The Lamar register., 1903-09-23
COLORADO BRIEFS.

scarcity of farm hands to get in
the crops is reported In nearly all
parts OF northern Colorado.
| The undertakers, cemetery manag-
ers and hackmen. of Leadville. have
combined against Sunday funerals
Denver people are among the chief
mourners over the fact that the early
frosts will shorten the cantaloupe sea-
son In the Arkansas valley.
County Judge Ben b. Lindsey Of
Denver Will address the Missouri State
| Conferenceof Charities and Corrections
| October 7th. on the juvenile problem.
William G. Rice. manager OF the
Stratton mining properties In the Grip
pie Creek district. died at Colorado
Springs September 18th of cancer of
the stomach.
The Phillips County Agricultural
and Horticultural Association Will be
incorporated and stock sold at 70 per
share. The fair will be held about the
middle of October
According to the report OF tickets
still uncalled for at the joint ticket
agency In Denver there were still be-
tween 5000 and 5000 tourists In the
state on the 18th inst.
At meeting of the business men of
| of Boulder September 18th commit
| tee was appointed to endeavo- to Sc
cure a reversal of the order raising the
| freight rates between Boulder and
Denver.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Citizens National Bank
of Glenwood Springs to commence
business. The new bank will employ
a capital of $25,000 and G. Fl. Bell will
| be cashier.
DIR. Walter w. Branson, formerly OF
Golden, died few days ago at Palm
Beach, Florida. DIR. Branson served
for some time as superintendent OF the
State Industrial School for Boys, sue
ceeding w. H. Myrick.
The men employed in six of the Dem
Yer custom clothing establishments
went out on a strike on the 18th Inst!
One cause of the strike is the demand
/ for free workshops. but other questions
are said to be involved.
The earthquake of September 9Th in
the northern part of Colorado extend
ed to Grand Lake and vicinity. and
lasted from ten to fifteen seconds.
causing houses to rock and creak. 1t
Travelled in western direction.
Mayor Wright of Denver has been
requested to act as the Denver MEM
ber of the Sir Thomas Lipton testimo-
NAL committee and receive voluntary
contributions toward a silver service
to be presented to Sir Thomas.
Charles Vollke. arrested together with
George Marshland and kid Farmer
at Denver. is said to have confessed to
the stealing of ore to the amount OF
81. 500 worth from the Independence
mine in the Cripple Greek district.
A Salt Lake dispatch says that c.
Sum Nichols. newspaper man who
started a number of papers in Kansas.
Colorado and Wyoming since the close
OF the Civil war, died in that city on
the 18th inst. at the age of sixty years.
Henry Davis, the Denver snake
| tanner, is just recovering from the bite
of a copperhead snake. He was bitten
September list and for several days
was in very bad condition. But he
will keep on handling snakes Just the
same.
The United Oil Company's we'll No.
| on the Anderson ranch, near Boulder,
| is now pumping about twenty-five bar
| rels of oil day. This is the first well
| of the company that has been success
| full and IL will probably lead to further
| exploration.
The Rev. w. H. Marble. formerly of
| the Congregational church at Boulder.
died at Boulder on the 18th inst. at the
ege of 81 years. leaving two children
not yet Of age. His wife. much young
er than he. died few weeks ago OF
appendicitis.
The new Carnegie Library Board has
| been organized at Idaho Springs with
| Mayor George Riley as president.
hoi tak ka n
the building as soon as possible and
1t is expected that the library Will
open with 5000 volumes.
At meeting held September 19th 1t
was decided by the unions of Pueblo
| to assist the striking miners Of Grip
pie Greek district by giving to them all
| the money made on the Labor Day
| celebration, after all bills are paid.
| This will amount to more than $500.
A. Mccormick has been appointed
master mechanic of the Cripple Creek
Short Line. to succeed Owen Owen,
who leaves to take similar position
| on the Moffat road. Mr.. Mccormick
| comes from Fairbury. Nebraska.
| where he was master mechanic on the
| Rock Island.
1t is said that nearly all the larg1
| hotels of Denver were crowded and
| compelled to turn away many guests
on the night Of Sept. 18th. The rush
was occasioned by the meetings of tho
Masonic Grand Lodge and Homoe-
pathic physicians. together with somd
| large excursions.
The records of the Colorado Springs
| joint agency of the Western Passenger
| Association shows that the tourist
business of the past summer has eX-
| ceeded the high water mark made last
year The 1902 business approximate
| ed $4,000 tickets. while this seasons
| traffic will reach nearly 10000.
Denver is sixteenth on the list OF
Ama-ican cities in the record of build
| ing permits issued for the month of
| August, according to the Construction
News for September. 1t takes this po-
| sition not from the number of permits
issued, but from the expenditure
called for, s3S6.Sl0. by 162 permits.
| The Colorado Springs baseball team
came out second in the Western
League games. winning seventy-four
games and losing fifty-one, being ten