The Lamar register., 1903-04-29

VI. "A. rTduH Cdtuo III ifou Sidy bou,
New Mexico, and spent Sunday in La
mar looking after business matters and
visiting friends. ~
Mrs. L. H. Manvllle, and her son,
Sterritt, left for trip to the Pacific
coast yesterday. They will be gone for
some little time.
Mrs. St. Gdorge Creaghe and her
daughter, Mrs. CRANKY Hillyer went up
to Pueblo last week, to spend few days
with friends there.
The meeting of the Woman's Club
announced for this afternoon with Mrs.
Garvin has been postponed until next
Wednesday, May 9th.
Paul Denning, the photographer, re-
turned to Lamar this week and is ready
to take your picture again. He found a
lot Of work awaiting him.
Rev. r. w. Moore spent several days
in Granada this week, holding services
on Sunday and attending the Odd Eel
lows anniversary on Monday.
Miss Lula Horn came down from
Cripple Creek, where she is teaching In
the public school, last Saturday and
proved up her homestead north Of the
river, before the local land office.
Charles Armstrong, Of La Junta was a
visitor here last Sunday, having come
d,v,n 70 o,,apd tho loy ,y;tb hio brotbar
Allen Armstrong, who is manager Of the
telephone office at Lamar.
DR.. Madison, state agent Of Aetna In
surance Company, is in Lamar attending
to the matter Of selecting local agent
to represent his company. He will re-
main here for several days.
J. w. Mace and Perry McMillen start
ed out yesterday morning for the coal
camp southeast Of Lamar to prospect for
a coal mine. They probably feel the
need Of few tons of the stuff today.
TT. Merrlgan. of Clyde, Mo-, who owns
some valuable real estate in this county,
came in last week and took a look at his
property. He was highly pleased at all
the evidences of advancement around
Lamar.
Albert Stream was missed from the
court house last week, owing to an at
tack Of grippe. He was compelled to keep
his room for several days, but is now on
duty again, as smiling and accomodst-
ing as ever.
Cal Downing has moved his family
up from Albany and will try city life
for awhile. Oscar Downing and family
have moved out to the ranch and will
take charge of it. Cal says one year at
time is as long as he can stay away
from Lamar.
Yesterday evening quite a heavy rain
commenced falling, but about 10 o'clock
at night it changed to snow and up to
this afternoon, the snow is still falling
As an irrigation measure, the storm is a
success, but may prove quite disastrous
to stock and fruit, should the weather
turn very cold.
C.L, Hendershott, special agent Of the
United States land Office, was in Lamar
Monday and Tuesday, attending to
contest case before the local land office.
Two cases were set for trial, but one Of
them was settled by a relinquishmsnt
being filed. The other was tried and
the decision will be given shortly.
William E. Stafford, Of Winterset,
Iowa, came into Lamar last week, hav-
ing come along with Fred w. Burger.
He was 30 we'll pleased with the country
that be Joined with Mr.. Burger in buy
ing large tract Of land, just over the
limo in Bent county. The land was
known as the Mudd ranch, and the con-
sideration paid was 100000.
The base ball game played last Friday
by the Lamar and Big Bend mines result
ed in victory for the Lamar boys by a
score Of 16 to 8. Neither nine had prac-
ticed enough to be in good playing
trim yet and the game was rather loose
ly played, but showed that the Lamar
battery is alright and that the boys are
still the heavy batters they proved to
be last year.