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THE LAMAR REGISTER Published Weekly b> GEO. & MERRILL Editor and Proprietor Subscription nrice $1.50 per year Entered at the Poatoffice at Lamar, Colorado, as second ciass matter. WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1921. WASHINGTON NOTES _____ • A Typical American. After the election of John T. Adams to the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee, Mr. Adams went back to his home in Dubuque, lowa, to arrange private business so that he could devote all his time to Nation al Committee affairs. His fellow townsmen made his visit the occasion for a public reception, wholly non partisun in character. One of the i rincipal speakers was a leading Dem ocrat, who, after a few humorous re marks concerning politics, spoke a* follows, addressing the new chairman: “We are proud of you, John Ad ams, because you were bom with, your hands empty of inheritance; We are proud of you, John Ad ams, because, denied the early ed ucation which you craved, you ob tained it through diligent study and application in your more ma ture years; we are most proud of you, John Adams, as a father, husband and neighbor in private life, and we are glad, for your sake, and for lowa and the city of Dubuque, that this great honor has come to you.” At a “salary” of $3 per week, Mr Adams entered the service of the sash and door factory of which he is now the head. It is an immense concern with branches in many states. At the same time that he was succeeding in business and politics, he was growing in the esteem and affection of his nei ghbors—an achievement very similar to that of President Hurtling, who worked his way up from the bottom Something to Think About, it is said that Germany is “sweep ing the seas clear” of British competi tion in world trade. She recently un derbid British competitors by 50 per cent on $1,400,000 worth of contracts in Palestine and India where England is supposed to be in control of things. The American manufacturer may ask himself what will happen to his in dustry if our protective tariff wall shall not be raised sufficiently to keep out the destructive German competi tion. Getting Back to Normal. Western farmers are reported to have all the harvest help they w'ant at $3 per day, whereas last year they liad to pay $8 and $lO. In New Eng land there are 800 idle farms compared with 4,000 last year. Apparently the farming industry is slowly coming in to its own again, not from special privileges extended by a beneficent government, as many have been advo cating, but through the working of the law of supply and doinand, coupled with undaunted courage and thrift on the part of the farmers themselves. Veterans Dependable Americans. It was a significant scene in Detroit when fifty delegates from the conven tion of disabled war veterans invaded the socialist national convention and warned the latter that the overseas men were ready to fight again in the maintenance of American principles of government. The men who offered "their lives and sacrificed their health in the defense of their country have no intention of standing idly by while plotters from within are conspiring the overthrow of the Government. Americans know the attitude of the overseas veterans, and it is w’ell that it has been brought home directly to the Socialists. Democratic Judgment. Chairman White of the democratic', national committee in his oration on the Fourth of July had the following to say of conditions today after eight years of unrestricted democratic rule: “Business has reached such depres sion that bitter complaints are heard from the business world. Foreign trade has declined almost to the van ishing point. Agriculture is prostrate. Taxation and governmental expendi tures are at the maximum in our his tory The tremendous percentage of idleness in the ranks of labor is al- j most unprecedented.” Almost a duplicate of this language i Lamar, Colorado, March 1, 1921. TO THE CITY COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF LAMAR, COLORADO. GENTLEMEN: I herewith make report on behalf of the Directors of the Carnegie Pub lic Library, at Lamar, Colorado, from March Ist, A. D. 1920, to March