THE DEMOCRAT-HERALDVOL. XXXV. No. 2 SPRINGFIELD, BACA COUNTY, COLORADO, FRIDAY NOV. 17 1922 51.50 Per Year.

YOU HAVEN’T SEEN COLORADO UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN BACA COUNTY

Farmer PunkinsOf Hi Timber

Wants to “No”__ |

Mr. Editur Dere Sur

Iwuz go daized gftur the re-turns cum in that I wonted togo wa buck and sleap it off but|Si Smith and Bill Jones tha zedit wood be a durnd shaim not tolet on and we orto hang togeth-er—

But notwithstanding I wusdaized I sed sea I we haint cum-ffiited nocrime—whot you triinto sheer me fur?

Then Chump Loghead spoakup and sed.aes he I herd a owlwho tin down-,to Campo befourelecshun and I tole Wiggle Annsum offel'dlsaatur wuz goirt tooverwhelm us and Rachael woodbe weapin-«ntl"thejyhangdoodlewood be mornin—

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And then Slush Wiggins cumup and aed ses he whota awl thisfuneral and I ses their haint nonebut Si Smith sea we orto hang to-gether and then Slush see wbotyouens wont is lie to put yourlamps in and not to be gropinaround in outer darkness andthan Slim Fozhorn ses FarmerPankina let mo pore He on thetrubbled waters—

And tho I wyz daized 1 up and•es you too cant put do ile overon me and I was rolin up my•leaves and gittin teddy to pur-teCt my intreats—

Whan squire Blowdown upand sesif.it wuznt fur my laimlaig Ide arrest awl uv youens furobstruetin the hi waiz and dis-orderly conduct and he ses seshe here you *ir givin ade andcumfurt to the enemy insted uvtryin to save the dimecrats frumthe nuqgartizJiis—

And.thd'l wuz daized I kinderlaffod IJke and sed ses I it dontlook like dimcrats wus wurthsavin the way tha acted up andthen docon Doogood up and sesawl uv youens com down to themeatin and git anointed with ileand then wele go out and xla thePb liatinea and ungodly Moabitesand take pusessshun uv the landsand tenements uv the nunparti-zans—

And then deconess Doogcodap and ses ses she I herd a owlwhotin on elecsbun da down toCampo and 1 node it wus a evelomen and.ro cum here to warnyouens to flee frum the rath tocum and youens must hav nofala gods befour you or .voulenevergit into the promised landuv the Philistines and ungodlyMoabites and nunpartizuns—

And then decon Doognod sed■es ho amen and amen and thenglim F-.ghorn wept and teerswnz in the eyes uv Si Smith andBill Jones —

And then decon D ingood upand sea hede go up to the mont-aini uv Carrizo pass and Pat tcanyun and faßt and pra that thedimecrats mite be saved sos weeood git inte the promised landand then we awl fell on our fac-es awl but Long Green—

And when we roze up we astthe squire whot the charges wuzand he sed nuthin that he nev-maid eny charges—it wui alers•ash and then fealm sum betterwa went sorrowfully to ou> tentsand their to ora fur th ■ dim -

grata and a Joshua to git uso-tothe right road and into the prom-ised land

And then hein still daized an *

not noen jist whot, we wu* doinwe awl started out with the de-eoafss is the led* and singin—

Pece. Pece, Sweat Sweat Pece !

And when we awl looked atLong Green we wundered whotthat poor man wuz laftin fur.

RADIO RALF AND HIS FRIENDS—-- By JACK WILSONCopyright ipai by (he MtOurrNet.,nape* Syndicate

High School Notes

Last Friday morning thrschool was honored by a visitfrom the Luigi orchestra. Thei>music was appreciated venmuch and we wish to say thethey are welcome at the schooat any time.

The Civics class visited theelection polls Tuesday morning.Much useful information wasobtained by tbe class for tbeirstudy of election laws.

The girls who are reportingfor basket ball practice are thefollowing: Joe Culp Whit®, Ar-no rita Pat rick, Flora Van Aken,.Vcrma' Cole, Helen Patterson,Geraldine Windom. Esther Mc-Clellan. Aubra Tanner, OpalChristopher, Edith Simpson,Emma Brown and 01 ho Spikes.

