FARMERS OF PROWERS AND LOCAL BENT COUNTY NOTES
Traveling correspondent calls out several Prowers County settlers in May Valley and nearby claims. Frank Lay, Abe Rhodes, Frank Davis, Gottlieb Glock, Richard Emerson, Dick, William Mick, George Seiffert, and others are profiled for farming gains, land, stock, and water shares, with Bent county moves and Las Animas Leader refinancing bids showing lower interest rates and bonds awarded to local banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lay
Colorado
Springfield
Baca
May Valley
Lay
Frank Davis
North Side
Frank
Ward
Gottlieb Glock
Bent County
Arkansas Valley
Nebraska
Richard Emerson
William Mick
Prowers County
Old Missouri
Las Animas
A. E. Rollins & Sons
J. T. Morton
H. E. Wilcox
Rollins Company
International Trust Co. of
Denver
H. M. Ware
Tru
A.D
Colora
Henry J. Aldrich
la Junta and
Lamar Canal
Prowers
Colorado Securities Company
J. Aldrich
Court House
Arapahoe
Frank G. Patterson
Fort Lyon Canal Co Elects Officers for Year
The Fort Lyon Canal Company directors meet in Fort Lyon to elect B B Brown as president D E Cooper as vice president W C Burke as treasurer Frank Kreybill as secretary and Porter J Preston as superintendent. They order Great Plains Storage Co to pay winter repair expenses while noting ice and bursting banks from unusually cold weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lyon Canal Co
Kreyhill
Court House
B. B. Brown
D E. Cooper
W. C. Burke
Frank Kreybill
Porter J. Preston
Great Plains Storage Co
Fort Lyon Company
Las Animas
Blaze Near Canada Blazes House Roof
Mrs N Gilman faced a morning fire when a stove pipe started a blaze that burned six feet of shingles and sheeting from the roof. Quick actions by Shake and Mr Hess helped extinguish it as three inches of snow on the roof protected the home. Repairs planned and then insurance.
Lamar School Notes Show Varied Attendance and Quiet Classrooms
A visit to Lamar school reveals good attendance and growing interest with cold weather lowering morning kindergarten turnout. District 191 shows quiet rooms and a fading fire as weather keeps pupils away, while a shredded Colorado map marks storm damage. District 18 reports one attendee and distant pupils travel pine miles. district 5 patrons plan a west end school site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
District No. 191
Colorado
District No 5
District No 26 closes first school for the year
The north school in district No 26 closed last week marking the first closure of the year. District No 8 on St Valentine’s Day saw full pupil attendance and patrons celebrate Lincoln’s birthday with a Postal Department for distributing valentines made by pupils. A lively debate and good attendance are expected at next Saturday’s Granada association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granada
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Ino
Reseas
C. C. Huddleston
Lamar, Colorado
A. T
Lamar, Colored Daily
Chicago
Tvalen
Ganver
J. S. Hasty
Omes
Goodale
Amar
Fewres
Ofice
I. S. Bryant
Laman, Cororano
Coodale
J. KE. Doughty
Laman, Cotonapo
Omee
Land Ofice
J. O O
Hart Pioneer Nurseries
Fort Scott
Kansas
Conwell Bid
East Main Street
Amity Canal
Geo. A. Watson
JS. Bottomley
WM. F. Cross
Abe Rhodes
Abe
Tennessee
First National Bank of
Samar
Mick
M. Strain
George Seiffert
Clinton County
Missouri
Prowerts County
Fort Lyon Canals Company
Canada
Desert Land
U.S
Laman
Coro
Lewis C. Harris
Holly
Atention
Colo
N. Thompson
J.W. Wampler
J. A. Wilcox
Denny
U. 8
Laxp
Otice
Clark B. Jones
Bruce
Victor Erickson
T. Downer
Cal Rowe
Chas
Rampenthall
W. A. Menninn
Register
U.S. Laxp
Lamar, Corp
Lara
J. M. Wegner
D. Parmenter
L. Wirt Markham
M. L. Conwell
W. A. Mrentir
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