Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-19

mere Is eNluently plenty OIL money
in the sock for Christmas purposes, as
Christmas goods are finding ready
sale.
The remains OF Robert Bircher. the
snow slide victim. were shipped from
the Hood undertaking parlors This
morning to Mancos where they will
be buried
j. L. Parsons will soon have his
stock moved into the Wingate building.
He has a splendid location and when
he gets into running order will have
his old time trade.
The postoffice is doing a rushing
business these days And money
placed on deposit with the government
Is Immediately turned over TO the First
National which keeps it in circnla-
ton.
The Home Dramatic club. which
made such success OF the production
OF Captain Racket" here week ago.
is billed to play in silyerton Sunday
night Silyerton people will get their
moneys worth
+. S. Taylor and family drove down
from the ranch this morning. Had
some money n the bank, but is not
worrying. He is we'll pleased with his
recent purchase and Will make a
money-maker out OF IT,
o
Ferg. Graham has wad tied up in
the bank. but he is making an artistic
display of his wares. just the same.
His windows are always attractively
decorated, but they are more so lhan
usual now Nothing like keeping a
stif upper lip.
Drs. A. l.. Davis and John Haggart
departed this morning for Denver as
witnesses before the United States
grand jury now investigating the Kill.
ing of Walker. Drs. Davis and Hag
gart made the post-mortem examina-
tion Of Walkers body
Senator Guggenheim and Reprosen-
tative Haggot have introduced bills in
both houses of congress for puDlic
building in Durango to cost Sl25000.
We trust they Will ne carried through
and that Durango will get what is
coming to K in the line of public i'm
provements.
While most people have money
there are few poor families in our
midst who should come In Tor kindly
consideration. If you have been bless.
goods it is hut right and proper you
should look after those who have been
unfortunate.
Thursday evening the Eagles will
give al entertainment in the lodge
room at Red Mon hall to which the
families OF the members viii be in.
yited There win he fine program
and a splendid supper afterward The
Eagles know how to entertain their
guests ana this time will he no ex
ception TO the rule.
People contemplating sending pres
ents through the mails should not de
lay. The mails are always overbur-
dened the last few days prior TO Christ
mas and delay Is bound to follow. Es-
pecially Is this the case with register
ed mail and.if you are sending articles
Of any value why not add an extra s
cents and insure their safe delivery.
II. C. Prewitt came in from Albu-
puerque via Denver Sunday evening.
continuing to Pennington yesterday
morning NJ. Prewitt says ne re ''1c
too long in this section TO be salts
fed any other place and 1t is his in.
tention to return and locate either in
Durango or Pennington in the near
future.
La Plata eounty's agricultural, hOrti-
cultural, mineral, coal. timber ald
stock industries are sufficient to make
an empire OF the southwest. They
are not tied up in the banks and wiz
produce as prolfically in the future as
in the past. This trouble is only TEN
porary VIII pull through and soon
forget the worry of the past few days
Charley Mcconnell will sacrifice ev.
cry dollar and every interest he has
In the world to pay deposltors in full
And we can say truthfully that before
the money stringency came on MT.
Mcconnell stood to clean up 100000
and his holdings are Just as valuable
today as they were six months ago.
But confidence will have to be restored
before property OF any description can
be disposed Of.
Durango people are sure nervy.
Within the past two weeks there has
been disastrous fire in which several
people lost their all. Then came the
closing up of large business house
and later the two bank failures. and
yet there Is hardly q ripple Of excite
ment over the hard knocks received.
The statemen: has been made that
both banks will pay dollar for dollar.
The people generally believe the state