The Lamar register., 1903-03-04
COLORADO BRIEFS.

| Owners of greyhounds in Teller
county are arranging for a coursing
meet at High park in March.
Complaints of starving animals are
| coming in to Humane Society headquar-
ters at Denver from many parts of the
state since the late storms.
The Women's Club of Colorado
Springs will consolidate with the Fed
Grafton of Women as the Colorado
| Springs Federation of Women's Clubs.
| The Pixies Peak Power Company.
whose electrical power plant is located
at Skagway. east of Victor. is soon to
| begin extensive improvements at the
| dam.
B. j. Crowley, a laborer. was killed
by falling rock on the Moffat rail-
road grade in South Boulder canon,
February 22nd. This is the second
fatality on that grade.
A runaway freight train on Marshall
Pass occasioned terrible wreck at
a. m. February 21st. Harry Goldwa-
ter. fireman, of Salida, and Nelson Van
Pelt. brakeman, were killed.
At the Bassick mine in Custer coun-
| ty, February Goth, G. N. Nicholson.
miner thirty-six years of age, fell down
the shaft distance of / 400 feet, and
was instantly killed. every bone in his
body being broken.
| The Colorado Croatian Slavonian
| Society of st. Jacob has Incorporated
| at Denver. Its headquarters are in
| Globeville, and its object Is to teach
Slavs and Croatians the English Ian
guage and provide sickness and death
| benefits.
The Santa Fe railroad has settled its
| tax dispute with the county commits
sioners of Ell Paso county in regard to
the taxes OF 1901 on the basis of an in
crease of twenty-five per cent. over the
| rate of 1900, the sum agreed on being
| $15.7S0.66.
John F. Ritchie, a Denver police
man. was shot in the mouth and dan
gerously wounded by hold-up whom
he endeavored to arrest in the act or
robbing the saloon of Hans Olson on
| West Twelfth avenue in Denver, Feb
ruary 25th.
Petitions have been forwarded to the
| Legislature from Fort Collins with
| great number OF signatures protesting
against the adoption of the proposed
game law which. if passed. will make
| it possible to shoot ducks but four days
in the week during the open season.
The Loveland Business Mems League
has been organized with ]. NJ. Gun
ningham for president, w. l.. Thorn
u
treasurer. for the purpose of adver:is-
ing the advantages of the town as
manufacturing and industrial center.
Architect Roeschaub states that the
| Westminster College building at Den
yer will be completely repaired and in
| fit condition for occupancy within the
next sixty days The building was
erected about ten years ago and has
stood unoccupied.
The Western Packing Company at
Denver is perfecting plans for addi-
tional buildings at its plant at the
Union stock yards. At least four new
| buildings will be erected, and chief
among these will be the canning fac
tory. A butterine building will be in
cluded.
Superintendent Argo of the State
| School for the Deaf and Blind at Colo
RADIO Springs, states that should the
| Legislature allow the requested appro-
| priation of S59,500 for the institution,
4 $25, 900 gymnasium will be built, with
an equal amount devoted to building
improvements.
state association of letter carriers
was formed in Pueblo. February 25th,
with the following officers: President,
w. S. Sperry, Pueblo; vice president
d. e. Kerr, Denver; secretary and
treasurer. w. II. Allen, Pueblo. The
next state convention will be held at
Colorado Springs.
The Colorado State Letter Carriers
Association was organized at Pueblo.
February 26th. Delegates were pres
ent from Denver, Colorado Springs and
other cities and an enthusiastic meet
ing was held. The new organization
will be allied with the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers. 1t is the
first time Colorado carriers have been
| organized.
The county commissioners of the
late county of Arapahoe have decided
not to relnquish their offices until the
full text of the Supreme Court deci-
sion, upholding the Rush amendment
and sustaining the action of the peo-
pie of the state in abolishing Arapa-
hoe county and establishing the new
counties of Denver, Adams and South
Arapahoe, has been announced.
The Silverton correspondent of the
Denver News says: Thomas Annear,
receiver for the late Robin bank, has
adjusted many affairs and the outlook
for the depositors is bright. He has
money in Denver to reimburse the
state and this county, about 1000.
Mr.. Annear states that collections are
good. and he will be able to pay div
idend sooner than was expected.
The office of the general master me-
chanic of the Rio Grande Western
Railway Company has been abolished
from March list. The place has been
held by John Hickey, with headquar-
tinue with the road as master mechan-
| ic General charge Of the motive now