The Lamar register., 1904-07-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

The corner stone OF the new Elks
home at Boulder was laid June 3Oth
with impressive ceremonies.
Colorado is the only state in the
Union which has a publicity bureau at
the Worlds Fair in St. Louis.
Reports received at the state engi-
neer's office show that this has been an
unusually good year for water all over
the state.
There were 800 enlistments in the
navy from Colorado last year-and
hardly water enough in the state for
a single heavy dew.
The Colorado Springs and Denver
teams of the Western Baseball League
continue handsomely in the lead over
their four eastern competitors.
Wallace Colby. fifty-four years of age
and one of the pioneer mining men of
the district. was killed in runaway
accident al Leadville, June 27th.
An immense alfalfa crop is being cut
in all parts of Colorado. The present
condition of the soil nearly everywhere
is such as to insure another good cut
ting.
Raymond Wolf. the eight-year-old
son of C. w. Wolf. manager of the
Greeley Tribune. was seriously injured
by being run over by the wheels of
moving machine June 29th.
All the damage suits arising out of
the disaster of last January at STRAIT
tons independence mine have been
settled excepting two cases and nego-
tiations for the settlement of these are
in progress.
Recent floods have again seriously
damaged the famous Rainbow Falls, in
the Ute pass at Manitou, by cutting
passage under the rock. II will doubt
less soon be filled and the falls re-
stored to their normal beauty.
The cottony maple tree scale is doing
great damage to the shade trees in GER
tain parts of Denver. Mrs. Shute, sec
retary of the State Board of Horticul-
ture, says they can only be saved by
thorough spraying at least once year.
Bert Hughes, Roy Reeves and VIII
lard FELTON,. three lads who found the
body of Pearl Holland, aged eight, in
the Ro.al Gorge June cath, are entitled
to the $50 reward offered by the Salida
City Council shortly after the accident
on Memorial Day.
Charles Hell is in Jail at Denver
charged with having killed James Hen
ry In a fist fight. beating in the face and
kicking him until he died. Henry was
employed as fireman at the Globe
smoter and Hell was engaged as clerk
in the smelter store.
The body of Esther Morgan, one of
the victims of the Salida footbridge
accident, was found in the river few
miles above Canon City. June goth. by
a party of young people walking along
the river bank The body was caught
on some trees near the bank.
The Caledonian Club of Denver
unanimously voted to select John d.
McGiIvray of San Francisco. formerly
of Denver, as the chief orator at the
unwilling of the statue of Robert Burns
in the City park July 4th. The statue
is of bronze. heroic size, on pedestal
of solid gray granite.
The Empson Packing Company at
Longmont will give q reception July
9Th to which everybody is invited. Tho
capacity of the plant for canning peas
has been increased to 5000 cans ar
hour and the machinery used is vel
worth inspecting. A special train VIII
carry Denver visitors.
Members of the Pueblo Business
Mems Association are advocating a
plan for another excursion around the
circle. taking in Las Animas, Lamar
and Rocky Ford fairs with large del
egation of professional and business
men. Such trip was taken last year
with excellent results.
Thomas w. Dougan, member OF the
vi tor Miners Union. is in Boston In
the interests of the Western Fedora
ton of Miners and for the next fort
night will address the boston unions on
the situation in that state and request
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arrested or deported, and their fam
lilies.
Warrants were issued from the Unit
ed States Court at Denver July list for
the arrest of A. Woop. San Juan, Pa
tricio Conach and Siwaw. four Indians,
charged with the murder of medi-
cine man. Wap, in the southern part of
the state. The case has been once be-
fore the state courts. but was dismissed
for lack of jurisdiction.
Work has begun ON the new $1,000
coo cemetery and crematory to be con-
structed by Philadelphia capitalists
near Monument park, north OF Colo
RADIO Springs. H. d. Patton sent from
to supervise the work, has
a corps of surveyors plating and sur
veying the ground. The enterprise
probably will be completed by fall.
Judge F. T. johnson of the District !
Court at Denver, in hearing in cham
bers, gave the. Denver Union water
Company until July 26th to file their
answer in the suit brought by the Col !
orado G. Southtrn Railway Company. !
The suit is over the washing out OF q
large amount of track caused by the
breaking of a reservoir owned by the T.
Water company.
The Denver & Boulder Interurban
Railway Company claims to have Sc
cured all the right OF way between
louisville and Bloomfield. and most OF
the right of way between Louisville
and BouldA 1t also claims that most
Of the right of way has been secured
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