Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-30
one Of the nne.t thtns. they ever

1t one Of the finest things they ever
heard. The Herald takes great pleas
ure in commenting the Jubilee sing
ers to the people wherever they go. I
One like them rarely comes this way
and 1t Is worth anybodys time and
money to hear them. They appear in
Silverton tonight.
While en- route home from the Ami
mas city cemetery. having attended
the funeral and burial of the late Joe
Freed, Sr., the young son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John Turner was hurt about the
head by a fractions horse demolishing
the buggy. Mrs. Turner and child
and her brother were in the rig, and
in going down the hill near the Nc
Grew place part of the harness broke,
which caused the buggy to run against
the horse, which began to run. -lr.
Treml was able to hold the animal
but this pulled the rig closer TO the
horse, which began kicking and kept
1t up until the buggy was a wreck,
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on its side, breaking both shafts. The
child fell out and it was first tnought
1t had been kicked in the head. but
this proved not to be the case, and
rs he is getting along nicely today
there is rejoicing at the family home,
w. C. Liesenberg received tele-
gram from Phoenix, Ariz.. today say
ing that w. 7. Wales, an old resident
Of Durango, had died there this morn
ing at an early hour.
Mr.. Wales was a Woodman and this
order now has the matter of bringing
The body home for burial in hand. As
the body can not leave Phoenix before
omorrow night II is unlikely that II
can reach here before next Wednes-
lay, and until that time funeral ar
rangements can not he made.
Mrs. Wales, wife of deceased is
principal of the Park school and upon
Professor Gould being notified he
asked Miss Virginia Elicit to break
The sad news, which she did the best
she could. Mrs. Wales was not look
ing for the news. as the last letter
indicated he was getting along nice
ly. Miss Elicit will take Mrs Wales
place at the school until the bereayet
woman Is able to resume school work
In the meantime kind friends are com
forting her.
w n. Wallace, Navajo Bill" who
Is doing Durango today arriving from
the Dick Simpson trading post las
evening in company with Mr.. Parsons
Is always a welcome visitor This Is
his first visit to Durango for two
; years. And he came via the broat
gauge train, too, the first sight of
standard gauge train for some years
and 1t was only day before yesterda!
that he experienced this pleasure
Doe says in coming up from Farm
ngton he observed the same rock tha
sheltered him and Joe Prewitt on hi
first trip to the Pennington section
. twenty years ago. At that time Mr.
Wallace was a physical wreck and |
looked very much as though his day
j were about numbered, but today h,
looks good for many years, the chang
being brought about by outdoor lif
d on the great Navajo reservation. AM
l. Doc can talk Navajo with the bes
g of the Indians and 1t is doubtful i
d there is an Indian on the reserve tha
t does not know him and he is alway
} welcome in their tepees. OF cours
n Doc Is sporting the usual line o
l Navajo jewelry. and 1t is of the bes
I grade. He has seven pins made t
r order. first sending stones to Denve
e for cutting, then placing same in tn
I hands OF the most expert silversmth
g on the reservation, hence the pins ar
works of art. After resting coupl
or three days Mr.. Wallace returns t,
e the reservation, where he will put In
+ couple of months on horseback. visit
e ing every section, taking this metho,
1 of preserving good health.
, O.
Last evening Prof. George w. Wat
t son gave the sixth of his lectures OF
the customs of the people of BibI,
} lands The lecture had special refer
ence to the unwritten laws of the peo
pie As with the previous lectures
the Baptist church was crowded. Ii
= part DR.. Watson said
The people were governed more BY
their laws of ancient custom than BY
any laws on the statute books of the
country For these ancient customs
the people had a profound respect
For instance in Arab meeting Arab
blood had always to be shed between
those that had never previously met.
The blood was obtained by the slay.
ing OF kid or lamb, and 1t was shed
between the two persons. This was
covenant between the two, and
formed basis for peace. The law
OF Moses clearly showed the same
spirit, and in the New Testament the
blood of Christ was said to be the
blood of the new covenant and the
blood of peace.
Great care was always exercised IN
covering up blood that had been
poured out on the ground. Should n
tribe be negligent In this respect tbor
The next tribe passing that way would
seek to give battle to the orfenders