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District Attorney L. o. Fullen q
turned this morning from Carlsbad.
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Comfort Slippers at The Slime
Shoe Co. 91tf
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TailOrS.

All work guaranteed. Also does clean
ing and pressing. In rear Of The
Wigwam Cigar Store.
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J.. Strauss was here from Artesia
today looking after business interests.
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Bring your old crippled horses &c
Rabb. He has Q nrst class horse shoe1
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Phone R. B. Jones Tor livery rig,
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Stenographers & ~Typewriters
BAKER & ELLIOTT Public stem,
ographers, typewriters and book.
keepers. Let us do your work. 210
IL Garst Biz g., Rooms 5 and s.
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Piano Tuners.

GOOD TUNERS. like good pianos,
are scarce. Try Bernard Pos. the
expert piano tuner for both. Oppo.
site P. o.. phone IS.
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SanatOrium

SanatOrium
ROSWELL TENT CITY AND SANA
TORIUM, Incorporated DIR. C. L
Parsons, Manager.
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W. T. Ferguson left this morning
for Amarillo on railroad business.
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c. ]. Franks is out again after a
weeks illness.
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correctAlesal BLANKS. RECORD once.
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FOUND

FOUND The right place 10 have
your carpenter wor done. phone
LOT. sstf
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Canvas oxfords.-stine Shoe Co.
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LOST.

DR.. Howard Crutcher has rented
the smaller of the Atkinson bunga-
lows On North Hill. and DR.. C. M
Rathbun has the larger. Both families
are nov installed In their new homes.
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100

Russell does norse-snoeans. lot
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Russell does carriage work lott
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22

way Of thinking he has been an
able officer. We judge by expert
ence. as he has prosecuted US to
finish so far as he could. but
pap" is rather a warm bunch him
self. But Pulliam Is the best, the
strongest man the Democrats can
nominate. He will not ask for the
nomination, but he should be nom
mated. We are out for strong
ticket and not to be "bufYaloed."
And then give careful perusal tc
the following:
Geo. w. Lane is out after dis
trict attorney-he cannot be elect
ed, hence ne should not be nomi-
mated. The paramount idea should
be a strong ticket. Let the dele
gates nominate Pulliam or endorse
the Republican Why any agony?
Day wanted Pulliam. With Pullian
he could run a saloon again II refuse'
a license. Ditto Clarke. Pulliam wa
WISE" however, and refused the ten
der. But he lands the nomination 70
his partner, Lane. With Mollette a
district attorney Day realizes that n
saloon can run In the Animas vale
without a license, and with local OF
ton In the valley the only way So
loon can run is with protection.
Enough said
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
Some Smelter Facts
For Taxpayers

In the issue OF the Durango Demo
crat of October IA. 1908. there ap-
peared copies of certain minutes OF
the board OF county commissioners of
La Plata county, and these have been
printed on dodgers and circulated
throughout the county in order to lead
voters to believe that the position OF
Coston, who seeks reelection as as.
SCISSOR. was right In regard to his as
sessment OF the smelter.
In the event that Mr.. Coston's pre-.
sumption was correct. his raise of val.
uation against the smelter would be
right, but II his presumption is not
correct then his entire position fs
wrong.
In regard to his abstract OF assess.
ment, the decision Of the federal court
In the case of the American Smelling
II Refining company versus Frank
Goodman as county treasurer, which
upheld the board of county commits
sioners In their action In this matter.
shows that Coston was wrong In his
contention and we propose to show
that he was also wrong In every par.
ucular. Had the court sustained Cos.
ton then his abstract of assessment
would have been right. but as the
court held that his position was en-
trely wrong. his abstract of assess.
ment was also wrong and the com.
missioners were sustained in that he
did not file true and correct abstract
Of assessment
In this ancient history" Coston neg
lected to tell the entire truth and he
" seeking to lead the voter to believe |
hat he has never been paid his sal |
lry while as = matter of fact he has
been paid in full. though according |
o law ne should not have been paid. |
Ths voters attention u called to
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22

