Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-22

| to submit another bid along with the
| other papers TO be opened later
Now. we cannot say whether any one
saw the figures quoted by The Herald,
but the fact is that at the meeting
two weeks ago The Herald was not
In 1t with one ofsthe papers for legal
notices, and the council last nignt
awarded the said printing to the
aforesaid sheet, and this in the face
OF the fact that notices In the said
sheet will not stand legal test for
the reason, according to the state
law, the paper is not legal publica
ton, not being a continuous publica-
ton according to law, having skipped
regular publication days. II the city
mas any important ordinances to pub
lish IL can expect to have them at
tackled later on through this defect.
But laying this last proposition aside.
how would any of our local dealers
the same returned opened and com
petitors asked to bid against them
after having failed to submit bids as
per advertisement? It's pretty
hard proposition. One of the mem
bers of the printing committee made
no bones in stating that The Herald
WAS morally and legally entitled to
the award according to its first bid.
The Herald is not yearning for the
work and we simply call attention to
the way the council transacts bust
ness and what may be expected at
any time-if the same method Is fol
lowed
The water wagon team ran away
this morning, but fortunately no dam
age resulted. The team started from
Main and Sixth streets while the
driver was in the act of filling the
tank from the water plug. being
frightened by the shooting of fire
crackers. Although the wagon is
heavy one the team made good pro-
gress up Main avenue. When oppo-
site Sam Wallis drug store two COW
boys happened to be passing and the
two. one on each side, took after them
and riding up side OF the horses
caught hold of the bride reins, bring
ing the animals 10 standstin. This
action undoubtedly saved damage to
both wagon and team.
The Herald is in receipt of com
munication bearing on the action OF
the council in reinstating Stansel as
night policeman, reviewing the case
from an entirely different standpoint,
alleged to be based on facts, than
from the statements submitted at last
nights council meeting, in which the
writer. in part, shows that mad the
officer in question performed his duty
no disturbance would have taken
place and that he failed entirely TO
furnish protection by permitting
crowd TO await the Crusader from
both the front and rear OF Parsons
drug store when word would have
dispersed same. The writer of tne
article signs his name, but as it deals
with a lot of matter not german to
the law is generally enforced the
same is withheld, as The Herald does
not believe in opening old sores or
keeping the community agitated to no
good purpose, especially when the dis
turbing individual does not come to
Durango with an enviable reputation.
The party OF Bonnie Girl stockhold.
ers who visited the mine yesterday
returned last night from La Plata
City, and this morning bright and
early they were driven over the town
by Landlord Charles Fleck. They
were shown over the North Side, TAX
en- along the Boulevard and wound up
at the smelter, where they were
shown, as well as the short time
would permit, the process of extract
ing the precious metals from the ore.
This was OF special interest to them.
as they expect TO have ore from their
mine TO smelt in large quantities be-
fore long. The party left on the
eastern for their homes in Boston
This was the first time any of them
had been here with the exception OF
Mr.. Urann, who had the party in
charge. AS to the mine, they all fell
good after looking over the property
and are satisfied with their invest
ment. They enjoyed the scenery and
fell in love with the town. They ex-
pect to have the new mill which they
are building completed and in opera.
ton by the list OF September. Follow
Ing is list OF the party: NJ. S.
Urann II. c. Earl. VIM. Caravan, Jas.
Reynolds. c. H. Ramsdell, w. Y. Mac
Conn, G. s. Hilton, Isaac f. Sanborn.
Geo. A. Cusnman, j. p Connor.
Mr.. and Mrs, J. c. Sipe, who ac-
companied Steve Elkins on his recent
hunt. stopped over night in the city