Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-12

likely there VIII be others TO take
their places as there are several par
ties in Durango now trying to buy To-
ations to suit them.
Harrison Crane, nee George Craig.
formerly of Durango. sends from the
National Soldiers home in California
photo of Miss Chiquita.' a Spanish
dwarf on exhibition, TO his Sid friend,
Frank VIII. Miss Chiqnfta Is 80 inches
high and weighs 40 pounds. The Du-
range colony in southern California
now will probably be able to describe
her when they return.
At the entertainment to he given
by the Grand Army next Tuesday ev-
ening at Red Men hall addresses will
be made by Mrs. j. B. Pulford. Rev.
W. II. Ferguson and Superintendent
Indian school.
The total eclipse of the moon last
night. beginning to manifest itself at
about II o'clock. was complete about
midnight. People who remained up
that late were out with their glasses
and guesses, and some of them report
having had an interesting time. Eclip,
ses do not come as often as Christ
mas and people ought to get to see
them.
Dr,f IaIabttnuar nau rnnaiyab GOV.
eral specimens of rare old violips
from New York. Some of them were
made In the seventeenth century. Sc
lections have been made by Mr.. A. p.
Camp, DR.. Stillians and the profess.
or himself Any one interested in
such instruments. can call on the pro
fessor. They are exhibited with the
Knight Campbell Music Co, at 1924
Main street
j. +. Willis, mentioned some time
ago by The Herald as having the pur.
pose of manufacturing brick at Du-
range, says now that he thinks the
Bell brick plant can be started up by
securing n little cooperation. He is
making canvass Of the Durango
people who are interested in building
and thinks he will meet with sufii
cient encouragement TO 90 ahead.
There is a perceptible decrease in
| cigarette smoking since the anti-cig
| arctic movement began. A recent
| canvass among the cigarette people
| reveals that a number of the older
| but many of these have quit. some OF
them taking mp the pipe. Among the
| juvenile habitues are found those who
confess they quit because they coul,
no longer secure the "mak.ngs." Many
| II the boys desist through a sense OF
| shame. The worst are the older ones
wo wear out their pants scratching
matches.
The Herald desires to nave 1t nm
| 'erstood that 1t is not engaging In
personal attacks on the Democrat ed
| itor or manager The Herald will not
angage in personal journalism. The
| Democrat made charges against the
county commissioners that can NOT
| he substantiated and we simply pub
lished the records of what has been
accomplished the past year And it
$ only justice to the people that we
show up the Democrats hypocrisy
when ii comes to honesty and graft.
| ing. The article on the first page
viii show how the Democrat beat the
,ounty by fraudulent charges and
while insisting on others paving taxes
refuses to do so itself And it re
mains to be seen II the Democrat can
keep up its blum.
The commissioners of La Plata
'ounty were met this afternoon by a
delegation of stock growers, who ask
ed that La Plata county return to a
former agreement with San Juan
| county. New Mexico, whereby the
| Stockgrowers moving their herds to
md from Colorado to New Mexico
| Turing the different seasons might pay
half OF their taxes in each place. The
COMMISSIONERS answered. lHdt tneN
could not do so legally.
Later in their discussion the com.
| missioners said after the delegation
had gone that Colorado had suffered
much by the old arrangement and
suffered for years by having non-res-
dent stock grazed on Colorado grass
rs; the Colorado stockgrowers having
go TO New Mexico in winter to buy
iced and pay tax there.
II was intimated that the commits.
Sioners will hereafter nave all stock
led in Colorado assessed and taxes
paid for them.
The commissioners take the posi-
tion that Colorado people who pay
Colorado tatxes own the ranges and
should have them.
Sam Wall returned yesterday even.
ing from few days spent at Farm.
ington and says people in Durango
have no idea of the difference in the
temperatures of Durango and the low.
er country He says 1t is like sum
mer down there and the people are
beginning to plow.
He concurs with the oft repeated
statement made by The Herald that