Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-02

l. Lazarus. one Of the pioneer mer
chants of Durango, boarded the east.
ern train this morning. enroute for
New York City to purchase nam.
| moth new ard up-to-date stock of
mems and boys clothing and furnish.
ing goods. MIR. Lazarus is n great
believer in the future growth of our
| city, and expects to keep his stocks
right up in the front OF the procession
| in every respect.
Hear Gravett at the Baptist church
tonight.
Nine times out of ten the man who
sends OF TO Denver or Chicago for a
suit of clothes or anything else, pick
ed out of n catalogue, could have done
as well or better right here at home.
Same way with the ladies who send
away for their wearing apparel. Quit
| it, and help build up your own city.
Remember the revival meeting at
the Baptist church tonight.
Il. r. Pelz. Chicago; II. ID. Seymour.
John A. Cushley. Reg. w Brooks, W.
G. Ardrey, Denver; L. S. Gould, Colo
rado Springs; w. A. Piatt, FIT. Lewis;
Nellie Meller, Dolores: F. d. Town
send. Pueblo, are among the newest
arrivals at the Strater.
The revival at the Baptist church is
growing in interest nightly.
The Republicans have within their
party splendid material to fill every
office at the coming spring election.
and should the right men be placed
before the voters, the Republicans
will make clean sweep. The peo-
pie are ready for a change in the ad-
ministration of our city affairs.
Something doing at Graden's again
this week. Read their special an
nouncement today.
manufacturing metropolis can be
built up right here in Durango, which
Will make us one OF the most prosper
GUS communities in the west. How
will it be done? By encouraging every
enterprise which will help to build
up our city-every new factory which
will employ labor.
The case against Frank Daugherty,
who gave his stepiather. Ernest Stock,
such a heavy lick with rock, was
dismissed in Judge Houx's court this
morning. 1t was evidently a most
self-defense.
Curley Knight has received letter
from Steamboat Springs, which states
that the Moffatt road is surveyed to
that place, and the depot grounds laid
out Three feet Of snow on the ground
out there.
F. w. Bettray, the Slverton taxi
dermist. brought down yesterday the
mammoth mountain lion which was
shot near here not long ago, and
which Charles Casad commissioned
him to restore to life size. Mr.. Bet.
tray declared that In all his long ex-
perience as naturalist, he has never
before tackled so large a specimen
of the mountain lion. The brute ac-
tually measured feet inches when
spread out before mounting. He was
somewhere between ten and fifteen
years of age. Mr.. Bettray also
brought down fine specimen of the
mountain fox and a swift
J. I. O'Hara, formerly of Cripple
Creek and Colorado Springs. and
mining expert of many years expert
ence. declares that he believes that
the Oro Fino district will surely make
one of the greatest gold camps in the
state. MIR. O'Hara and his associates
are backing his judgment, and are de-
veloping a most promising group OF
claims there. They have had three
men at work all winter and as soon as
the trail will permit, they will pack
in large amount of supplies and put
between 20 and 25 men to work, and
push development as rapidly as pos
sible, Keep your eye on the Orc
Fino country and get in on the ground
floor If Won can