Ist, A. D. 1921, as provided by the laws of the State of Colorado, showing first the expense for that period, second the monies received, their sources, dis position and amount on hand, number of books lost, discarded and remaining on hand; number of persons using reading room, and number of periodicals taken for their use; number of persons donating cash, books or other property and the description thereof. Expense of Library from March 1, 1920, to March 1, 1921. Amount paid Josephine Silver for salary as librarian $ 820.00 Amount paid Helen Mcrriy as substitute librarian 32.62 Amount paid Lamar Register for printing 9.50 Amount paid L. Wirt Markham for insurance on building 19.00 Amount paid for sundry repairs . 7.50 Amount paid Ed Pierson for cementing basement floor, walls, etc... 589.35 Amount paid for money advanced by C. C. Goodale for cementing asphalt to repair roof - - 115.60 Amount paid F. U. Humphreys for labor on roof . 11.00 Amount paid Lamar Seed Co. for coni for library 45.15 Amount paid Strain Bros, for coal for library 183.51 Amount paid for hauling coal - 26.20 Amount paid Intermountain Ry. Light & Power Co., lights 16.88 Amount paid City of Lamar, lights 143.57 Amount paid State Inspector for inspecting boiler 5.00 Amount paid Meyer Lumber Co. for labor and material for shelving for library 80.25 Amount paid D. S. Nevius Hardware Co. for pushbroom and varnish 5.15 Amount paid Geo. B. Merrill for subscription for periouicals 102.40 Amount paid for sundry items 21.65 Total expense - $2234.27 Amount of Money Received and from What Source. Following is report of Geo. B. Merrill, Book Committee, of amount of money received and from what source, and the way the same was disbursed, and the amount of cash cn hand: 9 March 1, 1920—cash on hand i 13U.0U May 25, 1920—Received from Pan-Helenic 146.00 June 21, 1920—Received from K. T. Temple Association 15.00 December 13, 1920—Received from Mrs. G. J. Garvin 2.25 City of Lamar for magazines - 102.40 February 28, 1921—Received from Cards and Fines 83.83 From Pay Shelf From P. E. O. 100.00 loud received $ 673.32 Expenditure* of Book Committee Paid to U. W. Wilson At Co. for Readers Guide $ 10.00 Freight and express charges - .... 11.71 Library Bureau for books for library 20.03 A. C. McClurg & Co., nooks for library 158.02 Dodd, Mead 6i Co., for encyclopedia for library.— 140.00 G. C. Merriam & Co., dictionary* for library , 16.00 Eames Tuckelt, books for library 12.00 Dieter & Co., for binding magazines for library 106.57 Gummiaux Agency for magazine* and periodicals 102.40 February 28, 1921—cash on hand 97.19 Total i 673.32 Books Number of books on hand, librarian’s report, March 1, 1920 .... 3730 Number of books purchased 247 Number of books donated 285 US wnl be found in President Buchanan’s final message to congress in 1860 de scribing conditions after eight years of democratic.control. And Woodrow Wilson in his American History uses very sLuilar language in describing the condition in 1897 after four years of democratic control. President Wil son refused to make any statement at this time but Chairman White has been honest enough to do it for him With these candidly expressed opin ions of democratic leaders republicans will find no fault at all, and if after eight years of republican rule in 1928 the same can be truthfully said they will accept judgment and retire with out a fight. They don't claim, how ever, to be able in four months to es tablish normal conditions in a country that for eight years has been trans formed from a republic to a dictator ship and suffered the violation of ali ♦he economic laws and most of those of common sense. No Deception. “Say,” the irate citizen who bad rented for the season a sumeror cot tage which be bad not seen observed to the real estate agent, “your descrip tion of this property was a fraud throughout I Why, you wrote that one had an unobstructed view for 00 miles or more, sod the bouse ts down Id a hollow so that you can’t see a quarter of a mile In any direc tion." “Oh. yea. you can," the ageut re sponded soothingly. “We never mis represent our property. You can see all of the 50 miles If you look In the right direction." “You can do r.othlng of the