Semi-weekly herald., 1915-01-21


valley during the winter. Many dif-
fercnt things have caused the loss;
some died Of acute poisoning caused
by fungus growth on the pea vines
peculiar TO this season in which the
moisture came exactly at the right
time and In proper amount to cause
the growth; others were killed by eat
ing too many peas without sufficient
roughness, and others by grubs bur-
rowing into the spine and brain Of
the animals.-Alamosa Courier.
The new officers and directors Of
the First National Bank Of Mancos
are president J. E. Ptolemy; vice.
president James A. Frink; Cashier,
G. T. Cline; assistant cashier, W. E.
Faris; assistant cashier, W. B. Will
son.
Directors: George Sponsel, G. T.
Cline, J. E. Ptolemy, James Frink,
W. B. Wilson and o. s. Crenshaw.
Balaam's ass spoke few words and
became notable character in history
Julian Street, descriptive writer
for Golfers National Weekly, also
achieved distinction by single eff
fort. Not long ago he visited Grip
pie Creek to write it up. Placidly
ignoring the large mining interests
Of the camp, and eschcwing the
haunts of virtue, his steps wandered
let us hope, not in zig-zag fash
ion--along Myers avenue the red light
street Of Cripple Creek. He must
have found the district interesting,
even entertaining, judging from the
conspicuous space its description oc-
cupied in the write-up.
Cripple Creek citizens read the ar
ticle very carefully; then they made
a few remarks Of profane and friv-
scriptual lore, whereas Julian street
olous character. After some cogni-
tation, these rude men concluded that
something should be done to express
their feelings toward the versatile
newspaper man. They finally de-
cided, as a fitting act of apprecia-
tion, to change the appellation Of the
red light promenade from Myers ave-
nue. to Julian street, thereby perpetu-
ating the name Of that individual for
many years to come.
Balaam's ass occupies place in
scriptural lore, whereas Julian Street
has evidently tried hard to become
noted figure in profane history.
However, we frankly suggest to Mr..
Street that he have his name changed
by legislative enactment. II he can
not accomplish this---well- are
times when a man really Is justi-
fled IN assuming an alias.-Daily
Mining Record.
From a statement given out by
Chief Clerk Gordon, Of the d. & r. G.
it appears that while the west mouth
Of La veta tunnel has been closed
by the roof caving in the eastern
end is still open and the flames are
shooting out as fiercely as ever, and
1t is supposed that the lack Of draft
caused by the closing Of one end Of
the tunnel will make the fire Of much
longer duration that it would other
wise be.
The force Of laborers despatched
to the eastern mouth Of the tunnel
were obliged to abandon the project
Of beginning work there as the In
tense heat made it impossible for
them to approach sufficiently close
to accomplish any good--so at this
time the entire squad are working at
the western mouth.
Undoubtedly the D. & r. G. will
push work Of reclaiming the tunnel
in every possible way as the man
ner in which they are now handling
freight and passenger service re-
suits in a loss to them Of several
hundred dollars every "a hours.
1t Is reliably reported that the one
item Of special trains which must be
scheduled to accommodate traffic via
the Salida route is costing the rail-
road slightly over $500 per day. In
addition to this it is apparent that
the railroad is suffering considerable
further loss from the fact that while
main line rates. both freight and pas
senger, are in effect on the Salida
route, the mileage is 80 miles great
err. This extra haul is Of course a
heavy daily expense.
Also the necessity Of transferring
freight from standard guage to mar.
now guage cars at both Salida and
Alamosa entails a further large IN
crease in operating cost.
Aside from the railroad itself