The Lamar register., 1901-01-02
COLORADO NOTES.

Springs.
A credit mems association has been
formed in Boulder with +. @. Mays as
president and James Bergheim secre-
tary.
Governor Charles S. Thomas and his
wife celebrated the twenty-seventh an
niversary of their marriage on the
Goth ultimo.
cold wave struck the central and
southern portion of the state December
9th, but only severe enough to be
seasOnable.
Mrs. Hattie Ward. II widow living n
well-known ranch near Hayden. was
burned to death II few days ago by the
burning of her house.
The Northwestern is believed to be
arranging to build II line from Valen-
tine, Nebraska. into Denver. A pre-
liminary survey is being made.
There were eight weddings mt Boul-
der on Christmas eve and Christmas,
which seems to indicate that the Boul-
der boys are getting bolder.
In Denver. December 10Th, George
Hobbick, n South Omaha stockman,
first tried to shoot his wife and then
shot himself through the head.
Governor Thomas has appointed MIS-
Harriet q. Wright to fill the uneXpired
term of Mrs. George on the board OF
control of the State Industrial School
for Girls.
The new artesian well ut the Tabor
Grand opera house in Denver has
struck II flow of water mt $50 feet that
rises to within 100 feet of the top. 1t
will be sunk deeper.
Warren S. Daniels, at present book
keeper in the office of the state audi
tor. has been formally notified that he
will be appointed deputy state auditor
by Governor Orman.
General Frank NJ. Reardon. pOstmas-
ter at Victor and Mrs. Reardon were
presented by the employees of the post
office with an elegant silver tea set oil
five pieces on Christmas day.
John C. Richardson. prominent
ranchman of Eagle county, is Thought
to have become demented. In which
state he wandered away into the noun
tains and perished from exposure.
In Denver. December Doth. Barton
IL. Runyon shot and fatally wounded
Edward Windbauer. young man VINO
had been visiting Munyon's daughter.
The act was the result of ii quarrel.
The date of the .Ieffersonian banquet
at Denver in honor of Governor or-
man has been changed to the night
before inauguration. January 1th. 1t
is to be n genuine Democratic feast. to
cost So Il plate.
Il. II. .leffery. president of the Denver
x Rio Grande. returned home on De
cember 2Tth from the meeting of West
ern railroad presidents in New York.
and also the annual meeting of the flo
Grandc directors.
Indian Agent Myton of the Uintah
and Ouray agencies reports to the IN
dian bureau at Washington that the
search of western Colorado by the
state officials for indians hunting in
the state has resulted in a failure to
find one Indian.
Justice Adams of Boulder. who had
under advisement the cases against 4
the Eldora men accused of killing n. :
b. Bailey. ordered that Ellis and
Schott be discharged. Rowell, Mitch
ell, Leach. O'I1ca and West were each
held in 2.5OO bail to await the action
of the District Court.
The annual dinner of the Colorado
Yale Alumni Association will be held
January 9th at the University Club in
Denver. Notices have been sent to
the members. but the date on them
reads January 9Th which is n mistake,
and will he corrected by Il supplement-
ary invitation.
a great amount oil nay mas Deen To-
tally destroyed along the line of the
Union Pacific railroad near Julesburg
= by sparks from engines. The losses
will aggregate $1,000. Great damage
has been done to grazing land along
the Platte valley on account of fire
burning up the winter forage.
The Wabash and Wisconsin Central
roads have given official notice of a
rate of / cent Il mile for the G. \. r.
encampment at Denver. The Missouri
Pacific is the only one of the principal
lines leading westward that withholds
the announcement. 1t is thought it
will also join the majority very soon.
The two new and big ice houses of
the Santa Fe railroad at La Junta will
: be completed within thirty days. These
houses have an aggregate ice storage
capacity of 10000 tons and will be a
principal midwest Santa Fe system re-
frigerating supply source, the native
ice coming from Lake George, ColOra-
do.
w. J. Blaze, the man who was found
guilty of counterfeiting tickets of the \
Colorado Midland road. is to have a.
new trial. Blaze had started on his
term at Sing Sing and the officers Of
railways are disappointed to learn that
another hearing is to be granted. The