Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-04

the money is here II It will move.
A reduction of nine mills In the
. TX rate Of La Plata county will star,
rae hundred houses 10 building In
durango. Don't wait year or So
but act now.
George NJ. Williams, who resided at
Durango eight or ten years ago, and
who was engaged In mining and pros
pecting in the San Juan at various
places, is again with MS, visiting Col.
!. G. Price.
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Crowds continue to scramble for
passage over the stage line TO Farm
ington, and they ride box car over
the broad gauge when they can catch
on.
The veteran railway pathfinder,
Thos. II. Wigglesworth, Is In the city
today, communicative as a clam. Of
course. He wouldn't tell you any
thing If he had TO. but We are on to
his pitching-he's pitcher for the
Southern Pacific. Hes been about
everywhere that railroad can be
built, but be won't tell you where.
F. B. Townsend, who. with C. s.
Bailey, is up here to boost the Aztec
fair, reports the lower country pros
porous and growing avery day. Mr..
Townsend purchased the San Juan
stores at Aztec some time ago and
says he is building up big. healthy
trade. He says the people at Aztec
are ready for as big a crowd as Du-
range can send during the fair.
Superintendent W. d. Lee OF the
Rio Grande says ne hopes to have
the broad gauge completed To Farm
ington by the time the fair opens
there on scptember l9. and says that
II not completed it will be SO close
in that visitors 70 the fair need no.
fear much convenience II 1t is a We
hicle ride II will be short one and
Pennington will take care OF that.
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II. l.. Blessing, financial man of
st. Louis, who has been touring the
greater part of Colorado between Du-
range and the Grand valley, arrived
Yesterday evening in company with
T. c. Henry, whom he had wired from
Grand Junction TO walt and show him
the Montezuma valley Mr.. Blessing
Is looking for good places to place
money and he has found several OF
them. Both gentlemen took the east,
hrn for Denver this morning and when
they get TO telling their friends the
difference between southwest Colora-
10 and Dave Moffat's northwest part
the Rio Grande will have to enlarge its
train service to Durango.
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Little Leroy Dickson, tn by who
won national fame by saving Rio
Grande passenger train from destruc-
lion LAST spring in the narrow walled
canon Of the Animas, will 20 on Sun
tay to Goodwill Maine, where that
great American woman, Helen Gould,
win place him first to begin an educa.
tion. He exhibits the remnant OF his
left hand from the explosion Of giant
cap and looks ct yom honestly when
he tells you that wretch in the guise
Of man handed the cap to him and
told him TO light it with a match. The
little fellow thought it good fun and
held lighted match to the cap while
he wretch ran. The hand was blown
off and the villain kept on going
The well founded statement pub
'ished yesterday by The Herald that
the larger saloons are in process OF
at least two big combinations
for the purpose of reducing license
and operating expenses. while not CIV
ing the names of those who are In ne.
gouation, has at least developed to.
day number who declare they will
not combine, but all these are outside
of the number who have been figuring
on combination. One prominent sa-
loon man says the plan is feasible
after combination can be secured
that one combination can probably be
made, but that 1t would be with diff
Guilty that second combine could be
made. Another says while the plan
may be practical he doubts II enough
can agree to go together, and he op
poses a high license, as he says one
OF the main objects is to reduce IL
'ense expenses.
A reduction OF the tax rate In La
Plata county is both practical and
necessary, This will be seen readily
by glance al the present tax valua-
ton, which in a single year has In
creased $S25,000. Between $500 900
and 100000 OF this increase is found
in the city of Durango, and about
100000 Of 1t is in School District No.
3. embracing Durango. Those who
have studied the financial AFFAIRS OF
La Plata county express the belief that
reduction of at least nine mills can
now be made In the tax rate, that the
county can reduce two mills. the city
two mills and the school districts Ave
mills. The large increase In the vol
ume of taxable property has simpli
fed a problem that has long con-
fronted our best students of economy
in the conduct of city. county and