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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
sELF-sUPPoRTING CRIppLEs

The compensation of workmen in
factories and other industries for in
juries sustained in the line of their
work is live question mt the present
time. Many European countries for
years have had laws concerning en-
pioyers' liability and workmen's COM
pensation. A step further in this hu-
manitarian line is the education of
persons prevented from following
their former occupation or trade by
reason of injury. This is accomplish
ed by the establishment of schools
wherein such persons are taught vari-
Gus trades by which they may earn
livelihood, even in their crippled con-
dition. At Charleroi, France, at the
instigation of Pastur and Caty, a
school has been established for this
purpose. Among the trades taught to
PEOPLE injured in the industrial es-
tablishments of this manufacturing
city are brush-making, the making of
paper boxes, turning, binding, stenog-
raphy and typewriting, drawing and
other forms of manual training. The
trade which the crippled individual
must take up is, of course, governed
H. measure by the nature of the in
jury; for instance, individuals crippled
in the legs would follow occupations
allowing them to sit at their work.
In one case described in the article
referred to, man with both arms
amputated near the shoulder, by
means of mechanical appliance
about his neck, follows the trade of Il
wood-turner. In another instance, an
individual with both hands gone was
enabled to make brushes. The many
occupations which may be followed by
the blind are more or less familiar.
Similar schools are conducted in other
places, at present mostly through pri-
vate philanthropy. There is no reason
why such schools should not be sup
ported by the state; this undoubtedly
will be development of the future,
following the securing of efficient en-
ployers' liability and workmen's COM
pensation acts.-Journal of the Amer
lean Medical Association.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
DURANGO DIRECTORY.

The Mckinney Durango and Duran
go District directory is out and de-
liveries are being made. The work is
one of considerable magnitude and is
IL credit TO the publishers. 1t COM
prises a complete directory of the city
and its suburbs, list of the inhabi-
tants of all the towns in what is called
the "San Juan Empire" a list Of all
the farmers and ranchers who reside
in the country tributary to these
towns, and store of other useful and
desirable information.
The arrangement of the book is par
ticularly good and it is easy to find
any desired name or business interest
of the three counties included and this
feature will be greatly appreciated by
all who have occasion to use the book
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
WHY TRAINS ARE LATE.

Train No. 2, on the Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe railway, was held
ten minutes at Streator, ILL.,, a few
days ago for doctor on account of
a dying child. AT Emporia recently a
train lost five minutes while the train
men assisted an old lady who was
crippled and partially blind to gather
her belongings together and get out OF
the coach. AT Usage city another
tlain lost FIVE minutes because the
town cut-ups followed newly mar
ried couple into the car to give them
a rice shower. The train pulled out,
and had TO stop to let the cut-ups
off.
There are scores of similar causes
for delayed trains which the travelling
public does not always take into con
station for delayed train probably
would not be impatient if he knew
that the delay was caused by funeral
party, or a sick man. 1t is not al
ways possible for him to ascertain at
the time why there is delay, but if he
cares to investigate, he will find that
there is a legitimate excuse for nearly,
every belated train. The operating
department makes strenuous efforts
to have all trains on time, but as the
trains are run for the aeeommoda-
ton of the public, time cards cannot
always be followed to the dot.
Humanity dictated the delay Mt
Streator when the child required at
tcntion, even if the delay had disar-
ranged the service ON the entire divi-
sion, Sometimes rush of business
al small station will cause a delay
of several minutes in handling bag
page. The train can't pull out and
leave n lot of trunks on the platform,
just to keep on schedule, The rights
of the people at this little station must
be considered, although the company
may be subjected to criticism at u
dozen stations on account of late
trains.
Trainmen have their troubles, same
"a other folks, and they esk the trav-
cling public TO be patient when the
train happens to be late, for there
generally is good reason for not
making the schedule. Think it over,
Mr.. Traveller, maybe you have delay
ed a train, by arriving at the depot
with your baggage after the train
pulled in. You are human, So is the
railroad man. You and the railroad
man should understand each other bet
ter. BE calm, therefore, both of you.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
TUBERCULOSIS DAY.

