The Holly chieftain., 1897-07-02

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LAMAn LOCALS.
satassss ~ ne caasftaia's nssulas
censsssassat II tAs cssaty's
capssal.
Fresh ptae-epples en- on The market.
Roy Washburn Il still on the siek
list. bat Il up and around.
The demand ipr good housss by psc-'
pie desiring to rsst still keeps up, and
the supply Il very dpac,snt.
A phonogrsph naa s4oppsd cvsr hsrs.
one day With his talking machine bat
met With vssy poor pAsropsss.
eevsral parties have seosptiy come
here from Missouri and have found
whatthsy cams for. and that y work
a young sop Of Or. Hall has sstab-
lished news agency at Lamar and q
Internationally trying 70 work up pay.
ing business.
broken exIo cauood Z eltght freight
wreck near tho water tank ON Monday,
delaying travel . few hours. Tho dam.
sse was not great.
J. T. Ohipchass, Who went 70 Pueblo
. short time sgo, has returned 70 Ls-
mar, and says that there IL more work
to do here than any place he knows
OF.
Two itinerant sign painters, travel
ing in wagon labeled "The Or
phans." we're in town the other day.
and decovated.some Of the screen doors
Of the merchants.
The man around hero who can say
there are no flies on him is . very
scarce individual just now. Everyone
complains that the flies are "wusser
this year than ever before"
g. H. Downer has taken the position
OF book.keeDsr for A. g. Bent. but
will also continue his duties a. clerk Of
the district court. He has placed q
competent man in charge OF his bicycle
shop.
Two new coons in town and they are
dcliYhting the populace with songs and
banjo music. They announce that
they will stay until after the Fourth,
20 there will be an additional attrac-
tion to those who come:
The man who delights to 20 to the
deDot to see the train come in has been
brimfnl Of occupation this wsek, as the
various trains came through with SIX
10 nine sections, and all full Of people
on the way 20 California.
Mrs. Silas vennsrd, formerly rssi-
dent Of this village. stopped over on
Wednesday. while on her way to the
Christian Esdesvor convention ut Los
Angeles, and visited her friends and
looked up her property here.
g. @. HuddIestou and E. Z. Pike
haye each secured . grsphophope for
his respective store, and entsrtainpent
Of customers while they purchaee ero-
ceTies and other goods with excellent
music IL the order Of the day.
Al Downer. the accommodating deputy
county clerk, desires to announce to
the public through ths medium Of the
CHiErrAIN.. that he 10 in . most excel
lent state Of health. This 10 all the
news We could extract from him.
Postmaster vanDus has had very
trying time for the past few days, q
his wife and four children have al
been confined TO the house by illness.
All are, however. now convalescing
and VANS fsce 10 looking mere joyful.
Colebourn's shoe shop, Corvallis
barber shop and the Postal Telegraph
office building were all moved further
south on the east side Of Main street
80 - TO clear the lot upon which F. e.
Irwin is about to build . business
block.
Russell y Goats came up from his
farm and spent . couple Of days ON
business. Russell carried : big um.
brellH to keep of the sun and informed
Us that he used it in the Rslds while
irriaatibg. Truly the Prouers county
farmer il progressive.
Ora Everett is budding out AZ an or
nithoioRi.t. and 10 raising up three
fine specimens Of the blue heron. The
birds we're captured down south and
Ora tskes great delight in them. The
herops are very ready to ngbt, and
bark very much like dog.
It's the fashion now to carry your
hands in your pockets, whils waking
the streets OF Lamar. Slap hands ID .
game prevalent among the boys 90 the
pockets are used ~ refuge. Tha fad
will be kept up until Apms one gets
burt and will probably die out then.
A. D. Barton. who has been resi-
dent Of Prowsrs county for several
wears and ~ho made friend Of every
one he mol, left on Monday morning
for Cslifornia, where be goes 70 take .
lucrative poAitIon In looking altar Some
ofthe businees Interests Of Fred Har-
vey. Mr.. Barton was quite society
man, and will be missed - much in
social circles - In the business world
which he left.
Quite . number Of parties Interested
10 ths New Ii Junta and Lamar Canal
went from hero on Mondav last 70 at