The Lamar register., 1901-10-16
COLORADO NOTES.

storms south of Florence.
The first snow of the season fol at
Denver shortly after midnight October
9th. 1t was all gone before morning.
The city of Colorado Springs and the
county of Ell Paso will unite 10 build
a $1,000 pest house. work to be COLI
menced Immediately.
The President has appointed Charles
Hartzell of Denver secretary of state
for Porto Rico and he will leave for
that island Immediately.
Many portions of the state were WIS.,
tied by heavy fall of rain and snow
on Sunday, October 9th. The front
range took ON a coat of white.
The Letter Carriers National Con-
vention will meet at Denver next year
and arrangements will be made to
show them over the state as much as
possible.
Six new excursion cars. built on the
plan OF an observation coach. will be
ordered for the passenger department
of the Colorado Springs q Cripple
Creek Short Line railroad.
Governor Orman has issued an order
declaring Salida to he city of the
second class. in accordance with the
twelfth census returns. which gave
The net receipts of the State Fair at
Pueblo We're about 5000. The money
will be used 10 improve the grounds
and the remaining stock in the treas
ury will be sold as fast as possible.
A resolution is before the City Coun-
Gil of Denver and has already been
passed by the Board of Supervisors,
to change the name of City park. the
principal park of Denver, to "McKin-
ley park"
The Happy Home Company has filed
articles of incorporation with the secre-
tary Of state. 1t is the latest coloniza-
ton scheme for Colorado, and the
home is located at Flagler. Kit Car
son county.
Appearances seem TO indicate that
attendance at De Beque's third annual
lion hunt. October 18th and 26th, will
greatly exceed all previous years. Am
pie provisions for guides, horses and
dogs have been made.
For their mutual protection in many
matters the hotel men of Colorado.
Wyoming. Utah and New Mexico have
formed an organization which will be
known as the Rocky Mountain Hotel
Mems Association.
A. Van Bridgle. formerly connected
with the lockwood pottery. has locat-
ed permanently in Colorado Springs
and is contemplating the erection of
large pottery. The dead glaze" fin
ish. discovered by him. is considered
an attractive feature of pottery art.
An effort will be made to have the
members of the American Institute of
Mining Engineers to visit Colorado
Springs and the Cripple Greek district
Immediately after their annual meet
ing in the City of Mexico early in No
vember.
In case the Carter museum building
Is built at the east side of the City
park In Denver 1t is said that arrange
ments will be made with an automobile
company to run automobiles next sum-
mer through the park and up the hill
to the museum.
Pueblo will endeayor to secure from
Andrew Carnegie the gift of library
building into which to transfer the Nc
Clelland public library. J. j. Burns,
J. f. RiZer and S. ID. Trimble have
been appointed committee to take the
matter in hand.
The comptroller of the currency has
approved the application for the es-
tablishment of the First National Bank
at Las Animas, capital $4,000. Di-
rectors. Paul ]. Gaume. Oscar p.
Smith, George ID. Dulin. John McIn-
tosh and Llewellyn E. Thompson.
Word has been received from Miss
Cora Fay, one of the teachers who
went to Manila from Colorado Springs
that she has been detailed by the gov
ernment to open and conduct normal
school in the province of MindaDao.
She expected to be in charge of the
school with six American assistants
for at least one year.
On Monday. October Tth. the jury in
the Jenkins murder trial at Grand
Junction, after being out from Satur-
day night, brought in n verdict of muir
der in the second degree Jenkins shot
and killed Thomas Hallock in an alfal-
fa field near Whitewater. Sunday, July
7th. The trial lasted three days and
the defense was ably presented.
A jury in the District Court at Pu-
eblo has acquitted William Campbell.
the negro charged with the murder of
David Allen, whom he shot at the
Grand hotel last February At n for
mer trial the jury failed to agree. 1t
was shown in the trial. just concluded,
that Allen and his brother had threat
ened Campbell in such manner as TO
Justify him in feeling that his life was
IN danger.
Colorado Springs enterprise Is mani
fest in the San Juan Railway and
Electric Company, recently organized
with $3O0.OOO capital by local tinan-
ciers to build and operate an electric
railway In Ouray county and to fur
nish power and coal for the mines in
the San Juan district. G. A. Taft of
Colorado Springs will be general man.
ager of the company and A. S. Mum
son local agent.
The kennel show committee of the
Colorado Kennel Club has settled on