Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-10-06

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William Bird left this morning for
| St Louis Expects to be back in
| about two weeks.
It's pretty early in the game for
| Democratic papers to be apologizine
| for local candidates.
Saturday means much for La Plata
| county. Then the winning ticket will
he named by Republicans
Charley A. Johnson will carry La >
Plata county by several hundred ma
jority. And Montezuma cannot afford
to do otherwise
Mrs Charles Newman left this
| morning for Denver and will probably
go to the Pacific coast before return
ing to Durango
Messrs. Hogg. Belford and Miss
Craig will be in Durango on Saturday
evening, the 18th. and address the
voters OF this section. Make up your
mind to attend.
| is'N "a many VI pil ptpDlt pDSSl-
| BILE attend the Cortez fair. OF course
| Cortez is off the railroad. but trip
across the fertile Montezuma valley
will be of interest
| ID. Frank Schmid general manager
| of the lockwood Power company who
has been here the past few weeks in
specting work on the canal. left this
| morning for his home in indianapolis
Sam May left this morning for Gov
| ington. Ky. to visit sister and broth
er whom he has not seen for 10 years
He will take in the big show at St
Louis going and coming
| All aspirants for office must make
mp their minds to stand by the ticket
nominated this coming Saturday. Bind
yourselves and your friends to this
proposition. II is the only way 10 win
Registration is very important
Every good citizen should vote this
fall To vote one must be registered.
It is therefore just as much a duty
to see that your name is on the books.
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| How any man with property inter
ests. any man with home, any man
| who has a good job and wants TO keep
the same. can stand in and vote the
same ticket with Meyer is beyond our
| comprehension
The man Ray or Roy Willis. who
| hold MI tn, ba OF
tempted hold up of the Hub saloon in
Silverton was released and he lost
no time in leaving town. There was
not sufficient evidence to warrant
holding him. Which way he went is
! no known.
Mayor Ballou, of Silverton. was an
east bound passenger this morning.
| st. Louis being the objective point. He
informed representative of The Her
aid that San Juan county was on the
improve and that he looked for "a con-
| tinuance from this on.
Roe n. Pingrey and Miss Mary Mar
| guerite Graham will be married at the
| Presbyterian church Wednesday even
ing, Oct. 18th, invitations to this eff
feet having been issued yesterday
Mr.. Pingrey is a son of Mr. and Mrs
S. w. Pingrey, while the bride is the
only daughter of Mr.. and Mrs f r.
Graham. reception will follow the
| ceremony.
The Cripple Creek ball team played
the Denver league team Sunday and
tied the score, the game standing
to when called at the 10th inning
Nash was in the box for Cripple Creek
and McCausland caught Wilson. W.
played third in Durango last week
played short stop. Dispatches to the
Denver. Pueblo and other papers
state that the feature of the game
was the batting of the aforesaid vii,
son and Hays, one paper putting II
terrific" batting on the part of Viii
son who always hit safe for first. AT
one time knocking ont clean two
bagger. In this connection the Denver
News said two of the Denver runs
were obtained by tumble of Wilson
We give these facts to show that Du-
range expected something of Wilson
| "h'h h' mere. mere ne not on
ly, fumbled. which allowed five runs.
but he failed to hit safe for LIST except
one time, AS before stated. 1t might
have been his off-days. but Durango
in the first place considered they had
a good man when he was obtained.
Suppose the state has been put to
an expense OF s750.000 to maintain
law and order how much do such
wind-jammers as Meyer, Haywood and
numerous hangers-on in La Plata coun-
ty pay? Democratic papers and ora
tors try to make 1t appear a great
burden is placed on the farmers. Sup
pose direct tax should be levied to
pay OF the cost of the militia how
much do you suppose each farmer of
La Plata county would be called on to
pay. We say not quite one dollar each