Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-26
COLORADO NEWS.

COLORADO NEWS.
Three stories are to be added to
the Equitable building in Denver.
The Palisade district shipped the
first car of peaches this year Tues
day.
Grand Junction ball team continues
to win from eastern slope teams, cop
ping Tuesdays game with Las Ami
mas 10 8.
President Taft expects TO remain
four days in Colorado during his west
ern trip in September.
The Denver labor war appears to be
mostly among the different unions
composing the federation.
Montrose has announced the pro
gram ON the occasion OF the formal
opening of the Gunnison tunnel.
Bishop Matz has appealed what is
known as the Carrigan case to the
supreme court. The bishop asked the
court to review the matter and give
an opinion as early as possible.
County commissioners of Mesa coun.
ty appropriated $3.50 for the use of
the chamber of commerce of Grand
junction in securing glass covers for
display of preserved and can fruits at
the Denver exposition.
Honskea, who won fame in Durango
two years ago. is now pitching good
ball for Glenwood Springs, defeating
the Cripple Greek team to l the
other day, allowing only a few scat
tered hits while Jack Starr was touch
ed up for a dozen or So
With two angry bull terriers chew
ing her limbs and body, while two
women companions tried vainly TO
drive the brutes away, Mrs. Mont o.
burn of Denver was nearly killed be
fore one of her friends secured an
AK and forced the brutes to leave
| their victim.
A number of petrlfied tree trunks
were exposed at a depth OF 400 feet
! on the Ophir mine ON Raven hill.
Teller county, the other day. The out
er portion of the petrification resem-
| bled charcoal reduced to stone and
would indicate that the stumps, some
OF them ten or twelve feet long, were
subjected TO terrific heat, probably
| of volcanic origin.
E. {. Fort, who has $50 acres near
Brighton devoted to celery, cabbage
and tomatoes, has just shipped two
cars of cabbage TO Texas. Large ship
ments of celery from his farm 20 to
markets all over the United States
and TO Cuba. Mr.. Fort is also a buy.
er and expects TO ship $50 cars oi
cabbage from that point this season
The current issue of Child and Ami
| mai Protection, Denver paper de
| voted to the interests of the humane
society, contains a list of those laws
passed by the last Legislature pertain.
| ing to the society and its work. The
laws are printed in full and can be
had for the asking by those who are
| interested in keeping this work well
| in hand.
Capt. e. o. Nicholas says that while
irrigating on his farm two and one.
half miles from Longmont, the water
stopped running and ON going up to
the headgate he found it was full of
fish. In order TO get the water to
run again, he says he had to shovel
out ninety large sized trout that had
punched in the gate.
Big circuses are raKing in the spare
| coin in many Colorado towns. The
Ringing Bros. VIII show in Denver the
first OF the week if permitted by the
courts, while the Hackenbeck, Wallace
shows hold forth at Grand Junction on
the 18th, Being on side line deIiy.
ers our people from some evils. How.
ever, good show is preferable TO the
fakes that come along for night
or two like the Bobby Fountain affair
Such shows along with snide tent
ailairs always keep to the towns
where the big concerns are unable
to reach.
AT the meeting of the Grand juno
tion charter convention Tuesday nigh
one OF the most drastic prohibition sec.
lions ever presented for consideration
OF any legislative gathering was taken
up for discussion Under it's provision
the manufacture or sale of lntoxicat-
ing liquor in the city of Grand juno.
ton is prohibited as is also the storing
and giving It away. No resident of
the city con keep intoxicating liquors
on hand for his own personal use
or FOR the purpose of entertainment
While the provision has not been
adopted, all other provisions present.
ed under similar circumstances have
been adopted, and there is no reason
for thinking this will not be.