Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-06-17
so THE PUBLIC MAY KNOW.

W. - '''c i'ph L ne democrat that is
as tiresome AS the whine of a NANCY
cur with sore paw. and II is ali
about the printing of the notices IL.
sued by the land Office, and il is insip.
uated that the register Is using his
ofiicial powers in an oppressive and
illegal manner AS long as the Dom.
ocrat confined its sneers and insults
10 the register as an individual 1t mat.
tered not. for its abuse was more
praise than any compliment 1t could
give, hut when public official is Mt.
tackled for his official acts the public
whose servant he is. deserves to know
whether he has abused the trust con.
hued to him. A feeling of duty TO
the public alone prompts this commu
nication. for the writer has nothing
nut contempt for the motive and the
man and the paper that spews out up
on this long-suffering community each
morning disgusting mass of obscen-
ity, indecent allusion. abuse and viii.
hcation of every decent man andeyery
decent enterprise. Mere personal
quarrels have no place in the public
print. for 1t Is egotistical in the ex
IRENE 10 suppose the public is inter
ested in them. but this seems to be
public matter. for it affects the publi,
generally.
The law and the rules and reguIa.
tions of the United States land depart
ment GO Stat. 472: Gen. Cir. p.s4:
Land Decisions. 205: Id. 53) re
pure land notices to be published ir
the paper printed nearest the lanf
sought to be proved up on. measured
by the usual travelled route. and thi.
paper must be designated by the reg
lister by an official order in each In
stance of homestead application. nnt
he must choose a REPUTABLE papei
OF general circulation. Where tw,
papers are equally qualified, the regis
ter Is directed to use his discretion
and he will not be interfered with
When the register has designated tn.
paper to publish the notice, the appli
cant makes his own contract will
the publisher and the land Office has
nothing further to do with IL, for tn,
applicant pays the publisher and tn,
Office has no knowledge OF the amount
paid unless it is learned incidentally
or the applicant volunteers the inform
alton. The applicant is protected
from excessive charges by depart
ment rule which forbids a paper t.
charge In excess of legal rates. ant
the register is required to see thai
the rule Is carried out when complaint
is made. homestead notice is pub
lished for six weeks and a timber anf
stone notice for ten weeks, and M
complaint has ever been made in this
office during the present adminIstra
tion by any applicant OF any excess
I've charge for printing The uniform
charge in Durango has been. so far as
am informed. by all papers. Sc for
homestead notice and $40 for timbe.
and stone notice. which runs for ter
weeks. and Is little longer than
homestead notice. The only illegal
and excessive charge that has bee
brought to the knowledge of the pres
ent register is one made by Demo
cratic newspaper. and when the appli
cants attention was called to It h
refused to enter any complaint an6
said he had made the contract and wa
satisfied. BY printers rules. | an
informed that homestead notice run
ming six weeks would under legal rates
amount to from IS to 81. and n timber
and stone notice, running ten weeks
would amount to from Sl3 to SIG. ao
paper chooses to charge less than tho
law allows Is certainly no ground 70
complaint These are prices thai
were made by the Democrat when II
printed land Office notices In the re
mote past, and 1t is the sickliest kinf
of hypocrltical cant for II to how,
about the poor homesteader" now
1t is safe to say that 1t would neve
agree to publish any land Office notice
for 81 and make proof thereof on
Crane Bond" (Which Is no doubt
much better than Days bond)
II II thought there was remote posi-
bility of its being designated as the
paper to publish one. II never did
such thing when II had the chance
and roundly abused Register McCloud
n Democrat. for having the temerity
w ~ ttStWHfTt tUiU III
The Democrat No one Is more indig.
nant than Dan Semain himself at this
Democratic yawp about his land no
tice. for he actually paid only 50 70,
1t. and never even requested the regis
ter TO send II elsewhere than where he
did He is satisfied. and what Ia the
Democrat belly-aching about? The
fact is The Democrat is like % outtlc
fish which emits quantity OF DISCUS,
Ing ink in order to conceal It's own hid.
eous proportions. hoping thereby to get
its tentacles on some toothsome OBJ
ject in the obscurity. Having the
county printing safely landed in Its
capacious NAV, as 1t thinks. 1t hopes
now to gobble some II not all OF the
Federal printing. No. Mr. Democrat,
you are barred. The law requires the
notices to be printed In REPUTABLE
papers. and the register will continue
to designate the proper paper to pub
lish the notices he issues without any