Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-18
COLORADO NEWS cULLlNes.


summer.
Greeley capital will engage in candy |
making for outside consumption.
Two Boulder county boys are under
arrests charged with horse stealing.
The local option bill passed the |
senate yesterday by vote of 22 to IL.
Pueblo gambling houses opened |
for business Tuesday. But the run
will be of short duration.
The finding OF skeleton in Larimer
county has given rise to many specu-
lations and the coroner is investigat-
ing.
Canon City commercial interests
are making great preparations for the
banquet to take place on the evening
of the goth.
Greeley potato growers are losing
money every day owing to lack of cars
to ship to markets. The Union Pacific
is playing measly game and should
be taken in tow
In the senate yesterday the bill
known as the Laton measure. intend
ed to muzzle the press, was given
Knockout drops, the vote standing rs
and 6. Proper caper
Senator Taylor has withdrawn his
bill to change the name of the Grand
river to the Colorado river owing to
disapproval of Grand Junction and
other towns along the stream.
The bill introduced by Senator
Campbell defining what constitutes
common drunkard and providing Tor
punishment for the sale of intoxicant5
to such persons will undoubtedly pass
this session. Following is the defini-
ton of a common drunkard made IN
the bill: THAT any person residing In
| this state having a wife, child, chill
dren. relatives or any person What-
ever. legally dependent upon him Tor
support in whole or in part, who shall
spend his money or earnings at drink
al saloons or other places where IN
| toxicating liquors are sold and by SO
doing renders himself unable to fur
| nish necessary support, he shall be
| deemed a common drunkard, and may
be informed against by the dependent
person or any person knowing the
| facts. in any court by affidavit or In
| formation verified by the informant
setting forth that the person informed
against is a common drunkard.
The Fort Collins sugar factory
ceased grinding beets Tuesday and the
Campaign" for 1907 will soon be
brought to a close. The factory han
/ of ma h
900 sacks of granuluated sugar. VI
| the 1870 900 tons reduced here, l5o,Ooo
| tons were raised in this district, for
| which the Great Western Sugar com
pany paid the farmers $7SO,OOO, The
| Great Western factory at Loyeland
ceased slicing beets Monday, having
handled 10000 tons during the l5S
| DAYS the mill was in operation Ihe
| factory ground $4,000 tons OF beets IN
excess of last year, which makes the
heaviest campaign since the startihg
in 1901. During this time the sugar
company has employed more than 50o
men, with an average payroll or about
$50. 900 a month. The operations oil
the factory were handicapped some
what by severe storms, and some loss
was entailed by frozen beets. The
| average number of tons of beets pro-
| duced by the farmers of the entire
| district this season is fraction over
| l6, which is about one ton in excess
| of last year.
The public accountant measure Will
| no doubt pass both senate and house.
1t should.
| District court is in session at Wal
senburg with eleven murder cases on
| the docket.
II is reported & Grand Junction girl
has gone crazy from reading reports
of the Thaw trial.
The "Cave of the Winds" the great
Manitou attraction, is about to be sold
for s175,000.
Several frozen to death and many
thoroughly chilled was New York
city's record Tuesday.
A Boulder county ranchman has
dog that has twice saved long bridge
for the Colorado Southern by raising
a great howl when on fire.
1 ne SEOUL dnti-pdSs JIM 10 so'ho -
have rough shedding before 1t gets to
the governor-if it does. 1t provides
fine of $500 to $1,000 for the is
suance of any free transportation after
May l.
Az automobile running at mile a
minute collided with a Denver street
car. Result: One will die, George j.
weldt, travelling salesman and three
others badly injured. Will people
never learn?
Freddie Weeks, the featherweight
champion of Colorado, Wyoming and
Montana, last night knocked out Kid
West, Kid Kelly and Mike Walsh, Civ
ing half n minute to each. He had
agreed to put the three out in six
rounds.
Today crocuses are blooming in
Greeley yards, at least two weeks
earlier than Heretofore and hyacinths
and daffodils are well out of the
ground, showing buds. Tho weather
has been Sc warm for the last three
days that doors and windows stand |
open and overcoats and wraps have
been discarded.