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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30
NEW IRRIGATION FAciL-
!TIES IN MONTEZUMA
Cortez journal.

Al Puet is down from the ditch
camp for few days and the Journal
editor held brief interview with
him In order TO learn of matters per
tanning to the Rentz-Puet reservoirs
and bitches. In which Mr.. Puet In.
forms us that the dam of the Summit
tRentz) reservoir is now 20 feet high,
and the reservoir practically full OF
water In which there are thousands
of brook trout now half foot In
length. These were minnows placed
In the reservoir last spring. The sale
of fish from these reservoirs Will be
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30

lsisters. Mrs. HANNA of Albany and
Mrs. Heller of Amsterdam. and a
brother in Minnesota were able to
help her. but she would not write
them of her condition nor allow any
of her neighbors to learn their ad.
dress that they might do so.
The Denver Post will give the news.
boys Thanksgiving dinner at the
Bro@n Palace.
Three football players were killed
In one day last week, to say nothing
of the dozens injured.
Simon Guggenheim has sent the
Women's club OF Denver $3.50 to be
used in philanthropic work.
For hazing two fellow students
eight youths in Culver Military acad.
emy, Culver, Ind. have been expelled
The Illinois railroad commission
threatens TO compel all railroads to
reduce passenger fare to cents per
mile.
Women will try to oust Mayor
Dunno OF Chicago. claiming he has
violated his oath OF office by not en-.
forcing the laws-Sunday closing. etc.
Twelve railroads are credited with
planning the building of over 1000
miles of new roads the coming year
at an expenditure Of over 500 OOO, 900
News that he is to get 50 100000
through the death of two great.uncles
In Australia fails to disturb the polso
of Thomas II. Mitchell. Chicago
bricklayer.
A new theater. at a total cost of
81 .3OO.0 is to be built in New York
for Sarah Bernhard, who will have
a financial interest in the playhouse
and will open 1t.
Arthur w. Foote. a pupil of Phillips
grammar school at Salem, Mass, died
Saturday from internal injuries re
ceived in football game recently
Foote was IS years old
Arthur Storekle. son of Alderman
w A. Storekle, broke his leg while |
playing football at Sterling, Ill.,. Sat.
urday. This is the fifth accident of
the Kind there this season.
The depositors' committee of the |
defunct First National bank of Fair
sition OF a settlement for 100000. |
which would mean GO per cent, and |
decided to continue the suit, expecting |
to get 20 per cent. a mass meeting |
of depositors will be held Dec. 2.
Il was learned YESTERDAY says Sun
days Pueblo Chieftain, that the Den
Yer & Rio Grande railroad Is negotiat |
Ing for the purchase of the Santa Fc
Central railroad in New Mexico. the
possession of which win make It pos
sibe for the Gould lines to have a
line from Colorado to the
gulf 1t is understood that the Rio
Grande. in purchasing the Santa Fe
Central, has in view the establishment
of its own connections to the gulf be
fore the completion of the Western
Pacific railroad. now being built from
Salt Lake 10 California.
The village OF Delton. Wis. was
shaken one night last week by ter.
rife explosion, which ruined the a
legged blind pig" operated by Dennis
Bresnahan of Stevens Point, VINO op.
oned the place about six weeks ago
Almost every window glass In the
Town was broken by the shock. Bres-
nahan was warned on several occa-
5ions by anonymous letters of what he
might expect, but paid no attention to
The threats. Dynamite was used and
lll that is left on the site of the saloon
Is hole in the ground. No one was
injured and Bresnahan has left the
Town.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30
CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY
EXCURSION RATES

Via the Nickel Plato road between
Chicago and Buffalo. Dates of sale De.
Jan. /. 1906. at a fare and a third for
the round trip with return limit Of
January 3, 1906 Through train ser
vice to New York City, Boston and
other eastern points. No excess fare
Individual club meals served in Nickel
trains daily from La Sale and Van
Buren, street station. the only depot In
Chicago on the Elevated loop. Write
Mr.. Chas. f. Johnson, district passen.
ger agent. 81 Seventeenth street.
Denver. Colo, for information.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30
WHEN YOU HAVE A BAD COLD

You want remedy that will not
only give quick relief but effect per.
manent cure.
You want remedy that will coun.
teract any tendency toward pneu.
monia.
You want a remedy that is pleasant
and safe to take.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy meeh
all of these requirements and for this
speedy and permanent cure OF bad
colds stands without peer. For sale
by all druggists.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30
HERB W. EDWARDS INJURED.

