130 YEARS AGO
From July 17,1886 Star
Why not hold a meeting and
organize a fair association and
exhibit samples of Comanche
County production this fall. It
would be a fine advertisement of
our county. Avilla is boasting of
a heavy supply of ripe watermel-
ons.
A full report of the county
commissioners' meeting will be
found on the 4th page of this
paper. Read it and see what you
are paying taxes for.
There is considerable talk in
regard to organizing a trotting
and racing association in this
city. Think of it! A two-year-old
town with such an association,
but then we have almost any-
thing we desire.
~> 120 YEARS AGO ¢h
From July 11,1896 Star
Finney county will hold a fair
Oct. 6, 7, 8 and 9. With all our
fine cattle, fast horses and good
looking women and babies, what
is the matter with us having a
fair this fall?
A splendid good rain of a frac-
tion less than an inch on a level,
fell in this vicinity early Thurs-
day morning. It came in good to
make crops hump.
A wild duck flew down into a
pond near the St. Nicholas hotel
during the rain Thursday morn-
ing. Emil Bowers went after it
with his gun and got it.
The total tax levy of Coman-
che county for all purposes for
the year 1895 was $46,266.00.
Wheat harvesting is over in
the New Eden part of the county,
and while there has not been a
good crop raised, some of the
people have raised enough for
seed and bread, which will help
to tide them over these perplex-
ing times.
IP 110 YEARS AGO ¢h
From July 13,1906 Star
Lightning "knocked out"
nearly a dozen phones and "dis-
abled" two country lines during
the storm early yesterday morn-
ing.
The vicinity of Coldwater
was visited between six and
seven o'clock on Monday
evening by a very severe rain and
hail storm. A strong wind blew
from the northwest. Hail as large
as quails' eggs fell thick and fast
for about twenty minutes. Con-
siderable damage was done to
the growing corn and to fruit.
The storm on Monday night
put a great many of the tele-
phones out of commission for a
while.
Wheat in the Nescatunga
area is all in stack.
¢P 100 YEARS AGO
From July 14,1916 Star
Coldwater is now quite well
represented in Colorado. Four
families started Monday morn-
ing for that state, expecting to
be gone two weeks or more.
Comprising the Coldwater party
are: Rev. R.W. Wyrick and fam-
ily, J.G. Doig and family, Mr. and
Mrs. C.M. Coles, Miss Eva Lacy
and Mrs. A.B. Maxwell. N.A.
Lytle and family started
Wednesday. All of the folks are
making the trip by the automo-
bile route, and thus they will be
enabled to see the country in
great shape. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Allderdice motored to
Dodge City on Monday, intend-
ing to take the train there for
Colorado Springs, where they
will be joined by other members
of the party.
On Sunday evening, July 23,
an "Anti-Cigaret" meeting will be
held in the court house grove.
Only in a very few fields in
this county is there any uncut
wheat. Everywhere over the
county the wheat has gone into
the stack or has been threshed
from the barges without a drop
of rain. Conditions for threshing
have so far been ideal, and many
machines are now being kept
busy. Yields reported have
ranged from 15 to 25 bushels per
acre.
The Coldwater Chautauqua
begins four weeks from next Sun-
day.
Seventy persons, practically
all of them harvest hands,
boarded the train here for east-
ern points yesterday morning.
90 YEARS AGO ¢h
From July 16,1926 Star
The present wheat harvest in
Comanche-co. will practically
come to a close the latter part of
this week or the first of next
week.
When the old school build-
ing was built in Coldwater 37
years ago, a round corner col-
umn of dressed stone was built
in at the southwest corner of the
building. At the base of the col-
unto was placed a sealed tin box,
in which had been placed a num-
ber of articles, historical and oth-
erwise, of the school and of the
town. It has been suggested that
the stone column be allowed to
remain in its present position,
and completed in the form of a
monument of the old building. It
stands about 50 feet south of the
new building.
Stinking smut of wheat is
showing up in damaging
amounts since combining be-
came general over the county.
The west and northwest parts of
the county are hit the worst in
this respect.
Men's Florsheim shoes are
now on sale at just $8.85 at
Allderdice's Store in Coldwater.
There has been no complaint
about dry weather in Comanche-
co. during the past ten days.
Good rains have fallen at brief
intervals during this week,
which, following the rains of last
week, have thoroughly saturated
the ground.
The Protection vicinity had
another destructive hall recently
which almost destroyed spring
corps over a small area.
Already Comanche-co.
people are beginning to talk
about and to play for the next
County Fair, which will be held
during the first week in Septem-
ber. There has been quite a de-
mand in this county of late for
farm hands. The prevailing
wages paid seems to be around
$40 per month.
~P 80 YEARS AGO ¢h
From July 17,1936 Star
On Thursday of last week
wheat was bringing 98¢ per
bushel, then reaching a dollar.
Later, the market took a big drop,
and only 93 of 94 cents was of-
fered. On Wednesday of this
week $1 was paid and on Thurs-
day afternoon, the price offered
rose to $1.03. Looks like most
anything can happen to the
wheat market.
The hottest weather of the
season reached this county this
week. On Tuesday the tempera-
ture went to 108 degrees in the
shade and on Wednesday the
torrid blast of sun brought ther-
mometers in Coldwater to 110.
Thursday seemed to be fully as
hot.
In Wilmore the blister beetles
keep the people busy. The
beetles clean out a garden in less
than half a day, Bruce Snare re-
ports.
~> 70 YEARS AGO
