Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-09

| Ff'f'f
r. w Simpson. Indian agent Mt
Canon GaIlegos. n. NJ. is at the Stra-
ter today.
Bonny Chaser has his stock and FIX.
turos all moved to his new quarters.
but It VIII take several days yet to
get stralghtsncd out.
Rubborins" nj the gay display OF
valentines IN several Durango win
siowg, is the thing Just now. The
displays are unusually Interesting and
novel
In Judge iiouxs court this morning
| the case against Mr. Scsaf. charged
with cruelty 10 animals. WAS dismiss-
ed.
J. q Kipp died at sllvcrton Sun.
day. from the effects Of Injuries sus-
tanned at Red Mountain about week
previous, caused by fall from the
| icy roof Of his house.
The Eiss social 10 be given by the
| lodge here on The 18th inst, Is for the
| i5lks and their families only, and not
for the general public, ms some seem
10 think.
No one seems 10 he groaDlng for
the nomination for mayor This
springs election Is only a little over
ak weeks IN and no one has come
faeuy.r.g IA f.f,
John ksiienberger returned yester.
day from Silycrton. where he has been
showed In for several days past He
reports everything quiet there now.
but good prospects for lively times
when spring opens up.
Siiycrton's protest ~ quiet. busl-
neHsIlkc aud plausible plea, conscrya
| tive Ia the cNtrnmc. without any sus.
! piclon or flavor of an oyerdono
roast" snch documents have
weight and are worthy OF eonsidora-
iien
Several thousand acres oi fne land
| VIII brought into cultivation the
! present season in the Pine river dis.
| irict Pine river furnishes great
amount OF water and tho ditchos con
simctod last year. and those under
| way. win increase the wealth of La
Plata county materially
%
| II is said tho business and mining
| men OF Sliverton have informed the
Rio Grnndc people thcy would make
| up the lopses to the company II they
, would give them a through passenger
service Silverlon people are upto-
date and progressive and don't care
| for fow hundred dollars
Frank Eidrcdgc has plans laid out
to build several I and s.room rest
dcnces this season. II there is no dis
urbnnco In labor circles. Durango
viii add 10 her population several
hundred this year II tho conditions are
favorable for men to invest their
money
Telephone reports from Telluride
state that bliz2ard Is on In full
torcv Ia that region slyerton re
pcris more snow and avnlanches com.
iug down IN dirrrout mountain gulch.
-a but NO more fatalities have been
reported
Whom the spring-ilmo comes. you
viii see the entire SAN Juan country
get n move on which viii eclipse
everything in the development line
ever before attempted or dreamed Of
! IN this section There viii be work
in hundred new claims In the La
rlntas There VIII he plenty doing in
! fhr building line In Durango. There
will ho now coal banks opened. and
the new water works systcm will put
Ia work an army of laborers. New ir-
| riraion ditch and reservoir enter.
| pris"s viii be pushed All these en-
| tcrprlaeR, to say nothing Of the in
creased activity on the smoltor i'm
| provements viii require a large force
of wnri,mon, Aud It Is To the work
men that Durango owes her prosper
liy The more mon at work. the more
money put in circulation, and the
more viii every business enterprise
pruepcr.
-Four new doctors have recently 10.
"aiod in our midst. and the undcrtak.
@rs are just erorlhstinEly spreading
themselves la tho way OF laying In
supplies and new-fanglod up-to-dato
equipment Now don't you mink for
minute that thuro's anything sus.
piclous IN this peculiar coincidence of
| circumstances. FOR VI Is merely an.
other evidence of pursngo's growth
aud future bright prospects. We have
dlstresslngly healthy city. from a
physicians standpoint but as the me,
trupolis of the san Juan. with splcn,
did facilities In the way Of hospitals
aud superior medical attendance, the
sick from all over the district, com
prisiuE several large counties and n
territory as large aa many OF the cast
crn states, all mock to Durango when
local phyeieians fail to case their all
ments or particular surgical skill
and trained nurses are required OF
course certain per cent OF these are
past all human aid when they come