Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-18

legal holiday. The signing of the bill
was accomplished In the presence o
large number of Colorado pioneer
at reception rendered to them by tn,
Sons OF Colorado in Marble hall. Fo
years the pioneers of the state ant
kindred organizations have been work
ing to make August legal holiday
They succeeded in having the bill pass
both the house and senate this ses
sion and decided to make the time oi
the signing of 1t by Governor Buchtel
great event Therefore under the
supervision of Clarence E. Hagar
president of the Sons of Colorado, a
mammoth reception was planned and
given Tuesday evening in honor of
the Colorado pioneers and at that re-
oeption Governor Buchtel signed the
bill The reception, which was at
tended by over 500 of the pioneers
of the state and their friends. will go
down In history as one OF the pleasant
evenings in the lives of those who at.
tended. Although storm ragged with.
out, scores and scores of the old folks,
| foregetful of the inclement weather,
| attended the hall and Joined In the
| festivities and graciously accepted the
honors that were bestowed upon them
| and in spirit were carried back TO the
pioneer days OF the sos and COS when
receptions were few and when If they
we're given they Travelled hundreds of
| miles TO attend them.
While dlluting pail of lime six
Pueblo school children suffered injury
OF eye sight.
Denver Republican is rounding up
members of the assembly who are der
elict In their promises to the voters
last fall.
Longmont held its regular monthly
meeting with banquet on the side
with over 100 in attendance Tuesday
evening.
Increased pay in the postal service
has Increased number of applicants
taking civil service examination at
Pueblo.
The time between Denver and Chi
cago may be heightened five or six
hours, requiring thirty.three hours to
make the trip
The fourth child having died within
short time has driven Mrs. Cafone OF
Pueblo violently insane. Grieving
over their loss.
Mrs. Stella Beardman of Pueblo
was found dead in bed by the side of
her husband Tuesday morning. She
had taken Rough on Rats" during the
night and her writings had failed to
awaken her husband. She left note
saying her husband was in nowise to
blame.
A statement of gross receipts of
postoffices for February shows that
the Denver receipts to have been 500.
os1, as against s6O,772 for the same
month last year, gain of $S,309
Alma Manteufel is dead at the wy
oming state hospital as the result of
q pNthiidi at'iuchl. ne WdS CitdulHS
one Of his ears with match, about
three weeks ago. when companion
jostled him and drove the match into
the ear. Infection resulted and blood
poisoning caused death.
Pueblo has pledged something like
$4,000 to finance the ball team for
the Western league series of games
this summer. Takes money to keep
a ball club going. OF course there
will be some returns, the above being
in the shape of guarantee.
From now on the state board Of
equalization will have open hearings
and all who care to may attend and
listen to the reasons advanced by cor
poration agents why their properties
should be valued at such and such
figures. The sessions OF the board
will begin April 1.
Coal Mine Inspector Jones has COM
pleted his investigation into the coal
mine explosion at Primero some
months ago and has made his report
to Governor Bucbtel. In this report
he finds that 1t is impossible to ar
rive at any definite conclusion as to
Just what caused the explosion.
Judge Allen of Denver is gaining
quite name for himself because he
sent wrangllng couple applying for
divorce home with instructions TO
patch up their trouble and stop the
nonsense, the advice being followed.
The Judge is in receipt of letters con
graduating him. Some Of the attor-
| neys whose divorce cases are assign
ed to Judge Aliens court ask for
change of venue on the ground that
he is prejudiced. Too bad there are
not more judges like Allen.
Let the fate OF 4-year.old child
J of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Young, resid.
ing In Boulder county, be a warning
to others. Mrs. Young locked her
two children in the house and went
to visit a neighbor. Soon flames were
seen Issuing through the windows and
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