Semi-weekly herald., 1908-08-13
COLORADO NEWS.

iHe stute icuerhtlOn OF laDOr Is mold
ing Its annual meeting in Denver this
AT Trinidad Saturday the local team
defeated Albuquerque by score of
to 1.
Pueblo Will soon pass Denver ball
team. Pueblo having won four of the
five games played against Denver the
past few days.
In case he does not secure the nomi-
nation for governor It Is said Ed. +.
Taylor of Glenwood Springs will ac-
cept the nomination for congress
against Haggott.
F. II. Newell. director Of the recla-
nation service, who was In Pueblo last
week with James n. Garfield, secre-
| tary OF the interior. is taking an active
interest In the question of diverting
the headwaters of the Grand river into
the Arkansas river near Leadville.
There promises to be lively scrap
for nomination Of congressman at
large on the Republican ticket, State
Chairman Vivian being among those
mentioned to succeed Gen. Cook who
is candidate for reelection. There
are also several candidates to sue
ceed Bonynge in the First district.
Haggott took occasion to cinch his
nomination In advance.
Secretary Whitehead of the bureau
of child and animal protection has die
tated letter to the managers OF the
Frontier day program at Cheyenne
asking them not to attempt to run the
horse race from Denver to Cheyenne
advertised as one Of the features of
the days program. Mr.. Whitehead
maintains that the race will be illegal,
that 1t will be useless performance
and must necessarily result In injury
II not death to some II not all of the
animals In the race. He refers to the
recent long distance endurance race
and calls attention OF the fact that It
was run under the supervision OF Off.
GERS who kept the riders within the
bounds OF law and kept them from
abusing the animals.
Soaring. dipping. zig-zagging his
bird-like craft at will. Wilbur Wright
| Saturday demonstrated at Paris that
| an American is the first to solve the
problem OF flying and that America
leads the world In heavier-than-air ma
chimes, when he sailed his aeroplane
two and one-third miles In one minute
and forty-six seconds. The machine
sped through the air at an average
height Of about twenty feet. glidini
silently along at express train speed un
der perfect control. French ard Rus
sian army officers 1o,ned with the fren
zled throngs that saw the flight IL
cheering the brave American invento
who had worked out the problem tina
has vexed mankind for ages.
: State Chairman Vivian has Issuet
the official call for the Republican con
vention TO be held in Denver Saturday
September IL. The call is issued pun
suant to the action OF the Republical
state central committee at It's NEE
ing held in Denver two weeks age
The call Is for the purpose of nom
mating flve presidential electors, on
congressman-atlarge one governo
one lieutenant governor. one secretar
OF state. one attorney general, one au,
! itor OF state. one state treasurer. on
I superintendent Of public instruction
3 one judge Of the supreme court Il
e the six-year term. two Judges Of Il
supreme court for term of ten year
one railroad commissioners for tw
Q years. one railroad commissioner Il
j four years and one for SIX years. tw
: regents Of the state university. n
convention will b. held In the aud
. torium and viii have l.lox dsisgate