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THE LAMAR REGISTER
Published Weekly by
GEO. a MERRILL
Editor and Proprietor
Subscription price $1.60 per year
Entered at the Postoffice at Lamar.
Colorado, as second class matter.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1920.
DEFIANCE AND MARQUIS
BEST SPRING WHEAT
Former Makes Nice Bread But lhe
Latter is Sometime* Desirmua
Because of General
Healthiness.
“What is the best spring wheat?"
comes a flood of inquiries to the
State Agricultural College. Accord
ingly Agronomist Professor Alvin
Kezer was interviewed. He replied:
“We have no one best spring wheat
for most Colorado conditions. For a
series of years Defiance, which was
originated at the Experiment Station,
has been slightly the best spring wheat
yielder. Marquis has been next to De
fiance in yield. Defiance, with dry
season at harvest, will give slightly
greater returns per acre. But Defi
ance has a rather weak straw and
lodges badly if it is wet during har
vest. It is likely to rust at harvest
under the same conditions. In the
past, Defiance has sold as well on the
market as Manquis because it has
mostly been milled for a biscuit and
pastry flour market. Marquis pro
duces a wheat of better quality and
grades, better according to the Go\-
ernment grades. It matures earlier,
has a stiffer straw and, accordingly,
doe* not suffer as badly if there is
rainy weather at or near harvest time.
Defiance and Marquis are the two
best wheats in the spring wheat class
that we have at present. The acreage
of Marquis is increasing and that of
Defiance is decreasing, largely because
of the earlier maturity and stiffer
straw of the Marquis, coupled with a
slightly better quality, altho it is out
yielded by Defiance.”
Masonic Classes
At the regular communication of
Lamar Lodge No. 90 A. F. & A. M.,
Inst Thursdl.y evening the first degree
wac conferred on Messrs. D. B. Kinkaid
V. F. Critz and Harold Husted. At
a special communication on Monday
evening the same degree was conferred
on E. C. Meaael of Springfield and
Frank Ray.
Business Change
On last Saturday S. R. Wood pur
chased the interest of G. M. Davis in
the North Side Drug store and is now
the sole owner of the business. He is
having the Kelsey store room next
door north of the present location fit
ted up in fine style for his new quar
ters and will move there about March
Ist. Mr. Wood has since purchasing
a half interest in the store several
years ago built up the business rapid
ly and it will continue to grow under
his management.
Royal Arch Team
At a special convocation of Orient
Chapter No. 32, R. A. M., on last Wed
nesday evening the Royal Arch de
gree was conferred on a team consist
ing of Frank A. Cox, Eli W. Gregg
ami G. L. Converse. After the heavy
work of the evening all present and
especially the team were prepared to
do justice to the excellent refreshments
prepared and it was a very late hour,
when the crowd dispersed to their
h'.r.'vs,
Fairview
C. A. Saunders waj» here and spent
a few days on his ranch last week.
Mrs. Jess Wilc**x returned from
California last w-*'*!:, where she spent
six we*»ks visiting her parents.
Chester Swop? is reported qu'te id
with the flu.
Mrs. Woodruff also Mrs. Bcthurum,
wcpp obliged to dismiss their school
this week as b' th were taken ill with
the flu last Friday.
Mr. A. C. Arnold ami children. Inez
Barrett, and baby Pauline, were out
and took Sunday dinner wit'* W. H.
Hoskins last Sundny.
The flu is plentiful in this section
just now.
Dr. Casbom las about all the sick
folks he is able to look after just now.
They keep him on the move about ail
.lie time.
J. F. Triska is ready to begin drill
ing another well to furnish water for
•teak.
Husted Motor Company
The new* storeroom of the Husted
Motor Co. at 214 South Main street
is now ready to be opened up, and is
fitted up in style to make it one of
the most attractive and convenient
salesrooms in the city. H. R. Husted.
the manager, will be in charge and
w’ill have a room full of Buick and
Cole Areo cars as well as a fine line
of all kinds of auto tires and accessor
ies. He has already built up a fine
business here and with his handsome
new storeroom will greatly increase
The Dictatorship in America
A gray fleet of 48 wooden ships
floats idly in Seattle harbor, built by
the American shipping corporation.
If a rancher kept 48 good draft
horses idle on his ranch when there
was need of raising crops he w’ould be
called insane.
But these ships lie idle when the
world needs transportation of our
crops and products to the markets of
the world.
