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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1903
Page
2
A brisk mosaic of witty observations and quips on politics ships and society. The column references diverse figures such as Andrew Carnegie and Peter Stanley while poking fun at fashions crimes and international tensions with a light satirical edge.
Governor Peabody forwards to Secretary of State a note denying any valid claim for damages by William Radcliff over a Grand Mesa hatchery destruction. State funds, tax notices, and railroad assessments feature. five fish hatcheries operate, with W. T. Kirkpatrick turning over Em erald Lakes site and Steamboat Springs reopening. A traveling library commission forms. pardons low. granite monument planned. Flag Day events set. forest land surrender discussed. Leyden Coal Company expands its electric hauled coal operations with tramway powerhouses and new yard facilities.
Enos A. Mills, special deputy of State Engineer Carpenter, returned to Denver June 4 after a six day inspection of Colorado water supplies. He walked 120 miles over snow bound ranges from Leadville to Alma and inspected headwaters including Mosquito and Jefferson passes and Geneva Creek. Mills observed elk deer and two bears during the journey while camping without shelter in blizzards at high altitude.
State Game and Fish Commissioner J. M. Woodard appoints five chief wardensW. D. Wilson Creede Thomas G. Higgins Grand Junction Fred A. Gordon Glenwood Springs Henry Lehman Steamboat Springs J. L. Nightingale Fort Collins Seventy two additional special wardens are commissioned with pay none but may share one third of fines and costs. Demerits range 25 to 500 dollars with 1000 dollar maximum for buffalo or bison slay. Woodard expects about 150 total wardens. Fishing season began June 1 and 2000 posters printed with 1000 in Italian language.
President Roosevelt and W A Richards commissioner of the general land office are asked to sanction exchanging more than 500000 acres of Colorado forest lands for government agricultural lands. The plan aims to preserve forests and water supplies with action likely after Washington. Henry Michelson presented the matter in Cheyenne.
Altman fire losses reach about 40000 with 15000 insurance. Died Idale Springs June 6 Civil War veteran Daniel S Kooen. Cripps Creek sees late May snow. trout season runs June to October. Denver Chamber aids Kansas flood victims. Palm Well at Boulder drills started May 30. Gunnison murder case bound over. Many Colorado crops hit by cold. Harvard editor Carlisle Carpenter Colorado Springs. University of Colorado commencement May 21. Gunnison stockgrowers elect leaders. Fruit losses smaller than feared. grain growth slowed. Mary Ryder dies at New Windsor from patent celery medicine overdose. Bear kills horse in Bison park after Pike’s Peak snow. Pueblo rail line robbers raise 1000 reward. Lightning kills sheep herder Albert Phillips. wife struck near Walsenburg. Pueblo steel works payroll set records. weather notes mark cold May. Colorado College donors pledge 40000 for new engineering dept.
Washington reports Judge Advocate General Davis forwarded an opinion to the secretary of war clarifying disputed points in the new militia law. He addresses sections on expenditures, state participation in regular army maneuvers, command authority during encampments, and pay raises for militia officers with five years service under the act. He notes national guards act under governors and do not fall under the President’s command absent formal call.
A South Carolina cloudburst causes record flooding along the Pacolet river. Losses exceed 3.5 million with at least eighty dead and Clifton and Pacolet mill districts hardest hit. Clifton No 1 2 3 and Pacolet Nos 1 3 suffer major damage. hundreds displaced. relief underway in Charlotte.
Alvaro Hemenway is found dead in Fountain Creek flats near Portland pasture after missing since Wednesday. The revolver is nearby and authorities declare death self-inflicted. his son, Orin E. Hemenway, is suspected due to missing weapon and business troubles. The respected Colorado Springs figure ran a carriage business and had $10,000 estate.
More than 100 people are feared dead after the Liban passenger steamer was rammed and sunk by the Insulaire off Maire island while en route from Marseilles to Bastia Corsica. About 240 aboard, with roughly half believed drowned.
Report from St. Louis dated June 7 and 8 describes a levee near Madison giving way, wiping out fifteen American Car and Foundry workers' lives and trapping about 150 others. Rescue efforts involve the yacht Annie Russell and a St. Charles steamer. 200 imperiled people were later saved. Mississippi River records show 36.9 feet, with widespread destruction across Venice, Madison, Granite City, and surrounding farms, rail lines, and bridges.
Filius Franks of near Marigold Colorado faced a wildcat attack while returning to Cripple Creek for medicine. He kicked at a kitten on the trail, angering the mother she sprang and mauled him. Franks defended himself with his fists, sustaining facial and hand scratches and torn clothing.
Mazatlan merchants petition the federal government to reopen the port to commerce after declaring the plague completely disappeared. Mexico City reports the request follows the disease’s disappearance and seeks resumed trade.
Omaha June 8 A statement shows Union Pacific ten months to April 30 with net earnings above 18 million dollars. April earnings also up with gross gains near 500 thousand dollars and net gains of 228 854 dollars amid ongoing line strike.
San Antonio resident Mrs. Robert Broderick reports long kidney trouble relief after using Dean’s Kidney Pills. She says back pain headaches and dizziness disappeared after May 1902 and stayed away with only minor recurrences. She urges sufferers to try Doan’s, notes a free trial offer and lists Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY as the maker. Drugstores sell them 50 cents a box.
Government statistics show 928 people killed by tigers while jackals abducted over 1,000 children in India. The claim highlights the jackal as a greater destroyer of humanity than the tiger.
A collage of ad style lines touts Defiance Starch with claims of size and value while street mud in Kansas City is noted as unusually deep. Odd fragments include Baxter's Bullhead cigars and baker jokes about dough. A garbled exchange mentions Jenkins and a Chicago lady reflecting on marriages.
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