Semi-weekly herald., 1909-04-01
COLORADO NEWS.

pairing to make strong fight against
local option and are going TO circulate e
a lot of literature.
Lessees on Leadville mine clean
ed up $4,000 on two tons of ore.
wouldn't object to having few hun
dred tons of this kind of ore.
George West voted against the pri-
mary bill as amended and passed in
the senate by vote OF % for and IS
against. Tom Patterson's man. Tully
Scott. voted for the amended bill
which the ex-senator declares fake.
Pueblo is barred from holding a
charter election owing to the heavy
Indebtedness, the city being practical
ly bankrupt. according to decision rem
dered by District Judge J. E. Rlzer.
Pueblo has been under Democratic
control for some years.
S. E. Mcknight. ranchman, living
seventy miles east of Colorado Springs
has just completed working model of
an invention which, 1t is claimed. VIII
plant potatoes in one-third the time
now required. The device automatic
ally slices and plants the potatoes as
they are fed into 1t.
The shearing of 90 900 head of sheep
began at Grand Junction this morn.
ing. Thirty shearing machines, capa-
BILE of turning out 200 sheared sheep
a day each will be used. 1t is esti-
mated that 4.75o,000 pounds OF wool
will be the weight of the product and
It will be valued at approximately
$4,000.
With the legislature appropriatine
something like four million dollars we
notice that La Plata county comes in
for a paltry $1,000 for fish hatchery
| improvements. And La Plata county
! sends more money to Denver in way
of excess taxation than any county
in the state.
The poultry raisers Of the Grand
valley met and formed local organi
zation at Grand Junction, with C. A
Smith president, w. X. Dow vice presi
dent and C. II. Burgess secretary. Il
Is planned to construct a cold storage
plant for poultry and eggs to avoit
shipping them across the range mex
summer.
In the ball game at Pueblo Sunda!
Anheier was only in one or two in
nings Of the game. His work is no
commented on by the Chieftain. Th'
score shows Anheier to have been a
bat only once and he landed safe hit
Durango fans will watch Anheier's rec
ord closely. The Pueblo team wol
the game over the AllStars of Denve
6 to 8.
Asking that the city clerk be pre-
hibited from placing the question
Shall La Junta become anti-saloo
territory" on the ticket at the con
ing municipal election. James p. Dy,
saloon keeper of La Junta filed
petition in the district court. II
based 1t upon the facts that he ha
been in the liquor business here for
long time. has much money invesie
and alleges that his business may b
injured and property deprecated II tn
city goes dry"
A Grand Junction dispatch to n
Pueblo Chieftain under date OF Sa
urday. says: "The fight over th
local election In this city is the mo
bitter in the towns history, one
the principal fights being over the que
tion Of local option. Today deleg
tion OF sixteen ranchmen from variol
sections OF the country and represer
Ing every township. called on the bui
ness men and demanded that Graz
Junction go dry this spring. 9th
J. delegations are coming in Monda
/ All the rest Of the country is dry al
the ranchmen maintain that they a
: determined that the city shall go d
also"
A X. d. McClelland was nned 50
~ and costs aEgreEating over $500
nr Judge Cooper Of the county court ,