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

' ''SA"a9 fatdbon mas Deen liked
! by the school board from Friday even
ing. December 81, to Wednesday
, morning. January 2.
o.
Pagosa Springs is threatened with
a coal famine. according to the New
Era But as there is plenty of timber
nearby no one will suffer.
Mr. Farmer, have you done any
thing yet TO help Durango get that
sugar factory? II you haven't you'd
better hurry or YOU win be too late.
| w. X Armstrong went to Maucos
this morning and will do some tall
hustling In Montezuma county on the
sugar beet proposition.
The Pagosa Springs New Era re.
marks that the visit OF Miss Gather.
Inc Craig is believed to he the first
ever paid that town by state super.
intendent.
Sheriff Thompson left this morning
for Los Banos. Calf, to bring I'd
Dugan back. II Is long trip and
VIII probably take ten or eleven days
to get back
Ernest Thompson, son of the
sheriff, was removed today from the
Ochsner hospital to his home. He is
not well yet, but is improving. He
| had bad spell of typhoid
c. o. Clark departed this morning
| Tor the East, where he and Mrs. Clark
will spend the winter They will put
In the time in New York. Boston and
other eastern centers They expect
to return In May.
Mrs. Myrta Glenn. who has been
visiting her uncle. w. +. Gillian. and
his family az Aztec. departed this
morning for her home In West
Branch, Mich. Mr.. Gillian came mp
TO see her off.
Tillman mildly crlticizes the presi.
dents action In the Brownsville
| negro affair. But this criticism is
nothing compared TO what It would lie
had the president failed to dismiss the
| troops.
The United States sli.a between
the Camp Bird niue and Camp Bird
mill at ouray 1ds already run twice
this winter and promises to run sew |
eral more time, before the season IA |
over. This Is the slide that, on |
March II las. wrecked the mammoth |
Camp Bird nil as II it were an egg |
shell
Sam Johnson informs the Herald |
that he has not applied for the ap-l
pointment OF county Judge, has not |
spoken to one of the commissioners
regarding such appointment, and that
the story in last weeks Wage Garner
TO the effect that he had, was pipe
dream. pure and simple.
o.
The arrest of alleged Mexican rev
olutionists on the Mexican border has
led to an intense feeling and three |
murders have been committed along
the Rio Grande In three days. The
river on the American side is being |
patrolled by rangers, civil officers and |
customs guards, and on the Mexican |
side by rurales.
The farmer who thinks there is no |
need OF hurry in signing up for sugar |
beets is badly mistaken. There Is the |
greatest need for hurry. A million
dollar enterprise cannot be built Off |
hand. 1t takes time. The sugar com
pany knows just how much time It win
take, for they have had experience.
They must commence work very soon
in order to handle next years crop
Of beets. That Is why there is such
a hurry.
According to the reports OF the
state board Of railway commissioners |
at Topeka, there are now In sctive |
use In Kansas II. .038 n lies of railway |
main track. This puts Kansas In the
third place on the roll of states la
extent of railway mileage. Texas
stands first on the list, with about
12,500 miles, and Illinois Is secon1-
with about 1900 miles. Pennsylva-
MIA Is fourth on the roll, Iowa fifth.
Ohio sixth and Missouri seventh.
O.
The jury ir the case of the state
versus Rosa May Fuqua Vanderiip
was selected this forenoon. and the
taking of evidence commenced at 2
o'clock this afternoon. The jury is
composed of the following: Jacob
Ohlweller, Lester Palmer. John Meu
ser, David A. Attebury, j. c. Sanford,
Peter Peterson. T. G. McCullocb, =.
r. Dunn, j. NJ. Crawford. William
yosburg. NJ. d. Parks and William
Croke.
At meeting of the board of trade
last night petition was signed by
the president OF the board to be pre-
| sented to the congressman from this
| district The petition asked that our
| congressman secure the passage of a