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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE ONLY RELIABLE PEOPLE'S PAPER IN COLORADO "THE COLORADO STATESMAN" THE COLORADO STATESMAN THE JOURNAL OF THE WEST. LABOR SHALL BE FREE RAGE COUNTRY PARTY PROSPECTS FOR AGRICULTURE IN 1923 New Year's Statement and Resume of Agricultural Conditions and Prospects From Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. VOL. XXIX. TWELVE months ago most of the six million farmers of the United States were starting on the long hard climb out of the valley of economic depression. They have not yet attained the heights which are bathed in the grateful sunshine of prosperity. Some, indeed, have fallen by the way. Others are still in the valley. Nevertheless, as we stop a bit and look backward we can see that very considerable ground has been gained by the great majority, and we can enter the New Year with renewed hope and with that courage which comes from the realization that we are really making progress. A year ago, when speaking of the prospects for farming in 1922, I said that while there was no reason to expect boom times for the farmer in the near future, there was promise of better times, both for the farmer and for those whose business is largely dependent upon him. The year has brought fulfillment of that promise. Speaking generally, times are better, much better than a year ago, both for agriculture and for industry. Crops have been good, on the whole. Prices of the major crops are mostly considerably higher. While there has been a corresponding advance in the prices of the things the farmer must buy, the total sum which farmers will receive for the crops of this year is greater by a billion and a half dollars or more than that which they received for the crops of last year. This will certainly mean better times on the farm, and farm folks will be able to ease up a little on the grinding economy they were forced to practice the preceding year. The labor cost of producing the crops of 1922 was still further reduced. There were some substantial reductions in freight rates. Much helpful legislation has been enacted and more will be this winter. Interest rates are lower and the credit strain has been eased. This has made it possible for many farmers who were rather heavily involved to refund their obligations and get themselves in condition to win through. There are still some dark spots. In some sections weather conditions were unfavorable and crops were short, and farmers in these sections are having a very hard time of it. Freight rates are still too high, especially for those who must pay for a long haul to market. Taxes are high, but this is largely due to the increase in local taxes, over which farmers themselves must exercise control. There has been gratifying growth in farmers' co-operative marketing associations, and more of them are being organized on a sound business basis. Aside from the help which has been given by legislation and by administration activities, strong economic forces are at work to restore a more normal relation between agriculture and other industries. Aside from the help which has been given by legislation and by administration activities, strong economic forces are at work to restore a more normal relation between agriculture and other industries. The peril in the agricultural depres- State Hist & Nut Hist Society State House sion is more keenly realized by other groups than ever before, and on every hand a sincere desire is being evidenced to do what can be done safely to help the farmer better his condition. Everything considered, we have good reason to expect still better things for agriculture in the year 1923. Texas Mob Lynches Another Colored Man Texas Mob Lynches Another Colored Man Three Hundred Bullets Fired Into His Body Guards in 250 automobiles, allow a colored man to be taken from them and lynched without even offering a protest. The young colored man, George Day, who it is said criminally assaulted a young white woman at Streetman, Texas, though not identified as the man who committed the assault, was shot 300 times by a mob, in the presence of a 1,000 mob. There were 250 automobile loads of guards, and not one of them offered a bit of resistance in protecting the accused colored man. Below we are reproducing a dispatch, giving an account of the affair: Streetman, Tex., Dec. 11.—George Day, 25, Negro, arrested this morning in connection with an alleged attack on a young woman here, was shot and killed by a mob at 2:50 o'clock this afternoon. The party of Sheriff Mayo, who was conveying the Negro to Fairfield for safekeeping, was overpowered. The Negro was chained to a tree and shot, more than 300 bullets being fired into his body. The body was left chained to the tree in a creek bottom, three miles south of Streetman. Feeling continued to run high in this community following the shooting. Local and county officials held a parley shortly after noon in a bank building here and decided the only chance for the Negro's safety lay in his removal to Fairfield. Approximately 250 automobiles were in the line of march when the sheriff's party removed the Negro from the building where he had been kept under guard. At a point where the highway crossed a creek bottom the sheriff's party was overtaken and the Negro was removed from its custody by the mob. The officers were held under an armed guard while the Negro was chained to the tree and his body riddled with bullets. Approximately 1,000 persons witnessed the shooting. The evidence against Law yas declared by officers to be circumstantial, the young woman having failed to identify him as her assailant. ABLE PEOPLE'S PA ADO THE JOURNAL DENVER, COLORADO, SAT DENVER, COLORADO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1922. Clemenceau Thanks Race As Brothers New York, Dec. 22.—Within a few moments of Georges Clemenceau's departure from this country, Capt. Matthew V. Boute of the Colonel Charles Young Post No. 398 went aboard the liner Paris and presented a letter to him in behalf of the members of the post, reading: "Hon. Georges Clemenceau. Dear Sir: We represent the 200,000 black men who helped defend France in the great war. We loaded and unloaded ships; we built roads and railroads; we staggered under tremendous burdens; we repaired and guided automobiles; we carried food and ammunition to the front lines; and in the great decisive battle which broke the Hindenburg line and drove the Germans back to Germany, five American black regiments were in the front trenches and 1,000 of us were left on the field of battle. "Our sacrifice was not in vain. We learned to know France. We learned to know a land where color prejudice was unknown and where even the appeals of our white American fellow citizens fell on deaf ears. For this reason, sir, we welcome you, the foremost representative of that great country, and we pledge to you the sympathy and help of 12,000,000 Negroes in any future crisis, so long as France of the future lives up to the ideals of France of the past." In response M, Clemenceau said: "Thank you sincerely for your kind wishes. We esteem highly the splendid work (not as colored men, but as Americans) you performed with the Pollus of France, your brothers in arms." Elect Rev. L. K. Williams Head of Baptist Churches Elect Rev. L. K. Williams Head of Baptist Churches Los Angeles Gets Session Next Year. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 15.—The Rev. Lacy Kirk Williams, pastor of Olivet Baptist church, Chicago, Ill., was elected to the presidency of the National Baptist convention last week. He is to fill the vacancy made by the death of the late Dr. E. C. Morris of Helena, Ark. The Rev. Williams is pastor of the largest church in the Baptist denomination, which comprises a membership of over 10,000, with four assistant pastors, and twenty-two social workers. He received the endorsement of the state conventions in Texas, Oklahoma, Michigan, Tennessee, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana and Mississippi. Asked would he give up his work as pastor of Olivet, the Rev. Williams said the officers of his church had agreed to lend him to the Baptist denomination for any service. He also declared he would retain all of the old officers that served under Dr. Morris. A reception will be given in his honor at Olivet Friday night. The other officers elected were Rev. R. B. Hudson, Selma, Ala., secretary; Rev. W. M. Taylor of Louisiana, first vice president at large; E. Arlington Wilson, J. M. Nabrit, Georgia E. H. McDonald, Nebraska; T. O. Fuller, Tennessee, assistant secretaries; Andrew Jackson Stokes, Alabama, treasurer; J. D. Pierson, Texas, auditor; C. H. Parris, Kentucky, statistician; Charles Stewart, Illinois, general missionary. Los Angeles was selected for the next annual session. It was one of the largest conventions in the history of the organization. White Southern Editor Calls Ku Klux "Insult to the White Race" The Ku Klux Klan is being repudiated in the South, according to extracts from an editorial of the Greensboro, North Carolina, Daily-News of December 18th, made public by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York. "The existence of the Ku Klux is an insult to the white race," says the editorial. "It is an admission that we cannot defend ourselves except by a coward's weapons. "And when that order preaches the poisonous doctrine that the Negro is not entitled to the right of a fair trial in open court and to the equal protection of the laws, because he is not 100 per cent American, we think of Lazar huddled crosses in the moonlight by one of the rivers of France. And when officials of the government ally themselves with that order, nay, when a judge on the bench, charged with the sacred administration of justice, will not deny that he is the head of that reptilian order, we think of those graves in France. And our impulse is not one of pity for the Negroes, for the Negroes have vindicated themselves. Our fear is for the nation that threatens to abandon its own dead. God help a country that could be so vile!" BOULDER, COLO., NEWS. We did not have a snow for Xmas, but about 6 o'clock Xmas night it started raining and it turned into a snow, and Tuesday morning when we awoke we had about three inches of snow. The sun came out and by noon it was nearly all gone. We have surely had a wonderful spell of good weather during our first winter month. The Baptist Church, while without a pastor, is having one service on Sunday mornings in the nature of song and prayer service, as there is no services at night. Allen Chapel had a Xmas tree for the Sunday School members and friends Saturday night before Xmas. They had a very nice program, after which presents were distributed. The little folks' eyes were shining and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. There was a goodly number present. Sunday all day was a busy day for members of Allen Chapel as there were three services held beside Sunday School. The presiding elder, Rev Wayman A. Ward, was a Boulder visitor Saturday and Sunday, attending the quarterly conference. The singing was good, the spirit was good, the attendance was good, the preaching was good and everyone was good. Last but not least the collections were very good. J. Chrysler was not feeling well J. Chrysler was not feeling well Tuesday. Mrs. S. J. Washington is greatly improved. Miss Vette Horne was able to sit at the table Xmas day and eat her Xmas dinner. Miss Horne has surely had a time of it. It has been nearly a year now since she fell ill. Mrs. Mary Reeves entertained at her residence Xmas night in honor of Miss Misner Wilson's 13th birthday. She had a pleasant time with her friends. Refreshments were served and the guests left before a late hour. Mr. and Mrs. Clay have not been feeling so well lately, but was feeling some better Xmas day. You know some time ago we said wedding bells were going to ring? Well they have rung. Miss Sadie Rucker decided she wanted to change her name through Mr. Tompson's urging. They agreed and last week they did, and presto, Sadie is Miss Sadie no more, but Mrs. W. Tompson. We extend our congratulations and wish them much happiness on their matrimonial venture. Cheyenne, Wyo., News Monday, Jan. 1, 1923, the Woman's Searchlight Club will receive their friends at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCormack. The ladies are expecting each and every one to call. Everybody is cordially invited. Hours from 3 o'clock p. m. until 10 o'clock p. m. The marriage of Mrs. Daisy R. Thompson and Mr. Harry M. Hill was solemnized Friday evening by Rev. W. T. Thornton, pastor of the A. M. E. Church. The marriage was a surprise to the friends of the couple. Mrs. Thompson has lived in Cheyenne a number of years until a year ago when she went to Lincoln, Neb. There the romance began. Mrs. Thompson returned to Cheyenne six months ago to reside again. Mr. Hill arrived a few days ago to claim his bride. Best wishes for happy life is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Hill from their friends. We hope the young couple will make their home here. Mr. George Hopkins, an old citizen of Cheyenne, has been confined to the bed the past week with an injured knee. Mr. Hopkins is some better at this time. The attending physician reported Mr. Hopkins would be out soon. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brown and children departed Friday morning to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ingraham, parents of Mrs. Brown, and other relatives, in Atchison, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. John Moss have departed for two months' visit in Los Angeles, and Oakland and other points in California. Mrs. Wm. Stemous and Mrs. M. C. Dowel are visiting Kansas City, Mo., and other cities in Missouri. Mrs. Wm. Stemous and M. C. Dowel spent Christmas in Denver. The officers of the Cheyenne Civic League of Colored People were installed on Dec. 14th. Rev. E. W. Wright, master of ceremony, delivered a notable address commendable to the Civic association and officers. The officers are: Frank McComb, president; R. Richardson, vice president; Clarence J. Tolliver, secretary; Mrs. Chas. Horn, assistant secretary; J. H. Moss, treasurer; Mrs. W. T. Thornton, chorister; Mrs. Adah Reese, assistant chorister; Rev. G. S. Stacker, chaplain. The league will keep in touch with local industries and secure jobs for deserving members of our group. The industrial committee are Rev. S. S. Fairly, Rev. E. W. Wright and Rev. W. T. Thornton. The children of our Sunday Schools were wonderfully entertained by Santa Claus on Christmas night. The Christmas tree is a wonderful sight, a thing long to be remembered by the little ones. All children and others were remembered; none were forgotten. The Benevolent Order of Elks of the World were watchful of the children and poor of our city. Worthy poor are never in need if within hailing of Frontier Lodge No. 285. Mr. Wm. Ashford, district steward of A. M. E. Church, addressed the gathering at his church. He paid a glowing tribute to the Order of Elks, who furnished presents and candies for the Sunday School children and others. Mr. Ashford implored parents to impress upon the minds of all children the duty of attending Sunday School. Brother Ashford is one of the leading "lights" in Allen Chapel and has a wonderful influence with the children. Rev. E. W. Wright occupied the pulpit of Second Baptist Church during the absence of Rev. S. S. Fairly. Rev. G. S. Stacker, who is in Idaho Springs, Idaho, conducting a religious meeting, writes the work is progressing. We expect the reverend will return to Cheyenne about February 1st, 1923. Mr. Eugene Bryant has departed to spend the holidays in St. Louis. Old Time "Watch Meeting" Service at the Second Baptist Church, Sunday night, Dec. 31st, 1922. Knowing as we do, that the Lord has been very merciful to us in allowing us the chance of living to see the year so near its close, therefore we are inviting you to come and worship with us on "Watch-Meeting Night." Let each man, woman, and child be found at the church when the NO.11. Journal of Race Life Is Urban League Plan New York, Dec. 22.—At a meeting of the executive board of the National Urban League held in this city authority was granted the league's department of research and investigations to publish a monthly "Journal of Negro life," with the title "Opportunity." The first issue is to appear in January. The editor is Charles S. Johnson, a graduate of Virginia Union and Chicago universities, who was associate executive secretary of the Chicago commission on race relations appointed by Governor Lowden following the Chicago race riot. Mr. Johnson is also director of the department of research and investigations of the National Urban League. Coffin Snatchers Are Busy in Georgia Cemetery Coffin Snatchers Are Busy in Georgia Cemetery Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 15.—A grim story of nocturnal disinterment of bodies from a local Negro cemetery, theft of the caskets which were later resold, and reburying of the bodies, has been told by the police by Thurman Jones, undertaken, who admitted he had been doing it for nearly a year. Reports of "casket snatching" in this cemetery have been current for weeks. Friday night officers lay in wait and watched the "snatchers" at work. The officers declared Jones and Ed. Ware dug up two bodies, reburied them minus the coffins, and then drove away with the caskets. Jones told police he and ware had made a small fortune. He said Ware was the leader, and always told him what grave to open. Ware also is in jail, but refuses to talk. Following publication of the story cemetery officials were flooded with requests from relatives of persons buried in the cemetery seeking disinterment permits to see if the caskets had been stolen. "It all appeared so easy," Jones said, "and them dead men didn't know no better nohow, and besides, the money came in mighty handy." New Year comes in, resolved to live better lives next year than we have this. Program. 6:30 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. Conducted by the president. 8:00 p. m.—Prayer meeting, conducted by the deacons. 9:00 p. m.—Expression meeting, led by Sister Peggie Anderson, followed by others. 11:00 p. m.—Sermon by the pastor, Rev. S. S. Fairly. 12:00—Thanksgiving prayer by Brother Wright. 12:15 a. m.—Opening of the $1,000 Drive." REV. S. S. FAIRLY, Pastor. MRS. BEATRICE TURNER, Clerk. The public is invited. Richard Gaskin, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Gaskin, passed away Monday afternoon, Dec. 18th. Little Richard was the third one of the family to pass within a month. The child's death was due to heart failure superinduced by diphtheria. Mr. and Mrs. Gaskin have the sympathy of the entire community. The other children are doing nicely. Rev. Thornton has recovered from effects of a bad cold. FOREIGN The Supreme Court of Lelpzig, in a secret session recently dismissed ninety-three "war guilt" cases tried in accordance with the Versailles treaty. The American embassy building at the exposition grounds at Rio Janeiro, and also the American industrial exhibits building were formally opened a few days ago. The Italian army is to be increased to 250,000 men and the period of conscription extended from twelve to eighteen months, it has been learned. The additional costs will be made up by reducing the gendarmie. Japanese members of federated American engineering societies, mechanical, electrical, civil and mining, who have returned to their own country, have formed an association to promote the interest of their profession. Many of these men spent years in America. A great roving band of hungry timber wolves has devoured three men, according to meager reports sifting in from the snow-covered trails of the Sturgeon river country in Ontario. These reports told of a losing battle fought by two Indians after a white trapper had been downed and killed. A dispatch to the Central News at London from Rome reports sanguinary encounters at various places during the Christmas holidays between Fascisti and Communists. At Piana, near Venice, Communists destroyed Fascisti manifestos. During the disturbance two persons were killed and many wounded. According to statistics received from India, 3,360 persons were killed by wild animals in British India during 1921, against 3,633 in the previous year. Tigers were responsible for 1,454 deaths, leopards for 500, wolves for 556, bears for 63, elephants for 70, and hyenas for 10. The loss of human life from snake bites fell from 20,054 in 1920 to 19,336 in 1921. The newspapers of Mexico City treat as highly important the concession granted in lands to a group of Los Angeles manufacturers, bankers and oil operators. It is declared to be a wise move on the part of the department of commerce and industry. The newspapers say it is expected that exploration of the conceded lands will begin immediately. Death sentences of eleven noncommissioned officers of the Philippine constabulary were commuted to life imprisonment and life sentences of sixty-six privates were commuted to seventeen years' imprisonment by Leonard Wood, governor general of the Philippines. The sentences grew out of the riots of Dec. 15, 1920, between the Philippine constabulary and the native police, during which four Americans and seven Filipinos were killed. A stirring altercation occurred at a meeting of the sub-commission on minorities at Lausanne, between the former Greek premier, Venizelos, and the Turkish delegate, Riza Nur Bey. According to spokesman of the Turkish delegation, Riza Nur Bey declared that the Greek army was not so much responsible for the recent military disaster as was Venizelos himself, because it was Venizelos who had inaugurated the idea of a "military invasion of Anatolia." GENERAL Atha Carter, a prohibition officer who was wounded in a fight with alleged moonshiners near Pallsain, Nev., died at Reno. Virtually the entire business section of Seligman, Mo., is in ruins as a result of a fire a few days ago. Thirteen buildings were destroyed with an estimated loss of $50,000. W. F. Faunce, 50, a mortgage salesman, was burned to death, two firemen were overcome by smoke and more than a score of persons were taken to hospitals when flames swept the sixty-family Del Mar apartment house, a mile from the downtown district of Toledo, Ohio, a few days ago. Lashing her child to her back, Mrs. Florence Golden sought to end her life by leaping into the Desplaines river at Chicago. It was a corporal who captured and held the last heights of the Meuse between Oct. 23 and 28, 1918, according to an official citation received at the First Army corps area headquarters in Boston. James A. Cresswell, then corporal of Company K, One Hundred and First infantry, Twenty-sixth division, now going to school in Boston, was the man, and his feat has gained for him the Distinguished Service Cross. Two gifts of $1,125,000 each to the College of Medicine, University of Iowa, one from the general education board and the other from the Rockefeller Foundation, have been announced by President W. A. Jessup of the university, through W. R. Boyd, chairman of the finance committee of the State Board of Education. The money will be used to build a hospital and laboratory and to equip them, it was announced. The next session of the Iowa Legislature will be asked to appropriate $450,000 annually for the next five years to make the entire amount for the hospital $4,500,000. Mrs. Hazel Hirsh, charged with shooting her husband after a party last summer at the home of Miss Reine Davies, motion picture actress, at Mineola, N. Y., was acquitted by a jury, which accepted her defense that Hirsh was shot accidentally when she tried to prevent him from committing suicide. After shooting his wife and then himself, Louis Watkins of Springfield, Ill., overcome by remorse at sight of her prostrate body, bound up her shattered arm and stopped bleeding artery, thereby saving her life. Both will live. THE WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS A BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING EVENTS IN THIS AND FOR-EIGN COUNTRIES. IN LATE DISPATCHES IN LATE DISPATCHES DOINGS AND HAPPENINGS THAT MARK THE PROGRESS OF THE AGE. WESTERN Fire of unknown origin destroyed the large hall housing a moving picture theater and confectionery at Grandview, Idaho, forty miles south of Bolse. Erastus Brainerd, 67 years old, formerly editor of the Seattle Post Intelligence, and long a leader in public life in Washington, died a few days ago. Ed Hayes entered the headquarters of the I. W. W., in Salt Lake City and, it is alleged, at the point of a revolver held up Pat Mee, secretary of the Salt Lake City branch of the I. W. W., and Thomas Hodges, who happened to be in the room. The automobile of John Danz, who operates several Seattle motion picture houses, was wrecked by a bomb that was thrown in it while it was standing empty in front of his home. Danz attributed the explosion to labor controversies he has had recently. Suit to recover $222,160.50 from Gov, William D. Stephens and other California officials because of the alleged illegal sale of $3,000,000 highway bonds was dismissed on technical grounds by Judge Benjamin F. Bledsoe of the United States District Court at Los Angeles. Police authorities of Salt Lake City have announced that, through the medium of photographs, Arthur Haan, under arrest at Richmond, Calif., had been identified as the slayer of 16-year-old Rulon James during an attempted drug store robbery in Salt Lake City recently. Rejection of his advances toward Helen Engel, 16 years old and pretty, last spring, is believed to have so crazed Emil Neuriter, 40, a ferryboat proprietor, that he entered her home in Seattle and turned Christmas joy into tragedy by killing her two sisters and one of her brothers and then ending his own life. Leon Natoli, who has been living in a suburb of Seattle, told the police that with the aid of a dog he had trained, he had robbed more than 100 Seattle homes this year, they said. The dog is said to have stood on watch outside dwellings while his master, who is alleged to have used a truck to haul away the loot, worked inside. WASHINGTON Col. Rufus H. Lane was nominated by President Harding to be adjutant and inspector of marine corps, with the rank of brigadier general. The following Coloradoans were granted commissions in the officers' reserve corps: Finis N. Roberts of Fruita as first lieutenant of Infantry; Jay Norman Fuller of Monte Vista as first lieutenant of cavalry; James Robert McClelland of Greeley as first lieutenant of infantry. Immediate return to the owners of all small properties seized during the war was urged recently by Allen Property Custodian Miller before the House commerce committee, which is considering a bill under which 93 per cent of all trusts in the hands of the government, most of them valued at less than $10,000, would be released. Hannis Taylor, former United States minister to Spain, and recognized authority on international law, died at his home in Washington. Nearly half a billion dollars, $433,447,000, was loaned on American agriculture by the War Finance Corporation during the critical period of depression in the last year, the annual report of the commission sent to Congress disclosed. The first blow to reach the capitol of alleged bootleggers was struck by Senator Curtis, Republican, Kansas, chairman of the Senate rules committee, when he ordered a negro waiter discharged from the Senate restaurant. The waiter, Curtis said, had dropped a bottle of strong smelling hooch on the floor of the restaurant. The refusal of Representative Keller, Republican, Minnesota, to respond to a subpoena requiring him to give under oath the information upon which he based his impeachment charges against Attorney General Daugherty, has created a precedent of such possible far-reaching importance that the House judiciary committee decided to refer the whole matter to a sub-committee for investigation. Former Premier Clemenceau's American visit added $20,000 to the American field service fund fellowships, Stephen Bonsal, who managed the tour, announces. The amount is the surplus of money received from lectures and newspaper articles by the Tiger after defraying the expenses of his trip. Nearly half a billion dollars—$433,447,000—was loaned to American agriculture by the War Finance Corporation during the critical period of depression in the past year, the annual report of the commission sent to Congress disclosed. LATE NEWS From All Over COLORADO Jan. 18-20, 1923.—National Western Stock Show, Union Stock Yards, Denver, Colo. Denver.—The nomination of William A. Dollison, clerk of the District Court, to be United States marshal for the district of Colorado was confirmed by the Senate. Denver.