They represent an investment of
$12,000,000 of your hard-earned taxes
and the government is supposed to re
present you.
But the government is terrorized by
the International Seaman's Union head
ed by Andrew J. Fureseth of San
Francisco.
It is terrorized by the Atlantic
coast Longshoremen’s union that is
under the efficient direction of Samuel
Gompers.
No ships can be manned or loaded
or unloaded without the consent of our
labor dictators and the hulls may rot
in Seattle harbor.
In the mean time Germany is get
ting her industries on their feet ami
Japan is getting control of the ship
ing of the Pacific
The Pacific Steamship Company of
Seattle offers to sell a fine liner for
one dollar and there are no takers.
The labor dictators assume no re
sponsibility, their contracts are violat
ed with impunity, and the courts trem
ble.
It seems as though Uncle Sam must
play second fiddle to an autocratic
power and a labor dictatorship.
A
LOVE FICTION
By OTILLIA F. PFEIFFER
<C»#|rTlf ht. Its*. Western Ncmtp*p#i Loioa,
There was always a pleaM*ut. Inter
ested 'mil# on the face of Drury Ijiw
reoce whenever Ids fellow clerks
chatted about home, wives, sweet
hearts or love He was a quiet, unas
suming young man. and Eric Dawes,
bis one dose friend, had often noticed
tue sympathetic glow In his honest,
earnest eye*, and wondered why It
grow mn Intense, on the occasions
noted.
Drury was dosing his desk late ono
afternoon and he and Brie were tha
only occupants of the room. A bright
haarted young fallow, a new clerk, had
loot left after showing an engagement
ring to Drury he Intended presenting
to bio Saacee. Drury listened to his
eulogies of Its Intended recipient with
pleased attention.
“You must be a happy man la your
own lov* affairs to be so ready to ap
preciate that of others.” suggested
Erie
A peculiar expression crossed the
face of Drury It was aerious, yet
tender and expresalve. A dreamy, far
away look came Into his eyes as he
said:
"There has been only one so-called
love affair In my life, Eric, and there
will never be another. Do you know
who that la?” and he prod need a pho
tograph from a drawer In the desk.
“Why. It Is Miss Ina Vernon!” ex
claimed Eric In unmitigated surprise.
“You don’t mean to say that you are
Interested In that direction T
"Eminently ao,” replied Drury, and
hts tones were fairly reverential. “I
have loved her devotedly for over two
years. You ara my only confidant, so
respect my secret. See!" and he pro
duced a packet of letters tied with a
bit of ribbon. "Each month I have
written to her, unfolding my heart, be
ginning with ‘Dear Miss Vernon* and
now addressing bar as ’My Soul’s
TYeaaure.' “
Eric was fairly astounded. This
quiet, unpretentious friend had out
stripped them all I Miss Ina Vernon,
the daughter of the wealthy manufac
turer! In correspondence with her
for two years—she, the proud beauty
of a leading family! The "soul’s only
treasure” of a plain, bumble office
clerk.
"Then —then you are engaged?" In
sinuated Eric.
"In my letters,” replied "Drury In
puzzling accents of sadness; "In let
ter* never spot. I have carried on a
•oVF fiction ror my nu-rt iim|otps» con
solution only. Miss Vernon mi know
Inglv took possession of my heart. 1
realized my yearnings were iis those
of n rushlight craving for the star. I
was content to love her In secret I
have never spoken to her. She hn«
never read a line of my letter*.”
"And yon are never going to tell
her.” spoke Eric, with genuine feel
Ing: “you. a man worthy of the eonsld
eratlon of any woman!“
"It would be presumptuous. I have
no rlghl to aspire, to hope." replied
Drury sorrowfully. “Let my dream
ing suffice. She la of another world
than mine.”
Drury recited how, when Miss Ver
non had lost a pet spaniel, he hud re
stored It through the home servants,
refusing to accept the reward ten
riered or to disclose his Identity.
Again. It waa he who had been near
at hand when Mr. Vernon, st variance
with some of bis mill employees, was
assailed by a mob. Dmry saved the
magnate from a shower of dnngeron*
missiles and then vanished.
Then, too. In seeking an <»ffl« e friend
who was off on a spell of dissipation
In shielding him from a group of gam
blers. Drury had as well run across
Manfred Vernon, the brother of Ina
Ills efforts and warnings had signally
turned the footsteps of both the young
men from the downward path.
