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LONG DELAYED GIFT TO PARIS
PAUL BARTLETT'S LAFAYETTE
STATUE FINISHED AT LAST.

The Present Of tho School Children Of tho
United states Project started seven
Years As0-1he Delay since the Sub
jet Of Much Unpleasant Criticism.
Americans living in Paris will learn with
feelings Of relief that Paul Bartlett's statue
Of Gen. Lafayette. known a the gift of
the school children OF the United States 70
France, has at last been finished, and there
il every indication that before many more
months the bronze will have been cast
and set up on the pedestal where, since
1900, a weatherbeaten, crumbling plaster
cast has represented IL. President Fall
Heres has seen the work and complimented
the sculptor.
When the plaster model was set up il was
believed that il would be replaced by the
bronze monument in a year or more at the
latest, but time passed and apparently the
statue was as far away as ever. The make
shift Of plaster became broken and shabby
until at last Americans in Paris considered
IL little short OF a national disgrace.
But the end is apparently near and the
American colony rejoices.
The movement TO erect the statue took
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structed for the laborers or visiting whale

structed for the laborers or visiting whale
men.
Even bakeries were constructed, and As
in Holland the sound of the bakers born.
announcing het, fresh bread, drew crowds
OF eager purchasers. II report errs not,
even the Dutch frau Of 1880 was sufficiently
enterprising to visit Smeerenberg.
heshore fisheries soon failed (about 1870,
and the Dutch being driven to the remote
and open sens Smeerenberg fell into de-
cadence; the furnaces were demolished, the
copper caldrons removed and the tools and
utensils OF the cooper and whaler disap-
peared; only the polar bear remained 10
guard the ruins OF the famous Spitzbergen
fair.
But human interest in S~meerenbers did
not pass away with Its vanishing habitations,
for on the shores Of that bay rest the last
mortal remains Of a thousand stalwart
fishers, who closed their lives Of toll and
struggle in viewof the ICY seas.
~Spitzbergon Of recent years has been
claiming greater attention. A coal deposit
Of considerable value has been found on the
island. and 1t has become a favorite resort
for hunters and for excursionists
II 10 known as No Mans Land, as 1t be-
longs TO no country. Norway and Sweden
being unable to agree as to It's possession.
Last year about half a million dollars
worth Of oil, furs and eidsrdown were
obtained from the island.
Some authority ought soon to take pos
session OF the archipelago, for the game
such as reindeer. polar bears, ptarmigan.
geese, ducks n other birds--formerly 80
plentiful, 10 being wantonly exterminated.
A party OF tourists last summer killed more
than 100 reindeer. leaving the carcasses
whore they fell and taking with them only a
few Of the finest heads and antlers. Elder
duck nests are robbed Of eggs, which Nor
way on her northern coasts and Denmark in
Greenland protect by Law.
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NO MANS LAND.
Unowned spitzbergen Peopied Only by .
Thousand Dead.

Unowned spitzbergen Peopled Only by .
Thousand Dead.
The name OF S~pitzbergen has been spoken
oftener during the last few months than
for many a long year. The fact that the
Wellman airship has been building there
Is responsible for ~Spitzbergen becoming
something like a household word. Its
history Is romantic.
During the most profitable period of
the Dutch fishery, lo2O-sS, say the Ma
t,ondI Geographic Mdgdsins, over 800 Dutch
ships and more thai $4,000 men annually
visited Spitzbergen; more than $4,000 men
we're on the coast in one summer. These
conditions led to it's summer colonization.
The most remarkable Of these estab-
lishments was at Amsterdam Island, whsre
village OF Smeerenberg. Here, nearly
within ten degrees OF the North Pole, 70
degrees so minutes north, for a score Of
years prevailed an o OF comfort and
prosperity hat can scarcely be credited
by the visitor of to-day.
Several hundred ships, with more than
10000 men, visited It annually. These
consisted not alone Of the whalers and
land laborers, hut Of the camp followers
who always frequent centres Of great and
rapid productivity.
IN the train OF the wnalers followed
merchant vessels loaded with wine. brandy,
tobacco and edibles unknown in the plain
fare Of the hardy fishers. Shops were
opened, drinking booths erected, wooden
sst even brick tile covered houses con-
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
DENVER AND THE NATIONAL
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Denver and Colorado has the proud
convention OF either of the great 20
l.tical parties ever held west of die
Missouri river One who never at
tended one of these conventions can
not well form an idea of their i'm
portauce to city financially and the
special benefit TO Denver will be N
bringing thousands of people to Colo.
RADIO from the east and south that
have never visited the state and maly
who have yet to set their feet west oil
the Missouri river.
In June when Colorado is in her
best form the visitors will have an
opportunity to see the best state N,
the union. From a financial view Del.
yer will realize a great benefit.
Every state in the union will have
headquarters and viii keep open house
for a week at least.
The national chairman. secratarr.
committeeman and scores OF clerks
and messengers will be in Denver
three weeks before the great coavan-
ton meets. large and roomy quarters
in hotets are secured long in al
vance And these expenses are pail
by the chairman and reach an enor-
nous sum. and there is where tha.
100000 subscribed by Denver people.
regardless OF politics, will come n
handy. The thousands of people from
all over the union will I'LL Denver e
hotels and streets as they have never
done before. and the money left i'm
Denver VIII be an yormous sum, Deu-
yer, we congratulate you.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
FINANCIAL SIN.

