The Lamar register., 1900-02-14
cJLoRADo NOTES.

of Its twenty-fifth anniversary were
very successful. The new hall was
dedicated
1t appears that Mrs. Shute and Pres
ident Brothers of the State Board of
Horticulture We're both asked by the
board to resign as result of continued
friction. They both did so.
At Cripple Creek on the Sth, Mrs.
Kate Williford shot and killed her hus
band, j. E. Wllliford, and attempted
unsuccessfully to kill herself. Jealousy
is supposed to be the cause.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company has
arranged with the Colorado & South
ern TO turn over to the latter road
It's cars that are to be hauled from
Trinidad and Pueblo to Fort Worth.
this avoiding the long haul through
Kansas.
The city council of Victor has re-
moved A. B. Boylan, police magistrate,
for malfeasance of office. being charg
ed with appropriating $1,000 in fines
collected by him. Night Marshal
Campbell was removed for refusing
to testify against Boylan.
The Beekeepers of Garfield, Delta.
Montrose and Mesa counties will
hold a horticultural and beekeepers'
convention in Grand Junction Tues
day and Wednesday, February 18th
and 14th. There win be able papers and
discussion on the subjects of horti-
culture, beekeeping and agriculture.
Samuel Strong the rich mine owner
of Cripple Creek was married on the
9th 10 Miss NJ. Resinga Neville, after
which they started on tour around
the world. Just after the ceremony
Mr.. Strong was served with notice
of a breach of promise suit by Miss
Luella Vance Of Gold Hill. Strong
says 1t is blackmaii.
Owing to the fact that during the
past two months there have been two
engineers blown up and killed by
thawing powder by the boiler, Engi-
neers' Union, No. 75, of Cripple Greek,
passed a resolution forbidding its mem
bers from allowing any powder to be
thawed around any boiler of which
they have charge.
E. NJ. Allen shot his wife, his daugh.
ter Zuia and himself at O'Clock
Wednesday morning in their rooms in
Black Hawk. The daughter is still liv-
Ing. but her death Is momentarily ex-
pected. Aliens wound is not necessar-
lily fatal. The cause Of the shooting is
believed to have been temporary aber-
ration, superinduced by domestic dis,
agreements.
Weaver & Co., a new oil company OPP
Grating in the Florence field, started its
first well pumping on Friday evening
1t has been pumped long enough to
determine the permanent flow of the
well, the owners placing 1t at 100 bar
rels per day. This is the most impor-
tant oil strike made in this district for
year, and causes rejoicing through
out the oil field.
An accident occurred on the Flor
ence & Cripple Greek railroad Wednes-
day evening at the switch called Glen
brook, by which j. G. Nevins, fireman,
and f. NJ. Alverson, brakeman, were
killed. The train was leaving a siding
and on account of the air brakes refus-
ing to work because of the snow on the
track. the engineer lost control. 1t raced
for half a mile on a steep grade, when
1t struck a curve and the engine left
the truck. Eleven carloads Of ore were
piled on the engine all within a space
of two car lengths.
The Home Mining Company of Lead
vile has secured an extension of its
leases, making them cover a period of
ten years. This important concession
was readily granted by the owners,
who now see before them a steady in
come for decade of years from the
royalties that is paid over to them
daily as the smelter settlements are
made. The Home Mining Company
mines are now outputting between $50
and 400 tons of ore per diem. netting
the company an average of 81 per ton
over and above everything.
Valuable deposits of crude soda have
been discovered in the small lakes In
Costilla county, not far from Monte
Vista. G. FL. Pettib0ne appeared be-
fore the land board in support of his
application for a lease upon this land
and succeeded in securing the lease
To the board Mr.. Pettibone explained
that he was the promoter of company
being formed to develop the soda de-
posit, which is from six inches to two
and one-half feet in thickness The
company proposes TO establish refining
works near the lakes and engage in the
business of producing marketable soda
in large quantities.
AT the regular semi-monthly meeting
of the City Council of Boulder, City
Attorney Campbell presented the city
with a patent which he had received
from the United States government for
140 acres of land lying Immediately
west of the city on Flagstaff mountain
The statutory rights of cities to acquire
government land for park purposes.
which was called to the attention of