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Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office. Durango,
Colo, Jan. 90, 1906.
Notice is hereby given that in COM
piance with the provisions of the act
of Congress of June 3, 1878, entitled
IAN act for the sale of timber lands
in the states of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the public land states
by act of August 4, 1892, Emma {.
Ludewig, of Bayfield,. county OF La
Plata, state of Colorado. has this day
filed in this office 'ner sworn state
ment No. SS1. for the purchase of the
NE. a NV. u of Sec. No. IS, in TIP.
No. 35 NJ. r. No. G w, N. NJ. p. NJ,
and will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its
timber or stone than for agricultural
purposes, and to establish her claim
to said land before the register and
receiver of this office Mt Durango.
Colo, on Wednesday, the 4th day of
April, 1906.
She names as witnesses: Theodore
Mutton, of Bayfield,, Colo; Frank
Wommer of Bayfield, Colo; Charles
| Naegelin of Durango Colo; Howard
Charlton of Bayfield,. Colo.
An" and all persons claiming ad.
versely the above described lands are
requested TO file their claims in this
office on or before said 4th day OF
April. 1906.
F. C. PERKINS. Register.
First publication Jan. %.
| oct tinn March
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

Every department of the state ad
ministration mas improved upon for
mer methods of conducting business
The old. slipshod. Indifferent manner
OF the fusion and Democratic admin.
istrations has given way TO a method
ical and systematic plan in each OF
nee that not only operates to the adj
vantage of the public In doing busi-
ness with the state, but has resulted
In marked economy. Every Republi-
can In the state should be proud of
the efficiency of the present admins
tration and of the success of the of.
fcials in their efforts to save the state
every dollar possible. For the first
time a surplus instead of deficit in
appropriations is in sight.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

According to dispatches In yester-
dry's Herald a number of Colorado
Dostmastcrs have been slated for re
appointment by the department, the
retention being solely one of merit.
In the list is Edwin Price of Grand
Junction, VINO is now completing his
second term. Another appointment
means twelve years. Mr. Price has
given the office a careful administra-
ton and The Herald is pleased that
he is to be retained.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

While the conclusions reached by
the board are not final, 1t is appar-
ent from the report that the prospects
for developing feasible proJec' AT
this point are not very favorable. The
SURVEYS made to investigate the Teas
ibility of storing water on the Animas
river near Durango and conducting
the same through canals and tunnels
TO Ia plata valley. have shown tnat
the cost of such storage and conduc-
tion would be very high and unques-
tionably prohibitive.
II was found that the storage reser-
voir on the Animas river about two
miles above Durango ultimately might
become of value in the irrigation of
land in San Juan valley, or In the
lower valley of the Colorado river.
The only resryoir sites found after
thorough examination. which would DE
available for the storage OF waters oi
La Plata river are designated as the
state line reservoir, with capacity
OF 3o.G75 acre feet. and the Narrows
reservoir, with a capacity OF 12,4oO
acre feet. The state line reservoir
would involve the construction OF
dam 115 feet long on top. and 1900
on the bottom.
From the available data 1t is prob
able that this reservoir would cost
| in the neighborhood of $50 for each
acre foot capacity. The water from
| this reservoir would be conducted In
a canal to lands in La Plata valley
and adjoining bench lands, and by
another canal would reach about 5000
acres In McDermott glade. The total
acreage supplied would be about II.
900 The water supply for this area
Is considered ample, but a portion OF
the land Is already under irrigation
and If the project were carried out II
would he necessary to make arrange
ments with the people for the. repay
ment of the cost. 1t Is believed that II
| the cost of construction could be kept
within $40 an acre satisfactory ar
rangements could be made with the
land owners, as the present water
supply is very inadequate in the alb
scnce of storage.
In the event that the watel Iupply
was found to he insufficient the cana
on the west side of La Plata river
| could be enlarged and extended tC
reach the Narrows reservoir. from
| whence the waters could he conduct
ed to tract known as the Meadows
containing about 5000 acres of fine
land. This enlargement and extension
| IT is believed would not greatly in
| crease the acreage cost of the project
From data and quantities submitted
| by Mr.. Hinderlider the board esti
| mates the cost of project to cover
10000 acres in the La Plata vale.
and McDermott glade at over $62 pei
acre. including maintenance for ten
years. Considering the fact that some
of these lands already have partial
water supply il is the opinion of the
engineers that this price would be
considered by the people as prohibi
live.
The board expresses It's confidence
IN the thoroughness of the search
made by Mr.. Hinderlider for storage
IN La Plata basin, and states that II
is satisfied that there is no feasible
method OF storing the waters of this
river and using them for irrigation
II recommends that the lands with.
drawn for this project be held and the
water supply investigation be contin.
ued until the board can make more
thorough field examination next sum
NOR
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25
THE NEW CHINESE ARMY.

