Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-05
atives have been located. Durango
friends are looking after burial.

atives have been located. Durang
friends are looking after burial.
r. J. McNutt, county Judge OF Sal
Juan county, came down from Silver
ton this morning to consult DR.. Davis
the eve specialist. The Judge Il
standing his years well and looks bu
a tribe older than in the eighties
| r. f. Amsden came up from Farm
ington Wednesday evening accom-
panied by his wife, spending yester
day In Durango. They departed thl,
morning for Denver where they will
probably locate. having sold out al
Pennington.
To have = good coffee II is not al
In the berry, Every house wife will
tell you this. And II you will cal
at Chapmsn's and obtain a coffe,
percolator you will save money and
always have coffee like mother used
to make
The monthly meteorological sum.
mary of the local weather bureau for
January reports a total precipitation
OF l.99 inches which included 17.5
inches OF snow: there were 10 clear
days, partly cloudy and cloudy.
The lowest temperature was on the
night of the 3rd, when the govern
ment instrument recorded IL below.
When the government bids were
opened as Washington the 4tn OF De.
cember there was only one bid fof
the mail route from Cortez to Bluff,
Utah. II was "ont OF sight" and re
iected. New bids were called for
and there has been scramble 10
get under cover this time and tho
authorities will have four bids at
least to consider.
Arthur NJ. Miles, a newcomer, II
printer by trade. who came to Du-
range some two months ago to ac-
cept position on the Democrat, died
this morning from consumption, his
rived. He was horn Sept. 20, 1876.
in Maysville. Mo. A younger brother
VINO came west with him. also sis
ter. are looking after him. Funeral
will take place from the residence
on Sixth avenue tomorrow afternoon
at 1:30. Rev. Mr.. Sarber officiating.
While not brought out In evidence
yet. there Is much mystery where the
two balls came from that struck the
electric light pole and brick wall on
the opposite side OF the street and
many have a theory that some one
concealed fired the shots that killed
Thompson. coming from the direc.
tion of the FL Moro. There is GER
talnly a wide discrepancy as to the
number OF shots fred and what real
ly took place. even among the wit
nesses for defense. Whether con.
spiracy or not. Thompson is dead and
all The Herald wants is for truth to
prevail. 1t is not for The Herald
TO sum up the testimony. The law
yers win do this.
o.
To the county commissioners. If
there Ia to he cleaning up at the
court house You should start In with
the chief mogul. the Durango Demo
crat. Collect the several hundred
dollars the Democrat owes the coun-
ty. Illegally rebated by Bradley. snd
then go down the line and do busi-
ness with all the grafters. The Dem
ocrat management will not kick be-
cause the owners Of the paper are too
Just and upright to think oil grating.
Both the editor and manager are
paragons Of righteousness. How do
we know? Haven't We their word
for 1t, reiterated hundreds of times
In the Democrat?
Why seek southern climes for fine
weather when we have all that can be
desired In this direction almost with
In q stones throw Of our city. Peo-
pie returning from Pennington state
that the weather there Is balmy-tust
like spring. And during the very cold
snap here a week ago the birds were
fitting from tree to tree. singing their
happy songs. A trip to the terminus
Of the pumpkin line will verify all
that has been said Of a glorious win
ter climate. And Durango is not bad
True we have some cold weather and
little snow. but compared to any
OF the states above Mason and Dixon's
line we must certainly be awarded the
cake for all-around agreeable winter
weather.
ID. O. Clark. vice president and
general manager Of the Union Pacific
Coal company. the company purchas-
ing the stock OF the Porter Fuel com
pany. arrived In the city from Omaha
last evening, accompanied by Mr.. w.
l. Clifford of Denver. The new own
ers took charge OF the property yes
terday. The name OF the local com.
pany will remain as In the past. the
Porter Fuel company, with Mr.. Clark
az president and manager. The I'm
ion Pacific Coal company Is the name
Of the organization controlling all the
coal interests of the Union Pacific
Railroad company. which Ii also the