Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-09
LOCAL News.
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c. H. Doud was a visitor from Sill
| verton-yesterday
| Attorneys Ritter and Johnson will
be home this evening.
A party Of Rio Grande railroad sur
veyors are stopping al the Inter
Ocean
Reese McClosky was gassenger
for Denver this morning. Just a brief
business trip.
Miss Young departed on the eastern
this morning for Alma. Colo, to take
her new position.
The Famous is still slaughtering
goods the dissolution sale being on
in full blast just the same as last
month.
| me Dpdru ol trdue meeting next
week should be well attended Pay
in your dollar SO you will have vote
for election of directors
| The Herald's columns are reserved
for better purpose than calling
names. We leave that to dead-beats
and newspaper character assasins.
/ Mrs. Airey is reported 10 be resting
as easy as could be expected. but at
the time The operation was performed
her condition was too low to look for
much of change at this early date.
It's good thing the Democrat push
had their ears clipped in early youth
| by discerning parents. Otherwise they
would trail in the mud and be stepped
on every time Day and Tulley turned
around.
The Rio Grande company yesterday
| filed amended articles of incorpora-
tion with the county clerk and record
er providing for a short branch line in
| Fremont county and one running from
| Sargent in Gunnison county to the
little camp OF Tomichi. north of Sar-
gent
| II is given out around town, author
atively. too that one Of the morning
papers is to have new management
in very short time Those who hold
the strings say change cannot be
any worse and may possibly result
in new crop of suckers. II makes
little difference TO The Herald We
simply mention this as an item of
news noating around town.
Hon. Percy Rider left for Denver
This morning for the purpose OF cast
ing his electoral vote for Theodore
Roosevelt. The votes will be cast at
noon on Monday next, in the capitol
| building--providing the electors can
ge in. In case they cannot get in they
will probably meet on the capitol
steps and cast their vote there
| The county commissioners were
having warm time yesterday trying
to settle some OF the weighty county
matters, and at one time II sounded
like the Legislature was holding a ses-
sion there. Mr.. Smelcer came out of
his Office to see what was the matter,
and paused at the door. The jail had
been empty a long time, and Mr.
Smelcer looked as though he had
half a notion to throw them in. but
then he walked away. saying to him
self: 81 hate to do it, their time Is
so near out. and hate to do It,"
The Herald some years ago prom,
ised never to indulge in personal
journalism. otherwise one David F.
Day would come in for a roasting that
would pale by the side of the dress
ing down given him by Frank Warner
But we have too much respect fol
our readers and do not desire to even
contaminate the type. He Is the right
kind of man to leave strictly alone
and this we do in every way possible
but when he makes certain state
ments in his paper 1t almost becomes
an imperative duty We owe the public
to refute same. Tulley should change
his office associations or Quit the
town. He will soon he as bad as the
chief moulder
W. II. Fitzpatrick. who registers
from New Castle, Wyo. was an ar
rival last night and put ZIP at the
Strater MIR. Fitzpatrick is railroad
contractor of considerable impor
tance, hoving the credit OF building
the Oregon Short Line and building
the Burlington into Denver. and a
number of other big contracts. Mr.
Fitzpatrick was not so secret about
his mission here as some OF the other
railroad men who have visited this
section. He is said to have frankly
stated In conversation that he was go.
ing nyqf tho ground far the purna.a