The Lamar register., 1909-12-15

cally all are expected to be In attend
ance.
State Engineer Comstock has called
for bids for construction Of the Den
ver-Golden boulevard. to be opened
December 18th. Approximately $685.
900 will be spent in building a first
class macadam boulevard between
Denver and Golden. The last Legis-
lature appropriated $1,000 and citizens
OF jefferson county have raised over
$4,000.
Two loads Of hogs sold on the Den.
yer market December 10th at $40.
this being the highest price ever paid
in Denver for hogs. The previous
record price was on September 2sth
of this year. when $s.35 was paid.
Previous to this year the record stood
at $S.27iz. which was paid by the old
d. & NJ. Packing Company in Feb
ruary. 1892. for one load.
At a recent meeting of the Colorado
Manufacturers' Association in Denver
the following officers were elected:
President, Thomas Z. Williams. vice
president OF the Lindquist Cracker
Company: first vice-president. A. F.
Austin of the Austin Candy Company:
second vice-president, J. Yetter; treas.
urer. A. F. Austin; secretary. S. NJ.
Vaughn.
BY far the largest and most expen-
sive reservoir ever planned for north.
ern Colorado is that proposed by John
T. Warren Of Greeley. and others. to
make which a great dam will be
thrown across the Platte river at the
Narrows, about six miles below Wei
don. and 100000 acres in Morgan,
Logan and Washington counties will
be provided with irrigation at a cost
of 81. 100000.
After three years OF work. in which
several miners have taken their lives
in their hands, a shot fred at O'Clock
p. m. on the sth inst. in the breast of
the Burleigh tunnel. made an opening
which is draining the famous Seven
Thirty shaft on the Dives-Pelican and
Seven-Thirty mining property in up
per Clear Creek, and virgin property
on the Seven-Thirty 300 feet deep and
more than mile long above the tun-
mel can now be worked
Coiorado's fairest maidens will be
seen congregated for several days
when the states national apple expo
sition opens at the auditorium on
January 3. There will be twenty
five of these young women candidates
for the honor of queen of the apple
show" the voting contest for which
has developed great rivalry. The
queen will be crowned in the auditor
ium Friday night, and on the follow
in igh hri1 fntx hoI
be rendered the queen and her court
at the Brown Palace hotel.
Col ]. A. Ownbey Of Boulder, who
has charge of ]. P. Morgan's extensive
coal mining interests near Trinidad.
is negotiating for herd of elk now
owned by a Fort Collins ranchman.
The elk, If secured, will be liberated
on the large game preserve of Mr..
Morgan. near the New Mexico line.
Arlbert r. Elingwood of Colorado
college and Frederic D. Anderson Of
the University of Colorado have pass
ed the preliminary examinations. and
are ready for the final decision by the
examiners for the Rhodes scholarship.
1t is now stated that the proposed
Cheyenne Mountain Scenic railway at
Colorado Springs will be built next
year. The plan is to construct an
electric railway from Stratton Park
to the top Of Cheyenne mountain, the
steep incline to be overcome by a de-
vice patented by Col. Lew Ginger.
Work has been commenced on the
construction of the Cage helicopter
flying machine at Denver. II il
planned to have the machine com.
pleted early next spring. Great things
have been predicted for 1t by, many
experts.