The sale Of bonds by the last Cleve-
land administration We're due to signs
os commission by the American con
eress. The sales of bonds by the Roose-
welt administration are due to sins Of
omission by the American congress.
II there had been no dllutiop OF
our full legal tender currency with
stumptail silver dollars, worth much
less than 100 cents each, there would
have been no panic of 1899 and no
sales OF bonds to preserve the public
credit ON gold basis.
If congress had provided an elastic
currency, or. what is better. allowei
the banks to supply it. the movements
of crops would no more disturb the
banking situation than the growth oI
crops dlsturbs II. Ours is the only
treasury of any great nation that is
married to the currency. Ours Is the
only great people who contemplate
FIAT with federation. Every time
there Is a furry 1at comes to The
front-the most formidahly armed
waste that ever catered to the courts
Of bankruptcy.
We all know that more than 80 per
cent Of the business Of this country
is transacted by means Of bank
checks. What Is bank check but :,
draft drawn against an asset? Th'
best business thought of the worlG
would argue for a system that woui
abolish all laws providing for collec
tlon of debt by Judgment of court
Nothing would do more to promots
credit to enlarge II. It would pu;
even the most consummate scoundra
OF honor and in very little while
L would establish the truth, even i'll
haunts of rascality. that honesty is the
best policy, the only possible policy
And the same principle applies t.
this matter of assets currency in y
different way, Let the government
regulate the banks but let the banks
do business on business principles.
A great big bank. all the stock Of
which Is distributed among the ma
tiona banks, and every NATIONS bans
required TO own its proportion of thr
stock--and then make this concern the
fiscal agent of tht United States
would help beyond calculation.
But such a scheme will not appeal
to the sixtieth congress, we fear
Washington Post.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
FOR THE SMALL FARM.


Which is the most profitable? Il
large farm half TILED or smaller ono
we'll cultivated. The average farmer
owns from 100 acres TO 320 acres. TAX
ing into consideration the scaricit' o.
farm labor and the high wages de
manded the Herald takes the view tnat
so acres we'll farmed is the most prof.
able and there woulu be no vast ci
paying taxes. on larger place half
cultivated
The farmer who has 100 acres sci.
, dom has over one half under a good
! state Of cultivation. Were he % sell
| one-half of his holdings he conld profit.
ably use the proceeds in better arild
! ings a good ali the year round cellat
| . good chicken house and sheds and
barns for his stock few head OF
| thoroughbred cattle placed on the mar
ket each wear would bring in hard.
some revenue
While La Plata county has man"
prosperous ldi Hh'i = AHt llSl tpllh nc
materially increased II they would
give their business closer attention
In place of 20 acre field of wheat or
oats yielding 30 to 80 bushels to the
| acre-the same land could be made
to produce one-half more. The ex
pense in harvesting the crop would be
| no more for large yield than a Two.
thirds, To obtain this when the plow
was started see that the soil is Gu, =
tc 10 inches instead of or . inches.
II don't take q close observer to note
that much of the ploushing is only
half done and to get over as much
space in day as possible is the rule
too often followed and If the land doe,
not produce as much as expected the
farmer Will charge II the kind of seed
sowed or the season being unfavoranle.
and often when the hay and gran IS
ready for the mower and reaper til
whole crop must be cut before starliing
any part of 1t. A rain comes and the
crop is damaged 90 per cent, AMI inI
one Instance only last summer a yery
Intelligent man we are Informed LOST
100 tons of timothy hay by cutting 1t
before any of II was racked or staca-
ed. a rain followed and the entiro
crop was lost. one DAY for timothy 'sl
long enoagh to lay after it Is cut II L
has been exposed to the sun before It
IL racked and put up in cocks
The exception when large farm 5
profitable in this country is when
there are several boys and little VI no
hired help is required. II the farmer
has large place it is better for hlin
to rent portion of 1t and see that the
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
gd6isz 6sziEjisli1an d.
THE eoAHp OF TRADE SHOULD
WAKE UP.

