The Lamar register., 1906-11-28
COLORADO NEWS TIMES

WdS OptHeu lNONeHlDeE SOti
the formal celebration and barbecue
being set for Thanksgiving day.
The Santa Fe Railroad Company will
spend $4,000 on the yards of the com
paEy in Trinidad. The freight depoi
depot and enlarged.
Six thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven books have been added tc
the library of the University Of Colo
redo during the last year. Two wings
arc tn be added to the present library
building.
Chancellor Buchtel. governor-elect
made the principal address at the deji.
cation of the new Methodist church at
Greeley on Sunday, the 18th inst. The
building is fine one and will seat a
thousand people.
The Denver Fire and Police Board
has passed resolution that there shall
be no increase of the number of sa-
looms in the city. New licenses will be
granted only as old ones are relin.
pushed OF revoked.
DIR. Duren ]. Ward. anthropologist in
the State University of Iowa, will move
to Boulder next winter. to continue his
Investigations of the American Indian.
near Boulder.
The Crystal River & San Juan rail-
road was completed to Marble, Gunni-
son county. November 23d, and the
people of Marble celebrated the event
with no little jubilation. This means
the opening up of vast deposits Of val
liable marble.
The Durango alleged horse and cat
tie thieves. Red Satriano and Edward
Duggan. who were trailed by the Du-
range sheriff into New Mexico. went to
Gallup. The sheriff at Gallup captured
tie horses and camping outfit, but the
men got away.
Lieut.. Z. E. Scranton, U. s. N. has
been detached from duty in charge of
the navy recruiting station at Denver
and ordered 20 the naval station at
Tutui!a. Samoa for duty He will be
at Denver by Lieut.. ]. H. Com
fort.
Actuated. 1t is believed. by jealousy,
David Babb shot and killed his cousin.
Bennett Berlus, at the ranch of the
latter near Earl. about twenty miles
east of Trinidad. on the Santa Fe rail-
road, on November 21st. Babb
mounted his horse and escaped.
Resolutions upon the discharge of
the colored companies of the Twenty
fifth United States infantry were
passed at a meeting in Zion church.
Denver. attended by about 600 colored
people. A copy was sent to President
asking a modification OF the
order.
Coz. Jesse F. Mcdonald, with the
consent of the pardoning board. has
issued an unconditional pardon to
Eugene Scott. well-known mining
man of Victor. who was convicted in
the District court OF Teller county a
year ago of murder. 1t is claimed that
the evidence against Scott was not
fully reliable.
A peculiar accident occurred on the
18th inst, ten miles north of Central
City. The fourteen-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Tregay, while out hunt
ing rabbits. leaned his shotgun against
a stump and his dog knocked 1t down.
cruising its discharge. The shot struck
the boys right arm above the wrist In
flicting n very bad wound.
There seems to be no room for doubt
that Judge James NJ. Ellis of Denver
" as burned to death in the recent hotel
fire at Goldfeld, Nevada. Judge Ellis
came to Denver in 1856 as receiver OF
the land office and afterward served as
city attorney and as police magistrate.
He was horn in Mississippi and served
in the Confederate army during the
civil war.
Mr. Fred A. Gordon. game warden
1T Glenwood Springs. reports to the
state game and fish commissioner that
he Ute Indians have now been driven
back out of Colorado. About forty
Utes broke over the line into Routt
and Rio Blanco couuties and killed a
few deer. but all have now departed
and no further trouble Is feared.
For many years. in fact, ever since the
own was started. there have been In
Denver n number of tents occupied by
opsump.ives, summer and winter. and
there has always been some complaint
by persons afraid of infection. Now
he Fire and Police Board has ordered
hat all tents must be removed from
within the city limits by December list,
which will be a serious hardship to
many people.
A marble column bearing bronze
sun dial has been presented to tbs
state and set up on the capitol
rounds at Denver by the Society Of
colonial Danes of America in Colo
RADIO. Mrs. Elizabeth c. Goddard oil
Colorado SPRINGS, president of the so
ciety. made the presentation speech
which was responded to by Governor
Mcdonald.
II is reported on what is claimed IL
he good authority that work will begir
n two weeks on the new steam rail
way 10 be built ir>,o the country cas-
OF Greeley by the Greeley Railwa,
company. Workimen now EMPLOY ed I,
the number of 900, with teams. on tbs
Empire reservoir in eastern Well
county and in Morgan county. will b.
brought here TO grade and build tn,
road.
Judge Melvin. grand exalted rule
of the Elks. has appointed Maj. a. V
Bohn- deputy grand exalted ruler 70
Colorado. Major Bohn is one of tn
best known mining men of Leadvill
and has been an Elk for the last fiji
! teen years. having been a representa-
i've of the grand lodge on several oc
casions- He was recently electel
state senator from Lake county Of
the Republican ticket.
BY a collision of two light engine