The Lamar register., 1908-11-25

A<ySCuh Souioct hcAt ucbdhJ hight.
Chas. w. Luck Is spending few
days in Topeka on business matters.
Miss Mary o. Morris Is confined
to bed this week with a slight at
tack of typhoid fever.
Don't fail to hear MI Boyl at the
Opera House next Tuesday evening.
He comes well recommended.
Miss Lillian Grimsley, who has
been sick for the past three weeks.
Is reported to be rapidly improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Hursh. of SYRIA
cuse. visited for few days this week
with their friends. Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
b. Novels.
The Lamar boys are going to win
from Las Animas tomorrow, in spite
OF the fact that the whole OF Las
Animas will be here.
The Christian ladies' did very well
with their sale OF Thanksgiving eat
ables today. At six o'clock they
were nearly sold out.
Quite a large crowd attended the
auction sale of mares at the stock
yards last Saturday. C. d. Ray was
the auctioneer for the owners Messrs
Creaghe and Lyons. The mares
brought good prices and the sale was
a success.
o. Tolzein the Trinidad piano tuner
has been in Lamar the past week
and has been doing big business.
Mr.. Tolzein is working up fine lot
of customers, and without doubt
he is one OF the very best tuners
that makes Lamar.
Leonard and Randolph's big coined.
hit at the Family Theatre this week
Is attracting good crowds and is
pleasing all patrons OF this popular
resort. MIR. Leonard
makes a special hit with his skirt
dance and all numbers are good.
At the first meeting Of the Choral
Society at the NJ. h. Church Monday
evening, there were about twenty
people present. DR.. Ferrand is very
earnest In his desire to give Lamar
high class music. He is an artist
Of exceptional ability. and Lamar
should be proud to call him one OF
her citizens.
Col. J. NJ. Essington was down
from Denver the fore part of the
week, and was exhibiting a patent
post hole digger. The digger is an
improvement on anything that has
been In Lamar SO far and it would
pay people who have many post
holes to dig, to examine Mr.. Essing-
toms invention.
Died.-At her home in Lamar this
morning, Mrs. L. X. Curran, aged
81 years. The funeral arrangements
have not been made yet as some of
her children from eastern points are
expected and definite arrangements
will be made when they arrive. The
deceased has lived several years in
Lamar and leaves a husband and one
son, c. s. Curran. here, besides other
children.
Friday afternoon the two literary
90 SlhrsNl hold N
quiet session. to decide on some
students to represent Lamar in the
high school tournament of public
speaking. at La Junta, during the
last month Of school. The schools
that enter this contest are the same
as those in the Arkansas Valley
Athletic league. So you see the
schools of this great valley are pro-
noting something besides football in
the line of school contests.
A very pretty wedding took place
Tuesday evening. November Gath.
at the home of the brides parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Dewitt, when
their daughter, Miss Alta. and Mr..
George Handley were united in mar
riage. b. F. Baker. pastor of the
Christian Church. officiating. They
left on Wednesday morning for Du-
range, Colo. where they will make
their future home. The bride has
grown up In Lamar and has a large
circle of warm friends here whose
best wishes go with the happy young
couple to their new home.
In Saturdays football game betwee
Lamar and La Junta, there was one
play that is highly worthy Of special
mention. Not account of its merit
but on account OF the honest way in
which 1t was played.
One of the La Junta ends got off
from the rest of the players and hid
himself, then the La Junta fullback
made a big forward pass to him.
Now II the boy caught the ball it
meant a big gain for his team, or If
he even touched the ball before it
hit the ground it would mean gain.
Tho To I,,uta ro~,rerS were very GER