Herb W. Edwards Of Des Moines.
Iowa. got fall on m Icy walk last
winter. spraining his wrist and bruis-
Ing his knees. THE next day." hs
says, they were 30 sore and stit
was afraid I would have to stay In bed,
but ! rubbed them well with Chamber.
lain's Pain Balm and after few ap-
plications all soreness had disappear
ed" For sale by all drugxista
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30

Let the Denver 4 Rio Grande got
q move on In the way Of broad.gaug
Ing the line between Durango and the
San Luis valley. Every business prin.
ciple demands this.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30

ouRAY. Nov. 27.--Instead OF snow
on this side Of the range It has been
raining, the latter falling continuously
since some time yesterday, although 1t
Is letting UP this afternoon. The heavy
rain IN something unusual for this
place ut this season OF the year.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

had visit from a Japanese who was touring
the world to learn about engineering proJSctS'
and have had all sorts of ventures OF THIS
kind brought to my notice. There is one Jap
anese, for instance, who called on me recently,
who is In this country to study morse breedlng
and the way we train cur horses IhlS only
goes to show the intense and intimate interest
the Japanese have in everything that savors of
DEVELOPMENT or advance Just now I believe
that the door of Japan is more open than ever
TO Christianity and that in time form OF
Japanese Christianity will be developed in that
country. which while local. OF course, in its
adaptation, will be truly Christian In fact.
the japanese in this war have shown a truer
Christian spirit than the Christian Russians.
What VIII be the status of the East after
peace is declared? That is q big question. and
one that l intensely interested IN. In the
first place, Japan will hardly agree to peace
unless she gets what the world at large believes
she ought to get, now, and that is the complete
mastery of that part cf the world, at least so
far further encroachments by Russia are
concerned. That IS, the war, Tor the best in
terests of mankind, ought to result in the East
coming under Japan, which nation is the one
thar best develop that part Of the world
The worst feature of the Eastern problem is
the gradual exploiting of those nations by West
ern peoples for commercial purposes. Japan
ought TO be allowed to handle this matter
in her own way, and Germany, France. Russia
England and even America kept out OF this ex-
plotting any further. 1 think that men of
sound judgment ought 70 look at this question
this way, even If it is not commercial. Left
alone and Japan rising the great Eastern
power, and q civilizing power. the East wilt
develop N her own way finally for the best in
terests of mankind. japan went to war with
China with this idea in mind. And her war with
Russia had great deal OF the same Initiative
That war, and its results could much more
quickly have been terminated had it not been
tor the Russian official government. In Japan
there is little or no Official corruption. and
With Japan coming out OF this tremendous war
as the natural leader in developing the East. a
great problem should be settled. But II will
only be properly settled by hands off policy
the part OF the Western nations
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

is to some extent vitiated by the fact that the
bonds of certain railroads may be included in
the list by name. Thus a combine might be
formed to take care" of $50O00O00 new issue
by some corporation not on the list. If these
bonds could be made legal investment for New
York savings bank funds it would enhance
the value of the bond five or ten points. Such
combinations when successful, usually net up
ward of $100000O to the combination and the
other interests involved; that is, a big share to
each member of the combine and smaller
share to the legislators who vote for the oil!
on final passage. OF course the passage or
such q measure might be-often is-a raid upon
the public, attack upon the savings or the
poor, but it pays and pays well. Such com
bine'' was alleged to have attempted to operate
for Chicago and Eastern Illinois last year, lall-
ing because the Governor took hand.
Mention was made a moment ago or StrlAe
combines, such as those operating IN flre lnsur.
ance fields. One remedy for this on the part Oh
corporations is to carry influential legislators
on their pay rolls; that is, to make the leSls-
lators on the committee which may lnJure them
permanent employees, with salary, with per
centage for extra services and finally with nd
eral contributions for campaign funds IL is
one of the little jokes of the press representa-
tives at Albany that when bill is introduced
favorng a corporation the corporation can often
be recognized by the man introducing IT. IN
other words the State pays legislator Sl,JUO
to represent it, but some corporation pays MN
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
George

