Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-08
LAMAR NEWS
About 100 delegates
representing

AUCuI IUU QelesdlcS ECpit
Kansas and Colorado towns between
Great Bend and Pueblo. attended the
meeting of the Kansas-Colorado Boule-
ward association held at Eads Monday,
October 3. E. p. Johnson president OF
the association OF Ordway, Colorado
called the meeting to order. The time
was spent in formulating plans for the
working and improving of the highways
and President johnson. who has re-
Gently made a trip from Ordway to
Great Bend stated that in order to
hold the tourist traffic next season 1t
is necessary to re-work and do con-
siderable road work. Travel over the
Boulevard was the heaviest in the his
tory OF tho road this past season ana
as the highway has been in excellent
condition, thousands of tourists have
been routed over it, both to and from
Colorado.
An announcement made here the
first of the week by officials OF the A.
B. F. Co. to the effect that they would
hold sale of all live stock has caused
considerable comment in this secuon.
The stock to be sold is being fed under
contract on the farms of the A. B. s.
Co. thruout the valley and includes
swine which is being fed in the Rocky
Ford district and dairy cattle on the
farms near Lamar. The company has
always pSGu OUe ol lue oibbtst PiONeS-
ers at the Lamar condensary and their
herd comprises from famous mixers.
R c. Kibbey, the live stock expert of
the company will be in Lamar in a few
days to arrange for the sale Accord
ing to a statement OF Mr.. kibbey, the
company hopes to dispose of all stock
to be sold at q private sale to dairy
and stock mel here in the valley.
| A drive Is on to raise $4,000 for the
Lamar Hospital association. this week
This is the first timc in the five years
of the hospital history that they have
made a call on the public for aid ana
1T is expected that the response will
meet all the needs of the association.
Ray Strain and Floyd NJ. Wilson have
been calling on business men and on
Saturday tag sale will be held.
The harvest OF spuds for seed is on
| In the Brandon district for the D. U.
Burrell Seed company OF Rocky Ford.
The squash Is cut in bales and only
the seeds saved. These will be shipped
all over the world later and to growers
in the Arkansas valley also. The Bur-
hell Seed Co., Is one of the growing
concerns in the west and each year
supplies growers all over the country
with seed grown in the Arkansas Val.
LEY. Their farm at Brandon is one OF
many in this section.
| Tho Lamar mill and elevator COM
pany, thru which the larger portion OF
1.-The grain raised in Southwestern Colo
rado Is handled. is one of the receiving
stations in Colorado for donations OF
grain for the Near East Relief. 100
cars has been asked from Colorado to
help the starving inhabitants Of the
Near East
At the Lamar Lions club luncheon
at the Palace cafe held at noon Tues
day. there were several distinguished
guests Harry +. Hivens. of 1-ongmont.
Colorado. district governor for the
Lions clubs of Colorado and wyoming.
and C. Bird Gould, field director for
the international Lions clubs being the
guests of honor. Other guests were
Lion Cook of Las Anirnas and Cora r.
Strain and Fred Mark of Lamar. Mr..
Hivcns gave nriof talk on the work
OF tho Lions clubs thruout Wyoming
and Colorado. Mr.. Gould also gave, a
short speech on the work in the valley
advocating a JOINT meeting soon.
Tho members OF the Prowers County
Medical Society at a meeting held In
the directors room of the Lamar Ma
tional Bank elected officers for the
ensuing year. Those named were:
President, DR.. l.. Il. Likes: vice preei-
dent. Dr. Joseph Postal: secretary
treasurer. DIR. S. Milton Friend. This
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Irctary-trcasurer of the county organi-
zation. The following members attend :
cd the meeting: Drs. Friend, Burnett.
Williams, Postal, Likes, Davis and
shelter of Lamar. DR.. Fee of Wiley, DR..
Casbon. OF south OF Lamar. There
will he a number OF tho local members
attend tho state medical society's three
| day meeting which opens at Pueblo
Wednesday, oct 8.
| 1t is expected that Ia Junta will
journey TO this city for the last game
OF the baseball season Sunday, Oct.
.. La Junta has strong club and de-
fcated Trinidad last Sunday by the
score Of to 3. largo crowd will he
ont to witness the game IL 1t Is ar
ranged.
| According to A. r.. Downes. local
weather observer there was less than
half an inch of rain during the entire
month of September, there being only
| 30 OF an inch. Tho greatest amount
of rainfall in "a hours was .15 of an
| inch and on three days there was a
precipitation OF 01 or more. Sunshine
] predominB,ed during September. there
( being q cloudless days. partly cloudy
and one fun cloudy day. The maxi
mum heat was 100 degrees on Septem-
Der 81 and the minimum was on Sep
tember 81, when 30 degrees was regis
tered.
| Routine business took UP the time at
| the regular session of the Lamar city
council. September hills and spproprt.
ations were read and allowed and a