Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-15

From tuesdays daily.
Mr. and Mrs. j & Gaukroger are
home from their trip. which included
two,weeks stay in Denver and a trip
around the circle
Return date for two days only The
Marie Fountain Co. in two popular
and Leasing plays Moaday Dec 10
| Along the Wabash"
The Chadwick afYnir is becoming a
good deal OF n chestnut Suppose the
eastern news correspondents give MS
something else for change.
| Harry Jackson is wrestling with II
heavy business and n ease of rheu-
natisni, both at the same time. which
pretty well occupies his time.
| DR., G. V. Copp departed this morn
| ing for Baltimore. where he will spend
I he holidays with his folks. returning
| to Durango about the middle of Jan.
uary.
| H. Swartwout. manager OF the
bullion Mountain Mining company
Of Needleton. departed this morning
for New York. where he will spend
n month or two at homo.
Merchants report holiday trade
picked up In every line. The turning
| loose OF large sums OF money by the
| smelter. Porter and Boston Fuel com
panies Saturday started the ball roll.
ing.
The Indian killed by Hassus. who
was exonerated during the present
term Of district court, was not med
| icine man, as stated by morning
paper He was just a plain, ordinary.
everyday Navajo.
| John ]. Smelccr volunteered the
good information yesterday that the
county jail was empty. the first time
In long while. He did not say. how.
ever. bu: what there were plenty OF
people at large who ought to be In
jail
It is said when Mrs. Chadwick was
arrested she had on plain night
gown This was real condescending.
Wonder the ''nightie" was not trim
med with point lace and frinRed with
some Of the Oberlin banks Ave dol
lar notes
The Herald acknowledges a pleas
ant call from Vice President Schlacks
yesterday afternoon. We found Mr..
s5chlacks fluent on every subject
touching upon except the possible ex-
tension of the Denver 4 Rio Grande
to the Pennington country. Here he
Is where he baked.
7. r. Peterson is down from Rock
| wood, having finished his big fiume
contract. He has taken contract to
build another--a smaller one--for the
lockwood Power company. II Is to
| be l,200 feet long and viii be below
Hapor's lake 1t will take the water
from Cascade creek to the big reser-
vior
The death Of Mrs Capt. w. s. Wal
ker, at Silverton yesterday. forshad-
owed by an item published Saturday
from the Standard. will be mourned
| by many old San Juaners. Mrs. Wal
lter, with her husband, were trail
blazers in the San Juan. They first
located at Del Norte. where they en-
gagged In the hotel business. then go
ing to Silverton, where they built and
ran the Walker House for many years
in the seventies and eighties. Mrs
Walker was beloved by all who knew
her.
| The Denver News Of Saturday morn.
Ing contains an alleged dispatch from
Pueblo that shows bad state Of al
| fairs, politically and II true we trust
the offenders will fnd themselves
behind prison bars as The Herald Is
not going to excuse Republicans any
more than Democrats guilty. OF stun.
! ing the ballot box. But we will have
to have other evidence than the News
dispatch. which bears ear-marks Of
having been written in the editorial
ONCE OF that paper. We have scanned
other papers OF Denver and Pueblo
and find nothing bearing on the alieg-
ed startling facts stated in the News.
A grand jury cannot open ballot
boxes-which aiso makes the story
fshy. But In case the facts bear out
the News dispatch. The Herald will
| say Amen" to the investigation and
urge the punishment Of the guilty.
A meeting OF the directors Of the
board OF trade WAS held last night in
the office Of the Graden Mercantile
company. Messrs. A. r. Camp. and
c. Il. Herr. who had been appointed
OH the "ammittee TO sec how many
OF the. old members OF the board were
.still here, reported that there were 45
OF the old members and 30 new ones
had signlned their willingness to join.