Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-14
COLORADO NEWS.


The u. & X. G officials to rush cars
to that place for fruit shipments.
south Canon high school closed last
week for few days to permit the
Youngsters TO assist In saving the
apple crops.
During regular snow storm In
The Cripple Creek district last week
there was n regular bombardment OF
thunder mixed with lightning.
The weather was very cold all over
the stale and tho country Friday night.
doing considerable damage In places
where apple crops had not been box.
ed.
And row La Junta is to be revived.
q large tabernacle seating 400 people
having been erectd. DIR. Granstaff is
TO be the evangelist. all the church
es uniting
Colorado Springs youth was sen
fenced TO 30 days In pail ut hard labor
for borrowing" an automobile without
consulting the owner. He win know
better next time.
y. Is. Hooper. general passenger
agent of the Rio Grande, says Mont.
rose received more carloads of house.
hold goods during the year than any
other station on the Western Slope.
Boulder is taking steps for COM
mission form of government No town
needs such n system as much as Du-
range There would he no more print
ing scandals besmearing the name of
he aldermen.
Game Commissioner Holland says on
ly about 500 deer were killed this
season as against 5000 last year. Last
year was open to male and female
while this year the law limited the
slaughter to bucks.
The Denver q Rio Grande. and Mid.
land railways have brought suits re-
straining work on the Orchard mesa
dam across the Grand river at Pail.
lsade The company claims IT means
inundating their rights of ways Three
hundred men were laid off indefinitely
Colorado members of congress- have
received word that the yearly allot
ment of seeds. has been determined
They will each receive 10000 pack
| ages OF vegetable seeds and 1000 pack.
| ages Of flower seeds Requests for
| samples should be made only of ope
| member.
The Rev Mr. Morley. pastor OF the
Presbyterian church. at La Junta Is
one OF The strenuous sort OF workers
| in the vineyard of the Lord. as Is eyi.
dencrd by the fact of his driving sew
| entcen miles south 10 Pintin station
each Sunday after his morning ser.
vice. holding afternoon meetings there.
and then driving back the seventeen
miles In time to hold the regular even
| ing services
Delta county fruit growers are pre-
pairing to attend the apple show In
| Denver. starting Jan 3. in first class :.
style. They will combine boosters
excursion with their visit. Arrange
ments are being made with the Rio
Grande railroad TO run special train
from Delta to Denver. One of the fea-
lures VIII be a baggage car loaded
with apples. which yill be distributed
among the people In the various towns
where the special stops.
Her clothing caught in an elevator
belt, Mrs. William Long was thrown in.
to the crusber OF her husbands con
centraiing min at Lenando, near AS
pen aud ground 10 pieces, while her
husband and Albert Wilbur, who wit
messed the accident, were powerless
to save her. While the husband made
frantic efforts to stop the machinery
Wilbur attempted to drag her body
from the machinery. He was caught
badly mangled.
State Treasurer GallIgun, recently
returned from conference. with rep
resentatiyes OF the tax commissions In
all the western states. will recommend
to Governor Shafroth that he work for
the enactment of Il law creating reg
ular tax commission for Colorado and
give 1t sole power to value property
inc tpuifuiSoioH " Dt tOipoStu I'll
three men. elected biennially for six
year terms. He believes this to be
the only way TO solve the tax question
and maintains that eastern states are
following the example.
Twenty five car loads OF apples
on the platform OF the Grand Junction
Fruit Growers association, and more
4 than hundred car loads picked and
packed in boxes In orchards through.
out the valley. awaits shipment. and
there Is not single refrigerator car
on the trucks east between Grand
Junction and Colorado Springs. and
, west between Grand Junction and
Salt Lake City. The local association
Saturday refused to accept further
deliveries, and Issued warning to
! the growers to pick fruit ~ slowly =
} the weather would permit.