Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-26

year electric lighting contract. 1t now
obtains arc lamps for $40 for which it
was paying $3.50.
State Treasurer Bent has refused to
honor warrants drawn against the
railway commission fund, according
to Denver newspapers.
Lightning struck a Montrose resi-.
dence Sunday, knocking one of the
inmates insensible and setting fire
to the house. Lady recovered and
fire put out.
By carelessness in handling a re-
volver in the hands of Edward Kyle in
a Denver boarding house resulted in
the death of John Conard, govern
ment sheep inspector The gun, as
usual, went off Unexpectedly.
The heirs of one of the men killed
at Boulder by the explosion of dyna-
mite have filed a claim against the
city for $4,000 alleging negligence on
the part of the city in permitting a
car of dynamite to remain in the city
limits.
When a farmer gets so to 65 bushels
OF wheat to the acre he thinks the
crop is good, but Harry Benson has
just finished threshing Is acres for
w. H. Balkan. two and a half miles
east of Longmont, where the yield
vas "A bushels and 3 pecks to the
acre.
Henry Achzig has brought suit in
the district court against Policeman
w. H. Beers and Night Watchmar
Thomas Thompson of Fort Collins fol
damages for false imprisonment. He
| demands $4,000 actual damages ant
$4,000 exemplary damages, The sui
grows out of Mr.. Achzig's arrest sev
eral months ago by the officers name'
or the charge of disorderly conduc
on which he was acquitted in tn
county court.
For the first time in the history o
Colorado City, every house of disre
pute in the tenderloin district is clos
ed. The police made raid abou
midnight Sunday. capturing IS IL
mates of the houses. 1t is estimate
that 90 denizens of the district e:
capped the dragnet by leaving tow
earlier in the evening.
Charles Krotke of Pueblo arrived /
Grand Junction and said that Will
on his way here he had been relieve
of $500. According to his story h
had saved $500 while working in tn
Pueblo steels plant He wrapped tn
money up in his blanket and starte
west and some time last night som
one took it out of his blanket.
Geo. w. Smith, formerly of Denve
met death by downing at Burlingam
Beach, Cal, last week while tryin
to rescue boy who was taken wit
cramps. The boy was bathing whe
Smith and a man named Brooks pas
r ed by Brooks jumped in to save tn
youth and as grabbed around tn
neck and partially choked. Smith the
went to the relief of Brooks and ge
ting one of the boys arms loos
with a dying grasp the boy thre'
the arm arund Smiths neck takin
his head under water and smotherin
him, the three going to watery grave
Montrose won out and will be tn
next meeting place of the Colorad
States Commercial association whic
closed its session at Greeley Wednei
day evening. The last piece of bus
ness done by the convention was tn
reelection of Col. w. f. Skinner, {
Denver, as president. w. l.. Clayto
OF Greeley was elected first vice pr y
. dent and w. W. Marsh of Montros
second vice president. Wednesda
morning the convention reorganize
the association along the lines su,
gested by President Skinner in hi
address Tuesday. Under this orde
the state is divided into thirteen di
| lIlcts, edcn one Ol WHICH electS On
director to the general organization
, The director to the general organize
tion. The directors chosen toda
were: w. r. Armstrong of the d,
range district, w. w. Marsh, MOI
trose; r. NJ. Slocum, Grand Junction
districts four and five were not rel
resented at the convention; distric
six, H. G. Nelson of Cheyenne Wells
A. G. Watson of Pueblo; F. A Wi
liams. Trinidad; Elwood Markham, La
mar; E. NJ. Culver, Alamosa: w. L
Clayton, Greeley; George f. Hosmel
Fort Morgan, and w. e. Skinner o
Denver.