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Farmington this morning to visit with
the family of T. L. Amsden.
II. G. Warren Of Denver. grand re-
gent Of the Royal Arcanum, is visit
ing the city in the interests of his
order
Mrs. Harger OF Nebraska. who has
been visiting her brother, j. h. Neal.
and family. returned on the eastern
this morning.
A newspaper can praise man for
twenty years and criticise him once
and have his lasting enmity. but it
might gain another friend.
An honest Mexican found the sinner
which Alderman George West lost
Monday and for his honesty received
$50 reward for its return.
w. c, Amsden and son and Mrs
Amsdcn arrived from Gurner, Iowa.
yesterday evening to visit Il relative.
r. Il. Amsden, of Pennington.
Fatty Dobbs resumed his place on
the police force this morning, having
had two weeks vacation with his
wife and baby In the country.
La Plata county has assessed 9,945
head OF cattle at s13.906. and we
have room for ten times as many cat
tie, scattered among the farmers.
Two big railroads will revolntionize
the commercial fabric OF Durango and
then some Pueblo will not be in IT.
she's too close to Denver and too far
from Durango,
The merchants of Durango, many of
them, are doing big trade furnish
ing the various survey corps for the
Southern Pacific with food and raj
ment and the sich.
Why don't some of the big money
makers on the Silverton mines build
some $4,000 to $4,000 houses In Du-
rango2 We are going to reduce the
taxes-honest miun.
q. The assessor found 266 musical in
struments in La Plata county. They
must have held ont few on him, a
few pianos. to say nothing of ban
jos, fiddles and tambourlnes.
La Plata county has 101 93 miles
of Rio Grande railway within its bor-
ders assessed at s627, ,525, and we are
going to have a lot more railway that
will figure into valuation faster
O.
True charity is tongueless and
speaketh mol The most savage of
Indians pride their unspoken gen
erosity Fratornities and the frater.
nal can learn nobility from the Indian
The tax rolls show 343 hogs in La
Plata county. and it is estimated that
they are bntchered faster than they
are produced. so 1t would seem that
there is danger of the county running
out OF hogs
We have the quiet, diplomatic
knocker and the rough and ready,
more boisterous knocker, but the duck
that swims the pond without a break
is the one that looks neither to the
right or left, and never quacks till
1t calls its mate. 1t is said that
knOckers get itchy during the moult-
ing season.
Uneasy lies the head that wears
crown" Durango and Pennington
both Will watch The maneuvers of the
southern Pacific when II begins to
cross the San Juan river without
ferry boat.
Mrs. Hoffman of Nebraska. who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. e. C.
Young and the families of the Young
brothers for several days, returned to
her home this morning, having had an
enjoyable visit.
frankie Hood. who won scholar.
ship In the High school of Durango
last term in her graduating work, to
attend the Denver university. depart
ed for that city this morning. where
she Will remain for some months Miss
Frankie has lots OF friends In Durango
who Will wish her success and happi
ness.
The rear door OF the hardware store
Of Stubbs & Jakway is reported by
police officers as having been open
this morning at o'clock. Investiga-
tion failed TO find any one within or
anything taken or disturbed. One
theory is that miscreants had mis-
taken the place for morning pape~
office. They were looking for ex.
changes.
There's about six that would like
to see Charlie Newman make another
big dig out of the mines. to get him
strung out in the La Platas. Did You
ever see him 20 when he had lots of
dough. He's dug several thousand
feet OF holes In the mountains OF Col.
orado and is willing To dig some more
Won follows I'm Rod Mount min and