The Lamar register., 1903-09-16
COLORADO BRIEFS.

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Bailey. in Park county, this summer.
The new Dodge hotel a. the corner
OF Broadway and Seventeenth avenue.
In Denver. will be opened October list.
The Denver Lodge OF Elks imported
clans and had clam bake on Labor
Day. II they had few clans they had
plenty OF sport.
North Park is prosperous this year
and the people held a big festival at
Walden. September eth. Sth and 9th. in
the shape OF a harvest home picnic.
The board of trustees OF the Denver
Public Library have elected William
B. Tebbetts as a member OF the board
to succeed the late Roger w. Wood
bury.
Charles +. Carter. superintendent OF
the schools Of Tarentine. Pa, for the
past three years, has been elected prin-
cipal of the Greeley High school Tor
the ensuing year.
The Golden smelter closed down
September llth for an indefinite per-
iod. The employees were paid on and
told that when they were again want
ed they would be notified.
Cold weather marred the Labor Day
celebration September ith at many OF
the mountain towns The hrst heaSy
Iall OF snow on the front range was
viewed from Denver and other plains
points that morning
The Boulder county Democratic
convention adopted resolutions con-
demning the present calling out. OF
troops TO ths Cripple Creek district by
Governor Peabody and also the former
call OF troops to Colorado City.
District Organizer John Gehr of the
United Mine Workers of America, re-
Gently started in to complete the or
ganization OF the miners in the Trini-
dad district preliminary to the antici-
bi-monthly pay day.
Thomas w. Wright, who died at Sa-
Ida April 18th of typhoid fever at the
age of thirty-two years. had served ten
years in the United States navy and did
important service on board the San
Francisco in Cuban waters during the
Spanish American war
Announcement is made that another
evening daily paper will be started In
Pueblo October 18th 1t is stated that
there is plenty of capital behind the
new enterprise and that the new paper
Will be Independent in politics. Local
men will be in charge.
The town board of Monument grant
ed franchise to Thomas ]. Chase to
maintain and operate water system
for term of fifty years. Mr. Chase
has a number of good springs on his
ranch above the town and will build
reservoir to store the water for the
system.
A committee of the Denver City
Council has decided to recommend the
establishment Of n creamery at the
county poor farm. There are forty cows
on the farm and it is proposed to add
forty more. A creamery. together with
an ice plant can be built for about $10,-
900.
DIR. Arnold Stedman. one of the old
est and most prominent physicians of
Denver. was operated on for appendi-
citis Thursday September Sd. DR.. Sted-
man is sixty-four years of age. and
while he stood the operation well his
condition has awakened serious appre-
tensions.
Ground will soon be broken for the
new Episcopal cathedral in Denver 1t
will be situated on Capitol hill be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth ave-
nues and Washington and Clarkson
streets. Only portion Of the building
will be erected at first at a cost of
about 1925 900.
The Colorado Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation will celebrate its tenth ami
versary November 7th. A meeting will
be held at the Womans Club building
in Denver and invitations will be sent
to the officers of the national society.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. Mrs. Ellen
Shaw and Miss Susan b. Anthony.
The Pueblo City Council has ratified
the appropriation of $4,000 for park
district No .. With this money Carlile
park will be purchased and improved
1t contains $50 acres, and will be crea-
ted into the City park. The car lines
will be extended to it. Drummer park
will receive part of the appropria-
ton for Improvement.
The Denver Republican correspond
ent at Rocky Ford says it is the opin-
ion of cantaloupe buyers that the yield
for this year in the Arkansas valley
| will fall from twenty-five to thirty-five
per cent. below the yield of last year.
| The entire crop will probably not
| amount to over 500 cars, while the ship
| ments of last year amounted to 800
| cars.
During the last week of September
| there will be given by the colored citi-
| zens of Denver Colorado students
| benefit concert to assist fifty students
10 receive an industrial education at
the Topeka Industrial institute. the
| Western Tuskegee, at Topeka. Kansas.
| Successful benefit concerts have al
ready been given in Colorado Springs
and Pueblo.
A letter received from Andrew Car
| negie by the trustees of the Carnegie
| library in Pueblo. announced that he
| will give $4,000 additional to the $780,
900 already donated with which to COM
| plete the building in process of con-
| struction at Royal park. The offer is
made on condition that the City Coun-
| ell increase the appropriation for
maintenance of the library.
Work on the new county road from
| Loveland to Estes park up the Thomp-
| son river, was stopped September 18th
owing to the fact that most of the
| force quit to go to work at the Love-
land sugar factory. 1t will be continued
when workmen can be had. About
twenty miles of the road is already
completed and four miles remain to
be done. The road has thus far cost
about 100000 and will require $4,000 to
complete.
The coroner's jury at Grand juno