Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-01

While In Durango Mr.. DeCow was
engaged in the shoe business, also
wool buying and the family had many
| friends whose sympathy will go out
to Mrs. DeCow In her hour OF sor-
row. For the past year the Miss
Ramsays have had rooms with Mrs.
| DeCow
| A dog that runs out at the corner
below Naegelin's blacksmith shop
and barks at the street cars as they
pass chased small boy this morning
onto the track in front OF car. and
had the car been going at full speed
1t could not have been stopped In
time to save the boy. The dog evil
| IDENTITY was making mis- customary run
to meet the car, when the boy got In
ais way and. thinking the dog was
| after him. started 10 run, and then
the dog did get after him. The boy
looked around as he ran and did not
see the car, but the car happened to
| be slowing up az that point as usual
before crossing the railroad track.
Mr.. NaegelIn had hammer In his
hand and threw II at the dog and
| struck him and sent him away yelp.
| ing.
Committees were appointed by the
G. A. r. and W. r. C. to decorate
me graves tnis afternoon, and the
committees went out to the cemetery
| in carriages and strewed the graves
of their dead with flowers. Commit.
tees were busy till late nour last
night arranging flowers and making
wreaths and other designs for placing
on the graves Not only the mem
beers of these organizations, but
scores OF individuals as well, decor.
ated the graves of their loved ones
today, Early this morning men and
women. boys and girls, could be seen
climbing the hill that leads TO the |
cemetery, and the silent city on the
hill has been thronged all day with
the living VINO have loved ones bur
led there.
A saloon is about the last place |
that is expected to close In the oh. |
servance OF holiday. The only |
time the writer OF these few lines
ever knew of a saloon closing, until |
today, was on election day, and the |
law compelled them 70, and then in |
places where the law Is lax the back |
door is generally left open. In view |
Of tnese things, the fac; that the sa.
looms of Durango closed today out of |
respect to the old soldiers, deserves
locked their doors and for the time
being put aside all business as tok.
en- that they, too as well as the gro
cerymen and the dry goods man.
wished to acknowledge a debt OF graf
itude to the defenders OF the Union,
and II they themselves have not any
graves to strew with flowers. to weep
with those who have.
Messrs c. C. Sroufe, C. f. McCon
nell and p. w. Ritter departed this
morning for Santa Fe to look after
the interests OF the Arizona 4 Colo
RADIO road in its injunction suit |
against the Rio qrande. A tempo.
rary injunction was granted by Judge
McFte In Santa Fee recently, and now
the case is to be argued to determine
whether the Injunction shall be per
manent or dissolved. Mr. Sroufe
stated to a Herald man this morning
that the Phelps-Dodge company had
sold their surveys to the Denver q
Rio Grande, but said the Arizona 4
Colorado would surely build. About
100000 had been spent in surveys
and preliminary work. and that was
too much money to be thrown away |
The Arizona & Colorado had not !
quilted the field and 1t was a mistake |
to think they had withdrawn by
agreement with the Rio Grande. In
stead OF that, he and his compan-
Ions were leaving this morning for
Santa Fe to fight for their rights
against the Rio Grande. The d. Il
X. G. track crossed the A. & c. sur
yey eighteen times and that was too
great nuisance to put up with If
there was any relief to be had. AZ
for the rights TO the old Durango &
Clifton survey, which was made years
ago by Thomas Wigglesworth and
paid for by Durango people. being |
coded to any company. that was an
error. and did not enter at all into
the transaction. 1t was understood |
that I nthe Phelps-Dodge people sell |
ing to the Rio Grande trafiic ar.
rangement had been made between |
the Rio Grande and the Southern Pa |
cifc which would be very favorable |
to the coal interests Of this section, |
Mr. Sroufe reiterated the statement, |
as he has done frequently Of late.
tnat his company. the Arizona & Col.
orado, would build their line from Du-
range TO the south as originally con
templated.
OF course Mr.. Sroufe could not an