Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-02-14
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cific ocean.

The Hayes will contest which has
occupied the entire time of the district
court for the past ten days is drawing
near the end as we are going to press.
The closing arguments of the learned
and brilliant attorneys for both sides
are now being heard. Ben Rus. ell, the
eloquent young attorney of the San
Joan, is pitted against Mr.. Cook, one
o. the shining lights OF the Indiana
bar. The case has been holly CON
tested from start to flAish.-Silverton
Standard.
c. A. Mather, government sheep in
sDector, came in from the reservation
Wednesday. He reports that there has
been almost no losses of sheep thus
far this Water, and sheep are In bet.
ter condition generally than he has
ever seen them before at this time
OF the year.-Farmington Enterprise
Jonah, the Navajo who killed Fritz,
is at Shiprock awaiting hearing. His
mother recently tried to pay Fritz
brother, in sheep, for the murdered
man, but Superintendent Shelton very
forcibly impressed upon her mind that
there were not sheep enough on the
reservation to pay for one white mans
iiie.-FarmiugtoL Enterprise.
Preparations have been under way
al the neighborins town of Flora Vista
for some time for the organization OF
o new party to lie known as the "Di.
rect Vote" party. The objects and
purposes of this larty is to have laws
enacted enabling every person to vote
directly for every glitter Of the gov
eminent thinking that In this way a
more perfect SGT of officials may he
obtained, says the Aztec Index.
w. E. Miller of Pueblo, who. for a
number of years was general superin.
tendent of the p, s r. G. railroad,
resigned his position some weeks ago,
and was elected pres ident and general
manager of the Colorado Land and
Improvement company. which has ex.
tensive holdings in the valley and also
owns the Lebanon townsite Mr.. Miller
viii iAore his family to Lebanon and
VIII he q resident NJ the valley He
Is fine gentleman. u thorough bust.
ness man and hug tier with big H.
There will be sometline doing around
Lebanon soon and We Welcome himself
and family to our town, and wish to
assure him that we viii be with him
in all mis- undertakings that will help
TO improve Lebanon and the valley.
-Cortez Herald.
The land owners under what will
be an extension OF the lower Apimas
ditch have organized and will build
the ext ,nsion the conlint, season. Con.
| TRACTS were let last week to Jacob
DeCord9ba and w s.. Baker for the
| tunnel and rock cut work, and the
contractors started Monday OF this
week with force of six men. They
are intending TO incre Use this force to
| twenty-five lien as soon as sufficient
Roadway is made to use this sized
crew to advantage. There are three
tunnels along the ditch line, aggregat.
ing $50 feet and about 1900 feet of
open rock gut. Tho CONTRACTORS esti-
mate that sixty dayl will see this por
tion OF the ditch completed The ditch
VIII be community affair, which was
started by the people holding dry land
under It last year, when considera BILE
o. the dirt work was done. The ditch
covers about 1000 acres Of land below
Aztec and across the Animas river
from Flora Vista, This land is taken
by settlers and wll III the near future
be dotted with homes, orchards and
cultivated folds, The estimated cost
oil water per acre is very low, some
placing 1t at $40 per acre, while the
annual maintenance charge will be
smewhat heavier than under the aver
age community ditch, owing TO its
length from the heading. The Lower
Animas ditch neads four miles above
Azter ard the extension viii make
The total length about twelve miles,
Aztec Index