The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1911-10-21

ceremony.
After twenty years. residence In
Boulder county. Mrs. Theresa Benei-
tone. aged ninety. and her husband.
John. left for Italy.
A record yield Of beets In the Gill
vicinity is reported by Howard Bris-
coe whose patch Of five acres u yield
ing thirty tons per acre.
Fred Edwards. sged twenty-eight.
was terribly mangled in = fly.whesl at
the Golden Cycle mine at Cripple
Creek and died a. result.
The annual revenue Of Greeley for
the coming year will be $10s.00o. Of
which $4,000 will come from TWEEN
ty-mill levy and the remainder from
water rents.
Harry Riede. the Aspen Whirlwind,
has started active training In Denver
for his twenty.round bout with
young" Shoskey Of Trinidad which
will take place at Walsenburg. Octo-
Der 26.
A. G. Conlfn, q prominent mine own
er of Salt Lake. was probably fatally
wounded when stabbed in the back by
w. N. Mcdonald. porter on a Colo
RADIO Midland train, Just n the train
arrived at Manitou.
George Morris, aged fifteen. gate
tender at the Minnequa steel works At
Pueblo. went TO sleep on the track
Just inside tho plant yards. and was
run over BY an orc oar. Both less
wsrs ssvsrsd q - t1sss ~ II Aisd
two hours 1atef.
After . conference with the Fire
and Police Board and Chief Of Police
Armstrong, Mayor Speer Of Denver is-
sued an order that all cribs on Mar.
ket street be vacated and the crib
system In Denver's red light district
20 out Of existence for good.
Colorado's gold production in 1910
amounted to $20.526.500. a. against
$21,S46.600 In 1903, according to q re.
port made by the bureau Of the mint
and geological survey. The silver pro-
duction for 1910 amounted to $685.
900, - against @S,s46.300 In 1909.
The Colorado Springs police while
surprised At the similarity Of the ELS
worth, Kany murders with those In
that city recently, do not believe that
the murders have any connection.
They will take no steps to aid In the
hunt for the Ellsworth slayer unless
requested to do 20.
Interest IL being awakened all over
the state by the sociability and endur-
ance automobile run from Denver to
New York. being fostered by the land
show committee Of the Denver Cham
Der of Commerce. Reports from many
cities of the. state Indicate that there
will be many entries from outside Of
Denver.
The contention raised by railroad
attorneys that the State Board Of
Equalization has no power to change
tax assessments after October LIST ID
not a good one according to an opin.
ION rendered BY Deputy Attorney Cen
eral A. A. Lee. He holds that the
board stin has power to change a.
sessments.
The Longmont sugar factory has
been running about two weeks and
has never made such record before.
1t has averaged 1000 tons Of beets per
day. the best days run being 1900
tons. The largest output Of sugar for
one day was $40. the average sugar
content has been 16M per cent and
the yield per acre will average u to
IA tons.
That the statement of John Ar.
buckle. New York refiner and coffee
magnate. that he will 20 before Con
gress next winter to fight for tree
sugar. ID the first gun in . battle b.
tween the beet sugar manufacturers
and the cane sugar refineries IL the
declaration Of Clarence c. Hamlin,
chairman II the executive COMMITTEES
Of the United States beet sugar IN.
dustry. in . statement made public
n Colorado Springs.
Construction work has been begun
at Meeker On what win prove to Be.
when completed. the finest church sdj-
flee In western Colorado. st. Mays
Roman Catholic church will b its
name. and It viii prove the consum-
nation Of years Of hope and labor Of
the Catholics Of that section, and win
change Neeker from an insignificant
parish town, where mass II held only
once or twice month, into the head.
quarters Of the Catholic diocese Of
northwestern Colorado. The presid-
ing priest will be Father J. v. Walsh,
now q Rifle.