The Lamar register., 1908-03-04

j. w. Marker returned this morning
from short visit to lola, Kansas, where
he has been looking after the farm be
recently traded for.
Elmer g. Condit. of the Wiley Jour-
nal, was Lamar visitor the first Of the
weeb. He is running q good paper and
getting q spendid patronage.
l.. Writ Markham is expected back
from California next week. He writes
that he will be able to wrench" himself
loose from there by that time.
A number Of our citizens went to Wi
ley to attend the big auction sale by the
business men and farmers todsy. A big
crowd and a big time was reported.
UCoover, the tailor, has had his store
room newly papered and it is a very fine
job. w. A. thinner, of the Up to Date
Drug Co., designed the artistic effects.
o. j. Cooper arrived in Lamar Mon
day and Is enjoying a visit with home
folks. He is taking q short rest after q
season spent in the northwest and Cali
fornia.
E. G. Henklns returned last week from
Chicago and Kansas City markets where
he had been with a large shipment Of
sheep. He reports the market still too
low for profit.
W. E. Easton and L. H. Manville are
each building a'hsndsome brick residence
on Third street. These homes will be
quite an attractive addition to that Soc
ton of our city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jessup of Des
Moines, Of Iowa, are here visiting with
Mrs. Pyle's brother, L. r. Jessup. Mr..
Pyle is general manager Of an Iowa life
insurance company.
Alfred B. Swartz, who recently pur-
chased the Kern farm near Wiley, will
arrive here this week with his family
and household goods, and become q res
ident Of the county.
The commissioners were in session the
first of the week trsnsacting the usual
routine business, Messrs. Ssyler, Greg
DRY and Reynolds all being present. The
pay roll was very light.
The business men of Wiley are pre-
pairing to incorporate the town. 1t is
growing rapidly, and the citizens pro-
pose to have q town government and
keep pace with the times.
Miss Virginia Corbett, Of the Fort
Collins Agricultural College. and state
organizer of the P. E. o. Sieterhood,
visited Chapter d Of Lamar last week.
The visit wss much enjoy ed by the local
members OF the order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bumgarner and
little daughter, who have been visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. c. L Msrgrave left Mon
day for Rocky Ford where they expect
to make their home. Mrs. BumgarDel
and Mrs. Margrsve are sisters.
Postmaster d. E. Cooper Ieturned
Tuesday morning from Los Angeles
where he has been spending a short va
cation. He reports Mrs. Cooper as
much improved in health, and the rest
OF the Lamar colony having a splendid
time.
Attorney John A. McMorrow, Of SUIT
ton, West Virginia, has been in Lamar
the past week and will locate here. He
comes highly recommended as a young
attorney of ability. For the present he
will have bis office with Judge Thorne
in room l, First National Bank block.
The ladies Of the Christian church
will hold their sale Of Home cooking
next Saturday at Myers Drug Store.
They will have the best OF white and
brown bread. cakes, pies, doughnuts,
cheese straws, Boston baked beans, and
baked chickens. Patronize the ladies'
and get just what you want for your
Sunday dinner.
Mr.. Albert G. Green and Miss Lillian
NJ Shultis were married 1t Castle Rock,
Colorado, on February %. The happy
couple have taken up their residence in
Lamar, and have rented the house OF
Or. Friend on Fourth street where they
will be "at home" after the fifteenth OF
this month. Mr.. Green is with the Prov
ers County Abstract Co.
A committee Of the north side farmers
circulated paper this week in which
those holding old contracts pledge them.
selves not to raise beets this season I'M.
less the same price is paid for beets un.
der the new contracts issued by the fac.
tory. The paper has nearly 1000 acres
su described to it, md demonstrates that
The farmers here, who own their farms
are standing together as a unit, and will
not be in the sugar beet business this
year. They are mostly planting their
beet ground to other oropA