Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-07


man from Durango with the gun
sheriff Joe Smith took his fbcuma.
tism hon" with him this morning 40
Ing tn lFnAtin Joe CLARK went ont
aud they we're talking about trading
rrmnhrs when the train pulled out.
Eleven members Of thc Independent
band went To Dolores this morning 10
furnish band music for the celebration
during the day Rnd orchestra for the
bali IN the evening Prof simpsins
and wife accompanied tho party
g \ Boyd nf Aztec received tcls-
grnm Yraetday Announcing the Illness
Of bis father which ir expected 10 re-
srii fatally Mr Boyd arrived In the
ri,v Yesterday evening rnd departed
This morning FOR Princeton, M
The Eihs PLAYED n prank on tho lirr.
department last night turning In mn
alnrm to set the ore wagon 10 aere.
nate the widely known operator
Janice / Doyle Several local opera
tors were In ~ The nnish
y T. Newman ~ Denver IN" piano
nHpufprirtcr. with Charles Flect. Of
the Inter Ocean hotci. has secured the
hrkv Boy Catherine and lack Pot
mining claims ut orc Fino. west OF
the Neglected. and after thoroughly
prospecting the ground win proceed
To development
The water question is big one In
Durango when u In determined by
the oil boriue company whether the
city ran get aricslnn waller We may
know better what to do
The line waiting AZ the general dc
livery window In the Durango postuf
zee IN made longer each succeeding
day hy strangers drawn hcre by the
interest WHICH great gold mine In
the Ia Plata district has enlisted
throughout the world
Durango win not celebrate the ma
tiunai holiday Her people. many OF
them viii spend the day in the coun
Try either In thc mountains OF n,
som" ot the n-ighboring towns Sew
oral parties went out yesterday aud
TODAY and many more viii grt out to-
morrow morning
Durango people are Interested Ia
the protection OF the forests In La
Plata county and nciEhborinE sec.
tiuns IN more than one way The
need of the timber Tor future use IN
NOT all the many beautiful camping
places nlons the mountain streams.
shaded hy the walls of canouE. when
burned over. viii cease to attract
IN" conditions were never more IN.
rorahlo In Durango FOR building Fail
ufc 10 mud houses To live IN is driving
many people away and is keeping
the families uf many mining men from
coming NJ all Durango IL extremely
unfortunate At this time IN not having
two or three hundred cottages under
construction
The Herald had become 40 accus.
toned tu writing. saving aud thinking
of the frm of Campbell a lockwood
for years, that yesterday in mention
INK the splendid volume of business
transacted by lockwood 4 Perkins.
wrot" and printed again the name OF
The old nrm. which was succeeded
some time ngo by the new nrm
Tho Palace hotel with It's additional
capacity Tor accommodating the public
is one OF the most popular hostclrics
IN the southwest II has been thor
oughly renovated aud is new. clean
light aud airy throughout The price
is that Of the medium grade hotel and
the service is tha, OF the first grade
Landlord McNeoley has made study
OF wears OF the requirements uf tho
general public FOR hotci that satis.
iactorily serves all GLASSES OF hotel
patrons and has succeeded In .stab.
lishing such a house
The city council has a Hcrious uues
uon FOR discussion at It's adjourned
meeting next Monday evening The
city Is facing condition which though
contemplated In the beginning had
not been expected To be realized SO
soon. The pumping capacity OF the
city water works is inadequate. and
the large additional population which
we are 10 gain AZ result of boom
which has forced itself upon the coun.
Try viii neccssitate immediate prepar.
alton FOR a large water supply. The
council VIII doubtless ind il necessary
10 continue the present system for
some tims TO come. at least until some
new plants presented which the peo.
pl. viii be willing to accept and pay
Tor In Its policy TO conserve the
present supply OF water the council