Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-10


AT meeting of the military boar
Saturday the adjutaut general wa
ordered to purchase 500 full-dress uni
forms for the members of the Colo
rado national guard. The suits will
cost $4,000.
Miss Zoe Young has been appoint
ed deputy county treasurer for La,
Animas county. and claim is mad,
that she is the only lady in the stat,
to hold such a position Wrong
Miss Helen Rodgers served Ave years
as deputy In La Plata county ant
now Miss Tripp is to be Mr.. Good
mans deputy.
The monument commission. which
has charge of the building OF the
Soldiers and Sailors monument
made report to Governor McDon.
aid Saturday to the effect that they
had practically exhausted the $4,000
appropriated two years ago and they
would need some more cash to com
plete the statue. They want the
governor TO secure the amount from
the Legislature
The mayor of Georgetown is not
In favor of gambling. He happened
| TO run onto game wherein five well
| known citizens were taking hand.
He asked all to accompany him to
the city hall where he imposed a
| fine of $40 and costs on each and
has given notice that the next viola.
tlon he discovers will go hard with
the guilty ones.
An eastern company proposes TO
build 700.ton plant In Montfose at
cost OF not less than 100000. to
be In operation for the season of
1908, and contract to pay s. per ton
for beets for five years. Citizens of
Montrose and vicinity are required
TO take sl50.000 of stock of the com.
pany. This is TO be preferred stock
and guaranteed to pay per cent div
idend to the holder.
oSh"toi fioidCt i. be Long mas
prepared a bill for introduction In the
senate providing for an appropriation
for the erection of statue to the
late United States Senator Edward
o. Wolcott in the national statuary
hall in Washington. The bill viii call
for an appropriation of $4,000, which
will purchase either life-size statue
or bust, to be appropriately in
scribed.
Miss Craig received the largest
plurality of any candidate on the
Republican ticket at the late election
-34.010. Many of the other state
officials received over $4,000 plu
rality. And the vote shows n
majority of 172 for Buchtel over
both Adams and Lindsey, so no mat
tier who had been selected Buchte'
would have gotten there just the
same.
The state auditing board has dis
missed the attorneys aiding in the
Colorado-Kansas water suit The at
torneys have already been paid s63,
900, but have put in a bill for $4,000
more. Members of the board feel
that $4,000 Is ample, and they have
turned down the request for $4,000
more, or at least they have notified
the attorneys that II they wanted the
money they would have TO get 1t
through an appropriation by the leg
islature on their own accord
Members OF the Colorado delega
tion in the house will probably defer
action upon federal appointments in
the state until Senator Guggenheim
reaches Washington next month,
when his wishes will be consulted
as to the appointments which are
to be made soon by reason of ex
piration Of the terms Of the present
lncumbents, says Washington dis
patch to the Denver Republican. The
principal appointments to be made
are those OF United States marshal
and surveyor of customs for Denver
Under arrangements heretofore ex
listing, the marshalship was at the
disposal OF Mr.. Bonynge and the sur
veyor of customs at the disposal OF
Mr.. Brooks, but both Bonynge and
Brooks are disposed to turn over the
appointments to Mr.. Guggenheim.
Finding that the railways ignore
new automatic safety devices de-
signed to prevent wrecks, the Inter.
state Commerce commission at Wash
lngton appeals to congress for an
thority to make tests.
Mexican strikers burned the com
pany stores and threatened 10 de
stroy the factories at Orizaba, the
winter resort out of Vera Cruz
Troops have been sent from the City
OF Mexico TO quell the rioters.
Brigadier General Andrew McKen
zie's report on the survey for n six
foot channel in the Mississippi river
between st. Paul and the mouth Of
the Missouri river was presented to
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