Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-18
COLORADO NEWS.

| What was supposed to be a spectre
in the streets of Greeley Monday
night proved to be an aged somnobu.
list.
The discovery of an opium den In
the heart of Colorado Springs Mon.
day created great sensation In that
city.
The Rocky Ford Business Mems as.
scciation has invited former President
Roosevelt to be present on Melon day
early in Septemmber.
About $246,0O0 has been collected by
the internal revenue office in Colorado
under the provisions of Tafts corpora.
ton tax law.
According to the Denver papers an
Clonnel. the beautiful estate of the
late Thomas F. Walsh. has been sold
to Denver persons for a sum reported
TO be 100000.
The Young Peoples Christian union
of the Colorado preshytery are holding
their annual meeting in Colorado
Springs this week.
Mrs. Katherine Cook. state superin.
tendent of public instruction, reports
the school census for the year 221 1888,
an increase of s,141 in the past year.
| Through some unusual oversight and
in spite of all established rules of the
Catholic church Mount Cavalry GENE.
terry in Denver has never been conse.
Grated.
| Pueblo has been refused lower
rate on slack by the Colorado and
Southern. AS result the commerce
club will continue its fight for a square
deal for the city.
| II. T. Irvine, director of the famous
| Midland band. was stricken with apo
plexy al his home In Colorado Springs
Sunday. The attending physicians hold
out little hope for his recovery,
With the object OF transferring the
negro race from this country to Liberia
the Colorado African Colonization so
| ciety has been formed by prominent
members of that race In Denver.
| " "s" tipbiuthN hbytT tillk Inc
| eighteenth annual convention OF the
Western Federation OF Miners to or.
der In Denver next Monday he will
report that over $4,000 members are
In good standing.
A resolution providing for safe
and sane Fourth of July was passed
by the city council of Pueblo Mon.
day night. Durango council should
do well to take some decisive action In
| this matter
Senator Hughes OF Colorado declares
the postal savings bank law is vicious
and that direct primary law would
be too extensive for the candidate
wanting nomination under its provi.
sions.
lightning also caused the death OF
Robert Chambers and Jesse freak
west OF Cripple Creek Tuesday The
young men. both students OF the iii.
nois university were making a pleas.
nre tour of the west
The funeral OF William II. Allison
president of the First National bank
of Boulder. who died In Fort Collins
as the result of an automobile acci.
dent was held from his home In BouI.
der Wednesday.
The business men OF Trinidad are
establishing splendid precedent
They are enlargIng and strengthening
their chamber OF commerce with a
view of making 1t more efficient fac
tor in the development of the town
and adjacent country.
Mrs Samuel Yarberry, wife of a
prominent rancher residing near Pue.
bio. was struck by lightning Tues
day and probably fatally injured. She
was kept from burning to death after
her clothing caught fire by her 5-year.
old son extingmishing the flames with
a pail Of water
| An order issued from the general
superintendent Office OF the r. q.
y. at Ridgway Saturday, makes p. NJ.
| Gill roadmaster vice John Grady. who
nap hoiu tue pobitlOH IOr many years
Mr.. Gill is 10 have Headquarters at
Vance Junction and has charge OF all
the road from Durango to Ridgway.
Telluride Journal.
army OF several thousand men. eauip.
ped with dozen big steam shovels,
train loads OF dump ears, hundreds OF
horses, mules and all other parapher.
malta for great construction Will be-
gin in few days the building of the
Pueblo Walsenburg double track line
for the Colorado & Southern and the
| Denver Il Rio Grande railroads.
Every Denver organization of the
Colorado National guards-six compa
MES of infantry. two troops OF caval
ry, batter of field artillery and a
signal and hospital corps-will partici.
pate In the battle OF FL Caney. the
spectacular military affair which is to
take place In the capital city Friday
and Saturday. General Sherman Bell
Is to be master OF ceremonies.
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