Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-14
extremely doubtful if it can be repair.

+ EAU CLAIRE. Wis. July ia sur
Ney of the district in northern Wis
cohsln that have suffered through for
. est hres brings an estimate OF the
tolal damage of the last three weeks
=, TO more than 100000
BUTTE, Mont, July 11-Benj. p
Mason, aged 100 years. pioneer OF
colorado and Montana. died as the re.
SUIT OF nervous trouble induced by
Z struggle to save mining property In
lawsuit He went to Central City,
Coo. in the stampede oi 1861 and
, Eelped to hang Sheriff Plumber and
seven road agents in the mountains.
7 Mason was a Democrat and his boast
was that his father and Colonel Ardley
We're the only men to vote for General
Jackson for president. He was born
in kenwood, w. Va. In 1910.
BEVERLY, Mass. July 11.-With
William Loeb Jr in Beverly talking
politics with President Taft. Colonel
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay getting ready
TO entertain Governor Hughes for TWEEN.
ty-iour hours. the political pot began
to boil merrily
Party leaders here professed to see
In the meetings a connection which
would have far-reaching consequences.
touch with political sentiment. not
only in New York. but all through the
east and the invitation TO come to Bev.
erly and talk politics" il due to the
desire of President TAFT TO hear at
first hand just how the people feel to-
ward his administration and the Re.
publican party generally. As a close
personal and political friend of both
| colonel Roosevelt and President Taft
Loeb is expected to tell Taft the sig.
, nlhcance of the colonel's recent nc.
| uVlty. and there Is n belief here he
might be charged with a message to
deliver to Roosevelt when he comes
pack to this city. explaining the Taft
plans for The fall campaign. That
Loeb may be made the Republican gu.
bernatorinl candidate of New York
state as the result of his visit to Bey.
erly is the opinion expressed in many
| quarters. President Taft is expected
to o, X, his boom, which has been
quietly pushed for the last fortnight.
Bui while this is the program. as the
local politicians have "doped" II out.
friends of Loeb say he does not want
| TO he governor
NEW YORK, July 11.-Three train
men were killed and trainlond of
passengers badly shaken up when the
northbound train on the New York
Central, known AS the Northern and
western express, was wrecked near
Newton Hook, nine miles north of
Hudson. early Today Railroad offices
here report all passengers able to con.
time their Journey The Twentieth
Century Limited ON which were Jack
Johnson, heavyweight champion fight.
er. and James j Corbett. coming TO
this city. was delayed an hour by the
smashup. Engineer Tyndnll was caught
under his engine and fatally crushed.
dying shortly afterward. The other
| trainmen were instantly killed.
BETHANY PLAINS. Rheims, France
July 1.-THE international aviation
meeting at which new records for
height. distance. speed and time were
set. closed today. The meeting
was triumph for monoplanes, which
made all the records and carried off
the majority of prizes. The experts
declare the most important achieve.
ment was made by Leon Morane, who
Saturday attained speed of log kilo.
| meters. or sixty-six miles an hour.
They believe this will be followed
soon by speed of 1870 to 200 kilo.
meters. AT such speed aeropanes
would be little affected by the wind.
The time is in sight. they think, when
travel by aeroplane will he as safe
and twice as fast as by train.
Messrs. Tulley. Maloney ana Allen
OF the state highway commission are
spending the day in the city, coming
down from Sivertoh this morning. AS
noted in Saturdays Herald. the com.
mission. with members OF the San Juan
delegation, went over the road from
Durango to Silyerton via Hamor's lake,
arriving in Silverton Saturday after.
noon. Yesterday morning the commits
sion, accompanied by Messrs Otto
! Mears, Editor Joyce of the Standard.
Louis Weyman, DIR. Fox and Merrill
Doud, drove over TO Ouray where a
conference was had with the Ouray
county commissioners and agreement
reached whereby Ouray county falls In
| line with San Juan for the state road.
The party returned to Silverton last
evening and arrived in Durango this
morning as above noted Mr.. Tulley
and other members are looking over
the situation in La Plata county and
II our commissioners, or the people OF
Durango, come through there Is no
doubt work will be under Roadway
on permanent highway from the
utah line through Montezuma county
to Durango and ON through Silverton,
Ouray and Grand Junction. inside of
thirty days.
Otto Mears estimates that $4,000 will
place the road from Bakers bridge to
| the San Juan county line in fine shape.
lie also estimates the cost of building
from the La Plata-San Juan county
line to the Ouray line at $4,000 to
$4,000 as from Hamor's lake the road
Will have to be practically new. II
san Juan county is willing to put up
$4,000 why should La Plata county
hesitate ON $4,000. as the last named
sum with $4,000 from the state, will
make first-class road from the Mon.
teZuma county line to Durango and
on TO the San Juan county line.
me La Plata county commissioners
adjourned Saturday without taking
any action and just what is intended
along official lines we are not able to
state, but surely some way should be
found to 20 ahead with the work. Du-
range cannot afford to have the mat.
ter go by default with possibility of
tne state road passing up the Rio
Crande valley and across Cunningham
gulch to Silverton. Let every effort
DE put forth and our commissioned