The Lamar register., 1900-05-16
COLORADO NOTES.


hotel Ii was called TO order at iosSo
this morning BY Chairman Gus hrense-
Secretary Oscar Q. Mcneil read the
call, after which Mr.. Krenxe an
nounced that the firsi order OF ssastness
would be the geiection q sen1Ise-
rary chairman n Il. Ntnccnt q Iss-
Ter county nominated Colonel kaw. =.
Brown Of Cripple Greek. the nsnairArsoA
being received with great itTSsszsse-
He was chosen temporary chairman ~
acciamatien.
c. L. niekerson os Teller cSSnsS ~Ss
chosen Temporary secretary and \
Manuel Of Fl FaSc ceuntr ana -
Sears OF Giipin as Asssstasss~
The chair AnHC Tnced tae Ssusl c,''za-
nittess
At the Rfre-ncaa session -egsS-zs r~e-s
the various committees were rssa5 AZ
adopted. after which the nszSsns'ss *
Nominating Delegates for sae NsEsaz-sZ
conTeutSoa 81 Phfaaae2pssak Was HzSsS
up. d. b Farley * Oc2o-a3z sszt-ss,s
Was plScSs IN p1=a&zssasz ~ b G-z--
ton OF Cc1s-ado Srrs2<&
The ssconz1 ns-zEzXs~a WAS Es-s ssa2
Grass os Trinidad. ~ NJ S-z&s4zr q
Pitkfn r p CAtz2 eS LsEESa1s <1s
I placed In nouinatbC1 zs 2sss-2aas for
I Mr.. Fairisy. and al tAzes we-e eiAss-
/ ed by AcciarsarsoCL
I For alternate fee d. Grass. Ssnts-
min Ritter az plsranr,,. 3. ]. McCa-s-
ney OF SiiveFton and e. K Huris-s %
{ ouray were plAcea IN no1ainathoa- the
last named being elecsesL
4 The Republicans OF the First Con-
4 greSsional District met At Dsuver on
I the 1lth and elected delegates 70 the
I pationl convention. They ares John
y b, Thompson, Boulder county. and
l Charles C. Cavender, Lake county. Al
/. ternates chosen ara Thomas Ii. Dayy,
Lariner county; William h. Burchi-
z nell. Arapahoe county.
Work win soon b. conmencci by the
I united fOrcss Of the Midland and the
! Colorado x Southern roads on thu three
! tracks OF the lines in and about the
mines at LeadviIle To make the con
I ueetiou between the Midland broad
i gauge and the Colorado S Southern,
7 BARROW gauge. roads VIII require the
7 building OF about two miles 0f new
{ road. The rails for the new ccnsiruc-
I ton has already been laid down 10
Z LeadviIle. and work VIII be cOm-
I menced as soop as lahorcrs can be 80
I cured.
I An innovation in Kindergarten work
I viii t-e introduced In school district No,
Z - at Pueblo by Superintendent kcai-
! ing. He has planned 10 have the pupils
( attending the kindergarten take an ac-
( tive interest In flower and tree plant
/ ing during the months between April
and September. The idea Is To have
/ the little ones plant their own flower
/ beds and shrublNery and give them
their Individual attention, teaching
= them the practical Us well ns the the
Z drefical ART OF bcautlfying their homes
and community This kind ot work Is
/ an experiment here. bur II Is thought
Will be successrul.
/ The Republican state convention met
at Denver on the 1oth 70 select dele
gates at large TO the national conven-
tion. The delegates chosen were: Ed
ward O. wolcott Arapshoe county;
Winfield $. Stratton. FL Paso county:
David II. Motfat Arapahoe county:
David X. G. Brown. Piikin county. Al
ternateS. r. E Churchill Weld county:
Earl II, Coe. Arapahoe county: Craw-
ford Hill, Arapahoe county: p. W. Rii-
ter. San Juan county The platform
adopted strongly tndorses the admins
tratiop on all points The speech u
Senator Wolco,t was the notable fea-
ture OF the convention.
A company has been formed at Long
mont for the purpos. OF prospecting for
oil west of that city. Work will begin
as soon rs the ground leases can be
made. Within the last two weeks oil
has been flowing out Of the ground In
several places. When IL began TO iiow
no one seems 10 know. hut * has been
noticed only recently. When IL issue=
from the ground there is some water.
and n very strong odor exists. The OIL
Is dark in color. and considerable
quantity can be taken mp by dipping 4
bottle in the water. About three years
ago company was formed for the
purpose OF prospecting for oil, and Pro-
fesser Arthur Lakes gave the company
at that time considerable encourage
ment and advised them TO go ahead.
but lack OF funds prevented progress.
The new company Is provided with
ample funds to push the project.
The CastIewood dam, near Castle
Rock. has apparently resolved itself in
to a big leaky rock pile from which no
danger is to be apprehended unless au-
other heavy storm fills II full Assist
ant City Engineer Ryan accompanied
State Engineer McCune on his recent
trip 10 the dam, and Indorses all that
the other official says on the matter Of
the necessity OF rebuilding the dam be-
fore the waste gates may again be
closed. Superintendent Alsop did Just
right in sending his telegram OF warn
ing, even though the dam did not go
out after ALL" said Mr. Ryan. When
the reservoir was full. the water pour
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