Semi-weekly herald., 1909-12-16

| "~' W Puhihk ullis from board
when spectator asked him to pull ,
loose tooth, Thomas complied. an,
with thumb and foreinger drew ou
the tooth. much to the amusement o
hystanders
Loveland is to have 10000 can
ming factory.
Annual tag day netted $3.50 nj Long
mont for charitable purposes.
On the charge OF embezzlement o,
$1,000 from the postoffice receipts un
der his care. Postoffice Button of New
castle was taken to Denver ana placed
IN the county jail. Friends are now
arranging bonds for him. Buttons
maintains his innocence and declares
that the postotfice must have been
robbed. -. .4eH B
In line with the vigorous antl-tuber.
cuiosls movement at Colorado Springs
City Physician Gillett has notified all
cigar store proprietors TO remove their
cigar cutters. He says that most
smokers place their cigars In their
mouths before clipping off the ends,
and that germs can thus be easily
| communicated to the next man who
cuts a cigar.
Reports from Humane officer L. A.
Ransom. who has just returned to
Denver from Cheyenne and Kit Car.
son counties, after an investigation
into the feeding of cattle and sheen
SHOW that many cattle have perished
because OF the heavy SHOWS, and one
fioek of sheep. which had wandered
away from their herder were smother.
ed In school house after they had
eaten the school supplies.
Colorado banking Institutions are I'm
splendid shape. according to the semi.
annual report brought up to Nov. 16.
The tothl resources are $39,747 $40 80,
The five state banks, four savings
banks and five trust companies OF Den.
yer show sI5.2S4. .9284O. There has
been an Increase OF eighteen banks in
the state ending Nov. lG The re.
sources year ago were S32,610. 0.30I 81.
ihere are now In the state ninety
seven state banks. thlrty-eight private
banks. ten savings banks and four
teen trust companies.
The Great Western Sugar company
on Friday distributed $l,250, 900 among
the farmers of Colorado In payment
FOR beets delivered to tho nine facto.
ries of the company for the month
ending Nov. 10. 1t is expected that
the sliced shipments viii be delivered
at the factories of the company by
Doc. 20. The factories of the Great
Western company will pay about $780,
700 for these final shipments about
Jan 10. When the sliced, or reserve
| shipments are all I'm and the money
has been paid. the company Will have
paid the farmers OF Colorado more
| than $5.0O0.000 this season.
That Denver and Colorado will be
off the tourist map and become dead
places If prohibition is ever put into
force in this state. or the anti.liquor
policy pursued as 1t has been started
was the burden of the speech made
by A. NJ, Eppstejn, of the Albany ho.
tel, to the members OF the Western
Hotel Mems Protective association at
| their annual banquet IN the Auditor.
ium. Denver. Eppstein urged all no
tel men In the state to unite In the
I n
fight against the anti.liquor people
whether they run bar IN connec.
tlon with their hotel or not, for dry
city or state, he said, Is the surest
way OF putting 1t OF the great tour.
list roads OF the country.
Assets amounting to sG.OO0,O0 will
be turned over TO the Myron Straiton
home by the executors of the Stratton
estate shortly after the arst of the
year. and 1t Ia but a matter OF weeks
now whom construction work on the
home will be started.
Richardson and Hawkins, civil at.
torneys for the Western Federation OF
Miners, will institute suit against the
state OF Colorado for the $50. 700 ap.
propriated by the Seventeenth Gen.
eral assembly for loss at Cripple Creek
and Victor during the riotous days and
an effort will be made to prove that
the state has the money and II 1t has
not the money 1t is because the state
board OF equalization failed in It's du.
ties and let the railroad corporations
Off with millions in assessment.
The president has sent TO the senate
the nomination OF J. B. Baldwin as
| coiner Of the Denver mint. to sue
coed ii. NJ. Tarbcll, whose resigna.
lion was accepted by the secretary OF
the Treasury Thursday. Mr.. Tarbeil
filed his resignation with the depart.
ment over six months ago, but action
upon 1t was deferred until recently
The new appolntee has been assist.
ant eoiner and his nomination as coin.
: er is In line with the adoption OF civil
service rules favorlng promotion OF
faithful employees.
After three years of work, in which
several miners have taken their lives