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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1890
Page
2
February 15 issue reports Holmes Bros tax rebate and bridge projects in Bent and Prowers counties. It notes a Rocky Ford Grange formation, editor changes at several papers, Nellie Bly’s lecture tour, and political appointments including Zimmerman for Santa Fe Denver and Wynkoop as New Mexico penitentiary warden. Talks on Sioux reservation settlement, Oklahoma migration, and advertising conventions aim to boost eastern immigration.
Miss Susie Davidson was burned to death by coal oil at Denver and was away from her Baca county claim on a year’s leave of absence at the time of the accident. The State Commissioner of Agriculture of North Dakota appeals for aid to a drought stricken district where about five thousand people need food and clothing. The Mormon question in Utah neared settlement as Gentiles won the Salt Lake City election, leaving Mormons angry. Missouri Pacific plans to settle lands along Bob Creek ditch by offering cheap excursion rates. Commissioner Skiff of the Bureau of Emigration reports thousands of letters from the east about Colorado, boosting its image. Despite hard times, editor of the Neodeska Kansas Register remains hopeful, joking about meat prices while liver stays on the free list.
Washington dispatch reports the General Land Office rejected the Huerfano Valley Ditch and Reservoir Company plea to reserve Pueblo district land for a reservoir. Secretary Noble upheld the decision, noting statutes do not authorize such reservations. The article also provides a boy's missing-person notice for Henry Selleck and local county government commentary on board travel and expenses.
Land Office notice from Lamar Colorado dated Jun 11 1890 lists multiple settlers filing for final proof on various land tracts near Lamar. Names include John W Outhouse Melville P Baldwin George L Himes Samuel Paris and others with witnesses in Lamar Colorado and adjacent counties. Proof dates span June 23 30 May and February 24 1890 with locations at the district court clerk and register and receiver.
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