The Lamar register., 1903-06-24
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| dIleo Vi sc0OOlDOys arc peih6 vi :
ganized at Pueblo 10 work in the beet
fields of Otero county.
The president on June 18th appoint
ed Earl II. Reaugh postmaster at Aia-
mosa and William C. Sloan postmas-
ter at Amethyst
An investigation into the fall of the
Michaelson building in Denver a lew
weeks ago has led to the arrest of the
architects, contractor and city building
inspector.
The widely-known Hotel de Paris at
Georgetown. kept for so many years by
the late Louis Dupuy. with its wine Gel
lar and library. has been purchased by
Denver investment company.
The railroad assessment for Boulder
county, exclusive of the Colorado d
Northwestern road has been raised
from $943.1 in 1902 to $974.ll5 Tor
this year. being an increase OF $3o,9f'.
The school census of Las Animas
county shows S,72l registered children
within the scholastic ages. being an
increase of 1.01O over last year. Of
this. more than 500 are registered In
Trinidad.
The Grand Junction Chamber of
Commerce has decided to hold grand
Fourth of July celebration in connec-
tion with the Western Slope Veterans
Association, which will meet July End,
3rd and 4th.
The Minnequa steel plant at Pueblo
paid its May wages few days ago,
amounting to $324,O This is. by
$4,000. the largest pay roll in the his
tory of the institution About $500
men are employed.
The members of Upton Post, Grand
Army of the Republic. have erected
granite monument on the federal
grounds park in Pueblo. 1t Is sur
mounted by four ffteen-inch shells
used by the Union army in1S64.
AS one of his duties, President ID. II.
Moffat OF the Denver. Northwestern d
Pacific railroad has to sign his name
22,50O times to the issue of first mort
gage gold bonds issued by the COM
pany, each bond representing $1,000.
| Three hundred members will attend
the twelfth annual convention of the
| National Association of Elocutionists
| in Denver. June 22nd to Goth, inclusive.
| These viii! represent teachers OF elo-
cution in all parts OF the country.
On June 18th bad accident hap
pened to the stage en- route from Red
Mountain to Ouray The stage upset
| with eight passengers on board and
went down an embankment nearly 200
feet. No one was fatally injured.
Several bears and one lion have been
recently trapped in Estes park. The
best catch was made by e. j. NILS,
who. in one cluster Of traps. caught a
| cinnamon bear. two cubs and fox
Mr.. Mills will keep the cubs for pets.
"The Pines" beautiful tract of 100
acres near Monument. will be convert
4, ,ta
has been bought by the Monument
Park Cemetery Association. recently
incorporated Colorado Springs is the
nearest large town.
The physicians OF Fort Collins have
organized the Fort Collins Hospital
| Association and filed articles of incor-
poration. The Franklin-Corbin build
| ing on Remington street has been Sc
cured and will be fitted up as an up
to-date hospital.
The officials of the Pacific Jurisdic-
| tion of the Woodmen of the World
have sent 81 900 to Portland. Oregon,
| for the benefit of the sufferers from the
| flood at Heppner IN addition to this
an appeal for more funds has been
mailed to every lodge in the jurisdic-
ton, and the head officials expect a
ready and generous response
| The Colorado Springs Merchants AS
sociation is negotiating with Manager
Burns of the Millionaires baseball
team to send the Midland band in In
dian costume to the National and
T, American Baseball League cities at the
close of the regular baseball season.
and have the Millionaires play series
of games with the league teams.
The Colorado State Dental Associa-
| ton at its meeting in Denver June
18th elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: f. w. Varley OF
| Pueblo, president; F. Y. Herbert OF
Denver, secretary; II. w. Bates of
| Denver. secretary; William Smedley of
| Denver treasurer Next years meet
| ing will be in Colorado Springs.
The Denver Tramway Company has
| announced pension system which
| provides that employees reaching the
age of seventy years, who have been in
| the employ of the company for twen-
| ty-five years. shall be retired on part
pay. Employees between sixty-five and
sixty-nine years who have served the
same length of time may be retired for
physical debility.
The board of trustees of the State In
| dustrial School met at Golden on the
| 18th inst, and Joseph Dennis, who was
appointed TO Hll lne Ndtdity tduSeu
| by the death of George II. Kimball,
took his seat. On motion OF Mr..
J Dennis, John R. Schermerhorn of Den
yer was chosen president of the board
| and Thomas Downen of Pueblo, secre-
tary.
| Felix Cronk. prisoner in the coun-
| ty Jail at Glenwood Springs. commit
ted suicide by taking morphine on the
night of June 18th, dying the next
evening He was brought to the Jail
for safe keeping from Rio Blanco coun-
| ty. where he had killed man named
Roberts at Rangely. He escaped and
was arrested near the Utah line and
was brought to Glenwood last spring.
| At Overland Park in Denver. June
Goth, the Colorado Derby, running
race of one and one-eigth miles, was
won by ."The Major" in one minute
and fifty-nine seconds. There were
three prizes. the first being $500, win
ner 5000: second. $125; third. SIS. Do
nami was second. and John King third.
The winner was entered by Stuckey
/ G. Chambers nppami Inv i H Robbins