Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-28
COLORADO NEWS.

bling.
The citizens of Johntown have
voted the Issuance of 100000 bonds
for water works system.
Colorado Springs reports the scare
ity of girls for housework. That con
dition exists all over the country.
A Sarta Fe engine exploded near
La Junta, seriously inluring the en-
Walter MCGOWAN, a cowboy at the
j. j. ranch, near La .Junta, was thrown
from a ucking horse and instantly
killed.
Las Animis has an epidemic of scar.
let fever. An order has been issued
that all dog and cats caught on the
streets be shot.
An aged Denver woman, often an OIL
iect Of charity among the neighbors,
died the other day and search of her
room disclosed s2,050 in money.
The odd Fellows of Eaton are erect
ing $4,000 hall The lodge is com
posed of 140 members and nearly all
the bonds were taken by them.
George Lewis, trusty, escaped from
the pen farm by stealing a horse from
the overseer of the farm. He was sent
up from Cripple Creek and would
have been subject to parole next year
In tearing down an old building used
in Cripple Creek in the early days as
a hospital, workmen found the shrivel
ed arm and hand of a woman hidden
behind the canvas covering of the cell
ing.
Complaint has been made to the la
bor commissioner that fake employ
ment agencies are working the un-
employed of Denver and he has de-
termined to wipe such institutions
out.
The unmarried men OF Ault have
formed the Bachelors and Widowers
club. The object of the club is to cor
respond with marriageable women and
become benedicts as rapidly as pos
sible.
Work has begun on the Canon City
& Royal Gorge electric line and will
be pushed to completion. The com.
pany rejected all bids and will do the
work under its own supervision. The
cost will be s25O,0O0.
Two Denver boys We're drowned at
Nn val hot tn,, an, III ,1-
ventured too near the center of the
lake and the ice gave way. Two other
boys narrowly escaped drowning
while trying to rescue the drowning
lads.
John T, fnness. the 20-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Inness of
Trinidad, was found dead in his bed
by his mother. who went into the
room to awaken him. Just before
retiring for the night, he was seized
with fit of violent coughing which
hursted several blood vessels in his
left lung. causing internal hemor-
rhases.
j. @. Macdonald. manager of the
Union mill at Florence. says that since
the money furry in Wall street his
company has sent 100000 in gold bul-
lion to the Denver mint, all of which
has been coined. This company will
pay its employees in this coin.
1t is given ont from Tom Taggart's
gambling resort at French Lick
Springs. Ind, that Denver can secure
the Democratic national ccnvention.
by contrib ting 100000, as an evi.
dence of sod faith that 1t can enter.
tain the cen, ention.
Werner 2. Reed. the Colorado
Springs multi-millionaire who recently
returned from Paris. discovered when
he arrived in New York that the
banks would not change his French
money for United States gold coin.
and sent his French coin to the Den.
yer mint. where 1t was recoined into
United States money.
While crossing the railroad track
on his way to school in Montrose
John Mullins, aged s, attempted to
climb over freight train Just as a
switch engine was being coupled to
the cars. The boy was thrown under
the wheels, had his left leg cut of
at the hip and his right ankle crushed
lie died in few hours.
II. A. Russell. a wealthy farmer of
Eaton. has invented device to pre.
vent over-sleeping and at the same
time avoid necessity for attending to
the furnace. He has attached an
alarm clock to his furnace in such
way that when the alarm rings all |
the drafts OF the furnace are auto.
matically opened. He expects to Sc.
cure a patent. \
Silver coin will be turned out from