II the three American regiments
which according to announcement
are tn he sent to the Philippines so
that they will be conveniently piacee
for service In China are ever actual-
" used against the reorganized troops
of that country they Will nave work
to do of a very different kind from
that of the march upon Pekin ~ the
armies of the powers in 1900.
The crusade of "China for the Cli-
nese." which has found It's most I'M
portant practical result In the boy
colt against the United States, Is
also manifesting itself in the reorgah-
ization of the Chinese army under Jap
anese aid. Last October maneuvers
lasting five days were held near the
walled city of Ho-chien-fu. at which
some forty foreign observers were
present, and such expert reports as
have been made public tell the story
of very remarkable PROCESS.
There were 1900 men in one OF
the Chinese armies in this war game
and 5000 men in the other. The
character of the country and the ais
trlbution Of the troops before the ma
neuvers began We're such as to neces-
state large amount of difiicnlt
transport work. and the first comment
that we hear is that the efficiency
of the transportation branch of the
service was really remarkable, even
when tested by European and Amer
lean standards. Predictions of .
breakdown in the commisariat and of
consequent disorder we're all proved
false.
"Between a European and Chinese
regiment on the march" we are told.
there is nothing to choose. Pay
sique, equipment and department i'm
press one as being much the same.
Skirmishing was conducted in the or
thodox order. The men showed that
they knew how to avail themselves OF
every scrap of cover. It was unani-
mously agreed that nigh state of
discipline existed. The way the sol
liers endured some very trying work
gave good evidence that they were
in fine condition and well handled.
The medical staff was everywhere
present. but its services were hardly
ever needed The engineer branch Is
given much praise. as is also the han
ding of their guns by the artillery
The cavalry was. however, deficient
in skill.
The main criticisms of the maneu-
vers concerned the tactics. the arma-
ment and some features of the gener-
alship. These things. are, of course,
serious, But armament is a question
of money and can rapidly be improv-
ed while much allowance was made
for the other defects because of GER
tain of the fixed conditions of the ma
neuvers. Almost in the same breath
with the criticisms the observer We
are quoting said: I'VE saw quite
enough to prove that both officers and
men understood their business. and
that If they had been free to work out
The situations as they arose they
would nave done ii in very different
fashion,
From such reports it appears GER
tain that Cinnamon have the capacity
10 make excellent disciplined soldiers.
fully equal to the demands of modern
war. Beyond that. moreover. it ap-
pears probable that they also possess
the other qualities that are needful
for the effective use of this excellent
material, but as to that the time for
certainty has hardly yet arrived
Record-Herald
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

dispatch from Columbus says
Mrs. Chadwick will be compelled to
work at the washtub during her stay
In the Ohio penitentiary. Here is
additional evidence of the fact that
woman labors under disadvantages in
this world. If the lady who wrecked
banks and took the savings of other
people for her own use were man
she would no doubt be provided with
an easy JOB in the bookkeeping de.
partment.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25
RURAL MAIL SERVICE
COVERS WHOLE LAND


