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THE LAMAR REGISTER PrikltfMi Weekly by CODO. B. MKRRfIiL Uilor «d Publlst»r entered et the Peetefflee at Lamar. Colorado, aa second-claae matter. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8, 1911. Much Work to Be Done If the State Highway Commission can carry out the plans now out lined Colorado will be the scene of much road work next summer. Surveys will be made during the winter months of those roads which It Is proposed to push to early completion, and with the coming of spring actual work of construc tion will be commenced. It Is proposed that work be con centrated on those roads which in the judgment of the commission are deemed most important, and that men enough to be put on atho work in order to complete It speedily, and not have construction work drag along for months as has been the case in many Instances. Commercial Club Bulletin The Lamar Commercial Club Association this week issued Vol. I, No. 1 of the Bulletin, a month ly publication, which will be pub lished to help advise the world of the most profitable place on earth to Invest monoy at the present time. Th© Valley of Content and espec ially Prowers county represents to day the finest field to be found any where in which to make a safe and highly profitable Investment of mon ey and at the same time you can find no better place to live and en joy the good things of life. The mission of th e Bulletin will be to make this fact known everywhere. It is a neat publication, printed by the Register office for the Associa tion and contains a large quantity of valuable reeding matter and sto tistlce. Help push it along. For Good Roads Conference Denver—Reports received by the Colorado Good Roads Conference at the headquarters in this city indicate that the amounts to be :ipppropriated by the pvarlous coun ties for road building puritoscs dur ing the coming year will be great ly in excess of the amounts expend ed for smlllar work during the year just ending. Much of this money will be ex pended In connection with moneys allotted by the state highway com mission to the various counties. The total sum will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars. It is planned to have for th© use of tho delegates at the annual convention to be held in Pueblo in January reports from th© various counties as to how much they have expended on roads and what plans they have In store for the coming year. This, it is believed will be* most valuable Information, and will be of untold Interest to all con tented In the good roads work. TWENTY TEAM AGO Notes From Lamar Register of November 7, 1891 The election wag held on Novem ber 3, and the republicans gener ally won. The returns for state supreme judge in Prowers county were Helm, republican, 217; God durd, democrat, 188; Croxton, pop ulist, 34. (Women did not rote, ) lit the county the result was close. Arthur Crawford, democrat, for su perintendent had one majority. \V P. James for commissioner and M. J. Underwood for clerk, both re publicans, had 3 majority each. E. E. Pike, republican, for treasurer, had 12 majority. F. M. Tate, dem ocrat, for sheriff, had 72 major ity. The other republican candi dates, F. E. Irwin for surveyor, A. B. Stewart for assessor, J. A. Woodcock for coroner had fair majorities. C C. Huddleston’s ad in the Reg ister stated “Cold Wave Is Com ing," and after looking over the election returns he bustled down to the office to chang© it. W. W. Reynolds, the republican wheel horse of Holly precinct, brought up the returns and tuld a lew election Jokes. The Clothes that We Show You fo be Slipped on and Worn Away, are Not Cut by Machinery Like Some Clothes They are TAILORED by experts in real tailor shops where each tailor works by himself at a bench and gets paid for the good work ho does, not for the quantity of the work he puts out. Suits $8.50 to $27.50 Overcoats $lO.OO to $25.00 Raincoats $lO.OO to $22.00 PROTECTION You need it most for ■R|pDrpVßl your feet these days and your health depends on "Two light-weight your shoes. Take no fabrics in one; with * air space between.” dianCeS. This clever and truly scientific idea has taken the _ masculine fancy and good l _ 1 sense by storm. Hut don’t Mont LJTOtt Shoot $2.75 to $5.00 \ \ wait fora storm before you / !my. Better come in totlay Mont High Cut Shoot J I and lock at this ideal un- P j tlcrwejr while our assort- Him top 00 to $5.50 Y1 l mem is at its l»est. I Menu High Cut Shoea (p* \ 16in top $7.00 to $7:50 Z' J Bo> * High Cat shoe * $2 ’ 7S *° $3 75 Read the Commercial Club Bulletin.