The Lamar register. [volume], March 15, 1916, Image 6

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STORE NEWS
PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY EVERY WEEK
Free Sweet Pea Seed
Just One More Day
Saturday, March 18
First time in 14 years we have run out of sweet pea seed and this
year we had such crowds after sweet pea seed that at 4 p. m. we had run
out. Hundreds were disappointed—just for that day. We telegraphed to
California for another shipment. It will he here by
Saturday, March 18rh
so come down to our store Saturday and get all the Sweet Pea Seed that you
are willing to plant. Don’t delay. We don’t want to disappoint a single
person. Tell everybody to come and get the very finest of Sweet Pea Seed
that money can buy. They’re free to you, to everyone.
Don’t forget to be at our store at 4 p. m. Saturday. Dike wants a
home for the Sterling Family. Will you take them. Be there ready, he
might want you to give them a home.
Spring is Here! Spring is Here!
Don’t forget to take a good Spring Tonic and get ready for summer.
Maybe you like Sassafras Tea. Well, we have a new fresh supply of
the very finest Sassafras Bark. A big package for 10 cents.
Don’t forget to send us your Prescriptions, Family Recipes. We will
fill them accurately and for less. Tell your doctor to telephone us your
Prescriptions.
The Big Mail Order Drug Store
The Up-to-Date Drug Company
The Rexall Store Lamar, Colorado
RURAL CREDIT TRICKSTERS
Farmers Warned to He Cautious in
Dealing with Then*
The department has recently receiv
ed letters from a number of farmers
who have subscribed for stock in
rural-credit companies, including so
called cooperative companies which
appear to have no real cooperative
features.
In some of these letters the com
plaint is made that the agents selling
the stock make misrepresentations as
to when loans may be obtained by
subscribers and that the companies
later disclaim responsibility for the
statements made by the agents. In a
number of instances, farmers seem to
have gained the idea from the agen*
that they would be able to secure
loans within a relatively short time,
and express disappointment on realiz
ing that they must wait for an indef
inite period for the promised loan and
go on making payments just the same
on the stock which they have agreed
to take.
Whore farmers are confronted with
a proposition of this character they
should first read the prospectus and
the contract very carefully and make
sure that they know exactly what
these mean, especially the contract.
If the contract is so worded that its
meaning is not clear after a careful
reading, this in itself should be rea
son enough for extra caution. The
agent’s explanation of the contract is
not a part of the contract, nor is his
promise that the company will do
things not specified in the contract
by any means sure to be recognized
by the company.
Farmdtt ought, first, to find out
whut provision has been made for the
protection of the interests of sub
scribers, either through responsible
Government supervision over the ac
tivities of the company, or in any
other way, and if they are in doubt
they should consult competent advis
ers with regard to responsibility of
the company before paying over, or
agreeing to pay over, their own good
money. Always, in the matter of
subscription to stock in any kind of a
company, they should exercise cau
tion.
TURN WIND MILL POND INTO A
SWIMMING POOL
Will Provide Darrels of Fun For the
Young Folks—Copper Sulphate
Will Prevent Scum
On some country places much pleas
ure, particularly for the young folks,
may be derived from the use of the
wind mill reservoir as a swimming
pool in the warm weather. The only
essentials are perhays a load or two
, of gravel or sand thrown on the bot
tom of the pool if it is inclined to be
I .somewhat muddy, a moderate amount
> of care to keep out animals and too
much vegetable growth about the
. edge, and the periodical application of
i copper sulphate to destroy organic
I matter in the water and prevent for
. mation of scum. About half u small
. bucket of the copper sulphate or blue
i vitriol may be placed in a gunny sack
i and dragged about through the water,
, or left in a comer of the pond for a
day or two and removed.
A well-built spring board some
where on the edge above the deepest
part will add to the enjoyment, and
there will probably occur other ideas
for improving the pond as a pleasure
resort without hindering any use for
which it is originally intended.
The younger boys on the place
would no doubt be delighted to as
sume the task of working the trans
formation of the reservoir to a swim
ming pool.—Regina Emmerich, Colo
rado Agricultural College, Fort Col
lins, Colo.
INDEPENDENT OF SUN’S RAYS
High-Power Lights Enable Film Pro
ducers to Work, No Matter What
the Weather.
The whims of the weathei have reg
ulated to a great extent the output of
the film studios of the country, and
although the most favorable locations
have been sought, the actors and ap
paratus have been In compulsory Idle
ness a great deal of the time, owing
to the unsuitable weather conditions.
Many experiments have been made,
with the Idea of placing them In a po
sition of Independence of the sun,
and In away the mercury tube lamps
have sufficed, but the main difficulty
in their use has been their awkward
shape, which makes It Impossible to
place them just where they were de
sired to secure th best Illumination.
The mercury lamps, combined with
the high-powered nitrogen lamps,
seem to solve the problem, ami they
are now being successfully made use of
at one of the studios on th. Fuel tic
• oast, where the work of muklm mov
ing pictures now goe. ulong all day
long, and at night, too. for that mat
ter. without regard to the presence or
absence of the sun. The management
uf this particular studio is said to
nave effcited an annual saving of
fJU.UOO. represented 111 the wures of
the a« tors am! operators, and the in
terest on tie uptt-'l Invested In cam
eras au<* other au -.aiat.ujt
ANCIENT TEMPLE GAVE NAME
Ammonia Was First Manufactured in
the Vicinity of the Oasis of
Jupiter Ammon.
