The Lamar register., 1901-12-25

ing the holidays at home.
Charles Clark, the Holly lumber deal
or, visited friends in Lamar on Christ
mas.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry Heaton are spend
ing the holidays with relatives in La
mar.
j, L. Mayfield, who is the banker of
Granada, was here last Saturday for
few hours, and transacted some business
of importance. He says Granada is
coming to the front.
Chas. Thompson returned this week
from the Klondike region where he went
about year ago. He reports a lively
season there, but says there is no other
place equal to Lamar.
Mrs. W. G. Bentley, formerly Miss
Bessie Lee, came down from Denver and
presented herself to her parents for
visit during the holiyays. She succeed
ed in surprising the home folks.
Chester Mourning, who has been en-
gagged in Pueblo for some months past
working at his trade, came home Christ
mas morning for n visit with his folks.
Chet looks quite well and says he enjoys
life in the big town.
L. Writ Markham went to visit the
old folks in Ohio last Sunday. He went
by way OF Chicago and will probable re-
turn the same way. He will make fly
ing trip, as he expects to be back on
Friday or Saturday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs W. o. Lee and two
daughters are visiting with their sons,
Z. L. Lee and c. NJ. Lee. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lee are now living in Pueblo, but as
they formerly resided in Lamar, they
have many friends who are glad to see
them.
The county clerks office did a whole
sale business issuing marriage licenses
Tuesday afternoon. The happy couples
were Otto Morris and Miss Mary d.
Lay, Louis Jacaway and Miss Gusta
Tuttle, and Ross Graden and Miss
Georgia Ryan.
Anderson B. Stewart got off the tr ain
this morning and all the old timers i'm
mediately caught on to his familiar
smile. Anderson has been away for
quite stretch, working up in the noun
tains, but Is going to spend the holidays
with his family.
Judge Blllingslea had very strange
look on his face the other day and peo-
pie were wondering what was the mat
ter. Then it dawned upon them that
the Judge had shed his whiskers, and
they concluded he was a better look ing
man than before.
Services were held at the Methodist
church last Sunday by the new pastor,
Rev, Oates. The pastor and his family
are settled in the parsonage, next to the
church and will undoubtedly soon feel
perfectly at home, and get acquainted
with our people.
Ross Graden and Miss Georgia Ryan
were married last Tuesday evening and
have gone to house keeping. These
Young folks are well known in Lamar
and have host of friends who wish them
most happy and prosperous journey
together through life.
A number Of the Lamar school teach
ers left Saturday morning to spend the
holidays at home Misses Nellie Goodale
and Mary Adams went to Denver and
Misses Mayne and Graham to Greedy.
Miss Mayne was accompanied by her
mother who has been visiting her.
John w Prowers, the Caddoa mer-
chant, spent Saturday in Lamar, attend
ing to various business matters OF I'M
portance. John Is well known to the
Lamar citizens, and he used to be here
frequently. but he says he is 80 occupied
by business, that he does not get time
to visit much.
All the churches had Christmas en-
tertainment last Tuesday evening" and
zach church was filed with happy
crowd of young folks. And there was
not lacking goodly number OF the OLD
folks, either and they all seemed 10 De
as happy as the smaller ones Pleasing
programs were rendered and then the
bags of candy, nuts and fruit we're given
, out. and then the little ones went home
to be prepared for the coming Oh 'he
glad Christmas morning.