Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-02-07

Why are not saloons with front
doors open on Sundays treated the
same as Mr.. Link The open Sunday
saloon is as much a violation as gam
bling.
The new school house at Bayfield,
will be ready for occupany in about
three weeks. It's a splendid building
for a place the size OF the hustling
humlet on Pine river.
The 22d of February will soon be
here. Then the Woodmen of the World
will entertain their friends at Red Men
hall with the annual dance. Make no
other dates for the 22d.
This weather is too summery. Sap
is running from maple trees and grass
is looking quite green in a number of
yards. And the surrounding hills are
covered with snow.
Miss Calhoun has resigned her po-
=itiCn as teacher at Bayfield, on ac-
count of i'll health and leaves tomor-
row for her Missouri home. Miss Lot
tie Folsom has been selected to fill
her place.
Cal Copeland sent four more men to
Pagosa Springs this morning to work
in saw mills, making thirteen the past
three days. II any one wants work
Cal can place them. There is a big
demand for labor of all kinds.
party of young people surprised
Miss Ruby Alexander at her home in
Animas City Saturday hight. The
young ladies furnished the refresh
ments and the young men the music
and all report delightful time.
The Herald is informed that certain
saloons make very little pretense at
closing-that even front doors were
open yesterday. If this is so it is just
as much a violation of the law as con-
Quoting gambling games.
|. Kruschke expects to get away
within a week or ten days for the
New York markets. AS he intends
branching out to a greater extent in
the millinary line, Mrs. Winters. who
is in charge, will leave for Denver
and the east the latter part OF the
week to make selections for spring
and summer headgear for the ladies Of
Durango and this southwest section
and promises an elegant display.
Joseph Schenck OF Allison proved
up on his desert claim this morning,
arriving with his witnesses on last
evenings train. This is the first prov
ing since PRONUNCIATION OF the new
order and all the land officials could
do was to take the evidence and re-
cord the facts, being unable 10 give
even a receipt for the money paid, al
though it appears of record.
District Court Clerk Price has just
received papers necessary under the
new naturalization laws which went
into effect the 9th of last September.
Under the new law naturalization pa
pers can be issued only by district
and circuit courts, and is rigid In every
way. If you are anxious to complete
your papers call on Mr.. Price and he
will fix you up.
| ". F. Cooke and A. d. Leiner re
turned Sunday evening from Denver
where they put in the best part of the
week selecting the fixtures for theil
new soft drink, pool and cigar resort
They expect shipment to be made b,
the 18th of this month so they car
arrange to open about the 1st o
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up to date and Messrs. Cooke ant
Leiner will have one of the swelles
places in the state.
The Democrat says Oswald Link go
what was coming to him." We full
agree with this, but how about tn
four or FIVE houses that have bee
conducting private gambling games
Why should they be tipped" and MI
Link pay the bill? Again. why ar
certain saloons permitted to have ope
doors on the Sabbath day and ais
after midnight II there Is to be n
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