The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-12-02
CRANKY Hillyer was u visitor at the
state capital last Saturday.


yer this week for ashort visit.
Mr.. Henry Gerstenlauer was in Las
Animas, Friday, attending to busi-
ness.
Mr.. Ed. German returned from
business trip to Kansas City this
week.
DR.. and Mrs. T.. f. Bartlett and
baby returned today from visit with
Mrs. Bartelt's parents in Iowa.
Mrs. Charles Dorman returned to
Rocky Ford this week after pleas
ant visit with her daughter. Mrs. ID.
Miser.
The attendance at the game on
Thanksgiving was between 700 and
500. 1t VISA the largest crowd that
ever attended a game in Lamar.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Millinger and daughter,
Mrs. John Duncan. came up from
Holly Tuesday and spent the day
shopping and calling on friends.
The cold weather during the past
week has made fine Ice for skating
and the boys and girls have been
enjoying 1t after school in the even
Ing.
The Register Is late this week on
- ~, 10 IF the de-
linquent tax list in this issue. 1t is
considerably longer this year than
usual.
Mrs. S. l. Borton returned home fro
Madison. Kansas. Thursday morning.
Her mother. who was very seriously
Ill, ID now out of danger and Is i'm
proving in health very fast.
Mr.. Frank Seabury. Of the American
Beet Sugar Co.. came down from Las
Animas and spent several days in
looking for a house in Lamar. He
and his wife expect to return to La
mar soon.
The Rocky Mountain News sent
special reporter r. A. Eaton down to
Lamar this week to investigate the
reported oil strike. He has had
several write-ups in the News and
most OF them are true.
The Mascot. gwen by the Boston
Ideal Opera Co. was appreciated to
a great extent by a medium sized
audience. Some Of the singers had
very good voices and the company
as a whole wasverygood.
Miss Mae Woodland was voted the
most popular young lady in Prowers
County last week at the Family
Theatre. The gold watch that was
given to her is a very fine one and
It is very well said that "she is one
Of the most popular girls in town"
The largest crowd that ever at
tended a football game in Lamar, wat
present at the Turkey Day game.
The gate keepers found 1t impossible
to collect from many people who
came. 1t was estimated that there
were between sven and eight hundred
people present.
Chas. L. Doughty. OF the Register
force. spent several days last week
in the city Of Denver. If there are
any Of the sights Of the city that
Charley missed. 1t is due to the fact
that true to the religious character
Of the paper he represented. he was
chaperoned by an embryo Methodist
preacher.
MIR. Bruce Drope has been in Lama
several days OF this week settling
up the accounts OF his recent sale
Although Mr.. Drope has sold out
most OF his property in Lamar, he
has no intention OF leaving us yet
for he thinks Colorado Is Just about
right and much better than Canada
He will be one of our north side farm
ers next year.
Mrs. Frank E. Irwin arrived home
from three months visit in the east
Monday morning. Mrs. Hamilton and
son, Mrs. Twins sister and nephew
accompanied her home and expect
to make an extended visit in La.
mar. Mrs. Hamilton is in very poor
health and 1t is thought that the
Colorado air may help her. Mrs
Irwin reports a fine time but says
that Lamar looks good to her.
The statement OF the First Ma
tional Bank of Lamar published In
this issue makes a splendid showing
and is almost equal to the statement.
made prior to the panic OF 1907. A
big increase is made in the figures
all along the line. and especially ii
the amount Of deposits. This shows
the very marked improvement in ii
nancial conditions since the election
Of President Taft. The First Ma
tional though always shows up stron,
in any kind of times.
The Colorado Safe Commercial AS