Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-03
BREverIEs.

Be careful when yawning. An east
ern woman visiting hospital dlslo
Gated her jaw by yawning.
Retrenchment by the railroads will
cost one hundred thousand men theii
Jobs during the month OF June is the
estimate of railroad managers.
The steel corporation is the subjec
Of the joint magazine debate between
Bryan and Beveridge, the former call
ing 1t an unbridled monopoly and the
latter citing 1t as an example of 9
good trust.
The principal corporations of the
United States, numbering 800, will
diSburse In interest and dividends In
the month of June the sum OF $40. 1000,
900. according to report from New
York.
The application Of Vincent st. Johr
and six others at Goldfeld for sepa
rate trials on Indictments for mur
der In connection with killing a res
taurant keeper during the recent
strike, has been denied.
Honors are about even in Ohio. Mr..
Foraker does not want the indorse-
ment Of Secretary Taft for senator,
and Secretary Taft will try and worry
along without Senator Forakers In
dorsement for president.
A large part of the people of Kan
sas become mp and drug stores do a
rushing business, the victims taking
beer or whisky, only "sick' people
being able to get liquor since the ga
looms were driven from the state.
Mrs. Charles Halberson OF Kemmer.
er, Wyo.. put a quantity of strych.
nine In the coffee and after the cups
had been emptied. told her husband
what she had done. He summoned a
physician. Mrs. Halberson had mar
row escape from death. Both are re-
covering. Jealousy is said to have
promptly the act
Leo Harsh. 20 years old, son OF ].
W. Harsh of Num-, had a narrow es-
cape from death by lightning. He
was driving team and leading a
third horse. rapidly across the plains
east OF there. hoping to reach shelter
from the approaching storm. He re-
members nothing more until he found
himself lying among the three horses,
which had been struck dead by a
thunderbolt.
Mayor Wentworth of Grand Junction
has issued an iron clad order, to which
he affixed the official seal, that the
night policemen shall within thirty
days provide themselves with regula-
tion blue uniforms; also that they
must report at 6 o'clock in the morn
ing; that they must not enter saloons
except on official business.
The board OF aldermen Of Bessemer
passed an ordinance requiring all
script dealers to pay a license of 5000
a year. The smelter and steel com
panies Issue script to employees in
stead Of money in payment of their
wages. The scalpers bought the script
At 80 or S5 cents and sold 1t for 30
Why not get after the companies who
issue the script?
Work on the big water system OF
the Montezuma Valley Irrigation dis
trict is now on in full blast. Suhcon-
tractor w. II. Crawford having a force
OF some $50 men at work, with more
teams and men coming In every day.
The frst work done is the building
OF the Narraguinep reservoir in the
north part OF the valley. Next week
. large force will be placed on the
Ground Hog. and by the first week in
July the work will be strung through
out the entire valley.
A few days ago w. R Hendee, a
larmer living Ave miles north of Long
mont, was riding horse and leading
! stallion when the stallion became
lnruly> and savagely bit Hendee on
he right leg, then dragged him from
he saddle and stepped on him. Hen
|ee was found soon after. lying In
hs road, unconscious. He was taken
. Bsgthoud and medical assistance
unmonSd. He regained consciousness,
nuanousd. He regained conscious
e'elock. The horse was an outlaw
thieh was brought from Routt county.
= Il u said had killed two men
nCsre Hendes Got him.