The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-04-15
COLORADO NEWS

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] place Of William z Avery
The board of the State Normal
School has elected Richard Broad OF
Golden president for the ensuing
year
Summit county is arranging for an
extensive mineral exhibit at Denver
during the Democratic national con
yention in July.
1t is expected that the hoard of zp-
praisers for the Denver water plant
10 fix its value on a proposition for
Its purchase by the city. will reach
a decision some time in May
E w Rogers. one OF the best
known Jefferson county ranchmen.
died on the 9Th inst at MS home near
Golden. He was seyenty-four years
old and a member of the Jefferson
County Pioneer Association
Col A J. Sterling. veteran ofthe
Civil War. and one of the Oldest aad
most prominent attorneys in Lead
VILE. died at his home in LeadyiiIe
April 10th, aged si1ty-nine, after an
Illness OF a few days with pneumonia
He had been a resident of Leadyille
since 1878.
The mayor and trustees of Coal
NA(Ih 6oft l-LlAc1 ~ a1O--o- N---%%
salaries so that the expenditures of
the town can be kept within the in
come The mayor IS paid SIS and
each trustee $50 per annum- Since
the town was burned last June the in
come has been small
The following new postoffIces have
been established in Colorado: Delhi.
Las Animas county, Samuel j. Reid.
postmaster: Shaw, Lincoln county.
Elizabeth A. Hocksnbey. postmaster
The name of the postoffice at Daffo-
dill. Douglas county. has been changed
to Deckers, with Stephen D. Decker
postmaster
Andrew Carnegie has donated the
additional sum OF $4,000 for the COM
pletion Of the inside work Of the new
public library at Durango Mr. Car
negie previously gave sl2.500 for the
construction of the library. and this
gift makes a total Of $4,000 The
building has been in use for some
time, although the interior was not
completed
The Dairymen's Association re-
Gently organized will have for one of
its objects the promotion Of dairy ex-
hibits at fairs in Colorado To induce
competition large prizes are to be Of
fered A premium list for the inter
state fair at Denver is now being pre-
pared By B. C. d. Bishopp. state dairy
commissioner. who is lending his aid
to the advancement of the new Or
ganization.
Four separate suits have been filed
in the United States Circuit Court by
the government against the Cutler
Lumber Company OF Lake county. al
leging timber trespass. The men
named as having cut the timber and
sold it to the Cutler company are
John Anderson, J. u. Riggs, Daniel
Ray, c. H. Metfard and Edward How
ard The government places the
amount Of damages at a total of 1854
At the meeting of the state board
of pardons April 10th the applications
Of James A. Hill and Leonard limbo
den, serving sentences in the state
penitentiary for looting the Denver
Savings Bank, were denied. Only one
Communication was granted. A. Burton.
No. GG6s, sentenced from Weld county
by Judge Garrigues November 20.
1906. to a term of five to six years
for forgery. Subject to parole in Au-
gust, 1910. committed from six to two
and one-half years.
about 1923 feet during the month Of
March. The work was seriously inter
fered with by a heavy flow Of water
in both headings. In the east end the
flow was phenomenal. 15.l32.000 gal
Ions having been pumped during the
month. In the west end the flow aver
aged CO cubic feet per second Under
ordinary conditions the present organi
zation will be able to drive about 500
feet of tunnel each month.
The annual encampmeht of the
Department of Colorado and Wyom-
ing, Grand Army of the Republic, at
Fort Collins, May Goth, 2lst and 22nd,
will be enlivened by the attendance
of the members of Custer Post No. l
of Laramie, Wyoming, in a body.
They wifi come in wagons. carriages
and automobiles and Will be accom-
panied by mahy OF the ladies' Of the
woman's Relief Corps. At Fort Col
Inns they will camp in the field.
Arrangements have been completed
for the tour of Inspection of the senior
School of Mines class, the finishing
touch to the four years course at the
state mining school. In charge of
number Of professors, the class of 1908,
numbering ffty-two men. will leave
GOlCeu lutsUdy, april ISL lue It'll
erary includes all the principal smell
ter cities of Colorado. Utah and Mon
tana, with a stop of FIVE days at Butte.
They will return May 18th, one week
before commencement.
The business men of Walden have
organized chamber of commerce to
take up the matter Of advancing the
agricultural interests of western Lari-
mer county and twenty acres have
been donated for model farm 1t is
purposed to put in charge OF this a
practical and experienced farmer. one
who is acquainted With the climatic
conditions and soil of the section. 1t
. is, planned to raise specimen grain.
grasses. forage crops and small
fruits best adapted to the altitude of
North Park.
In the District Court at Denver on
the 10th inst, Judge Whitford SEN
fenced William Longfnutti to be
hanged during the week beginning
July 27th. for the crime of murder.
Two murders were committed on Sun
day, February 23rd. and two men are
now under sentence of death. Gu
seppe Ala shot and killed Father Leo
Heinrfchs on the morning OF February