Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-17
From Mondays Daily.

Superintendent Baker of the P. F.
u. Rubber company is taking his first
lessons In the traits of the Navajoes
and their renegade Ute neighbors
Mr.. Baker has had his pony missing
two weeks, but not without Indians
ready to find him for stipulated
price in silver. salt, sugar, tobacco or
coffee. A very old Indian trick; but
If you turn your horse out with the
herd the Navajo will bring him to
show you that he is honest.
Abe Rachofsky, the veteran mer-
chant and pioneer of Central City
Colo, is in the city on a visit to ilis
brothers. Harry and j. L. Rachofsky
OF The Famous. Mr.. Rachofsky has
visited Durango on one or two former
occasions and this time says he is
more favorably impressed than ever.
He is going to be with us several
days and the latter part of the week
visit Aztec and Pennington and en-
JOY lower altitude.
Miss Marie McKibbon of Telluride
missed her train yesterday morning
for SilvertOn, not thinking she had to
go on freight; sat and watched 1t
pull out and waited for a passenger
train to show up; but she continued
yesterday evening on her journey, on
the evening train.
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nett section, spent Sunday in the
city. Hearing of the results of a
windfest up the valley Saturday even
ing he said he would like to correct
the newspapers which Invariably call
tornado cyclone. He says it is the
tornado that travels in a narrow
space and twists trees of The cy-
clone moves in a larger space, pos
aibIy from so to 100 miles in diane
ter.
The Democrat would have nothing
but poems. Both the editor and man
ager want to do the thinking for those
in control of public affairs. This be-
ing the case 1t is rather hard to un-
derstand why the majority members
OF the school board dared 60 contrary
TO the mandates of the Democrat or
course the Democrat is right and the
majority members wrong 1t could
not well be otherwise for during the
Is odd years the editor of the Dem
ocrat has hoodooed Durango he has
never been wrong-and his flag is
"black."
The funeral of the victim OF the
passenger train accident of last We'd
nesday morning at Main and Four
teenth street. occurred yesterday aft
ernoon. Henry Hechtman says that
while his name has been spelled in
many ways. "Tipotsch" is correct.
Mr.. Tipotsch appears to have be
longed to no order, hut there were
many of his relatives and friends at
the funeral.
Andrew Tipotsch informs The Her
aid this morning that he had never
learned tnat his brother who was
killed by a Rio Grande passenger
train Wednesday morning, had even
been hit over the head by anybody
He knew his brother had been in
jured in coal mine accident. The
Herald had been told that Joe Tip.
otsch was injured by being struck
over the head after the mine accident
and that still later he was caught and
beaten up near Main avenue.
John w. Thompson, son-in-law of
A. w. Shideler, was struck with light
ming at Needleton station on the Rio
Grande railway Saturday morning.
He was unconscious for two hours OF
more and came to Durango on the
evening train for relief He is still
very weak. The stream of electricity
struck him over the left eye and it is
marvelled that he lives to tell the
story.
The funeral of Alex Deans occurred
yesterday afternoon. The Red Men
Knights of Pythias and members of
the Western Federation of Miners
participated. each selecting two OF the
six pallbearers. There was quite a
large turnout from the three orders.
The election of Prof E E. Smiley
superintendent of the Durango schools
Saturday evening was a foregone con.
clnsion some 10 days or two weeks
ago. The Herald STATED at the time
that the circulation of petitions was
useless-that every one as rule
signed most any kind OF a petition
The school board is supposed to in
vestigate and have reasons for its
course. Personally The Herald fav
ored Mr.. Gould. This was on the
surface without investigation But
the majority members of the board
after investigation believed Mr. Smil
ey equal 10 the task and by the
change reduction possible, not only
In the superintendent salary hui
with others.