The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1909-10-13
COLORADO ITEMS

the Cripple Creek district.
Phillip Griffith. an Independent op-
orator. recently comrleted the deepest
hole ever drilled in the Florence OIL
field. drilling 4.015 feet. but no oil was
struck So ..'rt
Earl B. Weiser. a drug clerk. recent
~ killed a z51>tound cinnamon bear
while hunting deer near Turkey creek,
twenty-five miles southwest oil Colo
RADIO Springs. -
The Portland Mining Company has
declared another quarterly dividend
OF 2 cents per share. payable october
18th. II totals 100000. and will bring
the amount paid in dividends to $s.-
"a. ESQ.
Colorado members of Congress have
received word that the yearly allot-
meat of seeds has been determined
Tney will each receive 10000 packages
of vegetable seeds and 1000 packages
+ flower seeds. Requests for samples
should be made of only one member.
Clinton Oliver. secretary OF the Col
orado National Apple exposition. has
received two Of the twenty silver -tro-
ply cups to be given as prizes for
various fruit exhibits at the exposition
in the Auditorit9 the first week in
january.
or.leiaIsN OF the Denver & Rio
Grande are said TO be watching close
i-ly experiments being conducsed by
other railroads In the use OF gasoBne
and electric cars for suburban sery-
lice. with a view TO Installing one, Of
the two varieties on the Denver-Lit.
Teton line.
At meeting of the committee
which has in charge the Western
Slope Development Congress- to be
held in dyand Junction November 1lth
and 18TH. IT was decided to unite VITA
the Western Slope Stockmen's Assoc.
ciation,s which meets about the same
time. and hold the meetings j1intly.
Sylvester wiimoth.. sheriff Of Gar
field county. died at his home in Glen
wood Springs Jon the 9Th inst. from
cancer.of the stomach He was born
near Eikins. W. Va. |fifty-eight years
ago He came to Colorado in 1885 AMI
located in Breckenridge. Five years
Inter he located on a; ranch near New
Castle, where L. Wade his home since,
Thsse former Sud ants of Colorado
Coliegs have received high honors at
Harvard. according to word received
by Prs sident SIocum. Carr A Head
blonl. 4 former football star. has won
a $500 tcholarship. and w. G. Smiley
aud L,rrN. Boftree have been awarded
sehoiars9ips of $3.50 and sl25 tespec'
lively. T..
The ranch house of Barrett Little
field on Sitter Fork. in Routt county.
has been burned. II contained several
thousand dollars worth Of valuable
furnishings and is a complete loss
Mr.. Littlefield is owner OF the famous,
IIttlefield elk park containing proba-
bly, the largest herd Of captive elk IN
existence
That a -iessee-w q mining claim is
relieved from fulfilling the terms of
the lease when to id so would be soD-
rehunerative. was the rul.4g sIaid
down by Judge Ailep in the piskict
Court at Denver. when he fopnd for
the defendant in the suit brought BY
Jacob andSHenrietta Schloss against
she Western Mining Company OF Lead
vile
approximately $4,000 acres of land
we're sold by the State Land BParro n
the 9Th inst. The sales were made
principally in-smali tracts, OF which
about 1880 acres were in Costilla
county The lowest price obtained
vas So an acre. while two quarter-sec'
tons in Routt county brought Si5 an
acre Other lands sold were in Pueblo,
Rio Grande. Otero and Logan coun-
ties.
Fag the first time since its founda;;
ton the Stat. School Of Mines at Col
Gen is out OF debt The freedom from
fndebtsuness Is due to the receipt oil
the Th6mas r. walsh and John Hays
Hammond contributions and the in
crease in receipts from student regis
-eraeson.> TAebsard- of directors has of
fered a prize Of $50 for the hest crit
cism by a graduate of the plans for
the ore testing plant to be erected
On his return, 10 Denver from trip
of inspection throughout the north
western part of the state. Fish and
Game Commissioner, Holland said that
extremely few deed are being killed
during the open sea3on this year. The
fact is not due to lack Of hunters. a
1907 licenses have been issued IN
Denver alohe..s- Due to favorable
weather conditions. the deer are Stay
ing in higheK sections OF the country
and have not yet sought the lowlands
The number of summer visitors &c
Colorado during 1909 is estimated by
]. Heating. baggage agent at the
Union depot in Denver, at 100000
Every month since May showed de
cided increase over the corresponding
month of last year. The Seattle fair
the Grand Army eDcampment at Salt
Lake and the Elks. grand lodge meet
ing in Los Angeles are conceded tc
have been important factors in the
making Of a banner season
Last spring, Thqnas F. Walsh Of
Tered a pure s<,4lo1 to be divided
into three prizes. for the best kept
places in Littleton. the awards to be
made during the county fair. The
prize winners are: DR.. c. W. Chrys
H. Srz,. .s-a CHARLES Cordas sac