Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-21

a different life. When a child, Du-
rango suffered her to live In broth
el with vicious mother, and at no
time did Durango or her authorities
do anything for the relief of the child
until il was too late to save her. When
Durango had helped to make her bad
enough to send her to the reform
school the county took her up anu
sent ner there. to finish her education
and graduate under the guidance OF
the worst girls in Colorado. May VIII
son is not as guilty as the community
she is sent from. Is Durango giving
any particular attention to other cases
of this kind that may now exist in
their incipiency? Is Durango doing
anything in the matter OF Keeping
down the vicious characters OF thous-
and neighborhoods within ner folds |
whose language, acts and bearing are
all to demoraliZe not only the child
mind but disturb the peace and dig
nifty OF all. There are more things
than drunken men and indinerenL
fighters in Durango 10 look after.
Durango will have ball nine of its
own some day that will knock the
socks off all comers. We're tired oi
getting skinned and having the hlde
! hung on the fence for people to look
at when they go long Sunday-it amt
spectacle.
The effort being made by Mrs. G. F.
Perkins to inaugurate better song
service at the church and in the sun
day school will be found worthy OF EN-
ulation. Let the good women try to
do something-we've all played hob
and done no good long enough.
The Eagles have employed every
lavailable vehicle in Durango for their
trip to Aztec tomorrow and are shy ON
conveyance. but all that can find room
on the broad gauge train Will go that
way. whether they get there in time
or not.
The Silyerton docket in the coming
) term of the district court is also dis
llURulSltu loi ITO Si'"' -
: cases classed previous order of the
court" cases continued from one term
to another, wherein contending attor-
neys have failed to find witness or
something else.
We can't well raise the price of va
cant lots till the shadows of new
9 buildings hide their grassless bosoms
j. Rents are high enough to secure more
g buildings. and well need them II
l. broad gauge roads build a hundred
= more cities whose people may count
. the peaks in the La Plata range.
i The Arizona & Colorado branch oi
h the Southern Pacific railway, with
e Colorado headquarters at Durango
S continues in the field with severa
r surveying corps, buying large quaint
ties of goods and equipment in the
city, finishing locating surveys, JUS
to fool the people of Durango ant
e scare the Rio Grandfather nit. Ant
S the Southern Pacific is spending IT.
1t own money.
4. During the closing scenes of tn,
Zipperian trial in the district cour
II angels were weeping in the "Cour
g House in the Skies" where tablets arr
e written of other tragedies and othe
y scenes.
a Attorney Chas A. Johnson, Away
the capacity of prosecutor, of the de
auctions he had garnered from th
e evidence. District Attorney Pullian
u sat listening attentively and Attorne,
n Perkins was reviewing evidence will
II the same object in view.
e. Fearing that the trial would no
write true record the angels wer'
making another tablet for Jake Zir
d perian and Matt Luxsinger to read.
g The attorneys had been employed t,
e secure all the truth which would b.
:. helpful to their side ard to perver
e. and avoid all the truth that would b.
% damaging, and the court and jur.
were listening.
Men and women, morbid and curl
e Gus, were there, with those who woul,
d naturally lend their presence to tn
u story Of a tragedy, and one baby, rest
o less and uninterested, looked like |
would feel better playing on the grass
d Whatever side the auditor was OF
there was pTofundity in what the at
torney would say about this particu
II lar case. ard the angels kept on max
ia ing tables.
% The Pine river witnesses had don,
Is all they could and some of them ha'
IS waited to get their witness fees; 9th
e. ers wanted to hear the finish.
O. Pine River is not one of the feuda
districts of Kentucky or the Soutl
but has had many tragedies and ha
i done all it could have been exacte,
II to do in building up the criminal feat
L. ure Of court expenses in La Plat
d county.
Y. Criminals have died after court
d failed to hang them, and others hav,
a gone on to other scenes of action, bu
a. Pine River still appears to have III