The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1907-07-31
COLORADO NEWS ITEMS

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| their midsummer outing.
In order to regulate weights and
protect themselves and their patrons.
the coal dealers have organized the
| Colorado Springs Coal Dealers Cor
| rect Weight Association.
A 100000 steel culvert factory may
be established in Colorado Springs. C.
ID. Voorhees, of Charlottesville, Ind,
is in communication with the cham
Der of commerce with this end in
view.
| Examinations for forest rangers
have been held at Estes Park. five par
Elephants passing successfully. Mr..
Wheeler, the new supervisor of the
Medicine Bow national forest. has just
taken charge of the work. following
the resignation of S. N. Hustled.
A boarding house and grocery store
owned by ]. ]. Abendschan in Colo
RADIO City were totally destroyed by
fire, the loss approximating $1,000.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Gastwell, who
were asleep in the boarding house,
were aroused by the firemen breaking
in their room, and escaped in their
night clothes.
Albert Hepburger. a teamster, while
coming down Gregory gulch, at Black
Hawk, with a heavy load of ore, had
his leg broken at the ankle by the up
setting of the wagon. The brake
broke, throwing the team, wagon and
driver into the gulch, but the horses
escaped injury. Hepburger managed
to jump and escaped more serious in
Jury.
The Rocky Mountain Chautauqua
opened its first session at Salida on
July %. There were fully 1000 peo-
pie in attendance. The attractions
were the Minneapolis Quartette and
H. F. Huntington. humorist. The
Chautauqua will last ten days and is
to be made an annual affair in River
side Park. one mile north of Salida
on the banks of the Arkansas.
Nathan Naum. who has been attend
ing the State University from Manske,
Russia, and who is now employed in
sociological work among the Jewish
immigrants to this country who come
to New York, is doing remarkable
work and will not return to the uni
versity next year. His work has to
thousands of foreign pauper Jews who
find their way to American shores.
and of securing for them openings in
western industries.
Louis Stein, arrested several weeks
ago at Trinidad. on the charge of writ
ing BLACK Hand" letters, was released
from the county Jail on his own recos-
nizance. The recent arrest OF Charles
Keesee. who is also charged with writ
ing threatening and obscene letters.
has removed the burden of blame from
STEMS shoulders and there is no evil
dence against him sufficient to hold
him. kesee was placed under bonds
of 81 ,0Cc yesterday and was taken to
Denver To-Day, where he will be held
for The next term of the United States
Distr'c: Court.
Waste paper being hurled about by
the wind on the streets of Steamboat
Springs made 1t necessary to shoot a
valus BILE mare. The mare was one OF
a team which William Kitchens of
Trull had tied to a hitching rail on n
side street. The mare became terrified |
when struck by a sheet of waste pa
per anil tried to leap over the rail 10
which she was. hitched. but was held
back by the halter rope. In attempt
ing to ger back to the ground. one or
her forafeet became wedged between |
the post and rail and the roof was |
pulled from the ankle joint. 1t was |
necessary to shoot the animal to put |
her out Of her misery. Mr. Kitchens at |
once employed an attorney to bring ac- |
ton against the city to recover the |
amount OF the loss.
The Woodmen of the World camp |
of Golden has decided to incorporate |
as a building association and enlarge |
the building II now occupies to more |
than double its present size. The |
property is owned by Stewart & Lewis |
and the Woodmen will do the remod- |
cling for an undivided one-half inter- |
est. they to have full control and all |
revenues from the upper floor. while |
Stewart & Lewis will have the same |
rights with the ground floor. The |
capital stock will be $500. divided |
into 300 shares of $25 each. and this |
amount will be sufficient to complete |
the building and furnish 1t. The as
ISOLATION will be Incorporated by |
Judge Charles Mccall. A. c. Pattee, |
]. C. Devlon, A. w. Armstrong and II. |
II. Miller, who will be the directors |
for the first year.
The county commissioners are con-
building a fine graded, gray
elled road from La Sale to Ault, n |
distance of nearly twenty miles, at a
cost of about $4,000. Only part of |
this expense will be borne by Weld |
county as the Great Western Sugar |
Company has agreed to pay the cost |
of every third mile of graded and gray
elled road which Weld county shall |
build. The road from La Sale to Ault |
is travelled more. probably, than any |
other one road in the county. being |
the chief thoroughfare to Cheyenne |
for bicycles and autos as well as one |
of the main roads in the country over |
which farmers bring produce to
Greeley. Farmers who use the pres
ent road offered to donate men and |
teams TO help build the proposed high |
way. 1t is understood that Bruce |
Eaton has offered gravel to the coun- |
ty without expenses. The commission |
ers said that with the help of the |
Great Western Sugar Company the |
road would be built likely within the |
coming year and after one main |
thoroughfare has been established 1t
would be an easy matter TO add branch |
roads until Weld county highways |
would be as desirable for travel as
Greeley's Travelled streets and that the |
pxpenSe in the long run would be little |