The Lamar register., 1903-07-22
COLORADO BRIEFS.

Prof. IL. NJ. Hart, principal of the
Centennial high school, has resigned to
go to the Butte, Montana, high school.
The labor unions of Denver are al
ready beginning extensive preparations
for the celebration of Labor Day Sep
tember 7th.
Charles NJ. Schwab. president of the
United States Steel Corporation, re-
Gently spent three days at Manitou
Park. leaving for the East ON July 18th.
The Great Council of Colorado. I'm
proved Order of Red Men. and the
Great Council, Degree of Pocahontas.
will be held at Idaho Springs August
10th to 18th.
General Palmer has purchased the
Bear Creek toll road near Colorado
Springs. and proposes TO give it to Ell
Paso county II the commissioners will
take care of 1t.
Heavy fires on the 18th and 18th inst.
did considerable damage to timber
above Empire, in the vicinity of Ber-
thoud pass. For some time the fire
was remarkably fierce and utterly de-
fled control.
Nathan Adams. a ranchman living
near Surbar small town twenty-five
miles east of Colorado Springs, was
truck and instantly killed by light
ming about 2:3O o'clock on the after
noon OF July 18th.
Otto H. Wangelin and his wife, the
former being the proprietor of the
Boulder Daily Herald and president of
the Colorado Editorial Association,
celebrated their silver wedding July
nth. at Michillinda, Michigan, where
they were staying. together with their
children, for q vacation.
The newly Incorporated Trinidad
Electric Railroad Company has let the
contract for the construction of its
lines to w. C. Whitescarber Work
will begin August 18th. He will re-
ceive something like s35 900 for grad
ing. excavating and placing bridge tim
bers. etc.
Work has begun on the grade for the
proposed Wellington extension of the
Colorado & Southern railway out of
Fort Collins. The line will be twelve
miles in length and must be completed
by September 18th in order to handle
the immense crop Of beets that is being
raised in the Wellington district.
Grand Army men are delighted by
the promotion of Col. Charles A. Cool
idge to be brigadier general. AS cap
tain in the Seventh infantry. when that
regiment was In Denver General Cool
idge. who is veteran of the Civil War
and an enthusiastic Grand Army man.
became very popular in Colorado.
William Olsen, a car repairer en-
ployed by the Denver and Rio Grande
at Pueblo. lost both hands on the 18th
inst. when they were run over by a
freight car under which he was work.
ing. An engine accidentally struck the
car and his hands were SO badly crush
ed that amputation was necessary.
The stock books of the Colorado Fuel
and Iron Company were closed at noon
July 18th for the annual meeting of the
stockholders, which will take place in
Denver, August 10Th. The proxy COM
mittee is composed of John ID. Rookie
feller. Jr.. George Gould and j. G. Os-
good, and blanks for the giving of
stockholders.
Tent Endeavor. which blew down at
Denver, the property of the United
Society of Christian Endeayor, was
brought from Boston by the commit
tee. 1t was considered worth between
$1,000 and $4,000. The freight charges
from the East to Denver were $500 The
tent was insured against fire for $2.500.
but 10 provision was made for such an
accident as occurred.
Daniel w. Page seventy years old,
vice-president of the Hoeckel Blank
book Company of Denver and the old
est travelling man in this section of
the West, died at Salt Lake City July
10th. Mr.. Page gained his title of the
oldest travelling man in Colorado be-
cause for the last thirty years he has
consecutively Travelled the states of
Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
A verdict for $4,000 against the Grip
pie Creek Sampling and Ore Company
was rendered on the 14th inst. by a
Cripple Creek jury in favor of Joseph
Sousa. who brought suit to recover
$4,000 damages for injuries received
last August. Sousa. at that time. was
dressing a steel roller. when silver
flew Off striking him in the left eye,
completely destroying that organ.
Prof. G. T. Kemp of the University
of Illinois. has been conducting eXper-
iments at the high school building at
Cripple Creek in regard to the effect of
high altitude on people who have poor
blood He was assisted by five students
of Champaign ull) College. who twice
each day had their fingers punctured
fgnd from three to four drops of blood
t1aken out and carefully examined
The report of the secretary-treasurer
of the International Typographical
union shows that last year there was
expended out of total receipts of $685.
0O2. 2.O7 the sum of $60.S33.49 at the
Printers home at CG>orado Springs
Buildings and furnishings approximat-
ed $4,000, salaries $11 900, and running
expenses made up the remainder. The
greater portion of the money was spent
in Colorado Springs.
w. E. Pabor. the noted Colorado
pioneer and colonizer for many years
the efficient secretary of the State Ed
itorial Association, is visiting his son
and daughter in Denver. His present
location is Pabor Lake, Florida, where
he is at the head of a colony and pub
Usher OF the Pabor Lake Pineapple
Mr.. Pabor is still poet laureate of the
National Editorial Association and
read a poem at the Omaha meeting.
For the first time in many years the
Colorado & Southern railroad has
shown a decrease in net earnings. The
report of the company shows that for
the fiscal wear ending June Both the net