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The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
PAVING MEETING
City Engineer Gives Illustrated Lee
ture on Paved Streets and Roads
for Business Men.

There was a considerable gathering
of business men and property holders
at the city hall last evening to hear
an illustrated talk on the different
kinds and methods of street paving
and road construction by Engineer
Weiland, who has been selected to sup
ervise the construction work in the
newly formed First Paving District of
Lamar. The illustrations showed the
modern and many of the ancient me-
thods of high grade road work, and
demonstrated the good points and fail
ures of each. Mr.. Weiland tried to be
fair to all classes of paving, and his
sole purpose was to put the advantages
and disadvantages of each before the
business men and property holders
now that the time is fast approaching
when a decision has TO be made as to
Just what kind of paving Lamar will
adopt for its business district.
1t was fine set of pictures and a
highly interesting and instructive talk,
giving all of the audience new ideas
Of the scope and importance of the
questions involved. 1t was told in a
very interesting manner and held the
close attention of all the audience un-
til the last slide was shown. At the
close on the motion of Hon. C. C. Good
ale vote of thanks was rendered to
Mr.. Weiland by the unanimous vote
of the audience.
On March 5 the bids for the various
kinds of paving will be submitted by
the contractors and it will then be de-
cided just what kind of paving our
city will adopt,
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
COLORADO MAN GETS JOB
Postmaster General Hubert Work VIII
Be New Secretary of Interior.

1t has been announced in Washing
ton that Postmaster General Hubert
Work of Colorado will be named by
President Harding to succeed Secre-
tary of the Interior A. B. Fall when
the latter retires on March 4, and that
he in turn will be succeeded in the
postoffice portfolio by Senator New of
Indiana.
The post of Secretary of Interior
has been one of the greatest interest
to the western states, and there has
been much discussion as to who would
succeed Secretary Fall. The policy of
many administration in the past has
been to appoint eastern men in spite
of the fact that almost all of the work
of the department applies to the west,
and for that reason the appointment
of Senator Fall Of New Mexico met
with general approval, The appoint
ment of another western man, and es-
pecially one so eminently fitted as
Hon, Hubert Work will be very pleas
ing to the people of the west, and es-
pecially to Colorado, where he is so
well known and popular.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
STOCkMEN TO MEET
Bent-Prowers Cattle and Horse Grow.
err Association Meets Saturday
Of This Week at Las
Animas.

The annual meeting sof the stock
men of Bent and Prowers counties will
be held at the court house in Las Ami
mas on Saturday morning, February
II, at ten o'clock. This is a highly
important meeting as legislation is
now before the state assembly in which
the stockmen have a vital interest. A
very interesting program has been ar
ranged for the meeting including many
subjects of great interest to the mem
bers of the association.
A big banquet will be held in the
evening to which all stockmen are in
vited and it will be a great reunion for
all the people of this section of the
valley. No stockman should miss this
meeting as it will be a big time as
well as most important meeting for
all interested in the industry. Take
a day off and meet with old time
friends and enjoy real interesting
program,
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
BIG PREMIUM LIST
Second Annual Southwest Stock Show
Held Next Week viii be One of
Biggest Events in the His
tory of Valley.

The premium list has been issued
for the Second Annual Southwest
Stock Show to be given next week on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
February 2l-23, under the auspices of
the Lamar Lions Club assisted by a
number of the most prominent stock
men of the surrounding territory. The
premium list carries "A much larger and
more varied line of prizes than that
of last year, and the interest in the
big event is growing daily. The am
pie protection and ample display space
offered by the west annex of the big
Sunday garage made an assured sue
cess of the show as soon as the secur-
ing of this perfect housing quarters
were announced.
The announcement of the securing
of Prof. Geo. +. Morton, state dairy
commissioner and veterinarian of Fort
Collins. Us judge for the awarding of
the prizes also has made very fav-
orable impression as he is well known
as a most capable and fair Judge of
all classes of stock.
The list of premiums published in
cludes good prizes for both high grade
and registered animals of all the best
breeds Of horses, cattle. hogs and
sheep, and the breeders and growers
of stock are all much interested, as
last years experience taught them the
great value of the advertising obtain
ed by exhibiting their best animals at
such SHOW as this one has proved
to be.
The entries are being received from
all sections of Baca, Bent, Kiowa and
Prowers counties, and any stockman
who has been overlooked is requested
to send at once to Hon. Allyn Cole,
secretary, at Lamar for premium list
and entry blanks. There will be n
number of special sales of all kinds or
stock during the show. The second
day of the show will be given over al
most entirely to this part of the pro-
gram which proved so popular with
the stockmen last year. There will be
several sales and each kind Of stock
will have separate sale so there will
be no confusion and no long delays.
With the greatest stock show ever
held in the valley in the day time, and
the monster Elks Circus at night
everybody is assured joyous time in
Lamar next week with no dull mo-
ments.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Setting an ENampIe.

