Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-06

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: we may now hope. will be regarded b
b him as equally binding.
l. Who says 1t never rains in Colt
:, rado?
; The Pueblo state fair will be wei
: worth attending.
, The way to get busy Is to boos
for the fair to be held the last OF thi
month
Southern railroad connection vii
: place Durango in the front ranks o
Colorado cities.
: We hope to be able to record tn.
starting of work on the Durango enc
of the Southern Pacific ere many days
An extra session OF the legislatur,
viii be somewhat of an afflictlon. bul
not more SO than Shafroth and the
general state administration.
There is more activity in the La
Platas this season than for some
years. Now for good ore In the Neg
lected and Durango will enjoy gen
uine boom
| sphdlipth Will nave huCL
to answer for, but one of the things
he fortunately escaped-the catering
to the Durango Democrat in matter of
fish appointments.
The Colorado-New Mexico fair
| should receive the kindly considera-
tion of every Durangoite, especially
those engaged in business, profession.
a or mercantile.
The long run. Those who settle in
frontier towns do not give up SO cas-
lily.
The Burlington Railway company
placed in the library of each OF its OBJ
servation cars.
The Herald certainly trusts the
farmer will come In for fair weather
Will be hard to bear.
Hartman would be all right If he
could eat well. sleep soundly and de
velop strength enough to run a mile
every morning before breakfast.
Chicago terminals are TO be greatly
improved and set farther out, as
means of beautifying the city. The
first move in the game will cost $780,
100000.
The Fort Lewis Indian school should
be continued until such time at least
as the government can provide for the
schooling of Indian children on reser-
vations.
The editor of the morning paper evi-
IDENTIFY mixes drinks while engaged in
writing some articles-the way they
are mixed so far as Intelligence is
concerned
The price of silence on the part OF
the morning paper regarding the bun
Cling sewers, street and sidewalk
grades. storm sewers, etc, is money
from the city treasury.
Every one is talking about the
shungiing way in which the storm
sewer on Fifth avenue was put in
No telling how many more places con
nection will have to be made.
Mr.. Roosevelt has shot and killed a
hippopotamus. The beast, of course,
was in the act of rushing him. Nearly
everything he has killed in Africa has
been caught in the act that way.
The Democrats In charge of munic.
ipal affairs in Durango are unfit to
handle tha businacs apd chou1d rastxrn
This is the universal verdict of those
having opportunity to see the bungle
in the Fifth avenue storm sewer. If
you have the slime do not take The
Heralds say. but see for yourself.
The Herald calls special attention
to the way city affairs are being con
Quoted in another, part of this paper
It's surely a tough proposition. And
to think the taxpayers are up against
this kind of business for nearly two
years.
The Standard OIL corporation Is
said now to have such advantage of
position in Oklahoma that independ
ent competition /. practically smotb
cred. Yet the Democratic party, at
the first election in Oklahoma, carried
the state on pledges to drive the osto
pus out
Ex-senator Joe Blackburn is anx
ious to throw up his office In Panama
and go back to Kentucky. But the
Kentucky he left is not the Kentucky
he will find on return. Local option
has displaced individual option, and
as a result the quality OF whisky
has declined.
Have you tried getting along without
meat and using the money for vege-
tables-fresh vegetables from the gar
den? II not, do SO, You will enjoy
the change. The person who cannot
make fine meal out of new potatoes,
string beans and corn on the cob is
very fastidious and hard to please.
Rain and cloud bursts have been an
expensive proposition the past SIX
weeks. not only to the railroads. but
To agricultural and mining interests.
II is safe to say that the loss. on hay
alone in La Plata county Is 100000, TO