Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-03
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pushed through the Denver council If
money will do It,
Wouldn't beer famine In Denver
be awful, Mabel? And this is what
may happen when the brewery work
ers go on strike. The brewers abb
solutely refuse to grant the increased
wage TO correspond with that paid in
other western cities.
There is a decided clash on between
the mayor and marshal of Leadville.
The mayor is Democrat and insists |
on the marshal, who Is a Republican,
doing as he says, although directly |
contrary to the policy pursued by the |
mayor under a Democratic council
Rev. 7. c. Kirkwood. mention of
whose Illness was made yesterday, is
dead at Colorado Springs. Deceased
was a Presbyterian minister and was
present when Rev. David Morell was
ordained minister of the church in
Durango eighteen months or more ago.
DR. A. NJ. Cross, one of the most
prominent eye specialists on the west
ern slope, was arrested at Grand Juno
tion charged with practicing medi
cine without a license. Cross has
lived in Grand Junction for some time
and owns over $4,000 worth OF prop.
erty in Mesa county.
r.. l.. Orr, a prominent blacksmith
of Greeley, was perhaps fatally in
iured by being attacked by a horse
that he was shoeing. He was pulling
an old shoe from the foot OF the
horse when the animal, becoming en-
ragged. reared up, striking Orr with
both feet, telling him to the ground
The animal then jumped on him and
trampled him almost TO death. He
was removed to his home and it is not
believed that he can live.
There IS considerable feeling at Gu.
ray over the news that Judge Carl
ton NJ Bliss of Denver, sitting for
| Judge Shackleford in district court at
Gunnison, had quashed the II indict-
ments against Judge Theron Stevens,
George r. Hurlburt and Frank P. Tan
ner, officers of the defunct Bank OF
Ouray. in which they were charged
with accepting deposits while know
Ing the bank to be insolvent.
William H. McNicholas. late treas
urer of Gunnison county, was arrested
Saturday charged with embezzline
$333.60 When his books were ex
amined last fall shortage Of nearly
$4,000 was discovered but McNicholas
turned this over to his successor, hold
ing out a check for the amount first
mentioned. The alleged defaulter was
recently appointed to a position at the
state reformatory at Buena Vista anc
was engaged in moving his household
effects when arrested.
The more or less famous brewer!
swiIl ordinance" failed to receive {
vote among the supervisor branch o
the city government at the meeting
held Tuesday night. Reports werS
read from physicians and health Off
: GERS from various sections showing
such swill to be highly injurious. Il
| W dS dlSo SuoWi tudt lQiig ohC-thiiu "
the dairymen of Denver are feeding
brewers malt or grain in violation o
the present ordinance. Dairymen who
thus endanger the lives of innocen
) babes should be run out Of the coun
try, even they be proteges of Boi
) Speer.
According to an investigation beins
made for the Denver News sanitar,
( physicians the milk furnished Den
verites should be dumped in the Plat,
river. Only one dairy was found tina
scored as high as n out OF possible
) 100 government test. Many wer'
) found as low as 81. The investigation
) indicates no attention has been pait
: to cleanliness and no wonder typhoid
fever and other diseases are so preva
, lent. But then the Speer and Patter
! son machines are too busy quarrel
ing over Democratic spoils that nj
time can be given to such matters
Milk inspectors are political hangers
on who spend their time in aiding theii
, respective machines than they do t.
their duties.
There is much sorrow in the sport
ing fraternity of Colorado because oi
the failure of the game bill to carry
the emergency clause. This clause
was in there when it passed the house
and senate but was omitted by the
enrolling clerk. The new game bill
opens the season for trout fishing May
20, whereas the old law opened II
June 6. Had the emergency clause
been in 1t would have taken effect as
soon as the governor signed 1t. which
would have allowed fishing on Deco.
ration day this year. With the emer-
gency clause out It viii not take effect
until ninety days after the governor
signs It and thus the old law will be
in effect and the sportsmen cannot
fish this Decoration day.
Pueblo is going to try and arrange
as near an ideal license governing sa
looms as possible, as follows: License
OF restaurants and hotels to sell IL
quor; drinks to be served in restau
| rants and hotels only with 2b-cent