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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1903
Page
2
A collage of light verse and wry observations from The Register notes a U.S. weather bureau cost, Marconi wireless jokes, King Edward, Dr. Lorenz, Morgan debts, and a New York baby birth while mocking Prohibition, knighthood, and other topical curiosities with sharp humor and sparing detail.
Senator Bush presents a petition against anti osteopathy laws while ranchers from Arkansas valley protest irrigation bill. Contests over Shafroth Bonynge seat in Denver and highway funding memorials move to Congress. Anti trust bill passes committee, state printing supervisor bill advances, and fish and game reforms proceed. Penitentiary funding, auditor investigations, and reform institutions seek funds. Teachers pension bill advances amid wage discussions. Miss Emma Kellogg seeks game warden post. land board raises cultivated school land rents.
The Fourteenth Colorado General Assembly unanimously adopts a memorial opposing a pending federal bill to repeal desert land laws. It argues repeal favors railroad lands, harms small settlers, and hinders intermountain development, directing a certified copy to Colorado senators and representatives in Congress.
Denver and Colorado Springs dispatches cover a broad set of topics. Free delivery orders for Rocky Ford. Roosevelt invited to Denver. bond debt and canal water plans near Canon City. a Pueblo lake resort project. eight hour stores in Denver. a major oil-stable fire. deaths of Col H N Chittenden and hydrophobia case. priest resignation for Philippines mission. judiciary panel clears Judge Leeds. robbery at Champa Street and Little Emma saloon. January state health stats. ponies sold by Humane Society agent. diphtheria and scarlet fever trends. juvenile justice conference set for March. bonds for Denver Seven Lakes reservoir and city hall. rail accident near Leadville with multiple casualties and injuries.
Rear Admiral George W. Melville will relinquish as engineer in chief, to be succeeded by Captain Charles W. Rae. The Colorado Springs and Evanston public building limits rise, and two Cuban stations are chosen for naval use. Fos ter and Root named for Alaska boundary commission. Lodge and Turner as other members. Manila Railway right of way approved. Gunnison irrigation project details loom. Roosevelt hints at informal Western tour. Naval and army appropriations bills move with amendments. Panama Canal sale offer accepted pending treaty ratification. Morgan defends secrecy over Colombia statements amid Panama debate.
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