Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-31

Good morning. Do you continue to
eat meat?
The floods in France are something e
terrible and at this distance our peo-
pie have no adequate idea OF the havoc
wrought d
Having robbed the county on sew d
eral different occasions the morning
sheet wants to make the public believe
it is patriotic. L
Wall street." says the Atlanta Jour [
nal, rs beginning 10 blame the ad- /
ministration.' This is good sign for
the administrator.
The Herald makes no statements It
is not prepared to prove in discussing | d
city and county matters, esrcc' 'liy J
where graft is permitted o
Kline district are talking about getting v
out an injunction preventing the ereo- i
lion of the Reister bridge. lv
It's pretty tough proposition when v
commissioners have to be sued and
mondamused to be decent and honest
it'll the peoples money. Nice repu- Is
taiUn to hand down to ones posterity. | i
No wonder the rodds of the county |
and the streets of Durango are neg. {
lected. The excess money goes to
keep up Democratic organ-one that
would betray the soest friend on earth t
f1f 30 cents. a. In
Kansas City judge has advised all t
the women ont there to carry revolv
ers for the purpose of protecting them. |
selves against assault Has the hat
pin ceased to be an effective weapon
in Kansas City? Ii
The state of Pennsylvania has had |
its sl4000000 capitol building insured t
for S3.O00,000. People who have been i
in doubt as to the amount the graf
ers got should be able now to figure
it out with little trouble
Barry, the Barrster, took rest this II
morning. His articles were of the Ii
rawest kind. But he had 10 do some
Thing 10 earn the money Reister and IL
Tovrea are contributing to his sup.
port through the county treasury. Ii
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When the sugar trust pays the gov,
eminent $G50,000 more as a penalty II
for frauds the total restitution will h
be S3,5O0,00O. The men sent to prison
must be convinced that their game in
sugar has few equals as a loser. |;
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in England scheme is proposed /
That provides pensions for everybody.
1t may be a good thing, but where is |
England going TO get money for il
Dreadnoughts If all the cash is to be k
distributed in the form of pensions?
As far as astronomers have solved /
the problem comets are among the
thinnest forms of matter. The poets
may enlarge on the portents when {
meteols Hrandish their crystal tresses
in The sky, but such flights of fancy
are evidently due to poetic license.
win the roads of the coUn, y need Ii
ing every available dollar it is a rank
piece of business to spend two thou
sand five hundred dollars in building
a useless bridge, especially when all I
tbe taxpayers of the district petition II
against it. But Honest Con Reister is
the push
The county commissioners NAV he n |
law unto themselves-it is possible
The courts will hold they are empow.
ered TO do as they please no matter |
what the cost. This being the case
the people will be up against the real
thing Ii
me settlers and taxpayers of the
line district say they need roads
sr more than they do useless bridges.
But Honest Con Reister" has put him.
self up as against the Judgment OF
all his neishbors. Would 1t not be
good idea to know the profit the con.
tractors are making
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