tuberculosis Sunday was generally
observed by the ministers of the city,
most of them devoting their evening
lecture to this subject.
The Rev Mr.. Daniels of the Chris
tian church, who spent four months
ia the Modern Woodman sanitarium
at Colorado Springs, gave an excel
lent address on that splendid institu-
tion, the methods employed and re-
sumo of the results.
Rev. Daniels told how the malig-
nant germs of this dreaded disease
were the offspring of dirt and dark
ness and how the problem of clean
liness was the important consideration
in the prevention of the disease.
The sanitarium makes hygiene
rather than medicine the important
factor in its cure.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
THE POLITICAL PLATFORM.

Political platforms are just like the
car platforms, they are not made to
stand on but only to get in on. They
are made to catch votes with and not
for the purpose of being fulfilled by
the party.
While platform pledge should be
u party's political promise to pay cer-
tain things it is really only the speiler
who stands ut the door of the tent
and announces the wonderful things
to be found within and to get the
voters to come in and pay their votes
for the privilege of coming in seems
to be the sole use of the pledge made.
If it could be shown that there was
a strong sentiment in favor of burn
ing down all the school houses in the
state, and hanging all the teachers,
some political party would incorporate
that idea in its party platform and,
il the sentiment was widespread
enough and majority of the voters
were surely known to be in favor of
1t, every political party would come
to it and IL would become one of the
planks in each platform.
Speaking Of the Colorado legisla-
ture and its utter disregard of the
promises made in the Democratic plat
form the Grand Junction News passes
out the following:
"The legislature has now been in
session over 100 days. 1t has cost
over 100000. When it is adjourned
on May ii will have cost the people
over $150,000. The legislature has
made the name of Colorado by-word
and joke AS a body of representa-
tive citizens of Colorado our state leg
islature is libel. That they had the
nerve to draw their salaries should
place them under charges of obtaining
money on false pretenses. The bills
they have enacted are mostly uncon-
stitutional and those not so vitiated
are fraudulent. II will take the capi-
tol janitor sixty days to fumigate the
building after they have left, and the
building should be policed to see that
the members do not steal the gilt off
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
FRUIT CROP STILL SAFE.

There is an idea in the minds oil
many that the fruit crop of the Sar
Juan district is pretty badly placed
ON the bum by the late frosts but we
are glad to be able to state to our
readers that, as far as we can learn
from what we believe to be most re.
liable and trustworthy sources, the
San Juan fruit crop is still up and
coming.
Down in the Pennington country
the peaches are damaged to some ex
tent, some places the damages as
high as 30 per cent while others say
that the crop is still good for an 80
per cent crop. Mr.. Frank Eldredge
came up from the Pennington country
Saturday and he brought with him
some cuttings showing that nearly all
the different fruits are in ine condi-
tion and phone from Mr.. Skaggs of
that city, received this morning, tells
us that the frost of Saturday night
did not touch the Pennington country
Mt all.
The sweet cherries, apricots, pears,
plums and apples do not appear to
have been damaged at all, in the lower
districts and in and around Durango
the fruit is not at all seriously in
jured, if the opinion of the old timers,
and the more extensive fruit growers,
IDEAS are Of any value.
In the words Of one of those fel-
lows who we think ought to know
what he is talking about "If there
comes no severe frosts from now on
the San Juan country is booked for
the biggest fruit crop in all her his
tory"
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

the walls during the closing hours of
the session. Governor Shafroth tried
to express his opinion of the execu-
tive branche of our state government,
but failed, due to a lack of adjectives.
Charles Thomas hurled verbal lance
at them, but even his large and caus-
tic vocabulary fell short. 1t would
take linguist with command over the
profanity of seven languages and the
imagination OF John Milton to even
thinly cover the ground. They have
announced that they intend to ad-
jcurn on May 6. If the people had the
power of the recall over them, as they
should have, Denver would have long
ago been relieved of their watery
minds and cringing souls. The entire
outfit ought to be segregated and
placed under quarantine guard"
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
EPIDEMIC OF FIRES.

