Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-13

From Saturdays Daily.
b. Benjamin is in the county jail
in default OF $500 bail. for taking a
shot at H,rry Branderbury.
And still the adjustment OF the
losses on the Longfellow school build
ing by fire has not been made.
Glen Russell is getting along nice
w. his lnangled hand healing. but ne
will have badly crippled hand.
There Is no law to reach man
for newspaper attacks when he goes
on the stand and perjures himself.
Mr. and Mrs. f. l.. Jones are in the
county visiting parents, sisters, etc.
having left Pagosa Springs last week.
There promises to be some oil bor'
ing enterprises within % miles OF Du-
range in the near future. This Will
be getting closer to home and mar
ket.
There will be an increased demand =
for every product of food in the south
west this year, and there has always
been a shortage. Here is chance
for the farmer.
Attorney C. A. Johnson r .ed
yesterday evening from Denver
where he has been attending meet
ing OF western men engaged in oil
boring enterprises.
Superintendent Downs put in yes
| terday afternoon in looking after the
school at Porter. Additional desks
and seats were added and the patrons
pleased in many ways.
Quite a number of buildings are be-
ing figured on for the present year
in Durango, and among them may be
one or two employing elevators.
Durango has almost everything mod.
ern save the elevator.
Placer mining will probably be re
vived on the La Plata river next
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has been taken from that section
and some very coarse rocks have been
handled in getting it.
Those who dance should make it a
point to purchase a ticket and attend
the charity ball Tuesday evening of
next week 1t will be the event of
the winter and all will be made well
come.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. McNeeley will
leave in the morning for Princeton,
KY, where they will spend the next
three months. Princeton is the old
home and Mr.. McNeeley's relatives
are located there. The Herald trusts
they will have an enjoyable trip
Sam G. Martin of the Minnie Gulch
Mining company visited the city yes
terday. returning to Silverton in the
afternoon. Mr.. Martin has been do
ing some work recently on the Tom
Moore group which he will operate
more extensively in the spring, unless
the prices of silver. copper and lead
make it impractcable. Much of the
Moore product will be milling.
"Finnigan's Fortune" which will be
produced by Mr.. Handler, support
ed by home talent, promises to be the
most successful of any of the plays
seen in Durango opera house this sea
son. The plot presents poor Irish
man and his wife who rise to opulence
| in the great American metropolis and
the humorous complications that arise
in this misalliance of ignorance and
wealth are laughterprovoking fea-
lures that will reverberate in the
heart after the play is long forgotten.
The farming and stockgrowing in
dustries of the southwest offer great
er opportunities than any other like
field elsewhere. Prices are always
good and there has never been a year
when the production met the demand.
Instead of exporting, as we should,
we are importing very large per cent
ages or all OF each home product that
is consumed. There are thousands
of acres of land open for settlement
and many improved places which may
be purchased at reasonable figures.
This treasury looting business is up
to the people. The Herald has eX-
posed the affair. What should be
done is the selection of a non-parti-
san committee TO go over the rec
ords and report on Illegal bills, lille
gal rebates excess charges. etc. This
not only applies to the county but to
the city as well. In regard to the
latter an itemized statement should
be made showing where the city mon
ey has gone and the prices paid for
the material used. Something must
| be done to cut down eNnenses- There