Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-18

city. He goes to Denver before re-
turning to the Indian reservations. He
wants to share honors with Tom
Graden at the Savoy where all the
good looking and rich old maids hang
out.
Another beautiful day. Flowers wilO
soon be in full bloom. This is
little too warm.
Sheriff Clark went to the May Day
mine this morning to arrest Allen,
on a warrant sworn out by DR.. Thur
man, charging assault with intent to
do great bodily harm.
Henry Bollinger returner to La
Plata City this morning after spend
ing a couple of days in Durango. Mr..
Bollinger reports indications very
good for a lively season in his sec
ton of the La Platas. A good many
men have been working steadily all
winter.
George McGregor and Frank Lake
have instituted suit against the county
of La Plata for s1,545 alleged to be
due on Pine river bridge contract. N
time of settlement there was dif-
ference between the contractors and
the commissioners and the suit is the
result.
| him
self somewhat, charges the abdication
of Adison Tow to people interested IN
prosecuting the cases against him. It's
all right to make bluffs of this char
acter, Mr. Dave, but you can't make
IL go down thinking people. Give us
something that isn't quite SO raw,
Manager Pattison is thinking OF
asking girls accepting telephone posi-
tIons to sign contracts not to marry
within year. He wants them to
remain long enough to become ac-
customed to the work. But what good
would a contract of this kind do when
the voice of love speaks And who
can help loving the dear hello girls?'
We even know of some married men
who would like to.
A good story is being told of
North Durango man which was
brought to light by the proverbial
youngster. The. little child OF the
family had said its prayers and kissed
everybody goodnight except the hired
girl Aren't you going to kiss me
gocdDisat. too?" asked the girl.
Nope" replied the young hopeful; 81
saw papa trying to kiss you this morn
Ing, and I don't want you to slap me
the way you slapped him." And the
, young bopeful's mother is wondering
If she won't be able to do her own
work from now on and save the ex-
pense of keeping a girl.
-
The masquerade ball at Red Men
hall last evening brought out the larg-
est attendance at a dance this winter.
The dancing floor was not only crowd
,, ed but. upstairs as well, the large
number of spectators apparently en-
joying the scenes of revelry as well
as those taking part. There was
great variety of costumes and the rep
reservations were carried out to the
letter in many instances. The auto
race in the early part of the evening"
was very amusing. Among the con-
testants was Happy Hooligan.' Now,
Happy is always getting in trouble
and last night was no exception to the
rule. He was riding along as merrily
as you please when one of the tires TO
his auto exploded, and although no
fault of his, he obstructed the road
and for this offense Officer Stensel
rushed upon the scene and carried the
unhappy Hooligan off to Jail. Mana
ger Schorr of the brewery had fine
makeup and acted the part of coun-
try rub to perfection. Then there
were a couple of colonial ladies who
; attracted much attention. The COM
mittee on awards decided the Navajo
group the best and first prize award
ed, Johnny Fankhauser coming In for
the gentleman's prize and Miss Ives
for the ladies' prizes Miss Ives was
dressed as Valentine girl, being APP
propriate for the occasion. 1t was
1880 when masks were removed and
many surprises revealed. 1t was /
when the gay party broke up.
The Bible continues to be the best
selling book, as it always has been
since the invention of printing The
number of copies sold annually in the
United States and in other parts of
the Christian world is regularlyincreas-
ing at the rate of from to 10 per
cent year, which does not look as II
the present generation was rejecting
the faith of its fathers. 81 learned at
the Bible House in New York" says
VIM. e. Curtis, that not less than
100000 copies were sold through
out the world last year, and the actual
number is probably nearer 100000
copies. The total sales of the Ameri-
can Bible society for the fiscal year
1906, at home and abroad, amounted
to 2,236,755 copies, which is an in