The Lamar register., 1900-11-07
The New Dry Goods Store
In Irwin Block East Side of Main St.
Millinery, Dry Goods, Shoes and Novelties
|RWIN'S STORE.

Inc pipes Ior tne new lines OF
water mains have arrived and been
placed on the ground. The trenches
are already dug, and it will not be
very long before the southwestern
part of town will be supplied with
artesian water.
The demand for houses still keeps
up and the supply cannot be fur
nished. Every day our real estate
agents are besieged with applica-
! tions for residence houses and appli-
cations receive the same old reply,
''No vacant houses in town."
Richard Emerson left on Wednes.
day for his old home in Virginia,
where he will spend the winter. Mr..
Emerson will return in the spring
and engage in the cattle business,
having purchased 5000 acre ranch
on Clay Creek. He would not leave
until he cast a ballot for Mckinley.
Dan Keesee came down from l as
Animas Monday afternoon in order
to vote on Tuesday, and attend to
some other matters Of business, he
returned to Las Animas to day. Mrs.
Keesee has been quite sick for about
two weeks, but is now much i'm
proved aud will soon be fully re-
covered.
A. E. Bent received returns last
FRIDAY on a car OF beets that made
showing of 21.7 per cent sugar. He
received $l47.16 for the car, being
SO per ton. Instead Of falling off
the sugar per cent in the beets Is
gaining and the only records left for
this valley to beat is her own. The
sugar for the whole country can be
raised in this valley.
j. H. Means, Esq, formerly resi-
dent of Lamar, and who has some
valuable real estate in Bent county,
is here, and will remain about
week Strengthening up matters with
his tenents, and receive his share OF
the crops Mr. Means is much i'm
pressed with the rapid development
being made in the country and also
at the substantial growth Of Lamar.
The republicans are preparing to
have big celebration next Saturday
night The band will furnish music,
the Flambeau Club will be out, a lot
OF fire works will be provided, and a
general hurrah ratification will be
had A number OF distinguished
persons will probably be present,
and few short speeches be made.
The celebration will be an out door
affair. Everybody is invited to be
on band to see the display.
The Methodist church has a regu.
lar choir once more for the evening
services, Miss Hainline is the so.
prano, Miss Lucy Novels alto, J. T.
Bradshaw tenor, and J. X. Doughty
bass and leader. Miss Bessie
Doughty is the orgsnist. This choir
will endeavor to furnish good music
for the congregations which attend
in the evening. It is probable that
another choir will be organized to
sing at the morning services.
The Colebourn band gave very
enjoyable dance at the opera house
on election night night, which was
attended by large number of peo-
pie. The music was good and the
floor extraordinarily smooth. If you
don't believe it ask some Of those
who fell down. A wire was run into
the hall and the election returns
were read off for the information of
those present. The band realized
quite nice little sum as a result of
the dance.
One of the various interesting fea-
lures of the powerful melodrama,
"The Stowaway," which will be seen
in this city soon is its clever define
ations of character. Everybody has
read about its real burglars, its real
istic and thrilling safe blowing scene
and its abundance of handsome
mountings but it has other things
that recommend it, and that is the
delightful suggestions of Dickens
which marks it from start to finish,
and which has dOne much tn Give II