The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1906-03-21
COLORADO News ITEMS

iHe ludHO springs lnainDef OF CON-
merce proposes to raise "A fund for
the purpose of advertising the Springs
as summer resort and mining and
business center.
The secretary of the interior has
withdrawn from public entry section
10, township IA south, range SO west,
In connection with the Uncompahgre
valley project in Colorado.
For the first time in the history of
Teller county both the county and
every school district is paying cash,
the last of the county and school war
rants having been called in.
Joseph Weir, a ranchman, was shot
and killed on Thursday, March Sth,
in Blanco basin, Archuleta county, by
his nephew, Oral Weir. who claims
that the shooting was the result of a
quarrel.
The Denver Real Estate Exchange
and Colorado Manufacturers Associa-
ton are very much troubled over the
closing of the Rocky Mountain paper
mills and have appointed "A commit
tee to consider some plan for retaining
the plant
Three camps have been established
on the Holly & Swink railroad grade
mt the Holly end of the line. They
are located five, eight and twelve
miles, respectively, from Holly, and
have over 2O1 teams and a similar
number of men engaged.
The executive committee of the Citi-
zens alliance at Cripple Creek has
decided to establish an employment bu-
reau for its members. The club rooms
will be reopened. The president will
appoint large advisory committee to
consist of employees of the mines.
The Colorado Springs Telegraph, to-
gether with its Associated Press fran
chise. has been purchased from c. p.
Dodge by c. +. Yeager +. f. Mckay
and c. l.. Perry. all of whom have been
identified with the paper in the past.
The consideration is not made public,
but is understood 10 approximate 800,
900.
Leonard Imbodon and James A. HILL
under sentence of from nine to ten
wears for wrecking the Denver say
ings bank. were committed to the state
penitentiary at Canon City March 18Th.
They were received by Warden Cleg-
horn and enrolled on the prison rec
ords Imboden will be known as No.
G,5S9 and Hill as No. $40.
At meeting of the county com
missioners of Delta county and
Gunnison county. at Delta, an
agreement was reached for the set
Element of the county line dispute.
They will have the line surveyed by
the surveyors of both counties, work
ing Jointly. and their starting point is
to be the northeast corner OF Montrose
county. along the 10th parallel.
The State Land Board has awarded
C5,3Sl acres of indemnity school land.
all the indemnity land to which the
state at the present time is entitled
The property lies in thirteen different
counties. The land in question is
taken in exchange for that upon gov
crnment reserves and the board re
reived application for 100000 acres.
Adolph Berrich, an old German scout
and trapper. who had been wandering
about in the cold near Edgerton. north
| of Colorado Springs, was finally located
by County Physician Richardson, Sher-
in Grimes and Deputy Scoteld in Il
cave at Edgerton. The aged man was
unconscious. both feet and legs were
frozen and death would have ensued
had he lain exposed many hours.
Col. f. T. Davis. adjutaut of the de
partmcnt of the Colorado has re-
ceived orders from General Baldwin to
| inspect the state militia companies of
I
preference that field officer do this
work and the colonel will personally
conduct it during April. These inspec-
I lions are made by the army in all
states hat are working under the Dici;
| law and receiving support from the
government.
An enthusiastic meeting was held at
AEul!ar on the 18th inst. to push the
proposed formation of a new county
out OF the northern part of Las Animas
/ county and in which Aguilar is to be
the county seat. Among the enthusias
| tic advocates of the new county. who
made speeches were Senator Cashmere
Barela and j. R. Aguilar. The petition
to the Legislature is expected to be
ready for submission TO that body al
the next session.
The Colorado Manufacturers Asso-
citation is preparing cards TO be mailed
I to teachers with a request that they be
put up in their school rooEas. The
cards will contain data concerning the
manufactured products OF Colorado,
giving the articles of popular use, sta
tistics. about the number Of factories.
capital invested. which exceeds $780,
O0O.0 900 by members OF the association
alone. the number OF employees. the
U money spent alHNtllg icI LldAt4 ld4H
and the wages paid.
At the meeting OF the state organizd-
| ton of the Young Mems Christian As
sociations at Colorado Springs the fol-
[ lowing officers We're elected for the en-
suing year: President. c. p. Dodge.
Colorado Springs; hrst vice president,
/ \. c. Sechrist. Colorado Springs: sec
ond vice president. C. L. Hardy. Canon
City: recording secretary. E II. Tango
man. Denver: treasurer. W. E. Sweet,
Denver: members OF state committee,
[ J. H. Causey. Denver. and Z. G. Willis.
Cripple Greek. \ call was issued to
. NJ y. Dillon of Indiana TO accept the
assistant state secTetaryship.
Beneath a cave-in OF hundreds Of
tons Of coal in the WilliamAville mine.
north OF Colorado Springs. William
Needs. Papstown miner. was in
stantly kIued on the 18th inst His
I brother Ernest who was wnr'ing only
a few feet distant from the victim at
the time of the Cave-in. escaped unhurt