The Lamar register., 1906-07-04
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

planning for the erection of a $25, 1000
club building.
A large consignment of brook trout
from the government hatchery at Lead
vile has just been distributed at the
different stations on the Platte.
Mrs. 2. X. Snyder, wife of President
Snyder C. the State Normal School,
has been re-appointed by Governor Nc
Donald as a member of the State Tray
cling Library Commission.
Prof. F. w. Cragin, formerly of the
faculty of Colorado College. is compil-
ing a history of the Rocky Mountain
region. to be published this fall. and
later Professor Cragin will issue an his
torical dictionary of the West.
John Ivey died at Central City, June
2Gth, from injuries received by the
falling of a rock in the After Supper
mine at Black Hawk. He leaves
widow and three small children, and
was member of the A. o. U. w.
The new railroad passenger rate of
3 cents a mile in Colorado, recently es-
tablished by the WesterS Passenger
Association, went into effect July 1st
1t is expected that the increase in
travel wHl fully compensate the rail
| roads.
Because he thought it was a dis
| grace to a labor organization, Antoine
Langroti, an Italian at Trinidad, tried
to commit suicide but was unsuccess-
full. He was tried in the County Court
on a charge of insanity and sent to
the state asylum.
Judge Ben B.. Lindsey of Denver
says that he has never refused five
million dollars. or any other sum of
| Rnntyafallar
juvenile reform work. One good rea-
son is that Mr.. Rockefeller has made
no offer of money.
l.. c. Dana, commander-in-chief of
| the Department of Colorado and Wy
oming. G. A. r., has been formally ac-
credited by Governor Mcdonald as
ex-ofiicio member of the board of trus-
tees of the Colorado Soldiers and Sail
ors' Home at Monte Vista.
The people of Colorado Springs are
making a vigorous protest against the
action of the Senate committee in re-
ducing the additional postoffice build
| ing appropriation from 100000 TO
| $4,000. If the special appropriation
Is not cut Colorado Springs will get in
all $275.000 for its new federal build
ing.
| c. f. Hale, Silverton miner. was
recently committed TO the county Jail
| at Denver on complaint of Humane
Agent Tuft, who alleges that Hale has
failed to pay the sum of $50 month,
as agreed upon by him, for the support
of his son, boy of ten. who is under
treatment at the Denver county hos
pital for curvature of the spine.
The forty-second grand lodge meet
ing and twentieth annual reunion of
the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks will be held at Denver July
10th to Goth. The gathering will not
be restricted to Elks alone-the dears
are coming with them. and the Colo
rado game laws have been abrogated
for the occasion.
Convicts working on the new county
| road at Brewster, near Florence, dug
up part of a skeleton of monster
prehistoric animal. 1t is leg bone
| eight feet long, ten inches across and
six inches thick in the narrowest
place. 1t is partially petrified. An eff
fort will be made to locate other por-
tions OF the skeleton.
| William Mcpherson and John Tet-
low, who were badly injured by the ex-
plosion of a missed shot at the Ingle-
side limestone quarries. are still in the
hospital at Fort Collins. and not likely
to get ont for some time. Neither is
aware of the loss of his sight. as their
heads have been kept bandaged ever
since the accident. and they have not
been informed of that fact.
| w. A. Conant, a pioneer resident of
Colorado Springs. in response to n let
ter written to President Roosevelt ask
ing him if he intended to run for office
another term, has received a reply
from Secretary Loeb which says: you
will have to vote for some other Re-
| publican next time" Conant was a
delegate from New York to the first
national Republican convention, more
| than fifty years ago.
The Colorado Manufacturers Asso-
citation has established headquarters
in the Quincy building at Denver Sec
| retary Thomas Scott says: within
six months we have secured a member
ship of 100 and this is rather remark
able when you consider that no one
whose firm does not transact 100000
worth of business year is eligible to
membership. We hope to double the
membership within the next year"
Miss Jessie NJ. Falkenburg, daughter
of the recently deceased Mrs. Ida May
Falkenburg, widow of the founder of
the Woodmen of the World, who died
in California year ago. has been ap-
pointed by the Denver County Court
administrators of the estate of her
mother. Application for letters of ad-
ministration places the value of real
estate owned by Mrs. Falkenburg at
$1,000 and of the money in bank and
personal property $500.
In the omnibus public buildings bill
completed by the House buildings com
mittee. Colorado gets the following: In
crease of cost limit for Colorado Springs
building. 100000. of which the secre-
tary of the treasury is authorized to
expend as much as may be necessary
for additional land. The increase in
appropriation makes the total cost OF
the Colorado Springs building S225,000.
For enlarging, remodeling and improv-
ing the Denver postoffice $4,000 is in
cluded. For new buildings. including
sites. Boulder and Trinidad each get
100000.
Executing a plan that has been in
contemplation for some months, DR..
| Robert + COyle homes soon To con-