—The annual Denver Automobile Show will be held in the Auditorium March 11 to 18, under the auspices of the Denver Automobile Dealers' Association. Denver.—Percy Cornersnor, 28 years old, an expressman with a stand at Eighteenth and Lawrence streets, was killed by electricity when a piece of iron pipe he was carrying came in contact with a high voltage wire. Fort Collins.—The Republican legislative program was formulated at a party caucus here Jan. 2. A general caucus of state senators and representatives was held in the morning, and separate caucuses of senators and representatives in the afternoon. Pueblo.—Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kansas made arrangements to parole Phil Schynard, one of the five inmates of the Kansas state penitentiary serving under a sentence to hang under the old Kansas state law, to Mrs. Cora E. Hoxie of Pueblo, who, according to information at the governor's office, has agreed to marry Schynard and take care of him. Pueblo.—Fines totalling $4,500 have been collected by the city of Pueblo during the past year from arrests made by Motorcycle Patrolmen J. W. Vanpelt for speeding, cutting corners and other traffic violations. Since Jan, 22, 1922, Vanpelt has traveled 1,700 miles catching speeders and has made 1,051 arrests, 775 of those resulting in convictions. Trinidad.—Driving a newly purchased Christmas automobile for the first time, Adolph Livingstone, 60 years old, was killed recently when his car plunged off the highway near Jansen, two miles west of Trinidad, and dropped into an arroyo. Livingstone's neck was broken. Livingstone had lived in Trinidad but a short time and was a workman in the building trades. Denver.—Apportionment of $6,777,596 for construction of highways in Colorado in 1923 was announced by the highway advisory board in a report which has been approved by Governor Shoup. The budget for next year calls for an expenditure of $3,161,691 on highway construction, the remaining sum being left over from 1920, 1921 and 1922. Federal aid projects total $5,272,700, and state projects $1,491,896. Golden.—On the ground that the Colorado Supreme Court held constitutional a law that first should have been submitted to the direct vote of people in the district involved, an appeal will be taken immediately to the United States Supreme Court in the Moffat tunnel case, Edwin H. Parks, attorney, announced recently. Park represents Mary L. Milheim and Frederick Metcalf, who brought the original action attacking the constitutionality of the tunnel law. Grand Junction.—Postponement of payments by landholders and farmers under the High Line canal in Colorado was the gist of a request made by Edward T. Taylor, Colorado representative, to Albert B. Fall, secretary of the interior, in Washington. The reason of the request was that "farmers in Colorado are up against it." Secretary Fall intimated that, although he would do his best to grant extension of payments, he doubted if anything could be done without appropriate congressional action. Trinidad.—The passing of the weekend Christmas holidays claimed a toll of three lives from crimes of violence in Las Animas county. William Jamison, 62, well-known resident of Trinidad, was shot and killed by August Malezia at the latter's roadhouse at El Moro. Candelario Aragon, 50, a ranchman of Longs cañon, was stain on his place, and Jerry Saiz is in jail charged with the crime. Dometrio Aragon, 45, of Tercio, died at a hospital from bullet wounds, and for which shooting Tom Martinez, coal miner, is being held. Denver.—Names of thirty Denver citizens, living and dead, have been placed upon a list of civic benefactors announced recently. These names, selected by a committee appointed by Mayor Bailey two years ago, will be inscribed in bronze on the colonnade of the south end of the Civic Center. The design of the dedicatory inscription in the colonnade and the design for arrangement of names has been placed in the hands of Robert Garrison, Denver sculptor. The tablets will be placed soon after the first of the year. Grand Junction—U. G. Harris, a ranchman near Grand Junction, was shot, probably fatally, a few days ago. When he arose and started to put on his trousers a 38-caliber revolver dropped to the floor and its cartridge was exploded. The bullet entered Harris' leg and ranged upward and lodged in the abcomen. Denver.—Crawford Hill, millionaire Denver capitalist, and son of the late United States Senator Nathaniel P. Hill, died at his residence, 960 Sherman street, following a critical illness of several weeks. CENTENNIAL STATE ITEMS Denver.—A contest among Colorado newspapers for the best makeup of a newspaper in which only the front page will be considered, has been announced by the Western Newspaper Union, to be held in addition to the midwinter meeting of the Colorado Editorial Association, Jan. 19 and 20. Only newspapers in good standing at the time of the contest will be considered, it was announced. The papers will be on display throughout the conference and the final decision will be handed down at the final session, Jan. 20. Only the front page of the newspaper will be entered in the contest. Those who have been selected as judges in the contest are the following: Cecil Connor of the Connor Advertising Agency; A. U. Mayfield, editor of the Mountain States Monitor, and Fred Marvin, editor of the Mountain States Banker. A weekly newspaper with only a five-column front page will be entitled to as much consideration as a daily with eight columns, the association announced. The contest is primarily for the purpose of creating more interest among newspapers in regard to the makeup, it was declared. The method of grading in the competition will be as follows: Appearance—50 points, subdivided as indicated below: Excellence of makeup—30 points (including appeal to the eye, general assembly of matter, balance, etc.) Typography—10 points (including freedom from typographical errors). Press Work—10 points. Contents—50 points, subdivided as indicated below: Newsiness of the page—30 points (as it applies to the publisher's own locality.) Manner in which stories are written—10 points (presentation of facts, style, etc.) Wording of heads—10 points (appropriateness, interest, etc.) A first prize of $25 will be awarded the newspaper with the best makeup. A second prize of $15, and a third of $10 will also be awarded. The prizes are payable in gold coin. Denver.—Colorado's seven leading industries, exclusive of agriculture and mining, paid a total of $106,430,485 to 60,575 wage-earners, 14,541 of whom were women, during 1922, according to the biennial report of the State Bureau of Labor Statistics, made public here. The report was compiled by Carl S. Milliken, secretary of state and ex-officio labor commissioner, and Carl De Lochte, deputy state labor commissioner. The report shows that an average annual wage of $1,759 is paid in Colorado in the following industries: Automobile, films, department stores, hotels and restaurants, manufacturing, public utilities, and railroads. Greeley.—Somewhere in the sandhills of northern Colorado or western Nebraska, four men believed to be the bandits who robbed a Federal Reserve Bank truck of $200,000 in Denver and killed Charles T. Linton, a bank guard, are hiding, while Denver police and Weld and Morgan county sheriff's officials are searching for them. "Jumped" from Dr. J. W. Fuequa's untenanted farm house, eight miles northeast of Greeley, where it is believed they were hiding, the suspects, driving two large automobiles, divided and sped away before posses, hastily organized, could get on their trail. Pueblo.—The rail mills of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company at Pueblo will resume operation after a shutdown of several months, members of the company have announced. Because of the increased work in all producing departments, the opening of the mill will give employment to more than 1,000 men. Fort Collins.—For the third year in succession the water rentals for the year have been collected 100 per cent for the close of the year's books in the city clerk's office. Clerk A. J. Rosenow reported to the city council that every water fee in the city for the year had been paid. Estes Park.—Painting vivid word pictures of the peaks and ranges, flowers and birds and beasts of the Rocky mountains, Charles Edwin Hewes, Estes Park poet, has just completed a book of verse, "Songs of the Rockies." Marked by a simplicity of style that reflects keenly the beauty of mountain nature, many of the verses show a depth of feeling unusually beautiful. Fort Collins.—Mrs. George W. Thimmig of Wellington and in her 11-year-old daughter, Erma, are in the Fort Collins hospital suffering from injuries received when the car in which they with Mr. Thimmig and two sons were riding was crowded over an embankment on the road north of Fort Collins at night by another car which failed to dim its bright lights. Colorado Springs.—With his head crushed, Robert Burg, a brakeman employed by the Denver & Rio Grande Western railroad, was found dead on top of a freight car when the train arrived in Colorado Springs from the south. It is believed he was struck when the train passed under a low bridge at Fountain. Denver.—The welfare of the state of Colorado is in danger until the reclamation department has officially and unreservedly committed itself to the development of western Colorado irrigation projects, and Colorado should hold up ratification of the Colorado river pact until such commission is made, Congressman Taylor said, according to a dispatch from Washington. 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War Minis- ter Pangalos has been appointed com- mander in chief in Thrace and has left with his secret ry for Salonikl, Paris.—A dispatch to the Havas agency from Rome says a report is current in a usually well-informed quarter that military circles in Athens are growing excited and that there is an inclination to believe the Greek troops, who have now been reorgan- ized, are about to re-enter ‘Thrace since the Mudania-Maritza frontier is held only by weak allied detachments. ‘The dispatch adds that it is felt In Rome that if the Greek staff carries out this plan, the whole situation 1a the Near East will be profoundly af- fected. Malta.—As a result of unsatisfac- tory news from Lausanne, it Is under- stood that the ships of the British Mediterranean fleet which arrived in Multa on Dec. 28 for a three weeks’ visit have received orders to return to the Near East, Naval authorities were reticent, but it was believed that Admiral De Ro- beck, commander in chief of the Medi- terranean fleet, was prepared to leave with all avaible vessels. ‘The understanding was that the dreadnaughts Marlborough and Ajax, the light cruiser Concord and all the destroyers were to sail eastward. Lausanne,—Not a single Important -question on the agenda of the Near East conference has been settled, de- spite many weeks of negotiations, Riza Nur Bey of the Turkish delega- tion hus stated, and it was therefore no wonder “all the delegates deemed that a crisis had arrived, But Turkey had come to Lausanne for peace, and if peace was not obtained and a rup- ture came it would not be the fault of Turkey, but of the allies, “I do not say that things are hope- .ess,” added Riza Nur, “but we cer- tainly are in a state of tensivn.” Ismet Pasha has failed to persuade the United States und the Kuropean powers that Turkish laws and Tur- kish courts afford adequate protection to the life and property of foreigners residing in Turkey, and the Near East conference stands in grave danger of breaking up on this question. Europe and America insist that spe- cial courts, upon which foreign judges sit, must administer justice to for: cigners, in Mustapha Kemal’s repub- lic. 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He believed that the door to honest success should always be kept open. Today the voices of anarchy, of disharmony between classes, of disruption, clamor for recognition in the councils of the republic. Shall we give ear to those who, for some petty imperfections, would lay axe to the roots of our fundamental institutions? No—not while we may still spray the tree of the republic with the spirit of pure Americanism—with the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. Capital punishment is lawful. In the present state of society I believe it to be necessary, reasonable and just. Sentimentalists, well meaning and sincere, but badly misguided, are partly responsible for the rising murder rate in the United States because they are giving most of their attention to the consideration of the murderer rather than to his victim. Let me illustrate. Illinois has a statute providing capital punishment for murder. The same statute also provides that the sentence may be from fourteen years to life imprisonment. In 1921 there were 208 murders in Cook county. During the same period 225 defendants were arraigned on murder charges. There were fifty-five convictions. Forty-six were sentenced to the penitentiary and to the reformatory and only six were sentenced to hang. In other words, less than 3 per cent of the murderers convicted in Cook county last year suffered capital punishment. Puppy love resulting in runaway high school boys and girls is not so much the fault of the youngsters as it is of their parents. The home is the place for teaching of sex matters, not the public schools. I don't want an old maid to teach my children sex hygiene. In sex matters children must be treated as individuals. And they must be taught more by example than by precept. Young people become obsessed with false notions of love and married life by means of certain movies and novels. The dances of society are so suggestive that they affect their minds and habits of thought. But who, primarily, are to blame for the movies, the reading of the novels, and the suggestive dances? Not the children, but the parents who set the standards of society. The sex movies are not staged at the theaters because of the demand made by the pupils of our high schools, but by adults, that is, by the parents. The fallacy of teaching sex hygiene in the public schools, or in any place except to individuals by the parents or some one interested and competent, who has access to the confidence of the child, is that the evils of our day are not the result of ignorance so much as the lack of character. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Entered as second-class matter at the postoffice in the City of Denver, Colo. Recognized by the Retail Merchants' Bureau of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association as an advertising medium. JOSEPH D. D. RIVERS.....Proprietor P. O. Box 116 1824 Curtis Street, Room 25 Phone Main 7417 SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One year.....$2.00 Six months.....1.25 Three months......75 Reading notices, ten lines or less, 15 cents per line. Each additional line over ten lines, 12 cents per line. Display advertising, 75 cents per square for first insertion and 50 cents per square for each additional insertion. Remittances should be made by express money order, postoffice money order, registered letter or bank draft. Postage stamps will be received the same as cash for fractional part of a dollar. Only 1c and 2c stamps taken. Communications to receive attention must be newsy, upon important subjects, plainly written only upon one side of the paper, must reach us Tuesdays, if possible, anyway not later than Wednesdays, and bear the signature of the author. No manuscript returned, unless stamps are sent for postage. All communications of a personal nature that are not complimentary will be withheld from the columns of this paper. THE NEW YEAR!! RING out the old! Ring in the new! Thundering through the ages this familiar jingle has come down to mankind as a part of an earthly heritage and as a reminder of the inescapable transition from time to eternity. The year 1922 is now drawing to a close. We look upon it as a composite substance approaching dissolution. It has played its part in the great drama of life and in the cycle of years that go to make world history. In the aggregate twelve short months may be likened unto "Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing. Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." The passing of the old year and the approach of the new is often attended with tragic reflections and magic like contemplations. The sigh with which most of us dismiss the inner urge to try, at least, at the beginning of each New Year to enthrone unselfishness oftentimes turns into tears of bitter regret as we realize the utter futility of our efforts at the close of the old. WHY THE GREETING, "A HAPPY NEW YEAR." There are those in the world who believe altruism is possible 365 days of the year and seize upon New Year day as a rightful starting place. Man has no impulse for what is wholly beyond him. The urge to transcent the limitations of our weak and easily discouraged natures finds release on New Year's day. We start out with high resolves and simple faith. We resolve to profit by the mistakes of the past year and go swinging along the paved highway of good intentions. Sometimes we take stock and find ourselves richer in earthly goods and material acquisition, but poorer in spiritual armor and intellectual poise. But man is of fragile faith and the huge fire built at New Year does not always throw out sustaining radiance to the end. START THE NEW YEAR RIGHT. No counsellor of whatever creed or belief would offer different advice. It is a mandate that serves equally for every condition and age of life. Sound philosophy abides in its every suggestion. The young man just starting out in search of conquest and to make a place in life for himself can the better do so by starting the year right, by viewing the possibilities of a successful career from the angles of honesty and thrift. "Getting ahead" often means a struggle, hard work and sacrifice. One may feel gravely discouraged at times and incline toward laying down the burden. Do not give up—what you regard as a burden may prove a blessing in disguise. Bearing manfully your own responsibilities and helping to carry the load of others is broadening your shoulders, strengthening your heart, and making you a blessing to society. There is an alarming number of our young people who look upon this period of their lives as a huge joke—a season for sowing wild oats. What a serious and destructive mistake. The greatest tragedy of civilized society is written in the lives of a young boy or girl who can see no greater responsibility than the importance of having a "good time." The envy aroused by being selected as the best dancer in a dance hall may be self-satisfying for a season, but the fame is as transitory as the year itself. The title of being the best pool player in the city is the soap bubble substance and fades with the passing of the individual. But the boy or girl who seeks a business career and who will apply themselves to hard work and industry builds for society and for generations yet unborn. MAN A CREATURE OF HIS OWN DESTINY. A man's days are dark or bright as his own mind compels. His outlook on life depends solely on the color of the glasses he wears. If he seeks out the stars he will find them. If he looks for sunshine, bright days cannot be denied him. If he insists on seeing the rain clouds, black as the nether pit and full of doom, they will be ever present with him. The cheerfulness of life is not in drab, depressing surroundings—it is in ourselves. The joy of living is for us to choose. Whatever the occupation whereby men and women earn their daily bread, their first business is to bring as much happiness to living as they are able, and to strew it about them as they go. Such a course brings out the inestimable beauties of life and brings to us that welcome circle we call friends. They are the concomitant incidents of a vivid career. Every acquaintance we make brings a fresh range of thought, feeling and experience into contact with our own. And we live mainly by contact—our greatest progress is wrought through its channels. It imparts enrichment of mind and stimulus of effort. FACING THE FUTURE. The present is no time for looking back. The year 1922 is slipping into history—shall we say oblivion. Perhaps for many it would be the more applicable term. But the truth remains that all must face the future. There is an uncanny suggestion in the theory that we must eat, drink and be merry today for tomorrow we may die. For the Negro it is dangerous philosophy. It has been our daily portion too often in the past. The business world is giving out a big program for 1923. Capital is finding itself and coming from out its hiding places. We must grow and expand as the nation grows and expands. We must be a greater part of a greater Colorado, a bigger and better Denver. Not a man or woman among us but what can visualize our racial needs. An ambitious Negro organization in this city sees the need of a large building to house our rapidly growing professional circles; a large hall for our social needs, and more modern store rooms for business enterprises. The dream is a pretentious one and can be molded into a 1923 reality if given needful co-operation and support. One of our largest church institutions faces a condition of having outgrown its present antiquated quarters and is looking forward to a more commodious edifice, and it is a righteous goal certain to be gained if the intelligent leadership of the present is maintained. Our Y. M. C. A. building could be characterized as but little short of a disgrace but for the assurance that at an early date a modern structure in keeping with our needs and ambitions, will supplant the present ramshackle affair. But the responsibility is mainly ours, and we must not alone await the charity and liberality of others. We need and can support a greater variety of business establishments that our money may flow through our own channels and employment given to more of our young people. This is a program to which the COLORADO STATESMAN freely subscribes for the New Year and urges its readers to a thoughtful consideration of it. Lastly we urge a more general movement to take advantage of our school facilities. Unlimited opportunities are at our doors. Let us be fit and ready for the race of life. We need more optimists and enthusiasts and far less pessimists and croakers. We need more of those who are not afraid to be themselves, not afraid to have an individuality and who will plunge unhesitatingly into the unfolded mysteries of the New Year full of hope and Three Years of the League of Nations Have Now Fixed Its Character By AUGUSTIN EDWARDS of Chile, President. The year of 1922 marks a period in the life of the League of Nations, for it lias shown conclusively its desire to recognize the actual state of affairs. As a result it tries not to create but to shape. The league has found that it cannot force political growth; any action it takes must be the result of common agreement between all the members, big and little. So the league is not so much an institution as a state of mind. The people who, in the first enthusiasm of what they saw as the dawn of a new era, wished to clothe the league with the highest political power. The year of 1922 marks a period in the life of the League of Nations, for it lias shown conclusively its desire to recognize the actual state of affairs. As a result it tries not to create but to shape. The league has found that it cannot force political growth; any action it takes must be the result of common agreement between all the members, big and little. So the league is not so much an institution as a state of mind. The people who, in the first enthusiasm of what they saw as the dawn of a new era, wished to clothe the league with the highest political power, soon saw that what was essential was not so much a central governing hand as international co-operation. So they wisely started by following the lines of least resistance, by establishing various technical bodies and, most important, the Permanent Court of International Justice, which had already been agreed to in principle by all the powers, including the United States, at The Hague. The three years through which the league has lived have now fixed its character. It attempts only what is brought to it and it works by finding an atmosphere of mutual consent. Today it is more than proved that it is not, in any way or for any power, a super-state. It is not a dictator, but it is a universal conscience. The fact that what is sought in the league is the equality of all has had a result of great importance. When one has been at two assemblies, as I have, he can see the spirit clearly. It is a gathering without intrigue. The currents and undercurrents one finds at most international conferences do not exist at Geneva. This is because it has become recognized as the basic principle of the league that it will not do to drag a member unwillingly into a course of action that he does not agree to gladly. As each state is really sovereign, intrigue cannot produce results and is not attempted. As a South American I am most anxious for the United States to join the league. But it is a mistake to think that any power wants the United States to join for the sake of its riches or military strength. The league cannot use the resources of any nation unfairly or for the others, it is for her moral strength that we wish the United States to become a partner. If all the South American republics were in, with the United States at the head, our influence in the league would be overwhelming. The Spirit of Pure Americanism—the Spirit of Abraham Lincoln By KARL C. SCHUYLER, Denver, Colo. It would be presumptuous for me to say where Lincoln would stand in the present situation. I have no hesitation, though, in saying that he would be for the power, authority and dignity of the United States, the welfare of all the people and the maintenance of law and order, above all other considerations. Both capital and labor quote him. Capital Punishment Is Lawful and Is Necessary, Reasonable and Just By H. B. CHAMBERLIN, Chicago Crime Commission. Another reason why murders are becoming more numerous is that execution is not inflicted in all cases of deliberate murder. Puppy Love Not So Much the Fault of Youngsters as of the Parents By RFV. G. C. STEWART, St. Luke's, Evanston, Ill. THE COLORADO STATESMAN ```markdown ``` The Mouth-Piece of the People of Colorado and the Entire West ARELIABLE chronicle of their doings and progress; a faithful mirror of their wants, their hopes, their best aspiration. THE COLORADO STATESMAN Unequaled as an advertising medium for the business of professional men and women. An excellent family journal speaking to and for many thousand colored citizens. $2.00 A YEAR $1.25 SIX MONTH $.75 THREE MONTH THE GREAT ORGAN OF THE LABORING MASSES THE COLORADO STATESMAN Our first advice to you is to start the New Year right by subscribing for THE COLORADO STATESMAN, the great family weekly. ELKS OFFICERS GET-TOGETH The newly elected officers of Mo Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Liggens left Thursday afternoon for an indefinite visit in various Texas cities. The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac H. Hickman is spending the holidays with her relatives in Omaha. Like waffles? Well come to 2531 Welton street December 30, 5 to 8 o'clock. Waffle and coffee, 25c. Miss Mygnonne Carter of Oakley, Kansas, was the guest of honor at a beautiful home party given by Miss Lolita Johnson, Thursday afternoon. Invitations are out for an elaborate buffet luncheon next Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Parthenia George, 2819 Glenarm. Mrs. George will be assisted by Mrs. Eva Cammel. Mrs. W. E. Owens, 2941 Glenarm place, was hostess to several friends at a ten-course four o'clock dinner Christmas day. The home and dining room were very tastefully decorated, and everybody present enjoyed a very sumptuous and delicious repast. Mrs. N. J. Skillern is enjoying a visit from her sister, Mrs. Lizzie Carter and charming daughter Miss Mignon, who came up from Oakley, Kan., to spend the holiday season here. They have been the recipients of many social favors while here. Mrs. G. G. Nicholas, proprietor of the Kenmark hotel, Seventeenth and Welton streets, was host to all the employés at a special dinner on Sunday, Dec. 24, in honor of their faithful services. Mrs. Nicholas always appreciates the worth of services and never fails to give the necessary recognition. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. McClain have extended invitations to many members of the younger set to meet their daughters. Miss Ernestine and Josephine, at a dinner party given in their honor Sunday afternoon. Miss Mygnonne Carter will also be an honor guest. The dance given at Fern hall Tuesday night by the Men's Club of the Church of the Redeemer was a complete success and added much to the season's pleasures. This popular club promises many special social and literary features during the winter. Mr. and Mrs. F. D. McPherson, popular residents of 2228 Lafayette street, were hosts to eighteen guests at their beautiful home on Christmas evening. A very appetizing dinner was served consisting of everything that heart could wish for, and with the beautifying strains from the piano at which Miss Goldie McPherson, their daughter, presided, an event that will not be easily forgotten graced the Christmas season. A particular feature of this occasion was the association of very old, middle-age and youthful persons among the guests. THE regular monthly meeting of the DENVER COLORED CIVIC ASSOCIATION will be held Wednesday, January 3rd, at 8 o'clock, at Odd Fellows' hall, 2630 Welton street. All members are urged to be present, as business of importance is to be transacted. THOMAS CAMPBELL, Pres. W. R. CHAPMAN, Sec. SHORTER CHAPEL NOTES. Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock service the minister will preach. The choir will repeat some of the Christmas music. The custom of watching the old year out and the new year in will be observed at the evening service. Watch meeting at 9:30 p. m. Rev. J. M. Endicott will preach. This service will be strictly evangelistic. Special music by the choir. Come and bring a friend. "THE CRUSHERS" Wish you a Happy New Year, also invite you to their Dansanté matinee, New Year's afternoon at Fern Hall, from 3 to 7 p. m. Subscription, $1.00 per couple. DR. CLARENCE F. HOLMES, Business Manager. The newly elected officers of Mountain Lodge No. 39, I. B. P. O. E. of W. held a get-together banquet at Pope's Café on Twenty-sixth street, Christmas Eve, when they laid plans for the future welfare of their lodge. CHRISTMAS IN OUR CHURCHES Beautiful and impressive were the Christmas services conducted in our leading churches Sunday and Monday. The midnight mass at the Church of the Redeemer was one of the most impressive and highly conducted services ever witnessed in Denver. The early morning services at Shorter Church were also of the same beautiful class of other years. Both churches were filled to overflowing. The Y. W. C. A. conducted a tour of carolers throughout the city that was greatly enjoyed by all who heard them. Other church and religious services made the day and the occasion a memorable one. "THE CRUSHERS" Wish you a Happy New Year, also invite you to their Dansanté matinee, New Year's afternoon at Fern Hall, from 3 to 7 p. m. Subscription, $1.00 per couple. DR. CLARENCE F. HOLMES, Business Manager. THE SEASON'S GAYETIES. The Christmas season is always a signal for many unusual social activities among our people, and this year proved no exception to the rule. The Christmas horn of plenty seems to have overflown in every direction. As a fitting opening to a week made notable by many brilliant affairs an elegant six-course dinner was given at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Webb, 142 West Byers Pl., Sunday afternoon. Covers were laid for ten. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence F. Holmes were hosts to an unusually charming dinner party Sunday evening. Christmas Day brought on many public and private dancing parties, the most notable being the breakfast at Old Colony hall that brought out a large crowd and was highly enjoyable. Mr. and Mrs. Sim Harrington had as their guests of honor at a delightful dinner party Sunday, Mrs. Lizzie Carter and daughter of Oakley, Kan. An extended motor trip over the city and suburbs followed the dinner. One of the richly appointed events of the season was a dinner party given Tuesday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Jackson, 2522 Humboldt street. Covers were laid for twelve. Dancing and cards followed the dinner. Dr. and Mrs. J. H. P. Westbrook were hosts to a lavish dinner on Tuesday evening complimentary to Mrs. Lizzie Carter of Oakley, Kansas, who is visiting with her sister, Mrs. N. J. Skillern, 1904 East Twenty-ninth avenue. Following the dinner, Dr. and Mrs. Westbrook escorted their guests to the dancing party given at Fern hall by the Men's Club. Mr. and Mrs. William Stewart, 2535 Marion street, entertained in their usual charming manner Wednesday evening. The beautiful home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. White of 2501 Marion street was the scene of beautiful all night dancing party Christmas eve. Refreshments were served all during the evening. Everybody reports a delightful time. NATIONAL WESTERN STOCK SHOW. The seventeenth annual Western Stock Show to be held in Denver from January 13 to 20, 1923, promises to be of more interest and possess a larger variety of entries than in any previous show ever given here. The Horse Show program, always such a striking feature at the annual events, is said to be the strongest and best ever seen in the West. Denver is ideally located for this great stock show, and is always glad to play host to the large number of visitors, breeders and stock men that come here. Moreover, Colorado as a stock growing state, is gaining much fame throughout the East by the high class of stock shown here. The railroads have granted one and one-third fare for the round trip on all lines in western states, and everything points to a great event next month. CHRISTMAS REMEMBRANCE FROM THE MADAM C. J. WALKER MFG. CO. WE GRATEFULLY acknowledge receipt of package containing all the Madam C. J. Walker preparations and must confess that it merits its name "De Luxe," as its contents comprise every one of the advertised articles of the firm besides the special Christmas present. It has always been our pleasure to cater to the requirements of our advertisers, giving them that satisfaction which in turn places the worth and service of the COLORADO STATESMAN aboveboard, and therefore we offer our appreciation for remembrance of whatever we have done to help in furthering the cause of this firm, as besides the school, the church and similar agencies for instructing the people, the newspaper must play its part which is of more than ordinary importance as it shapes and moulds the minds of the public for the acceptance or rejection of anything brought under its observation. In offering a word of commendation to the Advertising Manager, Harry D. Evans, we from our experience can endorse his ability as not only being adapted to the position, but very capable of leading the Madam C. J. Walker firm to greater success and business prestige. Our best wish is for a very prosperous New Year. THE beautiful home of Mrs. G. A. Ma Landa, 420 Twenty-fourth street, was the scene of one of the most pleasing events of the season, where she entertained at a seven-course dinner of fine appointments last week Thursday, the following guests: Rev. Father Rahming and Mrs. Rahming, Mr. and Mrs. Hewetson-Watson and Miss Hewetson-Watson, Mrs. Rahming, Sr., and Miss Ada Rahming, Messrs. Le Roy Butler and Thomas Cohen. The decorations were in keeping with the Yuletide season, and a pyramid consisting of a variety of fruits formed the centerpiece, while the place cards were a combination Christmas and New Year greetings. The reflection of light from candles placed in certain positions lent a charming aspect to the beautiful table arrangements, while the soft and delightful strains of a Sonora machine discoursed such music as to enhance the appetite of the guests. After a very pleasant evening in which the most cordial relations obtained, the guests departed acclaiming the hostess among the leading ones of Denver and cherishing the memory of this particular event. NEGRO YEAR BOOK HERE. Send in your order now as there is quite a demand for the Negro Year Book, 1921-22, the only Negro Encyclopedia, compiled by Monroe N. Work of Tuskegee Institute. Call Hewetson-Watson, 1824 Curtis street, Room 25 Colorado Statesman's Office. Main 7417. AN OPEN LETTER. To the Editor of The Colorado Statesman, and all the good people of Denver: I can make men's suits that have character and style at very reasonable prices. My Jazz suits are on a par with George Morrison's jazz music. A. V. GARDNER, Champa 1019-W. 1025 21st St. Y. M. C. A. NOTES Did everybody have a Merry Christmas? All right, then; let's go! The band boys were so full of the Christmas spirit last Saturday morning that it was with much difficulty that they could be held together for their sectional rehearsal. But Mr. Davis, the instructor, has been a boy himself; so he understood it, and didn't get cross. Eight members of the Hi-Y Club had self control enough to come to their regular meeting on Friday evening. The hour was spent in singing, after which they all went home—or at least they went out. "The Life of Christ" was the topic at the meeting last Sunday afternoon, and was in the form of a stereopticon lecture. Mr. Townsend operated the machine while Secretary Bell explained the slides. The rendition of piano music by Professor Watson all through the lecture added much to the interest and impressiveness of the hour. Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon a New Year and Emancipation Day program will be rendered. The address will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. D. E. Over, pastor of the Zion Baptist Church. The meeting will begin at 4 o'clock, and everybody will be welcome. Here's wishing everybody a Happy New Year. No Delivery. Miss R. writes that this excuse was received by a local school marm: "Dear Teacher: Please excuse Willie's absence last Friday, as he had to go to the hospital after his sore nose."—Boston Transcript. C. M. E. CHURCH NOTES. C. E. Chapman, Minister. Residence, 2926 Glenarm Place. Phone Champa 4879-W. Last Sunday was a splendid day in every respect. The hour in the Sunday School proved to be very profitable as well as enjoyable. The lesson was about "The Birth of the Savior," and was highly enjoyed by all who were present. In keeping with the occasion two special Christmas messages were delivered by Rev. C. E. Chapman, minister in charge. The subject at the morning hour was "The wonderful fulfilment of Prophecy." The evening hour subject was, "No Room in the Inn." Two very splendid services were bad. Next Sunday there will be the usual program. Sunday School, 9:45 a. m.; praise service and morning worship, 11 a. m.; praise service and evening worship, 7:30 p. m. The Rev. S. W. Trimble of Oklahoma will be the morning speaker. Rev. C. E. Chapman, minister in charge, will deliver the evening message. A cordial invitation is extended all church-goers. NOTICE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN After a fair and impartial trial by Evergreen Chapter No. 36, O. E. S., the following members were expelled from all rights, privileges and benefits of the Chapter and the Order in general wherever dispersed over the world, for conduct unbecoming members of the O. E. S.: George A. Derry, Dora Derry, Anna Walton, Lenora Whitsell. Indefinitely suspended by the same order: Senora Maxwell, Maggie Stamps, Henrietta Foster. GEORGIA A. CONTEE, Chairman. LIZZIE RICHARDSON, FLOREENCE SIMPSON, Trial Committee. EVA M. TOMPKINS, W. M. EFFIE WALDON, Secy. K. K. K. Barred in London Britishers Are Opposed to Masked Organization Even at a Ball. London, Dec. 11.—That Britishers do not want American activities to spread in England is evidenced by the recent debarment of Klan garb at a mask ball. An echo of the Ku Klux Klan war in America gave a dramatic finish to the gayest three arts ball in London's history. The Convent Garden Theater was crowded with merrymakers when Inspector Grosse of the Scotland Yards sauntered in evening clothes across the floor and laid hands on the shoulder of a dancer garbed like a Ku Klux Klansman. The man was taken to Bow Street Police station without removing his hood, and detained on a charge the nature of which was not made public at the time. At the hearing the prisoner was told that wearing this sort of garb would not be tolerated in England even at a mask ball. English people do not want any Klan methods or measures in the dominion, the judge told the man. OUR JANUARY CLEARANCE OUR JANUARY CLEARANCE People who have waited for after Christmas for bargains get all they expect and more here. People who have waited until after Christmas for real bargains cannot afford to miss our sale. Men's and Boys' Clothing, Women's Apparel, Footwear for the family, furnishings for everybody—it will cost you nothing to investigate and compare, but it will save you much. Michaelson's. ESTATE OF CHARLOTTE CLARK DECEASED. NO. 31,339. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to pres- ent them for adjustment in the County Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado, on the 6th day of February, 1923. WILLIAM CLARK. E. P. Blakemore, Attorney. First publication, December 23, 1922. Last publication, January 20, 1923. $500,000 Bonus Is Given Employes Loyal in Strike Baltimore, Md., Dec. 26.—Bonus checks aggregating $500,000 were given as Christmas presents to those employés of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad who remained loyal to the corporation during the late railroad strike. Employés of the heavy repair shops of the company laid off during the holidays will resume work Jan. 2. This announcement was made yesterday at the general offices of the railroad. A month's extra pay was granted those who served the company loyally during the full time of the strike, with a graduated scale for less than the full period. New Year's Greetings To my faithful old friends and my cherished friends I tender this greeting: May the New Year be a prosperous and happy and may it be my privilege to add to your success. Atty. E. P. Blakemore MEYERS PLACE 2747 WELTON STREET Extends heartiest greetings to its patrons for a proud New Year and promises the same service for Also best wishes to the public for their good feelings the business. To my faithful old friends and my cherished new friends I tender this greeting: May the New Year be a prosperous and happy one, and may it be my privilege to add to your success. Extends heartiest greetings to its patrons for a prosperous New Year and promises the same service for 1923. Also best wishes to the public for their good feeling towards the business. CHAS. MEYERS --- A Save Money on Fine Clothes at the Gano-Downs Big Annual WINTER SALE of Men's, Young Men's and Boys' SUITS & OVERCOAT Here is the opportunity of the year to g superior quality clothes at less than the us price of the ordinary kind. Every garme guaranteed, all wool, of fine tailoring and sm style. 