Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-05

says: Peterson is absolutely honest
with every man to the last penny"
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Mrs. l. Zeller, who has been visiting
friends in the East for the past nire
weeks, will return home this evening.
The open town and Democracy are
hand in hand. Their defeat is the
salvation OF Durango and its institu-
tions.
When houses were made vacant by
closing gambling dozens Of people en-
gagged in legitimate pursuits sought
them eagerly.
The Morning Democrat Is without
party or following further than the
advocates of an open town which it
covertly represents. Republicans ig-
more it and Democrats curse it.
ID
If what is to follow is anything like
what has been everybody should eat
supper this evening with the Presby-
terian ladies at the Windsor hotel and
luncheon at 12 noon tomorrow.
The Southern hotel has put up a
fine electric sign to advertise that
popular hostelry. 1t flashes on and
off and adds much to the appearance
| of Lower Main avenue at night.
Every man on the Republican
| ticket, state. county and precinct,
stands for law and order and for the
general prosperity Of Colorado. And
every one would put down the calam-
| ity howler.
Messrs. Sroufe, Ritter, McClosl1ey,
Gwyn, Clark and others, having fin
ished their work at Aztec, returned
to Durango last evening. Messrs.
| Clark and Gwyn left for Denver this
| morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Godfrey
brought Louis Wilmer from his ranch
| below La Boca yesterday. Mr.. Will
mer will remain in town until his
health. which has been very bad, is
| improved.
| Even the hash of the chicken din
ner served at the Windsor hotel today
| by the Presbyterian ladies will make
| an inviting supper. Go at 6 p. IN. and
see. The proof of the pudding is the
taste thereof.
| Telling the gambler that you he
| lieved in an open town and telling
| the preacher that you believed in en-
forcing the laws, hsd much to do with
delaying the suppression Of gambling
and the all-night and Sunday saloon.
| Judge N. Walter Dixon of Pueblo
passed through to Silverton and spoke
there last night. Judge Dixon was to
have spoken in Telluride Wednos day
night, but railroad wreck delayed
his train and the date was not filled.
| There are evidences on every hand
that the Democrats are eXpending
much money In the election. Alva
and Tom must have loosened up more
| literally than usual, or else there is
lots of coin that came from the green
cloth.
The Democrats in their desperation
have employed female scouts to can.
vass the city to learn how people are
going to vote. Is this to learn how
much money will be required to carry
Durango precincts by purchasing the
ballot?
The open town is the fountain head
of all there is in vice. The Demo
cratic party has permitted and advo-
Gated the open town for twenty-five
years and dares not now when the
issue is made to say that it will en-.
| force the laws.
The Democrat is very much worried
! because hundreds of Democrats have
| announced their intention of voting
Tor T. G. Graden, a man who knows
| our wants and will see that La Plata
county is on the map during the ses-
! sion of the legislature.
Friends of law and order, the issue
has been made-you have helped to
make it-meet it like men and women
with the courage of your convictions.
Show by decisive majority that you
will not suffer Durango again to be
an open town. Vote the straight Re-
publican ticket
Mrs. John Hampton died this morn
ing on the Henry Ludewig ranch on
Pine river after an illness of nine
days. Deceased was about twenty
six years of age, and her husband is
son of Evans C, Hampton residing
on the Florida. Burial will take place
in Durango Monday, starting with the
remains to this place tomorrow and
stopping enroute at the Hampton resi-
dence. Many friends will extend sym
rathy to the bereaved.
o.
The United States geological sur.
vey in conjunction with the land of.
flee and census bureau has compiled
table of statistics showing the size
of Uncle Sans farm and outlying
territory" The table shows the
United States proper to contain g..
c26,7S9 square miles; Alaska, 500, 1881
square miles; the Philippines, lis.
OPS; Hawaii, 6.449; Porto Rico. 3,435:
Guam, 2l0; Samoa. II, and the Pan.
anna canal strip 474 square miles.
This gives total area of 3.743.544
square miles. room enough for quite
large family.
The Democratic circular is out. II
is tissue of falsehoods, but probably
this ig not all Tvba,- ,,,ttr