Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-16
linotype product. 1t means great saw
Ing for the paper and an extra amount
OF reading matter.

ing fOr tne paper and an extra amouni
of reading matter.
Mrs. O. +. Boyle returns this even
ing from a trip to Shiprock agency.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Strater and
daughter Gertrude leave in the morn
ing for Denver. where they will en-
Joy a two weeks vacation. The Her
aid trusts 1t will be an enjoyable one
in every way.
Joseph Clark went to California
this morning to seek relief from
combination OF maladies doubtless in
duced primarily by rheumatism. He
was accompanied by Michael Moran
who will return to Durango in Few
weeks. Mr.. Clark had to be carried
from the waiting room to the train.
The Pennington Times Rustler com
mends the replacing of Greeks with
Navajo Indians. And there Is logic
in this. The Navajoes are good work
crs and they spend their money fol
the necessities OF life-do not blow II
in for +0-rod fighting medicine or send
II to the old country. When Nnva1oes
were employed AT the local smelter
they left more money in Durango than
the Greeks and Austrians.
A. r. Mandry of Taos, n. NJ. was
q passenger yesterday evening for
Trimble Springs. Mr.. Mandry comes
from n little Mexican town where
there are few white people, but this
,emoteness evidently does not shut
him out as a student of AFFAIRS. He
is engaged In realty and other bust
ness at Taos and says he thinks tney
will get railroad. Taos is surround
ed by stock and agricultural inter
ests and Is not far from mineral sec
t0ns.
Will Musser had two assays made
on ores from his new discovery in the
I.ightner country yesterday. One
showed $l24.s0 per ton and the other
s53 He will continue development
with the hope of securing enough OF
this kind of ore to ship to the smelter.
He says 1t is an extension OF tne Sun
rise vein belonging to the Three Met
ais outfit, and that the values appear
10 be better than they have had In
he Sunrise, although the tive work
ings are not very far apart.
Tomorrow morning at s O'Clock you
can start for Aztec 10 see the ball
game between Logan's terrors and the
Aztec hayseeds. when You reach Az
| tetc, teams will meet you and take
YOU across the river to see the Aztec
ruins, probably the best in the coun.
| Try outside of Mancos canon. In the
| afternoon you will see rafting ball
game, for each side will put up the
best battle possible. The fare is a
| half rate. or one fare for 1.-THE round
trip, $210. The weather is fine at
Aztec and there is lots of fruit and
| plenty to eat, and you can have a big
| time in one day.
The remains of Rev. Fr. D. C. Rob,
| ertson. who died at Mercy hospital
yesterday. were taken to Denver this
morning where brother resides. for
burial. The brother Frank arrived
last night from Denver and accompan
led the remains today. Father Rob.
ertson had resided at Telluride until
falling health caused him to come to
the lower altitude of Durango and he
went Mercy hospital on arriving here
Instead of finding relief he grew rose
the end coming yesterday. He was
is years old and leaves but single
relative, the brother.
The county commissioners feel bet
ter. And all owing to getting rid of
eyesores, that Is. long standing judg-
ments In favor of the city and school
district No. 8. The city received a
warrant for $2,546. The Judgment was
the interest bringing the total up to
first mentioned sum. The school dis
trict received $1.17O and interest at 6
per cent, since 1900. The payment OF
the above judgments helps the city
and school district just so much and
should result in reducing taxes a mill
or more In addition to reduction here
tofore announced. After awhile taxes
should get down TO decent figure
%
Valentine Goegleln, who has made I,
careful study of conditions in the Grip
pie Creek country. says things are not
as good there as they used to be.
Many of the most practical miners and
leasers have been driven out by tine
high royalties exacted by the owners
of the larger mines. Royalties range
from As to so per cent of the ore ex-
tracted, or Of the values. The com
panies furnish power and do the
blacksmithing, for which high rates
are charged. If leaser makes ls
nigh as $500 in month he is under
contract to return $75 as further
bonus, and If he makes 81 900 he must
return $50. and so on This is con
summately worse than any of the
hold-up schemes which have been
Dracticed in the La Plata district by
owners who had little rich ore. all
OF which they wanted taken ont for
ftt.. h-t.