Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

nine years ago that we started in I,
bring on the Lakes investigation o
, the mineral regions Of La Plata coun
ty, and since this has proven the mos
progressive stroke we ever made
recall the undertaking with pride an,
satisfaction. l am bitter satisfied will
the small part played in this thar
enterprise. 1t brought more none,
here for investment and development
than any other effort and has giveI
better results. My money is ready fol
good"
While sixteen families in the Ster
ling place apartment house. Brooklyn
were at luncheon, they were throw
into a panic when an icicle twent.
feet long and five feet thick CRASHED
through the skylight. Florence Woods
a servant. was standing under tn,
skylight and she was hit on the he
and knocked senseless. She suffere
injuries to the back abrasions OF
face and hands and cuts on the head
and her condition is serious. Cora
Walker, another servant, escaped with
slight cuts on the hands. The huge
icicle fell from the roof of the house
four stories high.
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devoting less space to the Thaw trial.
The trial has demonstrated that Eve
lyn was a queen of the fast set and
that Thaw was bewitched by her
beauty. There is no question but that
they travelled all over Europe as man
and wife long before they were mar
ried and the evidence brought out in
dicates they had gay time with de-
votees of the tenderloin district. Take
away the Thaw millions and the
beauty of Evelyn and the tragedy and
trial would not attract any more at
tention than any tenderloin killing.
| Americans and English are running
a close race in Cuba for investments.
The English confidence rests in the
fact that Cuba in the near future will
be represented in the American con-
gress. Capital follows the American
stars and stripes wherever they go,
and none are so wise and alert as the
English. While Cuba is the play
ground of the worlds money, outlying
sections will have to rustic to get an
audience. Durango might send some
advertising matter 10 Havana and
have some clever fellow show them
that we excel in the production of
the sugar beet and rubber weed.
| ID. X. Mckinney, manager of the
Graden Mercantile department, return
ed Sunday night from the east where
he had been in selection of goods for
his department for the spring ant
summer of 1907. Having gone to the
leading manufacturers in mems and
| boys clothing having given the situa-
ton careful study, Mr.. Mckinney says
he will be able to introduce new and
attractive styles and designs in cloth
ing. Manufacturing in the east !
| enjoying prosperous conditions and
| the manufacturers are enabled to pro-
duce better apparel for the money.
The Mexican people have raised a
fund by subscription to offer as part
of reward for the discovery, arrest
and conviction Of the parties who re
Gently murdered two Mexican sheer
herders. They are dong some detec-
tive work of their own, and 1t Is
| trusted that they will be able to &c
| better and more satisfactory idea in
| this way than by relying on their
neighbors altogether. The Mexicans
| are an impulsive people, and when
wronged may direct blow in the
| wrong direction. That both murders
were foully cold blooded is not dis
puted by any who do not believe !
such methods Of getting even.
People who are doing well enough
| in Durango, when they get feverish
thinking of Nevada will take another
| think and recall the life of the two
greatest mining camps on earth Grip
pie Creek and Leadville). They are
still the greatest camps, but the
| fringes of booms were trimmed and
singed long ago. You must be a clever
one to follow the boom and stand with
the conservative situation which must
finally prevail. If you are lucky you
will get out OF a railway or ship
wreck and sell the survivors sand
wiches, but II you are unlucky you
will be in the effervescent foam. Stay
with the sugar beet and rubber weed
proposition.
| r. Z. Sloan, Mrs. Sam Sloan and
Mr.. C. E. Alexander of the Graden
Mercantile company, returned yester-
day evening from New York and east
ern markets, where they had been to