Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-12

mand, and further big deals on lands
proven to be coal Will be made with
in short time.
Arthur Bagby and bride returned
yesterday evening from a honeymoon
trip TO Denver. and will take up their
residence on the North side.
Harry Evans Is up from Frnitland.
the ambitious town which expects the
Southern Pacific to make 1t bigger by
crossing the San Juan river there.
Tax titles now are a better invest
ment in La Plata county than they
have been for long time. Property
will advance steadily in price for sew
eral years.
Manager Peters of the light com
pany said this morning it would re-
quire six or seven weeks to change
the street lighting system, there be
ing much TO do in making the change
cos yesterday evening 10 see If any
Of the boys know whore there is a
good bear lair TO take the hounds to.
Brlce Patterson ought to show up
next
Prospecters and miners OF tne La
Plata district are predicting an early
spring and they are entitled TO it
since they have had a hard winter
for outdoor work, deep SHOWS and
blocked roads and trails.
The present board OF commission
ers paid over $1,000 of old indebted
ness which the former board had ie-
nored and failed to make any provi-
sion to cpay. and the present board
put the county on cash basis.
w. f.. Booker is down from Silver
ton. with his Red Mountain engine.
No. 100, which looks like it had been
in the slides for year or so. 1t is
rusty and needs whitewashing. The
machine goes to Alamosa to get fixed.
The owners of small areas of coal
land are beginning to stick their
heads mp and are figuring on getting
ready to cut in for part of the local
or domestic trade. They will nave a
better show when Durango has two
broad gauge railways.
O.
Editor c. o. Clark of the La Plata
Miner came dowa last evening from
the progressive gold district where
| the NAV. Day is one of the biggest
! gold producers in Colorado, fact
that is little known to other than the
| owners.
Miss Violet Kiel. sister of Charlie
Kiol, returned to Del Norte this morn
| ing. after pleasant visit with her
| brother and wife and old friends. Miss
Kiel is a product of Del Norte. her
father having located there 80 years
| ago.
w. 7. Allen and r. W. Bray of Grip
| pie Creek and John Bane and j. D.
| Gay of Canon City, who stopped at
| the Palace last night, continued to
| the e'lower country, where ahey are in
terested in big colony and irriga-
| tion scheme.
Wayne Russell. who rustles for the
Denver Post, went on TO Pagosa this
morning. Mr.. Russell is not candi-
late for matrimony and thus is in
striking contrast with the former rep
resentatives of that paper, all OF
whom insisted on getting married as
quick as they reached the city OF
imelters and pretty girls.
Charlie, Fleck returned this morn.
ing to- the scene of trail breaking to
the Neglected mine, taking three
horses with him. He said when he
came in last night he met a party
smoking a cigarette which scared his
mule and stampeded him. He took
gun with him this morning to pro
tect the mule.
o.
The present board of county com.
| missioners are doing business for the
people as they would do business for
themselves, and are protecting the
public money from graft. as well as
saving interest by having no floating
iebt. They are restoring properties
TO the tax rolls which have been I'M.
productive for the county for years.
They have many pieces of property
held for taxes which they are ready
TO consider bids on.
The Democrat admits that II will
require time 10 garble the figures pro
duced by The Herald on the financial
conditions of La Plata county under
the present administration, and ad.
Fises the farmers to wait till its week
~ comes out. The weekly is never
seen in Durango but probably goes
to "A few farmers. The taxpayers OF
La Plata county will find The Her
AIDS figures in the records at the
court house and that is the way to
get them correctly.
j. b. CARRIER. associated with the
judicial department of the govern