sa he was to take up a period of educational
work in japan" Further than that his plans
are as vet uncertain. His work, he said would
not be so much in "reorganizing as In iectuF-
ing on education 1.-The Japanese" he said are
extremely open to Western educational III
huences and are anxious to understand our
methods and results"
In 1899 and again in 1899 Professor Ladd mace
trims to japan similar to that which he now
nronoses to take In 1892" he said, Il iect-
ured extensively in Japan at Doshisha and De
fore the raconi summer school; before the latter
esnactaII,, ON religion In 1899 / again went
over 70 the East, making that time a longer trip.
ro,np TO India in addition to Japan. lectured
extensively also on this trip. IN lndia spoke
before educators and students in Bombay, Cal
cut,a and Madras while in Japan the govern
roent released teachers of the colleges and grad
ed schools so that they could attend my talks
IN Toxic on educational matters / also lectured
AT the Imperial University at this time. 1t was
on this trip that L honored by the Emperor,
receiving from him the decoration of the Order
of the Rising Sun / had an audience with the
Fr,peror at that time, in which, suppose.
had a uniare experience. Court manners are
naturally carefully carried out in Japan, and
q is possible that l have been of the
few foreigners who ever had the privilege Of
nearanoe that day was informed by of the
dignitaries OF the court that the Emperor was
that morning in a particularly gracious mood,
and that he desired To shake hands with me.
performed this ceremony aad found the Japan
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

New-Haven. Conn., June II Especially At
the close of the present Russo-Japanese war
said Professor George Trumbull Ladd, OF faie
University to-day, Il expect that Japan WIZ
enter upon an of marked advance In every
direction Holding the position she Will theh
have of undsputed mistress of the East japan
will begin at once to show noticeable improve
ment."
To take part in this advancement In Japan
Professor Ladd who has been for years one OF
.he best known of Yales teaching force. will
60 to the Aikado's empire on the invitation OF
the Imperial Education Society. Professor Ladd
will leave this country for Japan probably
wear from now, and will remain there. he cannot
gay iist now for how long He stated to-day that
the Japanese newspapers in Toxic were an
nouncing that he would arrive this coming sum-
roer but he states that this is not the fact he
leaves Yale this year. having terminated his
teaching in New-Haven, and next year Will serve
In a full professorship in philosophy at Western
Reserve University After that Ills plans are
indefinite, though he states that among the first
things he Will take up is the coming trip to
japan.
Professor Ladd has for years been known as
the champion of Japan among American uni
yersfty professors, having already made two i'm
rortant lecture trips to the island empire, and
having brought 10 lGis country a
number of japanese students and teachers. OF
whom Yale has had the great majority. These
Yale Japanese students frequently meet at his
home and In turn have welcomed him In his
,ours of their country. In talking to-day
about his proposed trip, Professor Ladd said
that the most definite thing he felt like saying
about II was that there was an understanding
between himself and the Imperial Education So
c,ety that at the close Of hostilities with Rus
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
GEORGE Trumbul Ladd Invited Thither by the
Imperial Education Society.

ese Emperor peculiarly attractive man. 1t is
under understanding with the Imperial Edu-
cation Society that will again go to Japan and
government officials have been exceedingly kind
to me, and 1 look forward to this further intro
duction of American ideas of education with
great interest. Just what 1 shall do dc not as
yet know. but in the main my work will be prac-
tically the my two previous trips
though it may be that 1 shall stay longer.
Japan has a thorough system of education.
though 1t cannot be compared exactly with
either our American university system with
the German gymnasium plan. There are graded
schools and universities. and great many fine
private schools, at one or two of which l spoke
At one of these schools. under the direction of
the famous Japanese educator, Fukuzawa. when
I had finished speaking l was told that L had
stood to lecture the platform from which,
Won might say, the first Utterance of what we
Coreans and Chinese are now coming to Japan
In large numbers for educational advantages,
and there is abundant reason to believe that,
with the war over, Japan Will at once begin 10
make great str les in advance in this work.
feel il to be great honor to take Fart, even In
Il small way in this advance.
II have had a personal interest in the Jap
anese people now for years. | have had four
Buddhists in my courses in philosophy and re-
lgon here at Yale, three of whom were jap
| receive visits from travelling Japanese The
public knows little about the way the japanese
are picking up knowledge all over the world,
but the way they doing II Is really amazing.
Besides the sailors and laborers many of them
men of high caste who working in navy
Yards all over the world Japan - constantly
sending out nauElerable young men in all lines
of development. For instance, lSlave recently
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

