The Lamar register., 1898-08-31

John w. Wampler. who iiyes near
Holly, and who always looks happy,
was in Lamar several days during
last week. proving up his desert claim
and attending to other affairs
C. d. Ford was down from Denver
Saturday shaking hands with old
friends. His daughter, Miss Rachel,
who has been visiting her sister here,
returned home with him on Monday
morning.
Jake Watson, whom every body IN
Baca county besides large number
outside of that county knows, wss IN
Lamar on Monday for the purpose
of getting some lumber for the - o
ranch. He seemed rather pleased
with the looks OF things around La
mar.
Yes It's hot. awful hot, but II viii
be cooler pretty soon and then you
viii want some nice maple syrup for
those buckwhest cakes. Frank J.
Holmes 4 Co. hav. the genuine Yer
mont article at Only Soc per half
gallon
The new meat market has changed
hands and Is now owned by J. "
kirkpatrick s. Co, the Co. being W.
j. Fitzpatrick They propose TO
keep a first class stand and have the
best the market affords They have
named their stand the Fulton Meat
Market
Henry s. Adams is carrying his
right hand around done up in a poul-
tiee The injury was caused by
catching large lamp chimney as II
fell. Henry's hand was vet and cold
from handling ice, and the chimney
was hot, and it stuck to his hands
barning him badly.
There Is nothing which helps the
appearance Of town more than to
see that there are no old tin cans and
other trash lging around the yards
of the residences. Look your yard
over and see what it needs. If any
thing Even il you are only renter
keep the trash cleared up.
A couple of diiapidated looking
men were going around town on Fri
day OF last week, setting loose on The
air species es si:l=piaA,-=i music
from couple Of dilApidated bag
pipes. They seemed TO be old timers
in fact ANY old tune suited them.
The harvest of nickles was small
Archdeaeon RateliiTe, OF the Colo
rado diocese, will hold short Episeo-
pal services on September 18th, At
3 o'clock in the afternoon. At this
time also bapti-mal eeremonies viii
occur. The next morning holy com
munion services viii be held a. SIX
O'Clock From here the Arehdeacon
viii 60 to Holly to hold services
Judge Frybarger came up from
the classic precinct of Carlton on
Saturday and talked about politics
mostly. The Judge informs Us that
be has laid IN about 500 pounds of
candy, but he did not tell Us what
for. We have q shrewd snspiciou.
however, that IT Is for campaign use,
and will be distributed among the
lady voters.
John L. Blosser. of FL Paso com
ty, Colorado, and brother of our
own Green Blosser, has been visiting
his relatives here On Saturday he
made purchase of a ten acre tract
in the Forest Park Place Subdivision.
situate north of town. He also made
a contract, conditional, for another
ten acre tract in the same subdivis
ion Evidently Mr. Biosser knows a
good thing when he sees it.
The Lamar Melon Growers Asso-
citation is doing an increasing bnsi-
ness. Beginning August %, 1898.
they have shipped seven cars of mel
ons by freight and one by express, a
total number of crates amounting to
2SG0, which viii realize for the peo.
pie of this part s26256S. From now
on they expect to handle one carload
every day until abo,It Saptan,bsg- IT