The Lamar register., 1902-11-19
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| uon tne olu omcerS were reelected.
A branch of the Y. NJ. C. A. for col
ored men has been organized in Den
yer.
A big tract of land in the San Luis
valley has been sold to Michigan cap
italists.
DR.. Randolph Baird OF Boulder has
been bound over on the charge of hav-
ing murdered his wife.
The crown prince of Siam is spending
few days in the state while crossing
the continent to San Francisco.
Judge Bailey, at Canon City. has re-
fused to grant change of venue in the
Denver electric light case.
The shops of the Pullman company
at Denver are now employing 400 men
in building and repairing cars.
The Rocky Mountain News claims
that Alva Adams is elected congress-
man-at-large by plurality Of sixty
three votes.
The University of Colorado has been
presented with a valuable collection of
native minerals. fossils and skulls, by
James P. Maxwell.
The big corporations of Denver owe
the county about 100000 in taxes.
which they refuse to pay on the ground
The Court of Appeals has decided
that town trustee chosen to act as
mayor pro TEN. is still entitled to vote
on all questions coming before the
board.
Peter C. Coryell of New Castle was
dismissed in the District Court at Glen
wood. where he was being tried for
Shooting bull. He claimed he killed
the animal to prevent being gored.
Judge Mullins of the Arapahoe Dis
trict Court issued an injunction for
bidding the Denver Council to pass an
ordinance granting a franchise for
branch lines to the Tramway company.
but the council disobeyed the order of
the court.
Frightened by an approaching auto
mobile at Canon City. a horse backed a
carriage containing three people into a
swift-running mill stream. Mrs. Kate
g. Furnald. aged fifty-nine years. was
drowned and w. G. Mcclure. aged six
iy-five years. and Mrs. Emily Sournier
were slightly injured in the accident.
Owners of land and bitches in the
Clear Creek valley appointed commits
Tee yesterday afternoon to investigate
The feasibility of building reservoir
iystem. and to consider plans for build
Ing reservoirs If the scheme should be
found practicable This committee is
composed of H. G. Wolff. d. X. Lee. C.
E. Welch. J. F. Church. Henry Lee. S.
\. Wright. T B. Croke. 1t is to report
November Goth.
The Schlitz Brewing Company has
instructed it's draughtsmen to prepare
plans for big bottling house at Den
yer. The structure will cost about
S75. 900. exclusive OF the cost of the ma
chinery. The company, by erecting this
structure. hopes to save the cost OF
freightage on the bottled beer which
Il formerly shipped direct from Mil
waukee to Colorado. The works will
be completed about July 1st.
Rio Grande railroad men report a
bold hold-up at Salt Creek the other
night. Conductor Duse and Tuesdale
were in their cabooses. their trains
having stopped at that point for or
,lers. Two rough looking men entered
the cars. knocked the conductors down
and relieved them of their valuables.
They secured $50 in money and gold
watch. The robbers then walked out
and disappeared in the darkness.
City Auditor Latshaw has received
,he total assessed valuation of the city
of Pueblo for 1902 from the county as
SCISSOR The valuations are as follows:
Former city of Pueblo, $s.1S6,42l: for
mer city of South Pueblo. $3.976. 1876.
former town Of Bessemer. S2,4S0. .235,
making a total of the consolidated city
of Pueblo of s14 $50 .95l. an increase of
$500. JOG. In this valuation Bessemer
shows the largest increase. ii being
s434.315 more than in 1901.
A valuable find of white and varie-
gated sandstone has been made by J. P.
Erickson of Florence. which promises
to supply most of the building contract
ors of this state and Nebraska. The
quarry is situated near Beaver creek.
and close to both the Rio Grande and
Santa Fe roads. At present Mr.. Erick-
son is engaged in constructing wagon
roads and derricks. and before Christ
mas will have the quarry developed suf-
ficiently to output several carloads
daily.
All records for tourist travel to Colo
rado were broken this summer by
thirty-nine per cent increase. Instead
OF 5000 holders of tickets being in
the state. as was given out by the var
ious Colorado lines from their agents
reports. the completed report of Chair
! man c. A Parker. head of the three
Joint ticket agencies in the state. shows
there were exactly St. .l55 visitors in the
state holding tourist tickets There
were thousands of visitors who did not
travel on tourist tickets. but they are
not included in this tabulation-
Five hundred students of the Univer-
sitv of Colorado are on strike. They
have revolted over lessons during the
| ouarto-centennial celebration. There
were only two or three that reported for
lessons in each class Thursday and none
Friday. The revolt is unique in that it
| l. The first time in history that stu