Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-24

act as basis for their continuing the
hight which they have started to Sc
cure snch valuation
Captain Chas. G. Sawtelle of the
Eighth Cavalry at Fort Russell. Wyo.,
dropped dead "Wednesday.
Rich beds OF koalinite are reported
to have been discovered near Grand
Junction. Koalinite is a kind of clay
nsed in making fine pottery.
Robbers broke the plate glass win
dow of a jewelry store in New Or
leans and secured two trays of dia-
monds valued at $4,000.
According to the Grand Junction
News. a farmers cooperative con
Germ at Delta has succeeded in bust
ing the coal trust and lowering the
price 80 cents per ton.
The Knights of Columbus OF Den
yer have decided to erect an $4,000
budding, the lower portion to be rent
ed for stores and the upper part for
offices 1t is an investment of the or
der.
For the eleven months of 1907 end
ing November 30, forty-six carloads of
household goods were shipped into
the Grand valley by new settlers. OF
this number % went to Grand juno
tion. % to Palisade. aad one to Cliff
ton.
The twenty white bellboys of the
Albany hotel have been replaced by
colored boys. The white boys claim
that the colored boys work for merely
the tips they get and the hotel man
aeement claims the change was made
to get better service.
Miss Catherine l.. Craig superin-
tendent of public instruction. goes to
Washington to attend meeting OF
the superintendent department OF
the National Educational association
at Washington. This association Will
meet Feb. 25 &c and 81
The newly formed Japanese Exclu
sion league of Denver will take steps
to form societies in every town OF i'm
portancc In Colorado. Sub-commit-
tees will be appointed and the aeita-
ton spread Glenwood Springs, Colo
RADIO Springs and Pueblo have already
organized branches of the Denver so
ciety.
State Engineer if.ycox intends try
ing to secure appropriations from
various counties for the state road to
be built from Cheyenne southwark
through the state of Colorado by con
vict labor. The legislature approprl-
ates $4,000 for this purpose, to be
used in conjunction with money to be
subscribed by county commissioners.
w. W. Pepper. who resides north
east of Arcola. H.. near Newman. Is
at work with number of hay balers
baling up snow for next summers
use. He tried the experiment last
year and found that baled snow makes
an ice of better quality than ordinary
frozen or manufactured ice. He had
no trouble in disposing of his last
years output and will work on a big
ger scale this year The baled snow
will stand more hot weather than or
dinary ice will
Ben Roberts, charged with stealing
horses, and a fellow named Elias,
charged with deadly assault. over
powered the guards who went to give
them their supper in the Jail at So
corro, N. NJ, dsarmed them and at
of the guards to open the jail door
The prisoners were observed by
passerby as they scaled the fence sur.
rounding the Jail yard. who gave the
alarm. and soon several armed cit
izens gave pursuit Both men were
overtaken a short distance from the
all and, although in the possession of
weapons. offered no resistance.
Mrs. Kate Boylan, wife of John S.
Boylan. prominent groceryman OF
Canon City, was seriously, perhaps
fatally, burned from the effects of an
explosion at her home at . o'clock
Tuesday morning while washing
dress with gasoline. The volatile
gases arising from the gasoline were
in some way ignited by the heated at
mosphere of the room where she was
at work and frightful explosion took
place. wrecking portion of the house
and setting fire to the remainder of II.
The unfortunate woman was burned
almost beyond recognition, her face,
hands and chest being almost cooked
by the heat An ambulance was sent
for and she was taken to the hospital
where her condition was stated by the
attending physicians to be most crit.
ical.
A school teacher at Canal Dover.
ONO drove tack through little
boys tongue as a punishment for a
slight offense. The boy was made to
tick his tongue out on a chair when
the tack was driven through. The
case was brought to the attention of
the Humane society and the teacher
was fined small sum-