Bent County register., June 11, 1887, Image 2

About Bent County register. (Lamar, Colo.) 1886-1889

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REGISTER |
It. *L>AVIS, ? 'ir.-r.
\K, COS.O., SATI IUJ.W, Jl Si. 11 i
sub>< um ion u.vn >
.Year, *.1.00 Six Mouths, - fl.t-o j
. ..r%e Moutua, ,75 Single Copies, •* .OS I
Entered at the l*os*t-oi , ii » at Lamar, Colo-*
rudo, as Second Class matter. . • 1
OFFICIALJ’ATKi: OB THE CITY.
A- —— I
There was a lot sale at Water
Valley Thursday,
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. A snrall band ofiVpaches* are out ,
, on the war path in Arizona.
The south is greatly alarmed over
the appearance of yellow fever in
Florida.
Trail Oity will have liqrry up
their sumujer campaign if they
catch up to* Granada on shooting I
scrapes.
, Gen. D. II. liill, of Georgia, !
thinks the northern democrats need |
watching. We are not prepared to j
argue the question with the gentle- j
i man.
—There was a sixty thousand dol- |
' lar fire at Pueblo Sunday morning,
k Bremers drug store, Ilerods.confec
tionary and Nathan's clothing store
.were the principal looser?.
; The old soldiers consider it an
• msult to invito Grover 'Cleveland to
the encampment at St. Louis in
’ September and* if Grover is not
’ chuck full of gall he will keep away.
Oi'cIiiiELnoo No- 22
Vn ordinance establishing a uniform
hide for Main street, iu the town j
VLamar.
'lie it ordained by the Mayor and
’t.'iird of Trustees of the town of 1
Bent county, Colorado, in j
the manner following, to-wit:
Sec. The highest point in the j
grade of Main street in the town of
Lamar shall be iu the middle of i
said street immediately in front oi j
the residence of M. D. Parmentor, |
situated on lots 16 and 17 in block
45 in the original plat of said town
and shall be on a level with the door
sill of the front door of said Par
mentor’s residence.
Sec, 2. The grade of said street
at the northern limits of said town
shall be ninety-two ouc hundredths
of a foot lower than the* poiut of
commencement and between said '
points the grade shall be in accord- i
unce with the survey made and es
tablished by the city surveyor, a
|Sw>- cn*l a profile of which is now j
in ... . Major's ollice of said
. town
The sidewalks along said j
street and g.? alleys leading there- ,
from shall La cc'?tructed so as to)
conform to the grade established by j
•aid survey, the sidewalks to be -o 1
, (0; inches higher than the grade ir
the middle of the street.
Sf.c. 4V This ordinance shall bo j
r in force and take effect from and i
after the expiration of five days
from its publication in the Bent
Couutv Register.
i Passed and approved this Gtli day
I of June, 1887.
A. D. Rawi.ixgs, Mayor.
Attest: BenVF. Coi.thak, Clerk.
Ordinance No- £23.
An ordinance amending Fee. eight
(8) of ordinance No. two (2) in re
lation to the fees for wholesale and
retail liquor licenses.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Trustees of the town of
Lamar, Bent connty, Colo., in the
nianner following, to-wit:
J Sec. 1. That section eight (8) of
/rdinance No. two (2) bo and the
same is hereby amended to read as
* follows: “The fee for a wholesale
license shall be one hundred
svA fifty dollars per annum, payable
in advance and no such license shall
bo granted for less than one year
at a 111110. The fee for a retail
liquor license shall be at the rate of
four hundred dollars per annum,
but no such licenee shall be granted
for less Ilian three months at actinic
and the fee shrill be paid in advance.
Sec. 2. All ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions hereof are hereby repealed
Site. 0. This ordinance shall
take effect and bo in force from and
after the expiration of five days
from its publication in the Bent
County Register.
Passed and approved this 6th day
of June, 1887.
A. 1). RawxtxgM, Mayor.
Attest: B. F. Coi.titar, Clerk.
Ordinann© 2STo- SO
A11 ordinance relating to side
walks in the town of Lamar, Bent
county, Colorado.