The Gth and 7th grade boysbeat the Bth grad® boys in agame of basketball Friday. Thescore was I to 0. j

On account of tbe state teach-ers meeting which was held inDenver, Grand Junction andPueblo, high school was dismiss-ed from Wednesday noon untilMondav morning. The teachersattending from the Springfieldschool were Mr and Mrs. Finkle,and Mr. (fids. Mrs. Olds alsoaccompanied them. They at-tended at Pueblo.

Cold rooms were the canao ofanother half dav vacation Mon-dav morning The thermometerregistering 37 degrees in th®northwest highochool room. Thehigh school ard Mrs. Davis’|room were dismissed from teno’clock unt'l noon.

Miss Eveus Newland, one ofthis year’s graduates, taughtschool at Lon“ S( ar recently—-substituting for Mrs. Mordica.

Jack “ Norma, whv do von jtalk continually from morning

till nigh*?” Norma—“It’s theonlS' time I get—l sleep fromnight till morning.’’

Miss Allen, who has been |teaching the 2nd and 3rd grades,)left Friday for her home inGeorgia, on account of the illnessof her mother. Mrs. Otho Alex- jander is taking Miss Allen’splace until another teacher canbe found.

Flora—“He said your hair wasdved.’’ Vivian—“That is false,”Flora—“l told him It was false,and he said that was worse thandying it.

The high school now has abasket bail court in tha G, B,garage where we expect to play•even! watched game* soon. I

i Ohio voted against light winesand beer.

Ireland is getting ready foranother go

Illinois by a referendum vote |favors light wines and beer.

Wherever voted upon, tha 1soldiers bonus carried several to 1oae. 1

" IEx Emperor Wilhelm was mar-

red Sunday and will now startall overagain.

Ten inches of snow in Den-ver, nnd reported enow all the ivay down to Lamar. ,

The thing to do now ia tonake two democrats grow where>niy one grew before.

A direct referendum on lightwines and beer in Californiawas won by the dry forces.

Armistice day passed off veryquietly in Springfield, and end-ed with a big dance at the G. B.

Ohio last week elected a dem-ocratic governor, but aent a re-publican to the United State*senate.

Upon mature deliberationIndiana said they would have noBeveridge in theirs —a greatvictory for the drvs.

There is but or.e national in-terpretation of the election, andthat is that Harding won’t suc-ceed himself in 1112-1.

j From tbe way it is drawn out,(the picture of Governor-Elect’Smith of New York looks as if itwere taken in a mirage.

800 educators of the statewere at the Pueblo conferencelast week, which speaks well forColorado’s teaching fraternity

The democrats failing to car-ry congress simply gives tharepublicans a little more rope to .hang themselves two years fromnow,

We believe in the Campo En-terprise’s idea of independence—to fight for the men you wantand against the men you don’twant.

Congressman Volstead ofMinnesota, author of the Vol-stead dry enforcement law, wasdefeated in the election by apreacher.

Harding says that congressdone it, and congress says thatHarding done it, and the people

'says they are done with the1 whole smear

Cimarron county, Okla., wentrepublican by a majority of five—evidence that about six moreyells by the democrats would

i have gotten the grapes.I ... |1 The way he hangs on, it seems |I the only thing left to tbe demn-Ierats now is to adopt Verily and’thus make it unanimous at theround-up two years hence. ,

After being recalled from the Jgovernorship by a referendum, |the republicans helped the non- {partisans to elect Frasier te the {United S ate- a-nai- Inst week, {

Rey. Eu. S. McKenney of the iChr.stian church of southern 1Colorado will preach at thePrairie Queenschool house nearJoycov baturlay night, Nov. 18, iami Sunday morning, Nov. 19,

IA hearty welcome to all.t 4

Card of Thanksi~~y~ I

We with to take this opportu-nity of thanking the voters of <Baca county for the splendid |support given us at the polls-, iend to assure them that we :■hall strive to merit the conti- ,dence pieced in us by a strictperformance Of our severalduties in the opines to which we 1have been elected.

Victor G. Baker, Jesse Horn-er, W. E. Dnnlvan, Cora Mordi- ,es, Albert Peterson Roy Winters i

lThe Democrat-Heraid passed '

its 85th mile poet last week, theHerald getting out its first ism s Iin the fall of 18feT ,

D. F. Potter of Grand View 1has been chosen by Billy Duni-van for his ngdersheriff. Mr. iPotter served .Overseas in tbe :world war, sag 4e an excellentohoicefcrjthej^lacH

Bob LePollette won by a•mashing majority for a re-elec-tion to the United States senate. Whatever else may be saidof Bob, he stands for something,and hence his great victory.

