The Raymer enterprise., 1912-04-11

After spending the winter in eastern
Nebraska, Mrs. A. J. Scriven and son
Valmare returned to Raymer last Sat
urday and afe now living on their claim
seven and one half miles south of Ray.
mer.
Mrs. Allen reached home from Iowa
last week. safe and sound in spite of
high water and floods. Miss Lyla is
growing strong again after her opera
tion, and all are happy at the Allen
home. :.
Roosevelt and Clark won decisively
in the Illinois primaries Tuesday. This
result would seem to clarity conditions
for the democrats. but leaves the re-
publican side of the political pool just
as roily as ever.
Next Saturday Is the regular day for
the meeting of the Commercial Club.
However. il we were farmer we
should not stop putting in the crop and
come to town for the meeting If we
had no other business here.
Mrs. Marils went down to Sterling
Tuesday, taking the children with her,
to see her husband. but just before she
arrived he had been called to Merino,
not knowing that she was coming at
that time. She returned to Raymer
the following day,
Mr.. Jackson arrived In Raymer Mon
day, and appears in much better health
than we had reason to expect from re-
ports of his condition that had reached
here during the fall and winter. He is
living on his homestead just bordering
the town on the east.
Mr.. c. H. DeFord was down from
Buckingham Tuesday on business. 1t
has been sometime since he favored
Raymer with a call, but he seems to
have held his bigness during the cold
weather. and is the same genial fellow
as before winters chilling blasts
struck US.
The Petrie family came up from Nor
gan Sunday and attended church in
Raymer. They came up after some of
their farm machinery to put in a crop
with on their rented farm near Morgan.
The children will not all get gack here
until after school is out, the last of
May or the first of June.
Mr.. Ralph Voorhees, of Denver. was
in Raymer a short time Tuesday, hav.
ing driven down from Buckingham with
c. H. DeFord. and from here he, took
the train to Denver. This is the first
time we have had the pleasure Of meet.
ing Mr.. Voorhees,. He is interested
largely in lands in this section and has
faith in our future. @
The Graves. Jay Miller. and C. H.
Snyder families were pleasantly enter
tanned at the L. A. Whittier home fol
dinner Sunday. We hope the host ape
hostess enjoyed the occasion as much
as the guests did, for we had a very
nice time. Mr.. Whittier is irving ou'
little patch of sweet clover and be
lieves that it is Worth while to expert.
ment with at least and may prove to b,
very valuable forage crop for thi.
section.
The Hotel Raymer had . close call b,
fire Sunday. Smoke was noticed com
ing from the up stairs and alarm rails
ed, but it seemed difficult to locate the
seat Of the smudge. Finally som'
clothes on the south side of the cham
ber we're found to be burning and thu
fire was soon extinguished. A little
longer and the building and contents
would have been ashes. The fire wa
caused by little Stanley who had beer
playing with matches.
Blanks have been received at thi
place for application for loans from tn,
Denver Chamber Of Congress. but tn,
blanks were few and have all been Civ
en- out. Mr.. ]. c. Dugan has the sam,
blanks more plentifully. and all part
les wishing these loans are urged t,
see him at once. as the time is gettinl
short. Opinions differ as to the valu'
Of the offer. Some feel that the Cham
Der Of Commerce loans will be mad,
only on such security as the bank
would be willing 10 loan on. We can
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