The Lamar register., 1901-07-17
COLORADO NOTES.


State Treasurer Chipley of Pueblo
has purchased residence in Denver.
The new Antlers hotel at Colorado
Springs will be run strictly on the
European plan.
Late reports from many sources In
dicate Il heavy cantaloupe crop IN the
Arkansas valley.
A correspondent estimates the proba-
BILE value of the beet sugar crop OF
Bent county this year at $4,000
Benjamin Pettingell of Denver
claims to have invented Il method by
which nitro-glycerine can be safeiy
fired from cannon.
William H. Snider, one of the own
ers of the Manitou Grand Caverns,
died Mt Manitou ON the 9th instant, at
the age of fifty-three.
Thomas Thompson, Il well-knownresi-
dent of Gold Hill in Boulder county,
recently became insane and was taken
to the asylum at Pueblo.
Denver hotels are reported full to
overfiowing with tourists. The Brown
Palace, after placing many cots, was
compelled to turn people away.
There was n very large attendance
at the opening of the Chautauqua As
sembly at Boulder, July 4th. The ora
of Denver.
The board of trustees of Eaton have |,
passed ordinances for the issuance of
bonds to the amount of S20,OOO for put
ting in water works and $1,000 for eled~
tric lights.
Colorado is overflowing with intellect
this month, Chautauqua assemblies,
teachers Institutes and summer schools
being all in full blast in various parts
of the state.
The committee on new club build
ing for the WOmnn's Club of Denver
announce $1,000 on hand in the treas
ury of the club and $1,000 pledged on
subscriptions.
The club women of Denver are con-
sidering the erection of handsome
building for club purposes, with an
auditorium in 1t to seat in the neigh
borllood of 1000 people.
An automatic feeding headlight for
locomotives, invented and patented by
w. Z. Waldron of Colorado Springs,
has been successfully tested OH the
local street railways.
The county commissioners of Bent
county have appointed committee of
ten to arrange for Il county fair to be
held at Las Animas in September.
liberal appropriation was also made.
The Northern Colorado Produce As
socation met in Greeley and elected
the following directors for the ensuing
year: John Rankin. A. S. Munper,
Dan Wallace, A. y. Lester, John Hop
kins.
c. w. James of Denver has been
chosen general secretary of the Y. NJ.
G. y. at Pueblo. afterhaving made re-
markably successful record as depart
ment secretary of the Denver associa-
ton.
The Glen Park ChautauQua at Pal
mer Lake was opened July 9th. Presi-
dent Main of Iowa College deliverinS
the opening address. Present condD
tions indicate an exceptionally success
full assembly. =
Everett Burton, serving n ninety-day
sentence in the county Jail at Trinidad
for adultery, made his escape on the
Sth instant. He feigncd illness and
was placed in the sick ward. From
there he made his escape.
Judge Northcutt of the District
Court at Lamar Overruled the de-
murrer of the attorneys Of Prowers
county 10 the complaint filed by the
attorney generals office, in the suit to
compel the payment of interest collect
ed on delinquent state taxes by the
county.
Two terrible accidents occurred on
the same day at Pueblo OH the 10th in
stant. from attempting to start fires
with kerosene oil. Mrs. Francisco Vid-
man died at the Sisters hospital and
Mrs. Savereo Deldondo was taken to
the Pueblo hospital in apparently dy
ing condition. 4,
On receipt of information that large
forest fires were raging along Chalk
creek in Chanee county, and in Lari-
mer county. State Land Register Joyce
sent Appraiser II. a. Wells to Chnffee
county and Appraiser w. .. Jamison
to Larimer county. They were in
structcd TO use every means possible to
quench the flames. which We're report
ed TO be destroying timber on school
lands.
In the fiscal year vending June Both
the net earnings of the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad increased 81 .2GS0
1t was believed in the spring that the
net increase would reach nearly mil
lion and u half. but the increased oN0
lay in improvements cut down the net
earnings. Considering the amount
spent in improving the roadbed and in
buying new rolling stock. the year was
oi'e of the most profitable in the his
tory of the road.
Messrs. Orman 4 Crook, the firm of
which Governor Orman is n member,
have been given II contract for grad
ing $50 miles of new railroad line
extending from Deming, New Mexico,
to- FL Paso. Texas. The work is for
the Southwestern railroad, which has
about 100 miles of road in operation in
the same region. Outfits of the firm
We're shipped from Pueblo. Trinidad
and Denver and the actual work on
the grade will bp cpmmnprp1 nc cnpnI-