Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-01

fused to be reeonciled any longer
The Pagosa Springs New Era SAYS
the last meeting of the board of Ar
| chuleta county commissioners remit
ted to the state treasurer the sum
| OF 81, ,l62 due the state, and adds that
the present administration pays It's
| debts with the peoples money Instead
of squandering il in riotous living.
Southern connection by rail- will In
few years save Durango and South
west from snow blockades when the
people want to get out to other climes
and Albuquerque and Santa Fe viii
be only few hours ride A trim to
Mexico will he one OF about the
same duration as that now To Den
YER. wnen there are no blockaded
ranges.
X. G. Hafl.ng. son Of the late G.
w. Hafling. who is attending the
State Normal school Mt Greeley, hav-
ing chosen manual training, and who
Will graduate at the end of the pres.
ent term, departed this morning with
his brother and sister, Henry. II, and
Eva, l3. to place them in the public
schools at Loveland. Mr.. Hnfling Is
more than ordinary young man,
with brilliant face beaming with
ambition and determination TO accom-
plish what he has undertaken. In
his acceptance of the splendid rcspon-
sibility of educating these children
and guarding and protecting them, he
rises far above tho 80 In the 100.
The Herald is pleased over tho re-
ceipt OF letter conveying the in
formation that Mrs. Thomas Mason,
who was confined In hospital for
two weeks AT San Diego, Is ont again
and looking greatly improved. It was
mistake about Mr.. Mason being
compelled TO go TO the hospital as
he writes that he Is gaining right
along. They are now located at Al
pine postolilce. San Diego county.
where they have arranged to remain
three to four months Their mnuy
friends In this section Will he graft
hen ~ ihe good report
q
The Montrose Enterprise boasts
that two of It's Simplex typeseiteTs
| set 1896 lines OF matter In a day. or
twelve galleys of type of 81 inches
| each. The matter In the Enterprise
is l1-pomt and the Herald Linotype
operator will set the same number
OF lines or galleys of 2i inches on
the same point In not to exceed
| eight hours. 1t Is probable the two
operators on the Enterprise put In
twenty to "a hours for the two 10
make their Simplex record. And The
Herald proof will contain the mini
mum number of errors. Your boys
and your Simplex are not in II.
A train auditor on the Rio Grnnde
named james, made a vicious assault
on a passenger named John Forbes.
near Canon City, the other day and
will he made to answer in the courts.
The auditor had repeatedly lnsulted
the wife and H-year told daughter of
Forbes. Forbes was kicked brntally
by the auditor when he demonstrated
and daughter, and his spine was in
| jnred The Elks have taken up the
| fight against James and will demand
honest prosecution. The Canon City
| Cannon says James Is lucky to get a
| trial. Better send James down In the
| Sun Imam whnTf. ha hiQ unnl
ms between all stations at all times.
Every mining camp in the San
Juan country, In spite of severe
winter. IL doing more In development
and production than during any for
mer winter for several years. All OF
them save Rico and Red Mountain
are doing more than ever; the latter
two have had greatcr production In
their history. but II was when silver
was dollar or more per ounce. Sill
verton Onray, Telluride, Lake City
and the La Platas. all are doing more
than they ever did. And capital con.
tinues to come into the country Of
big and permanent veins for invest
ment: 1t rides over Cripple Greek
and golden Gilpin and the northern
camps now without stopping TO lis
ten to stories that the San Juan Is
petered out" Such tommy-rot nc
longer Affects the great San Juan.
Soon after coming to Durango
nearly six years ago. Mr.. Sarbcr was
requested by officials of the Baptist
Home Mission society to make 0
study of the Indians of the Ute ant
Navajo tribes with view TO enlist
Ing the denomination In mission worl
among them. As a result he prepar
ed paper which was very heartily
received at the Colorado Baptis
State convention, and appeared late
in three Illustrated articles In tn
Standard Of Chicago. and denomina
tlonal interest was aroused TO the eS
tent Of locating two missions. Nj
Sarber became fascinated with In
study OF the Navajo especially, an
has followed 1t up all these years
His lecture on THE Navajo Indian,
illustrated with nearly 100 stercopi
con views, at the Baptist church o