The Lamar register., 1908-12-02
STATE NEWS ITEMS


In view of the prevalence of rabies
at Greeley, Mayor Green has issued
proclamation ordering all dogs to be
confined.
The Florence Iron Works Company
has Incorporated with capital stock
of $4,000 to build large iron foun-
dry at florence.
The United Brethren churches OF
Colorado have taken action changing
all the Young Peoples Christian Union
Societies to Christian Endeavor So.
cieties
One million dollars will be expended
during the coming year by the Den
yer Gas & Electric Company, for ex-
tensions of lighting and power and
fuel plants.
The turnstile in the Colorado Mu-
scum of Natural History at the City
Park in Denver, registered 2,430 names
Sunday. The crowd was record
breaking one.
To improve its stock> at the Marine
hospital at Stanton, New Mexico, the
government has just purchased two
full blood Jersey bulls from C. E. Par
felt of Golden.
1t IS a misdemeanor under the laws
of Colorado to entice children away
from school during study hours and
is punishable by heavy fine, or i'm
prisonment in the county Jail.
The La Sale State Bank has been
Incorporated with capital of $4,000.
The incorporators are: r. w. DeVin-
ney, president; B. B. Carpenter, cash
ier End d. S. Ellis. vice president.
Tie Greeley public library board
has accepted the new library building
from the contractors and begun put
ting in books and furniture. The IL
brary cost $4,000, which was
raised by popular subscription.
In campaign lasting ten days the
Fort Collins Young Mems Christian
Association secured 500 new members.
Then members of the canvassing
teams who had secured five or more
members were given a fine turkey
dinner.
s. NJ. Wiswell of Roggen, Weld coun-
ty, pleaded guilty to unlawful enclos-
ure of public lands before Judge Lewis
of the United States District Court at
Denver. He was fined $25 and costs
and allowed to go. after hearing a Sc
we're lecture from the judge.
The new plate glass insurance COM
pany organized by Boulder business
men starts out with practically ninety
per cent. of the plate glass insurance
Of the city. The company is organ
lied on the mutual plan and the bust
ness is confined to Boulder alone.
The tax levy of Colorado City has
been fixed at IA mills by the Council.
On the assessed valuation of $7S5,000
this will give revenue OF $1O.99O.
The city receives about $4,000 in
liquor licenses and $1,000 from other
sources, making a total Of about $780,
900 per year.
At meeting of the board of
the board Of review of the
Trans Mississippi freight bureau,
held in Chicago. reduction of
12k cents per hundred pounds was au-
thorized on window glass in carloads,
from Missouri river and Kansas glass
producing points to Denver and other
Colorado common precincts. The min.
imum weight is placed at 10000
pounds.
r. Suzuki, secretary of the Colorado
Japanese Association, of Denver. is
the organizer and one of the directors
of farming company which will de-
vote its efforts to developing farm
lands for Japanese colonists in Colo
RADIO. The company has just been in
corporated with capital stock of
$4,000 and will engage in the general
farming business. The offices of the
company are to be located at Fort
Lupton.
Bids for the construction of the new
Guggenheim law school building at
the State University Grounds at Boul-
der are now being called for and will
be received up to December 14th. The
contract will be awarded as soon there
after as possible and will provide for
the completion of the building by Sep
TENDER l. 1909. The building will cost
about $4,000. 1t will be three stories
high. the first story of Fort Collins
stone and the second and third of
Golden gray brick.
Enough cash will be available from
the bond subscription of the Denver
Temple of Commerce building to start
work on the foundation on January
LIST, the idea being to finish the ten
story structure by January, 1910. The
building will cost 100000. adjoin the
Ideal building on Champa, with front
age of 100 feet, and a depth of 1875
feet. The Chamber of Commerce.
Traffic Club, Real Estate Exchange,
Manufacturers Association, Colorado
State Commercial Association, and
Denver Press Club will occupy rooms.
The Press Club will have $4,000 in
terest. Four floors have been already
engaged by semrpublic organizations.
A petition has been filed with the
city clerk of Golden, asking that the
local option question be voted on in
Golden at the municipal election next
April. 1t required only two hours to
get signatures equal to eighty-five
per cent. of the vote cast at the last
election. This heads off any attempt
to vote on the question by wards or
precincts.