Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-10
DURANGO, COLORADO MONDAY DECEMBER ,o 1906

a capital stock OF $4,000. with shares
| AT *l each, propose to do general
business in lands. water rights. bonds
ana so on. in Montrose and San
| Miguel counties, and in Denver. WI.
loughby is the man woh Is accused of
| selling lands In the Paradox vail "
which he never had. He conducted
| MS sales in Pueblo. Denver and east.
ern cities by means of much adve.t;s.
ing.
William b. Akin OF Tinnath. one Of
l-arimer county's successful farmers
makes beet growing pay him good
profit. This year he planted fifty
| acres to sugar boets and harvested
1000 tons of beets. an average of 20
tons to the acre. the crop bringing
him $4,000. To produce the beets and
put them on the cars ready for ship
ment to the factory cost Mr.. Akin
S,2So. leaving him a profit of 1910.
or ST5 an acre. His net profit on this
one crop of beets amounts to more
than he paid for his 160-acre tarm
ten years ago.
A peddler in Denver wanted to sell
man pair of garters for his wife
and the husband told the peddler his
wife wore overalls in order to get rid
OF him. Then the pedder expressed
his opinion of man who would let
his wife wear oyerals and that
started fight which landed the com.
batants in police court.
Two Texas cowboys tried to hang
John E. Lewis. colored man, ON
Santa Fe train near Wichita, Kan.
The colored man wore a X p. badge,
and this excited the ire of the Tex
ans. who objected TO him putting on
such airs. At the first flourish of re-
volvers the passengers fled into the
other cars and no assistance was
given the negro, who escaped only by
jumping from the train.
The Western railways have pracu-
cally decided to reduce the cost OF
their m'leage books. They hope, by
so doinE they will in some degree,
mollify the public sentiment which is
demanding reductions In passenger
fares. The present 2000mile book of
the Western Passenges association
costs $50, refund OF 1880 being
given for the cover. A proposition
to reduce the price of the book to $50
and the refund to $3.50 probably Will
be adopted.
Philip Mora was instantly killed and
j. b. Garcia was badly injured in
collision between hand car on which
they We're riding down La Veta pass
with the oncoming freight train The
men were working on the section. and
did not see the freight in time to stop
the hand car, and 1t was impossible
for them to ump without inviting
sure death down the side of tho-moiln.
tain. The engineer of the freight
train did not see the men on the car
In time 10 check the speed OF his en-
gine.
Justice Bowling has refused an ap-
plication for an injunction to restrain
the New York Life Insurance com
pany from conducting a campaign for
the election of the administration"
ticket with policy-holders' money. as
alleged.
DIR. Il. II. Krentzmann OF Lavele,
Wis. was killed by an unusual acci-
dent while hunting. The doctor had
leaned his gun against a tree. when
his dog ran against it,. The weapon
was knocked down and discharged
killing the doctor and the dog.
McGovern, the prize fighter, called
at the White House the other day
and paid his respects" to the presi
dent. He was not looking for trouble
nor had he been called as an instruc-
tor in physical culture. The one
time champion Of his class has been
playing the ponies" al Benning, and
with the racing season ended found
time to take In the sights of the ma
tional capital, He felt he could not
leave town without seeing the man
with the big stick. Accompanied by
me secretary" he visited the presi-
dent. 81 never felt so happy in my
life he declared as he left the White
House, lifting his hat and bowlng to
the newspaper men there.