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VOL. 8
High cost of living? You bet!
Life is just one expensive eat
after another.
Teddy the Second does not like
the Bolsheviki. He has adopted
the slogan of “Meet Em ’Head
on’’.
The soap box oracle idles away
a deal of time, but be dispenses
many a gem of wisdom in his idl
ing.
Reverse the ancient order of
things. Save the dollars and the
pennies will take care of them
selves.
Aliens of anarchistic tenden
cies are not net ded in this country
Jail or hell is the best place for
them.
“The only pearl I ever found
was my wife,” remarked a local
citizen the other day. Can you
name him?
The open door to opportunity
is invaraiably open, but most peo
pie prefer to trawl in through
the keyhole,
Now that feminine hosiery is
constantly on display, just where
do the fair one carry thoie bulg
ing powder puff ?
There is one serious objectoin
to incarcerati ig the pioflteers.
They would probably own the
jails within twenty-four hours.
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The most trying features of
war are the learned articles from
unlearned heads that flood the
country when the scrap is -over.
Life is just a continuous grab
for one dollar after another.
And with some of m there is an
agonizing difference between
grabbing and getting.
If the President and the Senate
cm not. get together on the le <-
gue of nations they might call
in one of our local cracker box
experts to referee the mill.
A sweet temper and a sunny
disposition make any woman at
tractive. Facial blemishes and
form defects are seld >m noticed
in one who radiates good'cheer.
The strenuous efforts being
made to recruit up the regular
army are productive at least one
beneficial result—strenuosity in
officialdom. The recruit himself
is a shy bird just now.
In the good old days many a
man thought he was marrying a
woman with a form divine, only
to And that he had annexed a
bunch of pads instead. But now
however, —oh well, you know!
“The world is looking to Amer
ica to replenish its food supplies,
says a no ws dispatch”. Of course
The world sits on its pants and
looks to America for everything
It is the popular international
pastime.
Our friends the French are pre
p: ring to turn the horrors of war
(o financial account. The French
government is arranging an ela
borate system for touring the
battle fronts, and soon the Ameri
can of means will be invited to
step up and satisfy his curiosity
and disgorge his wa i. He will.
The Kindergarten Class
Complaint is made by federal
authorilfcs that ii.? purveyors o'
Cheyenne Record.
CHEYENNE WELLS, CHEYENNE COUNTY', COLORADO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919
worthless stocks are reaping a
rich harvest just now. The com
plaint is just. They are.
They are likely to continue.
There are many wage workers
hvhose occupation calU for a veiy
limited degree of skill, but who
have succeeded by unionizing in
getting a fancy price for their j
labor—a price somewhat dispro
portionate to the degree of dex
terity needed in their calling. As ,
a result,' they have money in
amounts which they can hardly
contemplate with calmness.
Never before were there so;
many illiterates with money. I
People of rudimentary mentality f
—of positively weak intelligence'
--find themselves able to spend
p-omiscuously. And to the bo
gus company sharks it seems ai- 1
most too good to be true. |
Here are credulous and confi.l- 1
ing ones whom it i 3 almost a pity
to rob. It is a shame to take the
money. Candy from a baby. A
fool and his money. Most prov
erbs are true for all generations.
From which it will be seen that
the temporary dissemination of
money does not make for democ
racy. It is getting back into the
hands of the few—the financiers,
i The possession of a liUle elemer.-
! tary education and fairly well de
veloped intelligence is just as vol
unble to a working man as it ev
er was. The boys had bettercul
, tivate it; and they’ll know hew
to keep their money when they’ve
, g< t it.
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By Way of a Chance
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' It is a noteworthy f; ct that
wh 'ti we hear tirades against the \
hi n cost of living-, with eager.t
: sons for reducing it immedia
u-.y, the coin.n rdity to which per
sistent refer e c ■ is ra ule is food, j
The high cast of furniture, or
tool?, or cooking utensil 3, or soap ;
or bedsteads, or miscellaneous
hardware, or even house re 1 1, we
hear little abo.it. But it is fa id
all the time—and then, perhaps,
leather ar wool. Sometimes the’
leather aid wool are referred to
as shoes and clothes, but gener
ally the reference is made to the
raw materi ils.
