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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1902
Page
1
Holly and Granada items report bank and business travel from Lamar. cantaloupe shipments to Kansas City, melon and livestock sales, new building plans, quarantine ended after smallpox, and notes on future farming and irrigation growth in Colorado.
Carlton community pages report Carlton visitor C C Gerard Monday afternoon. Mrs A Finke returns from Holly. P A Eberle returns to health after a week ill. Santa Fe pay day brings cheer to the crew. River bridge repairs continue after last flood. Jontz repairs damage, Higbee trips Granada last Saturday. Ex foreman Murphy notes a melon theft antics by a coon. Carlton adds new public bulletin board at Grote. Mrs H Masser ill but hopes for recovery. Mrs McMillin’s aged father visiting from the far east.
The premium list for Prowers county s second annual fair shows it will be held in Lamar on Wednesday through Friday August 27 28 and 29. The 48 page book is praised as a handsome program and thanks a modest printer for producing it without an imprint.
M. O. Coggins, a known cantaloupe distributor, reports from Kansas City that this year’s melons are the best yet. He says about 150 crates per day are shipping to Western cities, with car shipments to Eastern points around the 16th to 18th. Acreage is up, but yield trails last year, with 600 to 700 cars projected.
The Gentry Bros Famous Shows merge into a single massive exhibition this season, forming the largest of its kind. Their 80 well known acts and merged street parades promise a crowd that will fill their enormous tents, with a daytime and evening review on Tuesday September 2.
Prof Carpenter of the State Agricultural college measured the Arkansas river flood as it moved from Colorado into Kansas. His data show the stream thins east of Dodge City and nearly disappears near the Kansas Oklahoma line, supporting Colorado in the Kansas Colorado water rights case. The Denver Republican notes the implications for the Supreme Court case and urges readers to attend the Pueblo state fair September 15 to 20.
The Garden City Herald reports plans to enlarge the Grand Stand seating, add more stables, and improve grounds. Street Car service aims for perfection with varied entertainment. A. H. Burtis grows better yet a trick prompts revenge talk as he endures heat and an injured foot.
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