The Lamar register., 1907-12-18

me0ts at Denver December olst ~
January Sd.
The magnificent new building OF the
Young Mems Christian association al
Denver was formally opened on the
10th inst, and is now in full opera
ton.
Never in the history Of Denver have
the State Humane society and the
Colorado Prison association been
swamped with appeals for aid as ut
the present time.
A special public school will be op-
ened for sixty or more Russian chill
dFen In Greeley in order that they may
have better opportunities for individ-
cal instruction.
The board Of pardons at its recon.
meeting in Denver refused an appii-
cation for pardon IN the case OF Sam
Enrich. sentenced from Denver Aug
nst .. 1904, for the murder Of William
Malone.
The Southern Colorado Mercantile
company will build q wholesale ware
house at Trinidad early next year
which will be 1S0x100 feet and i've
stories high. Railroad tracks will run
through the building.
People in the vicinity of Num-, In
Weld county, have petitioned the
county commissioners for eighty-three
miles Of county road Eighty-dve miles
Of road has been granted in the vicin-
ity during the last year.
A strip of territory on the western
side Of the Pixies Peak forest reserve.
known as districts and Z, with an
approximate area of 230, 900 acres. has
been put into the Leadville reserve.
The tract is situated west of the South
park.
Morrison, the well known poet and
short story writer, recently won a
suit to quiet title in a considerable
tract of land which the projected In
provements at Morrison will make
very valuable.
On the 18th inst. the work of Bur
veyiny for the Henrylyn irrigation
project in southeastern Weld county
was begun and will occupy a month
Preliminary lines have already been
run defining the boundaries of the
ditch, which embraces $4,000 acres.
A carload of Greeley potatoes was
started a few days ago for New York
20 be used for supplying the tables on
the big ocean liners and is the iote-
runner OF others to be used for the
same purpose and for supplying pri-
vate yachts, among them that of the
Vandcrb!lts.
The Western Slope Bar association
will meet at Delta, December c3th.
The counties comprising the district
aie Gunnison, Hinsdale, San .Iiguel,
Ouray, Montrose, Mesa and Delta. The
business meeting will be followed by a
banquet in the evening. The attend
ance is estimated at 100.
On Monday the Great Western
Sugar company paid out 100000 at
the Greeley, Eaton and Windsor sugar
factories. This covers the November
delivery Of beets and salaries OF fac
tory employees for the month. Farmers
are delivering their sliced beots
rapidly and each factory is working at
fell capacity.
Lakeside, near Berkeley lake, is the
latest Denver summer resort to vic
with Elitch's Gardens and Manhattan
Beach. 1t Is Just across the line IN
Jefferson county and will have all the
latest accessories. including a theater.
casion and. presumably. plenty Of beer
on tap. The resort will be known as
Lakeside Park.
The assessment this year shows
that Bruce G.. Eaton pays the largest
tax Of any individual in Weld county.
He paid on his own property and the
estate Of the late ex-Gov. B. II. Eaton.
which he shared with his mother. His
tax is S7.372.63. assessed on a yalua-
ton of 1886. 900, about one-third Of the
actual value. This is practically all
real estate. covering 14.400 acres.
At a meeting of the board Of par
dons in Denver on the 18th inst the
case of Leonard Imboden and James
A. Hill was postponed until Feb. Z.
when an open meeting will be held to
consider the applications for the par
don of the two. H. J. Hershey and L.
8. Smith appeared in favor Of Imboden
and Hill, while Harry Kelly was there
to protest against the granting OF the
pardon.
The Denver Real Estate exchange is
on record against the sale of Chriet-
mas trees, having resolved: That
we very much deprecate this annual
forestry murder and call upon om
citizens and merchants generally TO
abstain from the use of these ever
greens at Christmas time, as far as
practicable, and to lend their influence
in discouraging the destruction OF
evergreen forests in the manner
named"
Building Inspector Wilson Of Den
yer, has received beautiful model of
the corner domes to be placed on the
new auditorium. 1t was made in st.
Louis and Is of sheet metal. tinted
silver. The domes will be four In
/ number. one at each corner, twenty
I four feet high and thirty-four feet
across. They will support thirty-foot
| flag poles to carry a twenty-four-foot
flag. The dome in the center of the
building is to be thirty-two feet high.
After considering a very large pc
[ tiiion for the release of w. G. Connell
I sentenced from Lamar by Judge Hun
/ ter. April rs, 1906, to a term of from
eighteen to twenty years for a statu
/ tory offense. the State Board CT Par
/ dcns recommended that he shollt
servo the average minimum term fol
/ the crime, which means that he vii
be freed probably in about eighteen
months. Much sympathy is expressed
for his wife, who still has faith in MIN
and who is working hard to supper
their three children.
The present terminus of the Moffa