The Lamar register., 1902-08-20
COLORADO BRIEFS.

ed Howard NJ. Shoup chief Of police
to succeed Chief McCafferty.
The Fc-t Collins opera house is be-
ing entirely remodeled and enlarged.
II will have n seating capacity OF Ioo.
There are an unusual number OF
campers on the upper portion or boul-
der creek this year. This Will apply
TO many other streams in the state.
A good flow of water has been struck
in the artesian well sunk on the
grounds of the proposed Y. Nj. c. A.
health resort for young men near Den
yer.
Denver ranks sixteenth among the
cities of the United States in the mag
nitude of its building operations for
July, the permits amounting to S44S,-
$40.
The Grand Junction city council has
granted to the Teller Institute, the
school for Indians, permission to con
meet with the sewer system of tue
city.
A good many negroes are being
brought into the state to work i'll the
coal mines nt Chandler, near Canon
City. They largely bring their fami-
pes.
Farmers living on Orchard mesa, be
tween Grand Junction and Whitewa-
ter, suffered considerable damage from
a cloudburst and hailstorm on the
night of, August 11th.
Judge Il. A. Pattison, one of the
most prominent attorneys of Denver,
died on the 10Th instant of paralysis.
He was fifty-siX years OF age ana
came to Denver in 1886
If the ordinance now before the Den
yer City Council is passed the Denver
City Tramway Company Will make nu-
merous and important additions to It's
electric railway system.
Captain Carlin of the Highlands
Hose Company in Denver killed
coyote few days ago within few
yards of the fire station in thickly
settled portion of the city.
The First District Republican con
gressional committee has decided to
hold the district convention ON Sep
tember Bird, the day before that set
/ for the state convention in Denver.
A few days ago John Gard trapped
and killed large bear that had been
committing depredations along the
south fork of the Cache Ia Poudre
river. in the mountains of Lnrimer
| county.
The special fruit car from Denver TO
Loveland has been discontinued for the
season. The raspberry shipments.
now completed have been immense
and the crop has averaged about the
same as last year in the financial re-
, turns.
Mark Twain's story of "Huckleberry
Finn" has been barred from the Den
yer public library because it is not
thought TO b. safe reading for the
young. while TON Sawyer" remains.
Tom. 1t will he remembered, was
prize Sunday school pupil
l.. w. Dngle, teller in the First Ma
tional Bank as Aspen. was arrested in
Denver on the 10th inst. on instruc-
tions from Sheriff Adams OF Glenwood
Springs. II is stated that experts have
been at work on the books of the bank
and have found Il shortage in Mr..
Dingle's accounts.
Nanichant Inn. the large summer re-
sort hotel at Perry park, has changed
hands. Clarence II. Underwood sue
ceeding Il. X. March as proprietor.
Mr.. Underwood is understood to have
the backing of Col. w. f. Hughes. the
largest stockholder in the company
which owns Perry park.
Denver people are considerably agi-
tated over the necessity of economiZing
in the use of water for sprinkling. A
stringent ordinance is proposed provid-
ing heavy penalties for sprlnkling
lawns except during certain hours.
which are so restricted that large
lawns will suffer seriously.
The delegation of Florence Elks who
went to the Salt Lake convention wore
badges consisting of n huge elk's
head. mounted on n design Of oxidized
silver. Suspended from this is cellu
loi6 pendant on which is stamped the
picture of an oil derrick and the in
scription, Were Oil Right" and
stop and Fill Your Lamps"
The Denver Republican correspond
ent says that work on the Eaton sugar
factory is being pushed. More men are
being put on and there seems no real
son TO believe that the factory will not
be ready for operation by the time the
bcets begin to come in. Almost 5000
acres of beets are being raised for
this factory.
Sixteen labor unions from Pueblo
have already signified their intention
to take part in the grand Labo Day
celebration at Colorado Springs Sep
tember 1st. Other organizations will
attend from all over the state and
Lieutenant Governor Coates, Senator
Bucklin and II. L. Garman. ex-presi-
dent of the State Federation of Labor.
will be among the speakers.
The marriage of ID. A. Bragunier, n
young business man of Cripple Creek.
and Miss Frances Cadden of Gunni-
son was one of the features of the
Elks' fair at Cripple Greek Oh the
night of the 18th inst. The couple re-
ceived 800 in gold and other valua.
BILE presents. The platform on which
the ceremony WIS performed became
so crowded after the marriage that 1t
collapsed and several persons We're