It seems more thin a coihci- i
dence that the articles which
must be cheapened are those ,
which the farmer sells. Those
which he buys, apparently, may ;
remain at their present figure.
The demonstrations and indig
nation meetings for which our el
oquent spellbinders and their
friends hire halls are not attend
ed by members of farm laborers’ (
unions—because there aren’t any :
farm labor unions. But cabinet
makers who construct furniture
that farmers buy, and other op
atives whose handiwork is very
largely exchanged for the money
which farmers get for their pro
duce—these organizations attend
the meetings, and don’t say much
about the prices of furniture and
kitchenware, out of which their
high wages are paid. i
If an organization of farmers
and farm laborers attended ore
of these meetings, wa might, for
a change, h ar less about food
and more about other brands of
high priced mocha i lise.
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Blowing It In
There is a rather curious falla
cy that promiscuous buying is a
merit, because it "puts money
into circulation.” It is no falla
cy at all that the rapid circula
tion of money promotes prosper
ity.
' The former is simply an argu
ment in favor of extravagance.
The latter is an argument in fa
vor of industry.
It depends upon what you buy.
If you use your savings to pur
chase a steam yacht that you do
not want and cannot afford, you
are not really helping to keep the
factory wheels revolving. You
are diverting industry into the
viscious activity of manufactur
ing useless things.
But if you put your money in'o
bonds for the development of sta
pie industries,, you are promoting
prosperity. Your money imme
diately hires workmen, pays
them wages, and they in turn
produce necessary commodities.
It is fairly simple. Yet mill
ions of our countrymen are buy
ing extravagantly and defcndin r
themselves by the claim that they
are aiding construction, Diy
lab irers are baying ten or fifteen
dollar pairs of shoes, when live
or six dollar shoes vviuld loo’.: as
well. And miltimillionaires, as
has lately been learned, are mak
ing the same pair last for years
by having them repeatedly re
p tired.
Perhaps that « why they are
maitimillionaires.
Coming, The Lecture Course
The first number is to be Vier
ra’s Royal Hawaiians. To those
who know the beauty of Ha
waiian music these need no praise
it is so unique and so fine.
The Theresa Sheehan Cone rt
Company will give us a program
o’ music and impersonations.
We are told that Miss Sheehan is
one of the greatest readers on the
American platform today. Miss
Vivian Des Jardins assists Miss
Sheehan and we are told that she
is so charming that it is difficult
to say whether her music or lu r
personality win her the greatest
applause. Another feature of
Miss Sheeh‘ans program is the
original dramatic reading of the
work that the boys did at Chat
eau Thierry. Here you will have
a drama ic picture of the Marines
stopping the gap that lev to Par
is, of the American general who
when ordered to retreat flatly re
fused.”
Denton C. Crowl delivers the
Sam Jones lectures with all their
original magic and beauty.
Hon. Harrly G. Seltzer, United
States Consul at Breslau, South
eastern Germany, from 1911 to
1917 comes to us with a message
from the heart of War mad Ger
many.” He speaks of German
propaganda, the Kaiser’s spy sys
tem and his criminal arrogance,
and the insults of the German
officials.
Then comes the Soldiers’ Quar
tet-a male concert entertain
ment. They are known as ‘‘The
Fighting Americans” and their
songs of trench and camp are an
interesting feature.
The orening number comes
October 2 There has been no
canvas for the sale of season tick
ets. so make your plans and be
ready for the solicitors who will
call on you. You cannot afford
to lose out on a single number.
Subscribe for the Record.
One dollar per year
Auction Sales.
FARMS & PERSONAL PROPERTY
la special work. CALL AND TALK IT OVIvFt
Write or Phone for dates.
P. J. JOHNSON, AUCTIONEER
Phone 46 17 Cheyenne Wells, Colo.
Public Sale
j
Having sold my ranch, I will sell at public Auction at the ranch. 8 mile 9
north of Cheyenne Wells, Colo, on the Cheyenne Wells and Burlington High
way
Tuesday September 30, 19j9
COMMENCING AT 10 O’CLOCK A M
46 Head of Cattle 46
28 head of extra choice shorthorn dairy cows 4to 6yrs, all bred
to registered Hereford bull, and will be fresh soon
10 head yearling steers and heifers
7 head of 2 to 8 months old calve!
