The Lamar register., 1906-03-07

The delinquent tax sale advertised
for Monday of this week was all paid up
but few items, and these found a
ready sale County Treasurer Adkins
didn't get enough practice to see wheth-
er he had an auctioneer voice or not.
The dance which was advertised to be
given at the opera house next Saturday
night, has had to be postponed owing to
an entertainment being looked for the
same night. The dance will be given on
the following Friday evening, March 15.
Sheriff G. II. Thomas will move to La
mar next week with his family and live
in the house next to the court house on
Third street. HIS daughter will be mar
ried at their Amity home on Monday
evening, and they will move here i'm
mediately afterwards.
G. L. Cowan, OF Granada, is Lamar
visitor this week. Mr.. Cowan is deputy
organizer for the Modern Woodmen, and
is assisting the local camp in increasing
it's membership. A large class was TAX
en- through last week and another will
be ready for this week.
A party consisting of two Messrs.
Axtell and Mr.. Moser and their families,
with their household goods arrived in
Lamar today from Waterloo, Iowa, and
will make their homes here IN the fu-
ture. They recently purchased fine
for r,,,a ,,, ba north aida
Professor Wallace A. Macpherson, Of
Denver, was down here last week and
INDUCED in some duck shooting. To
help pay expenses, he bought q nice
farm and water right over in eastern
Bent. He is preparing to invest some
more money in this section.
DR.. William A. Packard, recently
from Boulder, has been here several
days, and is much pleased with both
Lamar and the surrounding country.
He will make some large investments
in both lands and city property and
may decide to locate here and practice
his profession.
James A. Mclean and family, from
Indiana, arrived in Lamar this week
with their household goods and are now
occupying Mrs. Stewards residence on
Second street. Mr.. Mclean recently
purchased the Henry Beaver farm north
of the river and will soon erect house
on the farm and move there.
Gid Davis at the second hand store
runs up against some queer experien ces,
but this week he reached the limit when
he was asked to buy one of his own bi
cycles, which had been rented on Janu-
ary 10, for few minutes and never re-
turned. He is now trying to trace the
ownership back until he can find the
follow that rented it of him.
Coroner Fred Lee received word last
night that Mexican was found dead III
the southern part of the county, and he
left for that region yesterday morning
to decide whether 1t is necessary to hold
an inquest or not. 1t is thought that
he was probably frozen to death during
the storm of last Thursday and Friday.
ID. B. Novels attended the meeting Of
the Fort Lyon board at Las Animas on
Monday. The usual routine business
was attended to and then the plans for
the new reservoir scheme were discussed
A special meeting of the stock holders
was called for April 16 to act on these
plans and decide what they wish to have
done.
The Prowers County S. s. Association
will hold it's annual convention at La
mar, beginning Friday evening March
18th with sessions all day Saturday and
Sunday the 16 and II. Rev j. c. Car
men and Mrs. j. A. Walker, the state
workers, will be in attendance Every
school in the county should plan to have
delegates in attendance.
Postmaster d. E. Cooper received an
order from the Postoffice Department at
Washington yesterday for the removal
Of the local postoffice to it's new quarters
in the Masonic Temple on April first. 1t
will then be permanently located for
period Of ten years from July LIST Of this
year. The removal will take place on
time even il the handsome new fixtures
ordered by the Temple association have
not arrived.
A meeting of the taxpayers of School
Dist. No. IA, Lamar, has been called for
next Monday, March IL, to vote on
proposition to bond the district to build
new school house. All taxpayers who
have paid their taxes are entitled to a
vote. The rapid increase in population
here is overflowing every room of the
two school buildings now here, and a
new building is one Of the imperative
demands of the next year, and all should
take the trouble to turn out and cast an
affirmative vote.