The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-31

| Mrs. Addie Hoover spent sew
eral days last week visiting her
parents in Denver.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Martin have
returned from a vacation spent in
| Iowa and Pennsylva mia.
NJ. Strain and M. j. McMillin
were visitors at the state capital
the first of the week on stock
business seeing Teddy stir the
animals up.
The city has been doing some
much needed grading work on the
hill in the south part of town. get
ting the streets In shape SO the
people can tell how to grade their
sidewalks and put in paving. The
citizens there are much pleased
with the work.
The Garden City sugar company
has filed suit trying to reopen the
old Kansas-Colorado irrigation con-
troversy. The suit makes all the
prominent Arkansas valley bitches
defendants. 1t is not believed it
will amount to anything more than
reopening some of the old bitter
ness between the citizens of the
two states which, was almost for
gotten in united boosting for the
valley.
The funeral of the late A. E.
Mitchell was held in Lamar Tues
day afternoon. Mr.. Mitchell was
in the employ of the VIM. Dickin-
son Lumber Co. and had been with
them for fourteen years. although
he had only lived here about four
years Mr.. Mitchell was well
known and had made many friends
in Lamar. He was a member of
the Elks lodge and of the \. of p.
He is survived by a wife and small
baby.
The republican county central
committee met at the club rooms
last Wednesday morning at II o.
clock, and there was a large major
ity of the committeeman present.
The call for the convention was
made which will be found In this
issue. The convention will be held
at the court house in Lamar on
September 18th and there will be
1O1 delegates present. The pre-
cinct primaries will be held on the
9th between and p. m.
In this issue Chas. F. Hoag an
nounces his candidacy for county
clerk subject to the action of the
Republican county convention. Mr.
Hoag has been clerk for four years
and has made a record for accur-
acy and efficiency that forced
words of praise from even an ex-
pert who was SO prejudiced that
he was making . special effort to
find something against him. He
has been an accommodating as we'll
as an able official. and his election
will Insure the county good ser
vice in this important office for
another two years.
Mrs. Susie Kidd of Milan. Mis-
souri,, and sister, Mrs. LYDIA Rey-
noids of Edwall. Washington. stop
ped off in Lamar on the 9Th for
a few days visit with friends. While
here they visited Mr.. Steven Scott.
Mrs. s. Z. Porterfield and Mrs. A.
C. Mitchell. Mrs. Kidd has been In
EdwalI. Spokane and other parts
of Washington for the past year.
Mrs. Reynolds is returning home
with her. They left Saturday for
Garden City and Lyons. Kansas. ane
places In Oklahoma and Arkansas,
where they will visit brothers and
sisters whom Mrs. Reynolds has
not seen for 81 years and one bro
Their for 35 years.
In this issue we publish the an
OF the candidacy OF
5. c. Gregory for County Commits
sioner from the End District. sub
jsct to the will OF the Republican
county convention. Mr.. Gregory is
lhe present COMMISSIONER iiohA eHos
district and during his term in the
office he has rendered his district
md the county able and conscient-
ious service. He is a business man
If high standing in the county. and
has brought to his work on the
BOARD honest and careful consider
alton of all matters coming before
MIN. His record is clean and hon
orabie and II renominated he will
be reelected. and
the county will be the gamer. The
record made in his first term GER
tainly has earned for him another
ii conscientious service is appreciat-
ed by the voters.
Died-At her home in Lamar
on Sunday morning at 8 o'clock
Mrs. Jennie L., wifeof Mr.. Z. M.
Mears. Mrs. Mears suffered
stroke of paralysis last January
and had been confined to her bed
ever since, at times
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