Semi-weekly herald., 1916-01-27
CONDENSED COLORADO
ITEMS OF INTEREST

DenNer HIdTheli oeiilHB from 9I.'U 10
$2.l0 wholesale.
Timothy hay and South Park up
land hay commands SIG ton in Dem
yer. Pretty good price for this time
of the year.
The section around Leadvile was
visited by the heaviest storm of the
year last week. The storm was gen
eral over the state.
| A Greeley woman en- route to the
train in Denver, was stricken with
apoplexy and died within a few min
utes. Death is an unknown quantity.
The Fort Collins Courier and Ex-
press having purchased the Review
of that city viii discontinue its pub
lication. This leaves Fort Collins
with two dailies.
| A Kersey family was awakened by
a crying baby to find the house filled
with smoke and poisonous gasses that
would have suffocated the entire fam
lily had it not been for the baby.
Colorado business associations are
urging the passage of the bill now
before congress imposing a two per
cent tax on Interstate mail order
business, the revenue to be- used in
the construction of good roads.
Miss Lulo Long was on hand at the
Denver stock show with a long string
| of fancy driving horses which she
handled with the skill displayed on
many former occasions, pulling down
big bunch of blue ribobns. Miss
Lulo is a lulu when it comes to hors-
es.
Denver machinists have accepted
the proposition of employers to in
| crease wages from 81 1-2 cents to 40
cents an hour with the work day con
| tlnued at nine hours instead of eight
as asked by the employees who also
demanded 45 cents an hour. 1t was
shown conditions were not such as to
warrant the demands.
The first arrest to take place in
Trinidad growing out of the violations
of the liquor law in this county was
made Thursday when Oraki Martin
and John Kalous were picked up and
wagon load of booze of different
kinds was taken to the county court
house. The men set about to secure
bonds as soon as they were picked
up.
The department of agriculture has
| made an official report on Colorado
potato crop. The 1915 crop is esti.
mated at 7155,000 bushels, of which
3,9l5,OO0 was in stock January l. OF
this amount 3,434,O00 bushels were
in the growers hands and SOL 900
In dealers hands. In 1914 the crop
was estimated at 6,000000 bushels
and the 1913 crop at 100000 bush
els.
The regular Denver e Rio Grande
passenger train running between
Gunnison and Crested Butte was
struck by snowslide on sharp
curve one and one-half miles south.
Of the latter train at O'Clock We'd
nesday afternoon and wrecked. The
two big engines pulling the train
and two passenger coaches were huld-
ed from the rails and landed on their
sides.
A Denver firm has contracted with
the English and French govern
ments for the delivery of $4,000
horses during the present year. Last
year the firm shipped 5000 to the
same countries. The average value
last year was 1854. At this figure
this years shipments will amount
to around three million dollars. Prob
able the grade of horses this year NAV
not be as glib as last.
A petition has been filed bv n
Denver taxpayer against the payment
of Judge Lindsey's salary while alb |
sent in Europe, and also asks the
prosecution of the Lindsey clerk who
MED an affidavit to the effect that
the judge was in the city and per.
formed his work. These "formo
affldavits have to be made and the
taxpayers are supposed to pay wheth-
er the services are performed or nor
One objects. Probably others.
The long standing feuds between
the Colorado COW men and the sheep
raisers have been called off. The
Colorado Stock Growers association
and the Colorado Livestock associa-
ton amalgamating at the annual con-
vention OF the former body in the
Albany hotel. By a unanimous vote
the. two bodies Joined forces for the
building up of one powerful cohesive
organization, to promote the livestock
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