Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-16
COLORADO NEWS.
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The canning plant at Canon City
was destroyed by fire Wednesday aft
ernoon entailing loss of about ST.
900.
night against the recall OF course
this was to be expected The recall
| might act disastrously to Denver's
mayor some time in the future.
Mayor Speer paid his respects to
| Tom Patterson in speech in Denver
Tuesday night. Just case of the pot
| calling the kettle black There is sure
harmony in the Democratic party OF
| Denver
George w. Harght, treasurer of the
National bank of Olathe, dropped dead
| in his office in that city Tuesday aft
ernoon. He was alone at the time OF
his death and was not discovered until
about an hour afterward He leaves a
wife and several children
The Golden smelter is running again
| after being closed three years. The
plant is under Independent ownership
Denver Republican has come oul
editorially for wet" Denver. Up
! to this time Denver dailies have not
taken decided stand
David earns Jr. was arrested al
Montrose Tuesday for conducting dis
| derby house and fined 5000 and costs.
He was convicted OF selling intoxicat
| ing liquors in anti-saloon territory last
week and fined $500 and costs. One
would think the individual in question
would get tired of paying big fines.
| C. V. Wasson of Pomona. the straw.
berry man of the Grand valley. has
been able to pick few Strawberries
this season and will have several
crates of Grand valley berries for sale
by May 16 This is the earliest sea
son for Strawberries in a number OF
years.
George Estes. one of the oldest and
best known engineers on the Rio
Grand, died at Gunnison of paralysis.
He was stricken on his engine while
running il to Crested Butte at 6 o'clock
Monday morning. Fireman Bradwell
suddenly missed him, and found Estes
huddled in corner of the cab where
he had fallen off the seat. He was
taken Immediately to Gunnison, and
never regained consciousness. Estes
had been steadily on the Crested Butte
run as engineer for twenty-seven
years
Falling forty feet to the bottom of
"A well, Elizabeth, the 4-year-old daugh.
ter of w. c. Chalma, a railroad man,
was rescued from death by her mother
al Alamosa. The child was playing
alone in the yard. when she kicked
away board over the well. Her
screams attracted her mother. who,
with ladders and rope, descended to
the bottom. which was covered with a
Few feet of wafer. and brought up the
child in bruised and semi-conscious
condition. She is expected to re-
cover.
By the terms of The will of William
p. Grose. a pioneer ranchman of Tel.
Ter county. which was filed for pro
bate Wednesday, six horses belonging
to the dead ranchman. will be cared
Tor as long as they live. Grose sci
GOO estate TO be used for the pur
pose and specified that the horses
were TO do no more work. but should
spend the rest of their days in the
luxury of green pastures.
More than 1872 900 900 worth of prod
ucts which could and should he raised
in Colorado. state which Justly
boasts OF its agricultural advantages
imported from other states each yeal
this is the startling condition re
vealed in bulletin just issued by the
experiment station of the Colorado
Agricultural college. and based on sta
tistics gathered by Prof. H. NJ. Cot
trell. head of the extension department
OF the college.
Arrangements have been made fol
growing at least 200 acres of canta
loupes this season in the vicinity o
Fruita. This, with the acreage o
about 800 about Clifton. will run the
output of Mesa county into hundreds
of carloads. Last season the growers
OF cantaloupes lost money becaus,
their crop was handled by different
shippers. and 1t was unloaded on the
same market at the same time, thu.
making an over supply and forcint
prices down.
"A hog raising special" demon
tration train in raising hogs. 10 be
run over all the railroads of Colorado
In the best hog raising sections. is the
: >latest plan OF the Denver chamber
OF commerce and the State Agricul