The Lamar register., 1892-01-30
STATE NEWS.
Necker has a very successful literary

lied in Grand junction.
Denver capitalists are exploring in
the vicinity of Boulder for oil.
Peter Jones, Leadville mine boss,
was killed by cave-in a few days ago.
The Ell Paso Club OF Colorado
Springs has new building costing s6o,ooO.
A mad dog ran through the streets
of Aspen the other day, but was shot be-
fore hurting anyone.
The receipts of the Slate Land
Board from April 1st to December 3lst,
1881, We're sl7s, s6s.77.
The last of the prosecutions against
the Salida lynchers has been dismissed. 1t
was against McIyers.
Arapahoe county during last year
expended s3,6ls in assisting poor people
and spent SIS, ,595. 20 in supporting the hos
pital.
Shaw and Wilcox, who have been
on trial at Buena Vista for completely in
the lynching at Salids last year, have been
acquitted.
Fred Unfug, son of Charles o. Un-
fug of Walsenburg, Colorado, died at the
pneumonia
Judge Graham OF Denver has issued
a mandamus to compel the state auditor TO
pay Judge Glynn his salary. 1t was with
held for fear Of a contest
The State Land Board has named
the new town to be formed on Its land
South Creede. The minimum price at
which lots will be sold is 500.
The Denver Paper Mills has con-
tracted with the State Land Board for
2,40o acres of land near Casselrs on which
spruce trees are found, to pay 81 per tree
4Dave Day is going to move his pa
per, the Solid M,tldoon, to Durango and
run 1t as daily after March lst. A mum
ber of Durango men will ioin him in the
enterprise.
A colored woman named Williams
was badly burned at Denver last week by
irving to rescue her child from her burn
ing house. Both of them are in q precar-
ious condition
The january number OF SpOrts-Afeid
has number of very good stories and
sketches. II the magazine continues to
improve in the future as it has in the past
it will soon surpass all monthly periodicals.
A movement is on foot among the
publishers of New York City to establish
q library for the Printers Home in Colo
RADIO Springs, to be made the largest and
most valuable collection Of books in the
West
Deer are said to be gathered in large
numbers in the the canons, foothills and
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Grand mesa, and are visiting the alfalfa
stacks of the farmers. Bear are said to
have been seen in the same locality very
often.
Attorney General Maupin has an
uounced his opinion in reply to the Ques-
tions propounded by the penitentiary COM
r,issioners regarding the legality of Smith
& Co. IS plan for constructing the the Mesa
county ditch. The opinion is favorable to
the plan.
The Caledonian Society of Lead
VILE celebrated the birthday of Robert
Burns by a Curling match with delega-
ton Of visiting curriers' from Denver in a
rink Improvised for the occasion. The
Denvers won,
A. W. Kucker of Denver has again
won his suit TO obtain a one-sixth interest
in the Aspen mine for $4,000. 1t appears
that he at one time held an option on those
terms, but was refused the stock when he
offered his money. This will make Mr..
Rucker millionaire.
Two young children of Arthur Biz
ert. of Roxbury, Massachusetts,, secured a
flask Of whiskey from closet early Sun
day morning before their parents were up
and drank freely of its contents When
the mother arose she found her two
children in beastly state Of intoxication.
Every means was taken to resuscitate the
children, but to no avail. One died Sunday
forenoon and the other passed away in the
evening.
The Denver Manufacturers Ex-
change has agreed to adopt label to be
placed upon all goods manufactured by
members of the Exchange. As adopted by
the Exchange, the label indicative Of Colo
RADIO manufactured goods will be white
disk an inch and half in diameter upon
which will be printed in black ink the
words, "Patronizing Colorado Manufac-
lures Insures Colorado's Prosperity
Across the center of the disk will be
Colorado in prominent type.
The Aspen Tunes says 4,5OO feet OF
the e4oo-feet Midland tunnel has been
completed. So far the entire dists nee has
had to be timbered as the granite rock pen
etrated, although very hard, when drilled
soon disintegrates and renders work dan
gerous without timbering. The contrac-
tors yiust find rock that will stand without
tim bSrs or it will take seventeen months
yet to finish the work and at aconsiderable
loss. The Midland will have to plough
snow over the range another winter.
An effort is being made to perfect
contract between eight counties-Yuma,
Washington, Sedgwick, Logan and Phil
lips, in Colorado, and Perkins, Chase and
Dundy in Nebraska-and the Artificial
Rainmaking Company of Goodland, Kan
sas, by which the company will agree to
produce rain in the counties named, on re-
quest of committee of eight, consisting
of one man from each county, four times
during the months of April, May, June and
July next. Each county agrees to pay the
company SIS for each rain produced on
call. If the company fails TO produce tie
rain they get nothing. Five of the coun-
ties have already entered into the contract
The company proposes to sell the secret