Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-18


the sun were plainly visible. The
largest and most brilliant ring almost
completely circled the sun. The ring
exhibited all the prismatic colors OF
the rainbow. The other rings. three
In number. were observed to appear
TO merely touch the sun at some poln.
and were all close together. although.
differing in size and In entirely diff
terent and distinct courses. The day
was apparently a cloudless one
Edwin A. Potter and Granger Far
well, directors. and o. c. Barber. pres
ident of the Diamond Match companv.
have returned from California where
they secured an option on about 90 900
acres oil timber land. adjoining the
company's present holdings. Timber
experts are now making examinations.
and If their report IL favorable the
property will be taken at once. II can
be had on very favorable terms and
viii strength the company's timber
position materially. officials OF the
company believe that It's timber hold.
ings in the far west have been en-
hanced in value very largely by the
governments reservation OF about H..
| 100000 acres OF additional timber
| lands, large part of II in California.
Chief of Police George G.. Sheets,
| charged with conspiracy to defraud
tourists passing through Salt Lake has
been held by Judge Whitaker to an.
swer to the criminal division OF the
district court
Massachusetts physicians assert
they have demonstrated beyond all
doubt the existence of the human soul
as an individual thing which occupies
space and weighs from half an ounce
to one ounce
Mother and two sisters Of Evelyn
Nosbit Thaw's father send a state
ment to the press at Pittsburg brand
ing Mrs. Charles j. Holman as an
"lnhuman mother. who sacrificed her
daughters soul for money on which
to live without effort"
This money has been hurting my
conscience for more than six months
and | am glad of an opportunity to
refund H." with these words, a man
Monday rendered s475 to John II.
Lord, city passenger agent OF the
Illinois Central at Springfield. hi. He
explained that It was in payment for
ride which he had taken last July
from Chicago to Springfield on a bor-
rowed pass. The matter. he said, had
been troubling his conscience ever
since, and he finally concluded the
only thing to do was to turn over
the money to the railroad company.
A delegation of Sioux Cheyenne In
dians. with their agent. called upon
President Roosevelt Monday and en-
tered a protest against having the
Ute Indians who left their reservation
In Utah last year to take up their
residence within the Sioux reserva-
tlon. Chief White Beaver of the Sioux
tion said; ute Indians no good:
bad men. too lazy, no work. Don't
want EN-" The president will take
the question up with the army officers
who have had charge of the Utes since
their surrender last fall. and try to
reach conclusion as to what to do
with them.
VIII officials OF eighteen corpora
tons alleged to be associated In a
combination to control prices and re-
strain competition in the manufac-
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furniture be prosecuted as individuals
under the Sherman antitrust law, or
will the government be content with
dissolution of the "gentlemen's agree
mant?' This question is the cause of
general anxiety among those interest
ed In the recent investigation OF the
alleged combine by the federal grand
jury at Chicago, which is known to
have resulted In the voting OF be-
tween fifteen and twenty sweeping in
dlctments.
While much good was anticipated.
the bishop lamented the fact that
there would not be shown the effects
Of the liquor habit on the workingmap
and his home. On this point he said:
"The wretched home OF the work
lngman. with the dispirited. broken
down wife and mother. half clad. neg
lected and crlmInally inclined children.
caused by the spending of the hard
erned wages In the saloon will not
be on exhibition.
And contrasted with that will not
be placed the neat, model home owned
by the wortingman, who gives his
wages to beautify that home, to glad
den his wife. to clothe and train his
| children and prepare them for the
duties OF their unfolding life.
''If the $500 Oooo.O 900 spent for liquor
last year in the United States alone.
one-half OF which was from the wages
OF the working man, were put into
American homes. the labor problem
would be very largely solved"