Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-20

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arid land question will be taken Ut
Postofflce inspectors are inyestigai
ing the robbing of the williamsbur,
postoffice Sunday night in which tn,
safe was blown TO pieces. About s2l
worth of stamps were taken and abou
$3.50 worth OF goods from the store
A Colorado Springs dairyman wa
fined IS and costs for watering tn,
milk he sold to customers. He plead
ed as eXtenuation that fifteen OF his
cows had strayed and he had tc
stretch" the supply to make It g,
round.
Harry Miller OF Pueblo was fnet
for beating his wife. The wife swore
that the beatings were frequent Mil
er was let down easy. About sis
months twice year would be the
right thing for wife beaters.
In attempting to extract cartridge
from revolver, with which he had
been practicing. Charles Allbo, 12
yearold boy of Trinidad, shot himself
through the right lung. the bullet pass
ing clear through his body, the wound
causing his death few hours later
The coroner decided that the shooting
was purely accidental, and did not
hold an inquest.
The county commissioners OF Routt
county have been cited to appear be.
fore Judge Shumate of the district
court for contempt. They recently
instituted in the county court con.
demnation proceedings for strip of
land to be used as a public road
after the district judge had enloined
them from interfering In any manner
with the land in question They are
under bonds for their appearance at
the September term.
The coroners Jury which iuvesti-
gated the cause of the death OF VIII
liam Mikalsky. at lafayette. returned
verdict in which the Burlington rail.
road IL censured for furnishing coal
cars with defective brakes In this
case a car was being shunted down
to the Standard coal mine. The
brake refused TO work and the NOV
ing car struck two others at the coal
chute. The impact started them down
grade just as MikaIsky was crossing
the track with some props for the
mine, and crushed his life out.
The city council of Colora 10 Sntlrg,
ordered sent to the printer an ordi
nance formally accepting Gen. Palm
er's princely gift of parks and drive
ways in and around Colorado Springs
The chamber OF commerce. real estate
exchange and other civic organiza
tions were earnest In urging the coun
ell to accept the gift. The land in
cludes Monument valley and Palmer
park. the High drive, Paseo and Boul
evard, comprising l.500 acres, with
an estimated value of 81 500. 900. Gen.
Palmer agreed to donate $4,000 in
annual payments toward the mainte-
nance of the parks. In a later com
munication he supplemented his offer
by an agreement to pay all expense OF
maintenance for this year. since the
city council has on hand no extra
funds for the purpose.
John Roper of Grand Junction, Colo,
who is in Boston to make preparations
for his ninth voyage across the Allan
tic. will probably not make the trip
at present, as he Is out S405 and a
gold watch. because of two persons
who succeeded in doing" him by the
envelope game. Roper went to East
Boston yesterday to look over the ship
he proposed sailing In. and while there
he met man with whom he became
friendly. They had a number of drinks
and came to the city to see the sights.
Bringing up on the Common here,
they met friend of Ropers compan-
ion, who strange as 1t appears, was
also going to cross the ocean, and
was only too glad to have Roper as
companion on the voyage. The trip
was discussed and finally 1t was
agreed that they should put all their
money in an envelope to be placed
in Roper's keeping. Then the trio
took a walk and separated to meet
later. After waiting a long time for
his friends to reappear Roper opened
the envelope and found only a wad
OF newspaper