The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1910-08-03
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water 10000 acres north Of Grover.
Greeley poultrymen have organized
an association and will hold show in
| the winter.
Rev. F. B. Hills, who had resided
mead Uncompahgre for ten years. died
at the age of "a years.
Joseph Hudson, a Colorado Springs
drug clerk. was fined 5000 and costs
for the illegal sale of liquor.
The Ouray Pioneer Association will
hold its annual gathering at Hollis
grove near Ridgway September 5th.
Timothy O'Connor. resident Of the
Grand valley for twenty-five years.
died at Grand Junction at the age Of 70.
Gottlob Kieser, a pioneer stockman
of Hugo. is dead from fall from a
wagon which he sustained the other
day.
The midsummer meeting of the Col
orado State Editorial Association will
be held at Buena Vista August 18th
and goth.
Pantages Pueblo theater was burg
larized Of $40 by the stealers climb
ing down a fire escape and entering
the office.
The q. A. r. special train for the
national encampment at Atlantic
City will leave Denver Friday even
ing, September 10th.
Mrs. Katherine NJ. Cook, state SUI
perintendent of public instruction. has
announced that she will again be a
candidate for that office.
The state convention of the Fedora
tion of Labor will be held at Grand
Junction beginning August sth. About
200 delegates will attend.
Plats have been filed for a new IT.
rigation proposition on Crystal creek.
near Crawford. The amount of land
to be watered is 5000 acres.
Warren c. Harding. Republican
nominee for governor of Ohio. is the
stepfather Of Marshall E. DeWolfe.
editor of the Kersey Enterprise.
Mayor Houston OF Greeley has is
sued a circular warning druggists
against the sale OF Jamaica ginger
and other hybrid brands OF firewater.
The Stove Prairie fire which has
been burning west OF Fort Collins for
several days has been subdued. The
burned area embraces about eight
square miles.
Mrs. Rhoda Lutes. the oldest lady of
the western slope. died at Grand juno
ton as the result Of a fall which she
sustained several days ago. She was
a little over 95 pears old.
Fossil teeth of some prehistoric an
imal were unearthed by workers in a
Greeley brickyard the first OF the
week. They were well preserved and
weighed about fifteen pounds each.
In Clear Creek and Gnpin counties
railroad tracks to be covered with
sand and gravel and much damage
done to fumes and wagon roads.
Cosgriff Bros. who hav n string o.
thirty banks in Idaho. Utah, Montana,
Wyoming. Nebraska and Colorado.
have secured site for their new Ma
tional City Bank in Denver. which will
be capitalized at s250.0O0.
Nevadaville citizens held a mass
meeting to discuss a bond issue for
providing water for the town. Rus
sell Gulch is Interested in the propo-
sition also and there is talk OF incor-
porating the latter town.
The big rains of Thursday and Fri
day caused number OF washouts on
the various railroads. the Denver &
Rio Grande having three between Den
yer and Colorado Springs. and one be-
tween Pueblo and Canon City. Traf-
fic was delayed seriously.
The Laramie-Poudre Company,
since Judge Garrigues ruled that its
bond issue was legal. has let the coll
tract for its reservoir on the Larami.
river at about $4,000. II will have
capacity of 100.oO0.000 cubic feet
and it is expected to have it com.
pleted/ by next June. The tunnel is
in $500 feet
Greeley.-By a vote OF 55 for and 5
against. school district No. 6. which
includes this city. authorized a 1000
bond issue to meet part of the cost Of
new high school building and to ply
Indebtedness Of 10000. The nov
building will cost about 100000 am
in January next another bond issut
will probably be voted. N
BY the annual report OF Superintcnd-
ent Charles Deacon of the Union
Printers Home at Colorado Springs.
Just issued. it is learned that the ex-
penses for the year were $70.276.32
The medical report shows the results
OF the last year to be the most sue
cessful In the history of the institu-
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