Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-27

On what Is now one OF the main Dusl- |
ness avenues. In the center OF the |
block he erected small one story |
frame house in which he and his wife |
resided. 1t was seeded to grass and |
COW TO roam. Years went on and busi- |
ness encroached upon him until he
was nearly surrounded upon all sides
by business houses. One day a party
went to him and asked him to set
price upon the block. After consid-
cradle dickering they agreed upon
$50 900, but said he, Il will have to
go home and ask Mary first" Very
well said the purchaser. 81 VIII call
upon you again in few days" When
the few days were up he saw Mr.. ID.
and was informed by him that Mary
said the $4,000 was all right as to
price but what would she do for
pasture for the cow" And as Mary
is boss | guess | will have to call
the deal OFF A few years later the
railroad boom sent property a-jump-
ing and short time he closed il out
IoI SJ''t'VVs Wal anu AiN w" h"N
made him 100000 in four years.
| heard of a man who upon arriving
here was so reduced in circumstances
that the morning following he had to
take a pair of pants he was carrying
extra in his satchel to a pawnshop
to get money to get his breakfast.
During the day he secured a position
with real estate firm as their street
man In a short time he had become
acquainted with the town and the busi-
ness men and then opened up an Office
for himself, at the expiration of six
was told by a friend who to sub
stantiate the assertion stated, II you
doubt my statement look, there Is his
office on the seventh floor of the
Alaska building. This was as con
elusive evidence as the statement Of
lot OF congenial companions and In
relating the different feats that each
had performed stated that he once
jumped from the ninth floor window
OF the New York building. II you
don't believe me there is the window.
One of the big enterprises being
pushed here now is the construction
of canal by the government to con
meet the water of Puget sound with
Lake Washington. Lake Union is six
feet higher than the sound at which
point they will have lock. Lake
II Al to. civ ieta
seven feet higher than Lake Union.
Ii Is the intention to reduce the water
of Lake Washington to the level OF
Lake Union thereby eliminating one
ock and forever facilitating and cheap
en- the operation of the canal. In
doing this 1t would bring to the sur
face around he lake more than 10000
acres of land. Property adjoining the
shore would get the benefit OF this
drainage and in some instances there
holdings would be nearly doubled. The
benefit to be derived by Seattle would
be to give her more than twenty miles
of additional water front for factories
and still water harbor.
The government would have har
Dor where the largest of the battle
ships could enter and have a safe
retreat from the storms of the Coast
In fresh water ocean going vessels
are released of the empedment ol
submarine growth. All forms of which
| except barnacles and rs per cent oi
that growth on ships hull would
| fIt . aft hn .af
up for time in one of our lakes
Some idea of the magnitude of this
enterprise may be imagined whea you
| consider that Lake Washington il
| three and one-haif miles wide and nine
| en- miles long.
The Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposition
| III be opened here June l, 1909. upon
tract of 255 acres of the CAMPUS oi
| the University of Washington. A
| more beautiful and sublime size could
| not have been selected. Bordering
| uron tie banks of Lake Washington
and Union bay within the shadow OF
the Cascade range on the east and
at the foot of Mount Rainier on the
| west Mount Rainier is said to be
the grandest and most picturesque oil
any mountain on the North American
| continent whose crest of white is
eternal snow.
From whose azure dome triclIling
revulets flow, and the roaring catar
acts vertebrate the sweet melo
dies to all nature below Softened by
distance until they seem scarcely more
than the echo of your own thoughts
He stands as trusted sentinel ever
proud of his domain. his solemnity
his constancy and cast his shadow
upon the beautiful parks that lie al
his feet unembellished by the inge
nuity and artistic skill of man, but
in the grandeur OF natures virgin sim.
plicity.
Lake Washington Is the most beau.
tiful body of water | have ever seen
The combined effect is lnspirlngly
sublime
1T is a natural picture
That no painter has colors to make
When the snow Is on the mountains
And their shadows In the lake"
The conditions upon which .he uni
versity leased the ground to the ex.