Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-29
COLORADO NEWS.

"A CITY HUSplldl cDstlnS 9lDiuOO 10
being erected at Holly.
Canon City has an epidemic of ty-
phoid fever in n mild form.
Thomas F. Walsh will entertain
Secretary Taft at Wolhurst during his
visit to the state.
Vice President Fairbanks will stop
and deliver an address at Trinidad
Tuesday while en- route to California.
]. I. Scott, young cattleman who
had been on debauch for some
days at Pueblo, blew out his brains
with a revolver Friday.
According to the Denver Republican
there is rivalry on as to who is to
have charge of Secretary Taft during
his visit to Colorado.
Boulder autoists complain that the
ten-mile limit of speed is so slow that
they cannot keep their machines mov-
ing and ask to have the ordinance
amended.
William D. Haywood secretary of
the Western Federation of Miners, re-
turned to Denver Saturday, after a
two weeks vacation trip through the
| east and south.
After a long period of hard work
| and the achievement of many difficult
engineering feats, the double track
| of the Rio Grande through Eagle canon
has been completed.
Greeley claims to have been visited
by 10000 people Thursday last, being
the big day of the annual Harvest Day
festival Pretty big claim, but prob
ably one-third that number were in
| attendance.
| Trinidad coal dealers are anticipat.
ing a sharp advance in the price OF
coal. Operators are unable to supply
the demand and big eastern concerns
have contracted the local out put for
some time.
| General Passenger Agent Hooper
had a narrow escape from ptomaine
| poisoning at Salt Lake City a week
| ago. He is now in Denver and while
out of danger, will feel the effects
for some time.
1t now turns out that the first lease
to the Bgeria Coal company was un
i der the Orman administration, and
the extension was evidently made by
l
| Woodruff without meeting of the
| board. And j. f. Vivian is the boy
who is Strengthening out the crooks
Members of the Colorado Springs
camp, No. 1926, Modern Woodmen OF
| America. have started movement to
| secure for Colorado Springs the new
| national home which their order will
build soon at cost of from 100000
to $250,000. The matter will be dis
cussed at the head camp meeting next
year.
While w. H. Maloney. pioneer an
| rancher at Watkins, was pushing his
way through one of the Moffat road
pioneer picnic trains for Toland Sat
urday morning in search of seats for
himself and daughter, pickpockets alb.
stracted from his trousers pockets ST..
4OO-'$2OO in currency and 81 200 In
two deposit certificates of the Colo.
rado National bank.
A pitched battle in which twenty
two shots were exchanged was fought
at Florence between Night Marshal
William Brimble and Policeman Jack
Dwyer and Martin Lewis and Harry
Brophy, two desperate characters who
were caught in the act of holding up
and robbing the resort conducted by
Belle Bristol. The hold-ups were land
ed in jail.
A long term lease to the Frisco sys.
TEN by stockholders of tie Colorado
Southern, New Orleans & Pacific, by
the terms of which the latter road
practically loses its identity, has been
ratified, according to the Chicago Tri-
bune. This gives the Frisco 500 miles
oil road which runs from New Orleans
to Houston, and 1t is the intention of
the Frisco system to be operating
trains between Denver and New Or
leans by January / next.
Charles d. Chadsey has been elected
head of the Denver schools. This will
be pleasing news to Durango people
who have kindly interest In the
gentleman, Mr.. Chadsey having been
superintendent of the Durango schools
several years. during which time he
met and won a bride, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. o. e. Price. Mr.. Chad.
sey went to Denver Us superintendent