16th St. at Sto Gano-Downs WINTER SALE of Men's, Young Men's and Boys' SUITS & OVERCOATS Here is the opportunity of the year to get superior quality clothes at less than the usual price of the ordinary kind. Every garment guaranteed, all wool, of fine tailoring and smart style. 16th St. at Stout Gano-Dorns No transaction is complete until your satisfaction is complete. --- TO THE PUBLIC--- Allow me to gratefully acknowledge with thanks this New Year the valued patronage that you have shown me during the past year. And is my honest desire that I may be able to render you a larger service during the year of 1923. A. V. GARDNER, TAIL PHONE CHAMPA 1019-W 1025 21ST ST SUITS—$30 A. V. GARDNER, TAILOR PHONE CHAMPA 1019-W 1025 21ST STREET SUITS-$30 Regular $34.50 to $42.50 Values models for men and young men. Single or double- two or three-button. Checks, stripes or plain colors ids, unfinished worsteds and cassimeres. OVERCOATS—S masters and ulsterettes made of heavy, all-wool coating and young men's models. Coats we ordinarily sell for 5. Also a number of Chesterfields for men. Sizes only. All suits and overcoats not included in the forego groups at a discount of 20 per cent. Patrick Overcoats, Tuxedos and Full Dress Suits E Models for men and young men. Single or double-breasted; two or three-button. Checks, stripes or plain colors in worsteds, unfinished worsteds and cassimeres. Ulsters and ulsterettes made of heavy, all-wool coatings. Men's and young men's models. Coats we ordinarily sell for $30 and $35. Also a number of Chesterfields for men. Sizes 35 to 38 only. All suits and overcoats not included in the foregoing groups at a discount of 20 per cent. (Patrick Overcoats, Tuxedos and Full Dress Suits Excepted) THE DENVER DRY GOODS CO. A Thought for the New Year By Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the New York Sun WO storks were nesting. He was a young stork—and narrow-minded. Before he married he had consorted mainly with striplings of his own kind and had given no thought to the ladies, either maid or matron. After he married his attention was concentrated upon his All-Satisfying Wife; upon that Triumph of Art, Labor and Love—their Nest, and upon those Special Creations—their Children. Deeply was he moved by the marvelous instincts and processes of motherhood. Love, reverence, intense admiration, rose in his heart for Her of the Well-Built Nest; Her of the Gleaming Treasure of Smooth Eggs; Her of the Patient Brooding Breast, the Warming Wings, the downy wide-mouth Group of Little Ones. Assiduously he labored to help her build the nest, to help her feed the young. Proud of his impassioned activity in her and their behalf, devoutly he performed his share of the brooding while she hunted in her turn. When he was a-winged he thought continually of Her as one with the Brood—His Brood. When he was on the nest he thought all the more of Her, who sat there so long, so lovingly, to such noble ends. The happy days flew by, fair Spring—sweet Summer—gentle Autumn. The young ones grew larger and larger; it was more and more work to keep their lengthening, widening beaks shut in contentment. Both parents flew far afar to feed them. Then the days grew shorter, the sky grayer, the wind colder; there was large hunting and small success. In his dreams he began to see sunshine, broad, burning sunshine day after day; skies of limitless blue; dark, deep, yet full of fire; and stretches of bright water, shallow, warm, fringed with tall reeds and rushes, teeming with fat frogs. They were in her dreams, too, but he did not know that. He stretched his wings and flew farther every day; but his wings were not satisfied. In his dreams came a sense of vast heights and boundless spaces of the earth streaming away beneath him; black water and white land, gray water and brown land, blue water and green land, all flowing backward from day to day, while the cold lessened and the warmth grew. He felt the empty sparkling nights, stars far above, quivering, burning; stars far below, quivering more in the dark water and felt his great wings, wide, strong, all sufficient, carrying him on and on. This was in her dreams, too, but he did not know that. "It is time to go!" he cried one day, "They are coming! It is upon us! Yes—I must go! Good-by, my wife! Good-by, my children!" For the Passion of Wings was upon him. She was stirred to the heart. "Yes, it is time to go!" she cried. "I am ready! Come." He was shocked, grieved, astonished, "Why, my dear!" he said. "How preposterous! You cannot go on the Great Flight! Your wings are for brooding tender little ones! Your body is for the Wonder of the Gleaming Treasure!—not for days and nights of ceaseless soaring! You cannot go!" She did not heed him. She spread her wide wings and swept and circled far and high above—as, in truth, she had been doing for many days, though he had not noticed it. She dropped to the ridge-pole beside him where he was still muttering objections. "Is it not glorious!" she cried. "Come! They are nearly ready!" "You Unnatural Mother!" he burst forth. "You have forgotten the Order of Nature! You have forgotten your Children! Your loving, precious, tender, helpless Little Ones!" And he wept—for his highest Ideals were shattered. But the Precious Little Ones stood in a row on the ridge-pole and flapped their strong young wings in high decision. They were as big as he was, nearly; for as a matter of fact he was but a Young Stork himself. Then the air was beaten white with a thousand wings; it was like snow and silver and sea-foam; there was a flashing, whirlwind, a hurricane of wild joy, and then the Army of the Sky spread wide in due array, and streamed Southward. Full of remembered joy and more joyous hope, finding the high sunlight better than her dreams, she swept away to the far summer-land; and her children, mad with the happiness of the First Flight, swept beside her. "But you are a Mother!" he panted, as he caught up with them. "Yes!" she cried joyously, "but I was a Stork before I was a Mother—and Afterward—and All the Time!" 1923 New Year comes adorned with holly, Crowned with greens and mistletoe, Full of youthful fun and folly In the sunshine or the snow. With a forward-pointing finger New Year steps upon the stage. Round the old year shadows linger And he trembles, bowed with age. Through experience and reason Many pitfalls he can see, But the New Year for a season Has his opportunity. -Belle Willey Gue, Los Angeles Times. New Year's Ideas By 1923 Mary Graham Bonner © 1927 WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION I HAS been a very joyous day," said the New Year. "It has been my first day here and I must say I have greatly enjoyed it. "Old Man Winter is not at all the chilling, cold creature I expected him to be. By no means. Of course it is true he is cold, but his spirit is a nice one. He has the kind of coldness about him that I like. It doesn't make people feel unhappy, but it makes them feel like walking and doing things. It makes them feel energetic and glowing. "It has been such a beautiful day, too. As for the people—they have been fine! "They have gone about wishing each other a happy New Year and the greetings have been so pleasant and cheerful. "Now I have a few new ideas. Perhaps they are not really new. But they "Now I have a fe haps they are not re are new to me. I've heard it said that there is really nothing so very new. A "Anyway, I'm going to tell these ideas of mine. "Whether they are new or not. I am hoping everyone will like them. "Now today has been the first day of the year, as everyone knows. Everyone has wished everyone else such delightful wishes. That is no news. "But my ideas are these: "Why not keep up this spirit all through the year? Of course I do not mean that everyone should wish every- one else a happy New Year every day of the year. "That would be very foolish. "But I would like the same spirit to be about all the time. I would like it if everyone felt that they were wishing the best for everyone else at all times. "It would be so nice if people could feel happy toward others all the time. "For example it would be so nice not to have any jealousy about. It would be so nice not to have some envious of others. "It would be wonderful if when one person heard that some friend had had good luck for it to make them happy too. "That would make the very air full of happiness and cheer. I don't mean that I think everyone should go about with a silly grin. That would be foolish and tiresome. "My idea is for them to have their hearts smiling so that their words would be cheery and so that they would feel so much goodwill toward each other. "I had a talk with the Old Year just before he went. "He told me that the one thing which had made him really sad at times had been the senseless quarrels and ugly words and mean speeches which once in awhile he had heard. "Such things he said had made him cry. And when a year cries there is sorrow in the air. "He told me that the reason, or at least one of the reasons, why everyone was so happy at Christmas time was because everyone felt happiness and wished friends happiness and merriment. THE BABY IS BACK TO SCHOOL AND THE GIRL IS BACK TO SCHOOL AND THE GIRL IS BACK TO SCHOOL "And it is the Christmas spirit and the New Year spirit that I would like to see kept up all the year. "As I saw there may not be ideas of mine, but they are ideas of feel very strongly. "For example, I would like it if mothers and daddies were just the same all the year as they were at Christmas time, and if children were the same too, wanting to do for each other, saying kindly things. "I would like it if grownups never hurt children's feelings—those grown-ups who don't understand children. I wish they would never say things to hurt the feelings of children. "The New Year is young and knows that one can feel hurt when one is very young. "And I would like it if children never hurt the feelings of older people and never acted as though they felt they were old or tiresome. "The Old Year told me something about that and the Old Year told me how the feelings of older people could be hurt. "Yes, let's wish everyone a happy New Year and happiness all through the year and let's keep wishing it in our hearts all the time. When we think of mean or cross or impatient things to say let us say 'Happy New Year' to ourselves." PERPETUAL YOUTH 1922 WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION 19 23 TIME, to be ever young, is born again With every year, and thus he flaunts his youth. Were he incarnate once alone, sure then He evidently would be old, in truth. Thus is he envious, yet all his frost But pales the crimson banner of the rose; It laughs upon his spiteful labor lost, Renewed in fragrances when winter goes. Nor knows the urchin the interior star That, all untouched by him, will yet attain Its heaven, and from its glorious heights afar Will twinkle down and smile at him again! Nor knows the urchin the interior star That, all untouched by him, will yet attain Its heaven, and from its glorious heights afar Will twinkle down and smile at him again! Nineteen Twenty-Three (©. 1922, Western Newspaper Union.) HY friends are all importunate That this year may be fortunate. They are a special wishing spell. Out of this world we wish you well. Lest any harm should come to thee Because old Time says "Twenty-three" Grace and good cheer attend this year And rout all shapes of doubt and fear. But it will be well not to put too much faith in resolutions. Resolutions are often the vapors of auto-intoxication. They are the rainbows that succeed the last storm, before the tears have dried up. They are the halos that we place upon our heads too soon. They are the thin ice that glitters but lets us through. There is more power in resolution. If a man can overcome himself he has conquered his worst enemy. He will have to use both fists to knock himself out and both feet to kick himself out; he will have to get himself down and sit upon himself before he can be himself. This is worth while, but it is unpleasant and difficult. Resolutions are apt to fail before it or be entirely forgotten, but resolution can do it and have force to spare. As a poet has said: So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. Household Resolutions for Father WILL not sin. Never again will I touch the guest towel, for I have seen the error of my ways, and now know that guest towels are to be seen but not used; yea, not even for a newly shaved face. I will reverence the parlor. Verily, verily, no cigar stumps nor ashes shall I leave behind me, nor shall I lay my head upon the sacred embroidered cushion. I will reform. The socks that are taken off at night, even so shall they be picked up by me and put into the laundry basket. I will be thankful. For the cut glass berry bowl and the mahogany sewing table, for the synthetic toilet lotion, for the belligerent cigars; for these Christmas gifts, will I show rejoicing. I will not answer back. Yea, though the bills of the New Year morn are mighty as mountains, and I will walk in the shadow of bankruptcy. I will not lift my voice against thee. I will not complain. No, though goulash and croquettes be handed to me even unto the third evening, I shall hold my peace, and my desire for porterhouse shall be no more. I will not struggle. That good-will may abide throughout the coming year, I cheerfully resolve to obey all the rules of the institution which harbours me. Amen. NOBLE PURPOSES COUNT Cut out the long string of New Year resolutions and substitute for them a new strong, noble purposes. Happy, Though Older Happy, Though Older (®. 