Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-31

worth $1,000 an acre and n sale OF one
acre recently brought $4,000
Apricots are in full bloom and peach.
cs beginning to bloom in the Grand
Junction section. We trust the present
cold spell will not damage the fruit.
Montrose was visited Saturday morn
Ing by the most severe windstorm in
its history, partly destroying the cleo,
trio light plant. The wind was fol-
lowed by heavy rain.
| Auditor Kenehan has six expert ac.
countants going over the books of
Iiuerfano county. II the officials have
been crooked we say push them If they
are Republicans. All grafters look
alike 10 The Herald.
| Mesa county has business associa,
members who work harmoniously for
the advancement of both. Too bad
Lurango and La Plata county cannot
work along the same lines
| With plea for mercy, Allan
Geddes of Denver admitted his guilt
on the charge of stealing $4,000 from
his former employers. the Gus Il
Bretchel Butchers Supply company.
and was given sentence OF from FIVE
10 seven years in the state penltenti
airy. Possibly Geddes though the meal
men are making too much money.
| On the eve Of accomplishing one
I,.f l.i
ects, TO which he had given much of
his life, Wellington Hlbbard of Fort
Collins was instantly killed Saturday
morning and three other men were In.
lured IN an automobile accident on
Pingree hill, forty-eight miles north.
west of that city.
Jimmie Morehead is manager of the
Grand Junction ball team. He is ar.
ranging for a semi.professlonal team
to play against the Chicago National
league team Thursday, among them
Pitcher Honskea. II Honskea Is In
form like he was whep he first sent
mis- curves over the plate In Durango
he viii make II interesting for the
visitors.
| Apparently strangled 10 death with
| a rope or by the fingers of a man,
Mrs. Mary $. Cobb, an aged widow,
was found lying on the floor of her
house. sixteen miles south of Golden
Saturday afternoon. The body was
| first discovered by Burt Hodge, a
brother of the dead woman Marian
Sehobe, a negro 2S years Of age, who
worked for Mrs. Cobb. was taken to
Golden at midnight. charged with hav-
ing committed the crime.
Dennis Foley. who was accidentally
shot while out hunting on Mar. i6. near
Alamosa, when his shotgun dropped
through a hole In rickety buggy he
was driving. died Saturday evening at
s o'clock. The bone of the left shoul.
der was shattered, but the physicians
bored holes in the bone and inserted
silver wires, thinking they might save
his arm. Until Friday he was getting
along qnite we'll. and then tetanus de.
veloped. From that time his death
was constantly expected.
While climbing through barbed
wire fence early Friday afternoon, las
II Jacobshagen. prominent land
owner of Grand Junction. was instant.
ly killed by the accidental discharge
OF small rifle he was carrying The
bullet pierced his heart and he col.
| lapsed without a word The trigger of
/ the gun caught on the wire and the
weapon was discharged. Mr.. Jacob
shagen was widely known on the west
ern slope. where he had lived for many
years.
| j. NJ. Orr. aged so years. n well to
do ranch owner, near Barr, and former.
~ sheriff al Osceola, Mo-. was run
down and instantly killed by an In.
bound Union Pacific passenger train at
the crossing two miles south of Bright
on shortly before 6 o'clock Saturday
evening. Orr was hurled high into the
air and his head was crushed TO a
pulp. The light wagon in which Orr
was riding and buggy he was pulling
behind, We're reduced to kndling wood
The horse escaped
There is a general spirit OF rejoicing
In every town. village and hamlet
along the line of the Union Pacific
railroad over the decision OF Federal
Judge Robert IL. Lewis denying the
road the right to strip of ground 400
feet wide from Denver TO cheyenne
II the ruling Of the court is upheld
the road viii lose lands worth millions
while the private owners will retain
property which the railroad was at
tempting 10 coniiscate Property in
Greeley alone worth 5000. 900 was In.
yclved and included elevators. mills
and about fifty residences In a straIgb,
line two miles In length.
| The lid Is on tight In Denver-once
more, this being about the nlnety.ninth
announcement. The lid announcement
is made In Denver Sunday morning pa.
pers and n decision rendered Satur.
day was the inspiration: 1T is oh
vionsly a violation OF the law for q
saloon to vend liquor on a Sunday nc
matter II II Is served In some place