The Lamar register., 1902-04-30
CoLORADO's CAPITAL.

Governor ofnlln recently hppoih'''
w. X Manis of Center, Saguache coun-
ty, water commissioner for district No.
~. vice Michael White, resigned. and
Meloney c. Soniat of New Orleans to
be commissioner of deeds for the state
of Colorado in the Louisiana city.
Labor Commissioner Smith has been
asked to Investigate the failure of the
old Chase Coal Mining Company with
n view to collecting wages due about
100 miners. They received about ten
per cent. of their due when the COM
pany ceased operations. The men
claim that there is still due them about
500 on the average
The Denver land office has received
n letter from Washington directing at
tention to the new law concerning the
making of final proof in taking up gov
ernment land. The law previously was
that in proving up" on stone and tim
ber lands the atlidavits and proofs had
to be sworn to before the officers of
the land office. The new law allows
the making of proofs before any prop
crly accredited judge or clerk Of a court
of record.
Notarles public We're recently ap-
pointed as follows: Walter s. Bah
cock, Minnie C. McClary, Geoge II.
Markey, William B. Shattuc Walter
n Sncllgrovc, Simicn NJ. Vessel. Den
yer; Allen r.. Briggs, Gunare i. o.;
Colin S. Campbell. Fountains; George
l.. Davenport, Greeley; Charles g. Gra-
ham. Colorado Springs; Wade IL.
Haley, Rifle; Marion NJ. Meredith, Rye;
William j. Miller, Mancos: Domenico
OZZelo. Starlivillc; George II. lattcr-
son, Lovcland; Jacob n. Pcttingcll.
81, ,,t1. N
IIotchkiss; Vidal Shoblo, Trinidad; FL
len Ray sullivan, Cripple Creek; Daniel
W. Thomas, Victor; Thomas V. VIII
son. Boulder; Sut. II. Wood, White
| Cross.
According TO the sanitary bulletins
| of the State Board of Health the num-
| Der of deaths in the state during the
month of March WAS 7S:', and the rate
/ of mortality to the entire population
was 1J.7S per 1000. The deaths from
| diphthcria during the month numbered
| 80 from smallpox |, from scarlet fever
| % and from typhoid fever I. In The
county of Arapahoc the total of deaths
| Nds 2J1. and in the city of Denver III
| The report says: compared with Feb
ruary the month of March shows an in
| crease of five eases of diphtheria, three
eases of scarlet fever and siNtytlrcc
cases of smallpox, ana n decrease OF
| nine cases of typhoid fever" Boulder
had 10 deaths during the month. Colo
| RADIO Springs n. Lcndvillc II, Pueblo
90 and Cripple Creek Il.
Two mounted beaver, n doe antelope
mountain sheep head, seven SHEEP
| horns and several of the latter un
| mounted were received n few days ago
by State Fish and Game Commissioner
| ia
Bush who coniiscated the specimens
in Glcnwood Springs. Florence, Saiida
and Colorado Springs. They ar" worth
| several hundred dollars and Will b,
, sold at auction, th" proceeds going t'
the fish and game fund The spcci
| mems were cOnfiscatcd in taNldcrmists
| shops. Curator FcrIil of the Stat,
| Historical society has not been arrest
ed for having in his possession n mum
Der of specimens of song and insect
killing birds. 1t is probable tn,
charges will he withdrawn upon til,
showing that the birds were wanted
purely for exhibition purposes in the
rooms of the society.
The st. Louis fair commission of Col
Orado Is considering Il proposal submit
ted from st. Louis people. This is to
present as n part of the Colorado cX
| hlbit. n rcllci map OF the Slhle zen l'c'
by eight feet. showing all the noun
tains and valleys. the streams and hills
and correctly locating the mining see
tons, and to send relief maps of the
principal mining localities of the state
such rs Cripple Creek, the San Juan
country. Clear Creek and Boulder
counties, defining accurately the loca'
tion of all the principal mines ana mills
and smelters. The maps Will cost
from 81. 900 to $1,000 each, and If made
will be copyrighted by the state. The
commission thinks that these maps
would he in demand among universities
and colleges, and by securing copy
right all the proceeds of sales of these
| maps would come to the state, thus re-
ducing the cost of the exhibit. The
proposal to take n tribe of Navajo In
dians from southwestern Colorado to
| the fair Is likely to be adopted.