The rural delivery mail service IN
the United States is nearly ten yeai S
old, although the first appropriation
by Congress for experimental service
was made thirteen years ag,. Ia 1893.
Postmaster General Bissell, however.
refused to expend It. The Cleveland
administration was dead against the
scheme. Mr.. Bissell declared that the
farmers did not want their mail
brought to their homes. Subsequent
proceedings have shown how easy IL
is for good man TO he mistaken.
Three times in three successive
years was the appropriation renewed,
until finally Congress made Its appli-
cation compulsory, and Postmaster
General Wilson reluctantly establish
ed five routes in his own state OF
West Virginia in October. 1896. These
routes were from Charlestown. Hall
town and Uvilla During the winter
"A other routes in 20 different states
were installed. The experiment was
not favorably regarded by the officials
OF the postoffice department. and no
doubt many of them would have been
gratified at its failure The localities
selected were not adapted to the ser
vice. Free delivery had not been ask
ed for by the people of that section. :.
they were unusually conservative in
disposition, and the carriers were Of
fered very small wages-only $3.50 "A
year. Postmaster General Wilson
therefore can not be blamed because
the experiment was success, He
was opposed to the proposition on
principle, as he was to everything else
that tended toward ''patcrnalism." He
believed that the duty of a govern
ment is to govern, and not to become
comon carrier or do anything that
can be done by private individuals or
. corporations in transportation and
other lines OF business.
The free delivery of mail in cities
met with the same opposition when
1t was first proposed. In 1863 Post
master General Blair declared that
"clty free delivery would bankrupt the
government" Nevertheless the pro
gressive element in Congress compel
ed its adoption and If 1t were abolish
ed today revolution would follow.
Rural free delivery is an old idea in
Europe. 1t has been in operation for
generations in Great Britain and in
the thickly populated continental
countries, where, of course. 1t is very
much less costly. 1t is an expensive
luxury to our taxpayers, but it has
been introduced everywhere without
regard to expense. The only idea
has been to serve the convenience of
the people.
During the last nine years the num-
ber Of routes has been increased from
five to 34,660; the number of people
served has increased from 1000 to
more than 13.OOO,000: the total dis.
tance travelled daily by the carriers
has been increased from 96 miles to
100000 miles: the number of carriers
from "A to 34.660; the annual expend
iture from $4,000 to s20.Sl9,9ii.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

district attorney for investigating
killing for the purpose of sscertaining
who is to blame. That is district
attorneys business, and when doing
II he should have the support ana
help of every law abiding citizen ana
every decent newspaper thorough
investigation can harm no innocent
person but will only prove their inho-
cence which otherwise might remain
In dnilht
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25
STATE BRIDGE
State Engineers Office

Denver, Colorado
Sealed proposals will be received at this office
up To u O'clock, noon. Feb az 1900, Tor the cons
tructon of a combination bridge across the AMI
mas River. near La Posta. La Plata County. Colo
r,do. two (sl % IT. spans. Tubular piers filed
with concrete,
Plans and specifications on fie with the chair
man OF the board of county commissioners OF la
Plata county at Durango. and in this office
Information furnished on application. certified
check and bond required
BY order OF the Board OF county commissioners.
7. w. Jaycox
State Engineer.
First Publication Jan %.
Last Publication Feb. IL
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

The Telluride Journal presents de-
eidedly improved appearance since in
Stalling Mergenthaler. About dou-
hlc the amount of reading matter is
printed, allowing the local force to in
roase the amount of home news. edi-
torial and otherwise 1t Is difficult
for daily proposition to keep house
without n linotype.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

Let us trust this will be the last
winter of blockades-so far as snow
Ia concerned. With the Rio Grande
connecting with the Santa Fe and the
southern Pacific with its through
lines, wintry blasts will not have any
terror for the people of Durango and
the Southwest.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

FOR SALE-Thoroughb Poland.
CHINA boar. Weight about $50 lbs.
Address box 1852. Durango. Can be
seen at Spencer's ranch on Florida
mesa. l-l2-4-tw
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

The Rio Grande needs help in build
Ing southwestern empire, and the
southern Pacific will be the partner
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

with southern connections it will
he no unusual sight to see a half doz-
en- coal trains pulling out for Califor-
mia daily.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25
MODERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

AND SCHOOL CORRESPONDENCE
English
writing the mast
Competent
features relied school
gives full Instruction Learn
month Catalogue OPPORTUNITIES FREE
." cHAhlts sloo 18TH AND CURTIS Sra
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

Alcohol as motor fuel for automo-
biies is gradually gaining headway
In certain forms 1T also adds mater
ially to the recklessness of cnauffeurs.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

Danny Maher, the jockey. has pur-
chased an automobile and hotel A
hospital would have been far more
appropriate thing TO go with an auto.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

The Southern Pacific will he an i'm
nortant factor in the upbuilding of
Durango and this southwest section.
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25
NOTES FROM FIELD AND FARM.

