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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

lining company, acquiring it by suit
for trespass after Dave Moffat and
Ed, Smith had built a mill on their
placer ground. They claimed that
Colonel Sam Baker, who sold the Ba-
ker contact to Moffat and Smith. had
promised them $500 to let the con-
struction of the mill go ahead ON
their patented placer ground; that
they would get the money at a given
time tnat Mr.. Moffat said so. 1t de-
veloped later that Colonel Baker had
told Mr.. Moffat that the boys wanted
the mill so bad that they would give
deed for one dollar. When Moffat
knew the two stories he retired, and
when parties tried TO bring about
settlement, Mr. Moffat said ne was
making $4,000 a week in Cripple
Creek, besides large revenues from
mining elsewhere and that the boys
were welcome to what they found on
their ground
Ever since that time. it is under
stood, Mr.. Moffat has talked adverse
iy to the La Plata district and kept
vast sums of money from coming
here. but people who claim to be fa-
miliar with the facts of the situation
blame Mr.. Moffat more than anyone
else for not looking into the situation
himself.
Charles Dramer's acumen was far
above the average man, and when he
vas not under the influence of drink
was congenial whole-souled fellow,
IT all times loyal to his friends. He
was a fatalist and a dangerous man
20 cross. Mic was not so good a cal
, ,ulator, but more desperate man,
)ne who cavilled at nothing. He be-
ieved that he should have part of the
worlds goods and it mattered not to
lim what it might cost some other
nan. Charlie was vastly the best
nan. for he would save mis- friend.
Whatever regard one man or the
other may have for Dramer and
Briggs, who have been partners SO
'ong, they have brought. at conserv-
ltive estimate. over $500, 900 into in
'estment in the La Plata district, and
most of the time they have been so
Door that 1t was rustic to provide the
larder. They had spent their money
IN gobs and chunks and gone out of
town broke to go to work again ON
fhei: property, with less provision and
7owder than the average prospector
nkes out for few days exploration.
Briggs, who Is an old man, mas
watched his partner through his last
lays, going from once to three or
four times day to see how he was
getting along; to take him an orange
or ask him if there was something
ne could eat, but Dramer could no.
eat or take the lightest nourishment
and he starved himself to death.
Damon and Pythias were INSOFAR.
able.
Denyers postal receipts show a
gain of II per cent over that of a
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07
REPAIRING POLITICAL FENCES.

AS the "6iack Flag" no longer
waves the following will not find its
way into the Morning Democrat as
conditions" have changed, being
from the Pagosa Springs Times-Ub-
server:
Judge Russell spent Tuesday al
the Springs In an effort to repair his
political fences, which are admittedly
in dilapidated condition. This Office
was not 'honored with call. The
Judge may capture nomination
through the machine he has created
in the district, but the Times-Obsery-
er Will wager years subscription
against marble that he will not re
ceive 300 votes out of probable 1,200
that Will be cast in Archuleta county,
II the opposition will put up man
like Attorney General Miller or Judge
Pike of the La Plata county court"
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07
DEATH OF CHARLES DRAMER.

Chas. w. Dramer died last night
about O'Clock at Ochsner hospital,
where he was operated on several
weeks ago for tumor of the bladder.
He came out of the operation quite
weak and never gained any strength.
DR.. Ochsner said he discovered that
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

From Mondays Daily.
Attorney Vic. c. Mcgirr who has
been attending district court in cham
bers returned this morning to his
home at Pagosa.
Rev. and Mrs. Fleetwood departed
this morning for Salt Lake and Butte.
They will be with us to spend the
Fourth of July.
Mrs. w. H. Higgason who formerly
conducted hotel at La Plata year
or 80 ago. returned Saturday evening
on the eastern train.
A pack train load OF furniture and
various things went up to the Duran
70 Girl mine yesterday to furnish up
the new buildings.
J. W. Ledbetter Of Indiahoma. Okla,
and w. c. Ledbetter Of NARROW, !. T..
are guests at the Palace. Tasy are
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Good healtll depends mostly upon
the food we e;4s
We can't be healthy If we take alum
or other poison daily in our food.
DR.. Prices Baking Powder IS abso-
lutely free from alum. 1t is made from
pure cream of tartar and adds to the
healthfulness of the food.
NoTE-Baking powders that a.
thirty a p
c.c.eo mads ...c
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Mrs. NJ. Parker who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs. Stro!ley of Du'
range, returned to her home in Gin
cinnati this morning.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Durango's hotels continue to b
crowded nightly. and there are a
least half a dozen people coming il
where there is one going out of tn
country.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

J. e. Tomlinson who has been in
yestigating irrigation projects on the
New Mexico fruit belt, went out this
morning to Denver and the east.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

From Tuesdays Daily.
The Rio Grande surveyors workin.
south of the San Juan river are sait
to be very active in pushing loca
ton line south.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07


er will wager years subscription
against a marble that he will not re
ceive 300 votes out of probable 1,200
that Will be cast in Archuleta county,
II the opposition will put up man
like Attorney General Miller or Judge
Pike of the La Plata county court
From Tuesdays Daily.
The Rio Grande surveyors working
south of the San Juan river are said
to be very active In pushing a loca
ton line south
Mrs. NJ. Parker who has been visit
ing her daughter, Mrs Stroiley of Du-
range, returned to her home in Gin
cinnati this morning.
J. e. Tomlinson who has been in
yestigating irrigation projects on the
New Mexico fruit belt, went out this
morning to Denver and the east.
Durango's hotels continue to be
tioNhCo hiButtsp anu uic
least half dozen people coming in
where there is one going out of the
country.
The Fourth of July celebration this
year will be a hummer, There will
be six days of feast and frolic, with
visitors coming and going, at their
convenience.
George Allen of Pennington, who
introduced the early vegetable several
weeks earlier than usual, is shipping
considerable quantities Of his prod.
ucts TO Durango and Silverton.
o. M. Fairchild, member of the
Spencer Seedless Apple company, who
has been visiting the Southwest fruit
sections for few days, returned to
the east this morning
Mrs. Dr. H. H. Dawson of Rico who
was guest of the Palace last night.
departed this morning for Denver.
where she will attend the wedding oil
VIM. Wittle, the mine manager OF
Rico.
William Accord came down yester-
day evening from Cascade where he
Is experimenting development for
the Delayed Mining company. He
says the big tunnel is uncovering
some fine ore.
A. d. Leiner came down this morn
ing from the Durango Girl mine. He
says Mr.. Gill Is now running three
levels on the mine and will soon have
an air connection between the upper
and middle drifts.
w. b. Conley arrived yesterday
evening from Georgia and accom-.
panied NJ. T. Chestnut and Messrs.
Kelly and Darbey to Trimble, where
he is interested with them in a min
ing development enterprise.
Mrs. Knute Benson, of Silverton.
who owns the Oxford hotel in Duran.
90 and several large buildings at Sill
verton, came in yesterday evening
from Florida. where she spent the
winter. Mrs. Benson was accom-
panied by Miss Margaret E. McLain
of Denver.
Merchants report trade quite brisk
all over the city yesterday and the
streets were quite active today, there
being many visitors from the coun.
try. When the first local fruit be.
gins to come to market trade will be
stimulated. Already there are a few
vegetable wagons making their
rounds.
Mrs. N. C. Miller departed for Den.
yer this morning after putting in
nearly three weeks of strenuous life
in Durango. having been entertained
most every afternoon and evening.
Mrs. Miller expects to be with us
again In about three weeks to remain
month or more. Mr.. Miller accom-
oanying her
T
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

The Fourth Of July celebration this
year will be a hummer There will
be six days of feast and frolic, with
visitors coming and going, at their
convenience.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

The report of Supt. Geo. w. Gould
for the month of May was read and.
on motion. duly seconded and carried.
the same was approved and ordered
placed on file.
On motion. duly seconded and car
ried, the board adjourned subject to
call OF the president
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Most everybody has heard OF
"Peck's Bad Boy" but our townsman
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Denyer's postal receipts show a
gain of II per cent over that of a
year ago, Pretty good
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

PRICE BAKING POWDER Co.
CHICAGO.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Miss Edith Rolli left on the morn
ing train for Salt Lake, being accom-
panied by aer nephew and niece
Newton ana Amy, who will spend the
sumner months with their father. the
mother having died some years ago
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Mrs. Mary Mccormick of Waco
Tex, was a guest at the Savoy last
night. She accompanied her son-in
law, Mr.. N. A. Conger to the La Plat
in New Mexico, this morning for a
visit.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

NOTE. Baking powders that g-e so.s 4.
ten TO thirty cents a pogEc =. y GER.
an ounce are mads IRON a.-... ..gcsi
n them.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Brice Patterson came in Saturday
evening from Pagosa and continued
on to his home in Silyerton. Mr.. Pal
terson expects soon to have his new
bath house at Pagosa ready for serv-
Ice. He plans an excursion from Sill
verton to the springs in the near fu-
ture, and 1t is probable good many
Durango people will go over with the
Silverton crowd.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Johnnie Farrell surely is unlucly
with those ribs Of his. He came to
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

George Allen of Pennington, who
introduced the early vegetable several
weeks earlier than usual, is shipping
considerable quantities Of his prod
ucts TO Durango and Silverton.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Edgar L. Thompson, superintendent
of the Delayed Mining company with
his wife and nephew. are at the scene
of the mining work at Cascade and
will remain there for some time, un-
til plans have been made for tne sum
mer's work.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

John |. Burns and party returned
yesterday evening from Aztec where
he has been spending couple of days
looking after matters connected with
the coming excursion OF the Colorado
State Commercial Association to Du-
range In September. Mr.. Burns says
the coming meeting at Durango will
be strictly business one; that only
business people who have an object
In learning of the resources and de-
velopment of the Southwest will
come. They want to learn of the va
ried resources and what is being
done for production.
Most everybody has heard of
'.peck's Had Hov" hut our toWuamAn
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Miss Nina Balster returned Satur-
day evening from Columbia, Mo,
where she has been attending college.
Miss Ea'ster was met at the train by
.:er faiier and sister and several
young lady friends.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Mrs. DR.. H. H. Dawson of Rico who
was guest of the Palace last night,
departed this morning for Denver,
where she will attend the wedding oil
VIM. Wittle, the mine manager OF
Rico.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

o. M. Fairchild, member of the
Spencer Seedless Apple company, VINO
has been visiting the Southwest fruit
sections for few days, returned to
the east this morning.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Mrs N. France, mother OF Mrs Il.
NJ. Andrews, Mrs. John France and
babies are visiting Mrs. Andrews and
the famiiy. The elder Mrs. France
says oar nights are cold enough
colder than at Canon City. her home
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

Two ball games were played at the
park yesterday. but the band concert
at the South Side park attracted most
of the people who patronize tne Sun
day ball game.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-07

NJ. C. Hinderlider who had charge
OF the geological survey In the Du'
range country last year for the es-
tablishment of reservoir system FOR
irrigation, came in yesterday evening
from Denver.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10

J. jerome and daughter from
the Battle River country are
Bemidji visitors today.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10
Additional Locals
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

George Sanford of Milton. N
D. is visitor in the city.
A. Fl. Kirsch Of Crookston
spent yesterday with friends
here.
Vim. Nyholm and James Carton
came over from Cass Lake yes
t Arday and spent the day with
friends here.
D.ck Hawkes. left this after
noon for Llrimore where he goes
to hire crew of men for the
Beltrami Cedar & Land Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. p. Foley
mourn the death Of their little
hoy, one year Of age, which died
yesterday morning. The
funeral was held this morning
from the Presby yterian church,
Rev. White officiating.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10
Nipple FOOLED DIRECTORS.
Proposed Extra Dividend With Con.
Germ on Verge of Collapse.

Proposed Extra Dividend With Con.
Germ on Verge of Collapse.
Philadelphia, Sept. 10.-While the
state bank examiners are going
through the books and papers of the
wrecked Real Estate Trust company
looking for further evidence of Grim.
inality Receiver Earle is busy per.
fecting his plan to reorganize the COM
pany.
The deeper the probers go into the
affairs of the ruined company the
more amazed they become at the bold
ness of its late president. Simultane-
GUS with the lOoting of the bank and
when 1t was apparently on the verge
Of collapsing Nipple would do some
thing to boost the credit of the COM
pany and hoodwink the directors. It
was disclosed during the day that he
had recommended to the directors a
1 per cent extra dividend on the stock
Of the trust company last July be-
cause of the great prosperity of the
institution. At the same time he
asked the directors to increase the
salary of certain employees so that
they, too, could share in the pros
perity.
Adolph Segal, who succeeded in
borrowing $5,3OO,OOO from the institu.
tion through Nipple, is i'll in his mag
nlficent apartments at the Hotel Ma
Jestic, which he owns. His condition
Is not serious.
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Excavation Under Way on Site at Bel
trami Avenue and Sixth
Street.
STRUCTURE WILL BE OF PRESSED
BRICK AND WILL COST $13.5OO
Basement and Foundation Will Be
Finished This Fall. the Rest
Next Spring.

Work on the new Catholic
church, t. be erected on the
southwest corner Of Beltrami
avenue and Sixth street, has be-
gun. A gang of men with pick
and shovel is now busy on the
excavation for the basement and
foundation, and work will be
pushed along until cod weather.
1t is not planned to complete
the building, however, until next
summer. This fall the basement
will be finished, and the founda
ton, and the whole boarded over.
and next spring the work of
erecting the superstructure will
be taken up and completed. The
church building will be ready for
the worshipers sometime during
the summer.
The church will be one of the
most beautiful in this part of the
state, and will cost $13,5OO, ex-
elusive of the inside furnishings.
The main building will be 75x42
feet and Minneapolis pressed
brick will be used, reinforced
with tiling. The wall will be
twenty five feet high and the
basement ten feet deep. The
whole will be topped by an i'm
posing tower $50 feet above the
sidewalk. The church will be
elegantly furnished.
The com mittee having the
work IN charge, P. J. Russell,
Matt Thome, Dr.. j. r. Tuomy,
P. J. O'Leary, A. w. Danaher
and ]. F. Gibbons, has been
working most diligently for a
number of months, and is de-
serving OF much credit for it's
libO:s.
The building operations are
under charge Of George Kraetz,
the contractor. The plans for
the church were drawn by Bray
Brothers of Duluth.
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UNION LEADER LET OUT.
Another Shakeup in the Government
Printing Office,

S''SVs
Washington, Sept. 1O.-The govern
ment printing Office received another
shakeup during the day when Acting
Foreman Ashton of the bindery sus.
pended Jacob Hale, a bookbinder and
a prominent officer of the Interna~
tional Brotherhood of BOokbinders
1t was declared at the big printery
that dissatisfaction had been found
with some work of Mr.. Hale and that
the latter resented the criticisms of
Mr.. Ashton and said to the acting
foreman that he would prefer to have
some other official pass upon his work
The suspension of Mr. Hale imme
diately followed.
Friends Of Hale asserted that his
suspension was due to a vigorous ad-
dress made by him Friday night at
meeting of the members of the Book
binders union who are employees of
the government printing office, in
which they discussed the recent order
Of the public printer requiring binders
to produce greater output of work
Officials Of the government printing
office, however, decline to discuss the
case in the absence Of Mr.. Stillings
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1906-09-10
BLACkDUCk BALL TEAM
HAS ENDED ITS SEASON.
Record for the Summer Has Been
Proud One Excellent Prospects
for Next Year.

Blackduck, Sept. s. The
Blackduck baseball team for the
season of 1906 has disbanded and
there will be no more ball here
until next year.
The team which has repre-
sented Blackduck this year has
done very good work, much Of
the success being due to the
excellent work of the battery,
Lipps and Bishop. Lipps, as
pitcher, has been just as good as
any twirler in this part of the
state. His work against the
strong Bemidji team was the
pride of all -Blackduck. There
was never a game with Bemidj il
in all of the five that were played
this season between the two
teams in which Lipps did not
make the county seat fellows go
to their limit.
The team won two out of FIVE
games with Bemidji, defeated
Walker two out of three and
decisively defeated Kelliher and
Big Falls. A game was lost to
Margie, early in the season, when
the locals were not fully organ
lied, and the team was shy of
regular players.
The games with Bemidji we're
the hottest contests ever pulled
off on a ball field in Beltrami
county. There has always been
great rivalry between the ''fans"
of Blackduck and Bemidji, and
the spirit was instilled into the
players of the respective teams,
and all of the games were hard
fought contests that were full of
ginger from start to finish.
Blackduck can well be proud
of her ball team. There are
good grounds here and it is the
intention to next year have a
first. class team.
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Contractor Bosworth, in Fall, Barely
Misses lmpaling Head
on Iron Bar.
BACK BADLY BRUISED By SEWER
PIPE ON WHICH He LANDED
Bosworth Having No Trouble in Get
ing Help and Work Is Pro-
crossing Speedily.

