Semi-weekly herald., 1907-10-21

among the farmers of that section foi
their delivery of beets in September
About $4,000 were paid for labor
In the same period.
| II is repor.ed that the comfy OF
Las Animas has won out in the fight
against the Santa Fe road. wherein
the latter will have to pay taxes on
$4,000 worth OF property heretofore
| unasses4ed.
While Ray NJ. Gale, cashier OF the
Farmers National bank of Ault, was
| eating his supper thief almost sue
ceeded in getting away with his auto
| mobile which he had left in front of
the house. Gale saw the robber. who,
| after running several blocks. turned
the macine into field. jumped from
| Il and ran
Patrick oGrady. a pipe litter EN-
ployed at the Minnequa steel plant,
fell backward from the stop of the
Merchant mill, distance of IS feet,
and lives to tell the tale. He was us
Ing wrench ON a pipe that runs
along the ceiling when he was seized
With dizzy spell and toppled over
backward.
Without hesitation Harry Little.
driver of Cripple Creek grocery
wagon, plunged into the icy waters of
the city reservoir and rescued n
drowning child The child was al
ready unconscious and was kept float
ing by its clothing. Little's action
was at the risk OF his own life, as
he has but one leg.
The shipment of lambs from the
Wyoming, Idaho and New Mexico
ranges to the feeding pens of Larimer
county is setting in strong and train
load after trainload is arriving In Fort
Collins, Loyeland, Berthoud and Tin
math daily. Prices paid the flock mas
ters for lambs this season are much
higher than were paid last year.
Charley Caperio pleaded guilty In
the United States district court at
Pueblo 10 forging and transmitting
money order that had been made out
at Salida payable to Pasque Del vi
chic. Caperio claimed that the act
was committed as joke and was
fined $50 on each of the two counts
and held for costs amounting 10 800.
was discharged.
The police of Trinidad believe they
have the ringleadeT of a gang of bur
glars. which has been robbing the peo-
pie of that city, in the arrest of one
Mackin. junk dealer. Mackin was
arrested while trying to hide from the
officers, just after burglary had been
committed in the vicinity in which he
was found. bunch of skeleton keys
was found on him. and 1t is claimed
will lead to the capture of the whole
gang.
Dick Hitsell of Trinidad has Just
recovered fine team of horses stolen
last March. AZ that time a negro
named Bud Miller appeared in Ration,
riage. Later he sold the outfit at
Sanford, Colo. for slS5. The outfit
changed hands several times after
ward and one horse was located at
La Jara, Colo, and the other at
Chama, n. NJ. Mr.. Hitsell Travelled
several hundred miles in quest of his
outfit and has finally recovered It.
The state land board has issued a
ten-year lease to the Colorado Coal &
Lumber company which is the success
sor to the Egeria Land company. I'm
der the terms of the lease the state
will receive $500 per annum for the
first three years and s3.7S1.25 per an
mum for the other seven. The com
pany only leases two-thirds of the
amount of land which was formerly
leased by the Egeria company and
the state receives a total OF $15. 400
more for the first two-thirds than IL
did for the entire tract. This perhaps
ends the famous Bgeria land case.
Jack Mcmahon. jr.. who was charged
with assault with intent to kill in con
nection with the Jim Ryan-Dick Hut
ter assault on George w. Garrison
October 5. was given preliminary
hearing at Ouray and was bound over
to the district court in $1,000. The
first hearing was held Saturday. when
Ryan was placed under bond of
81 900 and Hutter and Mcmahon IN
der $500 each. Attorneys for McMa
hon pleading that he could not be
present at the first hearing, 1t was va
Gated and another hearing allowed at