The Lamar register., 1907-05-08
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

f. n. b. Scott has been elected pres
ident of the North Poudre Irrigation
Company to fill vacancy caused by
resignation of Watson Zeigler.
The base ball season opened in Den
Ter last Saturday in snowstorm.
Those who couldn't see the base ball
unused themselves throwing snow
balls.
A complaint has been made against
Z. Il. Bequeath. at North Longmont,
charging him with killing fine horse
BY foycibly administering the water
Nre.
Gold has been discovered in the VI
Unity of Semper-"out on the plains ."
Another evidence that all you've got -
10 in Colorado is dig. and wealth is
yours.
The interior of the Lowell school.
Colorado Springs, is being decorated
with copies of famous paintings. Busts
Of famous men have also been puf.
chased.
Walter Cunliffe, director off tho
Bank of England, and private car
party, spent several days in the Pixies
Peak region. The party also visited
Cripple Creek.
1t is officially announced that in all
probability homeseekers' rates. hither.
to given only to Denver, Pueblo and
Colorado Springs, will hereafter be
given to Greeley.
II. f. Milford, the caretaKer OF the
Silver Lake reservoir. telephoned the
city clerk at Boulder that eighteen feet
OF snow had fallen at that place this
winter and five feet this month.
Mrs. w. Fl. Miller of Gunnison blew
her brains out with a pistol because
OF dependency over her husband los
inf his position as station agent. She
had been an invalid for years.
The low temperature of the past two
weeks has frozen the leaves
on the trees and there is strong
likelihood that the sugar beets will
have to be replanted in the vicinity OF
Holly.
The chared body of Henry Godfrey,
foreman of the calcination department
of the Portland cement works at
Florence was found in the white-hct
tank recently. 1t is thought he com
miited suicide.
Colorado's unusual spring weather
kpt the Smile and Push" Club very
busy during the waning days of April
and the front end OF May, explaining
to visitors that it never happened this
way before"
Emma Goldman, the female alarm
list. has been in Denver for few days
and none the daily papers actually
found it necessary to put on an extra
key of red ink in order 20 properly
handle her warm remarks.
Sterling is too busy getting in her
l.. -.
pasture to be bothered with a spring
term of court, and the few cases on the
docket may be sent to Denver where
the mills ever grind.
Boulder children between the ages
/ of sixteen and twenty-one may nov
play pool and billiards upon writer
permission of their papas and mann
mas. according to revised ordinance
And this is Better Boulder!"
An engine on the Colorado & North
western railroad overturned while
bucking snow near Ward, on Sunday
ard tumbled down the mountain side
400 feet, killing Engineer Robt. Cook
The engine was torn into pieces.
A meeting of the Ouray Development.
club was held at the city hall. It IL
proposed to raise $4,000 to be ex
pended in advertising resources, co
pecially mineral, during the next tive
months. In addition plans are on foo
for big tourist hotel, sanitarium anG
u swimming pool which will utilize tht
water from the natural hot springs.
At meeting of local No. sc, West
ern Federation of Miners. at Contra
City, 1t was unanimously decided Il
ask an increase of 80 cents for machine
men in the mines. The present scale
is SO. The increase is not asked to be
come effective until the first of June
AS the demand is reasonable there u
no doubt that 1t will be granted by tht
operators.
Frederic Boughton, a Santa Fe engi
neer, and his fireman, Ben Abbott, arr
lying at the point of death and score
of passengers suffered broken bonel
and other injuries as the result of ,
wreck of east-bound Santa Fe passen
ger train No. s, which occurred twenty
eight miles south of La Junta May Sd
| The wreck was caused by spreading
rails. The engineer stuck to his pos
until the locomotive turned over on 1T.
side.
Miss Jane Adams of Hull house, Chi
cago, who will give the commencement
Grafton at the University of Colorado
commencement exercises, Wednesday
June 9Th, in the Chautauqua audito
| rum at Boulder, will speak on Chang
| ing Ideals in Education" A new fes
| ture of the commencement exercisei
this year will be the Sigma 81 exer
cises, which will be held in the lectur,
rom of the new chemistry building
| May list. The address will be made b!
| DIR. Regis Chauvenet on Uses ant
Dangers of Scientific Theories
j. Pierpont Morgan, together with ,
| syndicate of Santa Fe men, have pu
through big deal whereby they secur,
large tract of valuable coal land
south of Trinidad. The tract lies soutl
| of the Colorado Fuel and Iron Com
pany's new katcina mine, and extends
to Ration pass. and consists of 2.30'
acres. While Morgan's name does no
appear in the transfer. it was learned
| from reliable sources that he is thu
chief owner. With this deal the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron Company releasei
all claim to the property, and the new
corporation will develop the mines a
once The Wooten Land and Fue