this the man to elect? A man who
without knowing anything OF the case
except as told him by Coston and with
out knowing the other side has made
up his mind to tax the smelter and
drive it, II possible, from the county.
La this the man. Mr.. Voter. that you
would like to go to and get justice
from for yourself7
Is Mr.. Tovrea's course the way to
bring in capital and boom Durango
and La Plata county, or is 1t the way
to bring ruin to our merchants. la
borers and mechanics. ranchmen and
cattlemen?
You, Mr.. Voter, must answer this
question at the polls. Do you want
men to be employed, stores to make
money. rarchers to have a market for
their produce and their ranches to In
crease In value. to secure wholesale
houses. to bring In capital. to start
other new Industries? II SO vote for
men who viii endeavor to carry out
your wishes in this respect and give
business administration such as the
Republican nominees can be relied
upon to give.
The Herald on September 9th gave
comparison of the assessments OF
Durango and other smelters and it is
again produced here for your inspec-
ton.
Globe smelter. Denver, Z fur
naces, assessment ...... 1857 100
Pueblo smelter. furnaces. as
sessment ................ 345, ,345
Eiler smelter. Pueblo. fnr-
naces, assessment ..... 222, $50
Arkansas Valley smelter, 10
furnaces. assessment ...... 33S.695
Ohio & Colorado smelter, Sa-
Ida, s furnaces, assessment 234,55O
Durango Smelter, Coston's fig
ures, furnaces. assessment 6,2SO
Read, compare. reflect, and we know
that your vote will be for the best
interest OF yourself, the city of Du-
range and the county of La Plata.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
TIME T0CALL HALT
in BACKCAPPING
Capital Being Driven from La Plata Count,
By the Day.CostOn.Scouten Method
Of Attacking Industrial Enterprises

terprises OF this character this county
will not obtain outside capital, and
will go backwards Instead OF forward.
The Herald would like to see every
farmer and every merchant get to-
gether and discuss this question in an
honest and candid manner-not from
political standpoint Let a non-par-
tisan committee Of 6. z or 9 be select
ed to visit the smeIter and obtain com
plete data regarding value and assess
ment. Let such committee do this
before election and report 80 the tax
payers may know the exact truth in
order that these attacks may be stop
ped. The Herald does not seek to cover
single thing from the taxpayers. If
the smelter is not paying It's just pro
portion OF taxes let such non-partisan
committee say so. and what should be
paid. The Herald is willing to leave
this question to any fair minded set Of
men.
The Herald wants to warn farmers
and every taxpayer that II the Demo
cratic assessor and the Democratic
nominees for commissioners are elect
ed and the same policy is pursued.
which Messrs. Coston and Tovrea de-
clare will be followed, 1t will be ut
terly impossible to get dollar for
any kind OF Industrial enterprise dur.
Ing their term of office. Further, we
have 500 to wager that the Ameri.
can Smelling company will never pay
taxes on the Coston assessment If
along the same lines as this and pre-.
vious years. In the first place the
company will take the matter to the
United States courts where the un.
justness OF the assessments, com
pared with other property and other
smelling plants throughout the coun.
try, and will win. Not only will the
county be kept out of the money due
on reasonable valuation but 1t will
be involved in expensive lawsuits. The
| farmer and the taxpayer Of every
character. might just as well face
these conditions one time as another
and the quicker the better. II 1t is
the spirit of the majority to uphold
the daily attacks on the smelter by
Dave Day and his Durango Democrat,
then costly experience is the only
thing that will bring about change
But In the meantime do not count on
La Plata county going ahead.
This warfare on legitimate enter.
prises must cease II Durango is to
grow. Whether you like CT dislike
the smelter management or the head
of what is known as the trust. has
nothing to do with the question. If
you are going to elect men who will
permit their dislikes to control them
our town and county as whole are
to be pitied.
This matter is presented to the bust.
ness men. the farmers. the mechanics,
and the laboring man who works by
the day. in fair and unbiased man.
ner. 1t remains for you to decide.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
Day, Clarke, Pulliam,
ct al, Stand Up

