Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-06

tnal ne VIII not smoke again. mere
has been suspicious for some time
I. tina, Woodrow in his youth was not
addicted to cigarettes. The cigarette
man never attains such distinction.
/ Now that the go ..rnim'nt has found
&C rtan union ,ao,r leaders guilty II
conspiracy suppose the tables are
turned and few trust heads con-
| spring to throttle competition, sent
to the pen. All belong in the same
place.
A nurse by the name of Miss Dick
erson, residing at Boulder, has been
left $4,000 by broker whom she
nursed long time, impairing her
health in the arduous duties. Occa-
sionally rewards are received on this
earth.
Cannot keep Billy Adams down. And
while referring to this, let us add that
Adams has brains and no one ever
knew him to take a dishonest dollar,
although his machine is an expensive
one for the taxpayers in Conejos coun-
ty.
Some people will live in terror dur
ing the entire year, just because of
the last two figures-13. Thirteen
appears to have terrors for some peo-
pie. But the writer is immune. Some
time ago he was returning home from
Denver on Friday, the thirteeteenth,
and occupied sleep No. 13, and the
thirteenth person in the chair car.
A woman was granted divorce in
Denver the other day because her hus-
band permitted mad bull to chase
her without interfering, further the
husband called her "scrawny little
runt," and other endearing names.
Husbands, beware.
4 Woodrow Wilson participated with
seven others in granting pardons to
So convicts confined in the New Jer
sey penitentiary the day before
Christmas. There were PIT applica-
tions. Must he some work to go over
that many as all the facts had to be
care tully inquired INTO.
The Denver News is apologizing for
Governor Shafroth, Upholds the exc
cutive for not issuing a proclamation
putting into effect the civil service
law. OF course the News might be
expected to take this view of the mat
4 ter. But wl,at would the News say
If it was a Republican governor who
4 rrccrastinated.
Assessor Chubb says 1t will be i'm
possible for Assessor Pitcher of Dem
yer to make 10 per cent horizontal
gu, The claim that Den O. piope-
ty ASSESSED on higher price tha
other counties will not hold. We hold
that La Plata county has stood at the
head of the list. This fact was prov
en- by The Farald years ago.
The Denver knocker will be up
against it this year When one is
found knocking letter is to be drop
ped into the knockers box and then
a committee will wait on the disturb
er and try and convince him of the ell
ror of his way. If unsuccessful ne
will be placed on pedestal but not
one of glory--a pedestal where all
can take whack at him.
1t is estimated that Colorado sends
$4000,00O year to outside states for
poultry and eggs. A drain like this
means hard times, or scarcity of
money in any community. However,
this part of the state is doing much
better than in years gone by. Very
little outside poultry is shipped to
Durango, but the drain for butter con-
tinues and will continue until we have
a creamery.
Some of the assessors of the state
are taking Asses ,or Pitcher of Drn-
vcr seriously Don't do it. His ten
per cent reduction will not stand.
Pitcher should have thought of his
gallery play before August /, and
more especially when he filed his
sworn report with the state auditor.
Mr.. Pitcher will not be able to with
draw a report he filed five months ago
and reduce it ten or fifteen million
dollars. No, Pitcher is talking for
effect
One of the important matters to
! come before the general assembly will
be the reapportionment for members
of the legislature and also congress-
men. No doubt the state will he
twisted out of all shape in order that
each congressional district will te
Democratic and as many Demo ratio
members of the legislature retained as
possible. At present Colorado has two
congressmen-at-larg VIII 80 mission IL
something like tn It of fifth wheel
to vehicle The snn '%'s ,'ing ir
dt will be to reappor,iou the stat.
l. TO four districts, making csrn one ne
compact as possible. Denver should
be made into one district and then
the rest of the state divided into
three Colorado Springs, Pueblo and
Trinidad section should comprise the