The Lamar register., 1909-01-06
COLORADO NEWS

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The cornerstone of the new $4,000
city hall at Trinidad was laid on New
Years day.
The State Board of Health will con-
duct It's semLannual examination for
embaimers at the State house In Den
yer Friday. January Sth. at 100 p. m.
The State Land Board has granted
the Fort Lyons Canal Company right
of way through state lands and the
voir sites.
The cowboys of southeastern Colo
RADIO held their annual banquet and
dance at La Junta on the night
of December goth. The town was full
OF cattlemen.
A syndicate of eastern capitalists
has telen s17. $685. 900 of the new issue
of Denver & Rio Grande railway bonds.
The proceeds were used to retire $15,-
100000 short time notes.
The annual banquet of the alumni of
the State Normal school at Greeley
was held at the Brown Palace hotel
In Denver on the night Of December
Both. about eighty being present.
At the December meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Modern
Woodmen of America, 1t was decided
to admit free of charge to the recently
established sanitarium in Colorado
Springs all members afflicted with tu-
berculosis whose cases are durable.
Secretary Watrous of the Boulder
Commercial Association is in commun-
ication with several large pottery man.
ufactures in the east and the coming
year gives promise of the establish
ment of one or more pottery works in
or near the city.
The Rogers Canning Company of
Rogers. Ark, has offered to establish
canning factory at Fort Morgan. If
the farmers will plant 1000 acres of
city to donate n site of two or three
acres and give bonus of $1,000.
Albert Cree of Manitou and ]. w.
Mullins of Denver have purchased the
Spencer property on Canon avenue,
Manitou. for about $4,000, and 1t is
understood that Denver capitalists
are interested in a proposition to con-
struct u 100000 winter hotel on the
site.
The Union Pacific railway will put
on another motor car, the second to be
put on the run between Greeley and
Sterling. By connection with north
and southbound trains at La Sale. this
will give two strictly local trains each
way every day between Denver and
Sterling.
Arrangements have been about COM
pleted by Secretary Watrous of the
Boulder Commercial Association, with
Springfield. Ill.,. parties to bring col
ony from that section TO settle on
small farms and fruit tracts near Boul-
der and along the Interurban and I'm
ion Pacific lines.
In common with Pueblo, Colorado
Springs reformers are planning to petit
ton the next state Legislature to es-
tablish n separate Juvenile Court, like
that ir Denver. At present the county
judge attends to the Juvenile Court, to-
gether with county and probate bust
ness
A grand celebration for the one hun
dredth anniversary of the birthday OF
ntAl 10 bt-
ing planned In Denver, to be held at
the auditorium. All patriotic and mill
tary societies in the city will take part.
led by the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie.
The theater at Manhattan Beach in
Denver was entirely destroyed by fire
on the night of December Goth. 1t was
n.
ment Company. who. it is stated will
build a new theater in its place. The
old building cost $4,000 and was par
TALLY insured.
Major Augustus r. Stewart, a Con-
federate veteran of the Civil War and
pioneer of Pueblo and Colorado. died
at his home in Pueblo on the Both ult,
after an illness of many years. He
was seventy-two years of age and had
resided in Colorado for forty-five years
AT the close of the war he settled in
Boulder and was treasurer of Boulder
county for many years before moving
to Pueblo.
The postofiice authorities have
stopped the mails OF the Colorado
company JUNCTION.,
postmaster general having issued a
fraud order against the company.
which 1t is alleged advertised extern
sively to send twenty-five useful house
hold articles for 25 cents Several
women are alleged to have put up the
quarter, but never received anything
in return.
meeting was held at Fort Morgan
December 18th 10 organize the bar of
the Thirteenth judicial district. About
twenty-five attorneys of eastern Colo.
RADIO We're present and after deciding
to organize, the following officers were
elected: l.. C. Stephenson. president;
S. L. Naugle. vice president; Irving
Van Brandt. secretary: w. II. Pound.
treasurer, At night the members OF
the association We're the guests at n
banquet given by Judge Burke.
number of citizens have voluntari.
ly contributed the necessary funds for
the purpose of keeping the convicts at
work on the state highway until the
Legislature gets down to business,
when 1t is expected that suitable ap-
preparation will be made to continue
the work. The highway will be corn.