Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-23

vice but short on methods tha,
pertain to decency.
A. Rex Mollette is getting there Al
Pagosa Springs. having been appoint
ed county attorney for Archuleta
county.
Mrs. Golden Barrett and children
of Silverton left this morning for
Denver where they will visit for a
short time.
The authorities have under consid-
GRAFTON a very sad case-that of a
woman just approaching motherhood
who has become insane, partially
caused. 1t is thought. by her condi-
tion.
The Cortez Journal has changed
ownership and likewise politics.
With no Republican paper in Mon
tezuma county the field Is ripe for
an enterprising printer of Republic
an proclivities, and Mancos should
be the location.
| County Attorney Morgan. SO his or
gan announces. is going over the rec
ords to secure figures for statement.
Morgan will vouch for The Democrat
and The Democrat will vouch for
Morgan. But the taxpayers will not
take the word or the figures of either
MI. Shoemaker, the new agent at
the depot. halls from Durango, and as
| Durango is the home of some of the
| best people on earth, we take it for
granted Mr. Shoemaker is all right.
| and extend to him a welcome on be-
half of the burg.-Del Norte Prospect
or.
Antonio j. Abeytra suffered consid-
| cradle loss from fire Sunday night.
Forty tons of hay, stack of straw, a
shed and considerable fence went up
in smoke. The cause of the fire Is
not known, but it is believed that
some one surely set the fire. This
| is a great loss to ranchmen, and
especially if the latter part of the
winter proves cold and stormy-Pago-
sa Springs Times
Dan Pugh, one of the old landmarks
of Durango, died yesterday morning
at Mercy hospital where he was taken
Wednesday afternoon suffering from
pneumonia. The funeral took place
| this afternoon from Hoods under
taking parlors. The deceased has
been resident of Durango since the
town started-in 80, and at the time
of his death was in his 69th year He
was known by all the old-timers and
for many years has been what might
be termed a bar-room habitue, but of
different kind than the term implies.
He was sober and earned a little
money and had sufficient to give him
decent burial, and had this not been
the case his friends would have look
ed after him AS far as known he
has no near relatives. In early life
| and before coming to Durango he was
| sailor. Everybody always had a
good word for old Dan. Peace to his
ashes.
The colored gentleman who thought
| the Stein fire afforded a splendid op-
| portunity to tog himself out with fin
| cries was tried before Judge Houx
this morning. He was given 20
days in Jail and at the expiration of
that time will no doubt be invited to
| leave the city. The night of the
| fire, while the firemen were busy ex-
| tinguishing the blaze, the above men
| toned party of color entered the
store and provided himself with a
bundle. He evidently thought 1t was
| the proper thing, as he unpacked 1t
| in the crowd and was examining the
| contents when Officer Bacon asked
| him what he was doing. The colored
/ man not realizing who he was talk
ing to, replied: Now, don't you be
coping another ones bundle. Just
go inside and get one for yourself"
He found out his mistake, and during
the next 20 days will contemplate
whether it is best to be honest or not
| The morning paper is very glib
concerning grand jury all at once.
But have you observed the meaning
between the lines? Day wants a
grand jury that will create more hav-
oc and hard feelings than he can stir
1
up. He wants a grand jury to dis
turb peaceful relations between man
and man; he wants a grand jury to
stir up gambling and cause bitterness
between saloon men, gamblers and
other citizens. The looter of the
county treasury knows by bringing
forward lot of side issues that 1t
means death to the calling of grand
jury. He does not desire a grand
jury, and takes this method of kill
ing the proposition. But there will
be an investigation, Just the same,
and the commissioners who have
been guilty of paying out money un.
lawfully will have to answer for their
misdeeds. There are enough inter.
ested taxpayers to push the matter
without calling grand jury. This
treasury looting business must be