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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1903
Page
2
A collage of satirical notes and observations on politicians, inventions, and society. It mocks Dewey, Kaiser funeral parody, Krupp, Morrocan sultan, Marconi, and a mix of urban curiosities. References to Tom Reed, Mark Twain, Alfred Bell, and various oddities appear in quick vignettes.
A proposal by Senator Taylor of Glenwood Springs seeks to overhaul primary elections for nominations by extending safeguards from general elections. It sets week seven primaries, party definitions, candidate filings, separate party ballots, and integrated registration and canvassing processes with detailed procedures and fees.
The Colorado General Assembly advances a $15,000 appropriation to send the First regiment to the St. Louis exposition and move to regulate liquor sales with town or county licenses. Senate actions favor a $25,000 suit against Kansas over water rights and a De Long bill to curb western slope water diversion. Postmaster Mark G. Woodruff is named State Land Board register with Anna Brandt as deputy. The Torrens land registration proposal gains committee support. Forty four Senate bills and forty seven House bills are introduced on subjects from labor, education, and civil service to liquor, automobiles, land, and irrigation.
The Colorado General Assembly considers S B No 1 to limit work at underground mines and related facilities to eight hours per day with exceptions for emergencies. Violations carry misdemeanor penalties of 150 to 250 dollars or up to ninety days in jail, with each day a separate offense. Justices of the peace hold jurisdiction and appeal rights apply.
Twenty nine bills were introduced on February 3. Notable measures include S B No 202 creating a wagon road in La Plata county from Debeque to near Colbran with a 5000 dollar appropriation. Other proposals address entomology, local option voting, county fee class changes, mine inspection, direct Senate election by people, bridge funding near La Junta, World’s Fair funding, county boundary shifts, usury limits, a state dairy commissioner, and irrigation season definitions.
Denver incor forms a cane maker firm. Dog Show at Coliseum Feb 19 20 21. Railroads back to normal in Silverton after snow. New reservoir near Colorado Springs costs 300000 with 17500000 gallon capacity. Meyer Friedman elected Denver Chamber president. Arthur Williams secretary. Hardware dealers meeting in Pueblo Feb 16 17 to form state association. Bee Inspector James Mitchell dies. Colorado Springs aims to host International Union of Bookbinders. Gen Merrill promotion bill moves in Senate. Ticknor Hall donor revealed as Elizabeth Cady of Wellesley. Moffat road camps to get electric light and telephones. Cushing agitates bishop Matz case in Denver. Holmes escapes Canon City prison with guard aid. bloodhounds fail to find him.
A Western senator debates admission of three southwestern territories, while Senator Platt of Connecticut pushes back. A Western tale about St Joseph and Peter on heaven’s gate parries the issue, warning against cutting favors in the hereafter.
A new product called dried potatoes is developed by the South Carolina experiment station. Potatoes are boiled peeled and evaporated in a cannery to keep years. soaking in warm water an hour restores edibility. An acre yielded 357 bushels making 105 bushels of dried product about a pound to 314 pounds of raw potato.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, used by a nurse at a New York Children's Home, claim to break up colds in 24 hours and cure feverishness headaches stomach troubles teething disorders and worms. Sold at druggists 25c sample free by mail from Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy New York. Knickerbocker author quotes death as “great leveler” in a fragmented aside.
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