Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-18
COLORADO NEWS.

delegates attending The Colorado live
stock convention at that place in July.
Considerable damage has been done
over the state by the recent rains,
which have been accompanied by hail
and lightning.
The Colorado & Southern has au-
thorizcd the construction of 225 ad-
ditionai narrow gauge freight cars
The cars will be built in the Denver
shops, and will cost in all, si50,00O
State Engineer Cumstock will moi
stand for kind of repair work hat is
being done on the .Julesburg dam that
recently gave way. There are too
many loosely constructed dams IN the
state.
Charging that The operators of the
northern Colorado coal fields permitted
the present strike in order 10 have a
plea for advancing the price of coal,
is an accusation made by the mine
workers.
Yesterday marked the formal open
ing OF the San Luis Southern railroad,
operating between Blanca and San
Acaclo The new road opens up a
large and fertile territory that has
heretofore been undeveloped.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction katherine L. Cook is playing
a new role. She is a passenger on
board the "Spud Special and is show
ing the ladies of Colorado how to cook
potatoes. She is probably after the
farmers votes for reelection.
Denver "drys" have secured suffl'
cient signatures 10 their petition 10
permit vote this spring. This means
a red hot fight in thai city. The
leaders have engaged the Auditorium
for three nights, the last being Sun
day previous to election.
Plans to have the face and figure OF
the late Thomas F. Walsh, the Colo
RADIO silver king" carved in heroic
size on the face of an immense cliff
which overlooks The famous Camp Bird
mine at Ouray, were bvoached by ad.
mirers OF Mr. Walsh and may result
in what would probably be The most
unique monument on record.
Two hundred and forty-eight bottles
OF whisky and barrel of beer, the
former property of Arthur Johnson,
were coniiscated and emptied into the
sewer in Grand Junction Its destruc-
iion was by order of the mayor and the
consent of Johnson. who is serving
ninety days in jail for bootlegging.
Mayor Todd pardoned johnson because
he consented 10 the destruction of the
liquor
Judge Ben b. Lindsey has filed his
answer in the S25, 900 damage suit re
Gently brought against him by w. G.
Smith on account of an article publish
ed in Everybody's magazine. entitled
THE Beasts in the Jungle In the an,
swer Lindsey maintains that all the
original charges We're true and he
can prove them. He states that Smith
has no reputation to lose and there.
fore could not be damaged.
There will be legal scrap over
The amount of inheritance tax Colorado
should receive from the Walsh estate
Attorney General Barnett places the
amount AT 100000. the Walsh attor.
ney at 100000. Being citizen of
Colorado the entire estate Is liable TO
the inheritance lax say state officials
According to filings in Washington the
personal portion of the estate is only
S3.50O,0O0, and the realty about one
and half millions more
William Lewis, an ash hauler OF
Colorado Springs, narrowly escaped a
horrible death, when the team OF
horses he was driving became fright.
ened and bolted, falling off from a
bridge to the ground twenty-five fee;
below landing in pool of water Nei
ther Lewis nor the horses were seri
ously hurt, although the wagon load
of cinders which the horses were pull
ing, literally buried the horses and
their driver.
The worst case of vandalism anc
robbery which has ever occurred il
Montrose has been reported to the
police authorities. Unknown parties
entered the Colorado cafe, gaining en-
trance by the rear door. and stole al
OF the silverware, consisting of knives
forks and small and large spoons
smashed the cash register to pieces
and then using their knives, cut III
and totally destroyed all of the liner
table cloths, napkins. etc. that wer
in the restaurant. There is absolutel
no clew to the vandals. but the pc
lice are working on the case an
hope TO locate them.
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