Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-11

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signment of error.
Las Vegas is little on the prod
itself The baseball nine from that
town recently playing AT Silverton are
trying to make their fair managers fix
it up so Slattery's tigers Will play on
the Las Vegas diamond. and If they
tease Jack away when Durango needs
him AT the fair during the same dates
Las Vegas mas announced Dtrango
will hove TO look elsewhere for
strong bal combination. However, in
talking with Mr. Slattery over the
phone this afternoon he states ine
nothing definite had been decided on
as yet: that up TO date no word had
been received from Durango about tine
fair games and the probable teams and
purses ard that he was anxious 0 as
certain what Durango was &C .ng TO do
in the premises.
Assistant Secretary Armstrong OF
the board of trade has some ideas re
garding the conduct Of the present
and future attractions which Durango
will present to the people of the
Southwest, as follows:
ITO the tourist and tenderfoot the
Indian is the greatest drawing card
to be imagined. Cheyenne attracts
people from every state in the Union
for their Frontier Day and yet they
are not located to the advantage OF
an Indian show that Durango Is. The
people of Cheyenne have also got the
spirit of high prices and the tourist
Is charged two or three prices for
almost everything he gets.
why can not Durango with its 25,
600 Indians on the reservations near
by, from which we can draw, make
this an annual event of national rep
utation. BY so doing we have a
chance to show the products of our
fields which can not be equaled any
where else in America.
This is getting to be a rich stock
country. Within the last few months
eighteen imported stations and a large
number of standard mares, and great
i''uhs c'ohdpiu Ditu tdtAlf nave DttI
brought into tnis immediate district
Durangoites little know what we have
in the way of stock.
AS to our races, this is fast be
coming a harness town Durango de
fles almost any other town of its size
in the country to produce a Polar
Wilks. Nellie II. or an Arrow pine
Stop and think of the different driv.
Ing horses and saddle horses owned
by the citizens in and around Duran
go. and you will make up your mind
that they stand as high in class as any
other town you know of. Go out on
our hills and see the herds of pure
blood Jerseys. Herfords and Holsteins.
Our town is continuously full now
OF strangers looking for investments
and we can not afford to waste any
time in not boosting this district and
showing actual facts and figures con
cerning it. In the words of Henry Ar
mold, God hates a ouitter,' and let us
add to this quotation, God hates a
knocker.'
Another suggestion which we make
is that each merchant invest a couple
or three dollars in colored fire for the
evenings of the fair week. It is good
advertising and ii will announce to
the world that Durango is alive and
after the mark which has been placed
of the third. if not the second city. in
the state of Colorado inside of five
years.
Our fair will be the greatest ever
given, and reports from Mancos, Farm
ington. Aztec, Dolores, Bayfield, and
the valley show that the agriculturist
is thoroughly interested and will do
bis share. We have the ball rolling.
give it little more push"
The district court made a sor, OF
round up of its business for the term
today, preparatory to hearing motions
and fixing dates for the trial of civil
cases, and passed sentence on all
those VINO were convicted or pleude1
guilty to their indictments.
When the unfor,unates lined W the
array was remir iful of enc o, Victor
'i"So = Slol rs historic oil lnCe.
Judge Russell called the convicts to
stand up and asked each OF them If
they had an, ming to say VIII, sentence
should not be passed. None were
stoical. Each had sometime to say.
Barry Sc'livan had put ~ a battle %
save some C them.
George II land, who was convicted
,f ceiling check belonging to Fred
Gordon and trying to use 1t SAID he
,ould say no more than he was guilty. !
hat It was the firat time he had yield. |
I'd to temptation, that he had fallen |
md would leave himself with the
mercy OF the court
w. NJ. Melton, convicted of stealing |
| grip from the Strater belonging to
me Mclean, said he did not steal the |
Trip, that he had been made victim
Robert ]. Taylor said: 81 am inuo.
,ent Of the crime of which have been |
He was charged with |
helping May Wilson to hold up one
barker for $25.
Theodore E. Daniels said: II am not