Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-11-26


is about IL years of age. His par
ents had separated and left him with
his grandparents who We're unable to
care for him.
The charred timbers taken from the
school building yesterday were piled
up on the vacant lot " est of the school
and burned. The pile burned Till long
after dark and made large blaze.
This was seen from the North side and
many who saw 1t thought the school
house was atire again.
As there appears to be an epidemic
of urtailment-Sunday trains dispens-
ed with. stores closing all over town
at 10 O'Clock Thursday morning. with
hundred or two Elks going 10 Sill
verton in the afternoon, The Herald
will follow suit and skip paper
Thanksgiving day, permitting the en-
ployes to enjoy the day same as Other
people.
Francis Shine representative of the
Pueblo Chieftain. added a good many
names to the subscription list in this
southwest section except In Durango
He fopnd the field here burdened with
papers and adding another was out of
the question except in a few instances.
At Rico he placed about every busin-
ess and professional man in the town
on the list.
The Cantata Strange Visitors"
promises to be fine, with real Uncle
Sam, Columbia, Napoleon, Queen Vic
| toria, Geo. and Martha Washington.
two topseys, a real Chinaman and Jap
anese. This Is given in connection
with the Presbyterian church fair, Dec.
3rd and 4th Christmas articles will
be on sale and a fine supper served
| each night.
| District Attorney Pulliam filed infor-
nations against Silviano Montoya,
Winnie Norton and John Il. Stone
jointly and separately. and ag linst Lou
Moberly and Clara Il. Moberly joint
ly and separately this morning The
five are in Jail for the Gilbert holdup-
of ten days ago
| In response to the call of the comp
troller the statement of the First Ma
tional bank is published in this issue
Attention is called to 1t as an indica
tion of the financial growth OF the
city. the deposits being very near
three-quarters of million. an increase
since September of about $4,000. II
is an indication of the wealth OF the
city and the steady advance being
made by our people, If state ments
for the same time of the other two
banks were published we have Nc
doubt decided Increase would be
shown in the combined deposits ovei
a year ago Durango is all right al d
when the days of dissensions betwee
labor and capital are over this south
west section viii boom.
great loss in the High school fire
which was overlooked in reporting the
fire was the herbarium The reason
that II was overlooked was probably
because ii had not money value
that is was not purchased and did moi
represent an expenditure. This her
barium was complete. containing spec
linens of every kind of plant. flower
grass and moss known 10 grow within
the boundaries of Colorado. Ii Is
claimed that there are only two othe,
collections in the state as complete
The collection was presented to the
school by Miss Alice Eastwood, wht
spent years in gathering IT,. Ii has
since been added to by exchanging
with the state Agricultural cole g al
Fort Collins and the State university
at Boulder. The collection can never
be replaced, as it contained many spe
cies of plants and flora which Were
found in Colorado in the early day,
but which have become extinct. Al
though the herbarium was not count
ed in the monetary losses. 1t was ney
ertheless n very great loss. seeing thal
II can never be fully replaced and thai
there are only two duplicates in eX
istence. Had this collection been of
fered for sale 10 any rich educationa
institution. 1t is probable that severa
thousand dollars could have been re
allied on 1t.
The collection was used in teaching
botany and gave the classes here In
that study a decided advantage ovel
classes elsewhere. 1t was kept in the
laboratory and was completely con
sumed by the fire. Miss Eastwood, wh-
presented the collection Is now d
teacher in the Academy OF Sciences IL
San Francisco
Hon. Charles Newman returned lasi
evening from an extended trip through
the central and southern part of Ne
vada, where he went to look ovei
some mining properties.
Mr.. Newman says that a great many
Of the old districts in that section are
being revived. that many investors
are directing their attention that way
and that in spite of some great draw
backs the country is improving.
The drawbacks he speaks of are the
lack of water, lack of timber and Goa
and lack of transportation facilities
The water. he says. can be improved
by storage reservoirs and canals. Ol
course this means an enormous ex
a l.