aortl”* “1 assure you you can. Try It when you gel borne. Look straight OP-’’ Potatoes a s Currency Potatoes are now used hp the stand ard currency in certain remote agrl -1 cultural districts of Poland, since the ralne of the p'otato fluctuates less rlinu that of paper money. In the district around Grodno, for Instance, the Amer ican Red Cross reports, all the Jo \l | help employed In warehousing or in j the activities of the tleld units Is re- I munerated In a weekly* wage of po * tatoM. LIBRARY REPORT A Wd like 4kis makes a model husband HER now husband. OR AN everyday tMof. STEPPED OUT of the house LIKE A good drag C WHISTLING LIKE a bird ON those smoke*. frX WHICH ALARMED young wife THAT SATISFY. ESPECIALLY WHEN. WHICH CERTAINLY are. fl SHE FOUND she’d picked THE R EAL # birdseed. THE WRONG package. FOR MA . K, . N 4 men ’ AND INSTEAD of oatmeal. TR,LL T . H f ,R for ,0 ' • * * 80 LADIES, If hubby. HAD GIVEN him birdseed ... y • • • GOES AWAY whistling. BUT DON’T think from this. • • • • • • YOU NEEDN’T worry. THAT EVERY guy. • • • • • • ALL’S SWELL. YOU HEAR whistling. ... HAS NECESSARILY. BEEN ROBBING the canary 11/HEN you aay that Che#. • • V V terlields “satisfy,’* you’re OTHER THINGS Inspire. whistling. You know—the In • * * , stant you light one—that the THE ALMOST human male tobaccos in it are of prime se .. u lection, both Turkish and Do- TO BLOW through hi. 11 p«. mestic. And the blond—well, AND MAKE .brill n 01... »<>“ n «™J ««{• smooth • • • ness and full-flavored body! No A RAIBE, for example. wonder the “satisfy-blend” is ' • • • kept secret. It can’t bt co/sted. OR A day off when. • * * Did you hnout about thm DOUB , LE ,h“ der I* * ChMmtfirld Ligcett ii Myers Tobacco Co. Number of books lost 21 Number of books discarded . . 26 47 Net total added 485 Number of hooks on hand March 1, 1921 4216 Donors of Books A. C. Gordon, Edward Pritchard, Mrs. Hugh Smith, Mrs. F. E. Irwin, Dr. Joseph Pestal, *A. L. A. War Library, Rubey Kelley, Mrs. M. C. Ward, C. C. Goodale, Mrs. Ada Bowser, Mrs. Skeffington, Mrs. Lucille Garvin, Irish Society, Mrs. I. D. Pixley, Mrs. Geo. A. Bishop, 0- A. Miller, Dearborn Pub Co., L. D. Newton, Frank Barnhardt, Aliene Frybarger, Colorado Board oi Immigration, Government Publication, Anonymous Donors of Newspaper* Lamar Spurks, Lamar Register, Lamar Daily News, Christian Science Society, J. O. Stream, Dearborn Publishing Co., Trull Magazine, Colorado Manufacturers, Gospel Trumpet, Through the Leaves, and pamphlet* from various sources. Miscellaneous Donation* C. C. Goodale and Mrs. C. C. Goodale. Days Library watt Closed April 11th, July sth, August 2nd, November 25th, December 25th, Jan- Number of Books Circulated as Reported by Librarian nary Ist. Philosophy 26 Religion 28 Sociology 109 Science 58 Useful Arts 79 Fine Arts 69 Literature t 248 History and Travel 240 Biography 134 K,lu " General Reader* 646 u Reference Magazines 3T2 R efercllw . Reader. 1288 Total 9301 Total 6739 Receipts of Cards and Fines $ 189.61 Expenses l 106.78 $ 83.83 NoHcm Mat for or—dm books 477 Periodicals Taken Monthly 86 6 contributed Woofcly 17—7 contributed Daily . 3 —B contributed I oul 65 Library hours were changed May Ist, 1920. All of 1919 and all National Georgraphic Magazines were bound dur ing this year. The expenses of the year were greater than ever before owing to the cost of repairs to the floor and walls of hasemnt that were necessary for the preservation of the building. Also the period of high prices affected many of the purchases necessary for the maintenance of the library. The building is now in good repair and it is believed that the repairs made are substantial ami will result in the keeping the building in good shape. The grounds are in splendid condition owing to the skill and faithful ness of the Custodian Mr. G. W. Gentry, while the Librarian Miss Joaephin* Silver, keeps the library up to an excellent standard and is ready to give in formation to all inquirers. The Board of Directors are grateful to your Honorable Body for it* aid in keeping the library park in good condition, and it is certainly the beauty spot of the city. • , BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. C. C. GOODALE, Secretary