Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-06


A day of sunshine at last Our peo-
pie are so used to sunshine that they
can hardly stand the kind OF weather
we have been having the past month.
Those contemplating sending pack
ages East for the holidays should re-
member and get around early. The
malls will soon be crowded and If you
want to avoid delay get around early.
The farmers around Greeley are
greatly disturbed over the shortage
OF cars for handling the "spud' crop.
Head officials have been waited on,
but all efforts to secure the necessary
cars have failed uD to date.
A fashion item says, wear shirt
waist sleeves just above or below the
elbow. And this leads an exchange
tc remark that a woman with a
pretty, dmpled elbow generally finds
it convenient to wear above the
elbow.
The Pocahontas ladies are going to
give another of their delightful en-
tertainments at the lodge room Fri
day evening. An Interesting program
will be rendered and supper served.
And all of this for 25 cents. No one
will be asked to purchase tickets, hut
all are invited to attend and enjoy an
| evening OF their own free will.
There was large gathering at
Red Mems hall last evening, consid-
| ering the weather, to listen to Mr.. l.
l. Boak discourse on the subject OF
l fraternalism as exemplified by the
| Woodmen OF the World. To start
| with, the audience was treated to mu-
sic by DR.. Stillians and the Hooker
family. Mayor Mcconnell introduced
| the speaker, Mr.. Boak, who held the
| audience with his logical talk on the
virtue of the order and the benefits
| derived by families. 1t was an inter
esting address from start to finish
Mr.. Boak having the happy faculty oil
| working in an occasional story that
generally fits in well.
John Kellenberger returned last
night from one of his big trips, which
he makes twice year. taking in
/ Canon City, Pueblo, Denver, Boulder
and other towns in the north part oi
the state. While Mr.. Kellenberger is
selling goods he is also talking about
Durango, and he has probably done
as much as any other one man, OF
maybe more, to advertise Durango
He reports good times at all the
towns he visited and things moving
along about right all along the line
He was at Ration, N. M. a few days
| ago, and says that town, with its -four
railroads is a hummer. He reports
| Trinidad also as town chuck full OF
business and everybody in on the
prosperity.
The Telluride Journal is informed
that the sporting fraternity of Du-
range is looking forward to the lid
being lifted the first of the year The
Herald is of the opinion that the lid
/ is not going to be removed. Mr..
Clark, elected for the long term, in
the Democratic convention, pledged
himself TO enforce the law, and later
he published card to this effect
the morning of election which aided
him in winning. True, the saloon in
terests that favor an open town sup
ported Mr.. Clark, but during election
1t was denied that they did so because
OF anticipated favors. Again, it will
be remembered the wide-open fellows
endeavored to create the impression
that they were supporting Thompson
| because he would be more lenient
than Clark. Durango certainly should
not be called on to again go through
long siege of strife over this open
question.
Within the past few weeks the Her
aid has contained mention of ranch
sales at Montrose, Delta and Grand
Junction. The largest one was for
$l50,O0O An eighty-acre ranch
brought $4,000. Another eighty-acre
farm sold a few days ago several
miles out from Montrose for $4,000.
Frequent sales are made around
Grand Junction for as much as $1,000
an acre. Do you hear of any such
deals being made around Durango?
What is the reason? They have a
sugar beet factory at Grand Junction
and farmers all the way to Delta and
Montrose raise beets for the factory
The farmers are doing better at that
than they have done at anything else.
Now few people are trying to get
factory for Durango. But the
knocker is busy and is trying to mis-
lead the farmer and beat Durango out
oil perhaps the greatest enterprise the
town ever had chance to get.