The Lamar register., 1902-05-28
COLORADO BRIEFS.

mont county " Va c"A'SN
n post.
1t is now reported that drilling VIII
be in progress on five or SIX oil weils
near Kaprcly in Rio Blanco county by
July.
Bellamy Storcr. United States min
lister to Spain. has given $1,000 to the
Glockner santarum at Colorado
Springs.
President Frank Adams of the Den
yer Fire and Police Board, who has
been dangerously i'll for some time,
is reported to be slowly recovering.
The Pueblo ilks building Associa-
tion has been organized for the pur-
pose of acquiring real estate and build
Ing Il lodge room for the Elks OF Pu-
eDlo.
Postmaster L. C. Dana of Colorado
Springs has received notice from Wash
ington that his request for four extra
clerks during the summer season would
be allowed.
Civil service examinations will be
held in Aspen and Fort Collins on May
18th for the purpose of filling the posi-
tiOns of clerk and letter carrier in those
places.
A district convention of the Wood
men of the World will be held at Flor
cnce June 18th at which delegates VIII
be elected to the state camp ut Cripple
Creek in August.
Gen. w. j. Palmer has presented four
fine deer to the geological collection OF
the City park in Denver. They were
taken from his grounds at Glen Eyric
near Colorado Springs.
The spring races of the Colorado
State Fair Association will be held at
Pueblo June Sd to 9Th. Many of the
fastest horses in the West are entered
for the different events.
There will be n civil service exam
ination held mt Denver on June lIth
and 18th for the purpose of filling the
position of medical inspector and phy-
sician in the Philippine service.
Twcnty-three young men and one
young woman We're graduated on the
18th inst. by the Colorado College OF
Dental Surgery. which is the dental
department of the University Of Den
yer.
1t is stated that John kcating, super
ntcndcnt of the public schools of dis
trict No. 20 Pueblo. could have sue
cccded Regis Chauvcnet hs president
| of the School of Mines ut Golden had
he SO desired.
Harry Nicmcycr, n young man who
carried II paper certifying that he was
n member of the Society of the Army
of Santiago de Cuba, shot himself
through the brain in front of the cap
itol building in Denver on the loth
inst.
The tricnnial international Sunday
| school convention Will be held ut Den
yer June 26th to Both. Besides dele
gates from all parts of this country,
representatives are expected to be
present from Canada. Mexico, Porto
Rico, Cuba and the Philippines.
The real estate committee of the Pu-
eblo Business Mems Association have
| inauguratod Il series of weekly lunch
cons at which the business affairs OF
the city will be discussed. The lunch
cons will he given every "Wednesday at
| the Grand hotel.
| The first japanese to declare in Pu-
| cblo county their intentions of becom-
ing citizens of the United States, pre-
scented themselves at the Office of the
| county clerk II few days since and Sc
| cured their first papers. They are de
scribed rs two young and rather pretty
| women.
The Santa Fe will put on new
| through Colorado train for Il daily run.
| beginning June LIST. The new train
| will be composed of one composite car,
Il chair car. an observation car, Two
sleepcrs and diner. The putting on Of
this train will ncccssitatc II change in
the time card.
The pay of hfty-four clerks in the
Denver poStonicc has been increased
500 a year each. beginning July lst
Postmaster Twombly is authorized to
place on the pay rolls at salary of
$500 each seven additional clerks. Oc-
tober 1st lie is authorized to appoint
six additional clerks at the same salary.
John Baumgardncr, and old time
Lcadville prospector. was found dead
in his cabin, eight miles north of Lead
vile, Il few days ago. He had plenty
of provisions and it is thought that he
became suddenly i'll and was unable 10
summon help. He had been dead for
some time, and his large dog was
found a Short distance from the cabin
nearly starved.
A Grand junction dispatch of May
18th TO the Denver News says: The
wool clip of the Clark flock was load
ed today for shipment to St Louis.
Forty-two hundred sheep yielded 80
900 pounds of wool and the price paid
Is said to be 13 cents per pound. Clark
Il Son will ship their sheep to the
range in Gunnison county for the sum
mer in IL few days.
A roundup of wild horses has been
in progress on Wolf creek. Crooked
Wash and Blue mountain by horscmen
from Rio Blanco and Routt counties.
1t is very exciting sport and many fine
animals have been captured. These
Wild horses have been troublesome TO
stockmen, as they entice away tame