Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-12
COLORADO NEWS.

tu the pen for life from 1Tinidad.
Cripple Creek has another closing
spasm and the authorities have order
ed the removal of all slot machines.
Eaton will have public library
erected. furnished and kept by funds
raised by the women of that little city.
The Pueblo business men have sent
in a protest against the proposed par
Gel post, claiming it would ruin their
business
Besides dealing out large chunks OF
justice. County Judge Cooper Of Canon
City recently performed three mar.
rage ceremonies in one day.
Ore worth a dollar a pouiid is being
taken from new strike On Mineral
hill Cripple Creek. The beauty of 1t
Ia Il ere Is a large body of 1t.
The Barbers' union OF Trinidad pass
ed resolutions denouncing In no un-
certain terms the many attacks made
ON union men OF that place during the
past two months.
j. w. Reeve. convicted of setting
FIRE to the depot at Boulder. which
caused an explosion resulting in the
death Of three people. has been sen.
fenced TO the penltentiary from ten
10 fifteen years.
While returning home alone a Young
woman of Fort Morgan YVES attacked
by an unknown man whose intention
and thrown to the ground. but her
screams frightened the rufflan away.
Golden people had prepared a lot
of ice cream for their football team
after the Thanksgiving game, but
someone got next to II and it disap-
peared 1t is believed the guilty par
ties are known and arrests are soon
to follow.
Since the verdict In the second Aus
mus Moon trial was rendered. the sym
pathy of the people of Brush for Inc
defendants has crystalized into action
and subscription paper was started
- raise money to defray the expenses
OF new trial II granted or if not
granted. to enable the defense to APP
ply to the supreme court tor IA write
of supersedeas.
ID. A. Camiield has put 300 men and
teams on the work of enlarging the
Riverside reservoir and building 80
miles of ditch near Greedy. Nearly
half OF the work Is completed. It
will cost 81 100000. 1t was first plan
ned to build 30 miles of ditch. but
was recently decided to Increase ITS
length 30 miles.
Six OF the largest cattle outfits in
Routt county have sold all their cattle
and have gone out of the cattle bust.
ness permanently. They give as their
reason that the cattle market in the
last few years has not been sufficient
~ good to justify them in remaining
in the business. They are of the be
lief that their ranches will make them
more money without the cattle than
with them.
AT Pueblo an Italian agel II years,
was convicted of criminal assault IN
mn
Dan Smith. convicted of forgery at
Trinidad was sentenced TO two 10
four years in the penitentiary.
Joseph Jasmack. a miner, was in
the Eagle mine in Las Aninlas county
A Fort Collins gambler was recently
fined Si00 and costs. Several others
arrested at the same time were given
fines.
Pueblo man was fined 800 and
costs because he persisted in sending
his children, who had scarlet fever to
school.
Andrew Archuleta. Mexican was
killed al the tipple of The Hastings
mine in Las Animas county by being
struck by car.
Theresie Kroehl has fed suit in
Pueblo against the Colorado Fuel 4
lion company for $4,000 damages for
the death of her husband. "a furnace.
man.
The Colorado Retail Merchants rs.
sociation viii meet in trinidad on
2l-22 of January, and great prepara.
toas are being made for their enter.
tlinment.
The Modern Woodmen paid $4,000
Tor LOCO acres of land Just north OF
Colorado Springs on which the nation
nj home and sanitarium will be built
in the near future.
w. O. Burnsides. saloonkeeper oi
Cripple Greek, has been arrested ior
allowing a room In his establishment
to be used for gambling purposes.
He was released ON $500 bonds
Hiram Wilson and John MURRAY. |
charged with killing w. H. Davis at |
a ranch near Johnstown. were found |
guilty of murder In the second de-
gree Gus Murray, charged with com.
plicity in the crime was acquitted
Sherman Scott, brakeman on The
Santa Fe. son of Mrs. Mary Scott of
Trinidad, died at the Santa Fe hospital
AZ Las Vegas as the result OF injuries
received in an unknown manner. He
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