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

Judge and Mrs. Abbott of Santa Fe,
returned from Aztec yesterday and
had a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Mckinney. They are friends since
70. They left for Santa Fe this morn
ing.
The Rev. DR.. Lee who was an
nounced to preach at the First Meth
odist church this evening win not ar
rive In the city until tomorrow and in
stead CT the service tonight he will
spend the Sunday here preaching at
II a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
William f. Gill. who financed the
Durango Gill deal, left for st. Louis
and New York this morning Mr..
Gill the Herald is Informed. has a
valuable property in the La Platas
which he is going East TO secure the
money to develop.
Con X. O'Ryrne, a Denver lawyer
and a boyhood friend of Neil and
John Haffey. who has been visiting
| Senator Kennedy at Ouray. another
friend OF early days, came down from
Sllverton last evening and is reciting
events OF past years with Neil and
John today.
Mr.. Farmer. you deliver your beets
at the nearest point of the railroad
and receive So per ton. If your land
Is worth anything it will grow from
| 15 to 35 tons of beets to the acre.
| The company returns percentage of
the pulp without charge for your stock
feeding.
The Albany hotel has the greater
part of the first-class patronage from
| Durango and vicinity. There is a rea-
son in the excellence of the hotel its
| expert management and the central
ness Of its location. First class just
fits the Albany. There are no make
anifts, no cheap expedients but every
thing is run right.
An open town in Durango has
rnined many boy and sent many
| girls TO the bad. Upon which do you
place the greater value. an open town
or open schools? With the former
you might as well abandon the latter
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While other counties of Colorado
are praying for industrial institutions
we have here in La Plata a Demo
cratic party which would drive away
those we have. And this they would
do to make Durango again open to
violation of the laws.
Vote for T. e. Peterson and take
the assessors office out of the mire
of prejudice born of Democratic poll
| tics. Elect a man who does not cry
corporation" at every change of the
weather and shadow of adversely
Peterson will punish no enemies and
favor no friends when 1t comes to fix
ing valuations.
John Clark, Democratic nominee for
sheriff, has not as yet told you that II
elected he would suppress gambling
and enforce the midnight and Sunday
laws. His political managers will not
allow him to do this. They prefer to
have him so in without promise Sc
that they can regain political power
by having an open town.
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A Democratic city council and Dem.
ocratic police force have absolutely
|
iff of La Plata county In enforcing
gambling and saloon laws. The same
forces are wording for the election
OF the Democratic ticket These are
facts which no man can dispute. No
truthful man will dispute them.
Times and business conditions in
Durango were never as good as since
gambling was suppressed and the sa-
looms required to close midnight and
Sunday. and in spite of this fact the
Democrats are going from door to
door trying to secure votes for a
ticket whose success would mean a
return to former conditions.
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The Democrats are promising every
thing in sight. They must think the
voters are all kinds of suckers. Aud
II they accept Democratic promises
we will agree that they are. For in
| stance, in the district south of us
they have promised the Mexicans new
| schoolhouses, bridge across the An.
| imas-or that they will move the one
below La Posta. Just as though the
Democrats could move the bridge in
case the local ticket was elected 1t
must he remembered the bridge be.
low Pa Posta is principally a state in
stitution and the location had to re-
ceive the approval of the state engi-
neer's office and being state property
could not possibly be moved, hence
wilful Misrepresentation of those In
charge of the Democratic campaign in
this county.
The subject of sugar beet culture
is being taken up by the business me I,
and farmers of this vicinity and it will
not be long before the 5000 acres
necessary to bring sugar mill are
secured, II present progress is a fair
indication of what the future will
bring. Many who have no land OF
their own to pledge to the production
of beets are signing the undertaking
to put in beets and will arrange 10
have their quota filled by the leasing
| of land. Among those who have so
FAR pledged themselves to put In beets
| Tor the season OF 1907 are G. W.
Spencer. who has said he will seed
20 acres, although he has no land,
and II the extra acreage is needed,
VIII raise 40 acres. c. e. Herr had
pledged 20 acres, George Il. West 90
acres, j. w. Sites 40 acres. A. p.
Camp 40 acres and many others have