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The Lamar Register VOLUME XXX. LAMAR VS. ST. JOSEPH Holland’s Drummers, Famous Western League Team Will Play a Game With the Lamar League Team at Association Park Tuesday,* July 27th, 1915 First Time a Class A League Team Has Ever Played in the Arkansas Valley. E\ery Ball Fan In the Valley Should Be Here Manager Holland of the St. Joseph Drummers, the team that has turned out more major league stars than any other Class A league team in the country, has scheduled a game with the Lamar team of the Arkansas Val ley League at Association Park on neat Tuesday, July 27, at 2:30 in the afternoon. The St. Joe team is on its way to Denver and does not begin the series there until the 28th, therefore they have an opei date on Tuesday. They telegraphed for a date along the line for an exhibition game, and Manager Mitchell of the Lamar team backed by the local fans closed with the deal at once. A team will be made up, the strongest in the valley, and as this league has proved that it out classes any other minor league.in this section of the country, they should be able to give the drummers a good argument. All the fans of the valley are invited to come here and see the greatest ball game ever known in this section, and view some of the future major league stars in action. St. Joe has several men in their line-up who will be in the big leagues next year and one or two are said to be coming stars. If you care anything at all for the great national game you can’t afford to miss this chance, as it will be a long time before another like it is offered. The expense of the game will be heavy but the Umar management decided to give the fans a treat regardless of ex pense. Turn out. LOSE HARD ONE Rocky Ford Has the Hoodoo Sign on Lamar Ball Team Valley League Standing P W L Pet Rocky Ford 14 9 5 .643 La Junta 16 8 7 .533 Fort Lyon 14 77 .600 Lamar 15 5 10 .383 The Lamar team could not see Mc- Graw’s fast one tells the whole story of last Sunday’s game at Rocky Ford which temporarily checked Lamar’s winning streak. The team played good ball otherwise and Hill pitched a good game but as McGraw insisted on throwing that fast one and the milk maids couldn’t lamp it at all there was nothing doing. Fifteen milk maids struck out and only three got hPs, one stingy single each, being all Mr. McGraw would allow. Under the circumstances the score of 2 to 1 shows that a good game was played. It was Rocky Ford’s fifth straight game from Lamar this season and puts us in the same fix that Las Ani mas was last year. We might be in the race if we could just play Rocky Ford. Hill pitched eight innings and al lowed only seven hits but an eiror turned two into runs. Littler finish ed the game and allowed nothing. I-a mar still occupies the cellar. At La Junta the valley record for length of game was badly shattered as Fort Lyon and La Junta tied up in the ninth and then played nine more THE PIONEER NEWSPAPER OFPROWKHS COUNTY LAMAR, PROWERS COUNTY, COLORADO. WEDNESDAY, JULY 21, 1915. innings before either could score. In the last half of the eighteenth La Jun ta put over a. scone that won the game. At the end of the first half of the ninth the score was 7 to 2 in favor of the navy boys but they hud one bad half right there and La Junta tied the score: The box scores are as follows: " FORT LYON AB H PO A B Byem, sh # £ } f £ Wykoff. of 2 ® * \ ® Kseler. lb >_ ? } ® Ellis 2b 6 ® 5 11 M«*llecker. 3b 6 0 » * 0 B*-nc*i huff, e * 3 3 J Renell, p ® 11 -1 •Lomax Totals «6 13 53 19 4 LA JUNTA ABHPOAE Merrill. 3b 7 2 0 £ « Forester, lb 71 80 0 1 Brosn. If | J J J ® Payne, c * sis - * Walker, rf 6 0 3 0 0 Thrallklll. cf 7 2 3 0 0 Pyle. 71 3 3 2 Oberil ng, 2b 7 1 « « Griffin, v - * 3^o TOtkls ! *3 16 15 6 •Ran for Bush In ninth. fr'.rt UI3OOOOOOOOO •—7 La Junta: uIoIUWU 5 0 0 U 0 0 00 0 I—B1 —8 .Summary—Stolen bases. Bush, Keel er. I^omax. Payne. Forester. Thrallklll. Two base hits. Keeler. Bergerhoff. Payne. Thrallklll. Three base hit. Ber- Kerhoff Struck out. by Renell 21. by Griffin 9. by Thrallklll 9 Bases on balls ofr Renell 2. Griffin 4. Thrallklll 1. Double play. Wykoff to Bills. Innings E itched, hy Griffin 7. hits 7. by Thrall -11l 11. runs 0. hits 6. Umpire. Hill. LAMAR AB 11 PO A E Pate, as 4 11 2 0 Kenlln. If 4 0 2 0 0 Herring, or 4 11 0 0 Zink, lb 3 0 9 0 1 Lemon. 2b ... 