The Lamar register., 1902-05-28

The heavy rains of this week have
caused floods all alorg the river and its
heavy. The trains from the west are all
delayed from the washing out of bridges
at Pueblo and other points. The county
bridge at CaGloI washed out this morn
ing and the one over the Purgatoire fol-
lowed Several OF the canal dams have
gone out also, only 30 feet of the one at
the Amity headgate being left at last re-
ports, The river north of Lamar is now
nearly n mile wide and rising rapidly.
but 1t is not believed that there is any
bridge here.
Monday night it rained And all day
yesterday the clouds attended strictly to
business and the down pour was steady
and copious. Such a generous rainstorm
has not visited this section of the coun-
try for many months. Quite number
of people were 50 glad about 1t that they
gave vent TO their feeling with yolls and
whoops. Very little business was done
in the town yesterday and the merchants
did not seem to feel bit blue about il.
The storm seems to have been quite
general and the resulting good is almost
beyond calculation. Crops of all kinds
will be vastly benefited, and the range
will receive great growth of grass
The entertainment at the opera house
last Thursday evening, given by the
pupils Of the Lamar schools. was attend
ed by nearly every body, that is, as many
as could conveniently get into the house.
The operetta THE National Flower" was
proceeded by debate, in which about
a dozen boys took part, 1t was well re-
ceived by the audience and was quite
funny The National Flower is an oper
eta which requires considerable work to
produce and is rather Il difficult compo
sition for a school to undertake. How
ever, the various parts were well learned
and taken as whole, the performance
was generally regarded as one of the
best ever seen in Lamar. Some of the
soloists were trlile nervous, but not SO
much as to seriously interfere with the
rendltions of the songs. The audience
was so well pleased that there WAS n re
quest voted to have the operetta repeat
cd ON Saturday night, but owing to cir
cumstances the request was not com
Piled with. The teachers deserve great
F,r i,. ayf.nllant tt-nrlg ufIi,.h
done by the pupils. The direct super
vision of the play was under the con
of Mrs. Il. Bentley Dennis,
to whom belongs great credit for the
excellent performance.
The ball games at the far ground last
and Sunday between the La
mar and Rocky Ford nInes drew large
crowds and were much more interesting
contests than the score would seem to
Indicate. The Lamar nine is composed
almost entirely OF new men, it being the
first season in Colorado for many of them
and they have only played together in a
few practice games. On the other hand
the Rocky Ford nine Is an old organize
tion having played together several sea
sons and several of them beng profes-
sional ball players. The play of both
mines on the first day was anything but
irst-class as the score lG to in favor Of
Rocky Ford would Indicate. The Sun
day game with the exception Of the third
inning was well played by both sides,
Rocky Ford winning by a score of . to ,
In this game the Lamar boys outbatted
their opponents but were unable to
bunch their hits so as to make them
effective, and a number of bad fielding
errors in the third inning accounted for
six of Rocky Fords scores. The
Lamar boys have the material for good
nine, and little more practice and bet
ter team work will make them the equal
of any nine in the valley. They will
play in Las Animas next Sunday.