The Lamar register., 1901-03-27
COLORADO NOTES.


erect a building of their own at Mon
ument.
Pueblo will build some extensive
levees along the Arkansas river above
the city.
1t is stated that the Burlington route
will spend $40, 900 this spring and sum-
mer in advertising Colorado.
Sunday, March 18th, was st. Pat
rick's day, and was observed in nearly
all the larger towns of Colorado.
John X. Bennets, n prominent min
ing man of Boulder county, died at
Gold Hill, March 10th, aged siXty-siN
years.
The spring races at Trinidad will
take place May 21, % and 23 and good
purses promise to attract many fast
horses.
Charles Landes, president of the
state board of control of the reform
school, has been reelected president of
the board.
Harry +. Sharpless & Co. will build
seventy-tive-room family hotel on
Main street between Seventh and
Eighth in Boulder.
A new creamery will soon be erect
ed at Monument. Yards and pens will
nectlOn with the business.
The Denver real estate exchange will
hold a dollar banquet April 18th, at
the Brown Palace hotel, to discuss
Irrigation and How 1t Affects Colo
rado."
The funeral of Peter Otto, for fif-
teen years superintendent of the Eli
ers' smelter Mt Pueblo, was attended
by fully 600 employees on the 18th
inst.
The Boulder City Council unanimous
ly passed n resolution to assist the
Board Of Trade in making the quarto-
centennial celebration on August !,
1901, notable event.
A recruiting station will likely be
started in Boulder soon for the pur-
pose of enlisting soldiers into the reg
ular army. Those who enlist are to
fill out the quota now Mt Fort Logan.
The farmers near PIatteville are con-
tracing n large acreage of sugar beets
for the Lovelnnd factory. AS much
as 200 acres may be planted If the
movement progresses as 1t has be-
gun.
Ex-senator Thomas II. Carter of
Montana has written to the executive
committee of the National Irrigation
Congress expressing his regret that he
will be unable to visit Colorado on his
way home from Washington.
Colorado Springs proposes 20 go
ahead with her Quarto-centennial cele-
bration Notwithstanding the fact that
the state Senate has recognized Boul-
der. Her motto is pixies Peak or
Bust"
DR. Alfred Green, n prominent citizen
of Greeley and n surgeon of distinc-
ton during the war of the Rebellion.
died March Goth at the age of seventy
eight years. He served rs medical di-
rector on the staff of General Meade.
james Collins of Red Cliff has pre-
sented to the state historical collection
the largest cliff dwellers' vase now in
the collection. The vase is over four
feet in circumference and was found
by Thomas Collins in Mancos canon
eight years ago.
Philip Tritch, brother of the late
millionaire. George Tritch. of Denver.
has sued the estate for $T5.OOO. He al
leges that he loaned his brother S1.5OO
In 1865 on an agreement that 1t was to
be invested for his benefit. The money
was then three -seventieths of the es-
tate owned ut that time by George
Tritch and the amount sued for now Is
estimated by the increase of the 81 800
loaned in 1865.
A Telluride special to the Denver Re-
publican. March 22nd. says. J. =. Red
lex. one of Tellurides most prominent
citizens. had n narrow escape from
death in n snowslide this afternoon. He
was returning to his mining property
in Ingram basin and when he reached
point on the trail between Meldrum
Dali nj N"at1 fn1I eli Ia
broke loose from above and carried
him down the mountain side II dis
tance of 200 feet. The slide finally
threw him from under the snow and
when it stopped he was on top, unhurt
but badly frightened.
As n result of mass meeting of FIRE.
mont county miners at Florence. Sat
urtlay, March 23rd. all the concessions
made by the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company We're accepted and the strike
called off. The mines will be put in
working order at once and work will
he resumed about April list. Accord
ing to the company's offer the miners
receive 75 cents Il ton for 1000 pounds
run of the mine" This is cOnsid-
cred even better than the old scale, as
the men We're getting 81 per ton of
1000 pounds lump coal before the
strike was declared ten weeks ago.
Paul Morton. second vice president
of the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa f'e,
while in Denver few days ago. said:
1--WE do not contemplate any building
In Colorado this year. We have just
finished the block system between Den
yer and Pueblo and 1t is working per-
fectly. We will soon begin putting In
ninety-three miles of eighty
staaI rails betwppn Denver and Pueblo
and eventually this heavy rail will be
laid on the entire division. The report
that the Santa Fe has secured control
nf tho new Colorado SnringS & Crip-