The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-04-10

Miss Nellie GoodRle left last week Io
Los Angeles where she will spend tn,
summer.
T. M. Phillips, of Granada, was IN La
mar the first of the week on business
matters.
Fred Lee and NJ. L. Conwell visited
the city of La Junta last Friday on
business.
New ads will be found in this issue
for Hunt Bros. and the w. j. Johnston
Nero. Co.
Rev. A. w. Mcintyre and wife, OF
Holly, were stopping at the Union Hotel
on Monday.
JIG Ford was in attendane at U. S
district court at Pueblo last week as a
grand juror.
Chris Classens, the jolly Holly dis
penssr OF joy, visited with Lamar friends
last Saturday.
VIM. Boehn and Chas. Waltenath
from Amltyville. are attending to land
office business here today.
Joel Knowlen, former commissioner
from Granada, was looking after bust
ness matters in Lamar today.
The eight piece orchestra will give a
dance at the opera house on next Satur-
day night, April 18th. Everybody in
vited.
w. F. McCue, of Denver, has been In
Lamar the past week looking after the
interests Of the local yard of the McCue
Lumber Co.
Chas. Maxwell, manager Of the La
mar Mills. was in Granada yesterday on
business connected with the company's
property there.
B. B. Brown was down from Pueblo
the first Of the week. He is still the
only republican elected mayor Of Pueblo
in dozen years.
Fast work lie being done on the Metho
dist church by the contractors. The
walls are now up and the dome is rapid
ly taking shape.
State Treasurer A. E. Bent and wife
came down from Denver last Saturday
to visit Lamar friends. Mr.. Bent re-
turned on Monday.
The papers announce that District
Attorney Jerome when he completes
the Thaw case will rest up with his
friend, Mr.. Wiley, at Holly.
Walter Meagher. of Granada, proved
up on his homestead before the local
land office today. G. G. Smeltz and
Martin Graham were his witnesses.
E. G. Henkins returned last Saturday
from the Kansas City market and
brought with him his daughter Violet,
who had been visiting an aunt there.
The Independent Heating & Plumb
ing Co. has been organized in Lamar
and 10 prepared to do all kinds Of work
in that line. E. 8. Wilbourn is in charge.
Hon. A. w. McHendrie, district attor-
ney, was in Lamar yesterday looking up
matters in connection with cases he will
have before the district court next week.
W. H. Chaplin, proprietor Of the coal
yard at Granada, and manager Of the
Graham ranch, was a Lamar visitor
yesterday attending to business matters.
Hon. AN. Parrish returned last Thurs
day from Denver where he has been
constant attendant at the sessions of the
busiest legislative assembly ever held
In Colorado.
VIC. McCurry, who has just been ap-
pointed night marshal, arrived in La
mar yesterday and has assumed the
duties of his office. His family will
move here at once.
Chas. Wright has sold his farm west
Of town and purchased handsome
brick residence in the north part OF
town. He and his family have moved
into their new home
Mrs L. Writ Markham, who has been
receiving medical treatment in Denver
for the past three weeks, returned home
last Sunday morning. She is some
what improved in health.
Mrs. W. j. Johnston entertained a
number of her friends this afternoon in
honor of Mrs. A. E. Bent, who has been
visiting here for several days and leaves
tonight for her home in Denver.
Reports from the city station on Clay
Creek indicate that an abundant supply
of good water can be secured there, but
the matter will be thoroughly tested
before anything permanent ID done.
Mrs. Chas. X. Combs and children ar
rived in Lamar from Denver last Friday
to join Mr.. Combs, who is now foreman
in the Register office. They have rooms
& the Jones residence IN west part oil
town now.