Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-23

Acting upon MS suggestion tne Dentef
chamber of commerce will send man
to the various camps in the state to
collect information on production,
treatment, methods and as to why diff
fereRt properties have been closed
down. With this accurate information
in its possession the chamber Of COM
! merce will be in position to. take a
hand and try to secure capital with
which to operate the vast undeveloped
mining resources OF the state. Con
sidering the mineral riches OF La Plata
county ii seems very essential that
the Durango board of trade cooperate
with the Denver chamber of commerce
in this matter.
Senator Guggenheim has secured the
passage through the senate OF the bill
to pay $500 to Carl Kruger Of Dem
yer, on account Of injuries received In
the Denver mint In 1906.
Denver Post has been sued for $685.
900 by man named Mowry for ar
rest under charge OF stealing the files
of one OF the pages of the Post
Uncle Sans pay roll in Colorado
will show that some of the names gath
cred during the recent census have
cost over $40 each. These were Of
families in the isolated. sparsely set
tied districts of the state.
Married but three days when her
husband deserted her, Mrs. Lizzie
Whethouse, daughter of Joshua Stone
OF La Sale, wealthy farmer, secured
divorce Saturday from Hershel
MILESTONE, after spending three years
in unsuccessful search for him.
Stanley Hart. a Canon City young
man, was so elated over the fact that
he was going to marry Miss Margaret
Amos of Rockville that he hired the
Florence town hall and invited every
one in the city to the wedding. About
800 accepted the invitation The cere-
mony was followed by banquet.
There are probably 1000 people en-
ployed in beet fields of Weld county,
where $1,000 acres is green and thrifty.
Untouched by insects and far in ad.
vance of the season the beet crop
promises well aud with larger sugar
content than ever before in the his
tory of the beet growing industry of
that place.
Colorado is to be advertised as never
before when the national irrigation
congress holds its eighteenth annual
session next September at Pueblo.
That statement was made by A. G..
Watson. vice chairman OF the board
of control of the congress. l.. NJ.
Markham. director of exhibits, warmly
concurred in Mr.. Watson's opinion.
And Arthur Hooker, secretary of the
congress. gave his assent. too.
Yesterday was Denver's annual civic
parade. Seventeen hundred and fifty
employees of the city government
marched with $50 teams of one sort
and another; fifteen automobiles, thir.
ty-six push carts, four ponderous
steam rollers; all fire department
equipment with its 175 firemen. In
terspersed here and there were floats
unfolding the development and useful
ness of Fairgrounds and parks, the
public baths and lot OF other things.
All the patriotic organizations and
the principal fraternal societies of Den.
yer are assisting Mayor Speer in his
efforts to prevent accidents of a seri-
Gus nature on the Fourth The fire
and police board has taken a deter.
mined stand also, and will enforce the
following order to the letter: 1.-THE
use, sale and ownership of toy pistols,
explosive canes, large torpedoes, blank
cartridges, percussion caps, top can.
mons, large giant cannon f1recrackers
and other dangerous explosives is alb
solutely prohibited within the city lin.
It's" 1t all means that Denver Is ia
have an old-fashioned celebration, plen-
ty OF noise, of course. but with the ele-
ment of danger extracted In fact,
plans are practically completed by the
patriotic league for a demonstration.
both unique and appropriate. Flags
of all nations will be displayed In the
parade, in which many hundred people
Will participate.
Capt. Thomas III. Edwards was re.
leased from the penitentiary at Canon
City yesterday at 10 o'clock after serv.
Ing sentence of fifteen years for kill
ing his son-in-law. In many respects
Edwards is a remarkable old man. In
his younger days he belonged to the
Royal Engineers of the British army
and served under the. famous General
Gordon in India. In both the United
States and New Zealand he distin-
guished himself for brilliant and dar.
Ing achievements and brought to him.
self both honor and praise In the
penitentiary he has accomplished SUI.
ficient to leave a creditable monument
10 his memory. He planned and laid
out the city park for Canon City, he
engineered the Royal gorge loop and
has designed several penitentiary
buildings besides plating and survey
Ing all the penitentiary property Can
on Cfty's show place. the famous Sky.
line drive, was another achievement