Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-07


zAnother load OF surveyors left town
this morning.
Mrs Anna Barth departed this
morning for Denver to attend the
Pocanontas meeting.
Roy Gervais Is home from his vaca-
tion, which he spent at his former
home in Wisconsin.
b. N. Freeman and daughter, Miss
Helen, returned last night from a
brief trip overland TO Pagosa Springs.
This has been one of Bo Dale's
busy days. Been helping the colored
Methodists get ready for their chicken
dinner.
l. Lazarus, after a few months Wis
1t mere, departed this morning for
New York, where he expects TO re
main till next summer, when he will
come again.
II. d. Mcbride came in from his
rendezvous on Pine river last night
to look after some business. He will
go back in two or three days and fin
lsh mp his outing.
Richard Keller. who spent yester-
day in the city, was an outgoing pas
senger on the eastern this morning
Mr.. Keller is superintendent of the
Emma mine at Dunton.
+. n. Reinnold. assistant cashier
of the Colorado State bank, left yes
terday for Montrose to spend his va
cation. That is his old stamping
ground and he still has interests
there.
Some of the nignthawks took the
Crusaders banner down last night
and hung it in front OF various sa-
looms. Some Of the boards used for
seats were also taken and arranged
in front of the saloons, resting on
beer kegs.
A bad break has been exposed for
tne past 60 days in the sidewalk near
the corner of Second avenue and
Eleventh street in front of vacant
lot. These defects should not be
permitted TO 80 so long without being
reported
found leather pocketbook contain.
ing valuable papers belonging to d.
n. Wood, an insurance agent, w1ich
may be found at the Herald offie, and
Eddie should be rewarded for his
promptness in trying TO locate the
owner.
What's the matter with the boys
Any boy Is years old who is a aus
tier can make a nice little "wad" dig
ging rubber weed. This is the great
est opportunity ever presented to Du-
range boys, yet there is not one who
has taken advantage of the opportun.
ity, so far as we have heard.
All Durango hopes for the big Neg
lected deal to go through. 1t will
help every industry and everybody
because she is big mine and ner
production under more extensive op-
GRAFTON will add vastly to the circu-
1satf Ia, ~.
southwest. And it's the cleanest mon.
ey ever made.
What better assurance do Durango
house builders want than they have
now tnat Durango will be on two
great railway lines? What more as
surance do they want that the resi-
dence and business buildings in Du-
pay better rentals than any other
town or city In the southwest?
What a paradox that tne emblem of
peace should be the object of mur-
der! The desire to kill is strong in
mortal man, He must kill something.
II it only be turtle dove, one of the
most innocent and harmless of Gods
creatures. Hunters are out now in
large numbers after doves, not be-
cause they are hungry and must have
them to eat. but because tney find
sport in shooting them. The inno-
cence of the dove does not appeal to
the man with the gun.
When from 1881 to 1885 Brick"
Pomeroy was building the great rail
way and mining tunnel northwest OF
Denver by popular subscription, half
the newspapers of the United States
were roasting him for robbing waiter
girls, chamber maids and hack driv-
ers, bui now great railway corpora
ton finds the enterprise practicable
and will go ahead and finish it. The
old proposition of "give me some o.
that or I'll broke up the game" has
delayed and damned many American
When the public SCHOOLS open again