Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-07
COLORADO NEWS cuLLlNos.

C. J. Blowers, run over by run.
away team at Canon City. is dead.
Judge Burns. who died in Denver
last week. leaves 100000 to his wife
and family.
Jack Flynn of Pueblo bested
Twin Sullivan OF Boston in TWEEN
ty round 20 at Los Angeles last night.
The Trinity church viii be the
scene of the inaugural of Gov, Buchtel
as the edifce will hold twice the
number OF people over the capitol
building.
The total receipts of the secretary
of states office Thursday were sl9.-
434. The large amount is accounted
for by the filing of incorporation pa
pers by the Du Pont Powder com
pany. 1t cost them sls,735 to file
their papers.
Parson Uzzell walked out of the
commissioners meeting in Denver
the other day, claiming the gathering
was Illegal. The board proceeded to
organize prior to the new members
coming in and filed all the positions.
The courts will probably be called
on TO settle the matter.
As the result of pin scratch
which passed unnoticed at the time,
Miss Beulah Troxel, one of the young
est and most popular nurses of st.
Luke's hospital in Denver. died
Thursday morning. The pin point
which caused such an insignificant
injury that no attention was paid to
Il at the time. was infected and blood
poisoning in most virulcnt form
set in last Monday.
Senator Mccarthy Of Pueblo chair
man of the committee on corpora
tions and railroads. is going TO in
iroduce a railroad bill himself The
Wisconsin law seems to be his favor.
lie. A majority Of the committee
will be with him in his efforts to pass
n measure that will give relief TO the
shippers and that will not too severe
ly hamper the roads. Senator
Drake is another Senator who is CIV
ing great deal OF consideration to
railroad matters.
A Washington special to the Pueb-
10 Chieftain says: Much general re-
gret is heard on all sides in Washing
tn, at tho ratirapnanf from, onnuras,
of Hogg and Brooks of Colorado.
Both have made excellent records.
and 1t takes at least two terms for
a congressman to become influential
with his colleagues, and in the depart
ments both have just begun to win
the attention which their abilities
Justify Particularly loes one hear
these expressions about Hogg. The
president expressed genuine regret to
day to Congressman Hogg In person
that he was quitting congress- Il
have just learned to know you thor
oughly ana to appreciate your can
did qualities" said the president in
earnest tones, "and cannot but feel
that Colorado sustains a great loss
In your retirement. You should not
have quit u.s. Speaker Cannon made
similar remarks to a small gathering
Of Colorado people, and from mem
bers of both parties come cordial ex-
pressions of friendship and admlra.
lion for the popular congressman
from the second district. Hogg is un-
doubtedly the most popular congress.
man Colorado has had since the days
of the radiant Beford.
Members of the legislature have
promised the city council OF Boulder
| to pass some kind OF a bill which WILL
| release that city from the blanket
Lindsey election law. which Is appli
cable to Denver only but which was
made to cover all cities OF 5000 oI
over, and under which those cities
cannot hold an election this year. Sen
1tor Booth. who introduced the bil
in the last Legislature. says that h,
| VIII see to II personally that bill Ii
passed with an emergency clause at
tached, which win enable Boulder an,
other aniicted cities to hold an elec
tion in April. An effort will be mad,
TO have this new bill remedy the de
fects of the law OF 1908 which mad,
II incumbent on all cities % less siz
to elect all aldermen at the sam,
time Heretofore one-haif of the al
dermen held over. II Is hoped tina
the new law will renstate the old OF
der OF things In this respect so tina
at least one-half the aldermen will
hold over and be able to post newly
elected aldermen on the condition O
affairs. II Is also desired that tn
new bill will make the position O
city marshal. water commissioner
and city attorney appointive rathe
: than elective. and that the city cour
ell can discharge a man who is der,
Ict in his duties. Al present thes
officials are Independent OF the coul
ell, do as they wish and hold owe