E’l registered Hereford bull 2yr, this bull is from W. C. Schultz’
Impo: ted bulls
Morses, Farm Machinery, Hou3i=
hold Goods, Etc
3 head of horses, 1 bay gelding 4yr wt 1100, 1 brown ge'dingdvr
wt 1100, 1 registered Standard bred staid jn 7yr, wt 1000. harness
and saddle broke
Farm Machinery, P & O farm wagon almost new, hay rack and
wagon, David Bradley lister, used only a short time, 14!n John
Deere sulky plow, 14in Moline walking plow, 7fc R I disc harrow,
Jonh Deere lister cultivator, surface cultivator, sft Daering m me r
10ft Deering rake, 2 1 disc Monitor grain d ill, 2 section «i-el ha -
row, w h ;el scraper, 2 set heavy work harness, blacksmith forg’, 1
grindstans, emery grinder, vv he.il-barrow, 2 2-ton jack screws, t
1-2 mile barb wire, 3 12:t log chain!. No 52 Beatrice cream sepn
afor, lOgal milk cans, sdcz young chiehens, 2doz year old hens, 4
bronze turkeys
Household Goods, Dining room table, kitchenc ibinetand kitch> n
table, 5 chairs. Perfection 3 burner oil stove, Stan lard cl >tl c s
wringer, 3ga'.v waih tubs, 2 i o i b >ds with spring! and mattresses
H)t Blast Heating stove, 51oz Economy fruit jars, and numerous
odier articles.
Lunch at Noon Bring- Cups
TERMS Sums of $lO and under cash, over $lO a credit of 6
mmths will be given on bankable notes bearing 10 per cent inter
est No property removed until settled for
Mrs. F. F. Hibbard, Owner
BEN BROWN. Auct J. E. HAYES, Clerk.
ROADS
At a dinner given one tiin ;in
honor of Walter Scott the great
writer, ane Macndona the great
roa l maker. Macadam rose up
in his place w'th a glass of wine
an 1 said with a wave of his hand
towa-d Scott, “I drink to the
health of the Colossus of liter
i ature” whereupon Scott rose up
! glass in hand and said and I
drink to the h ‘alth of the Colos
sus of Rhodes” (roads)
The above was vividly brought
to mind of late as the writer and
Surveyor D. H. Zuck have been
out a few times recently survey
ing locations for more good roads
i which our public spirited c-m
--rnissioners have been oidering.
i
It goes without saying that
good roads will win for us kindly
commendations not only from
tourists, but from our own citi
zens. Our CJJity his gotten a
good name abroad, not only for
its good crops but for its fine
roads.
Last Thursday D. 11. Zook ac
companied by the writer, laid out
| a six and a half mile of road,
j running south from First View
| terminating by the new school
hou3e. Mr. Zuck and I eonclud
led that a road that lead to learn
ing was a wise one, and we stop
ped there, for the want of know
ing the name of that oeat of
learning we called it “Excelsior.
The Commissioners are doing
a common-sense good work on
the public highway at this time
viz The low places that are
subject in rainy times, to being
submerged, they are raising
above the water level and site
draining where it is practicable.
This will obviate vast difficulties
consequent on heavy rain falls
ami keep the “Safety First”
Idea to the fore. It is in order
to commend the County Com
missioners. J. A. J
WANTED —Good assistant to
help with work at Girls Dormi
tory, Mrs. G. K. Gwathmey
Cheyenne Wells Colorado.
FOR SALE-Sec 3-15
miies south of Fhe cm e JWells,
Colo. Reasonable terms. C >m
missif n to agents. Address,
Ihos. Morris, Own°r,
48 E Superior St
2G2p Chicago, Ills.
Frank Vetrie and family, of
Lodgepole Nebraska, arrived in
Cheyenne Wells last Tuesday to
make this their future home.
They will occupy the property
recently purchased from Mrs I F
Jones, near the old cement build
ing.
