Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-20

teous treatment received.
There are at present 100 feet of
workings. while the force employed
numbers some 20 men. A new wagon
road to the mine has just been COM
pleted. The grade stakes for rail
road to the mouth of the mine are al
ready driven. The sum of $4,000
has lately been expended. while
the railroad will cost 10000. most Of
which will be spent on labor. The
expenditure of this amount of capital
will mean that the building of more
houses in Durango will be necessary
From Mondays Daily.
Greeley potatoes are supplying the
western part of the state at the pres
ent time.
| The work of standard gauging the
Rio Grande south of Alamosa COM
menced a week ago.
| Let every merchant and every res
| ident of the city strive to make 1t
pleasant for our visitors this week.
| Pennington is to have bank, the
Hyde Exploring company having de-
cided to start private banking house.
| The reason The Herald is read by
more people than any other Durango
publication is because it publishes the
| news in advance.
OF the amount pledged for the Du-
range Aztec Pennington phone line,
| Durango subscribed $1,000, Aztec $400
and Pennington 81. 100.
The races this week give promise of
being the best in the state outside of
Denver. The attendance will also be
good If indications count,
The Alamosa papers report CO.
pious rain throughout the San Luis
valley the first of last week. the first
in over year. OF course it was well
coined.
It is too bad the blackmailer cannot
dictate to The Herald how it should
be run. 1t has been able to do so to
many merchants who contribute rather
than be held up to ridicule.
The Pagosa Springs Times contains
"a homestead and timber notices
This is better than a mint and places
the Times in the front rank of money
making institutions in the state.
P. G. Ellis came over from Cortez
Saturday evening. He reports an un-
usually heavy hail storm extending
over Montezuman county Thursday
which cut up vegetation quite badly
The Pennington distillery appears
to be doing business, having turned
out 100 gallons of apple brandy the
past month. The surplus apples are
thus finding market, S. R. Blake
having sold 10000 pounds.
The fact that Animas City granted
| the Colorado Telephone company a
franchise Friday evening does not
mean that C. ]. O'Keefe will move
the main Office to that place. but SIM
ply that Animas is in line with all
progressive communities.
Now that the councilmen in con.
troll of affairs have concluded to live
up to the laws governing printing.
the county commissioners might Just
as well do likewise first as last The
new laws do not change conditions as
to their duty one whit
| The Herald would like to now why
| the howl because The Herald is pub
lshing a notice calling for bids for
the erection of the addition to the
North Durango school building, when
the opposition newspaper refuses to
publish notices handed in by the sec
retary.
Silvertonians, come to Durango this
| week and enjoy the warm spring
breezes. when nature is at its best
| and at the same time witness the best
races for many years. 1t will be
pleasure you will not soon forget.
| And then we'll all go up on the 4th,
dS Ill past years.
Pike will continue to serve on the
| school board. the North Durango ad-
| dition will be built and paid for. teach
| ers hired and the business of the dis
| trict conducted as heretofore, and the
board will be careful not to furnish no
tices to newspaper that wilfully and
maliciously throws them out.
The Doctor Wycoff residence, on
the Boulevard, formerly the Samuel
West property. purchased by c. ]. O..
Keefe. is one of the finest locations on
the avenue, and Mr.. O'Keefe purchas.
ed for investment. After it is va
Gated by Doctor Wycoff. it will be oc-
cupied by Richard McCloud.
La Plata county commissioners need
jacking up again. The Animas val.
ley road from Durango to the state
line is in a horrible condition Sey-