Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-02

The Insane asylums ana homes Tor
the aged and orphans? To-day the
Christ leaven is working toward q
leavening of the lump. Let us then,
ss He said so long ago. In thinking
of our blessings. render unto Caesar
he things that are Caesars. and un-
TO God the things that are Gods.
To the Christ life we owe these bless
'ngs. MAY we not forget to whom
we are indebted.
From Fridays Daily.
Miss Bertha Seybold liz spending
her vacation in getting rid OF nerv-
Gus cold Nothing serious. but very
disagreeable
The three children of Mrs. Cop
pinger ar. down with scarlet fever.
Many friends trust the seige will be
Of short duration.
w l.. Paddock of La Plata came up
last evening and returned early this
morning with Dr. Haggart. Mrs.
Paddoc is very i'll.
a. w bIONH VI
panied his sister Mrs. Dorsey. to
Durango yesterday on her way home
to Texas. after visit of some weeks.
The Thomas Keirns company play
ed only to a fair house last night.
Too much going on during their Wis
II. The company left this morning
for Creede
Misses Clark. Watson and Werner.
of Fort Lewis. are spending part of
tneir vacation in town today. School
Toes not begin again until Monday.
Last evening there was masque ball
at the Sort. which was highly enter
tanning as well ms enjoyable. Miss
Clark says the costumes worn were
beautifully gotten up. There We.
very few from the outside present.
The a, o. T.. w. dance last evening
held In Nendome hall was largely at
| ,cDdcd A gaily dressed throng Tiled
the floor during the dance or gather
ed in gay groups between whiles.
| Some Of the costumes of the maskers
NfIt Al
| 1880 wasks were raised Frappe
| was served between the dances and
shortly after IL O'Clock supper was
| announced. Refreshed with a most
delicious repast, the dancers once
more returned to the ball room
Dancing continued until late hour
This evening the literary society
OF the South Side Epworth League
viii meet In the lecture room of the
Methodist church AS already an
nounccd. the membership of the So
riety is open to any one caring to
| Join The general public and espe-
cially the young people are invited to
attend the meetings. which are of
course free, An interesting pro
gramme Will be given each evening.
| The theme of this evenings enter
ainment will be AN Evening With
Colorado" Better go this evening.
fou win enjoy It,
Tbe Porto Fuel company is BAD,
| handicapped by lack of cars to handle
the output. The company has been
rushed with orders the past few
months but lack of facilities has tied
the workmen up on several occasions.
| This morning Superintendent Herr
| wired Auditor Geo. A. Marshall that
| he Hesperus mine had been blocked
without assurance of relief and that
unless something was done to relieve
| The situation il would be necessary to
close operations for a time. 1t does
| seem as though the company should
make an effort to handle the traffic.
Put on more crews. more cars and
help our Industries out.
Il Is said representative of the
Denver Post is here trying to get our
, people to indulge in writeup. the
| said article to be In accordance with
he number OF copies taken at 25c
| per copy. We are at n loss to know
Why the people of Durango should be
allied upon In this manner to be Civ
N partisan writeup-one that bears
the ear-marks of so much per line.
| n Is the duty not only of the Post but
he other Denver papers to keep a
representative on the road to keep
he different towns and counties be
fore the people. One reporter could
| over the state each year. and the
work should be gratis. the increased
subscription and legitimate adyertis-
ng paying the bilb La Plata and ev'
"iy county in the state is tributary
90 Denver the same as San Juan coun-
y. MonteEuma this state and San
Iuan county n NJ, are tributary to
Durango. The Herald sends its rep
rescntative TO each Of the San Juan
counties several times each year to
write up the industries. not only for
the benefit OF the people of those
counties, but for the benefit of Herald
readers generally. We do not ask
'he merchants of Siiverton or Farm
ing,on or Aztec to take 100 copies at
% cents n copy to pay the expense
We all pay tribute to Denver. Den
yer draws support from every section
Al. h.