Stand up, Mr.. Day: You are
taking on yourself the burdens Of
this campaign, and standing as the
one man without blemish. You
were charged in thirteen indict-
ments with selling liquor at Joint
In the Animas valley. Every
charge was true. This Joint was
conducted without license. Any
other citizen in Colorado would
have been fined and then Jailed for
such an offense.
Stand up, Mr.. Clarke: At the
spring term of district court VIII
lis A. Reese filed an affidavit IN
court asking for the appointment
Of an eisor in order that a fair
and impartial Jury might be Sc
cured, intimatins the jury would
otherwise be packed. You sum-
moned the jury in the Day cases.
Stand up, Mr.. PulIiam: Did you
not as district attorney knowingly
permit Day to sell liquor without
a license? Did you ever ask Sher-
In Clarke to close the Animas val
ley Joint where boys under age
were debauched7 Do you not know
that as prosecuting attorney It is
your duty to see that he law is not
violated, especially in the sale of
Iiquors7 You knew of your own
knowledge that liquor was being
sold in the Animas valley without
license and you permitted this
debauchery to 90 on.
Stand up, Mr.. Day: Tell your
readers that you think II a good
policy for saloons to run In La
Plata county and Durango without
license. Tell your readers that
Il was good thing to sell liquor
at an unlicensed saloon to boys
under age and send them home
drunk.
Stand up, Mr.. Candidates on the
Democratic ticket: You are evil
IDENTIFY backing one Dave Day in.
his villainous attacks upon reputa-
BILE citizens. BY not objecting you
are endorsing MIR. Day, his selling
liquor without license and hun
dreds Of other unsavory things
that might be mentioned. This be-
Ing the case The Herald will see
that the light Is thrown on this
Morgan attack, the Mollette at
tack and all tho other dirty work
going on. It will require many
columns to present the people with
the facts, but all will be forthcom-
ing.
And Mr.. Voter: II is up to you
to consider the close relationship
and kindred interests existing be-
tween Dave Day, Sheriff Clarke
and District Attorney Pulliam. 10
1t any wonder Day is working so
hard for Clarke and PulIism's part
ner, lane7 Give Day the oheriff,
district attorney, assessor and con-
troll Of the board Of commissioners
and the people will be strictly up
against II.
Mr.. Voter, draw your own con-
clusions about the right and wrong
Of this proposition.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
More Ancient History

We thank you, Day, for bringing
up the question of taxes and making
1t an issue in this campaign.
We got busy" and hunted through
the records of the county treasurer's
office and found that for the years
1879. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1901 and 1907
assessments had been made against
the La Plata County Abstract of Title
company, but the taxes on the same
have never been paid.
OF course you know that the La
Plata County Abstracts of Title COM
pany is just another name for John P.
Coston, present incumbent of the Of
flee of county assessor and at present
seeking reelection.
Coston uses the county assessors
office for the private office of the La
Plata County Abstracts of Title COM
pany- He pays no rent and nothing
for fuel, lights or anything else.
He receives his salary as county
assessor and then Mr.. Taxpayer he
kindly allows you to furnish him rent,
lights. fuel and everything else for
the transaction of his private business.
He refuses to pay taxes for the
years mentioned and in that way par
TALLY reimburse the county for that
which you are furnishing him free of
cost.
He tells the farmer that he is being
robbed by the present board of coun-
ty commissioners. but taxpayer and
voter, the assessment for the years
1897, 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901 were
made under a Democratic county ad.
and hence he cannot make
that claim for these years.
Let us see Just what John p. Cos
ton. who is the La Plata County Alb
stracts Of Title company. still owes
La Plata county in taxes alone for the
years before mentioned:
Taxes for these six years :. .$374.36
Interest on the same figured to
Sept. 80, 1908, only. ......... 23121
Grand total .............. $6O5. 81
Is 1t any wonder that taxes are high
In this county? Is 1t any wonder
that valuations are high and are made
higher every year? Is 1t any wonder
that cattlemen are assessed s11 per
head for cattle which they sold for
$15? Is 1t any wonder that you are
assessed, Mr.. Taxpayer. from 60 to rs
per cent Of the actual value of your
lands. and homes and personal ef-
'ects?
Is II any wonder that Coston ia max. |
ng his campaign on the smelter as
He thinks that II he can
make noise loud enough against that
company that you will forget to look
lp his taxes and how he has been
beating" the county. ysar astsr ysar.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22

Mrs. F. F. Stewart, wife of the Rev.
F. F. Stewart, formerly pastor Of the
Free Methodist church in this city, left
Tor Pueblo today, where the family will
locate permanently. Mr.. Stewart was
made an elder at the last conference,
with headquarters at Pueblo. He is at
present holding quarterly meetings
throughout the district and will Join
bis wifs 1t Pusblo latsr.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
Where Bullets Flew.

