The daily sentinel., 1909-01-27
OF LOCAL INTEREST.

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor. who
was recently sentenced to one year
in jail for contempt of court ana is
now at liberty pending an appeal. is
| today celebrating his 59th birthday.
The famous labor leader was born in
London, January %, 1850, the son
of Saul Gompers a cigar maker.
DR.. Fisk, the popular veterinary
surgeon of this city, leaves tonight
for Grand Junction, where he will go
into partnership with DR.. Drew of
| that city. DR.. Fisk will be accom-
panied by Mrs Fisk and will proba
bly, make the metropolis of Mesa,
their home in the future. This leaves
Glenwood minus the services of a vet
Urinary Avalanche
George w. Vallery. general mana
ger of the Colorado Midland railroad,
returned to Denver yesterday from
an inspection trip over part of the
road with the Burlington officials.
The party is now inspecting the Fort
Worth & Denver City line and will
probably return to New York from
Texas. to be present at the meeting
of the board of directors of the Colo
RADIO & Southern February 1.-Den-
yer News.
dent of the Illinois Match Company,
left this morning for Salt Lake City.
where he will spend few days be-
fore continuing on to California. Mr.
Cadwallader was one of the unfort-
unate victims of the Dotsero wr.ck.
but sustained no injuries that will
permanently disable him. He OK
pressed himself profoundly impressed
with the generosity and sympathy of
the citizens of this city.-GlenWood
Avalanche.
Slides in Provo canon still con-
tinue. There have been several re-
ported the last two days and it was
reported at the Denver & Rio Grande
general Office in this city yesterday
that it was impossible to tell when
traffic would be resumed on the Pro-
vo-Heber branch. Loads of rock,
snow and gravel have washed down
on the track and the rails are COW
cred at number of places. Men are
constantly at work clearing the
track; but as soon as one avalanche
has been cleared away others come.
The road will be closed for at least
week. it is stated.-Salt Lake Her
aid.
Mr.. Archie E. Houghton and Miss
Clara King Fifield We're married in
formerly of Salida. The bride is a
daughter of ]. j. Fifield. for years a
conductor on the Denver & Rio
Grande running out of Salida, and
the bridegroom is well known as a
former business man of this city, who
was some years ago a fireman on the
road and more recently in the real es-
tate business in Denver. Many
friends join the Mail in wishing the
newly welded pair a full measure of
joy in their new relation and years
of abundant prosperity throughout
life.-Salida Mail
The senate committee on Indian af-
fairs has agreed that the Indian
school at Fort Lewis. CoIo.. shan ne
turned over to the state for school
purposes. The committee yesterday
made favorable report on Guggen-
helms bill. which cedes to the state
of Colorado all lands included in the
Fort Lewis military reservation.
Property is granted to the state for
maintenance forever by Colorado of
Nan agricultural college for Indians of
the state. 1t is required that tn
United States shall have the right T.
carry on an experiment staticu
connection with the school tcr.
tain amount of the land is 70 SOD
to settlers, and the money 90 dr ID
invested for the support AZ ei2 2te-
nance of the school. ~ te rr the
fact that the Indian 'tnn
bill this year will carry nothing for
the support of the Fort Lewis school,
1t seems certain that congress will
pass Senator Guggenheim bill
The Democrat heartily favors the
many schemes for boosting Colorado;
but it believes that. through lack of
concerted action and by reason of
senseless rivalry and jealousy much
of the effort in this direction has
been all but thrown away Every
county seat should have a commercial
organization. These bodies should
be federated. A state secretary
should be employed-a man of ability
and large experience, at salary
commensurate with the importance
of his duties. Frequent meetings
should be held in various sections of
the state, and an annual convention
at Denver. The annual convention
should be composed of delegates from
each club and held with reference
to some fair or stock show. thus in
suring large attendance in addition
to the delegates. The Democrat ven
lures to urge the papers of this state
to take up and discuss this proposi-
ton, making such suggestions as may
seem timely.-El Paso County Demo-
crat.