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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

For the purpose of being fully in
formed, George n Raymond visited
lgnacio Friday and Saturday TO inter
view Superintendent CHARLES f. Wer.
ner regarding the allotted indian
lands now being advertised for sale.
Under the law the Indians are permit
ted TO sell their holdings, the money
to be placed in banks paying the
highest rate of interest and giving
good security. The most any one In
dian can draw per month is $40. In
many cases the interest will amount
to more than this sum, while in 9th
ers, should the heir draw the full sti-
pend, some OF the principal Will be
used each year. In regard 10 the
lands listed, there are some of the
finest located aud best watered in La
Plata county. notably that of Julian
Buck which was re-listed. The bids
under the first listing ran as high as
$4,000 but this was refused by Julian
and 1t is believed $4,000 to $1,000 will
be bid the second time The land CON
sists of 320 acres, good deal of 1t
under improvement. Then there are
a number OF other allotments being
at the present time that
are choice selections. Now and then
where the Indian paid little attention
to the matter when the allotting took
place. the land does not come up to
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

place ~ Denver, that has the exper.
fence OF many years, and has had e-e
benefit OF the best legal and mechan.
ica1 advice to be had In the United
States. SO 1t was with a view to
learning certain things about the sew
or business that Mr.. Berndt went to
Denver . week ago. He saw Mayor
Speer and had talk with him about
the mstter and that Official called in
the city engineer and other officials
and by going over the matter with
them Mr.. Berndt learned a number Of
things that will be very s.'uable to
know
The Ladies' of st. Marks Guild VIII
serve dinner and supper at the old
Hahn building on Saturday. April 20
Dinner will be served promptly at
noon; price. Soc for adults and 3St
for children. Supper viii commence
promptly at o'clock. price 35c and
25c respectively. During the after
noon there will be a sale OF fancy
needlework. candies, etc. There will
also be a fish pond where you can try
your luck, a tea room where you can
quench your thirst after the arduous
task of fishing II you desire to find
out whether you have luck at the fish
pond, the Gypsy will undoubtedly be
able to tell you. During the evening
there Will be musical program, de
tails of which will appear later. DC
not forget the date. April %, or the
place-the building formerly occupied
by Mr.. Hahn.
Yesterday was day of gloom and
sadness on account of there being two
funerals. The funeral of c. A. VII
liams was held at the Baptist church
at 2 o'clock, Rev. Scruggs conducting
the service Every seat in the spac
lous church was taken and many
stood outside till the service was
over. The knights of Pytbias attend
ed in a body and practically all the
coal miners Of Durango and many
from Porter, Hesperus and Perrin.
Peak were present, besides large
list of personal friends and sympa
thizers of the family. There were
beautiful floral designs and Other
flowers heaped upon the casket as
n af hn tnln
from friends. Words of comfort, as
| much as words can, were spoken b,
the pastor to cheer the heart-broker
wife and little daughter. and the hope
held out of the life to come. The
Knights OF Pyth;us marched to tn,
cemetery, where they performed tn,
service OF the order.
The last sad rites over the remain,
of William Wolf were performed a
his home on the North Side yesterda,
afternoon at 2:a0, the service beini
conducted by Rev. Morell of the Pres
byterian church. The arrangements
were under the direction of MI
George Goodman. The Elks an,
Sedgwick Post of the Grand Arm.
of the Republic were present as es
corts. The pastor preached touch
ing sermon and the casket was burie,
In mass of flowers. the G. A. n. con
| tributing an anchor and cross. th'
Elks wreath and other designs b,
other friends. The lodges marched t,
the cemetery. where each performed
its burial rites.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23
(From wednesday,s pailyl

District court met this morning and
examination of Jurors in the Mason
Vanderweide case was resumed, but
the session was a short one owing to
the venire being exhausted, the court
taking recess about half past nine
until tomorrow morning, when fresh
lot OF jurymen will be summoned. II
begins to look as though 1t will be
Friday or Saturday before jury Is
secured. as attorneys have not ex
hausted half of their challenges.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

should make visit the districts
largely identified with and
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23
lFrom Tuesdays pailx.l

Frank Hall. assistant United States
district attorney. arrived last evening
10 attend the murder trial.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Wesley Helm is sure having a
siege of it-a dozen or so carbuncles
making life miserable for him day
and night. Wesley knows what Job
underwent. and then some.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23
LAr,N AMeaIcAN WONDERS.