David Parker of Fayette. N. Y, q
veteran OF the civil war. who lost q
Ioot at Gettysburg. says: THE good
Electric Bitters have done is worth
more than five hundred dollars to me.
spent much money doctoring for q
bad case OF stomach trouble. to little
purpose. then tried Electric Bittsrs
and they cured me. 1 now take them
as tonic. and they keep me strong
and wel.' Soc at all druggists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
District Attorney

Durango Democrat, Aug. 25. 1908.
The sentiment is for District At
torney Pulliam, others are out
after the nomination. but have
neither the ability. acquaintance
nor pull. District Attorney Pull
Liam has made enemies during his
six pears ssrvios. Yst to our
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22

The Grand Junction sugar factory the
other day paid out $4,000 among It's Gus
toners And remember the Democrat ad-
vised the farmers of La Plata county not
to sign up for a factory at the same
price Tor beets paid in other districts
The farmer is in hard luck who runs
up against Dave Day.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
A Healthy Family

Our whole family has enjoyed good
neaitn since we began using DR.. Kings
New Lie Pills. three years ago." say
L. A. Bartlett of Rural Route l, Gull
ioro' Maine. They cleanse and tone
tne system In gentle way that does
you good. 25c at all druggists,
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22

and that he is the same identical Pablo
Gallegos mentioned and referred TO In
the Durango Democrat of Friday morn
ing, October 10th, last, and that the
truth and the fact in the said premises
is that on or about September 2. 1908,
he sold to the firm of Welk & Evans
OF Durango, Colo, three calves of his
own and at the same time Mr.. George
Palmer sold to the said hrm one calf
and that within the next day or two
he drove the said calves with their
mothers to the slaughter pens of Wood
& Morgan in Ridges Basin and for the
purpose of delivering the said calves
to the said firm of Welk & Evans. and
after doing so he left The said cows
in the corrals of Wood & Morgan at
said point until the following day when
he took the mothers of said calves
from the said corral and drove them
away from the said Ridges Basin to
point along the Animas river near
to and south of the smelter at Du-
range and there he turned them loose,
and that since said time he has not
been able to find his said cattle. and
| that he fully believes said cattle now
are running freely upon the public
ranges somewhere south OF Durango
Colo, and that he never attributed
| the disappearance of the said cattle
to the firm of Wood & Morgan, mol
as matter of fact to any person OIL
| person whatever, and that he has
known Mr.. J. w. Morgan, a member
of said firm for some time, and tha
he in no wise attributed the loss O
his cattle to him in said premises
and never so stated to any person
whatever.
| PABLO GALLEGOS.
Subscribed and sworn to before mt
this 18th day of October, A. d. 1908
RICHARD McCLOUD,
Notary Public.
Dave Day meant for the people o
La Plata county to understand tina
Wood G. Morgan stole those cows
Nothing is SO unfair, indecent and dis
reputable that this man will not resor
to for dirty partisan ends.
In the presentation Of the above
line Of affidavits The Herald rests
assured no fair minded man or
woman will for moment give
credit to anything that may appear
in Days villainous sheet. II is
clearly established that Messrs.
Clarke, PuIIiam and Lane are deep
in the mire and when additional
affidavits are published a shocking
condition of affairs will be reveal
ed. The Herald is simply dealing
with facts-not conjectures. After
the way Day was shielded and
| Messrs. Clarke and PuIIiam per-
mitted saloon to be run in the
Animas valley without license vo-
ters can easily understand why
the close compact.
Mr.. and Mrs. Voter: What a
combination you will be up against
with Day in control Of the sheriff,
district attorney, assessor and
county commissioners. Are you
going to vote his way and thus
give him controI7
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22
Assassination
Of Chararacter

CONTINUED from First Pase.)
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22

Dave Day meant for the people of
La Plata county to understand that
Wood G Morgan stole those cows.
Nothing is SO unfair, indecent and dis
reputable that this man will not resort
to for dirty partisan ends.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-10-22

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Evening journal., 1908-08-08
FOR.
THE COUNTY FAIR
List Of Several That We're
Omitted From the Original
Announcement

