The Lamar register., 1902-11-05
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national irrigation act about 300 home
Pawnee reservoir near Sterling. and
filings steadily continue.
Logan county cattle shipments this
year will exceed 10000 head. mostly
one, two and three-year old feeders;
considerable firm block range-fed beef,
however. is being sent out.
Sugar beet day at Greeley and Eaton
on the Both marked an important perl
cd in Weld county's history. Thous-
ands were in attendance to view the
factories in operation at the two towns.
Sugar making in the Poudre valley
is an enterprise which has come to
stay. This year the beet crop alone
will make the farmers richer by s27O,-
900, and this in year unprecedented
for its destructive hail storms. severe
early frosts and scarcity of water.
Stephen ]. Donleavy of Denver was
presented with a solid silver dinner set
by the Arapahoe county Hibernians on
Thursday night in recognition of his
services rendered during the Hiberni-
an national convention in Denver last
summer AS county president he con-
tributed largely to its success.
r. w. Hawley and Shannon G. Lees
of the state engineers office have gene
on an overland trip to the Nebraska
state line for the purpose of measuring
the seepage water of the South Platte
river. The investigation will show
how much water returns to the river
after being used for irrigation, and IS
made every two years.
A large sale of real estate has been
made at Greeley by Herman McKelyy,
secretary of the State Normal School.
who disposed of the Park addition to
the town of Windsor to Davenport &
Armstrong. The purchasers Will
build a large hotel and number of
residences on this addition. The con-
sideration is not made public.
Sterling bids fair to become one Of
the great beet sugar centers of the
West. her sugar prospects now includ-
ing that of the George Gardiner Syndi-
cate of Colorado Springs. a factory to
be established by eastern capitalists,
whose personnel is as yet withheld,
and pending deal with President W.
ID. He over of the Eaton Sugar Com
pany.
Ten new trains have been built for
the Santa Fe by the Pullman company
at cost of s1.O00,000. for transconti-
mental use between Chicago, Denver
and California. An entirely new serv-
ice will be established Sunday. Novem-
ber 10th, with seven-car trains. and
the running time between Denver and
Los Angeles and between Chicago and
Los Angeles will be shortened more
than an hour.
More than half million dollars has
already been invested in buildings in
Denver this month. Mondays permits
to build brought the total to almost
$5s0.OOO. In view of the fact that the
fall usually is a duh season among
architects and building contractors the
investment is phenomenal. Last sum
mer's strikes among unions engaged in
building trades are to some extent re-
sponsible for the activity.
A verdict of acquittal was brought in
by the jury in the case of Mrs. Uplide
Vallie. at Fairplay. charged with be-
ing an accomplice of July Baker, who
was convicted of the murder of her
husband some time ago Mrs vallie
was little moved and did not seem sur
prised by the result Her sister. Mrs.
Murton, thanked the jury and the court
and then there was rush of all the
women in the court room to congratu-
late Mrs Vallie.
A new school building OF modern
style and architecture is to be built
by the Sisters of LorettO in Denver on
a site which is now being selected on
Capitol Hill. 1t will be used for st.
Mary's school. now located in the old
convent building on California street
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets. Several local real estate firms
are securing options on desirable sites
for the new school. although the new
building may not be built until the old
one is disposed Of
Old Tabbey, chief of the Uintah
Utes, as far back as the mind of the
Oldest inhabitant runs. died out near
White Rock agency, in Utah, one day
last week, aged 104 years. He was in
early days the special friend of the
prophet, Brigham Young. and did
much in his time to preserve peace be-
tween his people and the whites His
successor as chief of the Uintah tribes
has not yet been named. His son, Te-
cumseh, is not in good favor as the
old chiefs successor.
Surveyor Baker with a corps of
workers and accompanied by ID. A.
Camfield of the South Platte Reservoir
Company, is at Snyder for the purpose
of locating the site of mammoth stor-
age reservoir in that vicinity. This
company has nearly completed its
Jackson Lake and Riverside reservoirs
and it is supposed that next year will
seee the construction of the Snyder
water storage basin. 1t is estimated
that the Snyder water storage capa-
ity will cover $4,000 acres. with prob
able construction expenditure of $780,
O00
A permanent injunction has been
granted by Judge Mullins OF Denver to
Clint o. Heath against the town of
Evans. Heath is the owner of what is
known as the Ash Craft draw, which
runs into the Platte river near Evans.
The water in this draw is used for irri-