Be it ordained by the Board of
Trustees of the town of Lamar
. i. as follows, to-wit:
Sf.c. 1. The sidewalks on both
\ ' , s t Main street shall be con
- t, less than twelve feet in
material, to he cither
•hes thick with
n- , " '••a*, oejf
| . a - s the par*
.brick, stonfc or concrete - r » ;. r q
j‘tics own in" or cpivfcrolin v, .
; 1 anils, adjoining or abutting sain :
I streets may choose, anil the walks J
j on Main street - shall be buiit (
! within thirty days from the passage
of lliis ordinance to the distance of
: two blocks north and two blocks
! soutluof the railroad on both sides
j of tho street.
« Sfcc ‘J. That the sidewalks on
I Olije ami Poplar streets-far a dis-
I tance of two blocks east and west of
i Main street shall not* be less than
! eight feet wide and constructed of
: material the same as on Main
j street and slyill be buiit for the dis
; tanee # of one block from Main
I street cast and west within sixty
jdaysSr.ua th jw- i-je of this or
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several streets in the town of Lamar
shall be pot less than five ieet four
inches wide and of material and
manner of construction same as on
Main street.
Sk<\ 4. All sidewalks shall be of
uniform width on the same street
; and shall conform in heighth to the
| grade of the town as it is now' es
tablished to be six inches above the
center of the street.
Sko. 5. Any person or persons
owning lots ou land abutting or
adjoining on any street or sticet-; of
J the town of Lamar who shall neg
lect or refuse to build sidewalks
! along their several lots or lands nd
; joining said streets wlien require#!
j to do so by ordinance for thirty
j days after the passage of such or-
I dinatree. the street committee of said
town shall be authorized to build
such sidewalk and the expense of so
doing shall be charged against the
owner or owners respectively of such
lots or parcels of land, and’ shall be
a lien upon the same from the time
of tho construction of such side
walks till paid.
j fc'Ki . 6, sidewalks already con
structed which are not in conformity
I tothuprovidonsofthisordinanceshall
| be changed so as to conform thereto
j within thirty days from the passage
I of this ordinance and on failure of
j the owners of lots or parcels of land
j so to do the changes shall be made
by the street committee as provided
in Sec 5 of this ordinance.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after
the expiration of five days from its
publication in the Beiit County
Register.
Passed and approved tLis Cth day
of June, A. I). 1887.
A. D. ItAWLixus, Mayor.
Ren. F. Coj.tiiau, City Clerk.
Sale of School Lands.
Notice Is hereby driven that I will sell
nt public auction, to the highest responsible
bidder, on the 20th day rf June, )u<7, nt i
o’clock 1*. M. nt the front door of U. s Lam)
OCice, Lamar, the following described lands,
vi/.:
| Minimum price per
Sec. Town. 36 Wire I Aero
10—neqr, neqr, 36 22 s, *7 w. 5.00
40 n \v qr, n e or. “ •• *• ••
00 s w qr, n e qr, •• *• •• C-*>.00
40 s e qr, n e qr* “ “ “ ••
43 no qr, n tv qr ~i “ ** “ 5.00
*t) n w qr, u tv qr, “ “ **
40 fi tv qr, n w qr. “ “ “ 25.00
4ft se qr, n tv qr, “ •* “ “
40 n e qr, t> w qr, ** “ “ **
10 n w qr s »• qr. “ " “ “
o r, qr, - v. qr, “ “ “ ••
I’ 40 neqr, s w qr, “ “ “ •*
40 n e qr, s e qr, “ ** “ *•
40 n tv qr. s e qr, “ “ *• “
40 s tv qr. s e qr, '• “ *' ••
40 s e qr, s e qr, “ " *• •*
Xo land trill be sold at le>s than the
minimum price per acre, as given above.
The parcels will be sold in the above order
and each tract will ho sold as to acres—be
the same more or less,
TKUMS:—Timbered lands, cash at sale;
other lands, 30 per cent, cash at sale—balance
in seven equal annual payments, with inter
est at the rate of seven j>cr cent, per annum.
