Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-18
COLORADO NEWS.


flat rate of IS per ton for beets OF
no beets this season.
Alice May Fisher. IA years old
broke her arm the other night at Il
La Junta skating rink.
Both candidates for mayor OF Grand
Junction are Democrats. Saloon and
anttsaloon is the issue.
| Union Pacific Is planning to build
from Greeley to the Firestone coal
mines TO secure additional coal sup
plies.
1t was s degrees below zero at
Eaton Friday morning. Colder than IL
has been any day during the winter Iu
Durango.
An anti-saloon ticket has been nom.
mated at Montrose. All precincts In
Montrose are dry with the exception
of one.
Contractors and workmen will prob
ably fix their difficulties in Denver
and the threatened strike will not
take place.
The municipal fight at Grand June
lion is surely a hot one. the tickets
being anttsnloon and saloon, making
The Issue one direct.
Greeley citizens are alive to the in.
terests of the town and have placed
nonpartisan ticket composed of busI.
ness men in the field.
Dexter Fehling. a 17-year-old youth
OF Buena Vista. suicided Saturday.
Said to be love affair. First attack
must have been severe.
General Palmer's benefactions are
reported TO reach about $4,000 900 dur.
ing his life time and probably his
may add several millions.
Gov. Shafroth presiding at the TEN.
perance meeting held In Denver Sun.
day evidently means the defeat Of the
Carey Wardlow precinct local option
A Golden man has been sent to the
insane asylum. His hallucination was
that Mayor Speer owed him seven
million dollars and he intended col
lec,ing the debt.
Two Denver saloons were closed ten
days because the owners kept open
after midnight. Others were given
notice that license would be taken
away II practice continued.
The Bryan club of Boulder passed
reso utions the other night condemn
ing the Democratic members OF the
general assembly for their Inactivity
and disregard OF promises.
Two. smooth counterfeiters. John
and Sarah Jones. were arrested In
Denver Saturday. The criminals are
said to have been arrested In other
places under different names.
The Republicans OF Golden have
nominated mayor and council pledg
ed TO enforce the law. II local option
carries no licenses viii be issued. II
the vets win saloons will be licensed
as in the past.
The Victor high school students In
the physics class have taken up the
study OF wireless telegraphy. It is
probable that station Will be es.
tablished at the Cripple Creek high
school and that they Will work to-
gether.
The Independent coal operators In
the northern district. fourteen In mum.
ber, are said to have formed com.
| bine which will shut out the yellow
J paper coal bargains. The trust price
was Sc until It went to smash. The
new price will probably be about $3.50
! Seven men, or rather boys In some
instances, ages running between IA
and 20, were convicted OF crime al
Grand Junction last week and th'
sheriff took the entire bunch ut on,
time to the state penitentiary. Rather
a large increase in population.
i The quarterly report OF State Treas
urer GallIgan shows that Colorado ha
on hand ,2.7Ss, ,567 O6, which is pret
ty good bank balance. or the aboy
amount s1.323.415.8G is on deposit II
the various banks OF the state. an
! the remainder is tied up in variou
Investments.
The anti-saloon party OF Grand Jun,
tion adopted platform for It's ticke
for the coming municipal election Fr
day night J. H. Lee is the candidat
: for mayor. The ticket ia being nom
mated by petition as neither of th
regular parties held convention an
they will not nominate a ticket. Th
Taxpayers ticket. which supports III
!. saloons. was nominated several da,
d ago. The fight is non-partisan. an
!. will be decided on the saloon Issue.
l. Pure Food Commissioner Cannon
3 OF the belief that ptomaine poisonir
T. Ia on the Increase under the rig
: enforcement OF the pure food law
5 He says that the laws are 30 stri
that manufacturers cannot put press
d vatlves In their product and as q !
d suit their foods do not keep As ",
r. as they formerly kept and many q Ct
Z. of food spoils and those who eat
,r suffer frofn ptomalne poisoning.
ot states that this condition has becor
30 apparent that the United Stat
Of government Il beginning to retrs