The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-05-16

the colored society circle of Lamar.
On Monday morning there were sever.
al journeymen in town. Painters, boot
blacks, pencil peddlars, etc. The amount
of business they did was not very large
in the aggregate.
l.. Writ Markhum, Geo. Kelley and j.
ii Frisbie went to Kansas City Inst Sat
urday with train load of fat sheep be-
longing to Messrs. Markham, Kelley snd
others of this vicinity.
b. b. Brown, president Of the Lamar
National bank and Western National at
Pueblo, has been in Lamar the past
week looking after business affairs and
visiting bis many friends.
Monday afternoon a special train of
thirty cars loaded with wire went
through Lamar, which the Santa Fe
was taking to Ottawa, Kansas, from the
G. r. e. L., works at Pueblo.
couple of sisters from the Orphans
yesterday and Monday, soliciting funds
for the maintenance of the home. They
received many donations to aid the good
work.
Manager Charles Maxwell of The La
mar Milling & Elevator Company, went
to Wichita, Kansas, last week to attend
the convention of the Millers' and Grain
Mems Association. He had very pleas
ant trip.
j. f. Sothoron, a capitalists of Kansas
City, has been in town several days in
vestigating title to some real estate In
which he claims an interest. He has
also been engaged in the same work at
La Junta and Las Animas.
The case of William Dunn against
Mrs. Katie Feast was tried in the coun
ty court last Monday and argued on
Tuesday, after which the judge took the
matter under advisement. The case
grew out of the building of the Feast
block on north Main street.
The Rebeccas held an ice cream and
trawberry social at the opera house
last night and there was great crowd
present and the refreshments rapidly
disappeared. The young folks present
got up an impromptu dance and stayed
quite late The Rebeccas Melted neat
sum.
Mrs. Lois Fairchild and son, Marvel,
who has been visiting Mrs. j. G. Boyd
for several weeks, returned to their
Kansas City home last Thursday. Mrs.
Fairchild enjoyed her visit here very
much, as she lived here several years
ago, and had many friends and acquaint-
ances in Lamar.
E. @. Howe, general manager, and w.
Fl. Wayte, chief engineer, of the Amer
Ican Beet Sugar Co., are il Lamar this
week looking over the local plant of the
company. Extensive repairs will be
made at the plant this summer and it is
reported large force Of men will soon
be at work there.
The recital and musical at the Bap
tist church last night was very much
enjoyed by the people present. The
church was well filled. Miss Alberta
Chapman, of Wichita, Kansas, was the
star, and her numbers were especially
fine. Local talent supplied the must
cal numbers and this part of the enter
tainment was well rendered.
Frank j. Holmes, one of our old time
residents, but who now resides at Albu-
querque, n. Mex, cBme in last Sunday
night and spent couple OF days here
interviewing old friends, and said he
had hard work to pick them out among
SO many people as were now living In
Lamar. He said it made him feel good
to see Lamar moving along SO prosper
ously.
George w. Trommlitz, the original
real estate man of Lamar, has been So
journing in town for several days, at
tending to some business matters. 1t is
his first trip here since he left, sixteen
years ago, and he was astounded to see
the great progress made by the people.
He left a little struggling, struggling
village and comes back to find us put
ting on very cittied airs. He says LA
mar is all right"
Prof. F. B. Belcher addressed an au
dience at the opera house last Monday
night, on wireless TelegraphY." The
audience was not as large as it should
have been, but those present had The
mystery of the "wireless" very clearly
explained to them. The professor made
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