1922, Western Newspaper Union.) NOT by mourning because life cannot be all springtime. Not by thinking that youth can be powdered, painted, dressed and affected into renewal. Not by looking backward and living upon reminiscence. Not by counting up our losses. In fourfold beauty life is on the wing. As well try to change the course and succession of seasons as to hold back the progress of our ages. Spring, summer, autumn, winter are not only for nature, but for human nature. No one is deceived by imitation when we are not just as young as we used to be. Fading pictures and a passing show, "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune," are just the differences in life's weather. But every season has its own peculiar beauty. Every day of every year is really a gem on Time's finger. There is even a majestic and terrible beauty in a storm. In the long monotony of the dolrums at sea one could hall a cyclone. In the dusty giare of protracted drought a flood could be welcomed. In too much of any season the wish arises for the rest of the program. Change opens up new vistas of the scenery of our histories. The afternoon of life is meant to be a pleasant outlook upon its harvest fields, a gathering in of that wealth of production that requires time and patient toll. The enjoyment of that richness of character that is given only to long experience. Wisdom can never be hasty acquired. Nothing can be done in less time than it takes. Even God must wait until fall for a ripe apple. Age marks progress and gives leisure. To look forward and go on with power of choice hitherto denied, and to have time and opportunity to do as one likes, rather than as he must, these are much. To have acquired new powers of thought and to have time for books, to hobnob with a few cronies, to have a little something to do, to sit on the porch and see the world go by, to look beyond the setting sun to a new day, and beyond the coming winter to a new spring—all these and more may mean that age has kept the best wine until now! THE CALENDAR By MARTHA B. THOMAS THE calendar is a curious human document when you stop to think about it. Just an easier way of reckoning than the counting of moons and suns, and a very important matter it is, too. A calendar is the director of man's affairs, the "consulting engineer" always to be interviewed before arranging life, whether it is a dinner or business appointment, a siege with the dentist or a trip abroad. It is the grand reference book; a silent, inanimate thing composed of twelve pages or sections with black marks on them. Probably no other book, large or small, has as many readers or commands the respectful interest enjoyed by its unimpeachable reputation. New Year's Day of the Japanese BY CHUZO OGAWA ANUARY in Japan is the month of rest and festival; rest after hard work and harvest; festival as an auspicious beginning of the year. W Before the end of Before the end of the old year pine branches are set up by the gateways, shrines of gods, hearth, and other places. These pine branches, signifying constancy, are hung with a straw ring made to imitate a jewel, with rays of light radiating from it, and stuck with a dried sardine, a leaf of evergreen, pieces of paper and a bit of edible seaweed. These rings are also put on almost all representative articles of furniture and kitchen implements, and this is said "to let them take one year." The festival of "going over the year," or "Toshikoshi," is sometimes called "Toshitorl," or "taking the year," and is a busy time for the housewife. She has to cook many different dishes, all of which have prosperous significance besides her regular rice and bean soup. When food is ready gods are served first, but only in miniature. Lights are put before them; sake liquor is offered in a pair of small vases, which, by the way, I have often seen used for flowers in America. Before the gods on the shelf they hang highly colored leaflets, each with a lucky meaning. One is the god of fortune under an auspicious gem, with a bagful of gold coins, coral and other precious things. Another has a bundle of edible seaweed, which is called "kobu." The phrase "to rejoice" in Japanese is "yorokobu;" so seaweed (kobu) means rejoicing. The last has under it a lobster. A person doubled up with age reminds one of a lobster with its doubled up waist. So the lobster quite often is picturesquely representative of "the aged of the sea." When the family have bowed down before the gods they eat the great meal and a few rounds of sake were ceremoniously served in former days. Once you have eaten this feast you have added one year; and a child born in December is said to be two years old right after this meal. I used to be reminded by older people that I should be a better boy from the first of January, as I had added one year during that one night. They say that one night of the thirty-first of December is worth fifty days of usual days, and those who go to bed early this night will grow old that much in one night. Early on the first of January New Year's callers begin to pour in. What do they say? With heads bowed down and hands on the sill, they mumble: "Congratulations for the opening of the new year; we received your favor last year, and pray that it will be continued in future." This phrase is so common that both sides speak at the same time, and yet both are well understood. One says, "Won't you come in?" "No," answers the other; "I have more houses to call." "Then come when you are through," and the caller goes. If the caller should come in he is sumptuously feasted with food and drink. Superstitious people find omens and meanings in dreams, and the Japanese must have good dreams to begin the year. For this purpose they put a piece of paper under the bed. On this paper a Japanese junk is printed, load- ed with precious goods, her sails out- spread, on her decks men busy with rigging and ours. A Japanese poem is also printed on it: Na ka ki yo no, To no ne fu ri no, Mi na me sa me Na mi no ri fu ne no, O to no yo ki ka na. Translated roughly, this means: After a sound sleep of long night, Resting awake in bed, I hear a cheerful sound Of a sailing vessel Gliding over the billows. The poem in translation loses its power of calling up associations. But one can imagine himself living near an inland sea, with its nooks, bays and offings, pine groves and plum blossoms hanging over from the hilly shores, the sun as yet below the horizon, and in the mist he can discern a vessel gliding smoothly, leaving merry songs of sailors behind to be carried away by the spring breeze. A New Year's Greeting By Emory J. Haynes THINK of an Egyptian pyramid—the Sphinx, for instance, that stone forged head of a man. It stolidly stares out of sightless eyes over the wastes of sand. Now think of a big town clock in the forehead of that hard face. The hour hand has been wagging around and yet around for all these centuries. And now it marks the beginning of another New Year. Does the stony face smile? No. Do the granite lips move to bid us, of this age, a Happy New Year? No. If we speak up to the broken ears do they hear? Never. Such a senseless, heartless thing is time. It knows us not nor cares for us. It has no eyes to see us, whether we be Greeks, Egyptians or Yankees. As well might be the countless grains of the desert sands, we and the generations gone before us. Our laughter and our tears are allike to time. If we living beings carve a clock on its brows; if we renew its wheels as they wear out; if we wind it day by day and appoint our children to keep it going after us; if we make its iron tongue strike the hours on a bell, it yet is nothing to the sphinx of Old Time. We only are the living ones. Time is not alive. And if there were no living ear of man or beast on the vast Sahara there would be no sound of the striking clock. We speak in error of the New Year's coming. It is we living souls who come and go. Time never comes, never goes; is not new, not old. Time is a fetish, an imaginary thing. Man is all, in fact, since the soulless beasts take no note of time, and God's measure is Eternity. What we do on New Year's day is to take note of our existence. Away back of us are multitudes of human lives to whom we realize our relation. We say back of us. Why not say before us? For they are the procession that passed this way. Are we the head of the column, or is it they who have gone before? In either view we are all one. It is Humanity that is passing over the earth. The Sphinx is nothing since it has no soul to see us pass, or to hear us as we pause and toss our caps in the air before him in a New Year's festival. Instead of the pyramid let us look up to a Father. How different the thought! Eyes have He and He sees us; ears, and He hears our thankful acclaims. Hands has He, which extend themselves to sustain us, to help the toddling children, to uphear the aged, "For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is passed, and as a watch in the night." We think today of brotherhood. We are conscious alike of our mortality and our immortality. Life seems sweet and we are glad to be alive. Life seems all embracing, all conquering, for we have survived so many trials and yet are living. In vain does one seek to put it in words, this mighty shout of men into the faces of the aged stars and to the sunrise, "A Happy New Year." It is a day of tinkling bells and music with dancing feet. Yet poor indeed must be the mind that cannot also rise to say: "When I consider Thy heavens, the work of Thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which Thou hast ordained, what is man that Thou are mindful of him?" And so give thanks. GREETED WITH COLD WATER A quaint New Year's custom observed in South Pembrokeshire, the "Little England beyond Wales," is described in a London newspaper. Between six and seven o'clock on New Year's morning the householders are aroused by a succession of smart taps at their doors. On opening them they will be greeted by one or more children, chiefly boys, armed with a little year, I cheerfully resolve to obey all or other evergreen plant. The greeting consists of the words, "Will you take this New Year's water in, please?" No true native of the district would dream of refusing, for this water is supposed to bring good luck for the ensuing year. If the child's request is granted, he sends a spray of ice water into the face of the gentleman or lady of the house, with the words, "I wish you a happy New Year!" Every member of the household must participate in the luck-bringing water, so the child is brought up to the members of the family still abed and the formula is repeated again. MAKING THE YEAR A New Year is the starting place, Let's leave it with a smiling face, Let's start with laughter and with song And when tomorrow comes along, Let's cling to all our happy ways Until we've built a stack of days And weeks and months of faith and cheese cheer. And made of it a happy year. Dittyt, Free Press. 1027 Twenty-first St. Denver Office Phone Main 212-765-3000, m. or by appointment. Res. 2337 Glen- arm Place. Phone Glenarm 3303. DR. HUFF'S office phone is Champa 6001. And his residence Phone York 4101. When not reached at office or home, call Atlas Drug Co. Main 875, Office 5, 6 and 7, 2701 Welton St., over Atlas Drug Store. Office hours, 11 to 12 a. m., and 3 to 5 p. m. Office House—9 a. m. to 12 m. 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. Office Phone, M. 5034 Residence Phone, F531-W S. E. CARY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Six years City and County Attorney at Russell Springs, Logan County, Kansas. 2640 Welton Denver, Colorado Phone Main 3036 Res. Phone York 5774W FRANK D. TAGGART Attorney at Law—Notary Public 205-206 Cooper Building Denver, Colorado JOSEPH CARTER Express, Moving and Storage Coal and Wood 2415 WASHINGTON STREET PROMPT DELIVERY Phone Main 6544 Our Advertising Service Means More Sales for You, Mr. Business Man When you begin advertising in this paper you start on the road to more business. There is no better or cheaper medium for reaching the buyers of this community. We can also provide Artistic Printing of every description. Prof. W. M. Mackey FIRST CLASS TONSORIAL WORK Hair Cutting a Specialty Satisfaction Guaranteed 2244 LARIMER ST., DENVER Our Hobby Is Good Printing Ask to see samples of Printing Ask to see samples of our businesscards, visiting cards, wedding and other invitations, pamphlets, folders, letter heads, statements, shipping tags, envelopes, etc., constantly carried in stock for your accommodation. Get our figures on that printing you have been thinking of. New Type, Latest Style Faces You Say You Can't Advertise? That's what others have said and all of a sudden found some competitor was doing what they thought they couldn't do. And getting away with it. Get the bulge on your competitors by telling your story in an attractive manner so it will be read. You'll get the results. We Are Anxious to Help Tasty Dish for Lunch or Supper or Unexpected Guests. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) For a tasty dish for lunch or supper or unexpected guests, the United placed together again while the sandwich is being filled, and the filling may be sliced through with a sharp knife. In addition to the cottage cheese these club sandwiches may contain mayonnaise dressing, lettuce, and tomato; or thin-sliced cold ham spread with mustard; or sliced tart apple, nuts; or sliced orange, watercress; or sliced Spanish onion, pimenton; or two tiny strips of bacon; or cucumber and green pepper, pimento. Lettuce and salad dressing are usually used in all these combinations. Sweet sandwiches may be made with layers of cottage cheese and marmalade, or a paste made of dried fruits. For these the bread need not be toasted and the lettuce and mayonnaise should not be used. GOOD PORK SAUSAGE RECIPE Many people like homemade sausage cakes better than any other on the market. An excellent pork sausage may be made by using three parts of fresh lean pork to one of fat pork, the United States Department of Agriculture says. Cut into small pieces and pass through meat grinder, using a rather coarse plate. Weigh the meat, and for each pound add two teaspoonfuls salt, a pinch of sage, a few grains of ground nutmeg, and a saltspoonful of black pepper. Mix thoroughly and pass again through meat grinder, using small plate. Form into little round or flattened cakes and fry in deep fat until nicely browned. OF INTEREST TO THE HOUSEWIFE To stew steak allow about one and three-quarter hours to two and three-quarter hours, according to amount and thickness. Old furniture can be stained mission color with a package of green dye. Simply add one quart of water to the dye and boll it and then put it on with any common paint brush. The result will be a rich mission color. