The Lamar register., 1903-07-29
coLoRDo BRIEFS.

some time inlptember.
Clark Dunihas been appointed
rural letter caer at Hotchkiss, COL
orado. and Wan ]. Barrow was
named as suitute, to commence
service Septenr 1st.
At the elect held at Pueblo July
23d in Park dict No. the PROPOSE
tiOn to vote $1,000 bonds for the en-
largement of runner park and ehe
purchase of Gle park was carried
by 274 votes, /; votes being cast.
The Colorad, Telephone Company
proposes to ha Hot Sulphur Springs
connected witt)enver by telephone
within the nexiinety days. After the
line will be exnded to Kremmling
and next season branch Will be con-
structed to Grtl lake.
Col. Charles Cooper. commandant
at Fort Loga has received nouce
from the War apartment of his pro
motion to a brldier generalship and
his retirement. plonel Wheeler OF the
Second infant succeeds General
Cooper as comrndant at the post.
The Democra, Club of Denver Is
making arrangeents for great PIC
mic August 8th.t which Mayor Carter
II. Harrison of'hicago Will De pres
ent. The gatheng is likely 10 De
very large one as Mr.. Harrison Is
among the presintial possibilities.
The judges OF the Fourth judicial
district. which i.luded Ell Paso couh-
ty, have appoind Henry Z. Cassidy
examiner Of it'll and legal adviser TO
the registrar. It's appointment being
called for by thelew Torrens law gov
erning the rsgisring OF land uties.
The decision othe Epworth League
to meet at Denvt In 1905 has aroused
new Interest in lie matter OF SUIT
able auditorium r. the accommodation
of large crowds. II Denver wishes 10
be known as c0vention city IL VIII
be necessary for he people to evince
some public spirit
The annual natnal encampment OF
the Grand Army the Republic VIII
be held at San Fincisco and large
number of the eterans VIII pass
through Colorado going and coming.
A party numberlg 20S. over the
Northwestern, is expected In Denver
August 18th to reiain over Tor day
John B. Frashel committed suiciG
at Telluride July 9th by shooting HIM
self through the hart while seated on
the grave of his wife, who died seven
years ago. He leves four children
Mr.. Frasher was ostmaster in Ieilu
ride during both Cleveland's admin
istrations and latT served as county
treasurer.
Judge August Otloii. a pioneer resi-
dent of Las Aninas county, died al
his home in Sopris July 18th. For the
last eight years he had been justice o
the peace at Sopri,. He was native
of Germany. sixtyeight years OF age
and leaves widow and several mar
ried children.
An engine. a each and the traiI
shed of the Colorato and Eastern raii
way. known also as the Scranton road
a line only sixteen niles long. built ou
from Denver in 1875 to somo mythica
coal fields. were burned July 2Oth' de
stroying almost the entire equipmen
of the line.
An unknown young man deliberatel
stepped before Santa Fe passenge
train at Pueblo July 21st and wa
killed. He had light brown hair and
light mustache. and was much emac
btff fudaqRfs1tfRt.f udaqRfss TIE name sscdf"J OF John Beffe
and the other that Of Vincent Mussel
On July 23d NJ. l.. McClafiin's bar
near Hygiene. in Boulder county. wa
struck by lightning and totally dc
stroyed by fire. along with one hors,
The fire burned granary nearby an
the total loss is estimated at $500,
with no insurance. A man employed o
the place came out of the barn a fe'
moments before the lightning struck.
Denver rejoices in lowering of tn
death rate. In June there were bu
1872 deaths. an average of 12 for eac
900 of population per annum. With
out considering the deaths from in
ported cases of tuberculosis. the deaf
rate is only ten per 1000 per annun
In June, 1902, there were 223 deaths
The city is now free from typhoi
fever.
A special election has been called a
Trinidad August 9Th to ratify the frar
chise granted by the council for a
electric railway and lighting plant
Meantime engineers will be busy mai
ing the necessary surveys. A suff
cient amount of money to purchase tn
right of way for the road betwee
Trinidad and Starkville and Sopris ha
been raised by subscription.
Owing to the rush of prospector
into the new gold camp at Bowermar
the Colorado and Southern has decide
to revive its service on the Gunniso
division to Pitkin. which was aban
doned four years ago. The train wi
leave Denver at S:15 a. m. and arriv
at Pitkin at 6:55 p. M. and Gunniso
at S:15 p. m. The route will be vi
Como, over the Alpine pass.
Denver will have ,another bronc
busting contest at d. A. C. park o
August LIST. The contest will be be
tween Martin c"Thado Sowder. tn
worlds champion broncho buster. an
William McNurlen for $500 side
McNurlen is backed by the Maynt
Porter Cattle Company and Rober
Stockton is backing the champion
Sowder is from Cheyenne and McNul
len is from Virginia Dale. Colorado.
The twenty-eight miles of oil pip
line that was laid by the Rocky Noun
tain Oil Company between its fields a
Florence and the Overton refinery FIJI
teen years ago, has just been taken NJ
1t was laid for the purpose of pumpin
the oil through to thte refinery, bu
from the start the process was not
success. so the company closed the re
finery. 1t has since been sold to a Boul
der syndicate to be taken to Boulde
and rebuilt.
Attorney Il. l.. Regennitter of Idah