The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-08-05
STATE NEWS items

A turkey gobbler sitting on thirteen
duck eggs is a freak on the farm of E.
X. Packard at Eaton.
The annual convention of the Amerl-
can Bankers Association will be held
at Denver September 2sth to October
3rd.
The rate fixed to the G. A. X. ma
tional encampment at Toledo, Ohio,
from Denver and Colorado common
points is s4s.25.
Number /. volume /, of the Rocky
Ford Daily Gazette, was published
July 2Sth. with John Frazier, editor
and publisher, and w. II. Butterfield.
assistant manager.
One thousand dollars has been appro-
priated by the city council of Den
yer to entertain the annual convention
of the American Federation of Labor
in September
The Colorado State Bankers Asso-
citation, at Its meeting In Colorado
Springs placed itself on record as OBJ
POSED to government guarantee OF de-
posits in national banks.
Owing to the renewed business Of
the smelters, it is announced that the
Eilcr smelter at Pueblo will be opened
within two months. Machinery is be-
ing overhauled and new equipment in
stalled.
At preliminary hearing before
Justice Hedden at Glenwood Springs.
Ralph RoZzi, charged with the muir
der of his wife at New Castle, July
9th, was held to the October term OF
the District Court without bail.
Attorney-General Herbert s. Hadley
of Missouri, who, with his family, is
locaed temporarily at the E. II. Cook
home at Boulder, will address the ma
tional convention at attOrneys-general
at Denver August Goth. and will de-
scribe his fight with the Standard Oil
people.
While driving across a dry arroyo
Wedne sday night near Maitland, Huer-
fano county, John Wondergern, six
teen-year-old boy. was caught by
flood OF water which came down the
arroyo in wall six feet high. and was
drowned, and his younger brother was
saved only by being washed into
wire fence.
Ground has been broken at Fort Col
Inns for a warehouse for the sugar COM
pany which will have a capacity of
100000 sacks. thus giving the factory
total warehouse capacity of 100000
sacks. A large storage plant Is also
age in the city water supply. for flum-
ing the beets.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Fort Collins Chautauqua AssOcia-
ton 1t was shown that the receipts of
the assembly recently closed fell short
nearly $1,400 of paying expenses. 1t
was agreed to assess each stakeholder
$35 to cover the deficit. Notwithstand-
ing the shortage. steps were taken
towards another Chautauqua next year.
By the flooding of the Gunnison tun-
mel on the Both ult., as the result of a
cloudburst, fifteen men working in
the tunnel four miles from the river
portal, almost lost their lives. But
for the timely warning they had, and
the noise made by the rushing of the
water through the tunnel. they would
| have been entrapped. They were
working near the 700-foot air shaft
and made their escape through this.
Grant NJ. Lucy. for two terms county
clerk of Routt county. died at Denver
July 2Sth at the home of James NJ.
Marvel. Death was caused by stomach
trouble. He had been long a sufferer
and few days before his death I'M
derwent an operation. MIR. Lucy was
one of the early settlers in Routt coun-
| ty. Four years ago he was elected
county clerk of Routt and reelected
two years ago.
The directors of the Kansas-Colo-
RADIO Railroad Company had meeting
at Pueblo on the 31st ult., and let a
contract for the construction of the La
Junta and Kansas divisions of the
road. The contracts We're awarded to
A. B. Hulit, who represents the North
i ,x-I,,l a
grading, ties and steel bridges. Mr..
Hulit announces that work will be be-
gun within ninety days.
A large party of negroes have made
application at the Pueblo land office
for homestead claims at Elliott, fifteen
miles southeast of Fountain. The ne
groes are headed by A. Lyle. we'll
known colored man of Colorado
Springs. They intend to cultivate
land under the dry farming system
and II more of the race can be in
duced to join them, will organize a
cooperative colony.
The Cymro-American League. COM
posed of more than 5000 Welshmen
residing in Colorado. has Just been or
ganized, with E. E. Darlington of
Colorado Springs, president; T. r.
Jones. secretary. and Ralph ]. CIVIL
linn. financial agent. The vice presi-
dents are l.. B. Roberts of Denver.
Moses Lewis of Florence, John Davis
of Pueblo. Rev. H. s. Jones of Vic
tor. DIR. l.. Davis of Central City and
c. NJ. Hopkins of Lafayette.
In anticipation of the heavy business
expected to result from the completion
of the Western Pacific, the Denver "
Rio Grande is preparing to double track
considerable portion of its line be-
tween Salt Lake City and Pueblo. A
surveying corps has been put in the
field to locate new track through the
Royal Gorge and to make up the esti-
mates of cost of the work. II is ex-
pected that tracks will be laid On both
sides of the river through the gorge
and that work will begin as soon as
the financial plans under way for re-
organizing the company are COM
pleted.
Tho State Normal summer school at
Greeley has closed its sessions after
the most successful term in its history
Over 300 students attended the school
nd oil