The Lamar register., 1902-07-09

and there was large attendance. Rev.
Vaughn preached fine sermon, and
was listened to with interest. The meet
ings will undoubtedly be popular and
we'll attended.
w. H. Cox's delivery horse had a gay
time all to himself this morning. He
left the wagon and Mr.. Cox on south
Nam street and went down the street
amid cloud OF dust that obscured
everything for several minutes. No very
great damage was done.
DIR. John Fewkes bestrode the Odd
Fellows goat on Tuesday night. AL
though that festive animal has some
what different motions from the Ken
lucky thoroughbreds, which he is in the
habit of riding, the doctor managed to
go through the performance with credit.
DIED-At his home on the north side
on July LIST, John Rampenthal. The de
deceased was among the first settlers of
the north side and had reached an ad
vanced age. He had the respect Of the
entire neighborhood in which he lived
and the family have the sympathy of all
in their great loss.
A party consisting Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Saylor, son and daughter, and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. X. Doughty, daughter and son,
Miss Wadsworth, their neice, Carl and
Chas. Downing and James Pike, started
this morning for a few days outing.
The party will go down to Butte creek
near the Twin Buttes, and enjoy camp
life for the rest of the week.
Last Friday was the Fourth of July
but except for the exhuberance Of few
small boys, no one would have supposed
it was any other day than Sunday. The
town was almost deserted, most of the
celebrators having gone to Granada and
Holly to take In the FESTIVITIES Of those
places. Main street, with it's stores
closed, looked very lonesome like, and
few people were upon the. streets at any
time Of the day. Next year Lamar will
probably "whoop EN- up in great shape.
The game of base ball at the fair
grounds last Sunday, between the Lamar
and Holly clubs, brought out fair sized
crowd, and the spectators saw the Lamar
boys play the best game they had put up
here. The boys all played we'll and
Schauble pitched very fine game, Had
it not been for couple Of errors which
followed each other In the same inning,
the Holly boys would have gone home
with load Of goose eggs. AS it was,
the game resulted in a score 15 to 3, the
three belonging to Holly. The Lamar
boys are beginning to realize that "play
ball all the time" is the rule to go by,
and as a consequence, their work shows
up better.
About twenty Odd Fellows OF Lamar,
Granada and Holly have petitioned for
charter to organize an encampment at
Lamar. 1t is expected that the installa-
tion Of the new order will take place on
Saturday night, July II. DR.. j. NJ Nor.
man, Of Denver, will be present and will
probably be assisted by visiting patrl-
archs from Pueblo and La Junta. DR..
Norman is Grand Secretary for the or
der in this state. The rapid growth of
Odd Fellowship in Prowers county dur
ing the past year has inspired the orga-
nization of this higher branch Of the or
der. The three lodges, Lamar, Granada
and Holly, can easily support an encamp-
ment that will be credit to the order,
and the new organization starts out with
membership that insures success.
William A. Vernon, who recently re-
turned from Arkansas, where he had
been very sick for some weeks, and in
fact at the time Of his arrival here still
i'll, died last Sunday about noon. He
had been taken to the residence of WE
Cross, where every attention was given
but the disease which had seized upon
him was too deep seated to be conquered
Mr.. Vernon has resided in this vicinity
for many years, and is we'll known to our
citizens. or modest retiring dispo
sition, he was never conspicuous, but
made many friends and was honored by
all who knew bin. He leaves two small
boys, too young to realize their loss in
full. Mrs Vernon is in the insane asylum
at Pueblo, the children being thus
doubly bereft. The funeral services
were held on Monday afternoon, and