The Lamar register., 1900-04-04
COLORADO NOTES.

IN the land office for any previous
month in the past five years.
A sugar beet plant Will soon be in
| operation In the Arkansas valley under
the control of some OF Pueblo's busi-
ness and professional men Over zoo
acres of land under the Bessemer ditch
! have been selected and will be planted
In beets next May of this year. The
acreage will be increased from wear to
year and the farm Will be under the
management OF 5. b. Schmidt. an ex-
pert on sugar beet culture. The Pu-
eblo Farm Company has been incor-
porated for this purpose with a capital
stock Of $4,000. divided into 1000
shares. The incorporators are Frank
lin Iuiteman. g. B. Schmidt and Henry
A Dubbs, who. with John F. Vain and
.. X. McHarg, will act Us directors OF
the company.
Harper NJ. orahood, department com
mander Of the Department OF Colorado
and Wyoming, @. A X, elected al the
last encampuient. has made announce
ment Of the following appointments:
Thomas ]. FOote, assistant adjutant
general, Denver; Marshall s. Craw-
ford, assistant quartermaster general.
Denver; Charles Grabert, department
/ judge advocate. Lonsmont; c. A. Ham
ilton, chief mastering officer, Denver;
4. ;. HolbTeok, chief OF staff. Colorado
springs; George X. kImball, senior
aide. Golden. Each post commander
Of the department is requested by Gen
ernl Orahood 10 forward the name of
one cnmTatle suita BILE for aide on the
department stan and one for assist
ant Inspector.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams and Mrs.
Adams are In Washington en- route
from au extended visit in Cuba to their
home In Colorado. Governor Adams.
Ia an Interview, said that his visit to
Cuba had convinced him that the island
should .eCome n part Of the United
States 'It Is rtch.7 he said. in agri-
cultural and mineral resources, and
4 with the protection OF American laws
extended ton capital, VIII become n
profitable iield for investors What
Impressed me greatly was the cheap
freight rates upon products shipped
from the island 20 United States ports.
Rates on sugar are but IL cents hun
dred pounds from Havana 10 New
York. marked contrast TO our west
ern freight rates With equitable
laws Cuba should become one OF the
greatest wealth-prOduclng regions OF
the republic
l. r. Cleary and Dewitt Cleary, ac-
eused OF cattle rusiilng In the western
part OF Douglas county. were tried be-
fore Justice Crawshaw nt Castle Rock
ON the 3pth. The cnse attracted much
attention. A number OF the witnesses
examined admitted completely In the
killing of cattle but claimed that the
Cisnrys were the prime movers. l. Il.
CleaFy, the father. conducted n saw
mill and boarded a number Of men.
and u was to his boarding house that
the stolen beef was taken, but be
swore that he was absent and knew
nothing ot IL until later his son, De
wits, admitted that he and Newton
Ruzt,ee. n sonIn-law OF Cleary, had
Killed the steer. The effort OF the de-
feuSe seemed To b. to shift the blame
10 young CIeary, who is not yet Of age.
I. +. CIeary was bound over In 500
bonds and Dewitt CleAry In $1,000.
The father wifi probably be able TO
g!ve bonds. The prosecution was con
Quoted by the Colorado Cattle Grow
ers' Association, represented by Ralph
Talbot of Denver George +. Dunn
and l. c.. wIthaup were for the de-
fsnse II either OF the prisoners gives
bail be VIII be arrested again on other
charges
The nrst session OF the state confer
enc. OF charities and corrections at
Pueblo was tiIied with enthusiasm and
many important questions pertaining
To the betterment OF Colorado state
Institutions were discussed. The ses-
sion was called 10 order by Judge lie
Fevrc. John II. Gabriel OF Denver, Il.
o. pfelfrer OF Cripple Greek aud Rev.
r. L. Newton Of Pueblo were appoint
ed q committee to name Il time. place
and officers of the next meeting of the
conference The committee recon-
mended Boulder. November Is 10 20,
1850. with james II. Baker president.
and @. l.. StouaEer. secretary. This
was unanimously adopted w. i.
Recs. chairman OF the board of county
commissioners of Pueblo, read paper
on County Charities, or the Admins
trntion Of the County Poor Farm.
Mr. Rees mentioned where women
mad applied TO the board for aims who
had been deserted by their husbands,
some of them with large families TO
Drovide for. He recommended that
whipping post be established for this
class OF men. Some time was taken
up in discussing the feasibility of the
present law which provides for the
treatment Of victims of the whisky
and morphine habits at the expense OF
the counties. Chairman Pteiffer OF
Teller county said that his county had