Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-17
COLORADO NEWS.

| other damaging hail storm Friday,
Delta expects to ship 10000 crate.
OF strawberries this season. worth
100000.
| The Rio Grande has arranged to
build new $1,000 passenger depot at
| Montrose.
Farmers along the Cache La Poudre
in Weld county estimate their loss by
flood the past ten days at 100000
County commissioners placed the
damage to bridges In Pueblo county
by the storm and wsshouts week
ago at $4,000
Commissioners OF Mesa county have
| called a special election TO vote bonds
| for erection of si5o.oO0 court house
at Grand junction.
Raitlesnakcs are reported to be nu.
merous in the vicinity OF Beaver creek
In Fremont county. and during the
past four days sixteen OF the reptiles
have been killed by campers In that
section. Two OF the snakes carried
eleven rattles and button
While attempting to repair a car
| apparently without the knowledge OF
his associates, James Greason, car
| rcpairer for the Denver q Rio Grande
railway. was killed almost instantly
late Saturday afternoon Mt Denver by
being crushed between two refiigera.
tor cars
The Greenback dam near Cedaredge,
| Delta county. broke Friday night and
| caused $4,000 damage TO the reservoir
The water did not flood crops. The
| reservoir will be repaired at once.
The cause OF the break was the great
amount of flood water thai poured into
he reservoir
to sell 10 the city OF Denver 40 acres
OF land Immediately adjoining City
park This Is now school land, and
the city wanted 1t for some time for
park purposes 10 he added TO City
park. which is already one OF the larg
est parks in the country.
Labor Commissioner Brake is pre-
pairing 10 execute proof against mum
Der OF corporations OF Colorado which
he maintains are violating the eight
hour law. The last legislature gave
into the hands OF the labor commits.
sioner the right to prosecute all viola
lions OF the labor law. lie Intends To
begin ON those who are violating the
eight hour law.
Political pulls will get no man par.
dcned from the peniteniiary. during
this administration II have anything
TO say about IT, said Governor John
i. Shafroth after the pardon board
had again refused TO grant a pardon
Friday. Since Governor Shafroth has
come into office he has steadfasiiy
refused TO grant pardons aud not one
has been given. Only three commu.
tatiops have been Issued
Young men should think OF their
| mother before committing crimes as
vide the pitiful case OF Mrs. Bertha
Pearce of Gunnison county, who lost
her mind brooding over her son. who
is serving a 20-year term in the pcni-
tentiary for the murder of Luther
Hunt. and who was adjudged insane
She was found rambling through The
fields with a lighted Kerosene lamp
saying she was looking for her little
children.
Sheriff Murphy OF Mineral count,
has resigned and the commissioner
have appointed w. c. Duncan TO sue
coed him. Murphy resigned bccaus,
OF adverse criticism IN allowing
prisoner named Triplctt. serving
siN months sentence. to escape. Trip
lett Is the man who took a shot "a
Conductor Jim Pheney on the Ala
osaCrecde branch OF the ID. a. II
g. Triplett was captured and Is no,
IN Pueblo for safe keeping.
A precedent believed To be uniqu
was established by District Judg
Shackelford at Grand Junction In o
: der TO release J. q. Clark OF Florence
who was In jail for falling To pay
fine OF 500 imposed because he CAV
, q friend whisky on the street. Clark
b attorney proved that he was unabl
0 TO pay the fine and quoted siaiur
!. which allowed his release on tn
. ground when the trial Judge does NJ
d Impose the jail sentence. This d
h cision Will allow all persons fined /
the court TO escape punishment
N taking n poor debtors oath.
81 The chamber Of commerce OF Grni
II Junction has initiated a moveme
t which II Is hoped may prove nation
1t Ia It's scope. to enlist all comrnui
II ties concerned in projects OF the re
osla@Ation service N common sfior