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

signs OF melting, and 1t was found that
the heavy rim portion of the bell had
been melted. 1t must have been a
pretty severe heat that caused the
bell to melt and shows what the brick
walls were subjected to and their
worthlessness at this time. And
still the insurance adjustors claim
they are not damaged.
C. d. Casad went down to Chama
this morning, where he has disposed
of business interests.
Peter Reichert, former disting
uished member of the Animas City
council, is said to be making all kinds
OF money in the placers of Idaho.
A. Anderson, manager of the Rain
Silverton & Northern railway, was
Silverton passenger this morning
bound for Denver
The week of prayer at the Baptist
church will close this evening with a
sermon by the pastor on "a Heart of
Love" Everybody is cordially In
vited. and all who come will be
warmly welcomed.
Mrs. Hollibaugh, who arrived a
week ago on a visit to her sister, Mrs
Schaffer of the Animas valley, was in
the city yesterday visiting old-time
friends. Mrs. Hollibaugh expects to
return to Kansas in week or ten
days.
Elsewhere in this issue is an or
dinance providing for a purchasing
committee which states the printing
Is to continue to be awarded to the
lowest bidder. According to the bid
allowed the Democrat the other night
this means that The Herald is to be
held down to bids while the Demo
crat is to be given printing and paid
for at three to five times the limit al
lowed by law, which is altogether 10
high for any city or county to be com
PEELED to pay. A graft is a great
thing.
Superintendent of Fish Hatcheries
Tom Holland arrived from Denver
last evening and today Is visiting the
La Plata hatchery. Mr.. Holland has
Just come out of n red hot fight with
the game warden, AID according to
the Denver News interview with Gov
ernor Orman, the mis-fit game war
den. Harris. will stand hitched for
time. No question about it that Har
ris is out of place and should have
been removed instead of lectured by
the governor 1t is hard to under
stand. however. why Holland has been
retained as 1t seems to have been
the aim of the administration to fire
all competent fish men to give place
to those who do not know a trout
from frog. so far as Matching pur-
poses are concerned.
In the trial of Jose Sanchez yester.
day before Judge Houx, charged with
! felonious assault with gun upon
| the person of one Jaramillo the de-
fendant was acquitted. Jaramillo
says he doesn't care so much about
being shot at, only he doesn't like to
have his friends indulging in such
playful sports with him when he is
asleep, and he doesn't like to have
his windows broken with pistol shots.
Ramoncita, the diminutive woman
with raven hair and piercing black
eyes, says her admiration for the
maner in which Attorney Anglim
jumped on to Attorney Sullivan
amounts almost to affection. and
Ramoncita is rather a pretty little
woman.
Miletan Trujillo. Mexican who was
hurt in the coal mines of the Gold
King Consolidated company on the
4th inst. was buried yesterday af-
ternoon, followed to the grave by the
Miners Union and a large number of
friends. Trujillo had been instruct
ed the day he was hurt to put in
props where he was working to sup
port the ground, and he worked on
several hours without obeying. He
was found in the afternoon, heavy
rock having fallen upon him. bruis-
ing his body. He died OF internal
Injuries. Miners who will not pro-
tect themselves by keeping ground up
should not be permitted to work In
mines, as II they do not kill theml-
selves. they generally succeed in get
ting somebody else killed.
The Grand Army.