Had W. B. Gordon have wonin bis race for attorney-generalit would have been a fittingrecognition of our corner of thestate, and Prowera county cer-tainly did what it coold to helphim along,

Tbe propaganda put forththat the Sfi.ooo.ooo bond isvaewouldn’t cost nothin’ eeesns tohave taken with the people, itbeing th® only amendment thatcarried. It msv be ell right,but it Kem* to us e case of rob-bing Peter to psv Paol.

N. G. Jones in bis card ofthenka says a great manv dem-erata must huve voted for him,implying that many repub-licans did not vote for him. Ouridea ia that he lost the progress-ive republicans, and got a certainper cent of non - progressivedemocrats, thus holding thecounty by a majority of sixty•dd.

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The republican senate willeasily have it in tbeir powar toblock any legislation that maybe proposed by the democraticgovernor or democratic house. jPueblo Chieftain. An obstruc-tive program on the part of therepublicans might be a winning 1card, but if so we have not r*»d 1aright tbe signs of the times or |the temper of the people, J

Here ia a story of a romancelat Elkhart, as given out in npws ,| dispatches. The courtship was ,brief. The lieutenant was a (rapid worker. One day they (met. That afternoon they went jto a party. That evening he ,proposed. The next day they ]were wed. They dreve to La- ,mar, Colorado, where they weremarried. It was an elopement,tbe family of the bride knowing <nothing of it until after the 1marriage. He was connected <with the U. S. aviation corps, IBrill by name, and she Alma ‘Green of Elkhart. That wasn't 'as rapid as the Ethan Allen 1courtship, bat somewhat roman- Itie. ■avertlaelese.

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Another $50,000 tlx list againthis year, which means that thecounty didn’t vote a change aLytoo soon.

The democrats have a majority*f on* in the 'ower branch ofthe state legislature,but with-out bo'h houses by a strongmajority there can be no bopo :(or any progressive legislation.

While the republicans made a ’great fight for “peace in Colors- ido,” they never had a chancefor the Sweet peace that thedemocrats will have in the stateduring the coming two years—-rangers or no rangers.

Clemenceu of France wants atriple entente between France,England, and the United States,which reminds us—what hasbecome of Harding’s associationof four nations hatched in Wash-ington over a year ago?

Senator Reed of Missouri wasreelected by an overwhelmingrepublican majority to theUnited Staten senate, mud whenhe again enters upon his dutiesshould take bis seat on the re-publican side of the chamber.

For che second time in its his-tory Kansas has a democraticgovernor, the first one beingGeo, W. Glick something likethirty five years ago. The pop-ulists elected a governor thereabout thirty years ago Lewel-ling by name.

The election of a democraticgovernor and a republican lieu-tenant governor is somewhatunique in electional affairs, butexcept for the electoral collegethe same thing could happen asto the president and vice presi-dent,

Theonlv instance of whereour pre-election guess wentwide of the mark was in thecase of the cominissisner, but it► imply demonstrates that inthe confiscatory tax issue theDemocrat-Herald was on theexact right trail.

Our idea is that Chester Hornlost in the Arkansas valley forthe same reason that Sahin lostin the primary. People are notmuch enthused over a mere per-sonal contest, Except forSweet’s standing for somethingpositive, Griffith would have wonhands down.

The Pueblo Star Journal in itsafter-election speel says thatbecause Sweet won by onlyabout 5.000 votes that it stoodcloser to the great majority thanany other daily in the state.Awh, whatcli yer giving us! lir-meraburest thou not the greatDenver Post?

There is no mistaking themeaning ot the election —a pro-test against confiscatory taxa-tion— in county, state and na-tion. Until Haca county is onits feet it will be well to followtho mvxim of—buying what wehave to buy, and doing withoutwhat we don’t have to have.

As to the availability of Gov-ernor Elect Smith of New Yorkfor the presidency, that will re-quire a little further informa-tion on Al Smith himself. Theseaccidents don't always pan outwell. When Smith tells us whathe stands for, the west willknow more about him than itdasasiM*.

Bob Golden Writes

Denver, Nov, 1002.

Dear Mr. Konkel:

Once again the good old demo-cratic party will hold Bway inthe golden state of Colorado,and last, but not least, on tberolling prairies of goodold Bacacounty.

