The Lamar register., 1893-04-22
NEWS OF THE WEST.
Colorado


A Ore at Granada on the 17th destroyed inc
Union block of eight buildings
The machinists OF the Union Pscine ~
Denver quit work on the 18th
Paderewski, the pianist, captivated INC
Denver people with his playing.
Governor Waite has appointed Henry l.
Acker Of SalidA - insDrctor OF me'Aiiiie'oas
minea-
Colorado 10 the nrst state In the Union TO
pass Law forbIddlng the Insurance OF child
ren under ten years of age
It IL stated that the Chicago 4 Northwest
ern Railway has secured . right OF way inso
Denver At the cost of siooo,ooo.
Caleb Smith, travelling freight agent, mas
been named Temporary asent o, me mo
Grande NJ Aspen, to succeed J. H. waters,
resigned
Rev. o. E. ostenson, who has built up
good sized congregation OF EpsscopAHA ~
Grand junction, has accepted call 70 90 INC
same work 1T Meeker.
Colorado Teacher Association met at Pueblo
April lS, IA and 10. At the Central hien
School, to consider = programme oil 'op'eA
discussion.
Chief of Police yea;eh OF Denver 'hippsd
number Of hold-ups, male and female, TO
Chicago on the 10Th. They arc tough gang
of professionals whom 1t uas found 70 DC tn
possible to eonvict
The State Land Board has decided to asan-
don the auction system of oral bids for leases
of state lands and in future vii adyernse LOT
scaled bids Not more thaa oae oid VIII &c
received from ono persoa-
The Denver & Rio Grsnde annonrcs a
great reduction in passenger rates between
Denver and Pueblo and the Western slope
This should and undoubtedly VIII prove
decided stimulant to travel between these
sections.
Governor Waite ha. removed john W. Nc
Daniels OF Rocky Ford superintendent OF
Irrigation District Nc. 9, and has Appointed
William Matthews 10 all the unerplred term
Of two years The ground for removal . ~As a
charge Of neglect OF duty.
The slope. In the Bsssiok mine eavei IN
Sunday nIsht from the so-foot 10 the 800 foot
levels. The shaft vas not damaged M
Bassiek Is preparing 70 sink = sootooi shAft
on the Augusta, adjoining the bSssiek mise
This property Is thought TO Be as sood As TIC
Bassick II properly dsve.oped
An appalling calamity occurred at the
Busk-lyaahoe tunnel on the lSth- prenA-
ture explosion Instantly killed are wotsmen.
tearing thrir bodies In pieces Several oihers
were severely iaiured The cause Of The eE-
plosion Is not certainly known but Is ss7-
posed to have been rAasei BY The sleetr.e
wires being connected too 1000. All shcts
are exploded by electricity.
II Is currently rumorod that after May
the Offices Of The treasurer and sgditor OF The
Colorado Midland railway viii be removed TO
Topeka, Kansas This move "a the rcsalt Of
the consolidation Of the Colorado MlalAld
Topeka & Santa Fe The Offices arc a. pre--
ent located In Colorado spsiaE,l and the
change VII meaa the loss Of iNcuty-aVe -
thirty men, in the employ o. thc ocsces~ zzd
their removal TO Topeka
Frank Black, al enpioye Of tie Dave
Wood stage line, ssriogsiy isiCred a.
Cripple Greek lev day. ago, lie 80 tryins
to hold the lead horses Of bis team hy the
tits, they being scared a; the Whisiir e an
engine In tofne u.y he siipPrd aad TIC
horses raa asAy. Black fell gaacr the
wheels of the heavy Concord coach and s2s
The stage wss overturned After The tcaul rag
a block No EfeA; harm S.s doac-
An accident occurred In the Barus n,ae o.
Bull Hli, Cripple Greek Tueslsy eycaiHs. By
-hieh Hiram nArrti lost his life The .asfl
on the Burns Il down Abuut 10 feet, aad ~
the fifiy-foot level a drift -as rua in uhieh
Harris wss employed irzzsueF A. ihss
level there IS . trap door over The remainder
OF the shaft IT come wAy the trap door bal
been left open, and a. Harris cane cot ~agh
the car, not kno-ine but ~hai Il r>- shut
be fell TO the bottom, distance Of 100 feet
lie was Killed insiaotly By the fall. probably
being dead before he struck the b0tson.
Governor Waite has vetoed the bIli amend
Ing The assessment lkS, assessing pru.-rftY -
It's fun value lie save. The Auauaanl.aS
provides a pezaity fOr not Assessing properly
At lts fun value nov required b. as. i
throws the bardra Of seeing thai euanty A,-
SCISSORS Assess property Ei its fun value upoa
the state Board Of Equalization. sho must ~
port all violations Of tho las TO The aftcgnry
gencral Of the state, whosc da;y 1. {. 70 pre-
sent such vioiAGiols TO tie proper court al the
state No appropriation Is made 20 the a.
torncY general TO pay the inereAsei c1pcase
1t might possibly be payable fspsn the general
contingent fund, with other cupcases ot lhe
state Board OF Equalization. NJ ohjcciloa
10 the bill Is that II Il Impractical Oar pre-
eat system Of taxAtioa l. unjust. prufcsssyiiy
equal u impn<cs the burden of taIsfioa up.ln
thoee least able TO bear H. The pr,s-1t bill
does not strike al the root 0, the dlaienity