The Lamar register., 1901-01-30
COLORADO NOTES.


Denver to run electric automobile cabs,
vans and express wagons.
The January pay roll of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company at Pueblo was
$4,000, which Is $4,000 in excess Of
any month of last year.
The Golden public schools. and the
School of Mines, which We're closed
two weeks on account of the sickness
Df many pupils, opened again Monday,
January 2Sth.
The American Cattle Growers Asso-
clation, recently formed during the
stockgrOwers' meeting at Salt Lake
City, will hold its first convention in
Denver. March 9TH.
The agricultural experiment sta
ton Mt Fort Collins has bulletin on
raspberries, blackberries, and other
bush fruits, now In press, which will be
sent to the regular mailing list and to
others who apply.
The Oil Well Supply Company has
announced It's decision to build manu-
featuring machine shops at Florence.
steel and sheet iron, and will cost not
less than $4,000.
The legislative committee now en-
shEtu III tne COul StTlkt
is examining many witnesses and
seems to be inquiring very closely into
all the details of coal production and
the pay of miners.
Secretary of State Mills has ap-
pointed Miss Florence Ragland of
Denver and Thomas Quinn of Ouray
to be clerks In the brand department,
and Miss Estelle Persnell of Central
City to be stenOgrapher.
Samuel Cobain, an employe of Geddis
x Seerie at Cheesman lake, near Buff
falO Park, committed suicide January
25th, at o'clock, by cutting his throat
with razor, severing the jugular vein.
dying twenty minutes later.
The Pueblo county commissioners ap-
propriated $40 toward the support of
the Pingree gardens, which have been
very successfully operated for two sea-
sons In Pueblo under the philnnthropic
branch Of the Woman's Club.
The Woman's Club of Grand juno
ton has received word from Andrew
Carnegie that he will donate an addi-
tional $1,000 towards the erection of
the new library building In Grand
Junction. The total sum now on hand
for building purposes alone is $1,000.
The freight depot of the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad at Colorado
Springs was almost totally destroyed
by fire January 26th, before daylight
in the morning. Night Watchman l..
G. Wells was found dead inside the
door and Is supposed 20 have died from
suffocatiOn.
1t was developed in the legislative
coal strike investigation committees s
examination OF Mr.. Bartels, secretary
Of the Northern Coal Company, that
the mortgages on the cOmpany's prop
erty aggregate $2,WO,OOO and that the
property is valued at between $780,
900 and $4,OOO,OOO.
Frank Wallace who was convicted of
murder In the second degree for the
killing of Night Captain William G,
Rooney, January %, 1900, was SEN
fenced by Judge NJ. S. Bailey In the
District Court at Buena Vista to term
Of not less than twenty-five nor more
than forty-fivc years.
Every effort is making for the ex-
tension of the city water works of Fort
Collins to a point above the mouth of
the North POudre, and the city engi-
neer, who has just completed the sur
vey. has submitted his report. which
gives an estimated cost of 500. .2S1, with
costs Of settling reservoir and head
works added.
Farmers institutes have been held by
the Colorado State Agricultural Col
lege Mt Holly and Rocky Ford, and
others will be held at Longmont. Love-
land, Grand Junction, Glenwood
Springs and MontrOse. The expert
ment station will soon issue bulletin
on Belgian hnres. giving the results of
feeding different kinds of food.
The assessed valuation of Boulder
county is S6.2I2,220.14. The assess
ment by towns is as follows: Boulder,
S1.GI0, 0,312!OS; Longmont, 5000. SOB 30
Lafayette. s1O7. 645.53: Louisville. SCI,
GOO.4: Ward, S2S, ,7O4.33. and Eldora
S43,249. The total county tax is S1O4,.
124.4G, and the total tax of all kinds
state. county, school, etc, is $780,.
T05.46.
A Farmers Institute has been organ.
lied at Morrose. C. A. Redding was
chosen president, T. ID. Nichols vice
president and Abe Roberts secretary
An executive committee consisting OF
]. T. Heath, Aaron Walters. Mrs. Hi
ram Dockstader and Mrs. ]. A. Fen
lon, were selected to act with the Off
GERS and prepare program to be sub
mitted at the next meeting, Februar,
2. 1901.
George Nelson, n Colorado Springl
contractor. has obtained n contract fol
twelve miles OF grading and cOnstruc
tion work on the Ell Paso & Northeast
ern railroad, now In course of building
to meet the Rock Island, which is beins
extended from Liberty. Kansas. Tn,
home office of the company Is at E
| pnSp Mr. Nelson will rnplIirn npn ,
700 men for this work, and will hir,
them from Pueblo and Colorad,
Springs.
Walter W. Shemwell, treasurer o
the Northwestern OIL & Coal Compan,
mt Colorado Springs. received tele
gram recently stating that the derricl