The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-02-06
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS


a site.
The United States Senate has con-
firmed the nominations OF Samuel A.
Abbey and Leo Fairbanks as registers
OF the Pueblo and Del Norte iand Of
fees.
The date of the department encamp-
ment OF the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie at Colorado Springs has been
char ged from May 9th to 18th to May
14th to 10th.
The Stockmen's National Back OF
Brush, Colorado, has been authorized
to begin business with $4,000 capital.
w. A. Cotton Is president; r. Mum.
vice president, and f. Il. Cotton, cash
ier
The vacancy in the commandership
OF the Agricultural college cadets. due
to the resignation of Capt. Thomas M.
Anderson. Jr., has been filled by the
state board calling Capt. Fl. ID. Hum
phrey of Fort Collins to that position.
NJ NJ HANNA and E. A. PfeihleI.
expert accountants of Cripple Crerh,
have been engaged by the county com
missioners of Fremont county to aurit
the books of the county officials The
work will take about forty days, and
cost 81 200.
Bob McMannis, alias Black Bob,
from Oklahoma tel ritory, was arrested
at Pueblo Friday, on a charge of horse
stealing by Officers Bell and Billedoux.
He is suspected by the officers of hav-
ing killed a brother of Sheriff Farr
of Huerfano county.
Hon. l.. Ogilvy. known to many Col
oradoans as Lord Ogilvy. has traded
his 10O.acre farm in Weld county to
Senator w. w. Booth of Denver for the
senator's residence at 3424 West TWEEN
ty-third avenue. in Denver, and will re-
move with his family to Denver.
w. NJ. Weaver, night Waterman at
the Anaconda cyanide mill at Gold
HILL in the Cripple Creek district, was
held up on the night of January 25th
by three masked men, who carried of
300 rounds of precipitates valued at
$500, first tying the Waterman.
The January business of the Pueblo
Land Office was the largest in its his
tory. there being recorded 1876 home
stead entries. twenty-five original des-
ert claims. sixty cash sales, fourteen
final desert land entries and fifty-three
final homestead claims. This covers
81 $50 acres of land.
Mrs. W. w. Taylor of Fort Collins
has been notified of the death OF her
lson, Everett N. Taylor. at Guayaquil
Ecuador, where he was employed as
IA railway conductor. Mr.. Taylor
served in the Philippine army, and af-
iterward went south. lie leaves il
widow and one younug son.
Former Governor and Mrs. Alva
Adams started from Pueblo January
i26th on trip around the world, to oc-
.cupy the greater part of Il year, sailing
from San Francisco February 9Th and
going via Honolulu, Yokohama. Hong
kong, Singapore. Calcutta, Delhi. Bonn
Ibay, Marseilles, and Paris to London.
The annual report of the Colorado
Springs Y. NJ. C. A. shows total OF
b50 members, receipts of S5S, S31.47 and
Expenditures of S57 1887 during 1906.
A credit fund of s9.S22 is on hand for
improvements On February 18th the
dissertation will inaugurate one-day
lwhirlwind compaign for 500 new
members.
A spur from the main line of the
Santa Fe has Just been completed 10
4 new coal mine near Morley on the
Trinidad side of Ration mountain
where the Colorado Fuel ah1 Iron
Company is opening new mine.
When the camp is in running order
II is expected that 5000 tons o. coal
day will he mined,
The Cloc.iier sanitarium at Colo
RADIO Springs will shortly construct q
three-story brick addition, accommo-
dating forty patients and TO cost SI5.-
900. The present sanitarium, with its
hospital ward and tents and cottages
cost $4,000. Work will be started by
March AT the latest and will be fin
ished in nine months.
Rev. Samuel Moore of Greeley has
sold his ranch of $3.50 acres with wa
ter, near Livermore. to j. c. kulver OF
Fort Collins, taking in exchange the
Kulver cattle ranch of $500 acres
nearby and $4,000 in cash. Mr.. Moon
intends to engage in cattle raising and
will place 1000 head of yearling steers
on the ranch to fatten for market.
The Union Pacific is putting in
new steel railroad bridge across the
Platte river south of Evans. The exca-
vations for the first two piers, bridge
will be over 300 feet long and cost
about 500 900 1t will have double
tracks and be as high as the roadbed
at the La Sale station a quarter OF
mile away. 1t will take 200 men six
months to complete the work.
The vacancy in the animal hus
bandry department Of the State Agri-
cultural College caused by the transfer
of Professor Cottrell to institute work
was filed to-day ny the acceptance OF
the position by Prof. George E. Morton
| of the University of Wyoming. Profess
sor Morton holds n bachelor of science
| degree from the Colorado Agricultural
| College. He graduated with the class
| of 1904.
The Arkansas Valley Electric Com
| pany has sold its abandoned electric
| plant at Florence to Denver com
papy. who will dismantle the nuildlni
| and ship it to Denver. The Florence
| Electric Company is securing its cur
rent from the Colorado Power Com
pany al Canon City. The Arkansas
valley people have been awarded the
contract to furnish electric lights for
the Town of Rockville. and wiring the
camp will be commenced soon.
The remains of Arthur A. Fears. son
of A. A. Fears of Boulder, who met
| death by freezing in a Wyoming bliz-