IS LATIN AMERICAN WONDERS.
In to intensely
Illustrated by Barrett gen
eraI OF the
oppouny People who have been out Of school
long a romance
For instance in the matter Of that United
sfstes could be pumped Gown in Brazi
chih
Arkansas Kansas;
nos could be SET down and again?
~ citing stn
these his mind
wen marshsled that they intensely interesting
ssl2os5o worth from all other countries The United States i'm
Latin America only '222s'ooo worth leaving balance OF trade favor
s'4oooooo South
prsctcsy $50 IN favor Of souh America south America pur
only ss5.si2ooo worth of them from the United States
population of
and costly and beautiful house larger club and
plant than city in the United states and
merchant flying the
Of important nation the globe except the United States?
facilities between this the countries Latin and
countries still falls far short of what ought 10 becordead
Roosevelt on account
urging congress
there editors
ng In the world great beneficial
to make them
no sympathy with anarchy and in the next they viii say is dangerous
the general exclude the mueus sheets from
hory to check this growing humanity merely because the
political What
this the majority way!
the Pennington Hustler would
Timesusler the police and the laws take these
police could until had committed
j.
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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Harry Kettlewell is up from his
ranch. He wears that broad smile
that comes from being an honest til
ler of the soil.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Members of the central committee
having tickets to print will please
hand them in to The Herald tomor
row morning so the entire bunch can
be printed at the same time, several
of the precinct delegations having
already been made up.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

FRANK Hail, assistant United States
district attorney. arrived last evening
10 attend the murder trial.
Harry Kettlewell is up from his
ranch. He wears that broad smile
that comes from being an honest til
ler of the soil.
F. S. Lloyd. representing the Mer
chants Trade Journal of Des Moines
Iowa, is In the city In the interest OF
his publication.
Ike Ovens. who came over from
Ouray to attend the funeral of C. A
Williams, returned home this morn
ing via Silverton
w. II. Galbreath. tie Juanita saw.
mill man, was an arrival last evening
and went down on the Apple line this
morning on Il short business trip.
DIR. Berguin OF Delta has arranged
to make tour of Texas with the ca
tarrh remedy, "Mo-qui-na." put out by
S. S. Merry. He left this morning.
George Dale was summoned from
his ranch just this side of the state
line for jury duty, but on account OF
sickness in the family he was ex-
cused.
Messrs. l. T. and William Williams,
who came from Iowa to attend the
funeral of their brother. C. A. VIII
liams, have departed, I. T. returning
direct to Iowa while William will visit
Salt Lake City.
Mrs. W. A. Conklin, who has been
visiting relatives at the lockwood
power plant, departed this morning
for California, where she will take In
the sights at number of places, after
which she will return to her home in
New York.
%
F. B. Dunbar engineer OF the power
plant of the Porter Fuel Co. at Hes
perus. is in town summoned as a wit
ness in the Mason-Vanderweide case
Mr.. Dunbar Is brother of Mrs. C. A.
Williams. whose husband was killed
in the Champion mine
The delay OF the eastern yesterday
of an hour and half was due To an
axle OF the baggage car breaking and
dropping down ON the rails, tearing
up the track 70: a distance OF about
20 yards. 1t happened coming up the
hill on the east slope OF the Cumbres.
The only Denver newspaper man
present to report the murder trial n
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

F. S. Lloyd. representing the Mer-
chants Trade Journal of Des Moines,
Iowa, is in the city in the interest of
his publication.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

The Waterfall and Trimble Springs
schools will close Friday The for
mer will have three eighth grade
graduates for the high school and the
latter two graduates. The Hermosa
school will close next week.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23
(From Wednesdays Daily)

The funeral of Henry Hampson will
lake place at the Hood undertaking
parlors tomorrow morning at 10
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Ike Ovens. who came over from
Ouray to attend the funeral of G. A
Williams, returned home this morn
ing via Silverton.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Calvin Day returned last evening
from Montezuma county, where he
has been the past month or more
and went on up to the home ranch in
the Animas valley this morning,
where he will help his father. Joe Day,
put in the summers crops.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Mrs. Pulford wen. out to Ignacio
this morning to finish up the organiza-
ton of the new school district on
Spring creek. The population has in.
creased rapidly in that section the
past three years and it was necessary
to divide the two districts in that re-
gion, and in creating the third dis
trict, which will be known as No. 2S,
1t was necessary to reduce the Igna-
clio and Allison districts. which had
become too large to manage.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Fred c. Ames is late arrival from
Bisbee, Ariz., and will be found with
III. F. Hood, coming to asst Mr.. Hood
in the undertaking business. Don't
think 1t queer If MIR. Ames walks in
the street. for they all do that way
down in Bisbee, because the sidewalks
are not wide enough. and the habit
may cling to him for awhile.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Peter Peterson. the house raiser,
went out TO Fort Lewis this morning
in company with George McGregor to
figure on some work in connection
with McGregor 4 Lakes contract.
Mr.. Peterson can raise the whole of
TOO, If they want him to. He raises
houses just as easy as some folks
raise cain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

