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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1898
Page
1
Notices list regular meetings for Odd Fellows and Masons lodges, Woodmen of the World camp, Knights Templar, Daughters of Mary and other fraternal bodies. Includes meeting nights at various halls, officers named and inviting members to attend.
The United Presbyterians and several area churches hold regular Sunday worship and Sunday School sessions. Services occur at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. with additional Bible study and youth group meetings at nearby locations, inviting all residents to attend.
A Kansas City dealer in apples reports to a New York paper that Colorado stock, boosted by climate and valley cultivation, yields firmer juicier apples with better color than Missouri or midwest fruit. Ben Davis leads sales while Winesap Willow Twig and other varieties fetch 3.50 to 4.50 per barrel. Jonathans stored earlier sold for 4 to 6 per barrel.
The Arkansas valley cantaloupe trade may face oversupply as production grows. The article argues that superior quality will win buyers, noting the valley’s strong reputation and a growing national market including eastern countries. If supply outpaces demand, sellers risk harming the market.
Reports from the Washington agricultural department on sugar beet samples show the Arkansas valley best suited for profitable cultivation. Tests across regions indicate heavy yields with Pueblo County delivering the highest sugar percentage and Prowers County the largest yield, per the Field and Farm clipping.
In Pueblo County C. K. McHarg planted beet seed on one twentieth of an acre as an experiment and harvested about 24 to 25 tons per acre. Samples sent to Washington gave purity 85.9 percent, sugar 21.3, and beet juice 20.2. In Prowers County M. D. Parmenter yielded 52 tons per acre with government analysis showing 17.1 percent saccharine, 18 percent in juice, and purity 83.9 percent. beet weight noted as 530 grams.
May Valley notes an oyster supper at the school house Friday evening February 11 with inviting call Come one Come all. Nearby updates mention melting snow moistening wheat fields and new telephone line work beginning at La Junta.
The twelfth session of the Prowers County Teachers association will be held at the M E church in Lamar on Saturday March 5 starting at 1 50 p m The program includes invocations lectures and discussions on teaching geography arithmetic and methodology with multiple presenters and a committee on music.
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