Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-05

ing 1t does not care to do business
where the laws are 30 drastic AS they
are in Colorado.
La Junta has a new city hospital.
Just completed
The Pueblo steel works now has
$500 men employed.
Cripple Creek mines produced ST..
242.slS worth of ore in February.
The ffth annual reunion of former
Iowans recently held at Rocky Ford
was attended by 200.
| The grocery store OF J. B. Archu-
leta was held up on Salt creek and
robbed OF $40.
The sheriff at Trinidad has an
nounced that the law against gam
bling will be strictly enforced.
John GIL, section hand, went on
a spree in Florence and was put in
jail, where he relapsed into stupor
and died.
Lumber dealers at Fort Morgan
have made 90 per cent reduction in
the price of lumber. The local deal
ers were able to do this because the
wholesalers first made the cut.
The new ice company of Boulder
has quit business almost before start.
ing. They claim they could not get
enough sawdust and the ice became
mushy before they could put any up.
Pueblo has undertaken to raise $i5..
600 bonus for stove factory; half
the amount has already been raised.
The parties starting the factory are
Collins & Burgie. from Marengo. Ill.
Policeman Andrew L. Haligan of
Grand Junction saw burglar on the
roof of store and started after him,
but tripped over wire. The burglar
Paul Bladak and Mat Rakozi. Slav
miners were prababIy fatally injured
in the IIuerfano company's mine near
Ludlow by fall of rock. Their heads
and bodies We're badly bruised and
they sustained internal injuries.
A lively interest is being taken In
the announcement that the Colorado
Agricultural college at Fort Collins. in
conjunction with the government au.
thorites, win conduct n school of
forestry for one MONTH beginning
March l6, 1908.
The state road running through
Manzanola from Swink to Fowler Will
probably soon be placed In first-class
condition. state Engineer Jaycox is
arranging to shale the read portion
OF the distance. Three years ago this
road was ballasted between La Junta
and Swink by the state and county,
but the appropriation was insufficient
to continue the work any further
The towns of Mercer and Laura
have recently been laid out on the Al
lance branch of the Burlington In
the northern part OF Logan county,
Mercer by the Lincoln Land company
and Laura by McKibben & Son OF Sid
ney. Neb. Laura now has store, a
lumber yard, livery stable and cream
cry, and bids fair to become a large
village.
n. l.. Pence and X. A. Pence have
| purchased 80 acres of ground adjoin-
| ing the town of Ault. paying 5000 an
acre, the highest price ever paid In
| that locality for land. r. l.. Pence is
postmaster. He and his family were
the first residents and Pence the first
merchant. The site will be plated
into town lots. Five years ago It
could have been bought for one-tenth
the money.
John Smith, tramp who was al
lowed to sleep in the city Jail at Gree
ley narrowly escaped being burned to
death by hot Goals which fell from
stove upon his blanket. The smoke
from the smouldcring bed clothes
poured from the jail into the Hotel
CamGeld Every room In the house
was searched for the supposed fire,
the landlord finally locating 1t and
pulling Smith out of his burning blan-
kct half suffocatcd.
Fire which started Saturday mora.
ing at II o'clock and continued most
of the day near the burro stands In
South Cheyenne canon, threatened to
wipe out the buildings at Strattoa
park and ruin the famous garden
spot. A change of wind which shifted
the course of the fire, heading 1t up
the south and east slopes of Cutler
mountain, alone prevented the de-
struction of the park. Several hun
dred acres on Cutler mountain was
burned. Sparks from campfire at
the mouth OF the canon started the
oonHagration.
Henry Williams. one OF the pioneers
of Greeley. nearly 10 years old, who
has made comfortable fortune by
growing potatoes and dealing in real
estate and has not been absent from
the state since he went to Greeley 80
years ago, has started to see the world
and will spend a year in travelling In
the United States and perhaps In Tor
eign countries. The ar.t .ty dH
| lit, III, la rbtcap,o wkaro he served