DR.. Alfred Thompson, who was be
lieyed to be so near deaths door Sat
urday is reported much improved to-
day. Mrs. Thompson. his wife. who is
also i'll, 1t is believed would show i'm
provement were 1t not for worrying SC
over her husband.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23
(From Mondays oaily9

The Durango high school boys made
amends for the drubbing they gave
the Msncos boys on the ball grounds
by showing them a royal good time
at the dance given in honor OF the
visitors Saturday night.
The Knight TempIars turned out In
full uniform last evening and attend
ed divine services at the Presbyter-
ian church, the occasion being Easter.
a day generally observed by this
branch of the Masonic order.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Rev. Essert closed his work In Du-
range last evening and left this morn
ing for his home at Canon City. where
he will spend a day or two and then
go out to some OF the neignboring
towns to hold services. He spent five
weeks in this section and two weeks
and half In Durango.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Rev. Grace and Rev. Essert re-
turned Saturday evening from Aztec,
where they went to see the famous
ruins. They were met at the depot
by a party of rfiends and escorted to
the ruins across the river and taken
through. The sight to both visitors
was very interesting.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Bob Lange, the hustling merchant
of Allison, who has been in town the
past two or three days on business,
returned home this morning. Mr..
Lange is alive to the future possibil-
tiles of that great and growing sec
tion and is carefully looking after
the wants of the people who have to
buy things. and he aims to supply
them with what they need
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

w. III. Galbreath, tie Juanita saw
mill man, was an arrival last evening
and went down on the Apple line this
on IL short business trip.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

A regular old-fashioned house.
warming took place at the new home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. d. Bovee at Ami.
mas City Saturday night, about rs
friends being present. Conspicuous
among the guests were number OF
old soldiers, Mr.. Bovee being vet.
eran of the war OF the rebellion. John
W. Wingate told some very interest
ing "reminiscences OF Round Hill.
Tenn, and other places during war
times. Miss Stevens of the Animas
City schools rendered a number of
selections on the piano. and sang, and
then Master and Miss Fritz gave
some selections on the violin and
piano. and there were recitations and
at seasonable hour the party was
called to refreshments.
Herman Berndt returned last eve
ming from Denver. where he went. to
inquire into some of the late wrinkles
on the sewer business. Durango
wants to be up to date on her sewers
and the best way to accomplish this
is to get the bsnsat Of some such
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

A placard has been posted in the
depot giving the rules governing Wis
itors to the Mesa Verde national park.
Anyone intending to visit this place
should read the rules. as there is
much contained therein that they
should know.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Gillette OF Cortez,
Mrs. b. f. Patterson of Dolores and
Mrs. Annie Gillette of Hesperus, rel
atiyes who attended the funeral OF
Doc. A. c. Williams yesterday. re-
turned to their respective homes this
morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

catching anything but a cold. You
can fish on Saturday for 10 cents with
the guarantee OF catching fish every
time you make a cast" even II the
''fishwarden" has to help you out.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

I. J. Williams of Lyons, Neb., is
visiting his friend L. NJ. Sutton, OF
the Colorado Land and Water Supply
company. Mr.. Williams likes the ap
pearance of this section very much
and 1t may be that he win decide to
locate here.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18

In Mrs. Lapham's family circle her
powers OF reasoning were accounted
most remarkable and convincing. Out.
side the family her ability to convince
was not SO marked
See here" she said. without releas-
ing the ten-cent piece for which the
conductor OF the trolley car had gone
to her side, I've only brought Willie
with me. He's eight. so I've got to
pay his fare. I've left Myra, that's
four. and Neddy. that's two, at home
Now you wouldn't have charged me
for them. would you?"
mo, madam" said the conductor.
your fare, please"
We'll, they'd have taken one seat"
persisted Mrs. Lapham. stll retaining
her hold on the ten-eent piece. II
couldn't have held 'em both. | thought
of bringing them. only twas too far.
Now. why can't you take of some
thing from Willie. under the circum-
stances youths Companion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
NOTICE FOR AWARDING STREET
PAVING CONTRACT.