Governor Pinchot Of Pennsylvania,
in a formal statement announced the
budget would contain a salary Of SlO,-
900 year for the Governor for two
years instead Of SIS, 900, as allowed
by law, but that if the state had
enough to pay its bills two years
hence he would accept for the ensuing
biennium the full salary. The Govern
or said he felt ne would be earning
every cent, but that this was no time
to raise salaries. The last Legislature
increased the Governors pay from
$4,000 to $4,000 a year.
If legislatures would follow this es-
ample, cut out the frills and refrain
from passing new tax-raising schemes,
the first step would be taken toward
sane tax reduction and greater efTic-
iency in government.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Wiley Bows Wi

The boys team of the Wiley high
school by their victory over the Holly
boys last Friday night cinched the
pennant for the eastern division of the
valley basketball league. They still
have one game to play, but IT can
make no difference. They have play
ed high class basketball throughout
the schedule and deserved to win. They
will now play Fowler, champions of
the western division and the winner
will play Sugar City, winner of the
central division. The Wiley and Holly
girls teams are tied as each has de-
feated the other and won the rest of
their games. Unless one of them is
defeated on Friday night of this week
it will be necessary to play off the tie.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Ran OF With Car,

Denny Nevius had his car stolen
from in front of his house on Sunday
evening, and when the loss was re-
ported to Sheriff Beavers he began a
long night hunt for the stolen car. He
finally found it out near the Kornman
station standing in the road There
was no one near and it was evident
the car had been taken by some of the
town joy riders who remained out so
late they were afraid to bring it back
to town as the officers they knew
would be watching for it. Sheriff
Beavers brought the car in and on the
way picked up a stranger who was
walking and it was thought might
have abandoned the car. No evidence
was found against him, however. The
only damage that resulted was to Den
ny's nerves, and the car will be lock-
ed after this.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
NEW ROAD ROLLER
Road Oyerseer Rhodenbaugh Builds a
Fifteen Ton Road Roller for
Work on Trail.

Some of the gravel surfacing done
under the supervision of the federal
and state engineers on the Santa Fe
Trail between Lamar and Carlton has
proved quite a disappointment owing
to the fact that some of the gravel
was too large and refused to work into
the binder layers, thus making a very
rough surface to the road.
o. II. Rhodenbaugh, road overseer
for the west district, has manufactur-
ed at small cost steel and cement
roller from an old steel frame that
the county had, which is rapidly plac-
ing this stretch of road in fine shape
and can be used to big advantage in
all road work of the county. 1t weighs
fifteen tons and is pulled by big
caterpillar tractor, and the first trip
over the road reduced the trouble very
materially. 1t is now rapidly crush
ing up the large gravel at a very small
cost and will make that stretch one
of the finest sections along the trail
in few weeks.
This roller has attracted the atten-
tion of officers of the state highway
association and is receiving much
praise for its effective work and small
initial cost. In the two years that
Rhodenbaugh has been road overseer
there have been one hundred and sew
enty-five miles of road graded in his
district and forty-five miles gravelled,
and all this road has been much better
cared for than at any period in the
past. The new gravel surfacing on
the south road has been in bad shape
since it was put on owing to no mois-
ture being available to work it, but
even the light snow of last week was
Immediately used to drag most of its
length and the improvement has been
very noticeable. With any consider
able moisture this spring this road will
be put into better shape for next years
crop than it has ever been in the past.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Lincoln Day.

