Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-14

Ike hTuscHhe as ne was the UrSt
American to suggest the building OF
the cruiser Colorado. The gallant
ship bearing the proud name will have
no more patriotic well wisher than Mr..
Kruschke. May she never fight ex-
cept to win.-Silverton Standard of
May 2.
From an authoritative source, says
the Grand Valley Sun, was reported
today that the narrow gauge branch
of the ID. * r. G. will be widened to
the standard as far as Ouray this year
The branch from Delta up the north
fork of the Gunnison will be widened
SO as to do away with the necessity of
transferring freight at Delta. large
force of men will be employed, and
when all is ready the change viii be
made in few hours.
A Montrose woman healer takes the
patient. looks him in the eye. makes
him feel a sort of electric shock and
he is cured Montrose thinks that the
woman Is new sort. She is not.
Since the world began women have
been taking men by the hand. looking
them in the eye, giving them thrills,
and making them forget all their
earthly wOos.-Ouray Herald.
Ouray is progressing, as is eYidenc-
ed by the following from the Plain
dealer: "A regular meeting OF the
Board of Trade took place Wednesday
night, and the matter of the distribu-
tion and sale of the illustrated pam
phlet containing views of Ouray and
vicinity. was thoroughly discussed, and
the result of the evenings work was
highly successful. Twenty-Five thous-
and of the brochures are now ready
for distribution, and large supply
will soon be here. Lyman l. Henry
explained the benefits derived last
year through the distribution of SINH
lar books and outlined the plans for
this season. The price is cents
apiece to members of the board, and
10 cents to outsiders, and II is hoped to
dispose of 5000 here. Contributions
and purchases were very liberal that
evening. but every one should pur-
chase from 10 to 100 and send east to
their friends. as the views and expla-
nations are pleasing works OF art and
furnised at cost. Tourists VIII be fur
nished them in Denver and Colorado
Springs, and it is expected that many
hundreds will visit our city through
their perusal."
The Ouray Herald. in commenting
on the Burrows park district, claims ii
as tributary TO that place, but
with the building of Otto Mears' rail
road to Animas Forks, the ores will
come to Durango, which means secur-
ing supplies by the same means.
Speaking of the district, the Herald
says: The Burrows Park mining dis
trict in Binsdale county. is the mecca
for all Ouray prospectors and mining
men who Will hunt for gold in other
fields the coming summer. But after
all, the Burrows Park country is in
reality as much Ouray's territory as it
is that of Lake City or Silverton. II
is twenty-five miles from Lake City,
nearly the same from Silverton, and
only eighteen miles from Ouray. BY
way of the trail past Mineral Point it
is almost as easy of access as Lake
City. though there is high range to
cross. In fact, w. C. Wrisberg of the
Bon Homme mine in the very heart OF
the richest part OF the park district.
last summer stated that if the trail
We're improved as it should be from
the mouth OF Poughlleepsie gulch to
connect with the road above Mineral
Point, he would pack all his supplies
for the mine from Ouray. o. c. Van
Houten and James II. Fuller started
for the park district Wednesday morn
ing, and seriously contemplate spend
ing the summer in that section, Mr.
Fuller is Interested in mining proper
~ in that section already, and Mr. Van
Houten, who can demonstrate that he
can see at least ten feet further into
the ground than any prospector in Ou-
ray, has gone over to look around and
see what he can find. Van hunts
where there is gold. He will examine
all the vacant ground near where the
big strikes were made in that section
the past winter. and no doubt he will
load up before he returns. a number
of others intereste d in that section
are making preparations to go over
the range. Others from all quarters
are ilocking in and that section is go
ing to boom the coming summer"
The fruit buds throughout the Farm
ington section are uninjured. and as
the apricots are now nearly as large
as acorns. It is not likely that they nor
any of the other fruits will be dam
aged. We hear that further up the
more tender varieties have been in
jured to some extent. Our section can
not he surpassed and but seldom
equalled in the United States when 1t
comes to fruit growing ng.-Farmington
Times.
Saturday r. C. Prewitt and the edi-
tor, trustees of the Independent ditch,