The Lamar register., 1908-06-10

lie TcloTmaloiy a. oouho 'Acen VA
Monday by Judge Thorne. They were
charged with burglarizing a railroad
car.
Mayor Maxwell, w. NJ. Dickinson,
Fred Kelsey and w. H. McCue went
to Granada yesterday on an adver-
ing tour in the interest of the big
celebration OF the Fourth.
Z. NJ. Steward with his family will
leave this week overland for a short
vacation, which they will spend in
visiting relatives at Las Animas, La
Junta. Rocky Ford and Fowler.
Frank McCarty returned this week
from the east where he had spent
several weeks in the interest of his
real estate firm. He also set few
fence posts for his friend, Folk.
Lawrence and Stephen Woodland
were before the local land office yes
terday making final proof on their
fine homesteads, located northwest
of Prowers station near the river.
Z. M. Mears reports that an ex-
plosion of hot air in the coal mine
northwest of Lamar caused the drill
lers to stop work, draw their pay
and move away. Nobody was hurt.
There was a game of base ball on
last Sunday between the Prowers min
and a picked nine Of Lamar boys.
1t was a good game too. as the score
Of z to 6 in eleven innings will show.
L. Writ Markham has gone to Bald
win, Kansas, to be present at the
commencement exercises at Baker
University. Miss Iva Markham is
one Of the graduates in this years
class.
The First National Bank is put
ting in a large new burglar proof
safe in their vault. II it takes as
many robbers to open it as it did
men to move it, there is little dan
ger OF its ever being broken open
mere.
DR.. Burnett has received three au-
tos and a number of pleasure boats
for his resort at the lakes. At the
sale Of state land at Denver last
week he secured the land he needs
to perfect his plans for the resort.
He will soon commence work on the
necessary buildings.
The rains of the first of the week
caused heavy runs Of water from the
Picketwire and Mud rivers, and gave
this water district more than its full
priority of water. 1t was badly need
ed and will be a great help to many
Of ourfarmers. Also it enabled the
Fort Lyon to take an extra supply
that had been running down to this
district.
MIR. and Mrs c. L. Cuppy came up
from their ranch southeast of Ora
nada today. and visited in La
mar. Mr.. Cuppy was called to give
testimony in Montana water case
over forty years old. Water has be-
come extremely valuable there. ana
Is most of the early settlers have
died his evidence is much needed to
settle the dispute.
Messrs. G. NJ. Smith and H. F. Cul-
.en of Kansas City were in Lamar
last week with ]. NJ. Williams. Mr..
smith is one Of the leading capital
ists of that city, and is also one of
The leading stockholders in the new
Citizens National Bank of Lamar
He was greatly pleased with the pros
poets at Lamar. both for the town
and the new institution.
Messrs. H. ]. Boyd and NJ. H. Ten
nison. Of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, have
been looking over this section and
nave decided to locate here as it
looks good to them. They have each
filed on claims south of Lamar, and
are figuring on a deal for a large
ranch fifty miles southwest of this
place. They are substantial farmers,
the kind that Colorado needs.
l. Grimsley has about sixty acres
of wheat on his homestead south of
Lamar that is standing the drought
fairly well. 1t is filling out nicely,
and Mr.. Grimsley says it will yield
enough to make it well worth cut
ting and threshing. This in the dry
est year on record will make some of
the skeptics take notice. Mr.. Grims
ley expects to put in a larger acre
age next year.