2 0 0 1 0 Hines. »b 3 0 0 2 0 Kramer, c 3 0 9 1 0 Evans, rf 3 0 2 0 0 Hill. P 2 0 0 3 0 Ultier. p _« _0 Totals 29 3 24 8 1 ROOKY FORD AB H PO A E Jackson, cf 3 0 0 1 0 Smith, ss 4 11 0 1 Maxwell, lb 4 17 0 0 McGraw. p. 4 1 0 3 0 Conway, rf 4 0 11 0 Gobtn. 3b 4 2 110 O Swlnk, 2b 4 11 3 0 A. Whalen, c 2 1 16 0 0 R Swlnk. If 3 0 Totals 32 7 27 9 1 Umar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 o—l Rocky Ford 00000200* 2 Summary—Stolen bases. Gobln, C. Swink. A Whalen 2. Two base hit. Smith. Struck out. by McGraw 15. by Hill 9. by Littler 1. Bases on balls, off McGraw 1. off Hill 2. Innings pitched, by Hill 7. runs 2. by Littler 1. runs 0. hits, 0. Umpire. Love. Mr. Lawson’s Statement In response to a request of the dis trict judge, asking him if he had any thing to say as to why sentence should not be pronounced against him, John R. I«awson read a carefully prepared statement in court at Trinidad yester day which we venture to say is un paralleled in the history of Colorado or any other state. The statement is abusive, vindica tive, contemptuous and insolent to the last degree. has deter mined to pose as a martyr, and taking advantage of the liberty permitted by the court, he took occasion to impugn the honesty of the court, the fitness of the sheriff, the integrity of the jur ors, and in short, maligned anybody who was connected with the prosecu tion of this case. These extracts from Lawson’s state ment show its tenor: "First of all, in the name of the courts of my country, which I respect, I protest against your right or power to pass any judgment against me. It is undenied in this case that you were . appointed to tfce beiith this spring for the trial of myseUßjznl my associates. Fresh from the etetih > lent of the ivery coal operators* «<f Colorado and the country, includhu: the Rockefel lers,- who have pressed and engineered these prosecutions. ' "Yourself a cuaL company attorney, engaged to assist as a practicing law - yer in the trial of cases arising, like niine, out of the industrial disturb ances of 1913 and 1914, you had no right, when challenged, to sit as trial judge in the case of any striking min er. . (t "You were so deeply prejudiced against me that ray case was a trav esty on justice from the start. Not withstanding the affidavits of reliable citizens who hav^.sworn to your pre judice, you have persisted on the bench. "Second only to the resolution with which you hold your seat upon the bench was the method adopted by yon for selecting a jury to try me. "You refused to permit the jury to be drawn from the regular jury box provided by law and you ordered an . open venire. Thin method was exact ly adapted to procure what none were surprised to discover: u hand-picked jury of coal company partisans. “After you had removed the cor oner as a summoning officer, over my protest, you selected your own instru ments to pick thin jury. And the jury so chosen was naturally subject to the self-same coal company influences which with hue and cry now seek to drive me to the penitentiary.” These extracts will indicate the ten or of Lawson’s speech all through, and it is a inat -r of great surprise that the court pi.mivied him to con tinue in such an abusive strain. For there is not a word of truth in most of what Lawson said. It is true that Judge Hillyer might at some time have assisted in prosecuting cases as a lawyer, but there is not a scintil la of truth in the statement that the Rockefellers, or coal companies, had anything to do with his appointment to the bench from his home at Ixi inar. And it is a significant fact that when Hillyer was appointed to the bench by Governor Carlson he was unanimously confirmed by the senate and the democratic members of that body were even stronger in their praise of him than the republicans. But Lawson and his lawyers have agreed that everybody must be crook ed who takes part in a conviction of a member of the United Mine Work ers. The jury in this case was seLct ed after very car*‘fu» study. It was composed of farmers and business r. tn and not a coal mine employe was up on it. Ixiwson’s lawyers are among the best in the state, and until the verdict was announced they thought they had picked a jury for acquittal. The fact is that and his friends cannot conceive why any jury, should be found that would convict them of their crimes of rioting, and treason and rebellion. They believe I they have the right to go forth and Islay and never be punished. They be lieve they are u privileged class and that the laws which apply to other people do not apply to them. While they continue their baseless and unwarranted attacks upon the courts they pass over the fact that th .'