There are several public Offices as
well as railway offices in Denver,
where folders containing Information
about the southwest tributary TO Du'
range. where hundreds VI people go
every day. many looking fof just such
information as folder or small pam
phlet should contain.
II is no fanlt Of the great resources
IN farm and fruit lands tiat more is
not known by those who are seeking
Colorado homes. hut the fault lies with
Durango.
Just what we are getting for the
money that has been paid into the
board OF trade the past year by mem
hers we are unable to locate IT. ap
pears to The Herald that . part oi
this money shonld he put into reading
matter. fully setting forth what We
have and what the soil has produced
per acre the past year, tog, ther with
the number of new acreage put Ia
work earning and producing and call
Ing attention to the new districts right
II our own county which have added
500 to 900 families tho past eighteen
months TO our population
The Allison, Grommet and Kline
sections are new. scarcely three years
old and each section Ia prosperous
There is roorl IN the southwest for
more people who have money than
any other section of the stnte yet they
are hocl<ing into eastern Colorado
whore timber and water irrigation are
unknown factors. but that don't stop
the influx to that part Of the state.
Through advertising in Iowa. Illinois
South Dakota and as far east as Michi
ran several car loads of lhnd buyers
have visited eastern Colorado the past
month. The nio Grande makes low
rate for settlers effects into Durango
3 and by united and energetic move
ment on the part of our reope and
the board OF trade this southwest
would receive a portion of this very
desirable immigration.
1t is information the people want
and are hungry for it. The board oi
trade has an opportunity TO accom-
plish much for this section and now
Is the time to work. Winter is the
time when farmers look for new
homes. SO that they can start in with
spring of the year
The Herald is ready to stand it
share Of expense If some concerted and
practical action is taken to let th'
farmers who are desirous of coming to
Colorado from the statey above named
know of our resources.
The secretary of the board OF trads
should be sci TO work collecting fact
and data of what La Plata county ha'
to offer those who are seeking Colo
yado homes
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,


The communication sent by the pres
ident to congress yesterday is the las
annual message but one that he viii
transmit unless he should he reelected
II is the last long session of congress
during his term-the last opportunity
in other words for considering really
important constructive legislation. Nj
Roosevelt has utilized the occasion
therefore to state In fullness his def
mite ideas as to the state of the unioI
and the policies that should be follow
ed. In his opinion, for the promotion
of the general welfare. The messag,
as a whole is a dignilied comprehen
siye view OF the nations affairs ~
vealing an astonishing gasp of de
tails and expressing settled views WITH
yigor tempered by moderator.
The president reminds the countr.
that he uttered warning q year ago
that "A panic brought on by specuia.
tive folly by a part of the communit,
would injnre the whole community
He observes that the misdeeds oi
successfully dishonest men leading t.
disaster. cause a painful awakening
not only to the doers of evil but TO
their Innocent victims. A. the same
lime he suggests that there can be no
difference of opinion as 10 the need ol
uniiinching perseverance In the wal
against successful dishonesty. The
material condition of the country is
however, inherently sound and tho
president points out with timelness
that the great mass of tn, country's
business is conducted with honesty.
He urges the public to remember this
fact, in order that conhderce may be
restored
president on the line suggested b,
The Post recently He fasnrs the en-.
actment of law authorizing the issue
o. emergency currenmy. effectivel,
guaranteed. based upon securities ar
,eptable to the government. aud 81
heavily taxed as TO be driven ont o;
use except during an emergency. AZ
this plan is now under consideration
in congress II is well 20 quote the pres,
ident's exact words:
I'VE need greater elasticity in
our currency; provided. of course, that
we recognize the even greater need
OF q safe and secure currency. There
must always be the most iigid exam
biation by the national authorities
Provision should be made lol an emer-
gcncy currency. The emeIg gency IL
cue must be based on adequate Sc
curities approved by the government.
and must be issued under a heavy tax.
This would permit currency being is
sued when the demand for II was uT
gent. while securing Its retirement
when the demand fell on"
The president says that the best
time for revising the tariff lie imme-
diateiy after presidentih, election.
FOR the reason that at other times II
: almost impossible to get men to
rsatt the subject from the standpoint
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

