The Lamar register., 1889-06-08

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Denver Fire Insurance Co wos n
town yesterday and made US an
agreeable call accompanied by Geo
L. Hines the local agent.
The county commissioners, county
attorney and several other gentlemen
OF the legal profession have been up
to Las Animas since "Wednesday
morning trying to get a settlement
with Bent county.
The Denver Times of Tuesday
contained a six column expose of the
work and plans of high class crooks
IN which it is charged that some of
the police officials of number of
western cities assist in planning great
robberies. The story reads like a
novel.
A cottonwood tree will grow in
this country if it has half chance.
II anyone is skeptical in this, we can
show them some cottonwood fence
posts that were set in the ground
long after they were supposed to be
dead and dry, that are growing nice
ly, the only moisture they have ever
had was the rainfall.
IL is surprise to many how the
great herd of cattle that passed here
last week managed to get from south
of San Antonio, Texas, this far north
and how they will get through to
Montana without accident or damage
to the farmers. 1t was thought the
great drives were over and all cattle
would have to so north by rail.
Z. J. Allison of this office has
lived in the flooded districts in Penn
sylyania and visited Johnstown last
August. Geo. T. Herbert of this
city has also been there several times,
they both describe the valley as be-
ing very narrow with no possible
means os escape for the inhabitants
in case of 4 disaster like the one of
few days ago.
Express charges are high, every
body is aware of the fact when they
order goods sent by express, yet they
do not so fully realize the starry
high. of the charges until they go to
pay them when they complain, every
body does, as everybody has . right
to, and as everybody should, but it
does no good except to relieve the
mind.
II takes time to make farming q
success even under ditch, there is
so much to be done getting every
thing ready the first year, and then
irrigation to the inexperienced has
to be learned the same as anything
else. We expect pretty good returns
from our farms about Lamar this
year, but compared with the years to
follow will be looked upon as only
starter.
1t is remarkable how many rich
strikes are reported IN the mining
news, and how few men get out of a
mine as much money as they put in,
Another rich strike" is familiar
head line, it has become familiar by
being seen every day, and has got so
old that but few believe a word pub
lished about the rich strike. There
is not more than one man IN many
thousand who really ever make a
rich strike.
The Denver papers have an ac-
count of confidence game in St.
Louis by which 4 rascal probably
made several thousand dollars. by
circulars he advertised mythical
town few miles from Denver, pro-
posing to give away every other lot.
The party receiving the circular
could have lot free if they would
send him three dollars and half to
cover cost of correspondence, max.
ing out and recording the deed, there
was Just enough wanting free lots on
those terms 10 make the scheme
paving one before the fraud was
found out. There is a lesson in this
if needed. No such swindles could
be advertised in newspaper without
discovery before dollar was real
lied, 1t took the unreliable circular
TO do the work.
DIEp:-Tuesday at twelve O'Clock,
Nora Lee Johnston aged three years,
the eldest child of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
r Johnston. The funeral services
were conducted by Rev. j. Z. blshop
at the family residence "Wednesday
afternoon at three o'clock, and were
attended and made up one OF the
largest funerals to the grave ever
Witnessed in Lamar. The ceremony
was indeed sad and as the pall-oear-
ers Ruby Brown, Rosa Lee, Nelly
Goodale and Fannie Davis all little
rirIs bore the little loved one from
Ill