Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-02

ready Tor use. Two reservoirs have
been built. with 100 miles OF ditch, all
costing s795.000- Residents there are
jubilant. IL carloads Of household
goods of newcomers are at tho sta
ton and eastern laudseokers are ar
irving daily"
State Engineer Jaycox has issued
the order for the first survey on tho
state road which is to be constructed
by convict labor from New Mexico to
Wyoming. and surveying commenced
this morning. The road will not be
etirely surveyed at first as the state
engineer VIII only do enough work
to keep the convicts busy until the
appropriation of $4,000 runs out.
The construction will then have to
wait until the next legislature appro-
PIRATES further funds. According to
MIR. Jaycox, the amount voted viii
only be sufficient to construct from
20 to 20 miles OF line, starting from
| Trinidad and running south toward
the New Mexico line. which Will
probably be reached on the present
| appropriation. The counties through
which the road Will run will also
| make contributions.
Denver Prohibitlonists have named
complete city ticket.
The business men OF Florence viii
banquet April 9th
ID. II. q. strikers have appealed
directly to George Gould.
a Taft club was organized In Den.
yer Friday with membership of 200.
Six inches OF snow fell at Ouray on
Thursday Durango escaped with a
few flurries.
ParSon uzzell thinks he Is about
the best man in Denver TO bo mayor
OF omr capital city.
Father O'Ryan of st. I.co's church
IN Denver, says Socialism Is the worst
enemy of the nation.
Total taxes TO be collected in Weld
county foot up $525 900. half OF which
has already been paid
Mrs Emma Liggett. a is-year-oId
girl wife at Trinidad. has been sent
10 the state reformatory.
While driving pelI neil TO n fire. n
wheel of Fort Collins fire wagon
came on, throwing three fircmen to
the ground and severely injurIng
them. but none fatally.
Denver is again laying claim TO n
winning ball team. But winning
games In advance is easy work. Den
yer VIII Just about land along with
Pueblo and other tail-enders.
Rockyale woman sold an old
mattress to secondhand dealer. A
couple OF hours later she frantically
rushed into the store and ripping
open the mattress extracted 5000 she
had secreted
Plum and other fruit trees are I'm
fuii bloom In the Arkansas valley and
there Is much apprehension there of
frosis as there is a month ahead dur.
Ing which frost may be expected at
any time
Leadville is guarding against the
entrance into that place of former
residents OF Market street being
driven from Denver. As Durango
has no red light" district we Will
probably escape "A visitation.
c. B scbolz OF Colorado Springs
contenplates erecting 80 modern cot
iages at AIamosa, costing 100000.
The l)es AIntpaa huanh.t ....s. t.
been dubbed The Boosters"
The Bryan club at Leadville Satur.
day night broke up in row.
Boulder county will hold its con
vention TO select delegates to Pueblo
March s.
new ore deposit is said to have
been encountered in the Camp Bird
mine at Ouray
The attempted assassination OF
Bulkeley Wells created quite sensa-
tion throughout the state.
II is estimated that between $4,000
and 10000 sheep will leave Fort Col.
Inns this week for eastern markets.
Work at the Sopris mine In the
Trinidad district which has been idle
since the big fire March Is, started
up Sunday.
Farmers Institutes are being ar
ranged for the summer months. Let
La Plata county arrange for a series
of institutes.
Colorado e. Southern trainmen are
asking for transfers from the regular
train service to the electric line being
completed between Boulder and Dem
YER
City Official of Denver, from the
lowest to the highest. have been
called on to dig up from s25 to 500
for corrupting the ballot at the COM
ing spring election.
Frank Peterson settled in Weld
county on dry farm seven years ago
having 100000. Crop failure year af-
ter year resulted In the man dying
in the poor house last Saturday.
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS.