The Lamar register., 1900-09-05
COLORApO NOTES.

at La Junta burned down on the Both.
Albert w. Durkee of the Greeley Ma
tional Bank has been appointed post
master.
The horse show will be held at Den
yer October 3rd and 4th. \ great
many entries have been announced al
ready.
There nre at least five new creamery
enterprises soon to be started In Colo
RADIO. The industry continues TO grow
slowly but surely.
1t is announced that Florence will
very soon have an automobile factory.
A large two-story structure Will be
commenced in about two weeks for n
factory building.
\ new rural delivery route has been
established at Rocky Ford, to be thirty
four miles long and cover an area of
forty-eight square miles. Eugene w.
Shelton has been appointed carrier.
Rutiians who have not yet been ap
pretended have recently attacked sew
eral women on the streets of Denver at
night and robbed them. From one wo-
man $1,000 worth of diamonds were
taken.
The thirty-eighth annual session of
Church convened in Salida on the 2Sth,
and there is Il large attendance of min
listers and great interest in several
items of business to come before the
conference. notably the University of
Denver and the deaconness work of the
state.
n. W. Sample, for many years gener-
nj superintendent of the Denver n Rio
Grande railway. has resigned. The
vacancy will he filed by w. $. Martin,
formerly with the Louisville " Nash
vile railroad. Under Mr.. Metcalfe's
new policy it is expected that there will
be shifting of other officials within the
next few months. There has been talk
of changes for Il long time, but it has
been left to the new general manager
to make them.
Spencer Dicks. who murdered Orville
Miner. near Castle Rock on Sunday
night, drove into Rocky Ford Tuesday
night, put his horse in n livery stable
ana sent telegram to the officers at
Castle Rock to come and arrest him.
He said he might go to the prnitcntiary
but could stand no longer The life he
had led since Sunday night. Dicks was
completely exhausted, and after send
ing the telegram he registered ut the
st. james hotel under his own name
and went to bed. lie carried two re
volvers..
Thirty cars of melons day are now
leaving Rocky Ford. and Oh account of
their exceptionally fine quality. are
commanding fancy prices in all the
eastern markets. The melon season is
just now about ut the best and it is
nice picture to see tweaty or thirty re-
frigerator ears being loaded with crates
from the cooling houses and farmers
wagons. 1t is estimated that $4,000
will be paid to the farmers of Otero
county for their truck and melons this
season.
The third day of the conference of
Mcthodists at Salida witnessed the
completion of the full quota of work,
the most prominent being the decision
regarding the future of Denver tniver-
sity. The conference faced the situa-
tion with Il determination to do some
thing that would place the institution
on its feet firm and for all time to
come. For immediate relief the uni
versity will be made the first consider
alton OF all bcnevolenccs. having right
of way before all other claimants. This
will provide fund for expenses.
The State Board Of Health, under the
ulfectlOI OF StcFpII'y l yer, IL ITtIHT-
ing n tabulation of deaths and the
causes lending to these deaths. These
figures show that for the first six
months of this year IS,i more males
than females died. According TO the
school census of Arapahoe county the
male children of school age number
1851, while the females number H.
515. or 6G1 more than the males. The
other counties of the state establish
the same general proportion. which
gives Colorado many more girls than
boys.
A dispatch from Glenwood to the
Denver Republican on the :'lst said:
The committee of seven appointed by
the general passenger agents of twenty
one roads now assembled here are not
yet ready to report. The party met
twice today, and at each meeting the
committee asked for further time in
which to draft an outline for the new
transcontinental organization, and to
present an outline of the details under
which the association will be conduct
ed. The committee was in session at
a late hour tonight and hopes to have
its report drafted and ready to submit
tomorrow morning. The personnel of
the committee is as follows: Il. o. Me-
Cormick. chairman; ii. c. Townsend,
George r. Nicholson, Arthur s. Smith,
George W. HeintZ. Il. Il. ID. Morse and
John Sebastian. At the time Of writ
ing this disDatch they have reached and