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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1902
Page
2
A parade of jokes and jabs on royalty, finance, and society unsettles readers. Notes on Tolstoi, Japan, Rockefellers, Vanderbilt, and Kipling blend with New York wit, insinuations about marriages, and harmless curiosities from Newport to Albany.
Comparative receipts through August 22 show declines from the same period last year in cattle with mixed results year to date. Quotations list beef steers from 4.25 to 5.25, cows and calves at varying levels, and fat lambs with meat prices noted alongside grain quotes for milling wheat rye and oats in bulk or sack form.
Upland prices per ton range from 11.00 to 12.00 for top grades and 7.50 to 12.00 for varieties listed. Timothys and clover fetch 11.00 to 12.00, alfalfa prime 8.50, straw 4.50, South Park wire grass 10.00. Eyes candled fresh with dot 17 percent.
In Utrecht on Aug 22 Generals Botha DeWet and De Larey with Dr Leyds and others met ex-president Kruger after a three hour conference in The Hague. Reports say the talks were stormy with Kruger resisting British dominion and urging a united South Africa under the Boer flag. The delegates left, with Kruger remaining and bitter about loss of Boer independence before the generals returned to The Hague.
Chicago Aug. 23 Elbert H Gary chairman of United States Steel Company says the steel firm has nothing to do with John W Gates efforts to obtain Colorado Fuel Iron. He recalls talks a year ago offering to buy the property, which were not satisfactory to either side and were not renewed. Gates does not act for US Steel.
Edward J. Sullivan of New York discussed Philippine policy with the President, while General Chaffee reports on Moros in Mindanao and the Gardener inquiry ends in Manila. Interior agents address Wyoming fires as G A R leaders plan encampment HQs and U S troops prepare for parade.
The Victor Fuel Company paid 10349.09 to the Colorado State Land Board settling all back royalties and rentals. A new lease covers two sections near Walsenburg with a flat 3000 per year per section and 10 cents per ton mined. The state Health Board reports July deaths at 870 statewide with 17.81 per thousand, noting typhoid risk from low streams and urging precautions.
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