Public notice is hereby given that
the Board Of Local Improvements OF
the City of Cairo. illinois. on the 18th
day Of February, A. d. 1908. awarded
the contract for the improvement Of
Washington Avenue In the said City
of Cairo. from the north line Of Sec
end Street to the north line Of Thir
ty-fifth Street By the construction
therein Of a vitrifiei brick pavement
with combined concrete curb and gut
tiers on both sides Of the said avenue
and BY otherwise improving the same.
under Ordinance No. 1s1. approved
May 81. 1907. to Roy L. Williams.
TOT the sum Of One Hundred Twenty
Three thousand Seven Hundred and
Sixty-one Dollars and Sixty-uine
Cents (s123.7 1850 subject. however.
t. the rights Of the owners 81 a major
ity Of the frontage Of the lots. blocks
and land upon the said avenue. or
their agents. to elect 70 take the said
Sork. and enter into a written con
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
KEPT FROM DECEIT BY VANITY.
Chinese Women Balk at WronufuIly
Adding to Age.

A Frenchman, just back from China,
says that the imperial edict against
opium Is a great blow to the thou
sands who We're slaves to the habit.
and all sorts OF subterfuges are re-
sorted to by people who think they
cannot exist without It, The law pro-
vides that people over so years old
are exempt from the new regulations,
and consequently the number OF
patriarchs has increased wonderfully.
Sturdy men Of 40 and SO have declared
themselves odd" and where nature
has made the deceit too evident paint,
cosmetics, and other artificial means
have been employed to cheat the eye.
The government was not slow to dis.
cover these frauds, and severe punish.
ment has been inflicted on many Of
tenders. Strange to say, although
women are as much addicted TO the
opium habit as men, not single case
has been discovered where a woman
made herself Older in order to be al
lowed to use opium.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
Riches at Vale.

Prof. BILLY" Sumner of Yale--offi-
cially known as Prof William @. Sum-
ner-who has attracted attention by
his wise and pertinent comments upon
the recent financial hurricane and its
cause, has often been called by Yale
men the best teacher they had In col
lege. Prof. Sumner Ia now teaching
sociology, but he used to teach eco.
Monies, and, according to a writer In
Harper's Weekly. he achieved the inn
pressiye feat of making that subject
entertaining. Sumner was a clasgmata
Of William g. Whitney, who was very
fond Of the professor and who used to
like to play with him In New Haven.
Sumner never got as rich as Whitney.
he never seemed to care to. He
amused his mind In another way, and
he once enormously amused Whitney
by telling his old friend that the Yale
corporation had greatly increased his
salary.
That's splendid" said Whitney.
How much more do they give You,
Bin?"
Two hundred and fifty dollars q
year said Sumner.
And he always wondered why Whit
ney laughed SO loudly and so long.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
DECLINED
In Wheat During the Final Hour Be
cause OF Active Selling--Corn
and Oats Sympathized.

Chicago Feb 17.-IWlIEAT-Open.
led firm on buying by shorts and com.
mission houses which was based on
firm cables of much smaller receipts
lin the northwest. Heavy worlds ship
ments and an increase OF 1856, 900
bushels in the amount of wheat on
passage, however. had a tendency to
restrain sellers, and trade was light
until late in the day. The market
further strengthened by the smallness
of primary receipts. In the final fiji.
teen minutes active selling by hold
ers set in and caused a sharp decline
from which the market failed to rally.
The close was weak May down 5s@
"a. No 2 red 1895 @95B; No. 3 red
91A @93B; No. brad 1895 @991s;
No. 3 hard 915s095. May opened SO
p @97; highest 941s; lowest 927s;
closing 92z 093. July S9A.
CORN-The market was quiet the
greater part of the day but showed
considerable firmness owing to firm
NRbANo anu NOiAiiAuth oliidii AtItiItlHs
Prices became weak the final half
hour on heavy selling by pit traders
and commission houses May closed
down q. No. 8, 55@57; No. 8 white
54@1a No. 8 yellow 56057 May
opened 61A@3s; highest G1ssQh;
lowest so; closing GOA July 5Sh@ as.
OATS-Firm nearly all day because
of the moderate demand by commits,
sion houses. Cash interests, which
recently have been the principal sell
ers, had few oats for sale and this had
a bullish effect Prices declined late
in the day because Of the weakness In
wheat and corn. May closed I'M
changed, No. white 51@52ls. May
opeaod 52ab; highest hass: lowest
52A; closing 52A. July old 1875.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
NOTICE OF AWARDING STREE r
FILLING CONTRACT.

