Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-07

From Thursdays Dali.
Ambrose Murphy is visiting his
lrothers Of The grocery firm.
Raleigh james LEFT this morning
for Colorado Springs to resume stu.
dies at Colorado college
Mrs. D. Preston Bell is quite III
with pneumonia, being dangerously
80 Wednesday, but is some better to.
cay.
The many friends OF Miss Lena
Newman will be pleased to learn tha,
she is getting along nicely and will
soon he out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w Hunt came in
from Rico last night, continuing TO
Siiverton this morning. where they
win be permanently located.
A. 10 saic 10 say that lUU people viS
tied Goodman's store this forenoon,
owing to the Gallotti resolution in
the council who have not been inside
the new place of business before.
S. d. Wilson is home from New
.ork, where he took q courso OF In
shuotlon on the Mergenthaler
chas. Burge and wife, nee Miss
BIanche Patterson. arrived from Den.
yer on visit to Mrs. BIS parents.
Vic CoulsoE took out this morning
passenger Charles Brannen is going
TO take q lay-off and visit eastern
fiiends and relatives.
Henry Ludwig has gone to Denver
to look after his application as one of
| The game wardens of the state. Hen
Iy is one of the old timers and de.
serving.
An Italian. somewhat the worse for
| bug juice, will have trial at four
| o clock this afternoon, for striking
two or three women that inhabit the
tenderloin district
7. j. McKelyey, agent of the Sill
,tfton Northern came down from Sill
Verton this morning en- route to Can
Gda, where he will visit the old home
for a couple of months.
The commissioners are engaged in
allowing bills today. Yesterday coal
contract was awarded VIM Morrri
son and feeding jurors will continue to
be the lot of Chas. Flcck.
| The idea of making members of the
| city cornell investigate the pictures
displayed bv the Goodman Paint ana
Wall Paper company is rediculous
| Why not delegate the job to Frank
| Rivers and done with it.
Warming up little, although our
people were not bothered with mis-
aa''9es sqp9tu last nlsht dsh cord ldo%eeSffHe %eSfHer KS
compared with other portions of the
state. We are favored community
in many ways.
| The city enumerators have fixed
| Durango's population at 4.577. This
| Increase over the government census
VIII be gratifying to Durangoites, but
the official population of this city
VIII stand at the figure given by tho
! government enumerator and will he
so recognized by those investigating
the matter
The council passed new ordinance
| governing puisances, etc, last night.
ROW let rs hope it will be enforced.
| especially that portion keeping al
leys clean. There are alleys in the
| city SO filled with manure and other
rubbish that it is hard work to navi-
gate. The guilty have been notified
| bat with no apparent effect because no
drastic measures have been employed.
Let one go to Denver, Chicago.
| New York or any of the large cities
| Gnd visit the art galleries they will
encounter the nude in art and statuary
| No more is thought of this than any
other proposition. Because the Good
| r;an people have sen fit to display co.
pies from the original paintinss there
Is kick from some, but not from the
true lover of art. Visit manv Duran
go homes and similar pictures are EN-
cased in costly frames.
Whenever The Herald puts in
BID for certain work it will live up
to the contract and not whine about
it The Wage Garner should carry
cut its contract and not cry about it.
but Judge Gnlbreath had just as much
hight to ask to he relieved of his
contract as the head push of the Dem
ccrat had TO go before the council or
city attorney and ask for modification
In printing the revised ordinances in
pamphlet form. The Herald bid ac.
oording to specifications and would
not have had the gall to ask for mod.