The Lamar register., 1905-09-27
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

State Treasurer HolmberS Will prose-
cuts all saloonkeepers ana druggists
who undertake to do business WIN
state licensesi
The Woman's Club of Colorado
Springs has voted TO donate $50 TO the
Jacob Riis settlement at AZ Henry
street, New York city
The county commissioners OF FIRE.
mont county have ordered large
steam roller, crnsher and other ma
chinery for road work at a cost OF w.
\ 900.
The broad.gauge railroad from Du-
range to Pennington, New Mexico, was
finished September 10Th. All fruit
shipments from Pennington now come
to Durango by rail.
Harvey w Hawley, editor and pro-
prietor of.the Denver Times from 1883
to 1894. died AT Berkeley, California,
September 21st after an illness OF
several years from paralysis.
President David Starr Jordan of the
Stanford University Will be one of the
lecturers at the meeting of the Coao'
rado State Teachers Association in
Denver December 26th to 18th.
The baggage room of the Rio Grande
railroad at Colorado Springs handled
$4,000 pieces OF baggage during the
month of August, this business far ex-
ceeding that of any previous month In
its history.
f. c. Smith. retiring general super
intendent of the Cripple Creek Short
Line, was presented with $3.50 gold
watch and chain by several of the
Short Line employees, previous to his
departure for New York.
Rufus Petit. full-blooded Cherokee
Indian and graduate of Carlisle
school, enlisted at Trinidad few days
ago in the regular army as an infantry
private. Petit graduated from Car
Isle with the highest honors.
On September 2lst more than 100
Pueblans went TO Canon City to at
tend the Fremont county fair. Each
wore badge on which appeared a
large cluster of grapes and the words,
pueblo Greets Canon City Sept. 81.
1905"
Gov. Joseph W Folk. the celebrated
reform executive of Missouri, was
guest of the Denver Chamber of Com
merce luncheon September 21st and
made ringing speech in behalf o:
clean government and the enforcement
of the laws.
H. ls nan, posi- iiuuti ioi iht tte
Indians at Ignacio. Colorado. is author
ity for the statement that the name
given TO Pixies Peak by the utes was
"Acowacadee." meaning Red Top
mountain" The accent is on the sec
ond syllable, Cow"
A meeting has been called in Salida
by Marshal Herzinger for October 23d
and cath for the organization of the
fntn iafi of
of Police. Mayors. city marshals and
heads of city detective departments
are eligible to membership.
Invitations have been issued by the
board of trustees and faculty of the
Colorado School OF Mines. Golden, an
nouncing Monday October I'd, as the
date on which the cornerstone of the
Simon Guggenhem hall will be laid.
The exercises will be held in the after
noon. #.
The contract for the construction of
a new high school building in district
No. 20, Pueblo (South side). has been
let for Sl0S,000. the structure to be
completed by October /. 1906. While
the present building will cost s10S.000,
the plans call for two wings on the
ends of the building and when these
are copleted, the cost of the building
will be 100000. but these wings will
not be constructed until there is de-
mand for more room.
At the close of the second trial at
Durango. September 20th. the jury in
the trial of Jake Zipperian. charged
with the murder of Matt LuNsinger. af-
ter being out Twelve hours, brought in
verdict of guilty of manslaughter.
Zipperman was then sentenced to from
seven 10 eight years in the peniten-
tiary. The murder occurred on the 14th
of last October and was the result of a
quarrel over some of LuXsinger's cat
tie that got into Zipperman's fields.
Thre new members and one transfer
are announced in the faculty of the
Agricultural College at Fort Collins.
Royal Hawlett and Miss Florence
Stuver will be assistant professors in
mathematics and Professor S. A. Nc
Donaud will be acting head of the
mathematical department. Professor
E. B. House. formerly at the head of
this department. will take the position
of professor OF irrigation engineering
under Director l.. C. Carpenter.
On September 2ed II. ]. Williams.
Jr., of Battle Creek. Michigan, for
merly physical instructor in the sani-
tarium OF that name, walked from the
summit of Pixies peak to the cog sta
tion at Manitou in one hour and 25i.
minutes. Williams started with the
train, arriving at the station two and
one-half minutes ahead of the train.
This beats an records for the descend
ing of the peak. and the time is
vouched for by several passengers on
the train.
The Western Polo Association has
been organized at Denver. The repre-
sentatives Of The Glenwood Springs.
Tenth cayalry. Colorado Springs and
Denver Country Club teams met at the
Denver Country Club to form the new
association, W. B. DevereauN, Sr.
was named president. he representing
| the Glenwood team; Colonel Augur of
the Tenth Cavalry. Fort Robinson. Ne
braska. vice president; d. B. Turner
of the Denver Country Club. secretary
and treasurer
1t has been found that John Duncan.
who, Was. ruu over and killed by a
| freight train al La Sale on the night
of September 18th. was an employe
at the. Albany stables in Denver.