Public notice Is hereby given that
the Board OF Local Improvements of
the City Of Cairo, Illinois, on the nth
day of February, 1908, awarded the
contract for filling with earth OF
Twenty-Fcurth Street from the east
line of Commercial Avenue to the
west line Of Walnut street and
of West TwentyFourth Street from
the west line of Walnut street
to a point seyenty-five (75) feet west
OF the west line of Holbrook Avenue,
in the said City of Cairo, Illinois, un-
der Ordinance No. 127, approved May
IS. 1907, to Roy l.. Williams, at and
for the sum of Seven Thousand and
Thirty-Two Dollars and Eighteen
Cents ($70321S) the same being at
the rate of thirty 600 cents per cubic
yard of the filling, subject, however,
to the right of the owners of a ma
iority CT the frontage of the lots
blocks and lands upon the sal
streets. or their agents, to elect to
take the said work and enter into
written contract to do the whole of
said work at ten per cent. less than
the said price at which the same has
been awarded to the said Roy l.. VIII
liams, within the time and in the man
ner required by law In such cases
made and provided.
Dated this 18th day of February, A.
d. 1908.
GEORGE PARSONS,
President Of the Board Of Local I'm
provements Of the City OF Cairo
Illinois.
Attest; ERNEST WORKMAN,
Secretary of Said Board
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
NEW YORK GRAIN.

New York. Feb. WHEAT. Re
celpts $4,000; exports $4,000. Spot
barely steady; No. 2 red 97ss elevator
and 9Sss fob. afloat. Options closed
at &Qlh net loss. May l007s.
CORN-R Receipts 215.00O; exports
1000. Spot barely steady; No. 6S
elevator and G2 ahoat; No. 2 white
6214: No. ? yellow 62is fob. anoat.
Options closed rs net lower May
G9k.
oATS-Receipts 10000; exports g.
600. Spot firm; mixed So; natural
white 5S1kGGlh; clipped coz acc.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-18
WAS DULL
Operations Which Prompted Declines
in Stocks Were Largely in
Hands of Professionals.

New York, Feb, 17.--Dulness and
depression overhnng the stock mar
ket today. Active operations which
prompted price declines We're largely
at the hands Of the professionals Of
the room trading class. The senti-
ment which prompted their attitude
was, however qnite generally prevail
ent and was a fair reflection on the
Gnfayorable Interpretation placed on
mediate events in the financial dis
trict and the lack OF hopefulness of
early betterment. Much has been
hoped from the successful sale of
New York City bonds, as a stimulat-
ing force on the securities market.
Today confirmed the impression OF
Saturday that the event has fallen fiat
There were some special incidents in
the days happenings which had a de-
cided disturbing effect on speculative
sentiment New force was given to
fear OF the governments prosecution
of the Hartman railroad group by
steps taken against the Southern
securities, including American Smelt-
ing Were under special pressure in
connection with another sharp de-
cline in the price of copper both here
and in London and American Smelt.
ing touched a new low level for the
year. Gloomy reports We're current
Of the copper trade outlook. The dis
cussion of the trade outlook in gen.
eral took the form OF some criticism
of the tendency of great trade com,
binations, especially in steel, to hold
up prices The question being raised
whether revival of consumptive de-
mand would not thereby be deferred
and depression prolonged. The ap-
parent check to the inflow of banking
funds from the interior evidenced by
the last two bank statements is
arousing some discussion and seems
one time Observation-Disclosures
tc negative the assumptions held at
one time as to the extent to which
eserves would pile up in New York
after the panic had subsidized Re
punishment of the deficit in reserves
here, the wftiiira~aI of government
deposits by the United States treas
ury, and the rapid rate of retirement
OF national bank notes had helped
take MP slack as the return tide
flowed in, but no gold has gone out
in export. The foreign trade state
ment for January shows the excess
value OF imports Of merchandise
reached upwards of $120,00o000, thus
exceeding even the record of s115,-
100000 showed in December.