Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-21
in Durango 13 years and says were 1t
not for Mrs. Taylor's poor health he
would not think of moving.

would not think of moving.
DR. Dowdv sent up five miners the
first CT the week and they are now at
work on Needle mountain properties.
The tunnel. which f. in 800 feet, will
be pughed and it Il expected to cut
one of the principle veins very soon.
There are two crosscut Tunnels in al
most Two different veins and the doc
tor is living in hopes of rich ore be-
ing encountered. The snow is said
to be six feet deep at timber line
where the men are working.
There is no law compelling r. T.
Pearson. owner of the Poor brick lody-
ing house paying the taxes that may
be assessed against his property, but
there is a law that will dispose of the
property to scme one who will pay.
II there was mob endeavoring to
tear down his block guess the said
Pearson would not stand on ceremony
| II the mayor appointed guard at the
| expense of the city to protect same.
But the letter to the council furnishes
At II Getting of the school board
last evening IL was decided to abide
by the call issued by the clerk, Glenn
| Sconton and the special election will
| he called OFF. The Herald is gratified
that the question has been adjusted as
legal disputes should be kept out of
he schc Is as much as possible. Fill
ings of candidates will have to be
made for publication the coming week
and it is likely there will be at least
two in the field. A goodly number are
| trying to induce Mr.. lockwood to
stard for reelection, but he has not
decided yet.
If being up-to-date and artistic
stands for anything The Herald easily
stands at the head. No paper in
ms the size of Durango ever dream
ed of carrying as fine an assortment
Of bond and linen papers and other
Job stock as The Herald. The Herald
also makes it a point every year to
add all the latest designs in type.
During the past 80 days ad. and job
| -ype, costing over $500 has been placed
in cases and we are consequently pre-
pared TO fill any kind of order. In se-
ecting type designs the various type
ioundries have been called upon, the
asst shipment of dozen fonts arriv
ng this week. Call and examine our
inc Of job stock and type faces and
De convinced The Herald leads in
turning out neat and attractive COM
nercial work the same as in publish
ing the news of the day.
The w. G. White grocery and hard
ware establishment was robbed last
last night between $3.50 and $500
worth of guns. revolvers and pocket
knives. The thief or thieves gained
entrance by prying open the back door
with pick axe which was left behind
This pick axe was evidently stolen
md any one missing one should call
1t Whites and identify property. BY
he use of the pick one of the hinges
Df the double doors was broken. The
! intruder was evidently well versed
with the premises. Separating the
front portion of the store from the
rear is a petition, and the back of the
double storeroom is divided by pc
tition running lengthwise. Connect
ing the two rear rooms is door fast.
ened by latch on the inside of the
left-hand room. At the bottom is a
small opening to permit the kittens
to get through. To enable the thief
70 get his hand through this opening
he had to whittle the pine door so he
could reach the latch. This accom-
plished, the way was open to the front
of the hardware division of the store.
The gun case was pried open and the
revolvers and best make of rifles We're
taken, only two cheap rifles being
left. Then the thief had a penchant
for pocket knives and he helped him
self to several dozen boxes filed with
the most expensive ones, having first
secured a strong seamless sack by
emptying a sack of oats on the floor.
into which he dumped the knives,
leaving the empty boxes on the floor
With this booty the thief departed
nothing else in the store having been
molested so far as can be asoertained
The robbery was certainly commit
ted by some one who knew the prem
ises pretty well Even the cash reg
lister was not disturbed and the in
truder evidently knew no money is
left in the drawer. And this leads one
back to the robbery of the same store
some time ago when about the same
tactics were followed only at that
time the cash register was tapped
and relieved of $40 change which up To
that time was left in the register
nights to start business in the morn
ing. Since then no money has been
left in the drawer. If the robbery
was not the work of some one who has
been employed about the store in the
past ii was by some one who has put
in time studying the situation.
The Jeffries-Munroe bout has been
postponed to June II.
Denver Socialists have placed a
ticket in the field for election May II