The Lamar register., 1891-04-18


Paintings.
DENVER, Colo, April ~, lssi-
From cur regular correspondent
Whatever can be truthfully said derosa-
tory to Denver during the past two weeks
II cannot be asserted that there mas oeen
nothing new 1t has been, In iaet'
| q very cventful two weeks In tue nrs.
place came the phenomenal snow storm OF
Tuesday, March 81, when between wv
and three feet of solid snow fell inside Oh
eighteen hours. 1t fell into streets so
muddy that they We're nearly impassao'e'
| md for few hours the next morning
there was hardly q horse car, cable car OF
electric car running in the city. Inc
hacks could hardly get about and there
was almost a complete embargo upon
travel of every kind. Merchants anu
clerks, some OF whom had two or three
| miles to walk through the deep snow, were
late TO business, but missed fewcustomers
on that account.
Both the cable and the electric roads
did well under the circumstances, and
both demonstrated their superiority over
the horse car lines. The electric lines
stand high in popular favor and arc ev1-
IDENTIFY sure 10 monopoliEe rapid transit IN
cities. Electric power is clean, safe and
| reliable Us compared with any other that
has been invented.
For week after the big snow there
was a carnival of mud. All the principal
streets became ponds Of semi-liqrid siop
not quite soft enough TO rua on like water
but not stiff enough to prevent is flowing
over the crossings as fast as II could DC
swept away. On election day, week
later, none OF the streets had become dry,
but most Of the crossings were iolerae1y
passabie. 1t is SAFE 10 say that there were
more mi.haps to freight wagons, carriages
and teams during that week than ever be
fore in the history Of the city. OF course
1t is impossible TO compute the money loss
occasioned by the extra work and delay OF
business on account of the mud, but II
must have been many thousands OF dollar
every day.
1t is now apparently certain that mos,
OF the streets in the central part OF the
city will be paved before another winter
The Eighth General Assembly ad!ournee
last Tuesday and its members speedily
nally il adjourned on Monday, as the rec
ords will show, but il was really late it
the afternoon of Tuesday when tht
gavels of the Lieutenant Governor and
the Speaker of the House fell for the last
time TO announce an adjournment sine die
The general opinion seems to be that
this legislature has passed considerable
number of valuable laws, for which it wi.
be kindly remembered, and failed 70 pas,
a number that we're expected at its hands,
which will operate 10 its disoredit 1t has
bungied some Important measures, such
as the tax bill providing for the semi
annual payment OF taxes, which appears
to be a dead letter. II has not been 6
brilliant body, but perhaps yerdic, Of
honest medioeri;y would apply to most OF
It's members and TO the majority Of is
measures. The people trusted 1t nort
than they have many Of its predecessors,
and its sdiournment-was rot hailed with
the Usual sigh OF relief
The Milllnston trial has been uneyent-
full OF late, but the arguments Of The
opposing counsel this week. which may
be in progress when this reaches III,
|
brilliant. Doubtless some one will pub
| lish an account Of the trial in pamphlet
form for the edifieation OF the readers ol
sensational literature.
The Denver municipal elections last
Tuesday resulted in one OF those "houss
| cieanlngs" that sometimes occurs iu
| political affairs. The people coneludel
that they wanted new deal.H and tn,
result is that all of the members OF thi
old city government, save two aldermen
out Of nine, got lost in the shuttle III,
mayor, treasurer, clerk, auditor, attorney
engineer, water and street commissioners
five supervisors and seven OF the alder.
| men are new men. Some are Republicans
and some are Democrats, but nearly al
| wero elected on the Peoples Ticket as
made up by the celebrated comuiltee OF
| fifteen.
| Probably hard times had something II
do with the result. Political revolutions
seldom cor:e when 1t is smooth sailinl
financially. Durin 2 good times 1t is cas-!
for government to run into abuses an,
extravagances that attract no serious at
tention until money gets scarce, thea Their
| Is a sudden reNulslOn tnnt often carrie
with it the Innocent as well as the guilty
| a great many Colorado people will tax
look at the new state Of Idaho mex
month, taking advantage 20 the combina
tion excursion to Idaho Falls. A trail
leaves Denver May IL; also trains vii
leave Salt Lake, Butte City and Port
land, Oregon, on dates so that all vii
will meet at Idaho Falls. The affair is uu
der the auspices of the Interior Land an
Immigration Company, which has its head
quarters in Denver. The company assert
tina. this Snake River Valley, in whic
Idaho Falls is located, is the richest i
agricultural and other resources of an
section of the inter mountain country
The town lies on a rapids of Snake Rive
afrording 126, 900 horse power. Round tri
tickets from Denver Will be $50, limited t
about ten days, and rates will be give
from all points on the Union Pacific sys
! ten.
| Loverg OF art will find much OF interes
| during the next two weeks, and chanc
TO secure original paintings cheap, at h
Chain & Hardy Company's gallery, wher
there is free exhibit of seventy-fve lin
oil paintings by Colorado artists. J. ID.