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THE LAMAR REGISTER
LAMAR. • • - COLORADO
CURTIS ACT
BEING TESTED
WIDESPREAD RELIEF NOT AL
LOWED SETTLERS ON
HOMESTEADS.
PROBLEM 1$ SERIOUS
MERE CLAIM OF NO MONEY NOT
CONSIDERED SUF
FICIENT.
Washington.—Since the enactment
of the Curtis bill empowering the sec
retary of the interior to modify and
rearrange specific payments to the
Reclamation Service, with a view of
affording relief to needy settlers un
der reclamation projects, a steadily
increasing number of applications
have reached the department through
members of Congress. The disposi
tion of these cases presents a serious
problem to the secretary, who has
thus far announced no definite pro
cedure to govern this class of cases.
From members who have taken
these matters up with the secretary’s
office It is learned that It is not the
intention to grant wholesale and wide
spread relief under this act, and that
only upon an exceptionally strong
showing will isolated individual cases
be granted relief. The department con
strues the law to contemplate relief
of communities where unfavorable
conditions prevented the raising of a
crop. On some projects the late de
livery of water, or lack of water
caused by repairs to ditches or canals,
are given as justifiable cases warrant*
lng the application of the Curtis act.
Severe and unusual frosts or other un
favorable climatic condition, whereby
the settler was prevented from real
izing on the product of his laud, are
other worthy considerations entitling
relief.
The mere claim that a settler has
not money to meet his payments will
not of Itself bo ground for relief, and
Islolated cases must prove some fur
ther claim in order to receive the ben
efit of the law.
New York-to-Denver Aeroplane Flight.
I>os Angeles.—Aviator Charles F.
Willard will leave l»s Angeles at
once for Salt laike City to meet a
party of New York business men and
nrrange for a world record long dis
tance flight from New York to Den
ver.
Mr. Willard said:
“I have had the Idea for this flight
In my mind for some time and have
been working on the plans for It for
more than a year. Several monied
men of New York, whose names I am
not at liberty to disclose as yet. have
discussed its possibilities with me and
with Mr. Curtiss and we have about
agreed that the night Is practicable.
**l expect to start from New York
some time during the summer and
hope to make the trip to Denver in
record time.”
Provisions Coming Down.
Chicago—Feb. 26, last. Patrick Cud
ahy, the Milwaukee packer, gave out
an Interview in which he expressed
the belief that provisions would sell
much lower. That day May pork
closed at $17.75. Recently that op
tion was quoted at $15.15. This is a
drop of $2.60 in a little over one
month. May lard has declined over
SI.OO in the same period.
Bush Succeeds George Gould.
New York. —B. F. Hush, president
Western Maryland Railway, has been
selected to succeed George J. Gould as
president of the Missouri Pacific.
Libel Cases Dropped.
Washington. The government’s
charges of criminal libel against Jo
seph Pulitzer of the New York World
and Delevan Smith of the Indianap
olis News, for publication of charges
of graft in connection with the Pana
ma canal, have been formally dropped
at the request of the attorney general.
National Retail Grocers.
Denver. —At least 5,000 delegates,
representing 175.000 members of the
National Association of Retail Gor
cers. Will come to Denver next June
to attend the fourteenth annual con
vention of the organization. It is ex
pected that the Denver meeting will
be the largest ever held in history.
Golden. —Good roads for Jefferson
county and the proposed foothills park
for Denver were given a hearty boost
at the first meeting of the Jefferson
County Good Roads Association.
LITTLE COLORADO ITEMS.
Small Happenings Occurring Over the
Btate Worth Telling.
Denver has at present about 300
boy scouts.
The outlook for afruit crop in Colo
rado is good.
The Main hotel at Pueblo has been
sold for $90,000.
Potatoes have jumped from 90 cents
to $1.15 per 100 pounds.
The net worth of the city of Den
ver is $19,677,336.30.
Thos. J. Burns, a resident of La
Junta since 1880, Is dead.
Pueblo may have an aviation meet
of three days during April.
E. L. Sholtz was elected president of
the Retail Association of Denver.
A postal savings bank will be estab
lished at Colorado Springs July Ist
The Boulder and Weld reservoir is
tc be enlarged in the near future.
It is estimated that 20,000 acres of
grain have been planted in the Gree
ley district.
H. P. Smith of Estabrook has shot
a mountain lion measuring seven feet
from tip to tip.
Word has begun on the $50,000
Elks club at Greeley and will be fin
ished by June 15th.
Ed East, proprietor of a Trinidad
store, met with a serious injury in a
runaway near Aguilar.
