The Lamar register., 1901-08-28
COLORADO NOTES.

Sugar beets are looking well in Colo
RADIO.
The Colorado Springs horse show,
which closed August 22nd, was de-
clared to be decided success.
The Postoffice Department has auth
orized the appointment of one addi-
tional letter carrier at Boulder.
A new townsite will be located at the
Empire railroad station of the Colorado
L. Southern in Clear Greek county.
The steel works at Pueblo had pay
roll of S174,G00.50 for the month of
July, which is higher than ever before.
The planning mills and woodworking
establishments of Denver have been
idle for some time by reason of
strike of $50 workbench.
The Central City lodge of Elks is
preparing to hold fair and festival
from September 14th to 21st to raise
funds for the erection of building.
While on picnic with his family in
Williams canon at Manitou few days
since, Nelson II. Gates. of Nebraska.
fell from Il cliff and was Instantly
killed.
The proposed new power house and
plant of StrattOn's electric street rail
way system in Colorado Springs will
the finest in the West.
A Victor Ladies' Pioneer Club has
been organized by the ladies' who came
early to Victor Mrs. II. ii. Atchison
was elected president and 1t was de-
cided to hold annual meetings.
The five large steam laundry plant1
in Pueblo are endPavOring to effect Il
combination and nave been consider
ing the erection of a big plant to ac-
commOdate the whole business.
Lieutenant Colonel Cassius NJ. Moses
has returned to Pueblo and will make
1t his home in the future. Since re-
turning with the Colorado regiment Mr.
Moses has lived in Kansas City and
Denver.
Thomas Il. Barr, founder of the
Peoples Pulpit work in Milwaukee.
Will endeavOr to reOrganize the famous
Broadway Temple Association of the
late Myron W. Reed at the Broadway
theater in Denver.
In the Sugar City school bond cleo
tion the proposition to issue $4,000
bonds for an eight-rOom brick school
building was carried unanimously The
new building will be ready for occu-
pancy this year.
In the amount of building permits
last month Denver stood twelfth In the
list of American cities. her citizens
taking out permits to the amount of
$3IS.IS9, being an increase of thirty
six per cent. over July. 1900
On the 18th instant large excursion
went from Pueblo over the Texas
Greek branch of the u. & Il. G. road.
running from the main line at Texas
Greek to West Creek. The new branch
is worthy of the reputation of the
"scenic line
Two additional free delivery rural
routes are to he established at Boulder.
October LIST, with A. &. Campbell and
Il. NJ. Miller as carriers. These two
routes. forty-one miles long. cover an
area of thirty-twO square miles, and
serve n population Of 1000.
The Grand Junction Elks have
cided to erect building for lodge pur-
poses, and n committee has been ap-
pointed to look up site and confer
with contractors. The new building
will cost $4,000 and will also be fitted
up with fine dancing hall.
James A. Fleming. formerly of Den
YER. but now n wealthy mine owner
of Phoenix, Arizona. has been sued for
$4,000 damages by Miss Jessie NJ.
promised to marry her in 1890. and
has failed to do so. Miss Graham for
merly lived in Butte. Montana.
Grant Crumley, who shot Sam
Strong, was well known in Colorado
Springs in 1894, as was also his broth
tr, Sherman. who went to Cripple
Creek and soon attracted public at
tentiOn by being accused of participa-
tiOn in the robbery of n Florence Il
Cripple Creek passenger train 4 short
distance from Victor.
James II. Nichol was found dead in
his bed at the Melburn hotel in Den
yer on the evening of August Goth. He
had registered and retired to the room
ut 3 o'clock in the morning. requesting
not to be called. There was no evil |
dence of poison. A letter addressed to
Julia Nichols, Salida, Colorado. was
found lying upon n table in the room.
AT meeting this month of the board
of managers of the Jewish National
Home for Consumptives in Denver it
was reported that six patients who
had been in the hospital from eight to
twelve months have been discharged
cured. -Four of the cases We're severe
ones. There are sixty-five patients in Il
the institution and ten waiting II ac-
commodations.
Fish and Game Commissioner Har-
ris has received dispatch from Will
liam Radcliffe that he can have 1OO.-
600 trout which he has in the United
States hatchery mt Leadville. Mr.. Rad
cliffe has 100000 trout in the hatchery.
and Commissioner Harris will ask him
for all of them, which he will distrib-
ute in the st. Elmo, New Castle and
Frying Pan rivers.
-Four hundred Missourans held n re-
union at the North park in Colorado
Springs, August 7th, and the grounds
We're filed with yellow badges bearing
the Pike county slogan of "Show me.
Judge Rurris prpSidpl and CpuprpsS-I