The Lamar register., 1898-07-13
Additional Local News.

mense numbers of curlew out IN the
vicinity Of the King reservoir.
Lon Pilloud drove down to Grana-
da last Saturday to bring back his
wifs, who has been visiting her par
entI there.
All the carpenters in town seem to
be Ns,y busy. and we saw man
hunting for one Tuesday, who failed
Is fini an unemployed worker in the
wood.
The Lamar school beard has un-
der discussion the advisability of en-
gaging an additional teacher making
the total number eight, instead OF
seven.
The Davidson brothers are engaged
in cutting wheat, and so heavy is the
yield that it requires FIVE pounds of
binding twine to the acre. Can any
one beat that?
The infant child OF A. Van Deusen
and wife died on Sunday morning
last. Its hold on existence was very
frail from its birth, and it only lived
a few short weeks
Florus IL Friend and party OF
relatives and friends went out to the
Big Mud creek a couple OF days last
week, and had n great time camping
ont and enticing the innocent fish
from the water.
Work on the new Boyd building
is progressing rapidly aud no time
seems TO be lost. The new hotel is
also being pushed right along and
begins to show something of what it
will be like when finished.
The Irrigation Era for June is filed
up with description of Otero coun-
lty, its towns and the resources there
Of A very cre6itable write and
richly embellished with illustrations.
Manager Yauger never fails to get
there when he undertakes to adver-
,ise county, as this issue as well as
proceeding ones will attest.
Residence houses are still in de-
mand and it does seem as though
some one viii take advantage Of the
opportunity and put up few houses
Almost every day families are com
PEELED to give up the idea of settling
here, as not SO much as room, to
say nothing of whole house, is OBJ
,ainable. Now here is chance for
some enterprising capitalist.
W. r. Logan, representing Thurs
ton, Hutton & Co, of Colorado
Springs, who are managers of large
loan company, was in Lamar on Mon
day and took long drive around the
country north of town. MIR. Logan
was greatly surprised at what he saw
and said he never knew what glo-
rious region there was here. l.. Writ
Markham was appointed local agent
for the firm.
In reference to the case of the
death of the young boy, which oc
cured recently, and about which the
Sparks seems so anxious there should
be an investigation, it might be well
10 state that District Attorney r. r.
Ross has been here and investigated
the matter, and has found that he
could not make case, as he could
procure no evidence sufficient to JUS
tify him in bringing any criminal
proceedings.
In September of this year the Ma
tional Editorial Association meets id
Denver On last Monday night theI
Lamar Commercial Club held bus
mess meeting, and committee was
appointed to act with Editor Lawless
of the Sparks, who is member of
the Colorado State Editorial Associ-
alton, and extend an invitation to a
delegation of the editors to make
visit to Lamar and Prowers county,
during the time they are in the state.
Should the plan be successful we are
sure the delegation will be pleased
with what our county can show them,
and they can rest assured that they