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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1902
Page
2
A collage of 1902 era notices and quips spans marriage to a Hawaiian prince, science fads, political predicts, and press snipes. It riffs on law, health, industry, and society with quick sentences and named entities across cities, papers, and figures.
The Western Packing Company of Denver announces a new $500,000 capital packing plant funded by Colorado capital. Led by Colonel D C Dodge and backed by John F Campion C J Hughes Charles Boetcher William Byrd Page J J Cahill and Gerald Hughes the firm plans two 250 by 125 foot main buildings plus boiler and refrigeration facilities to process 800 cattle 1500 hogs and 500 sheep daily employing 700 to 1000 workers. The Union Stock Yards of Denver donates land and may provide a bonus. construction must start within 30 days and finish within ten months. The move aims to make Denver a major livestock center, reduce freight and shrinkage costs, and supply western markets with dressed meat via new refrigerator cars.
The market lists prices for cattle and eggs. Beef steers, good to choice corn fed range 3.50 to 4.00 per hundredweight. cows and heifers vary by feeding and size. veal calves and feeders noted with weights and price bands. eggs priced per dozen and per case with April stock figures.
Grain and hay prices listed by grade and state with per unit costs. Wheat and rye quotes include Colorado and Nebraska bulk rates. corn and oats chopped and bran priced, timothy and clover values shown. alfalfa prime noted with multiple price points. South Park wire grass mentioned as part of the hay market summary.
Colorado items report Golden man George B. Gunn dying by his own hand on the 26th. DeBeque residents switch to native oil for lighting. Rev. Charles S. Olmstead named bishop coadjutor of Colorado. A new Presbyterian church in Canon City costs about 50000 and is dedicated on the 26th.
The extra legislative session postponed Bam mond inquiry and debates tightening power. Lawmakers debated Supreme Court rulings on amendments, revenue bills, and mining claim assessments while committees pursue a closed case on roll call theft and measures affecting taxation and state finance.
In St Louis Judge Ryan of the Circuit Court ruled in the John F. Ruth case that worn nickels must be accepted at face value by the transit company. Ruth had been ejected and jailed after offering a damaged coin and was awarded $2,000. The judge stated a nickel cannot be worth less than its face value, unlike gold coins.
Antwerp February 3 Captain Tartsch von Siegfield a noted military aeronaut and Dr Linke left Berlin for a brief experimental trip. A gale carried them to Antwerp after a five hour voyage when the balloon collapsed Captain von Siegfield was killed and Dr Linke escaped with several bruises.
A new arrangement lights Berlin street gas lamps automatically and simultaneously. Current is supplied from a central station and igniting sparks start the gas through a special apparatus.
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