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

Judge Pike VIII sit upon the case
of the alleged crazy Chinaman tomor
row morning. and will hatch out al
opinion as to the amount of lunacy
the Chinaman is guilty of
The Woman's club desires to thank
those who so ably and Willingly took
part in the "Deestrict Skule," and also
those who patronized it so generously
that the club was able to clear sl27.75
Hood & Fritz are doing a good jot
of work on the painting and decorat
ing of the new market of the Colora
do Cold Storage and Market com
pany.
Charles A. Lewis is one of the firm
| Of McAlpine & Lewis of the Pine
Ridge lumber mills. He and Miss
Reed were married at Denver last
week.
| Charles A. Lewis and bride. nee
| Miss Daisy Reed of Denver, arrived
on the eastern yesterday afternoon,
and are stopping with their uncle,
A. r. Lewis
The ice men. mail carriers and mo-
tormen. and the drivers of delivery
| and milk wagons, are all having a
hard time nowadays. But they are a
cheerful. happy lot, glad that they can
hold their jobs, and they faithfully at
tend to their duties, snow or shine.
w. A. Yerian, representing the
Rothenberg & Schloss Cigar company
of Kansas City, is circulating among
their patrons today. They are manu-
facturers of several popular brands
and their Colorado trade warrants
them in establishing a house in Den
YER, which they have arranged to do.
The dog-catcher of this city. if there
be one, is neglecting his duties. There
are couple of hundred or more
worthless yelping ours in this city
that are only fit for the fertilizer
heap. and they should be taken care
of promptly and efficiently. We refer
! entirely to four-legged animals. the
| kind that snap and snarl and bark and
bite whenever a peaceful pedestrian
passes their places of habitation.
Mrs. F. A Hawke, Mrs. ID. L. Sheets
and Mrs. George Isgar left this morn.
ing for pleasure trip to Los Angeles
and other California points. A large
crowd of friends and relatives were at
| the train to see them off and wish
them pleasant journey and safe re-
turn.
| The icy surface of the mountain
sides when the last snow fell, makes
the conditions just about right for big
snowslides. And they are coming
quickly on the heels of the heavy falls
of snow. So far the fatalities have
been confined to one life near Ouray,
but there is no telling what hour the
wires will bring report of further dis.
asLer.
Only one month of 1903 has passed
and The Herald htas received many
letters of inquiry from all points OF
the country about Durango, La Plata
county and the entire southwest.
! With new and pure water system
| Durango this year will take several
steps forward. Many new homes will
be constructed. Let our people come
| together and all work for the upbuid-
| iup nf ON ,tr,r
refer to 1909 as grand year in our
| progress.
Merchandise of all kinds Is sold
cheaper than in any other town in the
state. Our merchants carry larger
stocks than any other town twice the
! size of Durango There is no reason
for any one sending out for a dollars
worth of goods. In fact, any one send
ing to Denver or the east for any
class of goods should be ashamed of
| themselves. 1t is the business men
of Durango who keep up our institu.
tions, both public and private, and
they should in turn have the united
/ support of every loyal citizen in Du-
I dHSo Dtlolt you Duy llldI money
order go and consult your Durango
merchant and you will see that money
can be saved by leaving your money
at home.
The Southern train from Telluride
/ yesterday came pretty near doing bls-
mess with a snowslide One came
down the mountain side Just beyond
Rico, made running jump of fifty
feet or more, clear across the gulch.
and struck the hill on the opposite
| side, covering part of the railroad track
The train was delayed about an hour
and half, but made up over an hour
| before reaching Durango. as all ex-
cept the passenger and express cars
were cut out. A branch from tree
sticking out of a snowslide scraped
one side of the train from stem TO
stern, and must have caused the pas
sengers to think that something was
happening. The pleasures of railroad
travel through the mountain districts
just now are slightly different from
what they were 'in the good old sum
mer time"