The Libyan oasis o> Si wall la identi
cal with the ancient oasis of Jupiter
Ammon, where, near the famous tern
pie or oracle, the "vehement odor' of
Pliny was first manufactured by a
process too Inelegant for description
here.
Ammon, at first a pet deity of the ■
Pharaoh family circle, ultimately
eclipsed all the other deities of Egypt,
Libya and Ethiopia, becoming "king
af the gods." and his oracle In tho
present oasis of Slw&h achieved such
celebrity that Alexander the Great
considered it necessary to Journey
thither after the battle of Issue In or
ier to be acknowledged the “son of
God Ammon.” The oracle fell Into
disrepute under the Romans, and Pau
■anias reported It dumb A. D. 160. The
ruins of the temple are to be seen to
day two miles east of the town of
Slwah The Senussi long dominated
the oasis.
John Adams a Hard Loser.
John Adams, second president of g
the United States, was not a good
loser He wanted another term, and B
worked hard for It None of the can
didates received a majority of the t
electoral votes, and the election was
thrown Into the house of representa !
lives. But Adams had no choice
there, for he was third in the race,
and only the two having the highest I
number of electoral votes could be
voted for Thus the choice lay be
tween Jefferson and Burr, and Jeffer
son won. Adams was very much dis
gruntled, and did everything in his
power to make things unpleasant for
his successor He filled every vacant
office he could lay his hands on, so
as to leave as little patronage as pos
sible for JefTerson. Not only so. but (
In the closing hours of his administra
tion he and his party associates cre
ated twenty-three new judgeships, for
which there was no necessity, and
worked till the stroke of midnight on
March 3d filling out and signing com
missions for these "midnight Judges,"
as they wen called
Horrors at Home.
"The football tournament between
the teams of Harvard and Yale, re
cently held In America, had terrible
results. It turned into an awful butch
ery. Of twenty-two participants, seven
were so severely Injured that they had
to be carried from the field In a dying
condition. One player had his back
broken, another lost an eye. and a
third lost a leg. Both teamn appeared
upon the field with a crowd of ambu
lances. surgeons, and nurses Many
ladles fainted at the awful cries of the
Injured players The indignation of
the spectators was powerful, but they
were so terrorized that they were
afraid to leave the field."
One wonders whether the Munchen
er Nachrlchten. which printed the fore
going in Its columns In the year 1893.
would have had room for It last fall
New York Tribune
The Scratched Bishop.
Talking of printers’ blunders. Doctor
Frodsham. lately Bishop of North
Queensland, tells in hlr reminiscences.
"A Bishop’s Pleasaunce.” the follow
ing story:
"At one time in Queensland there
was a racehorse called His Ix>rdshlp.
Two telegrams, one relating to me and
another to the quadruped, followed
each other without break In the col
umns of a local paper To the best
of my memory the agglomerate para
graph read as follow's ‘Bishop Frods
ham is down with an attack of fever
In Cairns. His lordship is scratched
for all events.
A. S. BOOTON LAND CO.
Dealer in *
REAL ESTATE
Will Practice Before the U. *
S. Land Office.
L. A. COOK
TRANSFER AND BAGGAGE
Piano Moving
Phone Umar 60 Res. Prowers 316
Music for all Occasions
BANNISTER’S
ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN LESSONS
Phone 197 J E. A. Bannister, Mgr.
ALFRED TODD
ATTORNEY AT LAW
LAMAR, COLORADO
THE* t SHORT
EASY STROKE
COPPER VALVE
The Rullman is the Easiest Running
Washing Machine In the world, be
cause the Agitator forces the water
end soap suds through the clothes in
stead of dragging the heavy clothes
through the water.
FOR BALE BY
C. C. HUDDLESTON
GORDON & GORDON
Attorneys at Law
LAMAR, COLORADO
Office in First National Bank Black
C. C. GOO DA US
Attorney and Cenaseler at Law
Office in Goodale Black
I.AMAR, COLORADO
PARRISH & SYDNER
Attorneys at Law
First National Bank Bldg.
Lamar, Colorado
W. A. MERRILL
Attorney and Uounaelor at Law
I-*mar Nat'l Bank Bldg.
Rooms 8, 4 and 6
A general practice in all civil matters
in all the courts
J. K. DOUGHTY
Attorney and Counselor at Law
LAMAR, COLORADO
Office in Bent Blk. Blast Main Street
WELLINGTON E FEE
Attorney at Law
LAMAR, COLORADO
DR. W. O. SHELLER
Rooms 5 and 6, Cooper Bldg.
Res. phone. Red 741.
Office phone, Red 743.
LAMAR, COLORADO
Dlt. I. D. PIXLEY
Osteopathic Phyaiclaa
Graduate American School of Osteo
pathy, Kirkavilla, Missouri . .
FIRST NATL BANK BLDG.
Phone Lamar 116
Hours, 9 to 12 A. M. 2 to 6 P. M
DRS. BRADY and JONES
Veterinary Surgcona and Dentists
Graduate Veterinariana
Office at McLean’a Livery Barn
LIABILITY
LIVE STOCK PLAT* CLASS
INSURANCE
KIRKPATRJCK & CO.
R,w * SouU.
Automobile Lemur, CMo. A acid out