The Lamar register., 1902-06-11
COLORADO BRIE F S.


tion will meet at Denver SoptciL DER "a
for Il thrcc-days' session. iD.'H .''
The publishers OF the new Denver
directory, just out estimate the popu-
lation of the city ut 152.l52.
The strike in the La Plata coal fields
was declared Off by the miners at
mass meeting held ut Durango June
END. '.tH'r't '."" rI-"'A
Denver is proud of the fact that
there Is no smallpox in the city ana
very few cases of diphthcria or scarlet
fevp'.
a moving picture of the Denver ire
department making its best time on Il
run down Sixteenth street was taken
Il few days ago. .HT
The large grand stand ut 'hutes
park in, Denver was burned aon the
night OF June 18th. 1t cost $1,000 and
was not insured.
w. $. Stratton has about completed
all his street ear extensions at Colo
RADIO Springs and will now innuSulrita
II system of transfers.
On June :,rd the Agricultural college
cadets from Fort Collins went into
camp at Poudre canon for weeks
drill. About 12O men were in line Tor
the march.
Postmaster MOorhcad of Boulder re
ports an increase or siXty-nnc per
cent in the business of the postoillce
for May over what it was last year
for the same month.
The tillablc land that remains open
for location in Rio Blanco county con-
sists principally of large tracts lbht
will require long bitches. There Is
good opening for companies or colonies
Il. Il. Dillon of Fort Worth, Texas,
recently caught "A trout in the Platte
river ut. Bailey's that measured sew
cntcen and onc-half inches III lcnsth
and weighed six and onc-half pounds-
The session of the grand jury in the
Gabrin poisoning ease at Denver still
drags its slow length along. Detective
Carberry has brought Mrs. Van
Fossem, the nurse, back from Idaho 10
testify.
EN- Governor John l.. Routt has re
turned 10 Denver with his daughter,
after n two-ycars' sojourn in Paris.
He says that Denver looks dirty com
pared with the clean streets of the
French metropolis.
Charles IIusscy, Il. l.. Morgan and II.
Blake, charged with the murder OF
months since. were tried and acquitted
May 10Th. the prosecution failing to
make a case against them.
C. A. Walker, who shot and killed
Jay Taylor AZ II boarding house near
Lcadvilc in April, was tried In the
District Court and found not guilty.
The quarrel was about II young lady
and Taylor was the attacking party.
The salary of the postmaster at La
Juntn has been increased from Sl,3OO
to $1,000: Montrosc has been Increased
from 81 700 to Sl.S0O. james Young
has been appointed postmaster ut Alt
man. W. IL. Hersum has been appoint
ed postmaster ut Olaihc. ..rL ...'I
Three students were graduated from
the State School for the Deaf and
Blind ut Colorado Springs on the ID
inst. The graduates are Frank l.. Sew
crn of Durango from the department
of the blind. and Frank G. Horton and
Edna Drumm of Denver from the deaf
department. |....H
Diplomas were granted To 2s6 grad
uatcs from four high schools in the
city of Denver on Thursday. June 9TH,
rs follows: District No. East Dem
verJ. 10; District No. . (Wcst Den
vcr,. GO: District No. Il tNorth Dem
vcr), G2; Manual Training high school,
District No. l, rs.
Postoiice Inspectors Frcdcrcks
and Small were in Florence II few days
ago and arranged for the establish
mcnt of free mail delivery service to
commence October LIST. The Blunt
block Is being romodclcd for the re-
moval of the postotiicc, which Will oc-
cur about July LIST. ''
Charles Lundberg died at the Sisters
hospital in Cripple Creek May Goth Of
pneumonia. He was one of the famous
rock drilling team of Lundbcrg and
Iindqust, who hold the championship
of the world Lundbcrg had only re-
Gently returned from q trip through
Arizona and New Mexico, whore lie
and his partner competed agniust all
cOmcrs. ...r# n". -."- ".f"
President Slocum of Colorado Col
lcge, who has been spending II year
in Europe for travel and study, is now
ut the University Of oxford in Eng
land. After spending tile fall and
winter in Italy aud Greece, he went to
Berlin for special work at the univer-
sity and will complete the summer
term nj oxford before sailing for
America.
The graduating clnsH in the regular
course at the Colorado Agricultural
College This year numbered fourteen.
They were given their diplomas on
commencement day, June md, AS fol
lows: Ladies' course, Misses Lorna
Annls, Addlc Bristol, VII, clmina
Douglas, Nellie Killgurc. Olive l..
sheldon. Eleanor TOfEliI,; agricultural
course, II j. Faulkner. r. q. Bishop
Estes T.. lay or; meLh:tGca COURSE
Ernest Graves; civil and irrigation en-
gincnrlng. orc NcDerinth, Oliver Pen
mock. Robert Richardson, Harry True
Miss Helen McFnddcn was given n