crops are well cared for His in-
come win be much greater than were
he to try and cultivate the whole and
save half or two-thirds. Farming X a
science and requires as mich intei-
ligence and study as does banking Or
mercantile business. How many firm
ers in La Plata county have good
cellar under their house. u strawDsrr'-
patch, a good hen house. good gar
den trees about their doors Too, few
for the opportunity they have had.
Their time is taken up in trying Ia
cultivate a large acreage and running
to town for men to help them barvesr.
Watch the farmer who has small
place. well taken care OF and We VII
show You the man and his family pros
perous and enjoying life.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

The report of the librarian of con
gress. shows that the library IL now
the third largest in the world, contain
In miscellaneous books and pamphlets
during the year was 45,604. The total
expenditures Of the library (exclu-
sive of printing and binding s205, ,0o0}
amounted to S576,0D0 of which sI31. :
ono went for the maintenance Of tn 9
building and grounds, and $4,000 o.
the remainder was Offset by receipts
copyright, fees, etc.l covered into the
treasury
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
FARMING COUNTRIES
THE MOST PROSPEROUS.


1t has been notable fact since and
including the panic of 1893 that the
country supported by rich farming
district west of the Ohio river has
felt the effect OF "A money panic muca
less than the manufacturing centers.
The export OF farm products of eacn
wear OF the United States, In round
figures. amounts to more than any
city backed up by rich agricultural
and fruit industry is ON much mofe
solid basis than towns and cities sup
ported by manufactures. The recent
clusiyely Take the middle. north
| western and western states. the grea'
| industry OF which is almost exclusive
| lg confined 10 farming, stock raising
close observer TO note that these states
| have and are passing through the late
| financial famine with little trouble
with their banking institutions. The
| nave bhuh h''phhiH anu .l'
composed Of an intelligent class and
are not so easily disturbed by reports
of failures in banking circles in thu
east which thrive or fail at the eX-
pense Of the great manufacturing cen
ters whose industries are over capita,
| lied and their stock juggled on the
| markets to a degree that is demoral.
| izing. and the least financial strin.
caused the timln depositors to rush
tn the bank and withdraw their sa
ings. These conditions do not pre-
vail In farming community.
Durango is situated In az rich and
productive country as can be founl
II the confines of the United State
and It is o question whether such
prices prevail one year with another
ir any other portion of the country.
The farmers have bank accounts. com
Portable homes, boys and girls wh1
are sent to colleges and uniyersitieH
In California. Colorado and eastern
states, They pay more attention toI
educating their children than do manv
who live In towns and cities who have
greater advantage.
The farmers life is La Plata county
is a contented and prosperous one
# Durango expects to advance AMI
become the metropolis of the vas.
and productive farming country with.
in radius of 100 miles her citizens
must do more to enlishten the great
army of land hunters. Our farms are
large and a greater profit would be
made were they cut in half and cu
tivated properly. Our farming com
munlty could he doubled in population
and then each one would have more
to do than they could do well,
The growing scarcity of labor oacl
year viii oblige farmers to cut up
their land IN smaller farms whicn
will eventually increase the value OF
their holdings and bring in thousand
OF new settlers. This Is no idle dream
and the sooner that concerted action
IS taken TO make these conditions
known the sooner will Durango ger
tn the front
The Herald believes the Durango
board of trade has a work to perform
in this direction and until it does do
not look for any material change in
our growth.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
TRIPLES OF INTEREST.