81. F. Bosworth, the contractor
who is building the Bemidji
sewer, had a narrow escape from
death Saturday. He fell from
the top of the maDh,le at
the corner of Third street and
Bemidji avenue to the bottom of
the sewer, ten feet below, and
just missing striking a sharp
iron bar with his head, he struck
on his back against the edge of
the sewer pipe.
The injury to his back was
painful, and has put the con-
tractor out of commission, as far
as doing any heavy work is con-
cerned. although he is around
experimenting the job today.
Mr.. Bosworth was standing on
the edge of the manhole lowering
a pipe into the sewer, when his
feet slipped and he fell. Iron
braces every few feet hold the
planking which is used in keep
ing the sand from caving, and a
slender handle of steel, six inches
long, is on each bar to use in
screwing and unscrewing. It
was this handle, which was
sticking straight up like a huge
spike, that nearly impaled the
contractor.
Work on the sewer is pro-
crossing finely, the pipe being
laid up to point about a third of
the way from Beltrami avenue to
Minnesota avenue on Third
street. Mr.. Bosworth says that
he expects to complete the work
on Third street in two weeks.
! The Ada man declares that he
is not having the least trouble in
getting labor, and that this morn
ing he had to turn away three
men who applied for work, be-
cause he had all the help he
needed.
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Now Moe and Dickie.

A. D. Moe, proprietor of the
Bemidji Tailoring company on
Beltraml avenue between Third
and Fourth streets, has taken a
partner, Hugh Dickie, and hence.
forth tha proprietors will be Moe
4 Dlckie. All outstanding bills
due the company will be payable
to the new firm, and all out stand
ing bills owing by the company
will be paid by the new firm.
Mr.. Dickie has been employed
in the shop for several years as a
journerman tailor.
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"FRoM MISSOURI, : But
He IS NOW CONVINCED.
]. A. Speelman Arrives From Southern
s5 State and Finds This
Country Good.

J. A. Speelman and wife of ST.
Joseph, Mo-, are recent arrivals
at Beuna Vista, where they will
visit with his brother, ]. w.
Speelman, who resides at the
stop of the world"
Mr.. Speelman is a veteran mail
carrier, having served in that
capacity at his home town for the
past thirty.three years. He is
a VI te "an of the Civil War, having
served in Go. I, 1873 Ohio volun-
teers. @.r..-.a
The Missouri man is pleased
with the appearance of the city
and cites US back to the time
when his home town was no
larger than is Bemidji. =
"Your town has every natural
advantage for becoming one of
the best cities in Minnesota, and
the place as summer resort is
an ideal one. All that is neces-
sary is to let us outsiders know
of the beautiful city you have
and we will come here and spend
at least part of our summers. :"
Mr.. Speelman and wife will
spend about two weeks visiting
at Eeuna Vista and points in
Beltrami county.
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.CONFESSES 70 MURDER;
IS PROBABLY DEMENTED
Angus Mclnnis, at Baudette, Says He
Drowned Brother-in-Iaw, Three
Years Ago.

The village authorities at Bau-
dette are investigating the
strange case Of Angus McInnis,
who recently "blew" into town,
and makes the sensational claim
that he drowned one Nels Chris.
tianson, his brother-in-law ", whose
body was found in the bottom oil
Rainy river three years ago.
Everything at the time pointed
to the accidental drowning of the
man, and the present confession
is being looked upon with some
suspicion. Information as to
McInnis sanity will probably be
filed.
Says the Rainy River Region
Christianson was a prosperous
fisherman on Curry's Point and
had just finished his season s
work. He had moved family and
belongings to his farm near
Rainy River town. He had gone
to get a large pond boat full of
hay and was waiting for a fair
wind to blow him up river before
the bay FRI re over.
In the meantime his boat was
leaking and he could not bale out
the water. When near th e point
he could not get farther. He
had. put his shoes, coat and vest
near the mast pole. Then he
wrapped the long rope to his arm
and started to swim ashore.
After a day or two of dredging,
he was found on the bottom of
the bay with the long rope around
his hand. Seems as if the cold
water had paralyzed him. No one
ever seemed to think this case of
drowning anything but an
accident. McInnis says they
quarreled over wages. In order
to save himself, he drowned
Christianson. Some say McInnis
was more than twenty miles
away from the place of drowning
when it occurred. McInnis is
now locked upin the village jail,
pending Investigation.
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