The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-03-20
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

IL is Soiorauo Day-AuSuSt ISL.
Burlington has been made a presi
dental postoffice at $1,000 year, and
Montclair, at $1,000 year.
The women of Steamboat Springs
nominated municipal ticket which
was endorsed by both political parties
A shipment of 40 cars of sheer
from the Fort Collins and Greeley dis
tricts started for the Chicago market
on the 18th.
Ludwig, Nelson and Jess A. Eddy
miners employed on the Golden Cycle
mine at Victor were killed by al
explosion on the 1tth.
The Logan County Advocate and
the Republican at Sterling have beer
consolidated and will be conducted by
ID. c. Smith. former publisher of the
Republican.
To save the life of his mother, whom
he believed was about to be killed by
his stepfather, J. H. Grange, an eight
een-year-old boy of Silverton, shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff William Accord
his stepfather.
Alfred Hopley and Bert Perry
messengers for the Wells-Fargo Elk
press company between Aspen and
Basalt, have been arrested on the
charge of embezzling package con
tanning $500, said package having
disappeared while In transit.
Alfred Hopley and Bert Perry, mes
sengers for the Wells Fargo Express
Company between Aspen and Basalt
have been arrested on the charge of
embezzliIg package containing
$1,000, said package having disap'
peared while in transit.
Tuesday night about $3.50 Miss Het-
tie Bever, 16-years-old girl, was shot
through the window at her home in
North Delta. the ball passing through
her arm just above the elbow. Jimmy
Workman, twenty-five years old. is In
jail charged with the crime, which he
denies.
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the forest
service, has recommended the release
from temporary withdrawal of 55O.4OO
acres of land in western Montrose and
San Miguel counties. A large area
had been temporarily withdrawn In
that region pending an examination to
determine It's suitability for forest pur-
poses.
The reclamation service wants 30,-
900 barrels of Portland cement for the
Uncompahgre irrigation project and is
asking cement mills to submit pro-
posals which will be opened April 18th
at Montrose. This cement will be
used in lining the Gunnison tunnel,
which is now considerably over half
completed.
After months of negotiations he
tween the Denver & Rio Grande and
the international Association of Ma
chinists, the latter organization has
secured the cocessions 1t was asking,
ond 500 Ilachinists and pipemen have
been granted an increase in wages OF
two and three cents an hour, nine
hour day. and time and half Tor
overtime.
Mrs. j. b. Smith was taken to Fort
Morgan from Snyder by Sheriff Bur
dettc and lodged in the county Jail,
charged with the murder of her six
teen-year-old daughter, Shirley Smith.
Mrs. Smith was arraigned before Jus
tice OF the Peace Edward Wilson at
Snyder and was bound over to the dis.
trict court In $4,000, which she failed
10 furnish.
Il is stated that the Santa Fe Rail,
road Company is wedding out all oper.
ators who belong to the Telegraphers'
union. 1t Is said that fifteen union
telegraphers between La Junta and
Las Vegas were discharged this morn.
ing, that no reason was given, but
that It is on account of their union at.
filiations. What the outcome will be
is uncertain. Among those discharged
were two operators at Trinidad.
The board of trustees of Steamboat
Springs has decided by unanimous
vote to sever all business relations
with the Steamboat Springs Electric
Light Company after the present
month and has granted a provisional
franchise to a new company to erect
poles and string wires through the
public alleys. 1t also promised to
enter into a contract for street light
ing. The old company will probably
make fight,
A Kansas City syndicate, headed by
r. ]. Martin, has purchased d tract OF
10000 acres In the San Luis valley
from Gen. william j, Palmer for $780,
900. The company will erect 1,000,-
900 beet sugar factory at Fort Garland.
The land acquired will be cultivated
for beets, and 1t is proposed to operate
a factory with capacity of 1000 tons
of beets daily. A colonization scheme
and big irrigation project are contem-
plated In the plans Of the company.
A Catholic Post graduate university
is to be built on sixty acres of land east
Of Washington park and north OF Uni.
versity park in Denver, on the land
formerly known as Coronado heights.
There will be eight or ten large build
ings of the mission style of architect
ure, and the main building will face on
East Louisiana avenue. The course OF
study will be five years and will in.
ciude classical subjects and subjects
pertaining to the higher study of
theology The aim viii be to provide
the means for the requirement of the
best possible Catholic and liberal edu-
cation.
II favorable results are obtained
from Investigations which are being
made by the members OF the Electrical
Engineering Department of the Uni
versity of Colorado, the city of Boulder
may be supplied with electric light
and power from Its own reservoirs
OF late there has been much discas
sion over the state concerning the pos
sibility of furnishing the different
towns and cities with light and power
from adjacent or distant waterfalls
and reservoirs. General Irving Hale
year ago expressed the view that
he believed both Colorado Springs and
Denver would in the future be thus