Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-13

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will be used in experimental planting
and culture.
viii Becker and Mr.. Foster have
been unfortunate in driving lower
level of 600 on the Jenny Lind mine
without recovering the rich ore chute,
but Mr.. Becker says they will go at ii
again as soon as he can get matters
shaped. The Lind has shipped some
Of the richest ore ever produced by
the La Plata district.
There are several flocks OF Angora
goats in the Durango country, In one
degree or another of advancement
from the comon stock, and 1t Is said
that the goat raisers are making az
good progress as any Of the other pro |
ducers OF livestock.
The Pennington and lower country
in New Mexico offers about as much
in climatic attraction and good living
as the California country during win
ter. and when the people begin to re-
HllIe the 1dCl tntie VIII hci bN ~
many going to the Pacific coast
p. n. Freeman came In from Cortez
yesterday evening, saying that the val
ley was never more prosperous than
now. Everybody has good crops and
nearly everybody is accommodating live
stock. Business is good in Cortez and
the people are happy and buoyant.
John Morlock put 200 new chairs In
Red Men hall yesterday At the AL
ton Packard entertainment here few
evenings ago there were seats for 600
people. The new hall Is being en-
ployed for many classes of entertain
ment and is worthy of the patronage,
The Pagosa people are feeling very
confident that they will get one. If
not two, broad gauge railways, and the
activity In railway surveying from
Pennington up the San Juan river and
on to the San Luis valley gives the
Pagosa people well-founded belief
that they will get on big line.
]. N. Young, the Boston newspaper
writer who was in Durango some time
ago looking over the Durango news
paper field with a view of engaging
in the morning newspaper business.
and who took position later on the
Denver Post. wired friend in Dn'
range this morning OF the death OF
his wife at Denver last night.
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b. F. Thomas says the Allison coun-
try on the east is making rapid strides
in Improvement and that within few
years it will be the most productive
area in the great Southwest. Recent
tests from sugar beets sown wild there
with little cultivation show them to
be of excellent quality. 1t is one of
the pretiest countries in all the West
| The city library has the following
new books: Conquest Of Canaan" by
Booth Harrington; THE Man and Su
perman." by Bernard Shaw; THE
Reckoning" by Chambers; "The Di-
vine Fire" by Sinclair; THE Fool Err
rant" by Hewlett; THE House of
Mirtn,' by Edith Wharton; "Rebecca
Mary" by Donnell; "The Debtor" by
wilkins; "McAllister and His Double
by Grain; Rose of the River" by
Virgins.
Grand Junction and Montrose, judg-
ing from their newspapers, are enjoy
Ing wide degree of prosperity, the
two dailies of the former town carry
ing much good paying advertising.
Grand junction has entered the smet.
ing arena. as well as having secured
one of the biggest beet sugar plants
in the West. But it is the vastness of
the fruit industry which does mos,
for the big town on the Grand river.
The county commissioners yester-
day afternoon, acting under advice. ad-
journed until the Goth of the present
month to give the city council OF Du-
range more time in which to deter.
mine upon the tax levy for the city's
portion of the general levy for the en-
suing year. The council is in mael-
strom of affairs for consideration, nav
ing the bridge matter and vaious 9TH
err detail, to say nothing of Ordinance
No. 229. One close to affairs of the
city says 1t will not be difficult to ma
terialy reduce the tax levy and build
a bridge that will do to keep.
Emshe, who fell on the Durango race
track in September with broken
ankle, was chloroformed to remove
the plaster cast; the bone had decayed
and there was nothing but pain for
one of the feetest horses, without hope
for recovery, and Billy Likes killed
Emshe to relieve torture. Emshe
could have been sold once for SIS 900,
and could have changed ownership the
day OF the race for $4,000. and II the
race could have been declared on 1t
would have been better II the sale had
been made.
The Durango Gi.l mine, which mas
resumed shipment of high grade ore
will probably be operated all winter
and continuously. The original own
ers incorporated to secure capital for