portant graft" methods are employed by this
class, the combine and the committee. and
these represent in their latest development the
high water mark of modern legislative corrup-
ton.
To illustrate by example. early last session a
Senator whose name has become identified with
graft throughout the State sought another
member of the Insurance Committee and said
to him casually:
Some of US fellows the Insurance Commit
tee think that fire insurance companies ought 10
be made to come to the front like life insurance
companies do, and we have made little COM
bination in the committee. Are you with us -
This combination would. and possibly did,
operate in just this way: Certain of its mem
bers promptly introduced a series of measures
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

The NeSo Secretary of the NaUy En-
joys Country Life.

Baltimore June II CSpeciaD.-Charles J. Bona
parte. who viii become Secretary Of the Navy on
July 1. fifty-four years Of age few days
ago. Although overwhelmed with congratulatory
letters and law business. he took day off and
enjoyed himself in that happy hearted way
characteristic Of him at his country home Bella
Vista, in Snow Bird Valley.
Like his friend. President Roosevelt. Mr. Bona
parte knows how to play as well as work. He
get real healthy recreation out Of one
Gay away from the office than some men can ous
of a week.
He keenly enjoys joke and always sees the
humorous side as well the practical side of
politics. When he surprised many Of the smaller
politicians and accepted the invitation to attend
the Republican State Committee meeting the other
day and sound the keynote of the campaign
against the German negro DISTINGUISHING consti-
tutional amendment. a reporter asked him If his
new appointment meant that he was to be ths
and whether his attendance the State Commit
tees meeting should be taken to Indicate his en-
well. don't know about that" replied Mr..
Bonaparte, but suppose that IN order 20 carry
ont my part as some of my friends would have
do ! should take my place tomorrow in n
door plaCard inscribed See me first " Mr.. Bona
parte seemed to enjoy his joke very much He was
the meetings OF the Democratic State Committee
generally occupies 4 private room in which the
minor leaders see him first"
Mr.. BonapaTte's summer abode IS unlike ths
country places of most men of means. The latter
go in usually for the ornamental. and like velvety
lawns. trees and shrUbbery, but not a cornheld.
but not SO with Mr BonaParte. He is a farmer
and he doesn't care who knows 1t. Ee is
rounded by all things tn2t stamp him tiiler
of the soil and an advocate OF agricultural pur-
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
THE VERY LATEST METHOD.

But glimpse. however cursory, Of legis
lative graft at Albany would be of sgnfi-
canoe without mention of the advanced
and systematic methods the maneuvres of the
squadrons commanded by those captains of
Industry in the legislative field. The cIassid-
cations made already include only the tmid
the guieless or those who endeavor to hit a
profitable compromise between their consciences
and their expenses The professionals. however
are the men that command both the respect and
the financial assistance of the lobbyist most ex-
tensively They are the who handle the
thousands who may in fact, unite the dual
capacities of legislator and lobbyist Two i'm
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
WINE. WOMEN AND SONG"

But In all this there IS a sordid element. IL
sppea,s onlysto the sordid. and the majority OF
any legislature is made up of good fellows
FOR the sport and gamble, but wine women and
.cncD afford the surest means 10 their favor
and their suffrage Here again the LOBBYIST Is
able to meet the situation He has plenty OF
money He personally conducts" little parties
TO New-York at the week-end-theatre tickets.
money to play the wheel" at gambling houses;
even more personal expenses are paid by him.
So he makes friends, and when the important
day comes to vote away something that belongs
to the people he says:
I'm interested in that little BILL please do me
the favor, if you can
Just because he's such a good fellow, ex-
plains dozens of deciding votes. There is more
profitable legislation passed by making night
for the boys" than by putting up the stuff" in
the long run.
The poker game has its place. too. both the
straight game and the game in which the lobby
ist lays down" TO the legislator. There are not
few legislators who. In the course Of ses-
sion lose several times their salary at poker;
but the discreet lobbyist often repairs the dam
age by carelessly dropping" few hundred 10
the legislator who is hard hit. doing this in
game in which he seems to play his hand. but.
In reality. sacrifices it. This is little less than
real sport" but ii often helps. while less scicn
tifc assistance comes in the way of loans. made
as temporary but never. collected Generous
readiness TO bank" hars loseD also makes
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18
ENORMOUS GROWTH OF ALASKA.
OUTPUT of Gold-Eighteen Newspaper
Many Miles Of Railroad Built and Projected.

