The Lamar register., 1901-12-18
MONEY TO LOAN
Plenty Of Cheap Money for
good Farm and City Loans.
Call and see me.
L. WRIT MARKHAM.


M. o. Dick, the Trinidad life insurance
man, is Lamar visitor this week.
j. A Kinnee, of Butte, Montana, is
visiting his relatives in Lamar this week.
G. s. Smith left yesterday for a short
visit to his old home at Armstrong, Hi
nois.
H. E. Harris, the Singer sewing ma
chine man is here and will remain until
Saturday.
Miss Sophia and Alfred Hunter will
leave tonight for their home in Green
field. Missouri.
Percy Rice went up to Denver last
week, on business and pleasure trip.
He returned on Fridays train.
Judge Thompson and wife, from
Rensselaer,, Indiana, were in Lamar the
past week visiting their friends.
Stephen Harrell on last Saturday
made final proof on his valuable timber
claim about mile west Of town.
Mrs. S. B. Faulkner, OF La Junta
Colo, Is in town visiting with relatives
and friends. She will probably remain
here until after the holidays,
Despite the very cold and stormy
weather, the dance at the opera house
last Friday night was quite well attend
ed. The usual lively time was enjoyed.
A. N. Parrish and Frank Tate were
both on the train in which car was
wrecked by the gas explosion. They are
both immune from injury by gas. how
ever.
County Clerk Curry today issued
marriage licenses to George S. Enney
and Miss Rachael Chilson and Roy Gill
bert Wood and Miss Lena May Brad
shaw.
A. N. Parrish left last Monday to ac-
company his mother to her home in
Vandalia, Missouri. Mrs. Parrish has
been visiting with her son for some
weeks.
Miss Fay Huddleston returned from
Denver last Friday. She had been there
attending school and her many friends
are much pleased to haye her among
them again.
Ora Everett, who has been down at
Hutchinson, Kansas, attending school
came home this morning to spend the
Christmas days with his parents. Ora
looks quite well.
J. Scott Robertson and family arrived
from Trinidad last Saturday with their
household goods and are moving into
the M. ]. Lamb residence on south Sec
ond street this week.
The first real cold snap started in on
us last week, and up to now, the weather
has been rather tough. But today the
sun is shining out in the old fashioned
way and the climate seems ready to re-
sumo.
Assessor Mcdowell and Deputy Rosa
Grams are now running day and night
shift on the tax list. The delay over the
railroad assessment has made it hard for
them to get the work done by the regu-
lar time.
The Baptist Sunday school will have
Christmas exercises at the United Pres
bvterian church on Christmas eve.
They will be Joined in the festivities by
the U. P. Sunday school. All will be
welcome.
w. E. Cade was down from Rocky
Ford last Friday looking after his La
mar property, and shaking hands with
his many friends. He tells big stories
about Rocky Ford's boom, but says La
mar is the best town of all.
Robert Pennington, one Of the Santa
Fe porters, who is quite we'll known here
as he worked with his father two years
ago, was quite severely injured by an ex'
plosion of acetylene gas on the tram
near Dodge City the first OF the week.
Billy Emerson took the train yester'
day and departed for Cedar Point, Kan
sas, and will spend the next two weeks
with his mother and sister at home
He expects to get Christmas present
if he is at home, but was not 30 sure
about it If he stayed away.
Frank Tate left last Monday for triE
to Missouri, where he will visit with his
parents and friends. 1t has been long
time since Frank took pleasure trip