Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-10-07

and broke so you will feel satisfied
on the hill awhile when you come
back"
Mrs. Braven who has been having
serious time with scarlet fever in her
worn out and sick, is confined
TO her bed at the Harris corner which
has become notorious as one of the
last ports in a storm in houseless Du-
range.
For fourteen years The Herald man
agement has stood out to defend ey-
cry industry and interest of La Plaza
county against scheming individuals
and newspapers, and we hope to con
tinue the good work fourteen years
longer
Dnrango's Italy was having little
controversy in Justice Houx's court
this afternoon. Some fellow owed
another fellow $3.50 for board, aud
Attorneys Melville and Sullivan ex-
pressed the belief that it could be fix
ed so none of them would go to the
pen for more than five years.
Good roads to the mining districts
will do more for Durango and La
Plata county than the expenditure of
thousands OF dollars for political cor
ruptiou purposes. The people of the
country have begun to understand
why howl has always gone up from
the gang against building or repairing
roads to the mines-it was not SO easy
to cheat the road fund or make fat
job of road building as it was to make
good things out of other expenditures.
The community which depends on
the development OF infant industries
for it's future growth could not suf-
fer more from anarchy in its midst
than from what all people understand
to be backcapping Every mineral
section in La Plata has been back
capped by individuals who lived upon
the wave of the county's progress
There Is hope now. however, that the
district has gotten such start fo.'
production that knockers can no long
er injure II.
There are some people who sorely
regret that they did not take up heir
leases and bonds on the properties
which J. j Doyle has purchased on
the East Mancos. and among these
are some fine fellows at Telluride.
Telluride. Rico, Ouray, Cripple Creek
and Denver people who had opportuni-
ties to buy the Neglected for song
sing even for fun now. There are
other properties which will recall the
memories of some of our friends who
have sent James Grow experts inJo
the La Platas to turn down PROPOSE
tions they knew nothing of and fear
ed to recommend.
II is learned this afternoon that or
ganized labor has already begun the
move for expelling the Chinese from
Silverton and vicinity and the prices
of meals in the eating houses kept
by white persons have advanced to the
same amount charged in mine board
ing houses, or an advance of from o5c
to 35c per meal At Telluride and
Ouray the price per day in a mine
boarding house or hotel is 80 cents
or 30 cents per meal. In Durango
there has been an advance OF five
cents in the l5c houses, the price hc-
Ing zoe per meal now The 15c meal
was introduced first in California to
meet Chinese competition. both in
business and labor. White mems
wages. had gotten to so low an ehb
that 15c was all many of them could
pay. The farmer who has been get
ting better prices for two years for
his products. does not kick on paying
zoe per meal Wage earners who are
getting the union prices per day for
labor are not protesting. and 1t is
probable that prices for meals will
continue to advance TO meet the
prices OF necessities, This viii no
doubt carry along an advance in the
wages of eating house employees.