Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-27
COLORADO NEWS.

new independent sugar plaut ia to
be built near Greeley.
Grand Junction is soroIy disappoint
ed al not being let in the state bssc-
ball league.
Golden Republicans banGuet Thurs.
day evening Of this yee,. and will
discuss plans for tho year.
From fifty TO sixty cars of potatoes
are Slipped daily from the Greeley
distric. with about $500 cars ON hand.
John Huffman, mayor OF oak Hills
Routt county. has been arrested on
charge of killing deer out OF season
Miss Lucille Maui, 10 years of age,
is dead in Denver as result Of falling
and hitting her head whils roller skat.
ing.
The principal of the Florence school
has been removed owing to the trou-
bic there a week ago. The pupils
were just reprinianded.
All employees Of the forestry service
in Colorado will receive IN increase of
over 800 per year according TO nouce
received in Denver fiom Washington
Canon city has raised 1t fund of over
$4,000 for advertising purposes this
year and expects to mike it $1,000.
Durango will raise about 30 cents. We
should be up and doing.
There was consid cradle rivalry at
Grand Junction Fridiy night. Tdere is
a revival going on in that cicy and
on that evening Bis Jim Jeffrias, the
pugilist, and troupe. held forth. and
bets were offered both ways which
would. draw the biggest crowd. The
News says the reviyalist drew the larg.
est crowd by 800, preaching to 1900
while Jeffries performed before 800.
State Chairman Vivian has issued a
call for the Republican state central
committee to mept in the ordinary of
the Brown hotel Saturday morning,
Feb. 2 at II o'clock for a consultation
and for the confederation and trans.
action of any business that may prop.
erly come before the committee. In
addition, he will invite the chairman
OF the various county central commit
tees TO hold n session and the editors
Of the Republican paperi of the state
to convene at the same day. Feb. ~
is the anniversary of Llncoln's birth.
day and the three Republican gather.
inpg will nra.aAn hp
day program, which is to be held in
the El Jebel temple on tie evening of
that date.
Abuse and not the use of strong
drink is condemned by the Catholic
church, according to Rev. Hugh H. Nc.
Menamin Of 81. Dominic's church Of
Denver. This position of the church
on the liquor question may be signi-
ficant to some in view of the coming
battle between the Prohibitionists and
the liquor forces in Denver. Father
McMenamin's statement was occasion.
ed by Rev. James Reardon, an Eastern
priest, who declared that the Catholic
church does not maintain that II is
morally wrong to take a drink; or
does the church condemn the selling
OF liquor as sinful and demoralizine
in Itself. The position of the church
is determined by a consideration Of
The dangers to which the drinker ex.
poses himself aud of the evils with
which the traffic is ordinarily asso.
ciated. Father reardon seems to
have the philosophy of the church's
position right" observed Father Nc.
Menamin today. at is the abuse and
not The use of strong drink which the
church condemns" Father Reardon
further declares that intempcrance has
become a great scourge and so terri.
BILE curse that 1t exerts biighting
power over mans physical, menta! and
spiritual well-being.
A Boulder woman plead guilty 10
selling liquor Illegally and was fined
$50 and costs Saturday.
Denver Republican refutes the claim
that living has doubled by quoting
bills OF fare Of Denver's leading res.
taurants showing that only in a few
Instances of high priced meats. have
prices changed from two years ago.
There should be a law sc.d.ns dis
honest assessors to jail. Denver Post