The Lamar register., 1892-02-27

ening during the past week Gene VIII
cox, the bashful young granger from
Wolf creek, has been in town.
Manager Van Deusen OF the Moore
house lumber yards reports five large
bills for good and substantial farm and
town dwellings submitted this week
Judge Deeter has caught the fever and
is plowing from early till late on his fine
Poverty Ridge farm. He looks akward
behind a plow but he says that he gets
there.
The La Junta and Lamar Canal com
pany intends to put a new measuring
weir at each headgate that will insure
the delivery of correct amount OF water
to each right.
A. V. Atkins and family, of Golden,
arrived last Wednesday morning, with
their household effects and took up their
home on their farm about II miles north
west of Lamar.
Fred Schmidt has rented the w. j.
Johnston ironclad building for his saloon,
and has purchased some new pool and
billiard tables. C. ". Heaton is paint
ing and decorating the room.
--Lamar Lodge, U. D., A. F. and A. Ma
sons has received its dispensation and
henceforth will hold regular meetings on
the first and third Saturday evenings Of
each month in Odd Fellows hall.
A delegation of Lamar masons, con
sisting of c. c. Goodale, G.. W. Butler,
A. n. Parrish, E. f. Seeberger, NJ. S.
Goodale and Frank Tate, will visit La
Junta chapter, r. A. NJ. to night.
A car load OF Ingalls, -four has just
been received by w. H. Sanders. The
brands are, Gold Coin, Gold Medal and
Standard 1t is high grade -four and
the price is very reasonable Try it.
The farmers of Bent county are meet
ing atLasAnimas to-day, to make arrange
ments for the district farmers institute
of Otero, Bent and Prowers counties to
be held at Las Ansmas on May 8 and 4.
~ Geo. ". Hunter sold his fine farm.
lying two miles west OF town, to E. H.
Guy for $1,000, last Monday. This is one
of the finest farms in the valley and Mr..
Guy is to be congratulated on his pur-
chase.
Hon. B. S. LaGrange, of Greeley, Col
orado, Worlds Fair Commissioner, was
in Lamar the first of the week. He was
here to promote the interests of the val
ley By working up good agricultural
exhibit for the Worlds fair. Mr.. La
Grange is an enthusiastic admirer of the
valley and thinks it has the greatest ag-
ricultural future of any section of the
State.
L. Writ Markham was in Las Animas
last Tuesday and Wednesday,, and nego-
tiated with the Bent county commits
sioners to purchase all of the 1883 tax
sales held by that county against prop
erty in the town Of Lamar, for H. Emer-
son, the Colorado tax title buyer. Prop
erty owners had better look up their old
taxes as Lamar property is becoming
quite valuable.
Mr.. John Thomas, postmaster Of Cool
idge, Kansas, was in Lamar last Thurs
day. Mr.. Thomas is largely interested in
Prowers county property. Among other
holdings he has 800 acres of land on the
State line in this county. On this tract
he has an artesian well that flows about
40 barrels an hour. The flow was struck
at depth of 80 feet, and the well COM
plete cost about 500.
The North Side Canal company will
open up the King reservoir in short
time and utilize the water for irrigation.
The company will fill the reservoir next
month before water is needed by the
farmers. There is thirty-six feet of
water in the reservoir now, and when it
is tapped, scarcity of water along the
eastern end of the canal will be unknown.
Las Animas Leader.
The young men of Granada held rab-
bit shooting contest last Saturday to
decide who should pay the expenses of a
ball and supper. The score was close,
and altogether over $50 rabbits were
slaughtered. The ball and supper was
given on Monday evening, and was re-
ported to have been one of the largest
and most enjoyable social events of the
season there. Several couple from Lamar
were present.
John Hess has secured the exclusive
local agency for this county for Dale
mand and Co.'S Cream Pure Rye. This
Rye has become famous for its absolute
purity, nutritive value, smooth taste and
delicious bouquet. 1t is good for weak
lungs, a standard remedy for La Grippe
and a stimulant for impaired constitu-
tions. 1t does not rasp or scald the
throat and stomach, nor cause nausea,
dizziness and headache.
Carlton News.
Correspondence.
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