The Lamar register., 1905-02-01
COLORADO NEWS TIMES

The Boulder NaDey oi Company
has paid off all its Indebtedness and
declared its first dividend.
Andrew Carnegie will donate $4,000
for Il public library building at Silver
ton, the town to appropriate $1,000
year for its maintenance.
The Colorado Springs Carnegie Ii
brary board has already received Si5,-
900 of the 100000 donated by Mr.. Car
negie, and the building is nearing
completion.
WunG Lung. who presided over
the Joss house between Blake and Mar
ket streets in Denver for thirty years,
died in the Denver county hospital
few days ago.
Professor Paxson, who has been in
Europe for several months, has re-
turned to Boulder to resume his duties
as professor of history at the Uni
versity OF Colorado.
The members of the Woman's
League of the State University at
Boulder are raising fund to be loaned
to young ladies who are working their
way through college.
Loveland has changed its classifica-
tion from a city of the third class 10
city of the second class. a census
taken by the city in December shows
a population of 2,457.
At meeting of passenger officials OF
the western roads at Chicago 1t was de
termincd that hereafter all party bust
ness from Colorado common points
must move on tariff rates.
The ore house at Strattons Inde-
pendcnce at Victor was destroyed by
fire on the morning of January 2lst.
The structure and its equipments cost
between $4,000 and 100000.
The body of Mexican found in
Four-Mile creek west of Florence,
could not be identified. The man was
apparently upwards of fifty years OF
age. a union labor card On his body
was water-soaked and illegible.
The application of F. NJ. Weiland S.
w. Taylor Il. l.. King, j. o. Nelson and
]. d. Mcdonald to organize the First
National Bank of Fowler, with $4,000
capital, has been approved by the
comptroller Of the currency.
In the District Court at Trinidad
January 26th, Lazaro Trujillo was CON
yictcd of murder in the first degree for
the killing of Joe Bosco, near stark
vile, October 18th. The penalty was
fixed at imprisonment for life.
Last year $50 arrests were made
by the police of Denver, of which S.523
were of males and 1,047 of females.
The number found drunk and taken to
the city Jail in the patrol wagon was
s2,345.
Photographers from all over Colorado
are preparing o'attend the first annual
ball of the Denver & Rio Grande div
vision .. Order of Railway Telegraph
ers. which will be held in Woodman
hall n pnabIp pn Fpbrnary 2Stl-
Seventy-six cases of burglary were
reported in Denver last year and Chief
of Police Delaney reports that the
burglars were captured in every case
and many of them sent to the peni-
| tentiary.
At recent meeting the Denver
Chamber of Commerce took action to
greatly increase its membership. 1000
being the figure named. Young and
| active men are being pushed to the
front in that and the Real Estate EN-
| change.
Pueblo authorities are of the opinion
that fully 800 spurious $40 bills have
been circulated in Pueblo. Some
woman passed many of these bills at
several dry goods stores. receiving a
large amount of change in each in
| stance.
No more timber is TO be sold by the
State Land Board. At recent meeting
of the board Governor Adams pre-
sented n resolution instructing Regis
ter Woodruff to refuse 10 consider any
further applications for the purchase OF
state timber.
A Loveland special to the Denver
Republican January eth says: The
Loveland Reporter, after being under
u
for the last twelve years, was sold to.
day to Frank McAleekin of Canon City,
who will take possession tomorrow.
Representatives of Frank p. Blair
Post of the Grand Army OF the Repub-
lie at St. Louis have already been in
Denver 10 engage Headquarters for the
post for the national cncampment the
first week in September. They expect
an immense crowd and came carly to
avoid the rush.
DIR. ]. Robert Blair Of Omaha, who
recently visited Panama, says that the
firm of Orman & Crook, the head OF
which is former Governor James B.
Orman, is doing the most satisfactory
work of all the contractors. He also
says that he heard a great deal of Col
orado cement: that most of the engin
GERS there favor the use of the Colo
RADIO article over all Others.
Commander Downen Of the Grand
Army, department of Colorado and
Wyoming. has recommended that the
date of the department encampment
be changed from May "a to May II.
10. The encampment is to be held in
Denver. He has information that the
commander in chief, General Black
mer, can be in Denver on the 10th OF
May. returning from n trip TO Califor
mia.
A considerable number of counter.
felt ten dollar bills are said to be in cir
culation in the state. many having
been passed in Denver. The imitation
is said to be nearly perfect. except
that the silk threads that appear in
genuine currency are replaced by
minute black pencil marks on the bo-
gus article. The bills are limitations of
the buffalo" series. and are marked
with the letter ID" They are all
numbered "32SO9292."
United States District Attorney Earl
NJ. Cranston has commenced suit
against the Stratton estate for S4,SS5.
When the Independence mine was sold
to the Venture Company of England 1t
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