Semi-weekly herald., 1909-12-06
COLORADO NEWS.

Monday night for Washington to be
on hand when congress conyenes next
| week
The first train load of freight de-
stined for the Pacific coast left Den
yer Wednesday night and will be fol.
lowed regularly every day hereafter.
An organized posse is hunting for
200 horses alleged to have been stolen
from the range and driven into Utah
from the Grand Junction district.
There is no direct clue.
1t is expected a measure will be
passed by congress establishing a
government department of forestry in
connection with the agricultural col
lege at Fort Collins.
The receipts of the secretary of
| states office the past fiscal year
amounted to S2s7,S76.5s, an Increase of
| $121,S76.79. The inheritance tax is
one of the big items swelling the to-
tai
The new ore dressing and metal
| iurBlCui piaHt coHteHpihteu loi iHc
State School of Mines at Golden will
save millions for the mines of the
state, according to the annual report
| of the school filed with the governor.
And now Grand junction is to in
| dulge in series of revival meetings.
arrangements having been made for
/ nninn sarViaaC lurUa tuhnrnn,sit. II.
will be erected DR.. J. Il. Hamilton
is to conduct the services. The meet
i;igs start in January
| Euler and Goegtle of Boulder pre-
! pared 371a pounds of mountain trout
for shipment to j. Pierpont Morgan at
New York City. The trout were or
dered by Col. j. A. Ownbey and were
caught at Stapp's lake, above Ward,
the owner receiving $3.50 per pound
or $56.25 for the shipment.
While playing hide and seek with
her mother, 19-months-old daughter
of Charles Clemens of Pueblo. got hold
of bottle of liquid lye and drank the
contents, dying later. The mother
found the baby in an adjoining room
with the battle at its mouth, and
enough poison had been swallowed tC
prove fatal.
A fruit packing contest, in which
the awards will be 800 and gold
medal for the winner, and $50 and
n silver medal to second. will be one
OF the interesting features of the Colo
In the Auditorium Jan. 8 The con
test is open TO all and it is predicted
that there will be at least a dozen
entries, representing all the fruit
growing sections of the country.
Garry the news to Hanna. An edi
tor, Samuel ]. Lewis, was robbed OF
The streets of Denver and relieved o
$74. Mr.. Lewis is managing editor
of the Times. Wonder how he came
to have so much dough on his per
son. Any editor with $74 ought tC
resembles something like 80 cents. A
the same time it indicates that tn,
city administration is not alone IL
the hold-up business.
Charles NJ. Wade, a miner employed
by the Atlas Mining & Milling com
pany, in the Sneffles district, Oura,
county, was instantly killed Monda,
morning while running the compress
sor There were no witnesses to tn,
accident but 1t is supposed that hi
clothing caught in the line shaft an,
he was wound around the shaft. Hi
head was almost severed and nearl,
every bone in his body was broken
Wade was an Elk He had n brothe
employed in the same mine.
The well known melodrama, "De
serted at the Altar" had It's clos,
counterpart in real life at Grand juno
tion when the marriage ceremony o
G. A Walker, Rio Grande fireman
and Miss Bessie Barnice, local girl
was interrupted by the arrival of
telegram announcing the death of tn,
| groom UolHtT Ut MS IOWA nome. Al
though the guests We're assembled ant
the minister had arrived, Walker de
clared that the wedding would hav,
to be postponed. and within two hour
was on his way to Iowa.
Father William O'Ryan, probabl.
alone in this regard among all tn,
priests in Denver. declined last Sun
day to read from his pulpit to his con
gregation the official announcement
made by Bishop N. c. Matz of tn,
Colorado diocese. declaring the excom
munication of Father Joseph p. Carri
gan of st. Patricks church Fathe
Organ has taken neutral stand dur
ing the controversy between Father
Carrigan and Bishop Matz His al
titnde is said to have met the heart,
Endorsement of his congregation.
\ Infnrmations charging Druggists F.
II. Martin and F. N. Rogers with sell