The Lamar register., 1901-11-27
COLORADO NOTES.

| and nut in use five Pullman coaches
! and 100 box cars of 10000 pounds ca
pacity.
Track laying on the new tramway
| line from Elitch's Gardens TO Aravada
has been commenced. 1t will be COM
| pleted in a month.
Fifty thousand dollars was received
| by the county treasurer of Teller coun-
| ty on the first day of the delinquent
tax sale at Cripple Creek.
Denvers Needlework Guild has just
| sent out 3,010 articles of wearing ap-
| parel to different institutions for dis
| tribution among the needy.
Colorado Springs has closed sub
scriptions for the Mckinley memorial
| fund after having collected nearly ST.
600. mostly in sums less than 81.
Assessed under the recent revenue
| law Lake county's valuation is placed
| at $14 ,269.97T, against something ike
| four and one-half millions last year.
On its second pay day at Rocky Ford
! the American Beet Sugar Company dis
bursed $14OOOO to farmers, who are
said to be generally making more from
| their beets this year than last.
John S. Stidger. special agent of the
general land office, has been trans
ferred to the Denver district from the
MOntrose district. He will take up his
new duties on December list.
Henry Pigg charged with selling
whisky to the Indians on the Wind
River reservation, pleaded guilty In the
United States court at Cheyenne and
was sentenced to two months in Jail.
Mrs. James II. Baker, wife of the
president of the State University, and
her father. Rev. Mr.. Hilton, arrived in
Boulder on the 18th instant, after
sojourn of several months in Europe.
The total cost of the recent election
to the taxpayers of Teller county will
be about $4,000. In precinct 81, where
only twelve votes We're cast, the ex-
pense amounted to $93.50, approximate
ly $S vote.
The Florence Oil Company is laying
three-inch pipe line from its wells in
the southern district to the refinery
for the purpose of pumping the crude
oil to the refinery. 1t will be more than
three miles long.
The Y. NJ. c. a. nt Colorado Springs
is erecting a $4,000 building and on
Sunday, the 18th instant, ten churches
abandoned their services for mass
meeting to raise funds for the continu-
alton of the work.
A report is circulated that the Buena
Vista hot springs, situated six miles
west of Buena Vista, have been sold
TO the Aspen-Buena Vista railroad.
which company will enlarge and make
an ideal summer report out of them.
Harry Waring, an operator upon n
AIerganthaler machine in the office of
the Times-Citizen at Cripple Greek, es-
tablished record on the 10th instant,
setting 3,403 lines. equal to SS,4IS ems.
in eight hours, the machine speeded to
eighty-four revolutions per minute.
Thomas Donovan. n young man re-
Gently found guilty in the District
Court at Cripple Creek of stealing
quantity of copper wire from the
Short Line, was sentenced to the state
reformatory at Buena Vista, to be re-
leased ut the discretion of the warden.
A ten per cent dividend is about to
be declared to the depositOrs of the de-
funct Peoples Savings Bank of Den
| yer. by i. j. Spencer. assignee. This
will bring the total dividends paid to
S6I, cents on the dollar. Mr.. Spencer
says that all the depositOrs will event
ually be paid in full.
Al: Boyd. William Brown and r. p.
Morgan, youthful cowboys from the
range south of Victor. recently at
tempted to give Il wild west exhibition
in Victor. riding their horses at break
neck speed up and down the streets
and firing shots with revolvcrs. They
We're arrested and fined.
The United States government wishes
an assistant astronomer for the naval
observatory. n place that commands n
salary of $1,000 year. An examina-
ton of those wishing the job will be
held at Denver on December 11th, 10Th
and 18th. Those aspiring to the place
should communicate mt once with ii. c.
Hunter at the Denver postoffice.
Louis G. Frossard, night engineer
and electrician ut the Lacombe electric
plant in Denver was instantly killed
shortly after midnight November Goth
at the plant of the company, Mt West
Thirteenth avenue and the Platte river
No one witnessed the accident. but it
is said he touched part of the ma
chinery that was heavily charged, re-
ceiving 6.OOO volts
The Colorado Telegraph at Colorado
Springs has been sold to syndicate
of local capitalists for S125.O0O. Lewis
Gaylord. owner of the controlling in
tcrest, retires. his equity being settled
for on n basis of $4,000. The new
owners recently secured control of the
Evening Mail. and these two papers
will be consolidated under the name of
the Colorado Telegraph, the Mail be
ing superseded.
At meeting of the directors of the
Colorado Chautauqua at Boulder No
vember Goth, the following executive
committee was selected: Chairman, j.
II. Nicholson; members. II. NJ. DeLong.
NJ. S. Whiteley. George NJ. Mcclure
and \. a. Reed. The committee 80
solicit the guarantee fund reported
progress to the extent of $1,000 of the
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