The Lamar register., 1902-02-12
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Rural free delivery has b,en estab-
lished at Grand Junction.
A mountain lion recently appeared
in Platte canon near Bailey's.
Judge Cunningham of Colorado
| Springs has declared that sealed YER
diets are illegal.
Employees of the Church estate allow
ed 104 cattle to die for lack of care.
The loss was $1,000. The men were
fined.
since January ODD there have been
131 leases and filings on oil lands, EN-
bracing nearly 21,OOO acres, 11,OOo sit
uated in the vicinity of Fort Collins,
recorded in the county clerks office.
and the rush to make filings continues.
Complaint was filed by Deputy Game
Warden j. S. Bush against Fred Riley
for killing three quail last December.
Riley was arrested and brought before
Justice ii. Il. Smith. He pleaded guilty
and was fined $50 and costs for vio-
lating the state game laws.
Early next spring the Colorado &
Southern railroad will commence ex-
tensive improvements in its yards at
Loveland, Colorado. The road will eX-
pend thousands of dollars in altering
the track to facilitate the handling of
the beet sugar products of the valley.
If the protective tariff is not reduced
by the present Congress the plans will
be put into execution.
Professor Rowe Of the electrical de-
partment of the State University re-
Gently tried the efficacy of thawing
frozen water pipes by means of cleo
tricity. He applied the wires at points
ut either end of the frozen places a cur
rent of 100 amperes and in twenty
five minutes had thawed out eighty
feet of frozen pipe, Which was several
feet below the ground.
The trustees of the State School of
Mines have issued the following no.
tice to the striking students: AT the
teuuest of Governor Orman. and with
the consent of the faculty. the trustees
have temporarily suspended the rule
of October. 1897. and Will hear evidence
and pass upon the occurrence of Janu-
nry 18th in the assay laboratory. the
students agreeing to furnish complete
information thereon"
B. s. Kelly. manager of the Kelly
tunnel, at Georgetown, had narrow
escape from death last night. He was
awakened by loud noise and found
that n boulder weighing over IL ton
had crashed through the building and
stopped within Il foot of his bed. A
search of the mountain side failed to
locate the place from which the rock
broke loose. Mr.. Kelly considers it Il
most marvellous escape from death.
The Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
Dany have not yet put II force of
railroad graders at work. but are Sc
curing right. of way to Paonia by pur-
chase. Parties at Delta who are work
ing in the interest of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company have con-
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pany would run the first train to Pao- .
MIA. while the Denver & Rio Grande
appear TO be generally anxious to be
the first to complete Its road.
Last Thursday night David Huff and
Thomas Fair. prisoners in the Weld
county jail. made an attempt TO over
power Jailor Henry Williams and es-
cape from custody. In the struggle
which ensued. Jailor Williams. in order
to force the two prisoners back. was
obliged to shoot. the shot unfortunately
entering the side of Peter Kane.
harmless, demented old man. who has
been staying in the Jail in lieu of
better home, producing a fatal wound.
Work on tire construction of a mon
ster packing plant. to be erected by
Denver capital. near the Denver Union
Stock Yards. will. it is now practically
settled. be commenced within the next
forty days. The company. which is
to include among its incorporators d.
ii. Moffat of the First National bank.
Charles Boettcher and d. c. Dodge of
the National Bank of Commerce, and
other prominent Denver men, will prob
ably file its articles of incorpo~a-
ton within the next ten days, and
will begin on the plant.
Marble cave. recently discovered
northwest of Florence in the lower foot
hills. promises to be. entered by hun
dreds OF tourists the coming season.
The entrance is just large enough for
the admittance of an ordinary man,
while the interior of the cave is sixty
feet high 200 feet from the opening.
Some of the openings to the chambers
need enlnrging before a person can
enter. After entering rumblinc
sound from underneath Is heard, which,
leads to the conclusion that the cave ia
underlaid with n subterranean body of
water. 1t Is not great distance from
the site of the first discovery of oil in
the state. near Garden park.
The State Land Bonfd has passed,up-
on applications to lease nearly 5000
acres of oil lands. The board has made
rule that applicants for oil leases
must pay at the rate of 500 n wear for
each section, whether they find oil or
not. Half Is payable now. and half in
six months. If oil is found. the state
gets ten per cent. of the gross output.
The oil boom has thus put more than
5000 into the school fund already, with
good prospects of material additions.
The board yesterday granted several
leases Tor oil on lands already leased
for grazing. The grazing rights do not
extend below grass roots, and n reser-
vation is made for mining rights on the
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