old, served bountifuI din
ner and supper in the hotel in cafeter-
ia style, children and ladies first, and
the men in the rear Of the line. In the
afternoon there was concert in the
park by the musicians. Our friend, Lee
L. Rhodes. from Texas, gave an inspir-
ing Grafton in the afternoon on the
questions Of the day. In the evening
Doc. Thurman and Comrade Woodland
gave addresses of great Importance to
all who want to bring about peace
full and constructive transformation of
social and economic institutions. Mu-
tual aid. declared Woodland, is the on
ly element that will make the perpetuitv
and progress of mankind possible. Sell
fish greed and disregard of other peo-
pies welfare is the curse Of mankind.
and only by forgetting self and working
for the commonweal can the race be
saved from its seIfishness that threatens
to destroy it. He compIimented the
colonists ON the great step they have
already gained in practicing co-opera-
ton and emphasized the necessity of
unselfishness and loyalty to the leader
ship of the Colony. Advancement of
any kind can be gained only by sacri-
flee. The new social order must be a
growth. No one can expect to come
out of the present selfish system of
competition and expect to find the mu-
tual system of altruistic cooperation
fully established without lending
hand. The evenings dance closed the
celebration.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-08

us would be glad TO have tea, slice Of
bread. OF any thing, regularly. Yes,
know you are getting on fine, but you
should visit some Of our large cities,
and our most backward farm districts
and see the millions Of under-nourish-
led children. women and workmen.
Many are out Of work; strikes are CALI
led because the masters are trying to
take the last step 10 bring on a condi-
ten Of slavery. Yes, / believe it is
coming. | believe your unions will be
broken. your homes taken from you,
your business confiscated and you will
be doing your masters bidding with
out backtalk. pessimist9 Not on
your life; but seven years experience
with the psychology of the working
people makes me believe what the sta
tisticians say: 20 percent of America
(adults) have a l4-year-old Cor less)
mentality" And as long as our capri
talistic, political and industrial SPELL
binders can control those I4-year-old
minds, there will not be much. Of a
chance for freedom for the majority.
Those who have tried to teach and lead
the workers into real freedom have
been prosecuted by those who were to
be benefited most. Those who have
tried to demonstrate system of indus
trial and social justice will have to do
it with the greatest opposition coming
from those who have less justice than
any others. There is a way to real
freedom if we will but set our hearts
and minds to the building Of cooper
ative commonwealth. Think what CO.
operation really means. 1t is THE
PRINCIPLE Of life. 1t must come and
it will come. Do you not want to be
one of those who are to help bring be-
fore the world the thing that will solve
this great world problem and demon
strate this principle of life. | think you
want to do your part and will in an
other issue of the paper or by special
letter tell you just how you can help
and at the same time not do yourself
an injustice. Eye lady reporter is go
ing to take few days rest and short
trip. Upon her return she is going to
take up an old task in new way and
hang on to that job until it is compIet-
ed. Our greatest drawback or hold
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-08
COMMERCIAL PROSPERITY
is STILL TOBOGGANING

Washington. Despite the continue
GUS assurances Of the administration
that prosperity is just around the cor
mel" figures made public by the de-
partment of commerce showing the ex-
ports and imports during April indicate
another big slump in foreign commerce
and prove that during the last ten
months our exports are nearly $780,
100000 less than during the preceding
period in the fiscal year Of 1921.
Imports during April. 1922. amount
ed to $2l7,073, 322, as compared with
$254,57o,325 during April, 1921. The
imports for the ten months ending
April 30 aggregate $2,094,85 j ,036, as
compared with $3.50, 858,25l for the
corresponding period in 1921, de-
crease Of nearly $1,I50,000,000, or an
average Of more than $l00,000.0O0 a
month.-Exchange.
The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-07-08
THE COLONY DIARY
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AGouBt0u6Q from page
you with apples OF corn. We will need
these things and we viii have lots of
rice and sweet potatoes to spare. What
say you who are paying 10 cents a
pound for Louisiana sweet potatoes and
rice and getting practically nothing for
wheat you raise. OF course we will
have to pay freight on our exchanges
but that IS cheaper than the goods ship
ped in on a profit basis. The freight
must be paid anyway. What of it, friend
farmerp Viii you work up an ex-
changer We use wheat all the time in
making whole wheat flour; we grind
it ourselves and we want one or two
car loads of apples this fall and will
have to pay the cash if you cant work
up an exchange. Ask your neighbors
10 go in with you on this carload deal.
Don't forget we also have all kinds Of
lumber and brick that we could ex-
change, too. Wouldn't ii be nice if We
could all see the exchange game and
cut out our exploiters and allow them
10 keep their cash7 The psychology
cal meeting was held and well attend
ed and some Of our future POSSIBLE
ties were spoken of and the carrying
out Of the plans is not a hard pro-
gram at all. With the help from you
who expect TO join us. we should be
getting our necessary fruit from the
Isle of Pines ranch in a couple Or three
years. Carried from there to US here
on our own boats right to our own door
BY the way Of the Gulf Of Mexico and