The Lamar register., 1906-09-19

Lamar, and will locate west of town. He
expects to bring his family here soon.
DIR. j. Y. Sayler and Dick Creaghe
made up hunting party and started
for the southern country this week to
see if there was any game in that region.
S. ID. Church, Sam Merrick, 81 Ander-
son, A. +. McFadden and Verne Cola
day started south on a hunting trip the
first Of the week and expect to be gone
several days.
Eugene Whitaker and family, of
Springfield, were Lamar visitors this
week. They were returning home after
having attending the State Fair. MIR.
Whitaker also attended the various re-
publican conventions.
The county clerks office yesterday
granted marriage license to Mr.. Bert
Longhmiller, and Miss Mae Owings,
both Of Granada, and Judge Thorne
united them in marriage. The happy
couple have the best wishes of all.
About thirty Prowers county republi-
cans went to Denver to see the republi-
can state convention and visit few
days in the city, The delegation was
the largest that ever went from this
county to attend state convention.
The w. o. w. and the Ladies of
Woodcraft will give a Box Social at
the Odd Fellows hall next Friday even
ing. There will be plenty of good
music by the orchestra, and an excellent
time is anticipated. All Woodmen and
their families and friends are cordially
invited to be present.
Two Mexican railroad workers passed
checks at Otto Conrad's saloon yesterday
that will get them In serious trouble.
The checks were for % cents each, but
after the name Of the payee had his rail
road number in such position as to look
like that amount in dollars. AS one
was No. 90 and the other 81, the amount
involved is considerable.
Four Greeks were arrested Monday on
the charge Of shooting quails in the
neighborhood OF Carlton. One plead
guilty and the others were dismissed.
Judge Thorne fined the guilty one $50
and costs. They we're let off with this
light sentence because it is not believed
they knew they were violating the law.
The total cost was 5000.
The daily papers have been telling
about snake that resides between
Holly and Amity In the swamps and
measures % feet in length and about a
foot through. We paid no attention to
the story until Mayor j. S. McMurtry of
Holly and Sheriff Thomas vouched to
US for it. They claimed it could swal-
low geese or turkeys at one bite, in fact
1t could swallow most anything-just
like us.
Emmett Kennison has been up against a
hard proposition lately. He cut his
large crop of oats and engaged neigh
boris bin in addition to his own to hold
the grain, which he estimated at 40
bushels per acre, and when the thresh-
ing machine came, he soon filled both
bins and then that Of another height Dor
and still had lots or oats to thresh. His
crop ran 80 bushels to the acre, and Is
still running all over every thing in
SIGHT.
The German Luthern parsonage that
is being erected ror the German organi-
cation in and about Lamar, is now I'M
der roof. The location is good, just
across the street from the new Lincoln
school houae. AS soon as the house Is
completed the organization will call a
minister. Rev. p. J. Bunge of Sugar
City, will be here Saturday and will
bold services Sunday the 23d, at the
school house miles north west of town
in the forenoon, and in the basement OF
the Presbyterian church at 3 o'clock in
the afternoon. Rev. Bunge will also
collect subscriptions as the first pay
ment is now to made to the contractor
About dozen Prowers county re-
publicans went TO Trinidad on Monday
to attend the judicial, senatorial and
legislative district conventions. DIR. j
S. Hasty was chairman of each of the
three conventions and made record fol
swift and accurate parliamentary work
The judicial convention was held first
and udge Henry s. Hunter was nomi
mated by reclamation. In the senator
ial convention Senator F. r. Wood was
unanimously renominated, and Hon. A
N. Parrish was gwen unanimous nom
nation for representative for the coun
ties of Baca, Prswers and Las Animas
There was the best Of feeling manifest
throughout the proceedings and it IL
evident that all will easily be elected.