The Lamar register., 1907-02-13

Bernard Granville, Of New York City,
and E. ]. Guillam, of Colorado Springs,
were in Lamar several days the past
week looking over the possibilities of
oil and gas in this vicinity.
Mr.. Friedman is starting a big clean
up sale at the New York Store this
week to make room for his new goods.
He will start east the first OF next
week to buy goods and must have room
before they begin to arrive.
On next. Monday the Bent and Prov
ers County Cattle and Horse Growers
Association holds its annual meeting at
Las Animas. All members are especial
ly requested to be present as important
business is to be transacted.
The land office is still doing rushing
business and the homestead entries are
breaking the records for even the boom
days of 'S7. The Denver land office did
the largest homestead business in it's
history last month, but was twenty i'll
ings behind the Lamar office.
Jack Faw's lecture at the opera house
last Thursday night was listened to by
fair sized audience, most Of. whom
were well pleased with the things they
heard. He surely had very versatile
talent and his human menagerie' WAS in
evidence most of the time.
Yesterday was Lincoln's birthday,
and the schools were closed for the holt
day. The eighth grade bass ball team
celebrated the day by defeating the
Freshmen team of the high school by
a score of 81 to 10. The game was
played on the grounds near the high
school.
When the whistle blew at the factory
today at noon it meant the close OF
very successful sugar making campaign.
The run at the factory has lasted l4i
days and has been great success from
the start. Over 100000 has been dis
tributed among the farmers of this Sec
ton for beets.
II. ID. Wellington, Jr., representing
the Denver Mantel & Tile Company is
in our midst looking up the interests OF
this firm. We find this firm is doing
quite shipping business throughout
the south aud west, as there is a grow
ing demand for mantel and tile work IN
modern homes.
The resolution and the notice of form
alton of Sanitary Sewer Dist. No. will
be found in this issue Of the Register,
and all will be glad to see that this much
needed public improvement is getting
under way. No one thing ls more need
ed here, and the quicker 1t can be con-
structed the better.
DR.. N. M. Burnet,of Hazelton, Kan
sas and Miss Jessie Gamble, of Lamar
were quietly married Monday evening
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Cbas. E.
Gamble, on north Eight street, Rev. o.
w. Auman officiating. They left the
same evening for Hazelton, Kansas,
where the groom is engaged in business.
MIR. and Mrs. Guy B. Huntington en-
tertained the "Five Hundred" Gard
Club at their home on Seventh street
last Friday evening. All the guests
passed very pleasant evening until the
usual late hour. The prizes were won
by Mrs. w. j. Johnston, Mrs. G. G.
Goodale, Miss Florence Sayler and E.
NJ. Mears.
George Elston. Of Colorado Springs
was here one day last week investi-
eating the title to some lands in the
east part of the county. He is an old
time friend of L. Writ Markham. Mr..
Elston is proprietor of the Alamo, one
of the large hotels of Colorado Springs.
The land which he was looking up was
one of the old Sisson ranches.
A. G. Bruner of our town received
phone message at 10 o'clock Saturday
night that his brother, Chester Bruner
of Syracuse, Kans., had suddenly died
few hours before OF heart failure. Mr..
Bruner went Immediately to Syracuse
and had his brother buried in the city
cemetery at that place. The funeral
services were conducted by the Presby-
terian minister, Rev. E. w. Miles of that
place.