Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-16
COLORADO NEWS.

General Bulkeley Wells has left Tel
iuride for the Pacific coast. where h,
will remain until called back by tn,
trial of Steve Adams.
Imboden and Hill. the bank wreck
ers. have been refused Communication.
by the board Of pardons. The vote o
the board was unanimous.
Two men were instantly killed. an
other probably fatally crushed ant
two others slightly hurt in a cave-ir
In the Boulder sewers Thursday.
w. r. McGregor, brakeman or
the Cripple Creek Short Line. fell un
der the wheels and had both legs cut
on about the knees. His recovery is
doubtful.
William II. Smith of Canon City
was found guilty by Judge Lewis OF
Illegally fencing the government do
main. He will be allowed 80 days In
which to file motion for a new trial.
Politics and saloon business is
somewhat mixed in Canon city. Ger.
tain saloon men were elected to the
city council, and now they refuse to
grant renewal of licenses to other sa-
loon men.
Dan Sullivan and his friends were
| completely routed in the Republican
| convention of Teller county Friday.
This places Sullivan in the back.
ground, he having been leader hereto
fore OF the Republican forces there.
The district court at Boulder has
decided that the estate of A. ]. Macky
must pay an Inheritance tax. and the
S250.000 left to the state university Is
held not to be Immune, although a
state institution. The case will be
appealed.
Albert l.. Lowe. young electrical
engineer OF Denver. was killed while
making u connection which was
known to be dangerous. One man de.
clined to do the work and Lowe,
knowing that 1t might mean death.
attempted to make the connection,
merely because failure TO do so left
Greedy or Eaton in the dark for n
time.
Two years ago Mrs. Myrtle Rhodes
Taas left her infant daughter in Den
yer with another woman while she
went out 10 work. One day the wom-
an disappeared with the child, the
father having kidnapped the little one.
After two years search the mother
has found her baby. She found 1t In
Denver. It having been adopted by
woman who obtained 1t from an east
ern poor house.
Frank Grygla, special agent. OF the
general land office at Santa Fe. has
seized 5000 fence posts in Union
county which had been cut out by
residents of Colorado who had come
across the boundary for that purpose.
The offenders offered to compromise
and settlement Will be made with
them as they claimed to be innocent
of any wrong doing.
BY conservitate sheepmen 1t is es.
tlmated that 10 carloads OF sheep,
iioo'iy HhhiDSf are lu tut hIteIty ulk-
trict for market. These will prob
ably be sold within the coming month.
Even with the rise In price, feeders
say there will be no profit In feeding
for mutton this season. on account OF
the early losses.
o. u. Erdman Of the Lolito Land & |
Irrigation company has made applI-
cation to the state land board to pur-
chase 5000 acres of school land near
Sugar City In Otero county. at the
rate of SO. Sc and 81 per acre. The
board stated Its willingness to accept
the proposition on the condition that
the company irrigate. together with
the 5000 acres. every other alternate
half section OF state land adjoining.
This would mean the reclamation of
at least $4,000 acres OF land.
Tol Witcher of West -Four Mile and
George v. Rigers OF Park county. two
Of the best known and most successful
to Ell Paso. Texas, to purchase 5000
yearlIng southern bred steers to be
pastured on the ranges along the Cur
rant, Cottonwood and Wilson creeks,
in the mountains Of Fremont county.
II Is said that cattle grow larger and
are more hardy when fed on the
grasses along the upper slopes Of the
mountains than when reared on the
plains. but on the lowlands the per-
er. hence the progressive cattlemen
OF the mountain regions have contin-
ually to replenish their herds with
stock from Mexico. Texas. Kansas
and other low sections.