Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-07


trict, as 1t could be treated by tais
process nearly as cheapiy as by con
ccntration and 1t would save the cost
OF shipping and smelling concentrates.
La Plata Miner.
Earl Barber went to the Port
land fair yesterday.
p. A. Nelson took a trip with the
Denver excursion yesterday.
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Mrs. John Morlock was Il Denver
bound passenger yesterday.
Mrs. Dan Hoover accompanied her
husband to Denver yesterday.
Mrs. Marion Daniels Joined the ex'
cursion to Denver yesterday.
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Henry Frazier and sister. Mrs
Grant Morris, went out to Denver yes
terday morning.
Mrs. ]. w wingate went out yes.
terday to Join her husbanad at the
capital during the G. A. r. meet.
Mrs, r. T.. Sloan Mrs. Sam Sloan
and Miss Mae Sloan Joined the old
soldier party for Denver Yesterday,
Mrs. c. ". Dudley, Mrs. N w. Ham
mond and Mrs. w. II. LaCouut Joined
their soldier husbands yesterday on
the Denver excursion.
O.
Mrs Bob Lowe. who mas been ac-
cused by some newspaper every day
for week OF going home. did go yes
terday with the big crowd. Mrs. Lowe
had nice visit at her old home.
better place than Alamosa by SIX hun
dred TO one-ain't II?
The Bonnie Girl mill begins to look
good. as the feeders and stamps are
in place and the placing Of the mortar
blocks. moriars aud motors will pnt
II into running shape. The upper ter
minal Is vet 10 be raised, but the tim.
hers are mostly framed. Sixty days
should see this plant ready for oper-
ation.-La Plata Miner.
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In II few more days the tired stage
| coach team will be seen no more In
Durango unless some new mining
camp springs up near MS. The four
| animals going out this morning were
| shivering in the cold rain but an hour
OF trudging through the mud soon
| warmed them up. The passing stage
/ was necessity for quarter of a cen.
| ury and has done much In the trade
and traffic communion between two
growing western cities.
Every time Otto Mears comes to tae
San Juan something happens, This
| time 1t will be the coming OF an auto
mobile car to carry passengers over
the Rainbow route from -Silverton to
! Red Mountain. and while he did not
say it, It probably means that the
electric road will he built by next
year through uncompahgre canon
| over the cliff roadbed to Ouray. Mr..
Mears went through this morning to
Denver. and will return in few days
with the new car. While at Red
Moutain a careful study of the situa.
tion was made and Mr.. Mears deter.
| mined this to be the most practicable
| means of conveying passengers in the
future. The ore and freight traffic
will continue to 20 over the road as 1t
has done.
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L, r. Smith, secretary of the state
turned 10 Denver this morning Mr..
Smith says he found while here that
| all the lumber manufacturers and otn.
| ers who have purchased timber from
the government are willing to comply
with the contract which requires
cleaning up the slash and debris left
in the forest where trees were feiled
and cut up. The state pursues the
same plan with reference to rhis re
quirement that the government does
There will be something doing now
| for awhile. as Il will require good
| many men 10 clear up forests filled
with slash.
Edgar j. Buchanan has not lived In
Durango as long as many Of us, but
ne has watched the life and progress
of the place for nearly twenty years.
He is one of those very candid men
who find both thought and expression.
and while what he says about Du.
range will probably not be new to
many who have studied the resources
of the southwest and general topog
raphy, what he does say may be re.
garded with much seriousness. He
says; Durango has the most wonder.
iul resources OF any section in the
west. and the only thing on earth that
menaces her future growth and great.
ness is that San Juan river and its
coal and water power for electricity"
Remeber what Mr.. Buchanan says has
been the truth since Durango was
born. We can holler our heads on
but 1t takes money and effort to build
a city, and we cannot longer lie on our
oars. feeling secure and content.
There will be city on the San Juan
river-there is almost everything to
make it. The individual who doubts