The elder Pliny tells us thht the
Romans had as many as 20 varieties
of the apple and wealthy people OF
that time We'd with each other in pro-
ducing the finest specimens. 1t is
now supposed that these varieties or
some OF them were carried by the ar
mics of Caesar in his invasion of
Briton. thus adding the rarest leaf to
the crown of that great conqueror
and giving to the world a gift that
Few kings could besv1w, Those 20
varieties have so increased that the
next complete published list of varie-
ties will contain $1,000 names aud
synonyms, one-half of which can be
called distinct varieties. The last re-
port of the American Pomological so.
ciety files down the list to 1853 apples
and crab apples that have distinctive
characteristics of value to the fruit
growers OF the United States. Few
of this list are adapted to all the
states, but some sections can and do
grow to advantage many of the vari.
cites. With the present list of known
and tried varieties, il is possible and
desirable TO have good, ripe apples on
ones table every day in the year.
without resorting to any better means
than cool cellar. The Denver cham
ber of copmerce is now exhibiting
apples grown in 1904.
We notice that in the preparation
for planting over on the western slope
the coming spring the planters are
calculating TO put in more of the Jon.
athan than any other variety of ap.
pie. The Jonathan is all right on
heavy adobe soils but does not seem
to do so well on rocky. gravelly or
sandy land. as under these circum-
stances the fruit does not attain suit
able size to make the best showing.
While Winsaps are still popular and
were planted quite extensively twelve
or fifteen years ago. when less was
known OF them, 1t is now understood
by most growers that they overbear
so prolifcally as to render them I'M
dersized, and this not only discounts
the fruit on the market but requires
just so much more handling in the
picking, grading and packing II re-
quires too much time to throw out
the wormy ones and culls. The Ben
Davis, which Is a good enough locker
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25
GOOD LOGIC.

Dolores Star.
A newspaper that Is really In favor
Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

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The sun., 1906-12-31
MRS. CADTETX ~ BELLEVUE.
Found Wandering ON Firth Ave. Looking
for Her Boy. whom the Gerrys Have.

A well dressed woman who seemed to be
acting queerly attracted the attention OF
Policeman Connolly last night about 73O
O'Clock in front of o. Fifth avenue. She
wore a blue broadcloth tailormade dress, a
big plumed hat and Connolly noticed that
her hair was snow white. She was num-
bling to herself.
Connolly asked her what the trouble was
and she told him that she had no home and
no friends. She didn't know what TO do,
she said tearfully. Connolly took her to
the Tenderloin police station in a patrol
wagon as she didn't want to walk that far.
She told Sergt Bailey a rambling story
about her having been followed all day by
men and boys who insisted that she go to a
hospital for an operation. Bailey turned
her over TO the matron, Rose DAILY, who
questioned her further.
To the matron she said she was Mrs.
Madeline Cadieux, but that she was some
times known as Madeline Allen, and that up
to a short time ago she lived at 228 West
Thirty ninth street. She said she was look
ing for her boy, who had been stolen" "
from her by the Gerry society. They called
a doctor from the New York Hospital who
said she ought 10 go to Bellevue. She didn't
want to go, and IL was after good deal of
trouble that she consented.
The police were certain that Mrs. Made
line Cadieux was the same as Mrs. Katherine
Cadieux who got into trouble on April 25
last, when she WIS charged with abductinR
her son George, aged 0, from the Odd Fell
lows Home In The Bronx. She removed
the hoy and was arrested the next day
at 22s West Thirty-pinth street by detec-
tive after she had tried TO get away by jump
ing out Of a second story window TO the back
yard. She said at the time that her boy
had complained OF i'll treatment and there
fore she took him away.
Her son, a handsome child, had been n
model for artists and had appeared on the
stage in child parts in tom Moore and other
shows. Mrs. Cadieux was on the stage her
self at one time. She said she came from a
good family in Nashville, Tenn, and that
she was the daughter of Judge. The
Gerry society took the boy of the stage and
placed him in the Harlem institution. His
mother, the society asserted, was incapable
of caring properly for him.
The sun., 1906-12-31
SAW NEGROES SHOOT UP TOWN.
More witnesses Tell nauisitOr Purdy of
BrOwnsyiIIe Soldier Riot.

BRowNsvILLE, Tex, Dec 3O.-Assistant
United States Attorney General Purdy
did not stop his investigation for Sunday.
To-day Mrs. c. II. Moore Of the Miller
Hotel which was fired into several times
on the night of the negro soldier riot, testi-
fed that she saw shots fired: that the negroes
deliberately aimed at two guests, Mr..
and NJ RS. Odom of San Antonio, who were
booking out the window, and that the shots
passed between them.
G. b. Chase and Joe Borden. engineer
and fireman on the st. Louis, Brownsville
and Mexican Railway, testified that they
saw the negroes in uniform firing They
specified their location.
Teofilio Martinez. boatman, testified
that he saw the volley fired from the har-
racks and saw the soldiers when they
climbed the wall and started for town.
Nicols Alanis, "A silversmith, was at Till
mans saloon when the firing there occurred
and saw Frank Natus killed. He saw him
fall dead ten feet from the back door as the
negroes shot through the open gate.
Pauline Preciado. editor of Mexican
paper. also saw the shooting. So did q. ]:
Porter general agent Of the railroad. Fred
E. Stark, a mounted customs inspector,
whose house was fired into, saw the soldiers
do IL.
jose Marti nez, a druggist, who lives
opposite the Post, Just thirty-six feet from
the wall. saw the shooting and saw the
soldiers come over the wall and start TO
town.
Mayor r. NJ Shannon, foreman OF the Herdld
printing office; Manuel Alonzo and NUN
ber Of other witnesses gave corroborative
evidence. Several more witnesses are to
be examined tomorrow.
Mr.. Purdy and parry will leave San
Antonio Tuesday.
The sun., 1906-12-31
MRS. VAN ALSTYNE GUARDS BOY.
She'll BE In Court To-day Asking Warrants
for His kIdnappers.

Four-year-old Darcy Van Alstyne, who
bids fair to hold the record as the most
kidnapped youngster Of modern times,
spent yesterday playing with his Christmas
toys at his home in the Radcliffe. West
Ninety-second street, with his mother keep
ing a close eye on him and an ear for any
sharp raps at the door. Mrs. Van Alstyne
refused to see any callers yesterday other
than very intimate friends, and even these
had to prove their identity before being
admitted to the apartments.
Darcy after three days spent in an under
shirt seemed to enjoy the security Of a pair
Of knickerbockers and a white sweater
yesterday When he reached his home on
Saturday night, wrapped in his mothers
fur coat, DARCY showed evidence of a cold,
but a good hot soaking in the tub showed
good results yesterday morning.
Mrs. Van Alstyne conferred with her
lawyer, Maurice Meyer, for some time
yesterday, and the lawyer announced for
her that Mrs. Van Alstyne will go to the
jefferson Market police court this afternoon
and apply for warrants for her husband,
Guy G. Van Alstyne, the broker. a lawyer
for the latter and an unknown person who,
it is said, is private detective. Mrs. Van
Alstyne will charge the three not only with
kidnapping the boy, but also with assaultinG
her in that they knocked her back into her
room at the Gisey House, where she was
visiting, while they made away with darcy
! on Friday morning
Attorney Meyer said last night that he
| would apply in the Supreme Court for an
| order directing Van Alstyne to show cause
why he should not be punished for contempt
in that he violated a court order in swiping
| the how
The sun., 1906-12-31
PROTEST AGAINST RECEIVERS.
stock and Bond Holders Of M J. e. h. g.
Road Take Action.

MOBILE, Ala, Dec. 30.-A petition
by holders of s3,OOO.OO0 worth Of bonds
protesting against the reoeivership OF the
Mobile, jackson and Kansas City road
is being signed here to-day. When COM
pIeted it will be presented TO Chancellor
Thomas II. Smith, who issued the order
creating the receivership.
The petit on is in the shape OF protest
against e a tlCn t1ken by Ambrose Mo-
neil, Thomas Morr son and John Mcleod.
The petitioners declare that they are not
stockholders, that they held only thirteen
shares Of stock recently purchased to give
plant, and that they are not creditors on
the books OF the company. II alleges that
+. E. Dewey, one Of the receivers, ls hostile
to the former management.
The protestants will present their Pc
tition tomorrow. II is expe ted that the
Chancellor will reject their plea and an
appeal will be taken.