Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-04

| The sport has been fine this year ow-
| ing to the absence of snow.
| It Is reported a number of the boys
met Thursday night and organized
Bachelors Protective association"
| They feel that after eight years the
| girls will be ravenous.
Let us all get down to business
| DO not try 10 palm off fakes on your
fellow man, but get together and hon
estly pull for Durango and this south
| west section.
Pennington TimesHustler gives a
good account of the progress OF our
southern neighbor the past year.
| Many substantial buildings were erect
ed and quite number of new business
enterprises established.
Tom Humphrey returned to the saw
mills on Pine river this morning. al
ter spending few days in Durango.
He says he viii put in steady time for
some months. The mill is working
about fifty men at present.
|
| +. j. Steward, one of the party oil
| seven that came here to look over the
section around Bayfield, and Vallejo,
left for his home at Rocky Ford this
1 morning He was very iavorably i'm
pressed with the country and we may
look for him to return.
| Editor Clark of he La Plata Miner is
spending the day In the city. He says
the La Platas are starting out the new
year under the most favorable aus
pices ever known in their history. and
the coming year will be record
breaker.
It's pretty gally for one to steal a
mans bread and butter from whom you
hate It's the same thing to steal his
| telegraph matter for which good mon
ey Is paid and not give credit. We
have reference to rehasing morning
report of the Chicago fire.
| J. b. Swinburne. recently Of Rocky
Ford. but formerly from Iowa, is
| spending lew days in the city. the
guest OF his cousin, j. s. d. Hopkins.
This is MIR. Swinburne's first trip to
the southwest section He Is looking
over the country and may decide to
| locate here
Notwithstanding the fact of a the
ater fire where six hundred lives were
lost. The Herald published the only
afternoon account Saturday. Readers
of the other alleged publication were
furnished with reprint of the report
appearing in the Democrat twelve
hours previous Is II any wonder The
of the people?
The new telegraphone was Installed
at the depot yesterday and 1t works to
| perfection. 1t Is on similar plan as
the regular phone, and is for the pur-
pose OF telephoning from trains. Sup
posing an accident occurred between
this point and Silyerton, the conductor
would attach a contrivance to the tel
egraph wires, ground his end of the
line and ring up the depot the same
i
TEN.
The water supply is becoming very
| serious matter in the lower country as
well as in the mills about Telluride.
Down on the cattle ranges about Nor
wood the supply from springs is rum
ming short and owing to the cold
weather and lack of SNOW the scant
| supply of water spreads out and
| freezes, while stock congregate about
their usual watering place and moan
and below as they suffer for water,
Unless heavy snow falls soon and
the water supply is replenished cat
temen are apprehensive of heavy
losses.-Telluride Journal.
| W. Y. Kinney and Rasmus Hansen
were down in the Animas valley last
| Saturday investigating their respect
i've ranches. Mr.. Kinney is quite well
| pleased with his recent purchase and
thinks the man Goetz used good judg-
ment in everything except swiping the
price of the ranch from the Gold King
company This is the ranch which
GOetZ, an employe OF tne Goiu Nins
mill bought with the proceeds of his
thefts of amalgam from the plates or
the Gold King mill. Goetz is now in
the penitentiary. but he made restitu-
ton TO the company by deciding over
the anch.--Silverton Miner.
| We sincerely trust the manager of
the Democrat took occasion New
Years day to engage in good set of
resolutions for 1904. The manager
claims that privilege for himself and
does not want outsiders to dictate the
prices he shall charge for advertising
and subscription, and the same right
should be accorded others. 1t would
not matter so much II the truth was
told. but Incorporating our mer-
chants in order to play even on some
| alleged grievance should be above n
selfrespecting journal. Come, Mr..
Democrat. Join The Herald In boosting
Durango and her people to the front
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