The Lamar register., 1906-08-08

w. A. Leonard is visiting with home
folks this week.
w. j. House, of Granada, was Lamar
visitor Tuesday.
W.. Lee. Of Pueblo, visited last week
with his son, c. M. Lee, and friends in
Lamar.
Donald Bent came down from Denver
the first Of the week to visit with Lamar
friends.
Guy Barker, q merchant OF Plover,
Iowa, is in Lamar this week visiting
with relatives.
The w. j. Johnston Mercantile Co.,
Franz Bros and Smart & Simon have
new ads. in this issue.
DIR. j. s. Hasty and d. b. Novels at
tended the Fort Lyon Canal meeting at
Las Animas on Monday.
Elmer Bressler and family moved the
first of the week to the new Manville
residence on Third street.
Frank Robinson was up before Judge
Thorne on Monday charged with assault
and was fined 500 and costs.
CRANKY Hillyer and c. NJ. Lee were in
Las Animas Monday, having business
before the Fort Lyon board.
Mrs. John Mace, who has been east on
Q visit, returned home Monday morning
and John says he can live at home now.
W. W. Reynolds, of Holly, and Joel
Knowlen. Of Granada. were up attending
the session OF the commissioners this
week.
Miss Fannie Dodds and Mrs. Gertrude
Harnden left the first Of the week for
Chicago, where they will spend several
weeks.
j. Is. Trailer went up to Las Animas
on the Monday morning train, on mat
tsrs pertaining to the new irrigation
district.
The Register is late this week owing
to an unusual run Of work combined with
the sickness of the foreman, F. II.
Friend.
Chas. M. Parmele and c. d. Rawls, OF
Plattsmouth, Nebraska, were in Lamar
last week closing up the deal for the big
Graham ranch.
The Baptist Y. p. C. U. will give an
ice cream social at the church on Thurs
day, August 16. Everybody invited to
attend. both old and young.
H.G, Fulkerson and John D. Stream
have gone west, and expect to travel
through New Mexico and Arizona in
quest Of lambs for fall feeding.
Henry Pyle and family of Des Moines.
Iowa, is here this week visiting with his
brother in law, L. R. Jessup. Mr.. Pyle
10 president of Des Moines life insur-
ance company.
About twenty Of the young friends OF
Fred Mourning gave him a surprise par
ty last Friday night. The young folks
had merry time and Fred was the hap
piest Of the lot.
The county commissioners are in regu
lar monthly session this week. In ad-
dition to the regular business, they are
checking the semi-annual report Of the
county treasurer.
A racket occurred in the Brown Palace
saloon yesterday afternoon and couple
of men were rather badly beaten up.
No one has filed any complaint and 30
no arrests have been made.
AZ. ..a NJ, ~ 7 Cavlar raturnod nm
last Thursday from Rensselaer,, Indiana,
where they have been visiting for sever
.al weeks. They were accompanied by
their daughter, Miss Florence.
A. P. Henry left last night for the
mountains and expects to lure the shin
ing trout from the mountain streams.
He provided himself with the necessary
permit before going, and will be gone
several days.
w. E. Martin was showing the plat of
the new townsite of Gordon in Lamar
this week. They have contracted for
q dozen houses on the townsite, and
also have the promise from the railroad
OF substantial depot.
A man was trying to induce the peo-
pie to buy birds last Monday. He had
cage full OF parrots and had canaries and
other varieties Of song birds. His stock
attracted considerable attention, but
sales did not appear to be numerous.
A gang Of Japanese workmen were
discharged at Holly yesterday and tried
IN oot another gang of ,JaDa to ouit also.
Being enrsged at the failure to get the
second gang to strike, they dynamited
the shack where they we're sleeping last
night and only miracle prevented a
number being murdered, as the whole
end Of the shack was blown out. Sheriff
. Thomas is there TODAY investigating the
case,