Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-13
both Of whIch maintain Important

world. and over the telephone lines
one can converse. with Denver, Ell
Paso, Salt Lake. Omaha. Kansas City,
st. Louis and all the points in Colorado
Utah and New Mexico.
One OF the state fish hatcheries is
situated in Durango and the Emerald
Lake fish hatchery about thirty miles
from Durango, Is under the care of the
state of Colorado.
The Fort Lewis Indian school is In
La Plata county. twelve miles from
Durango.
The sewerage system OF the city has
been pronounced by expert sanitarians
TO be all that could be desired by even
crowded city. and It's mortality has
therefore been low Ideal weather con
ditions. pure water and good drainage
have made bad business for the doc
tors In Durango. On this theme. 1t
might be mentioned that the famous
Trimble Hot Springs. nine miles up
the Animas valley from the city. is
an asset OF the entire district, as its
waters possess curative properties
which have been pronounced as favor.
| able as those of Carlsbad aud Hot
Springs, Arkansas, for all rheumatic
ailments. These springs are reached
directly by the Silverton branch of the
Denver 4 Rio Grnnde railroad, and the
hotel Is well patronized by the SILVER.
ton miners and the automobile owners
| OF Durango.
There are twelve churches OF vari.
Gus denominations in the city. four
public schools (three graded schools
and a high school and two Roman
| Catholic free schools. all with over
| 900 children in attendance.
| An efficient police department keeps
perfect order In the city.
| The agricultural wealth In the terri.
tory tributary TO Durango exceeds
even the mineral wealth of the dis
trict Fruits. potatoes and grain come
from the Animas valley and the Mon.
tezuma and Pennington districts;
hardy crops, potatoes and grain from
the Bayfield,. Allison, Ignacio and Tif.
fany sections, in the southern end Of
La Plata county. at all times bounte-
Gus In the yield OF its fields and its
livestock The Durango postoffice in.
creases Its business yearly, and 1t has
a house to house letter carrier sys-
TEN with street boxes. and rural free
delivery.
This section WAS the pioneer In plac-
ing before the world the excellence of
Colorado apples, and 1t still enjoys
the reputation 1t won years ago. An
area into which the entire state OF
Massachusetts could be placed, sus-
ceptible of the highest cultivation, pos.
sessing irrigation facilities enjoyed by
no other section of Colorado, and ex
hibiting a record OF permanent mineral
sified ores, is the section presided over
by Durango
The Offices OF the San Juan national
forest are at Durango.
la ilhtu touHly oHeIs tNDeCliousi
inducements to the homeseeker ant
the mining man Almost every fra
ternal organization has It's hall in Du
range. and the Red Men own a 0.00(
building with opera house. The Du
range club always has Its doors open
to the stranger. AS an evidence that
the section is most favorably regard
ed, canvass OF the four leading no
tells was made at the end of Novem
ber. showing that 2,640 travellers reg
istered-more than one-fourth of the
permanent population of the city. And
Durango has cause to be proud of Its
splendid hotel facilities.
The Durango Morning Democrat and
the Durango Evening Herald keep Du
news, while the Wage Garner and the
Great Southwest furnish crisp com
ments on the weeks doings.
AS residence city Durango pos
sesses some Of the most beautiful
homes to be found In Colorado. Its
boulevard, known us Third avenue
compares favorably with the widely
known thoroughfares of the most pop
ulous cities OF Colorado, and its troll
ley system extends from the railroad
depot up Main avenue, through Brook
side and Animas City, giving an excel
lent service each way every fifteer
minutes.
Its two hospitals. convent OF the
Sisters of Mercy. It's beautiful publ,
library. Its splendid business block
and residences. two Touring mills, al
artificial ice plant, lumber and planning
mills. foundries and machine shops
the first-class character Of It's man,
stores. the cleanliness of the city ant
Its many Wake OF uniform width ant
proper grade. have impressed thou
sands with the fact that It's prestig'
in the future, over territory wonder
fully endowed by nature, will be eveI
greater than in the past.
Durango now has three banks OF de
posit. The First National Bank of Du
range, Colo, United States depos