Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-03
COLORADO ITEMS.

Boulder was visited by a snow storm
on Decoration day.
The Cripple. Creek high school grad
uating class numbered twenty-six this
year.
ed yesterday in new. and natty uni
forms.
There are now fifty-fve life time
Sprisoners at the pen. Quite fair
sized gang OF itself.
Colorado Springs gun men captured
about all there was In sight at the
Trinidad trap club shoots
Canon City has a Country club with
Ex-Governor Peabody at the head. It
has membership of 125.
VIM. Macklin, who lives near Gary,
was attacked in his barnyard by an
infuriated boar and fatally injured.
The supreme court has ordered j.
p. Archuleta to pay his wife $50 per
month alimony and $500 attorney fee.s
at once
Two members of the blind depart
| rf ha nd In OF 1.
tute at Colorado Springs graduated
this year.
Grand Junction has a young girl IA
| years of age who has promised to
become the bride of a man with a
| 26-year-old son. She should be spank
ed.
| Cripple Creek has raised the $25. 900
necessary for the erection of Y. NJ.
| G. A.-bplding and work will com
mence next week. About nine days
| ago the fund was started
1t showed Wednesday and Thurs
day in Cripple Creek and observance
Of Memorial day was abandoned and
will be held at a later day when the
weather will be more pleasant.
| The memorial and unveiling cere-
monies OF the Woodmen of the World
at Grand Junction We're held at the
i times as that of the Grand Army. The
weather was fine and both orders had
n large turn out.
| shooting ARRAY between William
Fletcher and Robert H. williams at
Nathrop. eight miles east of Buena
Vista Thursday afternoon, resulted in
n shattered right leg for Fletcher who
has been taken to hospital at Sa-
Ida. The cause of the shooting can
| not be ascertained at this time, as all
parties interested exhibit reticence
little short of marvellous when ap-
preached about the matter
| A conference was held at Canon
City by Colorado Springs capitalists
who are planning to build reservoirs
on Beaver and Eight-mile creeks to
irrigate 10000 acres south of the
dams. photographer o. X. Parker of
Los Angeles was called here for the
| conference. New options have been
| taken up on Beaver creek water
right, which are good until July 81,
and 1t Is understood that work will
begin before that date. A cash de-
l NJ rh, s.I h.
newal of the option.
Actins on the complaints of numcr-
Gus citizeus, the Grand Junction city
council has instructed the chief OF
police and city attorney to cause the
arrest and prosecution OF all drug
gists who sell liquor in other than the
original bottles and packages. Church
people and others charge that several
local drug stores are conducting "blin. \
pigs" and have demanded that Tie
| proNie;ors of these establishments
either cease the traffic or be prose.
| cuted.
Crayson county and adjacent &C
tons OF the state of Virginia are great.
ly excited over the remarkable gift oi
speech accorded the baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lefwish Brewer. well known
couple residing at Fox postoffice
When nine days old the infant startled
its nurse, the attending physician. its
parents and neighbors, by suddenly -e-
ginning TO talk. 1t called the names
of its parentS, grandparents and
others. Wednesday the baby died, but
the entire community is still discuss
ing Its precocity.