Monday was February ~, and is
much revered in this country as
Lincoln's birthday, but just wether it
is a holiday or not depends on whether
you are working for the state, the gov
ernment or yourself. The banks said
it was, and were closed. Postmaster
Markham and his force said Uncle Sam
didn't recognize it as a holiday so
worked right along. The others did as
they pleased-work or no work. The
city authorities evidently had not
heard yet what day Mr.. Lincoln was
born on, as it only happened ia years
ago. At any rate the flag pole on
Flagstaff hill remained bare of any
decoration all day long.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Second Cold Wave,

The second cold wave that has
touched this section visited the valley
yesterday afternoon and last night the
thermometer again touched the zero
point. Reports from the mountain and
northern sections of the state show
one of the heaviest billiards for years,
and there are snowdrifts in places over
the tops of trains that are stalled on
railroad sidings in the mountains.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Income Tax Man Here.

Deputy Collector J. J. Fenton will
be in Lamar on February 26 to March
l at the Lamar National Bank for the
purpose of assisting Taxpayers in max
ing their income tax returns for the
year 1922. As the above dates are the
only ones on which he can be here it
is hoped all taxpayers will avail them
selves of this opportunity to consult
with him as to their returns He will
also be at the First National Bank at
Holly on February 19 and 81, and at
Springfield on the 21st to 23rd.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
New Front.

The work of putting in the new
front on the Cade building just north
of the Johnston block is going forward
rapidly now, and it will be a continua-
ton of the front of that block as it
is to be occupied by the Johnston Mere.
Co. 1t makes very handsome seven
ty-five foot front and is all needed by
the largely increased stock carried by
this big mercantile company. 1t will
now soon be ready for occupancy,
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
NEW HIGHWAY ASSOCIATION
Organization to Begin Vigorous Cam
paign TO Secure Tourist Travel
This Season.

The new trail association that was
organized recently for the district in
the valley between Holly and Salida
and named the Southern Colorado
Kansas Trails Association is now act
lively at work to secure tourist travel
for the coming season. Mr.. Owen, the
Lamar district director, says that they
are making rapid progress in getting
the adjoining districts in Colorado and
Kansas organized. He further says:
This new Association has outlined
a program which we believe will be
of more benefit than the program was
last year, and we have met with sew
eral of the luncheon clubs and the diff
ferent commercial organizations thru
out the valley and they all acknow-
ledge that the Tourist travel is of ben
eft to all, and if several thousand
people come to Colorado this year in
cars, it would be of more benefit to
Lamar than if they went by train, and
the benefit is not confined to any one
trade alone, but all tradesmen profit
by it.
Lamar should be assessed from
S250.00 to $4,000 on the Santa Fe
Trail, and last years obligation to the
D-C-D was not taken care of. Some
years ago Lamar pledged $4,000 per
year for the promoting of the D-C-D,
and until last year it has been kept
up. The D-C-D is of more importance
to Lamar, than the most of the peo-
pie think, and for proof of this fact,
go out on the south road any day af-
ter the first of May and count the cars
with foreign licenses and as this is a
junction of the D-C-D and the Santa
Fe Trails, and the cars pass clear
through the town, nearly all of them
stop here, and another thing not to be
overlooked is the fact that Lamar is
the logical night stop on this road.
THE program of the Trail Associa-
ton for this year is for extensive ad-
vertising Of this road, and what we
have in the Southern part of the State
to see or to make a terminal Of the
trip which was planned by the tourist
in the east or south.
mo sign erection projects are con
templated by this Association, nor are
we going to buy other fellows Trail
just because he has it to sell, and if
we take care of the advertising of the
Santa Fe Trail and the D-C-D we will
have our hands full"
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
New Company Incorporated.

The Gregg Realty Company. which
has long been one of the leading real
estate firms of the city, has been in
corporated and will be conducted un-
der the name of Gregg Realty Co., Inc.
in the future. Eli W. Gregg, who has
been general manager, is president of
the new company, and Walter Siebert,
a new member of the company, is vice
president. The company has hand
some offices at 108 South Main street.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, February
21-23 Will be Big Week for Prowers
and Adjoining Counties.
FIRST ANNUAL ELKS CIRCUS
Lamar Lodge No. 1919, Il. z. o. Elks,
Will Give Biggest Show Ever
Held in Lamar.