The Rocky Mountain Limited on
the Rock Island will be resumed out
of Pueblo April 2nd.
Miss Martha Stevenson of Yampa is
on trial at Steamboat Springs, on a
charge of stealing cattle.
Burglars entered the L. J. Hardware
Company's store at I>a Junta and stole
a quantity of knives and guns.
The first annual meeting of the
Western Colorado Teachers’ Associa
tion was held in Grand Junction.
The War Department will permit
three Colorado National Guard offi
cers to attend the war maneavers lu
Texas.
An artificial ice plant to cost $4,000
will be built Immediately by a com
pany composed of local men at Ker
sey.
Segundo, a mining camp about
twenty miles from Trinidad, Is stirred
up by a recent "Black Hand” attempt
to extort money.
Otto Costello, aged five, has been
put on record as the youngest case
of intoxication ever treated by a Pu
eblo police surgeon.
For the first time in the history of
the present city administration a wom
an has been arrested in Greeley on
the charge of bootlegging.
Extensive plans are being made for
the entertainment of the Colorado
Stato Sunday School Association dur
ing the convention in Pueblo In June.
There will be 150 women delegates
in Greeley to the convention of the
Women's General Missionary Society
of the United Presbyterian Church,
which convenes May 18th.
Other towns will probably join with
Cafion Cityl In the big celebration there
May 12 and 13 over the opening of
the road to the top of the Royal
Gorge.
One girl was seriously hurt and the
lives of fifty others Jeopardized by the
explosion of giant powder caps near
the Washington school at Cripple
Creek.
Seventy-five ladies of the W. C. T.
U. of the Western slope met in Mont
rose for a three-day convention, the
fourth annual gathering of this organi
zation.
Work will be commenced immedi
ately by Superintendent Deacon on
construction of two additional stories
to the library of the Union Printers'
borne, in Colorado Springs.
The Leyden Coal Company has
authorized an isue of $500,000 worth
of bonds to carry on the reconstruc
tion of the company's shaft No. 2 at
l>eyden, which was damaged by firo
last December.
James Mitchell and Charles Wil
liams, two of the most notorious
yeggmen in the country, who belonged
to a gang that terrorized Colorado
from 1905 to 1907, have been ar
rested in Denver.
A landslide at Lookout mountain,
one-half mile down the gulch from
the portal of the Roosevelt tunnel.
Cripple Creek, will block the Cafion
City & Cripple Creek railroad for
weeks.
The Rocky Mountain Limited train
of the Rock Island railroad will run
through solid from Chicago to Pueblo
via Limon, Colo., hereafter. Instead of
stopping at Colorado Springs as at
present.
The Western Slope Teachers’ Asso
ciation met in Grand Junction for a
two-days’ session. A special train
brought about 100 teachers from Mont
rose and Delta, making about 200 in
attendance.
C. A. King, superintendent of the
Saratoga mine, Idaho Springs, was In
stantly killed when the skip in which
be was descending the Sun and Moon
shaft dropped 300 feet to the level of
the Newhouse tunnel.
COLORADO NEWS
Gathered From
All Parts of the State
Pueblan Heir to Big Estate.
Colorado Springs.—Henry B. Sny
der, formerly of this city but now of
Pueblo, and a resident of Colorado for
fifty-one years, is one of three heirs
to an English estate valued at $600,-
000, according to press dispatches
from Chicago, which Mr. Snyder cor
roborated.
New Park for Colorado.
Washington.—The President is ex
pected to designate the Monument Na
tional park in Colorado upon the re
port of a special agent of the land of
fice sent there to investigate. The
new reservation embraces a tract of
about 800 acres lying between Pali
sade and Grand Junction, containing
palisades and peculiar rock forma
tions. Representative Taylor took
the matter up with President Taft
some time ago and the secretary of
the Interior requested the general land
office to send an agent there to inves
tigate. The report is expected danly
and it Is believed will be favorable.
It is stated at the Interior Depart
ment that President Taft concurs In
the views of the new secretary of the
interior that Congress in granting the
Fort Lewis Indian lands to the statn
of Colorado did not intend to convey
to the state the coal underlying. The
President, It Is stated, will recommend
to Congress the enactment of legisla
tion to make explicit the intention of
Congress to conserve teh coal under
the lands for the use and disposition
of the general government. Should
such legislation be proposed it is the
intention of all of the Colorado mem
bers of the House and Senate to op
pose its enactment the grant of the
lands to the state in their opinion hav
ing been entirely unconditional.
Gift Involves Coal Dispute.