Having a keen interest in Uncacounty, I am enclosing check for$1,50 to pay a year’s subscrip-tion to the official organ of tiledemocratic party of the county,the Democrat - Herald, and wehope its music will ring on for-ever and ever.

Not haying had a chance bo-fore, now that ha is overwhelm-ingly elected I wish to extend tohim through vou my heartiestcodgratulationsandbe.it wishesfor his success as sheriff.

Also, Mr. Konkel. I want tocongratulate you on the ablemanner inwhich you conductedthe campaign for the party,bringing about the election oftbe various candidates on thedemocratic ticket.

Very truly yours,

R. M. Golden.

S. S. Convention

The fifth Sunday school con-vention was nold at the Baptißtchurch last Sunday. On accountof its being so stormy th® schoolsoutside of Spiinglield were notable to be present. A lin® turn-

out from the Baptist ecliool andsome from the Methodist

Earl Denney gave a splendidtalk nn the future vision of theBaca coonty Sunday Bchool intbemorning session.

Afternoon session was well at-tended, considering the weather,and very interesting discussionswere made.

Then the business was takennp. Mr. Golden was electedpresident and Elmer Ballard sec-retary and treasurer.

Next convention will bo heldthe first Sunday in February.Any and all schools wishing'he next convention, notify Mr.Golden.

The Fifty Mile TrailBy Clara Herrick

Continued

Though Mike was wol] bundledup he was too cold to help un-hitch the horses, bo they wentdirectly to the hotel whero theyreceived warmth and food,

Movella stayed several days,making inquiries for her father,but al) shook their heads* Noone knev anything ewcerning

Lyric Theater

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Comedy Drama—Constancei" ‘■K'v T)(,riincnf l i|

Mi i"fp. A from the( i-r t -.r.li' r|.i. : . Everyoneenjoys a good laugh. JO C 3 etr.

Tuesday Night. Nov. L’l

'*a-onretl Hearts, a pictureyou will l .ve. Tbe story of a

I selfish love that ruined a career.

, He loved his profession andshe loved him. Between themthey gave Cupid quite a battle.

He hated her in New York’ssocial whirl, hut on an islandalone he found her adorable.

Marooned there on a tropicalisland he found the only woman■ whom he hated.

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Conway Tearle is the Slur! An unusual picture. 10—25rl*.

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Thursday Night, Nov. 23.

1 Owen Moota in “The Deaper-ate Hero," a comedy drama.

1 Everyone who saw "The Chick--1 en in the Case" will want to see

1 “Desperate Heio."

Do not forget Zane Croy’s“Deßert of the Wheat," Nov. 2*.

t him or hie whereabouts. Sn} ono morning aha prepared to re-turn to lowa—blue, heart sickand discouraged.

, She dreaded tbe trip to Lamar.[ hut not so much as she would

had she known she would have'■ been alone. This time she was

, not to te the only passenger. Ayoung man, probably live years

1 her senior, was returning toKansas, a Mr. Southerland shehad met at the hotel who wasspending his vacation in Colora-do, but suddenly decided that hemust return home tho same daythat Movella departed.

So tbe return trip promised lobe a brighter one for her, sl-thuiighshe was very sad to think

-of returning without any iofor-t rnaiion of her rather. Once more,t wiien well out of town, the driv-s er slops the coach, jumps donat and opens the door, placing a

- loaded revolver beside eachI passenger, telling them to ba

ready but to act wisely. UriytrMike was always ixpectiog

I trouble on these trips, and be> could not be blamed as manyl times as he had faced death.

They had not gone far till they. came to the creek, crossed it andi had climbed tbe hill on the other

side, when the horses snorted,made a lUDge sideways, two she*

i rang out, the coach stops, eachI occupant grasped tbe revolver at

- their side, and the door opened,but it was not the driver, asMoveila and Mr. Southerland

1 bulb expected, but instead—two. masked men!!

Movella screamed, and at thesame time raised ner revolverand tired till it waa empty.But by that time both men layoo the ground hardly breatbiou.They had been met by what theyhardly expected and while Mo-vella was too scared to knowwhat she was doing, still (hehad done her work well. South-erland was so taken aback, b«forget to act till Movella toldhim to see after tho driver, who

I was bolding tight to the lines,■ but heaped up on the seat, sod■ the young folks feared he was’ more dead than alive,

Movella got one of the bandits, hats and made for tbe creek in

• search of water, which she could>

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