The Lamar register., 1898-01-01
COLORADO BRIEFS.

The Victor Y. VI. G. A. now has $50
members.
John l. Hodges has been appointed
assayer of the Denver mint
Denver has suffered from n coal fam.
inc as n.snlt OF scarcity Of cars.
Tie contractors report that IL is very
iiitiicult 10 get men enough FOR their
amps.
George A. Henderson OF Sterling has
shipped 100 sacks OF alfalfa seed TO
London.
The new Congregational church at
ripple Creek has been completed and
Raid for.
The result OF The Lamar rabbit hunt
Was 4.5Te rabbits. III Wild geese. /
wolf and bald eagle.
A. Il, Estey OF Leadvillc has just or
sanized three large eastern syndicntes
Tor operating l.eadville mines,
Ii now seems probable that the Den
yer & Gulf road win not be taken out
4 the hands of the receiver for a year.
The Atchison. Topeka & santa Fc
announces hHlf-fare rates between all
points In the state ON their line during
ihe holidays.
Rev. and Mrs. Charles W. Huett
have left Denver for Japan 10 become
missionaries. They so out under
Methodist auspic,-s
II has been suggested that Colorado
aoid celebration or have an exposi-
tton in 1901. on the twcnty-fifth amir
Fersary OF the admission OF Colorado
~ n state
[After the Ute hunters had loaded up
with all the hides they could carry. the
Indian police from Fort Duchesne
found them and are taking them back
10 the agency.
NSloe Bradley. a well known miner and
prospector OF Cripple Greek. was res
med from death by freezing GA the
aorth slope OF Pixies Peak the other
aight. HIS hands and feet wrre frozen.
The Cl,esd school isoard has cOmpro-
missed with Miss Nora Vaughan BY
naying her S.23. The t,oard employed
her to teach. hut afterward objected
q her on accoun, OF her religion. she
seing Catholic.
william X. Fleming. who has re
ently been appolnted additional sec
re,ary TO Senator Woicott, has arrived
~ Washington. Senator Wolcott de
fyered "A speech nt the New England
Inner In New York on the esni.
Governor Adams has appointed Colo
aeI Irving Hale to the vacant position
II brigadier general OF the National
.usrSi OF Colorado. This was done In
respect 10 the wishes Of the officers.
sho voted on the question. He Is
West Point graduate.
Twenty Denver men have a scheme
o make s25.o-0 out OF the klondIke
.raze on an Investment OF $1,000.
Each man viii put up Sa.O. making a
cial capital OF $1,000. and they win
buy the Clara Brown, sound steamer
SOW at Seattle. and with the opening
n navigation win start up the Yukon
liver with 800 passengers and a heavy
>argo of freight.
Some very crcdiiable crops Of oats
were grown IN the foothiil region OF
I4arimer county the past season Les
iie Horsiey OF LIverInors. Que OF The
progressive men Of that section. put In
little patch Of twelve acres as sort
81 experiment and was rewarded WITH
yield of fifiy-seyen bushels TO tie
Jcre. There is good profit In growing
BATS on this scale.
Not In years has there been more
disastrous decline In cattle prices than
mas occurred the past two weeks. A
iood Of haif-fat steers has been the Inn
mediate cause, but all grades from
common 10 choice have been affected.
The best beeves are worth twenty-five
ean,s less than two weeks ngo, while
common TO good grades have depreciat-
ID in the same time ifty TO sixty cents
per hundred.
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