Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-28
NEWS FROM OVER THE STATE.

duo springs lS STOWlHS 50
idly that brick famine is on.
The senate on Frid. I killed the bill
providing that prisont IS be worked
The proposition tt erect a sugar
factory at Boulder has fallen through
at least for this year.
Thatcher Bros. of Pueblo have pur-
chased a controlling interest in the
bank of Monrose. This insures a
solid institution.
j. c. Dowel, mayor and pioneer cit
lgen of Pagosa Springs, has conclud
ed to move his family to California to
make permanent home.
d. l.. Egger, the old-time newspaper
man of Pagosa Springs, expects to go
to Illinois where he has been offered
a good position with a brother.
Denver Republican takes Republi-
can majority TO task for useless junk
citing trips and long adjournments
and wants the body to get down to
business.
San Luis valley farmers are going
to try and supply the demand for
porkers in Colorado, and thus cut off
the s5000,000 worth imported each
year from Kansas.
Daniel Collins, perhaps the most
popular Colorado and Southern brake
man running on the northern division
Of the Colorado G. Southern. was in
stantly killed in wreckk in the rail-
| road yard in Boulder Saturday.
A shipment Of 20 cars of spuds
left greeley Friday for Texas points.
More cars are being furnished and
the remaining 5000 cars will be ship
ped the next co days. Potatoes are
selling for 20 cents per hundred.
Master Mechanic George H. Shone
Of the Fourth division, has resigned.
No reasons are given. Mr.. Shone has
been connected with the Denver &
Rio Grande since 1882 with exception
of couple of years, residing at Ala
mosa.
Mrs. Elizabeth Fitz Of Del Norte
committed suicide Friday night by
drowning herself in the millrace. She
was 73 years old and the wife of Ru-
dolph Fitz, a shoemaker. They were
old-time residents. General despond-
ency was the cause OF the suicide.
J. Cochran, who struck Clifton Wild
er, editor of the La Jara Chronicle,
behind the ear with some kind OF a
weapon last fall, was tried before
Judge Hunter at Walsenburg. Coch-
ran was found guilty and fined $50
and costs, amounting to $606, and
there are other costs, those of the
defendants witnesses, which Mr..
Cochran will probably have to meet.
Editor Bigelow of the Telluride Elk
| aminer is recovering from what was
| lucky accident. While cutting kind
| ling wood in a woodshed, he struck
the ceiling. causing the ak to glance
and cut a deep cash on the top OF
| his head. While 1t required the srv-
| les of a doctor to sew up the wound,
1t fortunately was not serious. This
| Is positive proof an editor has no bus
mess cutting kindllng'
The Eaton sugar factory closed Sat.
urday after making the longest cam.
paign in its history and grinding "a,
600 tons Of beets, making $4,000 tons
of sugar. The factory began slic-
ing Sept. 13 and has run night and
day since then. 1t paid $470.000 to
growers, whose fields yielded 1S tons
to the acre, the highest average in
the district. The Eaton factory will
resume operations next September
and haudle beets from $500 acres
secured for 1t two weeks ago.
Never before In the history OF the
Fort. Collins sugar factory have sc
many beet contracts been signed In
| the same IenSth OF tiIne as during
the last week, and all danger Of Q
shutdown of the factory next fall fol
the want of beets has been dispelled
Saturday farmers went to the factor,
and signed for 355 acres and foui
field men brought in contracts fol
1.057 acres. making total for one
Iay of 1,412 acres. The total undei
contract at present is a little ovel
5000 acres.
The Telluride Journal keeps run
ming up against the real thing II
connection with Its linotype, ant
while Mr.. Painter would not try t.
keep house without the machine, ther'
appears to be a hoodoo following II
The last caper Is described in Fri
days paper as follows: Just afte
the noon lunch yesterday the line
type operator got the forefinger ol
his right hand In the machine an,
about quarter of an inch was CLIP
,, ped off the end. DR.. Hadley cleanin
up the frazzled bits OF bone and ski
and dressing 1t. The wound was YER