Semi-weekly herald., 1909-02-04
COLORADO NEWS.

Representative Weaver of La Plata
| county has introduced n bill prohibit
ing the issuing of railroad passes,
Denver has been selected as the
next place of meeting of the National
Live Stock association. which closed
its session at Los Angeles Friday.
a resolution has been introduced
in the legislature to investigate the
alleged coal trust operating in Den.
yer and other portions of the state
It cost seven men arrested at Gree
ley for gambling $500 in fines, besides
costs. Evidently Greeley officials
mean business when they give orders
TO close.
A snowslide carried away five sec
tions of the transmission line of the
Telluride Power company Friday and
Telluride was without light Friday
night.
Despondent over III health John ~.
bin. 54 years Of age, committed suicide
In room in the Commercial hotel at
Trinidad. Death was caused by drink.
Ing poison from a bottle.
The big prize winning Percheron
stallion belonging to the Fort Collins
agricultural college, was taken sick on
the way home from the Denver show
and died Friday last. The horse is
believed to have been poisoned.
The t.,D- - ---. 'r"c-ge Morgan OF
Aspen swallowed half toothpick and
was taken with commissions a few
hours later. Death would have re-
suited. but for the timely aid of a
doctor, who removed the toothpick
j. A. Lamping. county treasurer oil
Lake county. one of the pioneers OF
Leadville, while entering his home
the other night, fell and broke his
leg. The other leg was amputated
some time ago. made necessary by an
| accident.
Inocuiated with rabies through an
accident while removing the brain of
a rabbit. DR.. b. +. Kaupp, pathologist
in the veterinary department Of the
agricultural college at Fort Collins,
has left for Houston, Texas, to take
the Pasteur treatment.
Strict orders have been given Den
yer patrolmen to close all saloons
promptly at midnight and not TO allow
women in winerooms. The order is TO
apply particularly to the tenderloln.
The further order has gone out that
all doors leading from houses into sa
looms must be closed up.
A bill was introduced in the house
Friday by Mr.. Rubin to prohibit the
employment OF children under IA years
OF age. in any mill. mine, factory
Workshop, office, restaurant. hotel
apartment house. store. telephone ol
telegraph office. or other establish
ment or business, for wages or hire
What will be done TO the game Law.
is one of the puzzles of the prssen
session of the general assembly. Moi'
bills have been introduced OH thil
: subject than on any other that VII
, come up before adjournment. covering
all the sections of the law with amend
ihchtS M no hiuiiy uilleIeHl Mdyb u
] human ingenuity can devise.
Food standards. as established b
+ circular 10 of the department OF agr
g culture, are made the subject OF bi
presented to the house Friday by Nj
5 Strickland. Similar bills are to
presented to all state legislature
: meeting during the winter. in orde
J. that uniform standards may be
r force In as many states as possible
Upwards of 10000 men will be nee,
ed in Colorado this spring and sun
4 mer to carry out the large raiIroa
r and irrigation projects now actual
" under way or in early contemplation
d II Is reported that Woodruff, Il
cOrrupt r0Rfntnr nf fhA -