The Lamar register., 1904-08-17
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


Der e-ozsd : Te-y successful season
August 7th-
:, e-o- Is being nzde to interest
.bz 7-o--e1 Of Denver In the formation
ot Al athletic club
NJ. 2 2. Ruby. the recently ap-
polutsc justice ot the peace at Coiofsco
so-tuzz. married = couple on the slh
Inst
The Izboy orgzuizziions of Denver
bzrs invited o-hsr unions throughout
the s-zte TO Join them in big demon
strstion on Labor Day. Monday sep
tenber 5th-
The rerr grand lodge meeting ana
euczupuent Of the Uniform Rank.
Knizhtz Of Pythiss. will be he'd al
Trtnitzd in August CT 1903, the cate
10 b selected later.
Al effort 5 beiug made TO interest
the Luthern synod embracing tne
states OF Ohio. Indiana and lllinols III
the establishment Of home for CON
sUmptiyez al Denve--
The Socialists Of Otero county have
nominated tieket which IS headed Dy
Dr.. \ P. Kendig Of Rocky Ford ior
state senator and o. VI. Rarton OF
Grand Valley for representative
H. 4. Stephenson, brakeman on
the Midland Terminal railroad, vas IL
stzntIy killed about 2 o'clock on the
morning Of the 10th inst. at Dlvlde'
by being crushed between two coup!efs-
Returning from Canon City to Pu-
eblo Governor Peabody passed over
the bridge near Eden, when the terri
BE railway disaster occurred, only
about fifteen minutes before the
wreck
William o. Anthony. secretary Of
the Anthony Motor and Manufactur-
ing Company at Colorado Springs was
killed in an automobile accident twelve
miles north Of the Springs on the 1th
inst
Two new postofice sub-stations are
to be established in Denver. One OF
them will be located at 100 BROADWAY
and the other at 2lo1 Champa street.
They will be known as stations Ia anu
Is
There are now eighty-seven knights
of Pythias lodges in Colorado. with a
membership of 1883. The receipts for
last year were SIS 1868 and the dis
bursements ss,570.7s, leaving balance
of ss.s26.15.
The cooperative stores of the West
EN- Federation of Miners will not be
reopened BY the federation, but instead
have been sold TO outsiders for invest
ment and will be taken over by the
new purchasers.
E E Edwards, a dairyman living
near Florence. saw mass of boulders
that had been washed on the Rio
Grande track at Chandler creek and
tagged No train with his coat in
time to avert a smash-up.
Over 500 men and 300 teams are
busy at work on the extension Of the
narrow guage road from Sunset to FL
dora in Boulder county. Superintend-
ent Robert Law expects the grading
to be completed within sixty days.
The coroner's jury at Telluride. in
the case of Moren Umsted, who was
killed by Frederick Leaning in the
fremont gambling hall on the 9Th inst,
returned a verdict generating Leam-
ing, who was released from custody.
Patents have been Issued to the fol-
lowing Coloradoans: Conrad Miller
and W. d. Urich. Denver. folding chair;
Thornton B. Rennell. Denver. vehicle
frame; Fred Russell. Cripple Creek.
drill; Daniel Townsend. Denver, tram
car.
Rev. ]. N Sheridan. who was
charged with criminal assault on II
year-old Vida Reese at Pueblo was
discharged by Justice Hart after a
preliminary examination, there not be-
ing sufficient evidence to warrant hold
ing him for trial.
Miss Stella Mcdonald, principal Of
the Central high school at Pueblo, and
DR.. James ID. McGregor, who were both
lost in the Eden wreck, would have
been married in a few weeks, their
hay announced
during the last month.
The Civil Service Commission an
nounces an examination to be held in
Rocky Ford August 9th, for the posi-
tions of postoffice clerk and mail car
rier. The commission says that it will
not be necessary to have medical GER
tificate filed with the application.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion will hold a session in Denver Sep
tember 10th to consider the complaints
of stockmen. At the same time the
complaint filed by George ]. Kindel,
mattress manufacturer of overcharges
on cotton goods will be taken up.
The Colorado Springs Forestry Asso-
citation, At an enthusiastic meeting, in
dorsed the government plan for the re-
fol~sting of the denuded areas in the
use every effort to aid the United
States commissioners now on the
ground.
The Rocky Mountain Interstate Med
ical Association will hold its annual
meeting on September 9Th and 7th at
the Brown Palace hotel in Denver.
There will be cheap rates from all over
the country and prominent physicians
from every part of this region will ad-
dress the meeting.
Pixies Peak Camp No. 5. Woodmen
of the World. is arranging to initiate
200 candidates in one of the apartments
of the Grand Caverns at Manitou some
time next month. There will also be
a mammoth street parade, with the
candidates and officers mounted on
donkeys.
Orman & Crook have established
thirteen camps along the line of the Ell
dora extension of the Colorado Il
Northwestern road. They now have
about 400 men and large number of
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