Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-30
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS.

Denver school census shows there
are 55.235 children in the schools.
One Republican supervisor will Join
the three Citizen supervisors elected
in Denver last Tuesday and control
that body.
The Union Pacific railroad compro.
missed and settled all suits pending
against it for the breaking of ditch
damaging farmers. the amount turned
over being $4,000.
Grand Junction poker joint was
raided the other night Again we
say, isn't it pleasing to know that in
Durango there are no joints to raid
All just as spotless as Fabian.
Commencing June ; the d. & r. G
will run a daylight train between Puc-
bio and San Luis valley points. the
train leaving Denver in the morning
The train from the valley will leave
Creede at in the morning arriving at
Pueblo al $3.50 in The afternoon.
Within four hours after he had been
bitten by dog owned by his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Daisy McGoyern of Denver
Jackson Edwards. aged "a. died short
ly after | o'clock Tuesday His body
was removed to the moreue. where it
was reported death was caused from
alcoholism and from the shock follow
ing his encounter with the animal.
The snowfall on the mountains in
northern Colorado in the storm just
closed was from six to fifteen inches
rhe Precipitation over all the water
sheds was one and one-half inches.
This makes n total for the month of
May of five inches of water This
should insure abundance of water for
all irrigation projects in northern Col.
orado.
The Colorado and Southern. the SIN
ia Fe and the Denver Rio Grande rail
roads have entered into an agreement
for the Joint operation of the tracks
from Pueblo to Denver and the Colo
Rio Grande have signed contracts for
he joint construction of a track from
Pueblo to Walsenburg. Contracts have
been signed by the Colorado and
southern and the Santa Fe for The
joint operation from Pueblo to Den
yer and have been forwarded to New
York for the signature of President
Jeffery OF the Denver and Rio Grande,
Mayor Speer announced Tuesday
that from now on there will be fewer
saloons in Denver and that within a
short time the licenses will be increas-
ed nearly double. He accompanied the
announcement with an order revokine
the licenses of ten saloon keepers who
violated the ordinances who kept open
election day and last Sunday. The
mayor announces that from now on
The saloons are going to obey the law.
He intends to close the dives and i'm
moral places connected with the down
town districts. Bully for Speer.
Ray Montgomery of Denver, VINO
represents the publicity department OF
the Christian Science church. made
the statement to Secretary Whitehead
of the Humane society few days ago
that his church was not going to ap-
peal the case as the Messenger case.
tried at La Junta. TO the Colorado SUI
preme court, According Mr.. Mont
somery they will drop the case just
where it is. He gives as his reason
that during the trial. the word Chris
tian Science was not mentioned, there
fore the church was not on trial.
Managers of every club in Colorado
Springs, including the leading social
and fraternal organizations. were or
dered into court Monday in order that
the police department may learn
whether they are serving liquor in ac.
| cordance with the law The El Paso,
Eiks. Social Driving. Pixies Peak, Eu-
| reka. Alhambra and Mechanics club
managers are among those cited 1t
Is said that the druggists will also
he closely investigated. This is the
first time in the history of the city
that the authorities have interfered
with the FL Paso. Pixies Peak and Elks
clubs. which are made up Of the fore
most business men Of the town. The
local clubs have been using the locker
system, each member being supposed
to own his own bottle.'