Some idea of the enormous growth Of Alaska
since the gold excitement at Dawson in 1898 and
1889 is given by the almanac issued by the Alaska
Club. copies OF which have recently been received
in New-York from the West. It appears that the
output Of gold mines in Alaska proper last year
Seeo0.G00 and that this Will be increased to
aGG00010 this year. without taA4ng into considera-
ton the output of the Fairbanks and other new
districts. from which authentic data will not be
received until after the cleanup
There is steadily growing list Of Alaskan fra
ternaI organizations which begins with the pow
erful Arctic Brotherhood with branches at various
points throughout Alaska and along the Yukon.
Other orsanEa0as N6b a se Shs Alaska * Academy os
Sitka; the kesOayah hosSa (Aurora Club, at
Skagway Juneau. Douslss Treadwel WrangeIi
and ketchikan; the Yukon Order Of Pioneers and
and on" camp in Aiasla they are Fort Egberf
Major +. II Plummer, zen officers and III enlisted
men; Fort Giboon Major Arthur Williams. eight
Paul Gddines. four officers and 70 enlisted men:
icers and s9 e.rl!Stsd men Fort IiseuT ieSste5
ant Colonel James T. MaGkin. nine officers and 1Ss
c. Woodbury.. fourteen officers and 200 enlisted
There are eirh1een names in the list OF news
napers and rel Sdeals OF which three are dailiss
The Journal The PTosaeSSttor The .,. Alaskan
way 'he Forum The Guide" and The
NaSY VIII be surprised az the number and ex
tent of Alaskan railways. which are given in thu
The Nome ana Arctic Railway is in operation
for a distance Of twelve miles.
The solomon River and Council City Railway Is
in operation for distance os eleven miles
The Wild Goose Railroad Is in operation between
Council City and Ophir Creek. distance OF eight
miles
The White Pass and Yukon Railway Is In opera
ton between skssway and White Horse. distance
of lf2 miles.
distance of twenty miles and the road is now
being built to Atwood distance Of 100 miles
Tie Tanana Mines Railway is being built from
Fairbanks TO the Creeks distance of nineteen
miles
THE Trans ska Siberia Railway-Droiected
Alaska Midland from Valdez to Fairbanks to
Koyukuk TO Seward Peninsula distance Of lgOO
Diiles-proiected.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

which, if passed, would seriously cripple fire in
surance corporations The bills would he re-
ferred of a necessity, to the Insurance Commit
tee and then the negotiations would begin The
committee (that is, the combination, including
a majority of the committed could name the
price for which they would refuse to re0ort
the bills. If the price not forthcoming they
could report one of the measures. Then the cor
porations would probably yield put up their
price perhaps a penalty for delay besides, and
the bill would be recommitted and perish with
other bills of q similar OF course the fact
that the bills were drafted TO confer public bene
fit would not affect their killing. 1t s the art of
STRIKE" legislation to make the bills of such
character as to secure public approval and pub
lie support based on the little maxim
The better the bill
The to kill
Such combinations as the foregoing operate
New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

ter of Importance to his community; but what
upstate community cares about pipe galleries
in future subways" in New-York City? More
over In general, upstate legislation, from its
srnallness, offers little chance to make" The
upstate legislator may without hesitation, vote
for a bill to give Broadway to a corporation,
but Will tenaciously and bitterly protect the
rights OF the smallest village in his county. Only
the New-York City legislator is guilty of COM
plete readiness to sell out his own city any
other his own district or all districts, without
the least conjunction.