Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-27
Durango must have pure water.

Durango must nave pure WAtoi.
The smelling trust price on lead is
now $3.50.
The saw mills around Durango are
all rushing to meet orders for lum-
ber.
Stories of abundance Of quail In
Arizona are about to start some of
the local sports south.
Good work is being done in the
Needles mountains district, and 1t is
likely the camp will produce some
ore this year.
The Florida artesian well near
by to Durango should encourage fur
ther effort to get artesian water all
over the southwest.
The name Of G. e. Tiffany. Jr. has
ben announced as an appointee by
the state humane society, to perform
duty in La Plata county.
A number of stockgrowers are fig
uring on the goat industry, purchas'
ing the ordinary native animals and
grading up. with Angoras.
The boycott of the Telluride min
ers union against the Journal. has
called forth much discussion by the
press of the state, generally oppos
Ing the boycott.
II. H. Halford. one of the first res
idents of the Animas river, near Flo
ra Vista. and the first justice of the
peace there, is an old man. quite fee
BILE now, living at Ouray.
Prospecting at Ute mountain has
not been followed with much inter
est for two or three years, and some
encouraging prospects were found lr
that country several years ago.
Durango's resources will justify any
reasonable expenditure in securinc
pure water, and there is water which
can be had by making an Investment
which our resources will warrant.
Reese McCloskey has been cheating
The Herald out OF pleasing news
item. He has new girl baby at his
house, the little one having announc
ed its presence Wednesday morning.
The labor unions of Durango are
looking for a hall big enough for all
one which they can keep open day
times and evenings. Messrs. Wride
and O'Donnell are on the committee
for hall hunting.
J.W. Hanna who engineered the big
waterways for the Montezuma valley
has been in poor health for some time
and has not been able to get around
actively as when he was here. Den.
yer is his post now.
Everybody In the southwest is wait.
ing for any news regarding the build
from Durango. Everybody will be
ready to advance some enterprise as
soon as the road is assured of build
Ing within given time.
New irrigation waterways are being
built and extended throughout all the
farming communities of the state, but
1t will be many years before the home
production will supply the home de-
mand. Kansas and Nebraska will
have us grabbed for good while yet.
Cripple Creek has gotten down to
practical mining. having worn out
the wild speculation in worthless
stocks which was carried on SO long.
Many sad and few practical lessons
were learned In dabbling with bill
lions of dollars worth of stocks
there which never proved OF value.
Should developments now being
made in the West Mancos section
prove values and quantities of ores
sufficient to pay. there will be a big
prospecting movement in that Sec
tion in the spring. as should the con-
tact prove itself valuable there,
much more territory will be found to
contain good ores.
Silverton mine operator with an
eye to business, suggested the other
day that II 1t were not for the ranch
ers along Lightner Creek. Durango
might take up the water of that
creek. Storage reservoirs with pro-
vision for altering, would secure
millions of gallons of water from the
flow of that creek in the spring.
Jesse Shiels and Billy Hankey saw