Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-15
( Washington aud Clark streets.

OF washington aud clark streets.
The Montrose creamery turned out
900 pounds of butter one day last
| week
A Greeley child was born the other
day with six teeth. This takes the
record.
Corbett was knocked out In the fifth
round AT Los Angeles last night BY
Aurello Herrera OF bakersfield, Calf
Corbetts exhibition was disappointing
from start to finish.
The Cripple Creek Athletic club
was raided Wednesday and lot OF
gambling paraphernalia secured. ESi-
IDENTIFY the day of gambling Is about
over in Colorado.
The Mexican supreme conrt has re-
fused to grant stay asked By Mason.
Richardson and HArle, the three Amer.
'cans convicted of numbering victims
TO defraud life insurance companies.
| Mrs. Hans Hansen. wife of motor.
man OF Oshkosh. Wis. claims the dis.
| tlnction OF being the mother OF two
| children, who. though twins. were
born In different years. She gave
| birth to the first at 11:55 o. m, Dec.
| 81, 1905. and to the second at 1879
4. m, Jan. |, 1906. She has not de-
cided which day shall be celebrated
by the twins as their birthday when
| they grow up.
William J. Bryan. at a banquet In
| lIoilo Tuesday night. said the officials
OF the islands were representative
| Americans who had the best interests
! OF the Fllipinos at heart. The Bryan
| party Is crossing the heart Of the ISL
| and of Minadnao
Japan Is to make grants aggregat.
ing $7a.000000 in bonds to soldiers In
| recognition of the services rendered
during the war with Russia. This
statement was made by Korekiro TAX.
| abash. special financial commission
or OF the Japanese government The
grants are contained In a new Issue
OF bonds estimated at S216,000, 900.
The sheriff Of Lake county is hav-
Ing trouble suppressing gambling and
| enforcing the midnight closing law.
the Justice OF the peace dIscharginy
n saloonkeepcr. although two ofncera
swore to witnessing the selling of
liquor after midnight The sheriff
says gambling must cease In Lead
vile in every form and that the clos
ing law must he obeyed.
William Il. Curtis. writing from
Washington. tells of the plans for a
| Captain j. X. Church, who acted as
surgeon for the Rough Riders iu 1898,
md whose bravery Is to be rewarded
| after eight years
| One hundred and twenty-five car.
loads Of apples aggregating s2b boxes
TO the car were shipped from Mon
trose the past Season. This makes
a total of about $1,000 boxes and tho
average price paid to the MontroSe
fruit growers was $1.60 a boz.
The American Beet Sugar company.
through It's manager. r. Weitxer. has
announced that the price of siicing
beets has been raised to so cents
ton for the 1906 season. The COM
pany mas some contracts outstanding
for torn OF years but these also will
receive the benefit Of the Increased
price.
From 25 acres of apple trees Of eight
of the leading varieties. l.. w. Sweitz-
er this year took $500 boxes OF ap-
pies, for which he received 38,275.
and $50 Of them bore fruit for the
first time this year, It being the third
and fourth crop for the balance OF
the trees. Mr.. Sweitzer estimates
that the crop was only about half what
1t should have been this year, owing
to the extremely cold weather last
winter These figures show a gross
receipt of $2.76 per tree for the entire
horchard. which amounts to 1891 per
acre.--Delta Laborer.
A determined attempt will be made
during the present session Of Con-
gress to pass the pure food bill pre-
pared at the agricultural department
and introduced into the senate by Mr..
Hepburn and In the house by Mr.
Hepburn. 1t Is not new measure
II has been pending for many years.
and there have been several investi-
cations by different committees to
determine the need for such legisla-
! tlon. Some of them have been pro-
posed as diversion by the oppon-
ents Of the bill who have managed
thelr interests with great skill and
persistence. II is fought by nearly
all manufacturers OF patent foods.
patent medicines and particularly by
+ the associations Of rectihers and
I wholesale liquor dealers. II 1t is true
as DR.. Wiley OF the agricultural de-
D partmeDt has so frequently asserted.
that s5 per cent OF all the whiskies
r and other liquors offered for sale ip
d the United States are impure or adul
J. terated. they have reason to do so
The bill provides for the organiza
ton of a bureau OF chemistry and
d foods which shall be charged with the
E" inspection OF all foods. drugs and II
quors offered for sale In the District
OF Columbia or used In interstate o,
foreign trade. and IL they are founc