Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-23


better than to get mixed up with the
printing business to be a martyr to a
trade, returned yesterday evening
from Denver 10 tarry about. He looks
better than when he went away. and
II he will so to farming he will prob
ably improve. He's good printer.
but there's nothing in it.
C.. A. Deane employed In the arch
geological department of the govern
ment, left on the eastern this morn
ing to go south to the southwest part
OF New Mexico. where he hopes to
find new things that had not beon
found formerly by Uncle Sans people.
He said he liked the job because 1t
was like looking for something new.
Twelve broad gauge cars came In
from Flora Vista last night loaded
with sheep. This will be $500 New
Mexico sheep fed on Colorado grass,
not caring where they paid the taxes,
for their fate Is much like that
of the gobbler on Thanksgiving. This
new country is becoming quite noted
for its production of sheep and lambs.
New Mexico sheep feed on Colorado
grass all summer and pay taxes In
New Mexico In winter. Colorado cows
are crowded on their range in sum
mer and get 80 hungry they have
to go to New Mexico and pay for hay
1. l..g,
assessed and paying taxes in both
Colorado and New Mexico. The stock
industry also has its frills.
c. NJ. Elliott, one of the several
men who have hauled people In wag-
ons and carried the United Staes
mail for nothing because somebody
else had horses that didn't need ANY
feed. went out to Silver City, n. NJ.
this morning to look for a new job,
His stages are riding empty, waiting
for the government to relieve him of
job that will eventually starve him
to death.
1t is related that n sheep herder
| working with bunch of sneep south
of Bocea not long ago discovered a
lamb resembling human baby more
| than the ordinary sheep, and lhat
! later finding II dead buried 1t In q
secluded spot, His employer. hap
pening to hear of the strange freak
among his sheep. asked the herder to
let him see it. but this Is objected TO
as irrelevant.
School children In well regulated
| families. who have to go to bed and
get out to school on time, can not be
| chasing shows conveniently at night.
and Durango has always been long on
night shows and short on decent at
| fractions In the day time. The child
| and the modest mother have not had
u square deal. It has all been for the
money. Manager Stilwell has been
asked TO put something on Saturday
| afternoon at the Strator and he maJ
| take notion to do that.
Juan Jacques, spelling Whan Hack
les. finally secured enough cars to ship
his sheep from New Mexico. They
came In broad gauge pontoons and
had to be switched to narrow gauge.
Whan's sheep were still full of Colo
RADIO grass and looked fat. They were
annoyed by failure of the last feeding
and one lamb asked for humane
agent 1t wanted to know If Mrs.
Bellah, Mr.. Harvey or John Meuser
had been around today. and wanted
to know how the newspapers felt
about starving sheep.
In the last term of the district court
In Montezuma county James Laven.
der pleaded guilty to stealing cattle
and was fined 5000 and costs, amount.
ing altogether to sl,303.G0. His friends
replevined the fine. something after
the fashion of taking care OF a friend
In the moonshine districts of Kentucky.
Jim Lavender at one time. more than
a quarter OF a century ago, was the
| gayest of the beaux and admired most
by the girls, but Jim always liked to
play poker and got In 50 many times
with parasites and barnacles who had
no money. and they wore Jim out by
standing to watch him till he went
TO sleep, and then impaired vermin To-
Jim.
Sheriff Thompson says he thinks
no man win ever reach the consum-
nation of eradicating gambling but
that while he Is sheriu he will try to
reduce 1t to the minimum.
Tom Hamor, VINO resides at Lake
Hamor. where he has been giving the
best effort he ever made to give the
people place to go to. got lonesome
and came down to see his wife.
Ed Schalles, water superintendent
who probably knows more about water
than almost anything else, says he has
| just read In Lutte Wilcox's Field and
Farm a story In the nature of advice
to irrigate the lawn and farm right
now. Not having the Field and Farm
story at hand we are taking a chance
on giving Eds opinion.