Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-21
GENERAL NEWS.

Sumner wires the Record -Heral,
from Washington that legislation ant
public sentiment hostile to the rail
roads present menace to the coun
try's welfare since the prosperity OF
all industries Is Involved In the roads
ability to handle traffic. and that a
way must be found by which the rail
ways will be able to finance large i'm
proyements.
Bearing evidence OF buffeting by tire.
mendous seas, the Catherine, forty
tve foot yawl. was towed into port
at New York after a voyage of four
months and six days from Liverpool
There were on the boat Captain vii.
liam H. Small of Liverpool, his mate,
Angus Horn, and "Stumpy." a large
maltese cat. Owing to strong head
winds. southerly course had to be
shaped after leaving the Irish coast
and the log of the Catherine shows
that 7,210 miles was covered. Captain
Smith has completed one stage of a
voyage in search of hidden treas.
| ure. He is on his way to an island
of the coast of Honduras. where he
hopes to find 100000 in Spanish
| gold. believed to have been buried
| there by Latrobe, a pirate, 100 years
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will depend largely on circumstances.
for Captain Small says his funds have
become exhausted and that he came
to this city in search OF financial aid
to complete the search.
Photographs of habitual drunkards
soon will be arranged in artistic ar
ray in South Chicago saloons. The
new decorative effect for mirrors and
back bar will include both present
and prospective patrtps VINO drink
more than they should. The penalty
of being listed in the art collection will
be long. unquenchable and futile
thirst for the original. for nobody so
noticed can buy. no matter how much
price he has. The new plan was
caused by the heavy fines inflicted oil
saloon keepers and the prosecution OF
several successful suits against deal.
ers who had sold drinks to habitual
drunkards. Their pleas that the men
were unknown to them were unavail-
ing. Hereafter any wife or other rel
alive requesting that no drinks be
sold to man will be requested to
bring In photograph of the binuious
one. Copies then will he made and
distributed. On the back of the pic
ture will be placed a description of
the man, his name and address. His
favorite drink also will be recorded
together with other notations that
may lead to his Identification
Greeley potatoes are quoted at GO
to 10 certs hundred in carloa lots
This is the best price for years at
this season, and means good proflts
Tor the growers.
One of the boldest burglaries report
ed in Grand Junction in several years
was perpetrated when some thief
walked into the home of John Bor-
schell. in broad daylight. and stole
S25 from the purses of three women.
The coal operators of El Paso coun-
ty have increased the price of coal 25
cents Il ton. The coal miners did not
come in on the increase and there Is
some talk Of strike to enforce their
demand for part Of the increase on
the selling price of coal.
Two carloads OF plaster being ship
ped from Ruedi is the first 10. turn
ed out by the new mill of the Roaring
Fork Plaster company, which is the
only one OF its kind in the world. 1t
00v.
Thirty-one cars of apples and pears,
the largest shipment ever sent from
Grand Junction in two days, has just
been forwarded ny the Grand Junction
Fruit Growers association to various
parts of the country. The returns to
the growers will be $3.50 car, or a
total of s3S,050.
With the top of his head blown to
atoms. the dead body Of Louis voither,
a coal miner, was found by his brother
Franz Voither. in the lower levels of
the Curtis coal mine, two miles north
of Colorado Springs. A shot placed
| by the two brothers caused the mans
death when 1t exploded. voither was
- years Of age.
During a quarrel over the paymeT,