The Lamar register., 1901-12-18
COLORADO NOTES.

Holyoke people now "hello" on a new
telephone line which they hope to have
connected with the long-distance line
before long.
Hosea Townsend of Colorado has
been reappointed judge of the United
States Court (Southern districD of In
dian Territory.
President Roosevelt has reappointed
Walter S. Clark postmaster at Aspen.
and Amelia Williams postmistress at
Glenwood Springs.
The City Council Of Victor refused
to grant IL license for a saloon i'll the
Richlieu hotel on account of it being
close to n church.
John Alfred has been reappointed
postmaster at Leadville and John G.
Scott, postmaster nt Sterling, has had
the same good fortune.
The Denver Daily News announces
that 1t has moved into its new build
ing, 171O-172O Welton street. A busi-
ness office will be maintained ut the
old location.
John Jacobs, mayor of Florence. has
resigned. He is manager of the Stand
ard Reduction Works at Colorado City
and says he is unable to attend the
meetings of the council.
The Railway Mems Cooperative
Supply Association will start coop
erative store in Denver with cash
capital of $4,000. G. NJ. Hubert is
president of the association.
An organization has been effected
| among the business men of Fort Nor
gan and prominent farmers of the
county for the purpose of securing
beet sugar factory ut Fort Morgan.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has just completed an extension of its
tines from Livermore, Larimer county,
to st. Cloud, distance of twenty
miles, where it reaches an important
cattle section.
Dean Howe of the University of Den
yer has Just received fine specimen
Of ancient armor from Japan. 1t was
sent by Charles II. Hewitt. former
student of the university, who is now
u missionary in Japan.
The postmaster general has awarded
the contract for carrying the mail In
| the following named cities in Colorado
| for the period of four years from July
next: Denver, George w. Mayher, at
S3.7G3; Colorado Springs, ]. G. Gaines,
$1,7SO.
| Mrs. Pisko. who has just returned
from n trip to the Pacific coast, made
for the purpose of soliciting funds for
the establishment of n national Jewish
hospital in Denver, collected the sum
of $4,000. Last year she raised $780,
600 in the East
The Denver health department Is
sued 100 burial permits during the first
ten days of December. about twenty
five above the normal for similar
lengths of time. The excessive death
4 Il txr
phoid pneumonia.
A. ]. johnson of Akron. Colorado,
died on the 10th instant at Hot Springs,
South Dakota. Mr. johnson was one
of the pioneer attorneys of Washing
ton county. Colorado. He was register
Of the United States land office at Ak
ron during President Harrison's admin
istration.
At Burlington, December 10th, Fred
Douglass, James w. Jones and Ed
ward Harrington We're arraigned be-
fore Justice Boyler on information of
D. II. Jones and z. w. Morgan charg-
ing them with having stolen fourteen
head of horses. The defendants each
in turn waived preliminary eXaminn-
tion and in default of $500 bonds
were remanded to Jail to await trial in
the District Court.
The Colorado Fur and Feather As
ISOLATION has secured Coliseum hall,
Denver, in which to hold its annual
exhibition, January 1918, 1902. The
exhibit will consist of all varieties Of
poultry, cats, pigeons, canaries, rabbits
and cage birds, and promises to sur
pass even the large display of last
year. Entries are being made from all
portions of the state. The association
pays expressage both ways upon all
state entries amounting to $3.50 or
over.
A testimonial banquet and reception
is to be rendered Bishop Matz by the
entire Catholic clergy of the Colorado
diocese at the Brown Palace hotel, in
Denver on January 1th. At the re-
ception it is expected every Catholic
clergyman in the state will be present.
Covers will be laid for about seventy.
The exercises will also include the pre-
sentation of n testimonial to Bishop
Matz as an evidence of the high regard
in which he is held by the priests of
the diocese.
The Pueblo correspondent Of the
Denver Republican says that at n meet
ing Of the board of trade of Manzanola,
December 10th, a proposition was pre-
sented by ]. w. Beatty, II. o. Mclean
and 7. ]. Barlow from n beet sugar
company, the name of which the COM
mittee refused to divulge, to erect .
sugar factory there upon guarantee Of
sufficient acreage of sugar beets to
keep the factory in operation. One cit
izen alone guaranteed 1000 acres, and
canvass of the meeting resulted in
the assurance that from 4 600 to 5000
acres would be pledged at once.
A telegram has been received at
Cripple Creek by Secretary Arthur
Francis of the Transmississippi Con-
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