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) For a tasty dish for lunch or supper or unexpected guests, the United States Department of Agriculture recommends cottage cheese club sandwiches. This sandwich is made of three good-sized slices of toasted bread, one or more being spread thickly with cottage cheese. The rest of the filling may be varied to suit the taste or the larder. Such sandwiches are often cut diagonally and served on individual plates with the halves arranged in diamond shape. It is desirable to toast the bread on one side only and to cut it immediately after toasting, otherwise the pressure of cutting crushes out the cheese and spoils the appearance of the sandwich. The cut slices may be RECIPE FOR MAKING A GOOD PLAIN CAKE RECIPE FOR MAKING A GOOD PLAIN CAKE Suitable for Icing in Layers or in Tiny Squares. One Has Been Tested by Department of Agriculture and Found Suitable for Purposes Named—Use Good, Clean Fat. (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) There are many uses for a quickly made, economical, plain cake recipe of the "cottage pudding" type, suitable for icing in layers or in tiny squares, diamond shapes or triangles which are to be iced "all over." The following one has been tested by the United States Department of Agriculture and found excellent for the above purpose. Almond or other flavor may be substituted for the lemon. Clean, good fat of agreeable flavor, or without pronounced taste or odor may be used, such as lard, oil, compound, or vegetable fat. If butter is used, the fat should be increased to four table spoonfuls. The frosting will be found very reliable if made as directed in the double boiler. Plain Cake Recipe. 3 tablespoonfuls fat 2-3 cupful milk 2½ teaspoonfuls baking powder ½ teaspoonful lemon extract 1 teaspoonful lemon juice 1/2 cupfuls granulated sugar 1/2 cupfuls flour 1 egg 1 teaspoonful lemon ¼ teaspoonful salt juice Cream fat and sugar together, add egg well beaten and milk and flour alternately, reserving about quarter-cupful of the flour. Sift baking powder with this reserved quarter-cupful of flour and fold in last. Bake in 9-inch square pan at moderately low heat for twenty to thirty minutes, increasing the heat until the cake is brown, after ten or fifteen minutes. This cake will not be a success unless baked very slowly at the beginning. Frosting. White of 1 egg 4 tablespoonfuls 1 cupful sugar cold water White of 1 egg 4 table spoonfuls 1 cupful sugar cold water 1 teaspoonful vanilla Place the first three ingredients in a double boiler over a low fire, and beat until it stiffens enough to hold shape. Then add a pinch of salt and beat until thick enough to spread. Add vanilla or other flavoring. Chocolate flavoring may be made by melting two and a half squares of unsweetened chocolate and pouring into the mixture when it has stiffened enough to hold shape, then cook until thick, and spread. For caramel lcing caramelize two or three tablespoonfuls of sugar until dark in color, and add an equal amount of boiling water. Substitute two teaspoonfuls of this sirup for two teaspoonfuls of the water in the frosting recipe, and continue according to the above directions. POTATO STUFFED WITH PORK Holes Made With Apple Corer and Filled With Cooked Sausage Is Most Excellent. Pare large potatoes, suggests the United States Department of Agriculture, and then make several holes through each one with an apple corer. Fill the holes with previously cooked sausage meat and bake. Potatoes that have been peeled take longer to bake than those in their skins. When Sink Stops Up. When you find that the sink is stopped up, turn on the tap until the sink is three-quarters full, then turn it off. Put the palm of your hand flat over the hole and lift your hand up and down very quickly. This will soon make the water run away. Use for Old Stockings. When packing furniture for moving, old stockings will be found invaluable for wrapping legs of chairs and tables. They will not tear or leave exposed places for scratching as paper does. Homemade Product Favored More by Many People Than Any That Is on the Market. MILLIONS OF SHOES WASTED Annual Loss to Country Placed at $250,000,000 by Bureau of Chemistry—Poorly Shaped. The 105,000,000 people of the United States buy about 300,000,000 pairs of shoes a year. Their needs could be supplied by 250,000,000 pairs, if the shoes were well cared for and kept in repair. The wasting of a single shoe a year by each person costs the country at least $250,000,000 at present prices, says the bureau of chemistry, United States Department of Agriculture. Shoes of poor shape are one cause of waste. Attractive shoes of good shape combine comparatively straight inner lines, rounded toes, heels of medium height, and moderately thick soles, all of which make for greater service-ability, comfort and safety. SIMMERING BURNER IS BEST Helps Greatly to Cut Down Amount of Gas Necessary in Boiling and Stewing Meats. The use of a simmering burner helps to cut down the amount of gas consumed in the processes of boiling and stewing, suggests the United States Department of Agriculture. Most gas stoves are provided with but one "simmerer," but a second one could easily be substituted for one of the larger burners. OF INTEREST TO THE HOUSEWIFE New linoleum will last longer and clean more easily if given a light coat of varnish. Add a tablespoonful of vinegar to the last rinsing water, to bring up the color—do not use blue. When washing colored clothes add a handful of ordinary salt—it prevents the color from running. Brooms may be made quite new and clean if dipped into a pail of boiling soda water, then dried in the sun. Apple sauce that has its sugar gdded after it is removed from the fire will not turn an unappetizing brown color. Juice may be extracted from an onion by cutting a slice from the root end, drawing back the skin and grating on a coarse grater. 1 Next to family affection, health, and the love of work, does anything contribute so much to the pleasantness of life, restoring and raising our self-esteem, as traffic in kind speeches?- Lucy Elliot Keeler. SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS The English rusk is well known to be a delicious hot bread. To prepare them, set a sponge with a pint of milk, half a yeast cake, well dissolved in half a cupful of water, and flour enough to make a thin batter. Beat well and let it stand where it will rise. When the sponge is light add two beaten eggs, one a plint of milk, half a yeast cake, well dissolved in half a cupful of water, and flour enough to make a thin batter. Beat well and let it stand where it will rise. When the sponge is light add two beaten eggs, one scant cupful of sugar, one-half cupful of melted butter and not quite flour enough to make a dough to knead. Do not knead it, but let it double in bulk. Then, with well-floured hands, form the dough into biscuits and place in tins to rise. Bake in a moderate oven. Glaze each top of the rusks by brushing with powdered sugar and water. Broiled Venison Cutlets.—Cut chops from a loin of venison. Brush them with melted butter or olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and roll in bread crumbs. Broil over coals or under the gas flame until cooked to the right turn. Good Old-Fashioned Butterscotch.—Put two cupfuls of brown sugar, one half cupful of butter, four tablespoonfuls of molasses, two tablespoonfuls of water and two tablespoonfuls of vinegar into a granite kettle; stir until the sugar is dissolved, then boil without stirring until a drop becomes brittle, dropped into cold water. Pour into shallow pans to cool. When cool, mark off in soures. Molasses Candy.—Make a sirup of two cupfuls of molasses, one cupful of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of vinegar and one tablespoonful of butter. Boil until it hardens in water; add a quarter of a teaspoonful of soda. Pour on a greased platter and, when cool enough, pull until light in color. Cut in pieces with the shears. Popcorn Crackle.—Prepare a large pan of popped corn. Make a sirup of one cupful of molasses, one-half cupful of sugar, a tablespoonful each of vinegar and butter. Boil slowly until the mixture is brittle when dropped into cold water. Pour a little at a time over the corn, mixing well until the corn is touched with the sirup. Two persons can do this much better, one to hold the kettle, the other to mix the corn. Sweet Potatoes in Slices.—Boil the potatoes in their jackets; peel and slice rather thickly. Arrange in a baking dish; sprinkle with sugar and bits of butter; if dry, add a very little water and cook until the potatoes are well browned. Serve as a garnish to a platter of broiled ham. True social feeling, true warmth and cordiality, naturally expresses itself in words, and is strengthened by the expression. FOODS YOU'LL LIKE A good soup is an economy not to be overlooked, for it lends to hearty enjoyment of the dishes that follow. Turkish Soup. Cook one-quarter of a cupful of rice in a quart of boiling water until tender. Add Turkish Soup. Cook one-quarter of a cupful of rice in a quart of boiling water until tender. Add two cupfuls of strained tomato, a cube or two of bouillon or a teaspoonful of beef extract, one slice of onion, eight peppercorns, one stalk of celery, a small buy leaf; cook thirty minutes and add to the stock. Melt two tablespoonfuls of butter, add one and one-half tablespoonfuls of flour; stir smooth and add to the boiling soup. Boll one minute, rub through a sieve, season with salt and pepper and return to the fire to heat. Veal and Tripe Soup.—Chop finely two each of small green peppers, onions and beets. Melt a teaspoonful of fat in a saucepan; add the vegetables and stir over the heat. Add one-half pound of tripe, cut in small cubes, one-quarter of a cupful of rice, two quarts of water and a two-pound veal knuckle. Let simmer for three hours; add one cupful of tomato, salt, celery salt and pepper. Remove the bone, chop any meat upon it and return to the soup. Creole Panned Rabbits.—Cut rabbits into pieces, season with salt and pepper and roll in flour. 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It lends its-if to fur-belows, but is also charming in the simplest dresses and only the expert can afford to give fancy a free rein in the matter of decorative features on frocks of this material. Just how far genius may go in this direction is set forth by the unusual and beautiful dress illustrated. It is a sapphire blue frock in which much this year, and has evidently brought home many pelts of muskrats, rabbits and squirrels along with those of other animals, to wrap the baby up. In. Tiny girls are going about it smart little coats of fur, or are provided with fur-trimmed cloth coats and furnished with caps, neckpieces and muffs of fur—and they wear these luxuries proudly. The "hat to match" idea has proved especially successful used with fur coats or accessories, and little ladies are more smartly clad on account of it. In northern lands the fur coat, with The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of an interior space, possibly a hallway or a room with wooden paneling and a chair in the foreground. THE FASHION WEEKLY THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY An Unusual and Beautiful Dress narrow moire ribbon and velvet-covered cord in the same color, silver tissue and a little fine lace, are blended in a gem of the designer's art. Its lines are simple, with straight skirt and bodice. Four panels on the skirt are made of plaited ribbon, one at the back and front and one at each side. Each of these panels consists of three narrower panels grouped together and they are joined at the top and bottom of the skirt by four rows of the plaited ribbon. The straight, long-waisted bodice is cut with klimono sleeves, elbow A A length, and split on the upper side, where they are finished with a piping of the velvet-covered cord. Cord of this kind forms a fringe of loops at the bottom of the sleeves and three little roses of silver tissue give them a delightful finishing touch. Similar roses and loops make the girdle. A collar of fine lace is of a dignity to match the excellence of this distinguished gown. Fine lace collars are shown at their best on velvet dresses, and the two flourish together. Baby Bunting's daddy has had unusual success on his hunting trips high collar into whitler's head may she wears a Russian crown, and a round the muskrat fur. The small lady a dressed up in a coatskins, with collar, gray krimmer. Her and she wears a wrist with a headband of --- this year, and has evidently brought home many pelts of muskrats, rabbits and squirrels along with those of other animals, to wrap the baby up. Tiny girls are going about in smart little coats of fur, or are provided with fur-trimmed cloth coats and furnished with caps, neckpieces and muffs of fur—and they wear these luxuries proudly. The "hat to match" idea has proved especially successful used with fur coats or accessories, and little ladies are more smartly clad on account of it. In northern lands the fur coat, with THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY muff and headwear to match, is the smartest outfit for midwinter. It is illustrated here by two examples, one of muskrat, and the other of white rabbit fur trimmed with krummer. Coats are straight, usually flaring a little toward the bottom, with plain coat sleeves and wide belts of the fur. They fasten with a few large buttons and have high collars, either in the straight band or turnover style, that button snugly about the throat, protecting the lower part of the face. The coat at the left of the picture, of muskrat, shows the advantage of a THE WINTER WORLD high collar into which the small wearer's head may snuggle down. She wears a Russian turban, with soft crown, and a round muff, all made of the muskrat fur. The small lady at the left is much dressed up in a coat of white rabbit skins, with collar, belt and cuffs of gray krimmer. Her muff is also round and she wears a wide turban of rabbit with a headband of the krimmer. Julia Bottomley COPYRIGHT BY WESTERN NEWSPAPER UNION THE OLD RELIABLE DOUGLASS UNDERTAKIN INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC ASS UNDERTAKING CO. INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC DOUGLASS UNDERTAKING CO. INCORPORATED AND BONDED NOTARY PUBLIC New Night a Night and Day Cafe New Night and Day Cafe New Night and Day Cafe (Under New Management) Meals at all hours; home cooking, strictly first class; prices right. Sunday Dinners served from 6 p. m. to 8 p. m. Private booths. Party service our specialtv. DAVIS & HANNA. Proprietors. Please You, Tell OTHERS: If Not. 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