Ifthepurchaserdoesn.it own the improve
ments, he mast pay for the same ut sale.
Purchaser will execute bond, as provided hi
Sec. J*, Act of April 2, 1H«7. Purchasers must
be citizens of the United States, or persons
who have declared their Intention of becom
ing such. John A. Murphy, Co. Supt.
for Jtcifister State Hoard of Lund Commis
ers.
T-.€5Er£Ll Notio©.
STATE OF OO LOU ADO, J „
County ot Dent. r
In tin-Countv Court lu Probate April Term
A. I). 1W7.
•J. W. Decker. administrator of the [
o.-tiite of W.K.Mc-M ulien.Deceased,
vs. I Petition
John McMullen, Surah C<mkey, J to
June Swmm, Charle-, McMullen I »cll real
f'■inline Grant, John \V. McMullen ( estate,
and .1 Mine.' II. McMullen, heirs at
law of said deceased.
On this lJtlv day of May, A. !>., 1--T, It being
.at the April term, 'A. U-, 1 »W7, of said conrt
and the said plaintiff appearing per se and
the said defendants having entered ilndr ap
pearance In said action ueceptcd service of u
copy of summons issued therein, waived ser
vice of pro ecus as required by the statutes of
Colorado and consented to a default and irn
! mediate trial of .-aid cause In term time or
VUCRtiOU.
Arid now again on this 12th day of May, A,
D. 1SS7, tlu -aid cause coming on for hearing
hefoi ■ this court and the court having heard
the testimony in said action from which it
appeals that all the material allegations In
said plaintiffs petition are true and sustained
by the testimony and the court finds that
the matters and things so alleged In the pe
tition are sufficient in law to entitle <tlie
1 Pontiff to the relief prayed for.
It Is therefore ordered, judged and decreed
by the court that the said administrator,
J tV Decker, do proceed to sell or relinquish
at prlvutP/Or public sale the real estute de
scribed in said petition belonging to said
tate to f j/j highest bidder for cash, after hav- |
Ing du!.. advertised the same for at least
twenty days preceding said sale and render
a report of said sale unto this court as re
quired by the statute. JOSEPH BRADFORD,
Judge of County Court.
In w ifn< -s whereof. Iv Joseph Bradford.
Jndg<-of the « utinfy lot \ol Jient County,
I . I ♦'•lorad . hmeuntn ret I
I „ . f ihv hand and .fli-itd the seal of I
! < fSCal V. HaSd court at {.hi Animas this
I J'.’th day of Maji A. P. >st7.
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ADDITIONS >J
Lamar Golorado.
Occupies an elevated portion and adjoins the town on the South and
overlooks the town. That addition will he the rosidenoo portiou
of the city and the very choicest ground in or about Lamar.
It is high and dry and is under the system of irrigating
ditches which have already been completed. Iu
this addition water will be run through
the streets, the same as will l>e
found at Colorado springs.
Main business Street Of Lama.?
GROS8X3VG
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:$‘~Th° Holmes * Parmontcr addition which will give opportunity to
business people iu that quarter. Many thousands of dollars have been
made by investing in Lamar property during the last six months, and many
thousands more will bo made in the near future. This new addition to the
town offers splendid opportunities for investment with quick returus Get
ready for the Great Sale of Friday, February 4th.
SOME POINTS -Lamar will l,o the Great depot of supply {<>t the
| uesteri, part of No Mans Land as it is the nearest point to that toft™*
w.il also, during Urn coming spring, be the great shippi.
eat le. 1 hoasands of families will locate this spring in thc Tourtry a,if,
"t to Lamar. 1 he United States Laud Office being located here, ' ‘
ands of persons looking for lanrll will visit Lamar during the wim' *».i
• eni 8 P nn S months. Without \ 2 option Lamar is the groat booming |
j ‘ own of lhe 'r csl an(1 if y°u want) xlouble your money ever- « xt y days,
lots m the Ilolmcs & addition to thecity of amar. 1
Spivey - & Holmes ?.
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