.aim* courts have brought in ac quuL 1s of other labor leaders. The case >f Bob Diamond followed Law so It was the same court, same |si** -»ff, same "Rockefeller” district, ai d yet Diamond was acquitted. Was that a travesty upon justice, by a suborned court and a “hand picked" jury What about the l.a Veta mur der cases which were tried in Pueblo a few months ago ? There is no doubt that the victims of these out rages are dead, but yet the jury re turned a verdict of acquittal of the miners charged with the crime. Was that another travesty on justice ? It appears to us that liberty of speech is degenerating into license when Lawson and his lawyers are permitted to get up in a court and read a document which impugns the honor of the governor, and the su preme court, and the minor courts, and the judges and juries of the state. The United Mine Workers have their right.*; as citizens, but the right is not given them to insult and abuse ev erybody else.—Colorado Springs Tele graph. GUESSES LIKE “SON-IN-LAW” Cousin of Secretary McAdoo Makes Wheat Guess That Ixioks Like Soiu-in-Law’s Revenue Es timate Tlu* Pueblo Chieftain and a number of small papers at the west end of the valley gave considerable space last week to a statement by A. R. McAdoo of Kansas, cousin of President Wil son’s secretary of treasury, to the ef fect that Colorado furmers could not jsuccessfully grow wheat and had bet !tcr turn their attention to something ‘else. This is all well enough for (Rocky Ford und the gurden truck area ’west, but if "son-in-law’s” cousin will come down into the reui farming area of Colorado we will show him thous ands of acres of wheat any one of which will make the best acre ever I grown in Kansas by comparison look 'like a sunburned putch of buffalo j grass. He misses his guess as bail as ihis cousin did when he reported some months ago that the end of the gov ernment year, June 30, would show a surplus, whereas a deficit of $75,000,- 1 000 was the actual result. When whole fields of wheat will average over 70 bushels per acre, and 00 bushel crops are common Kunsas can begin to talk of being a wheat region. The average yield of wheat in Prowers county last year was three times the Kansas aver- j age, and better wheat at that. As one Kansan told us several years ago , after riding through May valley, “the j 'difference between raising wheat in Kansu* und in Colorado is that in Kan sas the sunflowers hide the wheat, [ while in Colorado the wheat hides the sunflowers.” Our "Manana" Administration News of battles in Mexico continue i to divide interest with reports of bat tles in Europe. Now and then word comes to us that another American I has been robbed and slaughtered by ■one or another of the Mexican bandit bands whose predatory leaders make ‘ patriotism” an excuse for pillage and “liberty” a shield for their murders. The administration witnesses these crimes with a gentle forbearance I that only infrequently exhibits pet ulance in the arrest of an exile or the issuance of another elegant, scholarly, ami unheeded pronuuciamento. On the subject of the Mexican dis orders President Wilson over a month ago took in hand his pen to write one of those state papers whose fine felic ity of language allied to an elegant dubiety of meaning has made him in ternationally famous, ami uttered the following: i “I therefore publicly and very sol emnly call on the leaders of all fac tions in Mexico to act together and to act promtply for the relief of their prostrate country. I feel it to be my duty to tell them that if they cannot accommodate their differences and 'unite with this great purpose within a very short time, this government will lx* constrained to decide what means should be employed by the United States to help Mexico save herself and save her people.” Very beautiful and charmingly grace ful; but, so far as results are con 'cerned, wholly inefficacious. It can be said without fear of successful con tradiction that no similar ultimatum has been couched in such delightful diction. “This government will be con strained to decide” is a literary pink pearl that shines amid the other pen gems in that paragraph with purest : ray serene. But what did our poetic President I mean by it? If the leaders of all fac tions in Mexico did not do something in a very short time, this government would do something. How long is a very short time. When a man is con strained to decide, and for what per-, iod does the constraining last? Is it possible that President Wilson has so ' closely studied the Mexicans that he, too, has become imbued with their chief characteristic —manama ?