Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-24

Republicans being solicited to put $40 =
to keep the headquarters going.
District Attorney Davidson of Pie
bio decided Monday to dismiss the
cases against 23 saloonmen charged
with violating the Sunday closing law
several weeks ago, the saloonmen pay |
ing the costs.
State bar examinations will be held |
in the house of representatives hall
on June 25 and 26. All of the appl |
cants for the Colorado bar must be
ready To begin the examination at 10
O'Clock on the morning OF June 25.
When the shift came off Monday
morning at both headings of the Gun
nison tunnel the distance between the
two was just 900 feet. AT the present
rate of progress they will come to-
gether by July 20. when the 20,640
feet of the big bore will be completed.
And now Mrs. Beard, VINO robbed
the orphan children's fund of $4,000,
| Is to the front with an insanity plea
Sentence has been postponed until
June to ascertain the correctness of
the plea. VIII soon be that every
one who commits crime will try the
insanity dodge to escape.
| A bronze tablet. 36x24 inches, will
be erected in a prominent place in
Palmer hall, Colorado college, which
was practically built by the late Gen
William ]. Palmer, in honor of the
dead general, by the survivors of the
famous Fighting Fifteenth" Pennsyl
vania cavalry. according to letter
received at the Springs Wednesday
by Major Henry McAllister from John
f. Conaway of Philadelphia.
The convention of the Woman's
Relief corps. held at Trinidad. of
ficers were elected at a hold-over ses.
sion Wednesday evening. Mrs. Stella
Kyle of Cripple Creek, was elected
department president; Mrs. Mary
Stone of Trinidad, senior vice presi-
dent; Mrs Adele Clark of Greeley
iunior vice president; Mrs Sadie Lik-
ems of Denver, Chaplain; Mrs Alice L.
Smith of Denver, treasurer; delegate
at large to the national convention
Mrs. Helen Sills of Gunnison.
AT the regular meeting of the state
land board Wednesday. Governor Shat
roth took the position that the state
was selling its land entirely too cheap
and that the prices should be increas-
ed from 30 to 100 per cent. He main
tanned that the state was in the land
business for revenue and so long as
I 1t was there was only one thing to
do and that was to get all the revenue
possible. Lands that were appraised
at $40 We're raised to SIS and $50
others that were appraised at SIS
were raised to S25. etc. The result
was that only one small tract of land
was sold at Wednesdays meeting.
/, Frank Allen, a workman with the
. Union Pacific grading outdt of f.
Peterson, nine miles from Greeley, was
struck and instantly killed by light
} ming Wednesday afternoon, Four com
panions driving with him were stun
ned. two seriously. and FIVE mules
were killed outright. Allen was seat
ed in cart pushed by four mules
and which follows fhe grading ma.
chine drawn by eight mules. All OF
, but only one of ,nose in from of tho
I machine was struck. The REGULAR
feature of the storm was thai the only
} lightning seen was that which killed
5 Allen. The dead mules were worih
81 900
e No person will be allowed to drink
Intoxicating liquor in any restaurant
, or any dining room, corridor, office OF
hall of any hotel in the city. or in
4 any public place within its jurisdic
r tion, and Colorado Springs will lead
! the cities of the country in stringent
, prohibition, II the city council passes
$ AT ordinance drawn up at the instiga
tion of the police committee and which
: will be submitted at an adjourned
: meeting next Monday night. Viola
ton is punishable by a fine of from
500 TO $500 for each offense. Here
, tofore all ordinances have enjoined
only the dispensers of liquor, barring
public tipplers and drunkards. AL
though the local option law now pre-
vents the sale of whisky here, the
most ardent prohibiuonist heretofore
has never dreamed of prohibiting the
drinking of a mans own liquor in a
public restaurant or dining room. This
ordinance does not even except the
drinking OF liquor for medicinal pur.
poses under Doctors prescription.
through which loophole druggists are
allowed to sell liquor under the local
option law.