Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-10

be- elected by big majorities. NJ
Emancipation day was observed by
the colored people at Salida Monday
with appropriate exercises. One hun
dred visitors were present from Canon
City and Pueblo.
Denver wfli seon be passed by JPue-
bio in the race for the bottom OF the
ladder. Shame on the largest city in
| the league having such bum ball
team. 80 - 49, ~
| The total cost OF the Steve Adams
trial will be about $4,000. which is lft-
tie more than half what the coun-
ty commissioners Of San Miguel coun-
fty expected to pay.
The Grand Junction Trades assem-
1bly, the first organization of its kind
on the western slope, was started
Monday night It's membership In
cludes every organization in the city.
The annual report of the Colorado
and Southern shows that the company
had surplus for the year ending
June of $2.127,522 after paying all op-
Grating expenses. interest and divi-
dends and taxes.
An anonymous letter sent broadcast
over the state attacking Senator Gug-
genheim has caused a political SEN
sation. The Denver Post arriving last
evening copied the article in full,
occupying over two columns.
r. A Mason was fined 5000 and
costs for violating the liquor law at
Fort Collins Monday. Mason has al
ready paid fines of about $1,000 for the
: purpose of evading the law. Fort
Collins officers are not of the bluffing
kind.
A sensation was created In the
: federal court at Denver when Judge
Lewis passed new ruling in throw
ing out half a dozen naturalization
cases, in which he held that foreign
born person must speak the English
language. before he can hold clear
: title to a homestead.
The altitude of Leadville has been
. suddenly raised l15 feet. A corps OF
engineers from the United States geo
logical bureau, after careful computa
ton, figured that Leadville is 10,14(
. feet above sea level. The former fig
ures were 1O,025 feet. The new figure.
= will be adopted as the official alti
tude by the railroads and local authori
= ties.
Gustin Herman, aged 33. whil'
: bathing in the Smith Orchard cana
r near Grand Junction was drowned
Q The coroner made an investigation an,
d said that he could find but little ind
. cation of cramps on the body and tina
in his opinion Herman became e2
r hausted while swimming and was ur
r able to reach the shore. He was
8 member of the Knights OF Pythia
!, lodge. His body will be taken {
y Trinidad for burial.
4 The United States Reduction & Re
I, fining company of Florence has al
t nounced that the United States smell
Q er at Canon City will be closed in
I few days for about three months, O
g account of the warehouse being file
j with paint pigment. The market 70
!. paint in the east is not good and /
Z will take several weeks to dispose @
the present supply. The closing @
3 the 'smelter will throw out of worI
t $50 ,men.-f-
al Matt H. Stoltz, one of the bes
e known railroad men in Grand june
:. tion. was killed by being thrown be
= tween two cars on his train at Shale
a small station twentyeight mile
4 west of Grand Junction Wednesda
afternoon. Stoltz was standing on to
8 of-a freight train of which he was tn
= conductor and signaled the enginee
e to go ahead. When the train starte
the jerk broke the coupling pin. Stolt
: was thrown between the two cars an
: a portion of the train passed over hin
. Suspension of york in the cos
: mines. when the present scale expires
is expected as result Of the failur
Q of the operators and miners to reac
8 an agreement, and about 1900 me
/, VIII be thrown out of work, says
q Denver dispatch. Tom Gibson, pres
!. dent of the Wyoming district of tn
I United Mine Workers left Denver TO
: Indianapolis Wednesday, and will re
Q port the failure of the negotiation
D to Thomas l.. Lewis, national pres
: dent of the United Mine Workers
! When the negotiations are resumed
; President Lewis will probably TAX
. part in them. The disagreement wa
] caused by the refusal of the miner
to accept reduction In wages rang
) ing from 10 to 25 cents per day IL
the different classes of service. .Il
: The Rio Grande company. which los
! heavily by the floods in the vicinit,
OF Florence. is displaying considerabl,
interest in Lee Hitchcock. an 11.year
old boy, who, late Saturday night, dis
covered that another wall of high wa
, ter has undermined about 100 yards o.
the main line track and saved {
freight from destruction, The lad was
, taking an umbrella to his father during