Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-11
carrying at The election. Mr.. Henry
left for Denver this morning.


There is a tendency on the part of
several of the merchants to break
over the long established rule OF clos.
ing at 8 so, and several OF them have
felt compelled to keep open SO as not
TO allow the other fellow" to get
ahead OF them. This tendency has
grown TO be alarming, and has led to
a movement on the part Of some mer-
| chants, as well as clerks. to take up
| the matter and try to induce all mer.
chants to close early. This movement
| Is for closing at noon on all legal
I holidays and at 6 O'Clock in the even
ings. Toe same old stumbling block
is in the way. and that Is the man
who keeps open on Christmas. New
! Years and the Fourth Of July whose
clerks are like Russell Sage's-never
knew what recreation was; tae mer-
chant who would keep his clerks at
I tne store all day on a holiday to sell
II paper of pins. II the prime movers
In the matter could devise an effect
i've way OF handling that kind OF a
merchant they would be public bene
factors and deserve to have their
pictures hung in the Hall of Fame
The following story is told OF DR.
Copp. The party telling II did not
have a certificate to attest his truth.
fulness, therefore II Is given for wnat
1t is worth; The doctor saw two men
building a chimney. They had pile
of sand for making mortar. The doc
tor scooped up some in a pan and
went down to the arroyo and panned
II out He got q long string OF the
yellow, and he ran back to where the
men were Just beginning to mix the
sand with lime. He yelled at them
TO stop and In great astonishment
they dropped their shovels, while he
began to negotiate for an option on
The sandpile. He got them to show
him where they got the sand, and
inen he hurried to town and got some
OF the other fellows to go out and look
at the discovery. He went to the
sandpile and panned, but failed TO fnd
color. He tried II again, but had
no better luck He went to where the
sand came from and panned but
couldn't find trace. Then one Of the
men from the gold well said he mad
had first tried the sandpile and had
not washed It out, and had left u
string of gold In It.
Two brothers named Grogan and
a German-Austrian named Meier In
dulged in a game of cards for the
drinks in Barney Edelman's saloon
yesterday and the Grogans were
stuck. This led to a TRADE OF abuse
against the foreigner. Barney tried
TO settle matters by offering to set
up tne drinks himself. but the Gro
, gans wanted to fight and fight they
were bound to have. So 1t was de-
back yard and fight 1t out. Several
OF the foreigners countrymen went
out to see that their man got fair
play. Meier stipulated preliminary to
the opening OF the mill" that botf
! brothers must not jump onto him al
J once; that one at time was enough
! So when the brother who had arst
= taken a try at Meier got knockout
blow the other brother jumped in ant
, Meier pulled mis- knife and cut his ad
yersary on the right leg, making {
very serious wound. The knife wa,
: plunged In the full length OF th'
| blade on the front part OF the les
, nigh up and cash cut around the sid,
for quite way. No arteries were
, cut, and while the wound bled co
. piously 1t is not considered very ser
ious. The injured mans name is vii
liam Grogan. He was taken to his
home. Meier was arrested and pu
in the county Jail, where he is now.