The fire bugs swarmed with ven
geance in Durango last night, evi-
IDENTIFY wishing to give Fire Chiei
Croke grande finale to his official
career.
The first alarm was turned in about
$3.50. The fire department responded
promptly and found the stable owned
by o. F.. Boyle back of the Farmers
COOPERATIVE mill in flames. The
blaze had reached huge proportions
and it was with great difficulty the
department kept it from spreading.
Fortunately there was no wind blow
ing or it would have done no end of
Tdamage. An old man succeeded in
getting out the four horses that were
quartered in the structure. The fire
is supposed to have been of incendiary
origin.
About 2 this morning the depart
ment was called to respond to sec
ond alarm. The Magner property, on
the corner of West Third and Twen-
tieth street, now owned by Robert
Dwyer, was a mass of flames that had
gained such Roadway that the fire
boys found it useless to try to save
the buildings but again directed their
efforts to keep the fire from spread
inv.
Fortunately both the house and
barn were vacant. The damage is
said not to exceed 1,500.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

The value of education is plainly
shown by the following little story.
Two tramps were passing of little
idle time by playing a game of poker
for imaginary stakes. One said TO
the other, an raise you million ~
lars" and the other tramp immediate
ly "saw" the raise and raised back a
billion dollars. This was pretty
hard blow but the first, after think
ing while, came back and said, an
see that billion and raise it sex-octo-
quadtrillion." "Take the pot, you
educated son OF gun," said the loser.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
DO Ghosts Haunt Swamps?

No, never. It's foolish to fear u
fancied evil, when there are real and
deadly perils to guard against in
swamps and marshes, bayous and low
lands. These are the malaria germs
that 'cause ague, chills and fever,
weakness, aches in the bones and
muscles and may induce deadly ty-
phoid. But Electric Bitters destroys
pnd casts out these vicious germs
from the blood. "Three bottles drove
all the malaria from my system"
wrote VIM. Fretwell of Lucama, N.
c., "and I've had fine health ever
since" Use this safe, sure remedy;
only Soc at all druggists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

We regard the protests of the d. A.
r. against the government accepting
the silver service for the battle ship
Utah, because i, is decorated with the
likeness of Brigham Young, - wholly
wrong. When one stops to think what
Brigham had to go up against and
his courage in tackling the task one
can readily see why his picture is Pc
cnliarly appropriate for battleship
decoration.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
A POPULAR VERDICT.
Based on Evidence of Durango Peopie-.

Based on Evidence of Durango PeOpte,-
Grateful thousands tell it
How weak backs were made strong
Weak kidneys made we'll
Urinary disorders corrected.
Durango people add their testimony
They gladly praise Doans Kidney
Pills.
For quick relief and lasting cures.
Durango evidence is now complete.
Durango testimony is confirmed;
Reports OF early relief .nbstanti-
ated.
Cures doubly proved by test of time.
Let Durango citizen speak.
4. II. Bsllard, 622 Sixth Ave-, Du-
range, Colo, says: ~ gladly confirm
the public statement gave in favor
OF Doan's Kidney Pills in January,
1907. I procured this remedy at G.
Il. Tiffany Jr.'s drug store and it en-
tirely relieved me of kidney trouble.
| have had no need of Doan's Kidney
Pills since then. l have unlimited
faith in the curative powers of Doan's
Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price 30
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N Y, sole agents for the United
States. -
Remember the me-Doan's-and
take no other.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

When the sacred writer said "and
make mans foes those of his own
household" he knew he was describing
the worst condition which could come
to mortal man. When man has to
fight his own family, as well as the
outside people, for chance to make
q living he is in about the worst fix
ever and we have an idea that even
the devil feels sympathy for a man
in that condition.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