The state armory in Lamar will be
the scene next Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday evenings of the most stu
pendous, gorgeous and thrilling indoor
circus ever witnessed in the west. The
greatest brains of the circus world
have been engaged for months in gath
ering together the most terrifying
and marvellous wonders of the world
in both human performance and ami
NAL exhibits, and they will all be there
on those dates from Little Eva cross
ing the ice on roller skates to the ter
rible Galloping Ant which will be seen
feeding upon the last Use Use Fly in
captivity. This terror will eat moth
ing else and unless another tse tse is
soon captured it will die of starvation,
so this may be the last opportunity
you will have to see one. He was
captured crossing the Arizona desert
in sailboat.
Mutt and Jeff viii Be There.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14
Mutt and Jeff Will Be There.

The Esteem Leading Knight is here
shown undergoing his daily iron jaw
test of withstanding a pressure of two
thousand pounds. 1t will easily ac-
count for his shortness of stature.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14

LII. Myers went to Las Animas to,
dav on business matters.
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14

The public will
see for the first
time the Elks sec
retary doing his
daily street t c h ,
holding up a ton
and a half by his
neck. This will
account for his
extreme length Of
figure.
There will be
numerous a n d
wonderful a c t $
and exhibits. The
Spaghetti Sisters
in their death de-
flying aerial fire
dance, the Wild
Australian Anti
Flo-Gistine, t h e
blood sweating
cigarette smoking
Hipontop on an
The Lamar register., 1923-02-14

Omnibus, and other attractions too
numerous to mention.
Three bands will be present to make
music and there will be II grand free
show with complete change of program
each evening Admission only ten
cents to everybody and this entities
one to admission to dollar show, and
the privilege of having the time of
his or her life. The armory will be
filled with all kinds of additional at
fractions from sideshows to dancing
and covering a wide range of amuse-
ments so that any person can find
something to amuse them.
Day by day, in every way the circus
is getting bigger and better and with
the committees that are at work per
fecting the plans, it will make the
greatest circus ever seen in the west.
Don't miss it yourself and don't let
any member of the family from the
least to the biggest miss seeing the
marvels of the world to be displayed
at the armory on Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday of next week.
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
Wide
World
Herbert Kaufman

by Herbert Kaufman
Continued from First Pagel
or dimensions, isn't necessarily
a liar. Forty-five per cent of
South Cardinals drafted citi-
zens were equally uniformed.
A Short Suit, and a Best
Bet.
GEOGRAPHY isn't our long
" suit. Had we studied maps
more closely, Wrangell Island
might have furnished the
United States with a desirable
aviation base between here and
Japan instead of passing to
Dominion possession.
The Department of Com
merce chides local exporters
because they underestimate
the trade waiting from the
Boring sea to the Indian ocean.
Transpacific countries are
already our fifth largest GUS
toners. And, we've hardly
prospected Oriental commerce.
II China annually bought a
billion dollars more of Amer
lean goods, her per capita
trade would be merely one
fourth that of Japan.
Asia, not Europe, is our best
bet.
Mr.. B0ten10n Kicks at the
Fiddler's Bill.
JAMES H. BATEMAN. aged
- slxty-five, asks San Fran
CISCO courts to consider his
marriage a mistake and seeks
annuiment on the ground of
coercion.
mr.. Jones, sued for divorce,
contracted to set aside $4,000
Tor the correspondent as an
alternative of wedlock.
After thinking it over he
Tired to revoke the agreement.
Inc lady, being a practical
young woman, held out for pre-
arranged damages, so the canny
Lotnarlo capitulated, figuring
tnat ne could subsequently, re-
claim both liberty and money.
Judging from the news,
neither Balsac nor Machiavelll
exhausted their theme material
OF tnelr respective fields.
'StopyriEht. 1923. King Features Syn
o'e~te' Inc. and Herbert Kaufman)
The Washington times., 1923-12-17

thing, dearest, for the sooner it il
over and we can begin to do oul
penance then and only then can We
(signed ''MUNsEY."
By EDWARD j. SAILSTAD.
Written IN GnSsoer to the letter
from Dorothy Anderson. his "Sssn-
shine GirI"J
Forever and beyond, like life unto q
garden,
In which weeds and flowers grow.
Where convention rules az q warden
Over things 1t cannot know.
In my garden grows . rosebud
With love her supporting vine;
The man doesn't live who dares judge
That she's not forvere mine.
And the road may be rough.
Most always its Self-made:
It's a hard road at best,
Largely upgrade.
Through life's stormy chaos
The gains that you make
With the world applauding
Bring a miserable stake.
On the down-hill toboggan
Through life's storm chaos
The woman's road follows
The tracks of her man.
Oh God, how she walloWs!
II they've stopped DER the ban Of
life's stormy chaos
The pebblesc become bouiders encrusted
with slime,
She gets the shrug Of all shoulders
Although just love IL her crime.
In life's stormy chaos look down In
your heart.
It's nearly like mine.
Do you blame her for lover
No! It's not q crime.
In life's storm chaos.
SO this is my appeal,
My heart heavy like lead,
l pray you to feel
Generous instead
In LIES stormy chaos.
Corpse Is Exhumed.
A corpse was exhumed at
o'clock one morning, three years
ago. from lonely grave, wrapped
In canvas and then burned in a
The Washington times., 1923-12-17

