The Lamar register., 1909-10-06
COLORADO NEWS

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w. Fl. Mcintosh, teamster. has
mysteriousiy disappeared from Grand
Junction. ~ - ~;
Milliken, the new town on the Den
yer. Laramie & Northwestern. is hay
ing a boom.
The Glenwood Springs bank rob-
bers seem to have escaped all possI-
bility of detection,
Charles wvolf of Golden was bound
over to the District Court on charge
Of cattle rustling. =.
j. l.. Ridgeway'is appointed post
master at Wolcott. Eagle. county.
Colo. vice A. NJ. futile, resigned.
Thirty warrants were issued Mon
day at Pueblo for the arrest OF men
living near the Missouri Pacific round
house. who. it is charged by Special
Agent F. J. Cox. have stolen almost
enough tools to start another rail-
road. All manner of railroad property
is included in the list, and it is
charged that even a handcar was
taken.
The body Of E. Espineza. miner
eighteen years of age. employed by
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company at
Segundo. was found on the railroad
tracks of the Colorado & Wyoming
at that camp Monday It is pre-
sumed that he was trying to beat his
way to Trinidad on freight when he
fell under the wheels He was un
married and lived with his parents.
Driven to desperation by pain. the re-
suit of months of suffering from
stomach trouble, Fred c. Bucherdee.
aged GO. pioneer of Boulder county.
committed suicide in his home at
Lyons. He first slashed his wrists
with butcher knife. but fearing that
his wife would detect his act before
he could bleed to death. he took a
shotgun and blew off the top of his
head. >.
Reports received at Pueblo from
experts state that the crops in Pueblo
county and the Arkansas valley will
be at least double the average this
year and 1t is believed that one Of
the greatest crops in the history of
the state will be garnered. This ap-
plies both to irrigated and non-irri-
gated lands. Corn is the best ever
and sugar .beets the most prolific and
sweet for years. Hay alone is scarce
and poor.
Plans have been submitted to the
state engineer for the Decker Creek
Reservoir Company's irrigation
scheme. which contemplates the build
ing Of twenty-foot dam on Decker
creek in Mineral county. and i'm
pounding 43.422.oo0 cubic feet of wa
ter. The estimated cost Of the neces-
sary construction work is $4,000. as
determined by survey completed
September 90. Charles E. Hal is the
applicant
John K. Caldwell. commander OF
Colorado Springs Post No. %. @. A. r..
died suddenly Sunday morning in San
Diego. Cal. He reached San Diego
Friday. having gone there after sew
eral weeks Illness in the hospital in
the hopes that the lower altitude
would benefit his health. The direct
cause OF his death was heart failure
Mr.. Caldwell was sixty-five years old
and is survived by his stepdaughter.
Mrs Belle Coulter. with whom ne
Neu III Soiorauo Sp'"ss'
Final survey for the proposed cleo
trio car line from Grand Junction 10
Fruita was commenced Monday under
the direction Of Chief Engineer Nose
ly of the company. The right OF way
over the entire course has been Sc
cured and at conference held in
Fruita last Saturday between General.
Manager Sunderlin and other oficials
Of the I:.terurban Electric Company
a.d the local committee. which had
in charge the securing of the right OF
way. 1t was formally announced that
the road would be in operation by
January LIST. f.n
D.rv.r -pavi.wipv of the assess
.n,, =, oo-nor.,,ons x.s finished nv
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"" 80
raiiro4e anu express companies IN inc
sum Of S56.b00.0 900. an increase OF 81.
ooo ooo over last wears assessment.
II, -. 900 900 l.,