Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-25
COLORADO NEWS.


j. b tiunson. a prosperous ranch
man living near Kiawa. was taroWn
from his wagon by the sudden starting
Of the team and instantly killed
The apple crop Of LarinIer county
has been killed. according 70 n. S. Mos.
who says none of the trees es aped
the severe frost of last week.
Choked to death in three minutes
was the fate OF the l-year-old son of
Lance Newly of Longmont, who, while
crawling on the floor. found an apple
peel and tiled to swallow It,
After Denver 4 Rio Granda pas.
senger train had sn.ck COW fifteen
miles north OF Pueblo, the momen.
tum overturned the engine, hu'yinc
the engineer beneath the engine caus
ing him fatal injuries. The eng ncar
Ellis Wade. is one of the oldest men
on the road
The railroads operating in the staie
have filed an appeal from the findings
OF the state railroad commission in the
cases of the Consumers league of
colorado against the railroads. The
findings of the commission was the
reduction in the cost of transportation
of coal. The Santa Fe is the only
road that will accept the ruling.
The Boulder city council has intro.
duced an ordinance to prohibit the
wearing OF long dresses on the streets
1t provides that ''it shall be unlawful
Tor any person whose wearing apparel
o: skirt shall be of such length as 10
trail upon the ground ana become
dust sweeper or otherwise obnoxious
to the public health and refined taste
TO appear upon any sidewalk in that
city"
Denver packing house interests and
capitalists have organized the Denver
Cattle Loan company with 100000
capital stock and have made arrange.
ments to lend 100000 at once to cat
tie raisers for the purpose of feed
ing stock and bringing them to the
Denver market. The company was in.
corporated by George w. Ballentine,
Eenry Gebhard. C. X Boettc cher. Chas.
Fletcher Jr., and A. H. Weller Ir. The
money will be loaned to stockraisor
to cover The cost OF bringing stock
TO the northern feeding grounds.
After examining 250 orchards in the
Grand valley. experts estimate the val
ley would harvest between $500 and
$500 carloads.
The first stake on the survey for the
proposed Pueblo and San Luis valley
railroad was driven the first of the
week near the insane asylum.
Twenty-eight valuable dogs have been
poisoned in Cripple Creek by some
poison fiend and the city council has
offered reward of 500 for the ar
rest and condition of the person or
persons distributing the poison
One of the Glenwood bank suspects,
James Edwards. has positively been
identified by Vice President Drach and
Bookkeeper Davis as the robber who
held up the vice president while his
accomplice took the $4,000 from the
vault
Grading on the extension of the
Laramie. Hahn's Peak & Pacific into
North park, Colo. has been resumed
and steady progress is being made TO-
ward Walden, the temporary terminus
OF the line. The graders are now work
ing in Fox Creek park
The Crested Butte branch of the
Denver q Rio Grande from Gunnison
has been opened for traffic under the
personal supervision of X. c. Ten Eyck
superintendent of the third division
This twelve miles over Kebler pass of
The west Elk mountain is one of heavy
snowfall. and from January till June
the coal miners are generally with
drawn from Floresta. This opening
of the branch is a month earlier than
usual, partly on account of the season.
hut largely because of the energy of
tho new management of the Grande
Every town in the state will prac-
tically be supplied with a branch Of
ilce of the state labor department, ac-
cording to a new system installed by
Edwin " Brake, deputy state labor
commissioner, who desires to make the
department of equal benefit to the
large and small cities. In the last
eleven months the labor commissioner
has collected nearly $4,000 wages for
workingmen and workingwomen who
We're unable to obtain settlement
from their employers. Most OF this
amount consists of small sums collect
ed for servant girls and day laborers.
NO PLACE LIKE DURANGO.
All Herald readers remember John