After having arranged everything
nicely for Witnessing the eclipse of the
sun yesterday we found all our ef-
forts to afford our readers an inter-
esting spectacle were rendered null
and void by some envious rascal who
pushed lot Of clouds right up over
Durango and shut out the whole view.
We have not yet located the william
but we have detectives at work and
hope TO soon have him apprehended.
We suspect the Bayfield, Blade but
have some grounds for believing that
perhaps the Oxford Daily Telegram
may be the guilty party.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Insurance is simply a bet. When
you take out life insurance, on your
life or on your barn, you are simply
making bet with the company that
you will not die within certain num-
Der of years or that your barn won't
burn down, or be blown away, but
while insurance is only bet the com
panies give such big odds that any
man with family dependent upon
him is fool not to take it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury;

as mercury Will surely destroy the sense OF srneii
and completely deiangc the whole system When
entering II through the mucous surfaces. such
articles should never he used except on prescfip-
tlons from reputable physicians the damage they
wiz DO Is ten fold 10 the good you can possibly de.
rive nom them Hans catArrh cure manufactured
by +. \. Cheney Co, Toledo. o. contains no mcr.
curry, and Is taken Internally. acting directly upon
The blood and mucous surfaces OF the system, ln
buying Halls Catauh Curt be sure you get the
genuine. II Is taken internally and made 10 1oiedo.
ONO by + j. Cheney Co. Testimonials hee.
Bold BY Druggists. Price. 75c per bottle.
Take Hars Family Pilla for constipation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
he THAT PRovIDETH NOT

The Good Book tells us that "he
that provideth not for his own house
hold is worse than an infideP' and we
guess that the statement is SO gen
orally accepted that no argument is
needed to back it up.
The man who fails to provide for his
own household may be victim, to
some extent, of circumstances and, to
some degree, excusable, but the man
who deliberately neglects to provide
to the best of his ability for his own
family is indeed worse than an in
fidel in many ways.
In the community Of interests which
bind US together the words his own
household" may have broader mean
ing than merely his own private home,
it may be that they mean first his
own home and then his home town,
and the idea might be carried far
enough to make it mean his own coun-
try.
The booster who boosts in and out
of season for his community is doing
"A good work in the way Of providing
for his own household for the inter
ests of his own household are similar
to the interests of the community and
we do not believe that the man who
ignores totally the interests of his
neighbors in order to further his own
personal and selfish ends is providing
for his own household" in the true
meaning of the words.
1t is our idea that we should work,
individually and collectively, for the
good of Durango, for Durango is our
own municipal household, and to work
for the good OF Durango we must
work for the good Of the San Juan
district and for the good of the whole
state and nation in all cases where
the good for the state and nation is
not obtained at the expense of good
foi our own household and our own
town.
There is going to come before the
people of Durango and surrounding
territory a proposition, for their ac-
ceptance or rejection, to build ut state
expense tunnel for the use Of the
Moffat road A proposition to tax
us for the good of the state capita
and while in a sense the capital city
is our own household we do not believe
that we should love it to such an eX
tent that we should work an injury
to ourselves and our town to favor il
any more than we should love oui
town to the extent that we woulo
take the bread and butter from oui
wife and children to use it for the
towns benefit.
We do not blame the people of Den
YER, and we do not blame the Moffa'
road people, for attempting this graf
OH the balance of the state for in sc
doing they are in reality only 'pro.
viding for their own household" al
the expense of other householders, but
we see no more reason why we should
be expected to build them a tunnel
which will be of vast Importance to
them and of no benefit to us, any more
than that we should be expected to
buy the d. & r. G. railroad lot OF
new engines or a couple of up-to-date
parlor cars to run on the Pennington
branch.
If we have money to spare let us
use it in building up and beautifyine
Durango, let us build roads so that
people can get into our town and let
us pave the streets and bridge the
streams that they may have pleasant
travelling after they have arrived.
Let us "provide for our own house
hold and let Denver and Moffat road
occupy themselves in doing the same.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
A Burglars Awful Deed

may not paralyze home so complete
ly as mothers long illness. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills are a splendid
remedy for women. "They gave me
wonderful benefit in constipation and
female trouble" wrote Mrs. M. C.
Dunlap, Of Leadill, Tenn. II ailing,
try them. 26c at all druggists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