The Portuguese do not share the
| modern theories of the healthfulness
OF going without breakfast. They have
a proverh saying that no man will
| ever make a good husband who does
not eat a good breakfast
The vegetarian must find it COM
| forting when his beliefs are assailed
TO remember that the Greek athlete
I of the Golden Age ate no meat what.
| ever, but trained on new cheese. boiled
grain. milk. dried figs and warm wa
ter
The bookmake need not despair
| even IT. white paper has been corner
ed; has numerous other mediums of
conveying his thoughts to the world.
In the British museum alone there are
| books written on bones. ivory, tiles.
lead, bricks, copper, iron. sheepskin.
wood palm leaves and even oyster
| shells.
o II ancestors would have had small
| respect for the modern single bed. We
their ample room to spread. but these
We're quite cramping in comparison
to some of the really big beds of the
world. The great carved oak bed of
the Saracens inn. at Ware. England,
now curiosity of Ryehouse. at Hert-
fordshire, measures twelve feet square
ana can hold four people comfortably.
But no one on record seems to
have wanted so much night room rs
Og' king OF Bashan, whose iron bed
stead had an area of $50 Square feet
and was eighteen and three.auarter
feet long.
The horse is king Just now, but few
of his most ardent hackers know that
he first put in an appearance in this
land when Cabeca de VEGA landed AZ
on the coast of Florida in 1927. They
did not like us very much either. for
all OF them perished. and the Ameri-
can was horseless for twelve years.
when De Soto brought over a second
importation.
The housewife complains bitterly
about the soaring price of eggs. but
she is better OF than the PHILADELPHIA
women of 1887 who had to nav 60
cents dozen all winter.
Apropos of costly eggs. If You arc
the lucky possessor of an auk's egg.
OF which there are but es in exist
ence' 1t will bring you in the goodly
sum of $1,000.
II You are tempted to think that
money means happiness just remem-
her that Nicholas II is the richest
monarch in the world. If not the rich
est who has ever lived. He owns per-
sonally all the crown properties and
has an annual income of $400. 900. 900.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

The long lead which the United
uots Is fine illustration o. the couu-
try's growing ascendancy among che
nations of the world. IN the first hatf
of 1907 the production Of pig iron in
the United States was l3.i,s,Do0 long
tons. or fraction over that OF It's
three nearest competitors combineh.
These are. In this order Geiman?
Great Britain and France. Until 1875
Great Britain held the lead In iron ou;-
put. but we have gone forward so fss-
since then that we nave not only
beaten that country. but we have SUI
passed her and the two other countries
In the aggregate, which figures high
est in the old world in that field. In
1906 the United Statos' pig iron yield
which was 25.307 900 tons. was
far ahead Of all former records, nnr
there is a strong probability that 1907
win make new highest. notwitD-
standing the stock scare. There Is. At
this moment. slight recession in the
business tide, bnt II is so small that II
is scarcely noticeable, and it is ev.-
IDENTIFY to he of short duration. We
have doubled our iron production sinca
1900 That for the first half of The
present year was about as great as tho
output for the whole twelve months
seven years ago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16
FUNERAL OF MRS. S. B. BROWN.
C. N. RAYMOND. p. NJ.
tFrOm ThursdaY's nnil,

tF'rom Thursdays Daily.
The remains of Mrs. Brown w.re
taken from lockwood to Hermosa
ana inferred there Monday. December
9th. The Rev Mr. Morcll of purareo
ofhciated at the ceremony. Mrs
Brown died at her residence in Roci;.
wood, December 9th, after a short i'll.
ness. She had, however, suffered from
ieneral debility for some time an
the end was not unexpected She WIS
Is years old and had lived an active
life. All her family were at the fun.
eral. with the exception of Mr.. .Iame:;
Brown, who was unable to be present.
Mrs. Brown was OF sweet and amin.
hle disposition and beloved by all who
knew her. She was POLITICALLY inclined
and had written at different times
litc number ol short poems. The
'amily mourn deeply her loss. The
chief mourners at the funeral were Mr..
and Mrs. Deperty, Mr.. and Mrs. Gay
lord of Pagosa Springs. Mr.. George L.
Brown of lockwood. Mrs. Minnie
Snyder of SilvtrtDn wit1 her daughter.
Mrs. Norwood and Mr.. Gail Munyon.
The pail bearers were Mr. John f
Bell. Mr.. Al Davis, Mr. John Wilkin
and Mr.. Carr.