Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-10
CONVERSATIONS.

Duck shooting is reported iair IN the
San Luis valley.
Telluride had seven inches of addi-
tional snow last Saturday.
A test case of the game laws is to
he made by Boulder butcher,
Pueblo citizens have petitioned for
grand jury to investigate evil doing.
A number of cotton mills in Old
Mexico will shut down owing to. high
price of cotton,
Yellow creek valley in OhP has
been damaged by floods amy cloud
burst to extent of 100000.
The Denver Republican notes the
complete recovery of Miss Ellie Tow
er from the effects of the gasoline ex-
plosion some weeks ago. Miss Tower
is now in the east on visit, having
left Saturday
The Telluride Examiner takes the
civil authorities to task for binding
one Maxi to telegraph pole because
he refused TO work. Officers can eX-
ceed their authority as well as the cul-
prit in committing crime.
Attorney Richardson who was
knocked down at Telluride for abusing
a witness in his arguments, Is fair
sample Of many lawyers who feel it
incumbent to abuse every one when
arguing a case. II there We're few
more Kenleys it might be a good
thing.
The revenue law passed by the ex-
ira session has been declared valid
by the supreme court. the decision
turning on the point of s25 demanded
from drug stores. This means that
drug stores will have to pay back
amounts or have suits instituted
against them.
Insurance rates are already going up
in congested city districts.
Wisconsin is figuring on two-mil
lion-dollar capitol building to take the
place of the burned one.
President Smith of the Mormon
church makes no bones of having five
wives-and believes it right.
new death record was touched in
New York city last week, the total
number of deaths reaching 1897.
The property loss by prairie fires in
Oklahoma and Indian territory will ap-
proximate half million of dollars.
A New Jersey man comes to the
front with acknowledgement of having
a wives Some men never know
when they have enough
President Roosevelt favors admis-
sion of two states-New Mexica and
Arizona as one, and Oklahoma and
Indian Territory as the other.
An entire family of six came near
being asphyxiated by gas at Pueblo
Friday last. Best plan is to be sure
and turn off the fluid before retiring.
Flogging 32 pupils in one day is the
record of an Indian instructor. And
the man is a preacher, too. He evil
IDENTIFY does not believe in sparing the
rod and spelling the child.
Denver school board does not seem
anxious to have its methods investi-
gated. The Post has decidedly the
best of the argument Publicity is
q he thing,
The lady members of the worlds
fair board lunched together one day
last Ntth anu lHt HESA illhS WI lut
program was oyster cocktails. The
oysters We're primed and some of the
came near dying from ptom-
aine poison.
On one road In Montana passenger
trains have been buried in snow two
weeks with large gangs of shovelers
trying to open n way. But the beau
Iiful Keeps falling daily and drifting
blocks the work. Colorado is about
the only state that has not experienced
the usual fall.
Manager and principle owner Burns
Df the Portland mine has given 1t out
that lie does not want his workmen
1t is said $50 non-union
men are given employment on the
mine along with 450 union men. This
discovery was made by union officials
the mine to collect dues.