home rented by Sailstad near SUI
perior, Wis.
The world would have been con-
WINGED Sailstad was dead when the
charred bones in the fire.swept
bungalow were found had not a
few persons been suspicious.
Sailstad has a wife and two chill.
dren back in Wisconsin. The wife
since has remarked and firmly
believes her husband dead today
in the face OF his confession.
81 am the man. I am ready to
take my medicine. My wife claims
her husband has a certain birth.
between him and q double
well, have that mark. It is
a mole on my right breast. That
should convince her / am the man"
Although outlawed by society, the
love this strangely mated pair hold
for each. is stirring even the local
strict church people to sympathy
for them.
When they met for the first time
since the drama was unfolded after
Sailstad was arrested and the girl
held on suspicion, they rushed into
each others arms and began to
cry. And Sailstad patted her On
the shoulder, sobbing out, Don't
cry, little girl, it will all come out
for the best
The Sunshine GirP' was dressed
in crumpled finery her lover had
carefully selected from the roughly
packed belongings, hurriedly thrust
by police into their little automobile
trailer.
Sailstad, accompanied by one OF
the jailers, went to the garage and
began to sort the dainty garments.
Carefully, almost tenderly, this lit
tie, Quiet-spoken man, who looks
like a boy, sorted over the garments
of his girl, so that she might be prop
erly dressed in front Of the whole
world when they met.
"I'd go through hell for her." he
sobbed. Here's one Of the dresses
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
Little Pigs Coming to
Market

HE must be roasted" So
contended Charles Lamb in his
Dissertation on Roast Pig.
"And Them wrote the gentle
Ella: "There is no flavor COM
parable to that of the crisp,
tawny, well-matched and over
roasted crackling-the very
teeth are invited to their share
of the pleasure at this banquet
fat and lean, so blended and
running into each other that
both together make but one
ambrosian result
Ice brings little pigs to market
fresh, street and tender, and in
sures that DELICACY which
Lamb declared the greatest in the
whOLe mOdus edibilis.
The Washington times., 1923-12-17
COUNTY To HAVE
CHRISTMAS
TREE
Arlington Citizens Planning
Community Celebration IN
Open Air.

CLARENDON, Va, Dec. IT,
Election Of officers for the new
year, viii follow the regular bust.
ness at q meeting Of Columbia
Lodge, No. 2S6. A. r. and A. M. In
the Masonic Temple at Clarendon
tonight at o'clock. The newly
elected officers win be installed ~
special meeting to be held Sat.
urday night, December %.
Arlington Camp, Modern woodmen
of America elected officers Friday
night in the Junior Hall at BaI1s-
ton, as follows: Councillor. c. q
Darr: advisor, C. n. Bowbeer; clerk,
S. Federico; banker, e. ]. Smith,
escort, M. Roberts: Waterman, L.
D. Mason. The camp will hold
public installation wednesday
night, January 2.
Arlington county is planning ita
first Community Christmas tree on
Sunday night, December %. The
movement has been started by the
churches of Ballston, and Mrs. h
J. Plarr, who il general chairman
Of the committee said last night THAR
ARRANGEMENTS have been made 20
locate the tree on the lot ADJOINING
the Ballston engine house, ana TO
have it lighted each night during
Shristmas week.
Members Of the Arlington Lodge
NJ odd Fellows, No. 1913, met In
Clarendon Community Hall yesters
day morning and proceeded to the
Rallston Presbyterian Church In
body. in compliment to Rev. John
lee Allison, past grand master OF
Virginia, but owing to the sudden
illness of DR.. Allison the services
were conducted by Rev. w. Il.
Darby, secretary of federation or
churches of Washington.