The Lamar register., 1890-02-01
This week would have been an

| The A. o. U. w. increase the
membership of their lodge with
nearly every meeting. They have
over tifty members now,
| K. A. Southworth State Grange
organizer will make an address 10
the public this afternoon, with view
of organizing local grange.
We have heard a number of com.
pl;ments passed ON the music of the
Methodist choir last Sunday. Go TO
church tomorrow and hear them.
Five shirts and several other arti-
cles of wearing apparel were stolen
from the clothes line at J. II.
Wrights residence Monday night.
For fear thero would be no good
ice at ali this winter, the ice dealers
have stored just what they could cut
from the riysr, which is not very
good.
c. II. Rudrauff representing the
Waylan-Barkley Printing Company
at Pueblo. was caller Tuesday. The
house he represents is one of the best
in the west.
There was lively little scrap on
the street 1hursday that bad hardly
got started good until Pete Grant
deputy marshal was on hand and put
stop 10 hostilitIe..
Arrangements are made To organ
izo bras, band. AT orc time Lamar
had one of the best oands in the
valley. and we hope the effort IN have
az other just as good will be success
ful.
The third anniversary Of the w.
c I. U Of Lamar was celebrated NJ
thu Drming house the evening of
Jan. 24th. with ba-ket dinner aud
pIea~an, social time. Rev X
Whine addressed the meeting.
J w GolIaday returned Tuesday
rYgniag fron trip u' IN Ki iiwa
county, he .aV> a number of settlers
he mt up there are tslking about
cotuIng down ~ this county in the
spring to rent land under a ditch.
They are tired of depending ON the
rainfall for water
We ooea,ionally notice an uncalled
for letter lit Of from two 10 three
columns in 10. Denver papers, Shat
~e would like to know i, does gov
ernmvut pay for Publishing such lis'.
The po-tnasters are required to pub
liSh their unca!lrd for list, but are
not allowed anything TO pay for il.
The well on the Julian Bloqne
home,trai is $50 feet deep, At that
depth a vein of water was struck in
sand rock aud raised 10 within 40
feet of the top. the water is soft and
entirely free from alkali, this viii
encourage the many settlers IN the
~Plcasant Valle," and Dry creek
settlement south oi tn~u. Herbert
located and drilled this we'll.
j. w. Ayers one of the leading
cItizens OF Las Animas was in town
Yesterday. Mr.. Ayers ia speaking
Of the prospects of the valley said: |
look for l,rrer emmigratiou to the
Arkansas valley this coming spring
,nl summer, rhan has ever yet favor
ea F., locality in Colorado. We b"
Iieve such Il, the opinion Of those
heat informed on the subject,
Last fall the 2Tth aud 2sth of Jan
nary we're put down os the weather
programme to be the coolest days OF
H.. winter. How was it, here those
days were like the warm days OF
spring The weather prediction that
call. tor anything hH pleasant
weather during the winter months IN
the Arkansas valley, is wrong. Corn
bu.ss never get thick. the mice do
not take to the houses. the goose bone
remains normal, the bark on the trees
the same, in this valley.
The following contests have been
fled a, the land Office the past week
up to yesterday noon:
G. l.. Mcpherson VS.. ). Nasheurn
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