The Lamar register., 1905-11-08

Francis j. McCarty, the rustling real
estate man, arrived in Lamar this morn
ing from Missouri. He has some
land deals on hand, and says he is full
Of business.
The sale of season tickets for the Ly
ceum Course opens at the opera house
office next Saturday morning at 900
o'clock. You will have to go early to
get good seat.
Work was started this week on street
grading in Dist. No. l with H. II. Nc
Dowell experimenting the work, and
this makes it sure thing that the work
will be done right.
The young people OF the Presbyt erian
church will hold social at the home Of
Mr.. R. d. Nevius on Friday evening. to
which all of their friends are most cor
daily invited.
The Carlton bridge has been complet-
ed and was accepted yesterday by the
commissioners. Work is progressing
rapidly on the Morse bridge now and it
will soon be completed.
w. P. Bell, from Virginia, was in La
mar yesterday visiting his cousin, Mrs.
Thos. G. Magruder. Mr.. Bell rented a
house and left this morning for the east
to bring his family here to live.
Rev. w. Gourlay Connell will preach
in the Presbyterian church on Sabbath
morning and evening at the usual hours.
The subject for the evening sermon will
be, "What God is able to do"
Elmer Bressler came out from Raven
wood, Missouri, this week and brought
with him two citizens of that town,
Chester Thomson and John Kirkbride,
who are looking for new location.
G. B. McNerny, of Des Moines, Iowa
came in this morning with a party OF
land buyers, who are looking over the
country today. Mr.. McNerney is
brother in law of Mrs. P. S. Lynch.
Milo Leffingwell, of Holly, ID assisting
County Treasurer Adkins now in pre-
pairing for the delinquent tax sale. He
was deputy treasurer last spring and
made many friends in Lamar while here.
Charles Finney, the veteran piano tun-
er, was here last week on his regular
fall trip. Mr.. Finney has been making
this territory for nearly thirty years and
has host of friends all along the line.
Under Sheriff Lynch has been max
ing some improvements around the
county building and Jail this week. He
had an electric light put IN the Jail yard
also for convenience in handling prison
ers at night.
The county commissioners are in reg
ular monthly session this week, all MEM
bers being present. The contract for
the Holly bridge extension is the only
business to transact outside the ordin-
ary routine.
L. Writ Markham went to Pueblo
Tuesday night, for the purpose of buy
ing some lambs to put in his feed lots
Owing to some roalroad complications
he did not get any, but expects to pro-
cure some in few days.
Clarence M. Lee has purchased lot 5
in block 18, being the premises now oc-
cupIed by Nevius g. Cross, on the west
side of Main street, and in the first block
north of the railroad. The purchase
price was thirty-five hundred dollars.
Last Friday morning passenger train
backed up unexpected and caught the
wagon Of the telephone company on the
track. The wagon was put into the best
possible shape for kindling wood, but
otherwise no damage was done and no
one was hurt.
Dave Downer came down from La
Junta last Monday to visit his skin
folks" and to do little work in the
draughting line for some parties. Dave
is very handy with a pencil or pen and
ink and can make some mighty pretty
pictures.
The farmers north OF town should be a
little more careful in hauling their beet
to town. 1t is no uncommon thing to
see three or more great big loads Of
beets on one span of the bridge at the
same time. The spans are not construct
ed with the capacity to bear such an
immense weight, and unless the loads
are kept farther apart on the bridge, SO
that only one may be on a single span,
there is liable to be collapse and some