The Lamar register., 1907-06-05
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

music.
wiley is to have a new sugar factory
10 cost 100000. Wiley will be just
TOO sweet,
Denver will have $50 voting ma
chimes at It's next election. Heretofore
TWO have been doing the work.
The contract for the construction OF
he Catholic church at Boulder has
been let. The cost of the building VIII
be $17.750.
Three Colorado couples were wed in
Cheyenne In one day recently. It's
wonder Colorado people wouldn't pat
ronize home industry.
The commissioners Of Mesa county
have purchased eighteen voting ma
chimes which will be used In future
elections. They cost 5000 each.
Only one marriage license was is
sued In Montrose during the months OF
April and May. which is something
that has not happened In twenty-five
years
The State Agricultural College has
Informed Montrose farmers and citi-
zens that they will be given farmers
Institute beginning August 10th. The
college will send four speakers.
While working on the top OF 40-foot
ladder on the roundhouse of the Den
yer q Rio Grande at Grand Junction.
Harry Wilbur. young machinist.
tainted and fell to the ground. being
rendered unconscious. His condition
is serious.
Governor Buchtel gave the address
of the evening at the graduating exer-
cises OF the high school at Loveland.
held In the Presbyterian church. The
| exercises were attended by the ca
pacity of the house and diplomas were
awarded to five.
A charivarI party attacked the home
Of Sid Butler at Rifle the other night
to make Sid. who had just been mar
| ried. set em up" Sid paid no atten-
tion to horns, COW bells, etc, but when
one OF the party began to sing he
''loosened" quickly.
At meeting of the Denver Trades
and Labor Assembly 1t was decided 10
have the different unions assist an
antitrust oil COMPANY which is buck
Ing the Standard OIL Company in Den
yer. and has already succeeded in low
| ering the price of oil.
Mrs. Mary Sheehan. wife of Jerry
Sheehan of Montrose fell down stairs
Mt her home on the Sheehan ranch west
of town. and sustained conclusion of
the brain. Her injuries may prove
fatal. Mrs. Sheehan has lived near
Montrose for twenty five wears.
For seven days Quincy Brown, a
Colorado 4 Southern brakeman. who
sustained fractured skull by being
knocked from top of a car. has been in
an unconscious condition. During all
of this time he has taken no nourish-
ment, but in spite OF this the physi-
clans in attendance hold out hope for
his recovery.
About half of the thirty resorts fined
for violating the Sunday closing ordi-
nance were closed al Silverjon. The
other half remained open. as was their
usual custom. The Italians. in trying
to resent the action OF the enforcement
of the law bought several kegs of beer
on Blair street and imbibed freely of
the liquor in open air.
Frank White, colo7ed. became en-
ragged at Scott Williams. smother negro.
in a ball game at Colorado Springs
and. il is said. struck him or the head
with n stone, innictias serious wounds
White tried to NIKE his escape and
vas pursued by a mob Of zoo. He
was caught while hiding under the
bed IL a roominE house and vas a.
rssted.
After living four years like e hermit
and existing only upon bread and We
ter. James McClzir vss brought in d.
vide to Cripple Creek by Sheriff Won
Phul and placed 4 TIE county jan Nc
Clair wears his bard and hair lonE. q
leather strap ressnbli1E ssndals for
shoes. and a wo-xn's jacket il place
of a coat The uEa has been living in
cave about one nile from Divide
A letter from Durango SAYS that 500
farm hands czr 6rd ready employ
ment in that country. Labor IS scarce
and they can secure work Al from $40
to $50 per mont AID their board Il
has only been within recent years that
farming and agricultural industries IN
this part of the safe have taken such
great strides. and as . result { large
number of additional Dsn viii Dc
needed this seasol 70 handle The crops
A fight over electric light rates al
Manitou has resulted in the contract
for lighting the town for the 1sIi five
years being awarded 10 the Mzni-ou
Electric COMPANY. Of which Dr.. W A
Bell. now residing IL England. is the
head. The Msuitou conpsry's rival
was the Pike Peak Hydro-Elec--ic
Company. The original bids submitted
were rejected BY Mayor Nichols b
cause of ;echniozii1y. and the second
bids submitted did 10; change the -
suit
While walking along the Denver d
Rio Grande railroad tracks near TIE
Fifth street crossing al Grand June
ton, John Harris tramp. vas struck
by passenger train No. ! and buried
twenty feet. rolling down s steep en-
bankment. He scrambled TO his feet.
however. ard BEGAN running a. the TOP
Of his speed Il the afternoon h
limped into the depot and Ess taken
to surgeons o5ce, where il ~ss
found that his right knee had been
badly hurt
Some Interesting records q ths
prices which Colorado fed lambs have
brought in Chicago have Just hesa
given out These records show thar
for three days three states were repre-
sented in the top price marks Thsss
states were Colorado. Wyoming AID
Minnesots. Wyoming lambs topped
the market four times. Minasso1z
twice and Colorado t~eu-EssTsa