The Lamar register., 1907-01-23
MONEYTO LOAN
Plenty Of Cheap Money for
good Farm and City Loans.
Call and SEQ mo.
l.. WRIT MARKHAM.

w. G. Young, of the Granada vicinity,
was county seat visitor last week.
Neither Of the shows advertised at the
opera house last week showed up"
BoRN-To Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Hem
kins on last Friday. fine large boy.
JIG Boyd has been in Pueblo several
days the past week having bis eyes
treated by specialist.
Don't fail to attend the Grand Trades
Carnival at the opera house on Friday
night of this week. Admission % and 35c
VIM. Dargis and L. Writ Markham
left the first of the week for Denver to
attend the stock convention.
8. D. Church has pure based the
Dodd's fiye-acre tract in northeast La
mar, and will improve the same this
spring.
Nicholas Huffman, a banker Of Muir
ray, Iowa. is in town this week visiting
with his brother.in law, DR.. J. F. Hasty
and family.
Sweets Messenger Boy, guaranteed to
be one of the best attractions ever given
in Lamar, will be at the opera house on
January 80.
8. N. Garfield came up from Dodge
City, where he has been since the first
Of the year, to look after some business
matters here.
Filings at the local land Office are still
breaking records every few days. Over
100 acres will be taken up this
month.
Quite large portion of the day force
at the factory struck today. The trouble
arose over disagreement a. TO the dis
charge of workman.
DIR. M. Burnett, Of Hazelton, Kansas,
is visiting friends in the city. He is
very favorably impressed with Lamar,
and may decide to locate here.
Mrs. ]. F. Hasty and daughter return
cd from Murray. Iowa, being called by
the serious illness of DIR. J. F. Hasty.
He il much improved now, we are glad
to state.
There probably never was time when
there was 80 much petit larceny in La
mar az at the present time. Larceny
has taken the place heretofore occupied
by forgery as the speciality Of Lamar
law breakers.
Some Of the local holders Of Fidelity
Savings Association stock we're surpris-
per cent on their holdings. They re-
covered from their surprise, however,
In time to cash In,
There were number of land seekers
in town last Friday locking over the
farming lands under the guidands Of D.
H, Bsne, and after seeing the possibili-
ties OF agriculture under irrigation as
shown at Lamar, Mr.. Bane can easily
sell them the cheap Kansas lands.
A petition is being generally signed
this week asking for q down town office
and general delivery by the Wells, Far
90 Express Co. Lamar il doing the
largest express business Of any valley
town east of Pueblo, and at the lowest
per cent Of cost, and it is believed that
the request will be speedily granted.
Geo. A. Watson was displaying last
Friday, handsome bronze medal which
he had just received from the Lewis &
Clark exposition committee at Portland.
It was as q prize for one OF the best ag-
ricultsral displays at the exposition. Mr..
Watson had taken the trouble to gather
together some samples Of our grains
and Isaac DeWitt's sweet potatoes and
some sugar beets, and sent them to the
big exposition in 1906.
Mrs, E. B. Leatherman took her
daughter, Alma, to Denver last week
and on Saturday she had a very severe
operation performed at hospital there
by Drs. Bartlett and Freeman. A bone
tumor was removed from under her
shoulder blade, and she is rapidly I'M
proving. She has been suffering for the
past year and it 10 hoped she Will now
be permanently cured. DR.. Bartlett re-
turned the first Of the week.
Several drummers at the Union hotel
the other night ohipped in a dollar
apiece and made a pot to 60 to the one
of their number who could tell the big
gest lie. Each member fixed up the
most colossal fabrication he could pos
!, sibly invent and each spent considerable
time enlsrgrng and developing 1t - he
told his story. When all but one had
finished that one simply said, Santa Fe
trains always run on time" He was
Immediately voted the purse and sd-
visod to invest it in ice as he would
nasd it whore he uaa surs to 60.