The Lamar register., 1900-02-28

terested in Lamar and Prowers
county
Y Fred Lee received chunck Of ice
this afternoon from @, W Wonderly,
Of La Junta, that was quite a sight
10 people who have not had any
winter. Mr.. wonderly said he sent
it down to keep Fred's supply OF ice
until summer, 1t was about two
feet thick.
Jerry, the Tramp viii be pro
duced by the Rapier Players at the
opera house Saturday night 1t Is a
highly sensational and interesting
play and should draw large crowd
A new and very aruusing farce will
be given at the close, and new spe
eialties introduced. Secure yen seats
sGIY.
= One evidence Of the interest be
ing taken 10 this section at the pres
ent time Is the large number Of I'll
iugs on government lands being
made at the land office, Twenty five
homesteals have been filed already
this year, which Is much larg r
number than were inside in the same
months for several years.
Next Sunday morning the subject
Of ReY. Knuckey's discourse will be
THE Christians Choice and 10y
atty In the evening, "Self Con-
demnatiun." Hymns to be used,
Nos. 5Sl, 6o4, 393, II, 3s7 and sos.
a new choir Is furnishing the music
ut the Methodist church, and the
services are made entertaining as
well as instructive and helpful
Prof. W. J. Wise and b. F. Pol.
lock gave an entertainment at the
opera house on last Monday night,
under the auspices Of the Lamar
camp OF No0dmen They bad
large phonograph aud stereoptieon
aud gave an excellent program OF
Illustrated songs The entertain.
ment was free aud was largely At
tended and greatly enjoyed by all.
One of the most enthusiasts aud
largely attended meetings Of the year
was held at the Commercial Club
room last Friday night-for the pur.
pose Of taking steps 10 thoroughly
advertise the town Of Lamar sud the
country tributary to il A T. Beat
acted as chairman. and y. y. Nc
Lean a. secretary. The object Of
the meeting was stated by Mr., Bent
and on motion committees were Ep-
pointed on finance and advertising
att srs, as follows: Finance W c
Gould, +. c, Novels and W J. Johp-
ston Advertising l. Writ Marx
ham, J. I. Lswless, c. c. Hnddle
ston, Geo. c. Maxwell and +. j.
Holmes, After q general discussion
Of the plans and different forms Of
advertising, it was decided TO have
map Of TINS section made and a pam
phlet issued A subscription was
started by five gentlemen contribu.
ting $50 each, aud the real Lamar
spirit was shown when it took just
about thirty ninutes to raise $500
among those present. This amount
has been largely increased by the
finance committee since that time.
The Lamar Melon Growers Asso
citation at their meeting last Thurs.
day made contract with Lyon &
Coggins for all the territory east Of
the Missouri river, including Omaha
and Kansas City, and With Fort &
Co, of Denver, for the western terri
tory. The contracts are almost iden
tical, except that the one with Fort
& Go. includes the privilege of filling
out car with waterlnelons. These
contracts provide that the commits
sion men shall have Is per cent Of
the gross proceeds and shall pay all
the expense OF marketing the melons.
except express, freight and refriger.
ator charges. They shall also pay
the expenses of one man chosen by
the Colorado associations to 90 east
and watch the handling of the crop.
They also guarantee the freight
charges and handle each car sepa-
rately thus preventing any loss on
one car being made up of Of an
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