The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1908-08-12
STATE NEWS ITEMS

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The grand council of the Red Men
IT Colorado will be in session at Pueb
: Aug. 10th, 11;h, 18th and dslega
tons from all over the state are ex-
peoted.
A freak election bet has been made
at Leadville. According to the terms.
If Taft wins Matt Gaffney will push a
wheelbarrow containing r. S. Casey
over the principal streets of the city,
and in the event of Bryan's election
the positions will be reversed. Both
are well Known mining men.
Union depot officials declare that
all records have been broken during
the month of July in the number of
passengers carried into Denver. There
also has been an advance over previ-
GUS years in the number of tickets
sold, the increase being nearly $685.,
900 over the sales of last year.
At meeting of the commissioners
of Pitkin county few days since res
olutions were passed giving County
Assessor w. II. McNichols twenty days
In which to make good the shortage al
legged to have occurred during his term
OF office as treasurer. If the alleged
shortage is made good the suits pend
ing against him will be nolled.
John p. Doyle has been appointed
special examiner in the case brought
by the government against the Pagosa
Springs companies for alleged timber
frauds. Mr.. Doyle takes the place of
Scion Pingrey, who was forced to
resign because of illness. The cases
are now being heard before a United
States commissioner ah Pagosa
Springs.
The badly decomposed body of a
man was found floating in the Grand
river on the 4th inst, two miles below
Glenwood Springs. 1t was brought
here and identified as the body of j. e.
Darland, who was drowned July 9th,
while crossing the river at Shoshone.
The body had floated fourteen miles
down the river. His widow lives at
Colorado Springs.
Seventh Day Adventists to the num-
Der of l, 900 or more will be encamped
on the grounds of the State Fair AS
ISOLATION at Pueblo for ten days. be-
ginning August Goth. This event
promises to be one of the greatest re-
ligious gatherings ever held in Pueblo
1t will be the annual camp meeting
and members from all over the West
will be present
served in grand style by the colored
people. fully 100 visitors being pres
ent. Two ball games were played be-
tween Salida and Canon City teams,
Salida winning the morning game by a
score of Is to 6, and Canon City win
ming the afternoon game by score
of 16 to 10. In the evening there was
cakewalk and a dance.
1t is stated that former Gov. Jesse
F. Mcdonald will probably be the only
member of the committee which was
selected to>purchase the silver service
for the cruiser Colorado to make the
trip to San Francisco and make the
formal presentation. There will be
an invitation extended to several pri
vate citizens to see the honors done,
but whoever goes pays the expense of
his trip personally.
Examinations will be held by the
Denver Civil Service board at the East
Denver high school on August 25th.
2Gth and 9th. for candidates for the
positions of firemen, patrolmen, lieu
tenants. engineer and assistant engi-
neer of the fire department. and in
spector of the Board of Public Works.
All applications to take the examina-
ton must be in at the office of the
Civil Service commission by August
18th.
From President s. H. Atwater of the
Kansas-ColoradO Power L. Railroad
company 1t is learned that the pro-
posed pleasure resort to be established
by the company will be located in the
vicinity of Lyle, about twenty-five
miles west of Pueblo and practically
the same distance from Canon City.
Arrangements are being made to bore
several artesian wells in the vicinity
and 1t is expected that lake will be
made.
Judge Lavender, in the District
Court at Leadville. has set the date
of the trial of Sherman W. Morris,
alias Frank Shiurtleff, charged with
murder for September LIST. Morris is
the man brought to Leadville two
months ago by Sheriff Bonner from
Lansing, Michigan. 1t is said that he
has a long criminal record and is
wanted in nearly every state in the
West. He will be tried for the murder
CT John Walsh. a saloonkeeper, the
night of June IS. 1893.
At meeting of the Penitentiary
Beard in Acting Governor Harper's Of
flee. ways and means We're devised
whereby the work on the state road
being built by convicts can be con
tinued at least until the next meeting
of the board, September 10th. A re-
apportionment of the penitentiary
funds make it possible for the work
to proceed indefinitely, so that it will
probably be continued without break
until the next Legislature provides
for funds to complete the highway.
Reports have reached Florence that
the Colorado-Ka electric railway
which is now being built between Pu-
eblo and Canon City. will not be ex-
tended into Florence. but will run
from Penrose to Canon City. along
the lower foothills and will enter Flor
ence from Ora Junta over the tracks
of the Florence & Cripple Creek road.
This will save the building of con-
siderable track as well as the expense
of securing franchise and right of
way into Florence.
L. w. Felter will start from Canon
City on trip around the world Au-
gust goth. He will sail westward from
Seattle on the Both in the steamship