Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-11

her sister. Mrs. Frank Broad, and la
ter with Boulder friends.
George Woods came over from ian
COS last evening and is spending the
day in Durango. George reports bus
mess good In his neck of the woods
According to the Democrat it was
willing to help the Graden Mercantile
company rob the laboring man for a
consideration in the way or advertis-
ing, but since the advertising has
stopped--well, it's different, you know
ihe men who have been surveying
the spur to connect the ID. & r. G..
with the Champion coal mine have
finished their work and went east
this morning. AS soon as plans are
drafted and right of way secured the
work OF grading Will be commenced
John kellenberger is home from n
trip around the circle, which includ-
ed Grand junction. where he reports
business good. The beet sugar facto-
ry people are talking of enlarging
plant and making other improvements.
Mr.. kellenberger has only been home
two days during the past nine weeks.
He is after the business, and he is
getting 1t. too. And he never misses
an opportunity TO advertise Duran
go.
ant call from Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Rob
erts of Montrose who are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. 4. t. Bowman. Mr.. Roberts
is one OF the veteran newspaper men
OF the state. having at one time been
one of the publishers of the Del Norte
Prospector. later going to Colorado
Springs. and then to Montrose. Mr..
Roberts is a Republican and believes
his county Will get in line at the next
election. They depart for home to
morrow.
The morning paper would be pleas
ed II 1t could stir up strife between
| employer and employe. To gain its
point II would like to have another
iong-drawn-out strike, as. like the pro-
iessional agitator. the sheet prospers
thereby. But the laboring men OF
Durango have the morning outfit sized
up correctly. They long ago found
1t unreliable and are in no way guild
ed by 1t, any more than they are re-
sponsible for its utterances. They
found. to their sorrow. that at the
time 1t was processing such solicitude
for laboring men 1t reduced wages 10
to 30 per cent below the scale and
worked its men ten to twelve hours
day when the union scale called for
nine, and it took an organization to
force the Democrat to time. Not one
OF the iaboring men in this city but
what is well aware of this fact AS
to the owner of that sheet having any
influence to prevent n boycott. labor
ing people know that to follow his ad-
vice would land them in the poor
| house.
men ought to be selected to look af-
| ter the Texas market in the interest
OF the San Luis market We may
have some potatoes to sell this fall.
del Norte Prospector.
| In another column we give consider.
able space to a review of the adyanl-
ages OF an afternoon over morning
paper, The Herald Is not much on
the brag. but having had experience
with both propositions we can see
very clearly that the morning paper
Is inferior. taking 1t as a business or
news proposition. In Durango we
| have the advantage of time for tele.
graph news, 1t being o'clock in New
| lork and Washington when it is 8
here, up to which hour our dispatches
cover important happenings. This
| gives our readers the benefit of the
days dongs. and when 1t comes to
foreign news afternoon papres are al
| ways "a hours ahead of the morning
| papers. With but one exception. and
| that was on Sunday, The Herald was
nrst to publish every important battle
and move in the Boer war, in the Chi.
nese imbroglio, and also covering the
| troubles with Spain and later che cam.
paign IN the Philippines. AS for 10.
| cal news, the family is able to know
| everything going on while sitting at
| the evening fireside. Yes. the after
noon paper is the one taken and read
by the people generally at the pres
ent time, and its popularity will grow
with the years. or course The Her.
aid enjoys other advantages. one be.
ing its superiority over alleged compe.
ution, and another. that this paper
labors at all times for the upbuilding
| OF the town and the community at
large, while the morning sheet never
loses an opportunity to run down and
detract.
Some six years ago Patrick broth
ers purchased the old Santa Clara
stamp mill located a short distance
| above here on the Dolores river. took
IL apart and set 1t up again on the
Atlantic Cable Mining comaanys prop
erty, remodeled 1t froR stamp mill
into a roller mill for the purpose of
treating the immense body of low
grade ore exposed on that property.