Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-27

Ed. Heron, extra gang foreman on
the d. & r. G., departed this morning
for Phoenix, Ariz., where he expects
to take another railroad position.
Cal Copeland and wife returned
this morning from their camping trip
on the vallecito and report a very
good time even II it did rain every
day.
Judge Lindsey has served notice on
Mayor Speer and his henchmen that
he does not desire their support or
votes If he is nominated for govern
or.
Tom Patterson tells Colorado Dem
ocrats they must not think OF com
hitting a blunder by naming any one
but Alva Adams for governor. And
you Democrats know what 1t means
to go against the wishes OF the great
criminal lawyer, editor and senator.
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Prof. ira D. Long of the State uni
versity at Boulder is spending the
day in town, having come down from
Silyerton this morning. This after
noon he addressed the Teachers in
stitute on the graphs in arithmetic,
a subject which is one of his hobbies
The teachers were very much inter
ested in his remarks.
A farmer wants The Herald to as
certain why the commissioners will
not grant the use of the court house
for the use of the Farmers institute
the coming week, holding that 1t Is
for the use of taxpayers and that the
court house is public property ant
should be allowed for such purposes
in preference to political meetings
The matter should be presented t.
the commissioners or Chairman Lo
gan.
David Ramsay came down from Sill
verton this morning. He has worl
on the court house basement well un
der way, and is getting along yer!
well except that ne is short on sane
because there is shortage of cars
The outside rock for the walls is th'
gray stone shipped from Durango
The sand is also obtained here. Thu
rock for the inside walls is gotter
from Cement creek. Mr.. Ramsa.
says he is very fortunate in havin.
plenty Of help. Nearly every man III
there has a kick. Nearly all EN-
ployers have trouble of one kind o
another; If they have all the he'll
they need they can't get the material
A message from Pagosa Springs i
to the effect that Orla Weir, tn
young man charged with numbering
his uncle, plead guilty and was sen
fenced to a life term in the peniten
tiary. Weir, after his arrest, wa
brought to Durango and kept in jai
here until last Saturday, when tn
sheriff Of Archuleta county took hin
back for trial. 1t was feared h
would be mobbed II left in Pagos
Springs. The crime was an extreme
ly cold-blooded one. Weir and IA
uncle were out horseback riding an
the young man shot his uncle iron
behind and took his money, some
thing like 5000, from him. When al
rested he claimed there had been
| quarrel and he had shot In self-de
| Tense. The young man told MI
Smelcer while in Jail that he ma
killed the best friend he ever had.
w. #. Mowry, attorney of Corte2
and r. P. Gordon, president of tn
| board of commissioners of the Monte
yuma valley irrigation district, cam
over from Cortez yesterday and lef
this morning for Denver. Their mis-
sion is for the purpose of closing u
the bond deal. With them was w. G
De Celle of Chicago, vino represent
the eastern end of the financia
string. Mr.. De Celle stated to a Hell
aid reporter that he had been owe
the Montezuma valley making thor
ough inspection of the resources an,
possibilities; that he was surprise,
at the excellent quality of the soil an,
the great quantities of fine fruit foun,
in the orchards, What the distric
needed next after getting water, h,
said, was a railroad, and if the frui
growers could put their product oil
the train and ship 1t out Montezum;
valley could not be surpassed by an,
district in the world. Altogether, Mr.
De Celle thought Montezuma vale,
was very good place to put his mon
ey in or for anybody else to pu
theirs.
The Denver Post arriving last nigh
advocates the nomination of Judge
lindsay FOR onyarnnr m tba Dar,o