21 Dec 1898
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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1898
Page
1
Dec 22 advertisement notes a store selling a line of goods at wholesale prices every day of the year. The fragment references a shop described as the place to buy assorted items at steady, low cost, emphasizing consistent value for customers.
The item lists promos for Parmenter’s peach butter Johnston’s clothing and jewelry lines and E E Pike groceries with vast seasonal offers. It mentions Will Billingslea barber shop and Downing’s blacksmith wagon work, plus a tax sale bid list and a Woodmen smoker event. It also covers a rabbit hunt result with about 4300 rabbits killed and attendance.
The Methodist church ladies aid society hosted a Friday night supper that was heavily attended. Guests were well served with a variety of good foods and the organizers were attentive. Local and personal remarks indicate the event was a complete success.
Rain and snow recently have boosted winter wheat in May Valley. Baldwin and Co have set up a cow camp at the Queen reservoir. W E Tuttle bought a new organ from Lamar music house last week. A charming young lady has moved into the Russell Coates household arriving on the third instant. they are at Grandpa Thurston's home for now. The Christmas tree and schoolhouse entertainment on Christmas Eve is expected to be one of the most pleasant events in the area, with Hopewell and Wells communities taking part.
Five teachers attended the regular county examination last Friday and Saturday while most held their tests at the August normal institute. The article notes practical questions test teacher ability and outlines proposed changes: union high school districts options with a tax up to one mill. a one dollar fee for certificates to fund normal institutes. and county superintendents as ex-officio school auditors. It highlights Prower county benefits and urges legislative support. Grace Espy Patton Cowles will write an article on Schools Their Evolution for the Normal Instructor January issue.
Representatives of several melon associations met at Rocky Ford last Wednesday to discuss coordinated marketing. They agreed Rocky Ford would hold 334 percent and the remaining 665 percent divided among ten associations, with a marketing committee controlling sale, price, and contracts, and each association handling direct buyer contracts. The plan includes dumping in proportion to acreage on over supply and forming a federation upon ratification by seven associations, with a meeting set for January 2, 1809.
A district court case before Judge Boughton in Greely ruled that irrigation seepage ditching cannot divert return waters from the Platte River. Return waters must flow back to the river for use by upstream ditches in their priority order. The writer criticizes the ruling as on the wrong track and foresees a supreme court review. Field and Farm comments on the local water development principle granting water finders rights.
The sixteenth session will be held at the public school building in Lamar Colorado on Saturday January 14 1899 at 130 pm The program includes music prayer two discussions on Reproductive Imagination Memory and Productive Imagination with several presenters and a question box A free lecture Educational Progress by Dr Alston Ellis will follow at 730 pm All are invited and urged to submit queries for the question box
The Prowers County Register appeals to subscribers to pay delinquent accounts or make partial payments to fund newspaper improvements. The note thanks readers for a prosperous season and asks cooperation to sustain the paper’s ongoing developments.
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