Semi-weekly herald., 1910-10-06
COLORADO NEWS.

feast on Sept. 80. which was an I'M
mense success.
The situation In the northern Colo.
rado coal field where the strike has
been on for several months Is rapidly
growing more serious.
The judges of the National Irrigation
congress, after considering the matter
for two days, awarded the Hearst
trphy, a $1,000 cup, TO Otero county.
Guy V. l.. Emerson. cashier of the
Silverton National bank, was elected
president of the Colorado State Bank,
ers' association which met in Grand
Junction last week.
William J. Boyer, IS years of age.
the first white man who ever reached
the top of Peake's peak and the man
who built the irst shanty in Denver,
died and was buried last week in Boze.
man, Mont.
The October American magazine
contains a sketch of an interesting
figure. George J. kindel, the manu-
facturer of mattresses in Denver
whose special hobby is unjust freight
determinations.
With the provision that a 35D00
school building shall be constructed
on the site. within fifteen years, ID. l..
Taylor, mayor of Trinidad. has donated
to the board OF education thlrty.two
lots
As result of the police raids on
them. the Mechanics club on Huerfaao
street. and the Alhambra club, negro
organization with headquarters in the
Gazetteer alley near Huerfano street.
Colorado Springs. have closed their
doors permanently.
Mrs. Robert w. Steele wife of the
chief justice OF the Colorado supreme
court has requested that Judge Steele's
name be taken from the Democratic
ticket The committee on vacancies
have virtually agreed to substitute
the name of BootA Malone.
Mrs. A. Nj. Welles, who was elected
president of the Colorado Federation
of Women's clubs, has long been con.
nected with the library extension work
in this state. She has established Ii.
braries in many mining camps and re-
mote districts of the state and her
name is household word in many
, happy homes. rs well as among the
fashionable club women of Colorado
She resigned and Mrs. A. II. McLain
was elected in her place.
, Mrs. Jessie Iilwood Ray, the wife ot
B. Frank Ray OF 700 Emerson street,
T leaders, will receive sl,00OO0o in
stocks and bonds from the estate OF
her father, the late Colonel Isaac III.
wood OF DcKalk. III. The other Don.
yer relatives OF the wire king wore
apparently not remembered in his win
Z Unless the plan Is blocked by legal
teehnicality, Pueblo voters will be call.
ed on at the coming election to de,
eide whether the city shall have a
convention for the purpose of framing
new charter, II being generally un.
. derstood that such charter would
provide for what is commonly known
as the commission plan of government.
| Miss Dolly Winter of Buena Vista
Saturday single-handed. accomplished
the capture of Goo Chin, Chinese
who had escaped from the state peni.
tentiary. Miss Winter placed a revol.
} yer at the Chinamans breast and
: after forcing him 10 throw up his
! hands. bound him and notified the
sheriff.
Warfare among the fraternaI insur
I ahee societies OF the country, which
: threatened the destruction OF many OF
the orders and the loss of hundreds
of millions of dollars of protection
5 has probably been averted by agree
D ment reached in Mobile Tuesday be
!. tween the warning factions, which have
been divided over adequate rates.
On Monday last Joseph II. Tumbach
appeared before Judge shackelford and
presented his resignation as assignee
OF the defunct Bank OF Ouray, and
presented statement OF receipts and
. disbursements which was satisfactory
q to the court and his resignation was
4 htNtDifh. w lllldln ihatnmtli, hub " ~
q present representing the deposltors
/, was appointed assignee to succeed Mr.
Tumbach. Since the failure OF the
bank the depositors have been paid
: G3 per cent in addition to which
amount the assignee received $2.l5ssa
and the attorneys $1.700.--Ouray Her
aid.
Denver had one-third as many dl
: vorces as weddings during the yeai
ending Oct. 1.
II. r. Bowling of Pagosa Spring,
i will soon leave for England where he
has been left large estate by {
deceased sister.
Grand Junction police and oper;
house managers are waging a war OF
3 the mashers who meet chorus girls a
, the stage doors after shows are over
Grand Junction is thinking abou
y demanding a more complete compli
{ ance OF the long and short freigh
u haul Interstate commerce commission
rules from the railroads.