Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-06
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
DR.. Thomas Hawkins is the mama
of the surgeon who was called in con
sultation from Denver in the DIR. PM.
ford case.
Mrs. S. w. Raymond and Miss
Catherine left this morning for Mancos
to spend three weeks with Mrs. Raw.
mond's brothers, the Krumpanltzkys.
Pete Mcclellan went out to paposa
Springs this morning, where he will
join Mrs. Mcclellan. and the two will
remain there perhaps couple of
weeks.
h. ID. brindle was in from Bayfield,
over night TO see what some of the
travelling men had new to ofYer that
would be appreciated by customers
along the Pine.
j. NJ. Kinsley, manager of the San
Juan Produce association. returned
last evening from mis- trip to towns
east OF Durango. taking in those In
the San Luis valley. To a reporter
Mr.. kinsley said there was no trouble
In selling good fruit. He could have
sent carload out this morning IL he
had 1t ready. They all want good
fruit over that way. There was
strong demand for 1t in every ham.
let and at every station where he
stopped. Such an enormous demand
cannot at this time be supplied. This
certainly speaks volumes for the op-
Portunities there are in the fruit bus
mess.
Superintendent Spear came in from
Fort Lewis this morning. San Juan
Naranjo and wife, teachers, came In
with him and went to Pennington,
from where they will take the stage
to the reservation, where they go for
visit with their parents. San Juan
Naranjo is the Indian pupil who OBJ
tanned his education in the Fort Lewis
school and by perseverance worked
up to the position of instructor. He
was married recently to an Indian
girl of the school. Naranjo will be
remembered by many Durango peo
pie as ball player of considerable
merit, and as the boy who won re-
nown in the long distance root race
held at the fair two years ago.
The Atlantic Monthly of July has
an article on THE Grading OF Sin
ners" that is well worth reading and
Golfers of last week has a very sim
liar one on what is Crime?" by Ar
thur Train. We quote a few senten-
ces from the latter: Many Grimm
ais, even those guilty of homicide.
are as white as snow compared with
some men who have never trans
crossed the literal wording of penal
statute. We used to have So-and-So
for orr lawyer remarked the presi-
dent OF a large street railway corpor-
alton. He was always telling us
what we couldn't do. Now we have
Blank and pay him 100000 year to
tell MS how we can do the same
thing The thief who can have the
need never go to Jail. While our leg
islatures have been making it harder
and harder for the state to convict
its ordinary criminals they have to-
tally overlooked the fact that all sorts
of new and ingenious crimes have
come into existence with which the
law in its present form is utterly I'M
able to cope. The evolution of the
modern corporation has made possible
crimes to the punishment OF which
the law is entirely inadequate" In
both articles our attention is called
to the fact that while the man who
murders another is punished by
death, the man who adulterates food
and is the cause of hundreds OF
deaths of unsuspecting and innocent
men, women and children, is perfect
ly safe. And while the man who
picks your pocket is hastily jailed,
the men at the head of great corpora
tions may pick your pocket daily and
go Scott free. 1t is time that these
things were aired.