Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-14

JOHN BRADLEY.
COLORADO NEWS cuLLINos.
Holly reports few cases of small
pox.
Fruita will be dry" town here
after.
Grand Junction Elks on Monday de-
cided to erect $4,000 temple.
Mrs. Genieve Phipps is back in Den
yer and society is happy again.
Berthod Is to have a $1,000 sugar
beet factory to be built by an indie
pendent concern.
Forty Iowa people arrived in Grand
Junction Sunday with a view Of en-
gaging In fruit culture.
Judge Ben Lindsey is to speak at
Kansas City on the 10Th. his subject
being kids and Their Troubles"
Pueblo wants the next convention
OF Colorado hardware dealers. The
convention is now In session in Den
yer.
I,,I- hoo 10
head quarters from Gunnison to Grand
Junction to be in closer touch with the
bar.
The last break In the Colorado river
has been doctored and water is en-
tirely shut off from flowing Into Sal
ton sea.
Leon Green, a Steamboat Springs
ranchman, has commenced suit of $751;
900 against Leonard Dunstan for al
leniation of his wlfe's affection.
The Grand Junction Sentinel is evil
IDENTIFY prospecting, having arranged for
a two-story building, 25x125. to be used
exclusively for printing purposes.
The big rotary snow plows on the
Moffat road are unable to cope with
the deep snow banks, twenty-five feet
In many instances. Cumbres range Is
net in 1t with the Moffat high line.
The real fight on the local option
bill seems to be the number neces-
sary to call an election. Some want
II placed at 40 per cent, the bill as 1t
stands at present calling for 20. 1t
will probably be compromised.
p. G. D0ckstader, widower, clubman
and expert accountant and local rep
resentative of former Chief Justice
Helm of the Colorado supreme court,
is under arrest at Colorado Springs,
charged with a statutory crime against
two girls of this city, aged 13 and IA
years, whose names are withheld be-
cause Of the prominece of their
families.
1t now develops that the American
Sugar company has already secured
contracts for 1000 acres of sugar beets
for the coming year in the vicinity of
Fort Collins. These contracts are Sc
cured from farmers who do not belong
to the Farmers Beet Growers associa-
ton Of northern Colorado. If the COM
pany can secure contracts for 1000
more acres they will have enough
acreage with which to run their plant
The Montrose and San Jose Oil
company began drilling for oil on It's
ground just outside the city limits Mon
day. All business was suspended from
3 to and everybody was present
when the drill gave its first stroke.
Speeches were delivered by Mayor
Gray and John c. Bell. H. c. Fink,
president of the company. entertained
all who attended the opening cere-
mony.
A week ago large eight pronged
bull elk weighing 750 pounds put in
ar appearance down on the North
Fork near Paonia. The ranchmen
and cowboys quickly organized
posse and succeeded in capturing his
elkship alive and uninjured. The
ownership was mutually conceded to
one Andy Hice. who already had a
COW elk, which he had captured as a
calf and successfully raised, and he
expects now to raise herd of these
animals. says the Telluride Journal.
At meeting Of the Grand Valley
Cattle and Horse Growers association
held at Rifle Monday and attended by
over 500 cattle growers, resolutions
were adopted condemning the present
forestry system of the United States
government and the position of Pres
ident Roosevelt regarding grazing on
the public domains. The text of the
resolutions were telegraphed to Colo
RADIOS congressional representatives
at Washington. 1t was also decided
to refuse to take out permits for graz
ing purposes and thus make test cases
en- the presidents position.
In concise. neatly arranged folder