Semi-weekly herald., 1915-12-06

been started. Durango will furnish
similar notice one hundred years hence
If our people keep men like Thomas
in the senate.
A plan agreed to by district attor-
neys and sheriffs for the enforcement
of statewide prohibition in Colorado
probably will be worked out by Gov
ernor Carlson before January 1. the
date prohibition becomes effective.
Leadville has been enjoying regu-
lar winter weather for some time. The
past two days of cold reached the
lowest mark of the season. The
thermometer reached II below and the
snow very deep and solid. Sleighs
and cutters are in use and winter
in on in the regular old style.
Next Monday December 6, will be
day of interest to the farmers and
stockmen of the Norwood region. I'm
der the direction Of the extension de-
partment Of the State Agricultural
college there will be Better
Farming Roundup" worked at Nor
wood on that date; the entire day and
evening is to be devoted to the CON
sideration of subjects connected with
crop growing. stockraising, irrigation
and closely allied topics.
William Holt, of Seattle, Washing
ton, who died of tuberculosis be-
queathed nearly all his $150,000 es-
tate to Miss Joe Susuki, Japanese
woman who had been manager of a
large hotel in Seattle in which he
owned half interest. Miss Susuki
gets Seattle real estate, valuable
fruit land in Yakima county, cash
and personal effects. The will be-
queaths $1,000 to Seattle charities
Holt went to Seattle from Ouray 10
years ago. He and man named Eos.
ter ran the old Western hotel in
Ouray, selling out in 1899.
Every saloon keeper whose lease
does not contain a clause providing
that the lease shall be void in case
prohibition goes into effect must con-
tinue paying rent for the saloon until
the expiration of the lease. This is
the gist of decision by Judge
Perry in Denver in the suit of the
Cleveland Realty company against
the Capitol Brewing company in
which the former brought suit to re-
cover 81 500 from the brewing COM
pany for the lease of building at
Fifteenth street and Court place. The
realty company was given judgment
for the full amount. The decision
is of great Importance as it affects
hundreds Of leases in all parts of the
state. In Denver only small num-
ber Of saloons are affected, as most
saloon men had the safety clause in
serted in their leases when the pro-
hibition movement began to gain
strength few years ago.
Figures compiled by Allison Stock
er, state treasurer, set forth that
all but four important classes of
state revenues show an increase in
1915 compared with 1914. General
taxes this year brought the state
$1,967,258 compared with st,667,54O
in 1914, an increase of s2S9,718. The
next largest item of income was from
the land commission, s74s.s17, this
year compared with s624,285 year
ago. The inheritance tax department
shows an increase of s72,396. The in
surance commission, secretary of state
fees game and fish department. oil
inspection, coal mine inspection and
barber examiners show increases vary
ing from 178 to s6,500 for the year.
The largest decrease is shown in the
income from liquor licenses. This
year the state received from this
source s29,946 compared with s49,-
507 last year, decrease of S19,561.
Other decreases are: Stock inspec-
ton, $7093; state engineer, s1.852;
bank commissioner, s3,347.