Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-20

land. Hopkins is 2, years of age, I'VE
feet II inches tai, weighs iIg pounds
j Is medium build. light complicated
dark brown hair. blue eyes and
smooth face. One arm Is tattooed
* A c $ 1899" and on the other arm
Is tattooed u A II $780, His wife in
Illinois heard tS had been seen In
| Denver.
| Montrose also has dog poisoner
| The miners OF Ouray are support.
ing George Walker. a miner. for post,
| master.
| Double tracking the ID. & r. @. be-
tween Florence and Canon City is
nearly completed.
A. Pettus, who recently escaped
from the reformatory at Buena Vista.
was captured in Cripple Creek
The explosion of gasoline stova in
Florence Thursday caused the burn.
ing of the Sanitary laundry. with a
loss OF $1,000.
The authorities OF Florence are
waging war on all suspicious unem,
ployed people. Twenty were driven
out a few nights ago.
j. Mcdonald, section foreman at
Buena Vista for 10 years. had a leg
broken by handcar jumping the
track. Another member OF the crew
was injured.
Boulder reports that peach trees
are IN blossom In greater profusion
than over known. Apple trees are
blooming and plum trees look like
immense snowbals.
Assessor Schroeder of El Paso coun.
ty VIII make reduction of about 81
100000 In the assessed valuation OF
his county for the reason, he claims,
that other towns and counties pay on
lower valuations.
The 6-yearold son OF D. r. Bush OF
Hardin was bitten by mad dog a
week ago and was taken to the Pas
teur Institute at Austin. Texas, and
Is so far recovered that he expects TO
come home next week.
A Socialist committee waited upon
the city council OF Boulder and asked
that body TO do the right thing by
the families of the men who were
killed in the sewer trenches. one OF
the deceased having been u SociallT.
Two hundred men, women and
children stopped a fire with wet gun.
nysacks that ragged over 500 acres
OF Farmland at Fraser and threatened
the town. The fire had been started
by II ranchman burning rubbish and
the wind blew sparks into the stub.
BILE field
For the first time In a number OF
years, all Of the appropriations passed
by the Colorado legislature Will be
isat ,nd paid, Under the present. ad
n.iIlatraiion the funds of the state
lave been 80 handled that every debt
agreed upon hy the legislature can be
mot by the administration.
A man named Casey was arrested
In Cripple Creek on suspicion and n
search OF his rooms revealed a com
plete set of burglars tools and var
ious articles believed to be the loot
from burglaries committed by him.
Casey refuses to talk and 1t Is be-
lieved he is an old time criminal.
Charles Brown. coiored. is in jail
nt Grand Junction, charged with flr-
ing six shots at his wife. The couple
qiiarreled over trivial matters. Brown
pulled a revolver and fired four. times
at her. He then took to his heels but
turned while running and fircd two
more shots at her. She was not hit.
L. j. Mathsr, whose pocket was re-
lieved OF 300 bill recently In a
crowd of people In Pueblo. had the
money returned to him Thursday by
a man claiming to come from the at
torney OF the one accused of picking
the pocket. Il. ]. Walton. Mr.. Mntn-
er will prosecute the case lust the
same.
The canvassing committee appoint
ed to raise 100000 for " NJ C. A.
building In Fort Collins raised SAC
more than that amount. The time
limit set for raising the money was
midnight Tuesday. AT II O'Clock they
we're $3.50 shy and canvassers got nu-
tomobiles and secured the country.
getting farmers out OF bed.
Mrs. Hattie Elmer and her daugh-
ter. Miss Edna Elmer. were practio-
ally buried under shower of bricks
which fell from the wall Of the Chees-
man building in Denver Thursday.
They were warned by red lights and
ratings not to 20 thnt way, but dis
regarded the signals. Both women
are seriously hurt. but II is believed
they win recover.
Notwithstanding the large acreage
OF alfalfa grown in the Greeley dis
trict, OF which over $1,000 tons has
already been shipped south and over
100000 tons fed. practically all alfalfa
seed planted there is shipped in from
unirrigated regions In Nebraska and
Montana, and from Hamburg, Ger.
many The price Of frst-class alfalfa
seed has been creeping upward and In
now 20 cents a pound. with prospects
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