The Lamar register., 1903-08-19
COLORADO BRIEFS.

MANY Of the ciriZens Of Greeley
strongly obsec7 20 baseball games on
Sunday and are taking steps 10 have
them suppressec
Thomas Gordon Of Cheyenne has
been appo;ured engineer at the Grand
junction Indian school al salary Of
$40 per annum-
On the afternoon Of August 18th a
cloudburxt in the foothills between
Morrison and Golden did eonsiderzble
damage TO roads and bitches.
The annual com roast al Loyeland
which has been omitted for several
years. sill b. reyiyed again this year
and celebrated September Bird Every
| body Is invited.
Isaac p. Van Wormer, gellkno~n
Denver pioneer and prominent cattle
man. died at his home in Denver. Au-
gust 18th, at the age of seyenty-tnree
years.
The Argansas Valley Fair will be
held at ROCKY Ford September End,
3rd and ith. Watermelon Day will be
celebrated on the second day OF the
fair. September 3rd-
An order Issued by General Nelson
A. Miles before his retirement COM
rnands the presence in Manila of Major
Daniel II. Appel. L. S. A. who has
| been stationed In Denver on special
duty since June ith-
The Pueblo Trades Assembly has
completed arrangements for the Labor
Day festival. September eth. The csle-
braiion will be held at the fair grounds
where an extensive program of racing
and athletic events will be given
The work Of the annual conyocation
OF the colored aasons at Pueblo came
to a close August 18th. by an open in
stallatiou Of officers and an elaborate
banquet More than lso delegates
| present
jefferson Fry, a ranchmhn living
seven miles below Rife, was drowned
on the 9Th inst while bathing in the
Grand river. He was thirty-four years
Of age and leaves a widow and three
small children
A rural free delivery route has been
ordered established at Brush. Morgan
county. September 18th There will be
one carrier, who will have a route
twenty-five miles long and serve 80"
people.
Congressman Hogg will Introduce
bill at the next session OF Congress 10
forbid entrance into this country OF
any who canno: show papers signify
ing that he has not been prosecuted for
a crime for a period of five years
DIR. Hindman of Trinidad has pur-
chased the Staplin ranch, Al the foot
OF Spanish peaks. and will erect SZ5.-
600 summer hotel on the place The
sale price of the ranch, which contains
800 acres, vas 10000
il In the County Court al Pueblo \
few days ago, before Judge Gibson, a
speedy divorce record WAS made when
jury was sworn In, the Testimony
taken and 4 verdict rendered in favor
OF the plaintiff In i've and one-half
minutes.
i The first carload of nails produced
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany at Pueblo was shipped August
1 sth, and J. W. Brooks. superintendent
of the wire mill, made an exhibit OF
the first barbed wire manufactured In
the West. Samples of telegraph and
telephone wire are also exhibited
Werner z. Reed and o. H shoup OF
Colorado Springs. and A. NJ. johnson
of Denver have bought the interest OF
Captain Arthur Hotchkiss In the State
Bank at Fort Morgan, and will reor-
ganize the bank as the First National
Bank of Fort Morgan as soon as the
pleted.
DIR. George II. Slower of Denver has
received a small quantity, about ff-
teen grains. in the form of a chloride
of the new metal. radium- He will
test It in the cure of cancer and other
diseases. The value OF the specimen
is $I75, and an ounce would be worth
81, 900 Pure radium would cost about
ten times as much.
Prof George II. Rowe. dean of the de-
partment of electrical engineering in the
University of Colorado. has rendered
his resignation to the board of regents,
to be effective at once Professor
Rowe's resignation is due to call
from Leland Stanford J. University In
California. to occupy similar position
in the faculty there.
The Colorado Midland railway has
settled with the different parties who
had secured Judgment by stipulation
against them on account Of wreck
near Cascade, on June 20. 1902 Miss
Mary O'Rourke of Victor was paid W.
$50, and Miss Estelle Lewis and her
mother. Mrs. Lewis, were handed a
check for $500.
The Mormons of Denver are complet-
, ing plans for the erection of house
OF worship at west SlItn avenue huu
,, South Water street. The church will
be two-story structure. and besides
the hall for religious purposes will
have also arrangements for an office
Sunday school rooms and housekeep-
Ing rooms for the resident elder.
, Secretary Shireman OF the State
, Fair at Pueblo announced that two
couples will be married before the
, grand stand during the State Fair.
The ceremony performed last year was
so popular that the management will
, give two at the coming State Fair.
, One wedding will be on Wednesday. or
Labor Day and the other on Thursday
) or Pueblo Day."
Steps are being taken at Greeley to
organize Farmers Association. The
object of the organization will be to
further the interests Of the farmers OF
! Weld county by securing competent la
Dor for the harvest fields and to estab-
lish a uniform scale of wages. Much
trouble has been experienced in former
years in securing men for the potato
digging. which begins September 18th
and is at its height during the month