Through an error in the premium list
of the New Castle County Fair for lsOS'
the following special premiums were
omitted from the poultry department;
Five doSars in gold for the best dis-
play in American class.
Five dollars in gold for the best dis
play in the English class.
Five dollars in gold for the best dis
play in Asiatic class.
Five dollars in gold for the best dis
play in Mediterranean class
Five dollars in gold for best bird in
American class.
Five dollars in gold for best bird in
Asiatic class.
Five dollars in gold for best bird in
Mediterranean class
Five dollars in gold for best bird in
English class.
Interest in the fair continues TO grow.
The special premiums are attracting much
attention in each department The Ogden
Howard Range and the T. c. DUPONT prize
in the Women's department, the T. c. du-
Pont prizes in the fruit poultry and horse
departments. the s-Thompson prize
in the vegetable department, the b. du-
Pont and T C. DUPONT prizes in the cat
tie department and Woodward and Bro.
and r. c. DUPONT prizes in the sheep and
swine departments all tend to bring a
better and more creditable exhibit than
before. Entries should be made early at
the office Of the secretary. Frederick
Brady, No. East Fifth street.
Evening journal., 1908-08-08
BAY STATE GAS
MEETING HERE

special meeting OF the Bay State Gas
Company OF Delaware. which recently
went out of a receivership. is TO be held
at the company's office in the Ford Build
ing on August Il at II o'clock to discuss
future plans Of the company.
An important step in the development
OF the new Bay State Gas Company plans
was taken yesterday, when Receiver
George Wharton Pepper turned over
physical possessions OF all the assets OF
the company IN his possession 10 tho
treasurer w Harry Miller at the Phila-
delphia office IN the Commonwealth Build
ing. The transfer included s6s3,ooo in cash.
many millions in securities and several
large cases OF account books. The Office
was busy until a late hour in assorting
the materials received.
J. Frank Alice said; I'VE are now ready
70 20 forward with the active campaign
which has been outlined by our president
Mr. .Lawson's advertising viii keep tho
public we'll advised as the various steps
are taken, and we do not care to antici-
pate his announcements. We expect, how
ever. to be too busy TO have much time
for talking. and you can be sure that
Bay State will hold the centre OF tho
financial stage for some time TO come"
Evening journal., 1908-08-08
DOVER YOUTH
SERIOUSLY HURT
N. B. SmitherS, Jr., Has Arm
Shattered by a Load
of Shot

One Of eDlaware's most promising
sons, the only descendant of a great
Dealwarean, Nathaniel b. Smithers,
Jr.. met with a shocking accident yes
terday and is now lying in a critical
condition in ST. Agnes Hospital. Phila-
delphia. The accidental discharge of a
gun at Middle-own. where he had gone
for a visit TO a friend. shattered his
right arm and entered in a glancins
direction, his right side
Mr.. Smithers is now completing his
course in George Washington Univers-
ity. and is one of Dover's brightest
obys. His mother. Mrs Walter Nor.
ris. hurried to Middletown and accom-
panied her son 10 the Philadelphia hos.
pital. where it was feared the operation
Of amputation would be necessary to
save his life.
The incident was sorrowfully discus.
sed I'm tha stores, shc9s and streets of
Dover to-day, as the voun gman is a
general favorte among all his towns
people He is a son OF the late Bar
raN tmithers. who was the son Of
Secretary of State Nathaniel b.
Smithers-
Evening journal., 1908-08-08
MAKES HIS JOB PRESS
FREEZE THE ICE CREAM

STANFORD, Conn. Aug. s-When VIII
liam A. White, Of No. lis Myrtle avenue,
labored as an editorial writer for Con-
necticut newspapers his work was noted
fora flavor of originality. Now he has re-
tired after forty years as newspaper
man and he runs a little printery prem
ises here, but he has not forgotten how
10 be original.
That was evident yesterday when a
party Of friends found him trying out
a new way of operating an ice-cream
freezer. He had a regulation freezer in
geniously connected with the job press,
and while he turned Off hand bills and
bill heads on the electrically driven press,
the family ice-cream was being frozen. In
five minutes he had enough for dinner
When the neighbors heard Of it they
focked to the shop to see the new fam
gled freezer work. Mr.. White was over
whelmed with applications to freeze ice
cream. He promised to freeze an that was
brought along during work hours and
threatened. like the miller of old. to
take portion OF each lot in payment.