Denver. —There are members of the
national administration who seem to
live in mortal terror that the state of
Colorado is going to get something
for nothing from the government.
Congress recently turned over to the
state the Indian school at Fort Lewis
and about 700 acres of land to be
used for the support of the school.
In return the state agreed to main
tain the school.
Now some members of the adminis
tration, notably the new secretary of
the Interior, have discovered that
there Is coal under this land and in
a letter to the President, the secre
tary expresses the opinion that this
coal was not.given to the state and
that it Is still the property of the na
tional government.
The entire transaction was supposed
to have been closed and the governor
has accepted the land on behalf of
the state. The land was given with
out reservation and, in the opinion of
state officials, now belongs wholly to
the state.
Gor. Shafroth has received a copy
of the letter sent by Walter L. Fisher,
the new secretary of the interior, in
which the opinion Is expressed that
coal to the value of $2,000,000 lies un
der the land.
Federal officials, however, have
strange and wonderful ideas about
conditions in Colorado and Gov.
Shafroth has written to all of the
Colorado representatives asking that
they use their influence to see that
no effort is made to deprive Colorado
of the land it has /received. The
state in taking the land assumed upon
itself a grave responsibility in agree
ing to maintain -an expensive school
for an Indefinite period.
Ban Juan Commercial Congress.
Durango.—The San Juan Commer
cial Congress recently held its most
enthusiastic meeting since organizing
four months ago. There were present
large delegations from the five sur
rounding counties and the entire day
was devoted to work. The railroad
situation was discussed at length and
the railroad committee Instructed to
learn at once if the proposed exten
sion of the Southern Pacific is to be
abandoned, in which event the people
of this section favor starting work on
the Farmington-Albuquerque road. A
telegram from the Albuquerque Com
mercial Club said the people of that
city would go to the limit in building
the line.
The congress was addressed by
President Beaman of the State Fair
Association and later it was decided
that the congress counties would ex
hibit at the state fair as a unit. The
congress also arranged to be repre
sented by an exhibit at the Chicago
Land Show, the National Apple expo
sition at St. Joe and one or two other
places in the East.
The bill for a circle highway and
bonding the state for $10,000,000 for
good roads was also Indorsed. /
To Get
Its Beneficial Effect*
Always buy the Genuine
Srwfras
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monriacturec) byfhe
gold hr all toadinq
Druggists
OweslseOnj>ts(H aPottW
A suspicious woman raises a large
crop of doubts.
To restore s normal action to liver, kid
neys, stomach and bowels, Uks
Tea/ the mild Herb laxaUre. All druggists.
It Is no use running; to set out be
times Is the main point.—La Fontaine.
Constipation causes and seriooalir aggra
vates many diseases. It is thoroughly cured
by Dr. Pierce’s Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules
Nothing chloroforms a church quick
er than a minister dosed with dignity -
Qenerous Advice.
"If the Japanese want to light us,”
said the nervous man, “why don't they
begin?”
“Perhaps.” replied the calm and col
lected person, "they are waiting for
more tip# from our military experts
on how to proceed.”
Eggsacting.
Dr. J. 8. Slack, the English food ex
pert. said in a recent lecture In Du
luth:
# “The secret of health Is two meals
A day with an occasional fast. But
people won’t avail themselves of this
superb secret. It Is too unpleasant
like the fresh egg.
M A gentleman, after entting the top
off a soft-boiled egg. summoned the
waiter and said:
” ’Walter, take this egg back to the
kitchen, wring Its neck, and grill it
for me.* “
Saving Trouble.
The husband of a fashionable wom
an. whose gowns are at once the ad
miration and despair of her feminine
acquaintances, was discussing the
cost of living with s friend at the
Union League the other night.
“By the way,” ventured the friend.
M —er —don’t you have a good deal of
trouble keeping your wife dressed In
the height of style?"
The woman’s husband smiled and
then shook his head, emphatically.
”Oh, no.” he said, “nothing to speak
of. Nothing—nothing to the trouble
I’d have if I didn’t.”
COFFEE HEART
Vary Plain In Soma People.
A great many people go on suffering
from annoying ailments for a long
time before they can get their own
consent to give up the indulgence
from which their trouble arises.
A gentleman In Brooklyn describes
his experience, as follows:
’1 became satisfied some months
ago that I owed the palpitation of the
heart from which I suffered almost
dally, to the use of coffee, (I had been
a coffee drinker for 30 years) but I
found It very hard to give up the bev
erage.
"One day I ran across a very sen
sible and straightforward presenta
tion of the claims of Postum, and
was so impressed thereby that I con
cluded to give It a trial.
