Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-21

From Thursdays Daily.
Miss Agnes Croke departed thi,
morning for Denver to spend her va
cation of two weeks.
A race between Polar Wilkes ant
promised events of interest for tne
fall fair.
A trout weighing five pounds and
a half dressed yesterday adorns the
window OF Parsons drug store. II
was rroze in cake of ice. The fish
was caught in Pine river near Bay.
field and was brought in by Carl Coul.
son.
| Adolph krumpanitzky is In from
Mancos visiting his sister. Mrs S. w
Raymond. before going to Denver to
attend the Grand Army encampment.
He says the Mancos country is pros.
porous. out of debt and growing and
improving
The young man who has few dol.
lars can do no better than to invest 1t
In land. Land is cheaper now than 1t
VIII ever he again. Its value Is
bound to Increase year by year. Buy
land outright, buy II on the install.
ment plan, locate it-any way to get
1t.
About II o'clock this morning a lit
tie fire started from defective iiue
In the stone residence occupied by
Mr. Hawker and owned by Henry
Scouton, The fire alarm was turned
in and the department made the long
run as quickly as possible The floor
was torn up to get at the fire and the
damage is about 500.
The attendance of real farmers at
the institute yesterday and last night
numbered something over 20. They
Just began to get deeply Interested
along about the close. and this
caused two or three of the Instructors
TO remark: Now she's working.
The next time they come they will
find an increased attendance.
Rev. n. II. Lee, presiding elder of
the Methodist church. arrived last
Ia.
odisi church. The service was at
tended by a good sized and appre-
ciattve audience. Rev. Lee went out
on the eastern this morning. and will
stop at the usual places along the
route he is in the habit of visiting.
small boy jumped onto the hind
dogcatcher of the street car this
morning. thinking he would catch a
free ride. The dog-catcher doubled
mp and he fell and was dragged about
100 feet before he was discovered and
the car could be stopped He was
considerably hurt. but not seriously.
His name was not learned He lives
on the North Side.
Lee Doster who has been mining in
the San Juan for several years. quit
his work as a reporter on the Mem
phis Appeal IL years ago to get out
to the fresh air, but like all others,
once enmeshed. he bankers for the
newspaper office now and then. His
father for long time was an editor
ial writer on the Boston Globe and
his father was to blame.
T, A. Kerr Carl Coulson and Chas
Pearson have taken 1t upon them
selves TO stimulate an interest In the
agricultural exhibit at the fall fair
ers' exhibits this year surpass any
thing Of the kind ever witnessed In
this section There will probably be
number of prizes offered by outside
firms. one Pueblo firm already being
to the front with an expensive saddle.
The Democrat thinks 1t sees a graft
because PfOf Olln recommended the
raising OF sufficient malt barley here
to supply the brewery. Prof. Olin
goes on the theory that 1t is well for
II community to ship in as little and
send out as much as possible. 1t Ia
this policy that builds up a commun-
ty and creates prosperity. Anybody
knows this. and 1t is easy for people
familiar with the local situation to
see through the Democrats charge OF
graft.
While one cannot look around him
once with out seeing many openings
and opportunities for investment and
business and new enterprises, the
fact becomes more apparent that we
have not enough people to carry out
any more of these industries than we
now have. Should the sugar factory
build here, as we expect 1t will, there
Will be a demand for beet farmers.
The farmers we now have are already
| busy-have all they can do, and II
they quit their present class OF farm