Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-07

important one and the republican,
have the cards TO win IL properl,
played.
Rev. MARYLAND preached to full
benches both morning and evening
Sunday at the Baptist church. In ths
morning he raped church societies
that give church suppers and dinners
He does not believe in kitchen an
mex 70 church.
During the next three weeks great
bargains will be in vogue at the
Stubbs & Jakway hardware establish
ment. The advertisement of the firm
means just what it says-a reduction
of from 20 to 40 per cent. Call and
be convinced.
P. T. Gillet and family returned
Saturday evening from Pagosa
| Springs. Mr.. Gillet and one of the
boys continuing to Cortez this morn.
ing, Mrs. Gillet and the child in poor
health remaining in Durango and will
be at the Strater few days or pos
| sibly week.
Frank R. Freeman, who has been
doing Durango for a couple or three
weeks, left Sunday morning for Den
yer to pass month or six weeks
when he will return to Silverton. He
still retains his La Plata interests,
| having great faith in the future OF
the district.
In another part of this issue we give
space to an article furnished by the
committee on streets and parks of
the Durango board of trade which we
trust every one OF our readers will pc
ruse and act accordingly as near as 1t
is possible to do SO. Let us take the
advice and do something to beautify
our city.
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Edgar Buchanan received a tele-
gram this morning from his law part
icr, B. w. Ritter, that President
Roosevelt had signed the bill granting
the city of Durango the right to Ger
tain lands and reservoir sites on the
Florida river. This is the same meas
ure that the president vetoed under a
misapprehension of facts year ago.
G. l.. Shumway, assistant editor of
the Irrigation Age, came up from
Farmington Saturday evening and con-
tinued to his Nebraska home Sunday
morning, being accompanied by his
"hN' AhA' A'huihWa ay hao DCcu ShluCi-
ing statistics and general information
or an extended article on the lower
country and irrigation problems which
Will soon appear in the Irrigation
Age.
A series of lectures on the mai
doctrines of the Catholic church will
be given by Rev. Father Callahan at
st. Columba's church on the Sunday
evenings during Lent. To these lee
lures which will be of friendly ma
ture all non-Catholics are cordially
invited. Questions deposited in the
question box at the porch of the
church will be answered each evening.
The subject for next Sunday evening
at 1880 will be "The Catholic Church
and the Bible"
1t has been definitely settled that
Durango will have spring race meet,
some dozen citizens specially interest
ed having formed a little side com
pany to share profits and losses ac-
| cording to amount OF their stock,
three taking 800 each and several
$50. 1t is a matter of perfectly free
will on the part of those going into
the DEAL hence the fair committee has
| caused the necessary papers to be
drawn and signed The parties Civ
ing the races are under bond to carry
out the program as advertised and
to deposit each days race money in
| advance. Thus horseman will have
pratection and sure OF getting their
money. Further particulars later.
| The Durango board OF trade is ar
ranging for meeting to be held in
| Durango this month, and to be at
tended by representative men from
every point within a radius of hun
dred miles, to devise ways and means
md to act in concert to advance the