Bent County register., 1889-03-02

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q bad case of nomoney in his neigh
borhood, some might think he mean
pneumonia.
Peanuts were selling on the street,
at Minneapolis last week at dolla,
bushel, they we're Colorado raised
and tirst-class.
w. II, Hickey representing the
Denver Field and Farm the leading
paper of its class in the west, was a
caller last Saturday.
This is the age of combines ana
corners, corner on peanuts has sent
them up to eighteen cents a pound
Wholesale, so says Fred. Lee and he
ought to know.
We call attention to the large dis
play advertisement of J. l.. Mat,
thews. He proposes to keep his seed
house in the lead of all others in
eastern Colorado.
The city ha. a man and team clean.
ing up the streets, bitches and alleys.
Now let every householder clean up
their premises and give the town a
clean and neat appearance.
Millet was offered on our streets
this week at twelve dollars a ton,
there ought to be money in raising
millet at that price. 1t makes a
coed crop in this country.
We are in receipt OF No. Vol. l
Of the National Passenger published
at Topeka, Kansas. 1t is railroad
paper and is neat, and newsy not
only on railroad interest but general
news.
Mr.. Z. J. Rabb met with serious
accident last Monday by falling
from n stsp-lsdder IN his store. He
has been confined TO his room since
and will not be himself again for
several days
The current in the river at the
bridge has changed to the north sldo
and was cutting the bank Thursday.
Road overseer Butler will see the cut
is stopped by hauling stone 20 rIp-rap
the bank at that point.
Prof. T. B. Bird informs US that
he will be 4 candidate for county
superintendent OF public instructions.
Mr.. Bird has had many years exper-
ience a. an instructor and is well
qualified for the position.
The Continental Oil Company have
one of their tanks in position and
will soon have another ready to re-
ceiye oil, they will hold twenty-three
thousand gallons of oil, their store
room is also completed. Mart Strain
is the local agent.
An advertisement to do well should
be planted in paper early IN the
spring, and irrigated regularly ence
Q month with good and lawful money,
climatic changes does not effect such
an advertisement and the altitude is
just right for big returns.
A. II. Rogers informs us that there
will be extensive farming around
Wilde this year. the farmers are al
ready at work and intend to put in
all the crops they can give proper at
,ention to. What farming that was
done there last year proved TO be
very successful, so much so that the
farmers in that vicinity are full of
hope.
Lamar has been great hay mar
ket the past winter, and while the
demand will not probably be near so
great next winter yet hay will not be
a drug in the market, which is a
pointer farmers should take and set
apart portion of their land for hay
Whenever hay is raised to an amount
that it gets cheap, there will be plen-
ty of cattle brought in or on the
farms to feed it to, the hay crop can
not very we'll be overdone.
1t has been demonstrated that
clover grows well in this country
when given plenty of water to get a
good start, blue grass is hard to start
but has been made to grow in several
door yards IN town 1t is useless to
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