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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1897
Page
1
Local notice lists frequent gatherings of Masonic bodies, Woodmen of the World, Knights of the Maccabees, and Odd Fellows. Each group names meeting nights, venues such as Masonic hall or Hose House, and officers including W M, secretary, and clerk, inviting members and visiting neighbors.
United Presbyterians hold sabbath services at 1 am and 4 am. Sabbth school at 0 am. C E meeting at 7 pm. M B Cuveen at Lawam services at 1 am. May Valley house meeting at 1 pm. M E Cuven services every Sunday evening and Sunday school at 2 90 pm. G G S French pastor. EF meets every Sunday evening at church. All young people urged to attend. Dona Nation secretary.
David Barnes visited the county seat on Wednesday while Geo A Watson and Geo B Merrill spent time in Granada for legal business and visits. Amity settlers H T Parish and family gathered cherries near Granada. W H Hale worked on the Cad Doa ditch. W W Jones’s garden in Granada impresses with grapes peaches and plums. The National Educational Association plans its Milwaukee meeting July 6 to 9 1897 with Colorado delegations and lodging at Hotel Pfister. Colorado teachers are urged to register. fare from Colorado points to Milwaukee is 3 34.
Chief Justice Fuller told a Boston interviewer last Saturday that business in Chicago has improved notably. He cited mercantile activity as recovering after years of decline and suggested an era of prosperity is at hand, though he would not discuss political impacts on the business boom.
The passenger department has issued an up to date map showing all mining districts with an outline of older districts. It highlights partially developed regions with new gold and copper uncoverings attracting prospectors and investors. For copies contact F A Wadleigh G P A Salt Lake City.
A Denver Republican interview with W. M. Wiley of Great Plains Water Storage extols the Arkansas valley as the world’s finest agricultural region. He predicts a 50,000 population within years, claims inexhaustible river water for 500,000 acres, and says warm silt-rich water enriches soil. He touts superior wheat corn kaffir corn millet flax alfalfa oats and fruits, citing cantaloupe quality and booming cantaloupe demand from Delmonico’s and St. Louis dealers.
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