It. was about two months after the
disclosure to Eric that the latter was
startled by reading la ’he morning
paper that a young man named Drury
Lawrence, passing the mansion of
John Vernon, had sprung upon a lurk
ing Intruder abeut to place n lighted
bond* within the vestibule bad flung It
away from the boose, but Its explosion
had reached him, lacerating and half
blinding him. He had been removal
to a hospital, and the article commend
ed his heroism and spoke of rhe graii
tilde of the Vernon family over tlil
creat act of eelf-eacrlflc**.
Eric hastened to the hospital to timi
Drury suffering but radiant. He hn.i
saved Ino and her family! It wn
enough! The Burgeon said he wmii
recover both sight and strength in
time. Eric left the hospital with a
tlrm resolution In his mind. That
afternoon he called upon Miss Ina
Vernon. True-eouled friend that he
was. he told her all and placed in her
hands the beanttfnl love letters Drury
had written. Eric. too. told her of
bis hidden acta of devotion IB behalf
of her father and brother
He had only to watch the lorely
face of laa Yemen to know that the
revelation Influenced every sentiment
of girlish sympathy and Interest.
From that time forward every day Ina
visited Drury at the hospital. One
afternoon ah# came up to Eric as she
left the cot whore Dmry lay. She
took his hand la a tremulous grasp.
“Mr. Dawes," she whispered, blush
ing, hut earnest, “will you take a tries
sage to our brave friend for me*'
Tell him.” and her sweet voice bore
the thrill of the deepest emotion, “tell
him to gel well— to.' uiy sake!”
MIXTURE OF MANY NATIONS
On Street of New York Almost Every
Type of the Human Race May
Be Met.
Walk through Grand street from
Third evenue to Clinton street, which
is not a long dtaranre. and you hove
the types of the whole world before
you. They are not In concentrated
form; they are diluted But If you
sntilyze, even hurriedly, you will soon
he able to know the components of
each one of them, according to "Dust
of New York.” by Konrad Bercovlci.
A remote Turtiir ancestor of one of
the pushcart peddlers Is plainly seen
In the small, sunken black eyes. In
another the straight line of the back
of rhe bend tells you that ills mother
or his grandmother had lived once In
Hungary In another one the Slav
type, the flat, flfshv nose Is mixed with
the Wallscliinti strong chin. Teuton
blood calls out through the heavy cast
•if Mn otherwise typical Austrian Jew.
A Spanish grandee, as If come out of
a page of Cervantes, Is gelling shoe
laces and rutf buttons. And a Moroc
can prince. 11l at ease In his European
gnrh. Is offering to the passer-hy some
new Btirhitnklan tig-plum orange com
bination.
The vendors call out their wares In
what seems at first a tougue all their
own. But a trained ear soon discov
ers that It Is English, or. rather, that
English Is the essential component of
the chemistry of their language; the
rest being words of their own creation,
or scraps front a dozen other languages
which stuck to the people of woe In
their 2,000 years’ peregrination from
'rid to land.
Reindeer Good Travelers.
Surprising records have been made
by Alaskan reindeer in long dlsrnuce
travel, and also In speed tests, says
f’arl J. I .omen In the National Geo
graphic Magazine. Indeed, for short
distance*, the deer can outrun the dog
or horse. At an annual reindeer fair
In Alaska two deer pulling a sled and
driver made five miles In 14 minutes
32 seconds, and fen miles In 27 min
utes 20 seconds.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
SAMUEL D. NICHOLSON
OF LEADVILLE
TO THE MEN AND WOMEN
OF COLORADO
I have received mod read with great Interest the many request* Irea
tha citizen* of the various counties of the State, urging me to become a
candidate of the Republican Party for tha office of United States Senator.
It la unnecessary for me to say tha selection of any cltlxen for that
high office should be greatly appreciated, and it is so treated by me; and
affirming my allegiance to the Republican Party and my firm beliaf in Ita
principles, hereby submit myaelf aa a candidate for nomination to the
office of Senator of the United States.
In connection with this announcement, it ia proper to etate the general
principles for which I stand, and by which I will be controlled. If elected.
I believe that the happiness and welfare of the people depend up an
upholding, in all ita integrity, the Constitution of tha United Btatee, and In
maintaining a benevolent, yet firm, government of law and order, rtmxaa
boring always that equality of rights is the very essence of Republicanism.
