Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-01

acres he gathered little over foul
hundred bushels to the acre. He will
realize about $4,000 for the crop. Sis
spuds weighed 1914 pounds.
S. Masaki, Japanese. was found
guilty .ce forgery In the Pueblo dis
trict court. He forged the signatures
OF two of his countrymen to a note.
He has asked for a new trial. claim
ing ignorance of the law as his excuse.
ID. C. Mills, wanted In Pueblo for the
alleged swindiing OF women, was ar.
rested in Salt Lake and will be re-
turned to Pueblo. Sheriff Mcmillan of
Pueblo has been on Mills trail for sew.
eral weeks. but did not catch up with
him until yesterday.
Peter Cruz. a miner. aged 63, was
found lying under bridge on the
Colorado Southern near Ludlow, hav.
ing been dead apparently for twenty
four hours. He committed suicide by
swallowing carbolic acide and shot
himself in the mouth.
The parents OF John ]. Kane. who
was a victim of the Belmcnt hotel
fire in Denver. have made a demand
on the authorities for information re-
garding 5000 and gold watch belong
ing to the dead man. Kane was taken
from the building after having been
suffocated by the smoke.
Mrs. Mary Carter. charged with
adultery with 16-year-o!d Pearl Martin.
was found not guilty in sealed yer.
diet which was opened in the county
court at Fort Collins The verdict
was qualified one, in that 1t stated
the jury found as II did because the
alleged offense was not open and no
torious. The boys father wac back
o, the prosecution.
With the sentencing of Ed Lewis,
larceny by the district court at Colo
RADIO Springs, all the male members
of his family are serving jail or peni'
tentiary terms. George Bell. his
brother-in-law. was senteced to the
Buena Vista reformatory for burglary
and the father and brother of Bell
are doing time In Canon City for stat
utory offenses.
At mass meeting of the students of
the state preparatory school at Boul
der the membership of the Athletic
association was increased about 400
which means that athletics will be
more strongly supported this year than
ever in the history of the school. The
football squad is bigger and stronger
than any previous year.
Walking across the country and
climbing over hills to see the girl to
whom he was engaged to be married,
Stanley Carver, charged with horse
stealing, who had successfully evaded
the officers for months, reached the
Spires ranch In the northeast section
of Teller county. only to be arrested
after final preparations for the we'd
ding, it Is said. had been made.
William West of Pueblo, who Is al
legged to have agreed to furnish
secondhand dealer with 500 pounds
of railroad brass. was arrested by W.
c. Knowles. special agent for the San
ia F'e. Vests deal was reported to the
Santa Fe because instead OF the or.
dinary brass which was expected he
turned in 600 pounds Of air hose brass
coupling, which can be neither melted
nor soldered
By the explosion Of the celluloid
handle of whisk broom in her home,
Mrs. T. C. Kumman of Denver caused
sufficient excitement to call out the
fire department. The woman had
placed the broom on the radiator and
was leaning over it when suddenly 1t
blazed up. Her hair caught fire and
Il was only the liberal use of water
from pitcher nearby that saved the
woman. The fire did no damage.