Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-29
COLORADO NEWS.

purchased 1900 acres of land near
Trinidad for a powder factory.
The state board is sending out no
tices asking assessors to raise vaIua
tions. Must have more money to meet
the extravaganza OF the late general
assembly and provide funds for an ex.
ira session.
NJ. f. Shelby, a Texas editor, is the
first person to win $50 from the Den.
yer Post this season by landing a
big trout The trout caught len days
ago and sent to Mrs. Belle Washing.
ton of this city weighed ten pounds
and was perfect beaut and should
have been sent TO the Post.
Jerome Paul, one of two boys of
Montrose who Saturday ate strychnine
thinking 1t was candy, will recover.
The other child. George Miller, died
Saturday night. The boys were play.
Ing In the woodshed of John Miller,
and finding sack containing the poi.
son, opened It and ate quantity.
Miller had used poison to kill coyotes
and had hidden II in the woodshed
The boys were FIVE years old
school where the boys can secure
an agriculture education without go
ing TO college for four years Is to
be established in connection with the
State Agricultural college. The in.
ability of many farmer lads to take
tour-year course In the college, which
includes agriculture and mechanic
arts, has long been realized, and some
method by which they can secure a
practical education has long been de
sired. According to plans now under
way, II school of agriculture viii be
created and operated here in coniuno.
tion with the college
Parents should be very careful I'm
Keeping giant caps out of the reach
OF children. Al Victor Saturday Peter
Smilanic, s years old. was horribly
mangled while playing with dynn.
mite cap. He was pounding the cap
With hammer and when the explo
sion occurred pieces of the copper
shield were embedded In many PARTS
OF his body, his right arm was brok
en al the elbow and the sight of one
eye was destroyed Physicians who
attended him said that to save his life
1t would be necessary to amputate a
leg at the hip. but his father refused
to allow, saying that he prefers to
see his son dead rather than go
through life in a MANNED condition.
Heavy rains and cloud-bursis are
creating havoc in many parts of the
state. A cloud-burst In Boulder coun.
ty ensulied a picnic party of ten peo
pie from Boulder Greeley and other
places, and Arthur Dickerman. aged
2S. lost his life In the flood trying to
save the life of Vivian Carlyle. aged
.. Both drowned. sister of the
young boy is In the hospital from In.
1uries and may die. also the mother
Is In the hospital but not dangerously
injured. The party had gone to the
~ 'ab'h anu WbtH lUf
storm came up had taken refuge be
hind huge rock when suddenly "A
wall of water Ave feet high came
upon them, Dickerman succeeded In
taking one woman from the floor after
she lost consciousness and 1t was
when trying to say the boys life he
was hit by debris. Cripple Creek was
also flooded several hours Friday even
Ing. The worst electrical storm In
the history of the city Is reported
The lives OF 20 persons were endanger
ed and great damage was done in
Cheyenne canon the same afternoon
when two cloudbursts on Cheyenne
mountain sent resistless torrent
down the canon. tearing out long
stretch Of the 700 steps and maroon.
ing the tourists and local people who
were enjoying the day at the popular
resort. Miss s. L. Colander, "a trained
nurse from Texas, was the heroine OF
the occasion. risking her life to save
others and then tramping over the
mountains for ten miles to secure aid
for the marooned party.