We should deal fairly and Justly with all foreign nations, seeking
their good will and cultivating their friendship; and should always stand
ready to extend our aid. moral and financial, to unfortunate peoples. Bat
what we may do in that direction we should do of eur own free will, flea
the sake of humanity and not under compulsion of any law or force su
perior to the will of the American people. lam opposed to any alllaaee
with any foreign nation or nations which will call for the surrender ev
abdication of any of th* sovereignty or independence of the United Staton.
The Republican Party, through its senators In th* National Congress, he*
declared the position of th* Party on the League of Nations, and with that
declaration I am in hearty accord.
The solution of the social and economic questions which are pressing
upon us do not require the surrender of any of our principlss of govern
inent or any substantial alteration in our political system, but those ques
tions should be approached in th* Roosevelttan spirit of “True American*
Ism” and the square deal.
Favoring the conservation of our natural resources aa against waste
and exploitation. I am opposed to any policy which will bar tha boms
seeker or the miner from the public domain, or lay unreasonable restrls
tlons or regulations in his way; and am opposed to any policy which will
prevent th* development of any resource for which there la a present
leasonable need.
I believe that our immigration laws should be so modified aa to pcs
vent effectively the admission of undesirable aliens; and that aliens seek
ing to become cltizene should be required to learn the English
and to be instructed, at the public expense, in the fundamental principles
of our government and the duties of citizenship.
Further legislation, both National and State, must be enacted la behalf
of the veterans of the Civil. Spanish and the World wars, those brave and
patriotic American citizens who fought for our Country as well as their
dependents, to all of whom our Nation owes a debt which can never be
paid Their protection and welfare must be given first consideration, and
special preference must be given them In all Government employment.
Th* farmer, stockgrower and miner are the producers upon whoa#
labors reals our whole Industrial fabric, and if elected. I shall give special
attention and consideration to their needs, believing, as I do. that they
have not received the consideration to which they are entitled in either
national or state legislation.
Public offloe ia a public trust; and public funds are trust funds, and
in the disposition thereof there mnat be exercised the greatc-t rare and
th* strictest economy, and I unqualifiedly favor a National Budget System
“Equal rights to all and special privilege* to none." instead
a hackneyed phrase, should become a living, vital principle, aud legislators
should ever bear in mind that without social Justice ihere can be no • quul
ity; and without equality, there can be no true liberty. And by “Ju-tiee*’
I do not mean law Justice, but that natural Justice which springs from the
brotherhood of man and which clearly defines for all Americans what ie
right and rati and just as between man and man.
While the rights of property must be deemed sacred under our Con
stitution and laws, the right* of man are still more sacred, and while
capital should have full, adequate and complete protection under the law
the chief object of government and the chief aim of all legislation should
be to promote the welfare and happiness of the people. And that as I
understand It, waa the beginning and end of tne Republicanism of Lincoln
and Roosevelt.
In I*9 4 I had my first opportunity to. and did. vote for “Woman's
Suffrage.” and have neve« had reason to doubt the wisdom of my action
and the right and Justice of the cause.
Both National and State legislation must be enacted to auppress and
prevent profiteering, end I pledge my efforte to that end.
Residing in thle State since boyhood. I am indebted to Colorado and
her people tor wheteyer aucceee I may hare enjoyed, and appreciating that
feet and bettering I Itno. ,h. ne.d. of both, my life work win bedeeded
to their Interests.
Having no colleg. degree, the only diploma which I poe.ee> li that of
moderate eucc.ee. awarded me by the Untrerelty of Experience after many
ntng* elth a'mllu-l bu.tne,. enterprt.e wh.ch bed
My life amon you for forty year, has been an open book and upon
It and upon the principle, here .fated. I .land a. , with 'he
' b “,‘ ,h ' IMlr,y no ‘ nln * < ' whoever he may be. will receive my ear
dial and hearty support on election day. r
Respectfully yours.
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Death of Mrs. Childress
Mrs. 13. W. Childrens died Tuesday
mo. > ing at her home on South Fourth
• street after a short illness. The funeral
• service will b-* he :l it the Methodist
• Church at 2:30 Thursday afternoon.
. The deceased hus been a-resident of
i this vicinity for many y ars, and was
, a reman of strong Christian character,
a living wife and mother. She had
■ maty friends in Lamar and in the
: country north where she lived for
. several years and all were deeply
shocked to heai of h«r sudden death.
Sin?e ; *ov»ng to Lcmar, she with her
husba**d and son, C. P. ChilUross have
i beer, living at f;l»o r r home or South
Forrth street.