ROLL OF HONOR
The following parties have re
newed their subscriptions to the
Record since our last issue.
F D Sullivan Sept 23 20
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Majority Feel That President's Guid*
ance Should Be Held—He Regards
Pact As Sure to Come Soon.
(By Mt. Clemens News Bureau)
Aboard President Wilson’s Special
Train —From the Capital at Washing
ton to the far Pacific coast the Presi
dent of the United States has jour
neyed on the most unusual expedition
ever undertaken by a chief executiva
of the nation.
To discuss national questions, many
presidents havo toured the land; but
Mr. Wilson is laying before America
a question which affects the whole
world —the question of whether or not
we are to Join in the League of Na
tions; whether we are to forget our
former isolation and share with the
other peoples of the earth the respon
sibilities of maintaining civilization
and preventing, as he says wo can do,
future warfare.
Between the capital and the coast
the president made fifteen speeches
and half a dozen brief talks. All of
100,000 fellow citizens listened to him.
Several millions had the chance to see
him, and apparently everyone wanted
to see him, from those who thronged
the streets of the cities and town 3
where he stopped, to those who came
to the railside or stood at little flag
stations in remote places, knowing
their only reward could baa fleeting
glimpse and a wave of the hand.
He has met and talked to all types
of citizens —to men big in the busi
ness, financial end professional worlds,
to farmers and mechanical workers,
to Indians and cowboys and foreign
born herders and rangers, to soldier 3
and to mothers who lost soldier-sons
in the late war.
What do they all tell him? unani
mously they say they went peace
definitely settled, they want no more
wars, they want the League of Na
tions, and most of the American peo
ple, it may be fairly said, toll the
President they want the League Just
as it is, without tho reservations or
amendments which certain senators
have insisted upon. The majority of
citizens say to those who interview
them oil this tour:
“Woodrow Wilson guided us rightly
before art! during the war W'ith Ger
many. Wo entered that war, every
one agrees, to end all wars. He says
the league can do that. Wo want to
do that, so let us keep on trusting him
and get tho league into operation as
soon as possible. Forget politics.”
Most Americans encountered on the
tour have forgotten politics. Repub.
Mean Governors and Mayors have in
troduced tho President to his audi
ence; tho Major part of the local com
mittees which have met him havo
been Republicans. They have all said:
“We are nothing but Americans, Mr.
President.”
Mr. Wilson’s arguments fer the
league, briefly summarized, are ‘hose:
There can be no pence, either now
or in tho future, without it. There
can only be a regrouping of nations
and a new “Balance of Power,” which
is certain to lend to war. There can
be no war in th » future, with the
league In existence, becaus > r.o single
nation would defy the united rest of
mankind, and if it did, it could bo
brought to terms by an economic
boycott, and without the use of arms.
There can be no reduction in tho
cost of living until the league is es
tablished, for nations will not go
ahead with peace time production un
til they know that peace Is definitely
assured and that production of war
material Is no longer necessary.
There can bo wonderful prosperity,
with league in existence, for rel
ations of labor and capital all over
the world will be made closer and
more friendly, and the worker will re
ceive a fairer share of what he pre
duces.
These declaration of tho presides k
logically and eloquently put, have left
his hearers thinking and thinking
deeply. And then Mr. Wilson has
pointed cut, tho people themselves, as
differentiated from senators and politi
cians, seem to want just what the
president wants, which Is America for
leadership
Qu : te as unusual as the purpose of
the cross country tour is the manner
in which it is being carried out and
tho completeness cf the arrange
ments on the nine car train which is
bearing the party.
At tho r?ar private car May
flower, occupied by the Preside.;t and
Mrs. Wilson. Next is a compartment
car for the secretary Tumulty, Ad
miral Grayson, Mr. Wilson’s Physi
cian, four stenographers, the chief
executive clerk and . even secret ser
vice men. Byond are three compart
ment cars which house twenty-one
correspondents, five movie men, and
a telegraphic, and a railroad expert.
Then there is a dinner, a club car, and
two baggage cars, one of them con
verted into a business office. The
train was exactly on time at every
step between Washington and the
Coast.
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