The Lamar register., 1901-10-02
COLORADO NOTES.

PalIsade people propose to erect
canning factory.
The State University ut Boulder has
opened with an increased number of
students.
Leopold Batres. nrchaeOlogist. has
begun explorations In the ruins OF the
cliff dwellings at MancOs.
The cantalOupe season In Colorado
has practically closed. Shipments
have been heavy and profits good.
The Elks' charity fair and bazaar
at Central City, which closed Septem-
ber 21st, IL reported to have realized
profit of over $1,000.
In n saloon quarrel mt Garland, Sep
tember 22d. w. Il. Tritsch was shot
and killed by Clark Brennaman. The
latter was placed under arrest.
A Physicians Business League has
been organized by the doctors Of Tel
Ter county, one of Its special objects be-
ing the avoidance of loss on bad ac-
counts.
The location for the Carter museum
in Denver has been selected on the
brow of the hill in the eastern end OF
the City park.
The state fair at Pueblo, which closed
September 21th, had large attend
ance. 1t Is estimated that 10000 peo-
pie We're present on Thursday, the
largest day.
A forest fire near Rosemont on the
Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek
Short Line was subdued after burn
ing over about eighty acres. Thirty
men were called out to fight the flames.
The Treasury Department has ap-
proved the application of c. V. Benson
of Loveland for the conversion of the
Bank of Loveland. The capital of the
new national bank is given as $4,000.
At the III Getting of the teachers of
Arapahoe county, September I'd, at
which 2I5 teachers We're present, reso-
lutions were adopted highly commend
ing the work of Miss Emma NJ. Herey,
county superintendent of schools.
Hereafter large American flag will
float over the heads Of the worshipers
in the Central Presbyterian Church in
Denver. Incidentally it has been
found greatly to improve the acoustics
Of the building.
Guy Sexton of Denver, an inmate Of
the state reformatory ut Buena Vista,
escaped from the gang In the hay field
September 2Gth. Sexton was serving
his second term. having been sent up
from Denver three months ago for
robbery, his sentence being indefinite.
The sixteenth annual convention Of
the Young Mems Christian Association
of Colorado will be held at Canon City
on October 4th. 9th and 9th. Christian
workers of all denominations are inyit-
ed, and will be given privileges of cor
responding members In the convention.
At Hahn's Peak. September oath,
George Herwig, n prominent ranchman
and sawmill man, comitted suicide by
shooting himself through the head with
a Winchester rifle He leaves wife
and one child. At the time of his death
Herwig was attending court and sleep
ing in a tent.
The annual New Mexico-C Colorado
fair Will be held Mt Durango October
9Th to 18th. The scope of this exhibi-
tion includes the Animas valley Of Col
orado and northwestern New Mexico,
the MOntezuma valley, the SlivertOn
and Rico mining districts-in brief the
whole San Juan country.
Fire on the night of September 26th
destroyed a large part of the stock OF
the Lamar Lumber Company at Lamar.
The lumber sheds and their contents
were destroyed but the coal bins, office
and other buildings were saved. The
company estimates Its loss at $12, 900,
with only 1880 insurance.
A contract has just been let by the
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company for
the construction of three additional
buildings on the hospital reservation
near Lake Minnequa, Pueblo, at cost
of $4,000. The buildings are for a
central heating apparatus, n laundry
and n recreation building.
Sergeant King of the Chaffee Light
Artillery, who helped nurse Corporal
Palmer, who was so seriously injured
and manned Quarto-Centennial Day in
Boulder, by the premature discharge of
n cannon, was released from further
duty a few days ago and has returned
to the University Of Colorado.
At meeting of the Retail Grocers'
Association in Denver it was decided
that they will move for certain restrict
i've laws and will take effective means
to bring every grocer in the state with
in their organization. No cutting of
prices is to be tolerated in the future,
If it can possibly be prevented.
Clarence H. Adams. an unemployed
newspaper man, committed suicide
September 25th ut the city jail in Ou-
ray, by hanging himself with a towel
made into n rope. He had been drink
ing heavily lately and dependency Is
supposed to be the cause of the deed.
He leaves wife and five-year-old boy.
The town of Edith, in Archuleta
county, Colorado, the site Of which has
been claimed by New Mexico, will have
to be stricken from the map Of that ter
ritory. l.. NJ. johnson, government in
spector of surveys, has reported that it
belongs to Colorado since checking up
the state line survey made by Cecil A.
Deane.
In the District Court at Fort Collins,