Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-22

ing the month of January.
Montrose will have log rolling
during the Western slope fair and hun.
dreds of visiting Woodmen are ex.
pected.
The Trinidad ball team went down
to defeat before the Colorado Iron
Works team in Denver Saturday,
score being 6 to 3.
II Denver does not land the booby
pennant 1t will be on account of
strong rivalry and desire of other
towns for the place. Denver is sure
~ putting up rotten ball.
General Bell, chief of staff, returns
to Washington after n tour of the mill
tary posts of the country, prepared to
take steps to ameliorate the condition
of the enlisted men.
Two trust es, Charles Schrobe anI
J, u. Gref escaped fronf the penl-
ter mon City Friday night.
A rewa $500 is offered for their
apprehension and return.
Veterans of the army of the kaiser.
led by bands playing German martial
music, are holding forth in Den
yer today, being reunion of the
American branch of the federation of
former German soldiers.
| Denver won one game on its last
eastern trip up to date. The club
is again vieing for booby honors. The
management is at fault in keeping
such an aggregation of players in the
largest city in the league.
| Because he had been notified by
the mayor to get out of town before
o'clock, coupled with the fact that
his sweetheart has gone back on him.
| Oscar Jones, well known man of
| Trinidad, sent bullet through his
brain about 2 o'clock Saturday morn.
ing and died about 1880 O'Clock.
The 14-monthsold son of Jesse
Pierce, living three and one-half miles
| northwest of Platteyille, was drowned
In an irrigation ditch Saturday night.
The child wandered from home and
when found had Hoated several miles
down the stream.
The Pueblo Chieftaln should brace
up II 1t wants to keep a San Juan
| clientage. Although all baseball scores
| are in by 6 o'clock and the Chieftain
does not go to press until the games
reported are two days and most of
the state specials are day or two
old. Brace up.
Freddie Weeks, OF Cripple Creek
who is working hard for the coming
| bout with Frank Carsey of Chicago,
received an offer Saturday from the
National Athletic club OF Philadelphia
to meet the winner OF the Neill-
o Toole bout Articles for the Denver
| match have not yet been forwarded.
LAWN Davis. an expert electrician.
| was electrocuted while at work at the
| top OF an electric light pole thirty feet
from the ground at Greeley. In some
| manner Davis touched two live wires
at once, making a connection. Sew
| eral thousand volts of electricity pass
| ed through his body and death was
instantaneous. His body hung limp
| across the wires and was badly burn.
| ed. Fellow workmen had much diff
/ Guilty in lowering the body to the
ground. Davis is survived by widow
ard several children.
Tho WaStaru ITptnp foIaorapt nf6ra
| made an attempt to open its office at
Grand Junction Saturday with a non
union operator named W. Fl. Mccall.
The man had Just gone to work when
| about twenty young men went into
the office and told him to leave. They
informed him he could not work In
that Office unless he Joined the union.
They were in no way connected with
the local telegraphers' union. He left
tn office but stated that he would
return and try II again the next morn
| ing. The office has not been open
since the strike was declared last Mon
| day.
A special car left Grand Junction
| over the Midland Saturday night filled
with delegates to the annual conven-
tion OF the State Commercial asso-
citation now In session at Greeley. The
delegation goes for the purpose of try
ing to land the next convention for
/ Grand Junction in 1908. 1t also goes
for the purpose Of assisting In the re-
organization OF the association. The
delegates took with them a car load OF
fruit and will distribute Grand juno
tion peaches and fruit to the citizens
and the delegates who are in attend
ance.
Colorado Springs is today an oasis
for hundreds of plumed knights from
all parts of the country, who have
crossed the hot sands OF the deserts
to take part in the weeks festivities
attending the Imperial palace meeting
OF the Dramatic Order of Knights OF
Khorassan. The first business session
was held today. The afternoons and