The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-17

Little Miss Katherine Liggett cele-
brated her eighth birthday this after
noon with party given to about twenty
Of her young friends. The little ones
had very delightful time.
On Tuesday the county clerks office
issued marriage license to Mr.. james
r. Pratt aged rs years and Mrs. Melin-
da Standish age 60, both of Holly.
The walls of R. M. Ziegler's fine brick
residence on South Fifth street are now
| up, and the work is progressing rapidly.
He will soon have handsome home.
The social circle will serve cake and
sherbet on the lawn at Mr.. ]. D. Mar
tins residence, Friday evening July IL.
Price 15c. Everyone cordially invited.
The city Jail has been piled about two
deep all over the floor this week, and It
is evident that the new county Jail will
not be ready any sooner than it is need
ed.
Albert Hagerman. Of the postoffioe
force, spent several days at Springfield
last week. AS vacation resort Spring
field has some strong attractions Albert
thinks.
E. NJ. Willoughby has commenced
work on a new residen e on South 3rd
street on his lot in the block just south
Of Parmenter street. He expects to
make q nice home there.
Victor H. Todd and wife Of Coldwater,
Michigan, and Mss Donna ]. Todd Of
Ann Arbor, Mich., are visiting with
their brother, Alfred Todd, and wife in
Lamar this week. They are enroute to
Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
The big summer clearing sale OF the
New York Store will begin on Friday Of
this week and last until Saturday night
Of next week. See their big ad on last
page of this issue for particulars.
The fair premium lists are now out
and make fine showing. The mer-
chants of Lamar after the list was print
ed raised fund and doubled all the
premiums, making it the most liberal IN
the valley.
MARRIED-At SAINT Paul's Church in
San Diego, California. on Tuesday.
July 9th, Mr.. James A. tombstone,
Of Goldfield, Nevada, and Miss Susa
Lee, of Lamar. They will make their
home at Goldfeld.
Union temperance meeting will oe
held at the M. E. church Sunday even
ing, July 81, given under the auspices
Of the Womsns League. Everybody ,s
cordially invited. Good musical and
literature program will commence at 8
o'clock.
The Lamar Cardinals went to La
Junta on Sunday and played one Of the
best games Of the season there. The
score was to in favor of the Lamar
boys. TIE two mines will play return
game at the fair grounds on next Sun
day.
j Edgar Clifford, one Of the press
agents of the Big Sells Fioto Circus, was
in Lamar last Saturday and made us a
pleasant call. He informs US that the
circus is almost twice as large as when
it visited Lamar two years ago, and our
people will receive rare treat.
Senator Guggenheim has sent word to
Chairman M. j. McMillin, of the re-
publican committee, that he will make
Lamar and the valley visit this fall,
and would have been here before this il
sickness in his family had not called
him away. The Senator ID determined
to get acquainted with the people Of the
state and the needs Of each section be-
fore going to Washington to take the
high position for which he has been
selected.
A mexican named Eberisto Herman
DEE was killed on Monday night. He
and a companion beat their way to
Garden City on last Friday and re-
turned on the "blind" of No. 3 Monday
night about 9 o'clock. In Jumping off
at Lamar Hernandez was knocked un-
der the train and both legs and one arm
we're crushed off. He lived about Z
bours suffering great agony. He was
buried today.
Sheriff Thomas this morning WAS call
ed over to the railroad to investigate a
car of goods that had been broken open
and a number Of boxes Of shoes, hats,
liquor and other goods stolen. The
sheriff was impressed by the number OF
Mexicans that were wearing a fine grade
of "American Gentleman" shoes, and q
little investigation enabled him to find
most of the stolen goods, except that q
large part of the liquor had vanished.
He has about dozen or thirteen of the
Mexicans under arrest, and as most OF
them had some Of the goods In their
poansaaioa il looAa bad Tor than.