—Port land (Ore.) Spectator. NUMBER 8. BOOST FOR THE FAIR Everybody Pleased at the Prosp4*t for Fair and Date Meets General Approval From all sections of the county there comes a general ami unanimous upproval of the announcement mads last week that we are to have a coun ty fair this year, and all appreciate the spirit shown by Mr. Maxwell in not letting the annual event lapse by missing a year. There has never been a year when so general and universal good ex hibits could be made, and from every section of this and neighboring coun ties comes the same statements that the later dates will enable them to gather and prepare much better dis plays. It not only gives an opportun ity at the later crops of the section, but coines at a time when the farmers are not so busy and can therefore take more time not only to prepare exhibits but to attend themselves. The dry land sections all report that they will make the irrigated section go some this year to keep their rank as first in displays of all kinds. They have some bumper crops of grain and silage crops of many varieties that are hard to beat. I The racing men report that the new dates please them and the speed pro gram will be better than ever. The grounds are in splendid condition and as this is an unusual year the chances for fine weather are better the last week in September than most any other period of the year. Not a Webster | Whether Mr. Bryan means to take the held directly against Mr. Wilson and contest the nomination with him, ' or, using the one-term plank as a pre text, contemplates a rumpus and a bolt, the future will disclose. He has shown himself capable of any folly not to say treachery. The circumstances of his resignation. If there were nothing else, suificently at test the disingeniouß in his character. It is known that he had been grinding his teeth with rage for months because he was no longer considered or con sulted as Secretary of State. Doubtless his amour propre was justly offended. The President has a winning way of making himself disagreeable when he has no further use for a servant. A Webster, or a Clay, a Calhoun, or a Hay, would, with the first sign of slight, have folded his cloak about him anil scornfully withdrawn, i Not so with the faker of Nebraska. He is nothing if not a showman. He ' must make commotion. He must have his exploitation. Dignity is nothing beside gate money. So, with an equal lack of self respect and fidelity, and the ill-judgment marking all his pro ceedings, he eats his leek and bides his time, till the trumpets blare and the big drums beat, and the occasion insures the spectacular. Even here it is not Bom bastes, but Pecksniff, who crosses the scene and occupies the stage. Truth to say, Mr. Bryan is preposterous. Having a prop er grivance against Mr. Wilson—had he taken this in time—he waives It and snivels a hypocritic “good-bye” and “God bless you,” whereas, if he had hoist the black flag at once, with a simple “go to the devil, you son-of a gun,” many would have approved his spirit who yet doubted his wsdiom. “William, William, what’s the reason You are always out of season?" —Courier-Journal. Hardly Credible Little Mabelle went with her mother to spend the su miner at a resort by the sea where mosquitoes abounded. When she returned to her home in the city and attended Sunday school her teacher told the story of Noah and tho ark. When she had finished the story she glanced around at her little pupils and asked if any child would like to ask any question. “I would, please, ma'am” said Ma belle, timidly. “Very well,” said the teacher, "what would you like to know?" “I'd like to know, ma’am,” said Ma bel le, "if you are quite sure that Noah only took two ’skeeters into the ark ?”