Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-23

instigation OF the pcstoffice authori
ties. charged with being short IN his
accounts 1852. Avery threw him
self on the mercy OF United States
commissioner Hinsdale. before whom
the hearing was held today. Avery
made restitution OF 3i.22s, which he
said was all he had takca.
lust as he was going on duty at the
state reformatory. William Hodso.
dropped a revolver on the concrete
floor and cartridge exploded. the
bullet entering the calf. traversing the
whole leg and coming ont at the hip
Fortunately no arteries were sever
| ed. lie was taken to the Salida hos.
pital Hodso. is past middle age and
sonin-law Of Deputy Game Warden
Shaw.
with q Winchester Alfred James.
one OF the most prominent ranchers
in the Grand valley, Monday after
noon, 1t is said, drove i5 men and
teams on his property above the
Grand valley canal, near Fruitvale.
where theI had started TO dig waste
ditch. AS result bitter fight will
be wagod in court over the right of
way and large number of prominent
men are said to be involved.
The longest single span concrete
bridge west of the Mississippi river
will he built across the Arkansas one
half mile east of Portland. jointly by
the state the commissioners of Ere
mont county and the Portland Cement
company, and will cost $4,000. The
arch VIII have 125-foot spal and
will be reinforced with $4,000 pounls
OF na7 steel, making II, the builders
believe, almost impossible for any
body Of water to carry 1t away. The
bridge will he II feet higher than the
high water mark.
Jacob Lateviz, aged 55 years. and
HIS son-in-law. Leo jenkins, aged 90,
were killed In well on the formers
ranch nine miles southwest of Greeley
Tuesday morning. Latevlz's neck was
broken and jenkins succumbed to
gas fumes. Latoviz was cleaning the
bottom OF the well when ne began to
notice the presence of gas fumes. He
called to his son-in-law and other
members OF his family at the surface
to pull him up. When half way to the
surface Lateviz succumbed to the
fumes and fell out of the bucket,
striking on the back of his head and
neck. jenkins was then lowered to
bring pp his father.in-law, but he was
almost Immediately overcome by the
gas and before third man could be
sent down he was dead. The third
man who went down took the precau-
tion to tie the rope around his body
aud left instructions to hoist him in
certain time. This was done and he
was hauled to safety after he had tied
ropes about the bodies of the other
two men.
Fire drills are to be held in the
| buDiit vi l'fiNtE once every
week.
Samuel Hayes was granted an I'M
conditional pardon by Governor
Buchtel Wednesday. 1t appears that
the boy was under 16 and should
have teen sent to the reformatory.
Governor Bucbtel. Attorney Gener-
of tnte f,rf. 90
the state Republican committee, are
In conference on proposition to be-
gin the prosecution of offenders
against the liquor laws la counties
where the district attorneys refuge to
do 1t.
Clyde II. Walrath, who was arrest
ed in the Denver posetofflce on pub
lished description and who at first
denied his Identity, confessed on
"Wednesday that he Is the man wanted
at Beaumont, Texas, on charge OF
stealing $1,000 from the Kansas City
Southern Railrca,. company while act
ing as its Beaumont agent.
Nbl iiophms vi bI'sie1 iuesuhy re-
ceived the record price, S7.15 per
| hundred weight on yearing sheep,
| and $3.50 for lambs in the Chicago
market About 40 per cent Of the
900 sheep put to feed last fall in
Weld county are unsold and II pric.
es continue as good as at present, the
returns may Offset the loss expert
| enced early In the winter.
Living on a farm southwest OF Gree
ley. of which he is proprietor, is A
| Satow. a Japanese OF noble family
| who was once an attendant upon the
crown prince OF Japan. Satow was
sent 10 England to bo educated. but
developed tendency to tuberculosis
came to northern Colorado and re
gained his health. Farming appealed
to MIN and he purchased 800 acres
at the same time becoming n big con
tractor for the labor of his more
humble countrymeD.
William Nelms is dead at Maaassa
a Mormon town in Conejos county
He was 80 years old and is said to b,
the last survivor of the famous "Sil