The Lamar register., 1892-08-20
wANTED-O One second hand buggy
cheap for cash. Address

wANTED-Onee second hand buggy
cheap for cash. Address
Box - LAMAR, CoIn.
Five hundred dollars worth Of mems
and boys hats just received at s. Morris
Irw,na. Sec their prices on these goods.
Tho outlook fcr slfalfa SD IL much
better than two wes,n go. Uuiess we
have an early frost many bushels will be |
threshsd.
A. E. Bent was in Kansas City this
week purchasing mules and farm imple-
ment for the the Prowers County Land
and Irrigation company.
Marriage licenses were issued by the
county clerk this week to s. Fl. Tope and
Miss Eva Elder, OF Granada, and to j. c.
Fickel and Minnie Sanderson.
q Ed. T. Maxwell. of Crawfordsville, Ia.
Iand T. w. Christy, OF Ke:thsburg, Ind,
were in town this week looking after
their property here. They made this
Office pleasant call on Tuesday.
On Thursday morning party consist
ing of Mrs. ]. S. Hasty and T. H. Hills
and family left for Creston, Iowa The
latter are returning to their home Mrs.
Hasty will spend several months in that
State.
Our ranchmen under the Henry ditch
feel more confident in the future than at
any previous time. Since Mr. Page took
charge of the canal, there has been no
lack of water, and if any complaints
have been made The REGISTER has not
heard of them.
Fred Lee has sold his confectionery
stand, but will remain a citizen of this
community. The .F- In his name will
stand for Farmer" Lee IN the future.
Some people have queer tastes, and
to ice cream and candy.
]. c. Patton, the new proprietor of the
Alamo, took charge of that hotel on
Monday morning. Mr.. Patton will spare
no pains to bring the Alamo to the front
as the best hotel in the valley, and the
large patronage he is enjoying shows
that his efforts are being appreciated by
the public.
John Minter, Esq, OF Jacksonville, H.,
was in Lamar on Tuesday on his way to
his old home in Baca county, where he
owns a large farm. He is still interested
in this portion OF the state and loses no
opportunity to speak good word for it.
He purposes to take back With him
.l,,r - IN, oh h,c
eastern friends what the soil will pro
duce.
i C. W. Heaton & Co. have just received
a nice lot OF entertaining books which
they sell at so cents each. About such
books as are usually retailed at one dol
lar each. They also offer you the privi-
lege of returning them at any time and
exchanging for others upon payment OF
} a nickle, thus giving you all the advap-
tages of a circulating library at small
, cost.
t There are five threshing machines now
at work in Prowers counry. They are
owned by Hunter & Tuttie, Myers &
Davis, John T. Hester, Herbert & Co.,
and T. Koen. The first four are steam
I
power. Mr.. Koen's machine is kept
busy threshing his own grain. The
prices charged for threshing are: wheat
and rye, six cents per bushel; oats and
barley five cents Sixty-fi cents per
hushel was charged last year for alfalfa
seed.
Mr.. B. F. Slater returned from q four
months visit to the east with the same
sentiments as others who proceeded him
that Colorado, take it for all in all, is
best part of Mother Earth. He reports
.crops in his native state, Illinois. as gem
orally poor, through excessive rains in
April and May. The hay crop is heavy
but gram aud fruit light. The growing
of alfalfa has been attempted, but with
out success as yet. He found the people
Interested in the doings of Colorado, and
prepared to believe anything of this won
derfui country except some OF the alfalfa
stories. When told that hogs would live
at an alfalfa stack all winter, and come
out fat in the spring, they became EN-
barassed, and changed the conversation
Personal Property Valuation.