“My experience with It was unsat
isfactory till I learned bow It ought
to be prepared—by thorough boiling
for not less than 15 or 20 minutes.
After I learned that lesson there was
no trouble.
"Postum proved to be a most palat
able and satisfactory hot beverage,
and I have used it ever since.
“The effect on my health has been
most salutary. The heart palpitation
from which I used to suffer so much,
particularly after breakfast, has dis
appeared and I never have a return of
it except when I dine or lunch away
from home and drink the old kind of
coffee because Postum is not served.
I find that Postum cheers and invig
orates while it produces no harmful
stimulation.” Name given by Postum
Go., Battle Creek, Mich.
Ten days' trial proves an eye opener
to many.
Read the little book. "The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. “There’s a Rea
son.”
Brer wad the above letferf A boot
erne appears froas time ta time. They
are rraalae, trae, aaS tall of baaaaa
taterest.
Sounded Good to Him.
“To rebuild the pyramid of Cheops
under modern conditions would cost
$100,000,000, and require the labor of
40,000 meu for two years,” said the
professor.
“Gee! I’d like to be in on that con
tract when they do it!” exclaimed the
Tammany contractor, feelingly.—Yonk
ers Statesman.
Caught in the Ruth.
“My poor man,” said the sympa
thetic woman, “and how came you to
be crippled for life?”
*TI tell you, madam,” replied the
beggar, “once I spent my vacation at
a summer hotel, and I was trampled
down trying to get into ths dining
room first after the bell rang.”—De
troit Free Press.
Wonderful Cavern?
“That cavern seems to be popular
with the women visitors," remarked
the stranger.
“Yes,” responded the guide. “It has
such a wonderful echo. Every once in
a while one of the women stands on a
ledge of rock and shouts: ‘ls my hat
on straight?’ ”
“And the echo responds?”
“Yes, the echo answers: ‘lt is,
madam; it is!’”
Home Made Cushion.
”1 hardly knew your father to-day,”
said the district visitor pleasantly to
the little girl. “He’s cut his beard off
again. That’s three times since a year
ago.”
The little girl explained: “It ain’t
father done it. Father like bis beard
on. But muvver’a stuffin’ the sofa.”—
London Chronicle.
A Flyer’s Joke.
Hubert I>atham. the Antoinette fly
er, was talking at a tea In Los Angeles
to a pretty California girl.
“Mr. Latham,” sa!d the girl, as she
took her nineteenth walnut and let
tuce sandwich, “tell me. does flying
require any particular application?”
"\Vell,( no none in particular." Mr.
I.atham answered. “Arnica or horse
liniment—one’s as good as another.—
Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Room for One More.
Archbishop Ireland was urging one
of his senatorial friends to help the
church with his presence, but the sen
ator declined to be a regular church
goer, giving this reason:
“One finds so many hypocrite*
there.”
“But there Is always room for one
more,” said the genial prelate, as be
gripped the hand of his »tatesman
friend.—Kansas City Star.
Bait for Burglars.
“John,” said Mib. Brown, sitting up
suddenly in bud, “there’s a burglar in
the place ”
“Nonsense!” replied her husband,
drowaiiy.
“I m quite right,” she returned: “I
can hear him distinctly crossing the
floor of the room below. Now”—ex
citedly; “he’s lighting one of those
cigars I gave you for your birthday.
I heard him pick up the box and put it
down again.”
Agreed.
A real Joke was sprung by a stu
dent at the Western Reserve Univer
sity last week. This student suffers
from the stigma of obesity: it ap
pears that even professors do not love
a fat man. After a particularly unsuc
cessful recitation In English 111 the
professor said:
“Alas. Mr. niank! You are better
fed than taught.”
“That’s right, professor.” sighed the
youth, subsiding heavily. “You teach
me —I feed myself.”—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Plying His Trade.
A man who had been caught In a
raid on a gambling house was ar
raigned, not long ago, before a local
magistrate.
“What is your trade?” the magis
trate asked.
“I am a locksmith, sir.”
“And what were you doing in the
gambling den?” pursued the magis
trate. "What were you doing when
the police entered?"
The locksmith looked up into the
magistrate's face with an expression
of sublime Innocence.
“Why. your honor.” he answered,
“I was making a bolt for the door.”—
Philadelphia Times.
HOWARD E. BURTON. ASSAYER & CHEMIST
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Specimen price* Gold, silver, lead, tl: sold,
sllv-r. 75c; sold. 50c; xlnc or copper. $l.
Mailing envelopes and full price list sent on
application. Control and umpire work so
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