The promoters Of the reciprocity
measure are trying to make friends
for the cause by calling it the Farm
ers' Free List" but the facts are that
The only real free list for farmers is
the mailing lists Of the big mail or
der houses from which they send out
tbeir annual catalogues.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Having heard, at several different
times, a crowd of men try to sing the
Star Spangled Banner and America
we decline to throw any fits over the
fact that this country is said to have
no national anthem.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

When your wife's relation can't
make trouble in your family that's n
sign that you've got a pretty good
wife. When you lose dollar that's n
sign that you are unlucky.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

In spite of all the fashion hooks
there are no two women who do up
their hair exactly alike and this ac-
counts for the fact that once in a
while you see a woman with her hair
done up in a really becoming manner.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

We never believed that it is fear
that makes an old maid always look
under the bed for man, we believe
that it is hope, instead of fear. that
iIspires her.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Our idea of pessimist is II man
who reads of coIntefeit ten thou
sand dollar bill and then loses sleep
worrying for fear that he might get
stung by taking one in return for
real money.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

When individuals, or newspapers,
have to stand up on their hind legs
and paw the air and bray in defense
Of their position it is safe bet that
they realize they have taken the
wrong stand, got off ON the wrong
foot, as it were.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04
II Startled the World

when the astounding claims were first
made for Bucklen's Arnica Salve, but
forty years of wonderful cures have
proved them true, and everywhere it
is now known as the best salve on
earth for burns, boils, scalds, sores,
cuts, bruises, sprains, swellings, &C.
zema, chapped hands, fever stores and
piles. Only 25c at all druggists.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

We like to be charitable and donate
to good causes but we draw the line
in cases where we are expected to get
down on our knees and beg the OBJ
ject of our. charity to accept the do
nation.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

A returned traveller, from Mexico
and South American countries, says
that the national dish Of most Of those
countries is a mixture Of stuff that
smells as bad as boiled cabbage, tastes
worse than an onion and looks as bad
az Uraens
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

1t does not require much to scare
q horse that feels like running and il
don't take much to tempt, Il man who
is out hunting Cor temptation, or to
make woman mad when she is look
ing for something to raise Ned about
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Among the other important items
of news in the Denver dailies we read
that, in the legislature last week, Mrs.
Lafferty Screwed up her face and
stuck out her tongue" at Mrs. Riddle.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Hope is one of the greatest things
in all the world but many men make
mistake in trying to make hope
take the place of work as revenue
prndurer
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

There is absolutely nothing in a
name, we recently cashed small
check for man named Much More
and now we have just that Much Less
to jingle in our pocket.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

No one dislikes a hog provided it
goes on four legs and stays out in the
pen but when it walks upright and
sits down TO the table and grabs the
best of everything in sight, that's
different.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

1t strikes us that real rcformer
is as much out of place in the present
day legislatures as blind man at a
picture show or an old maid in at
tendance at Mothers congress.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Men must indeed be hard to please
for one Denver man is suing for a
divorce because his wife talks all the
time and another because his wife
sulks and won't speak word
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Epitaph on Missouri tombstone:
Here lies my dear wife, Molly Slack
know that my tears can't bring hei
back nor wake her from her long last
sleep, and so | fear not to howl and
Weep"
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

Not having been called early this
morning we failed to get in the swim
as the queen of May. At our age an
hour of snooze is worth more than
the queen business anyway.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

After long trial of all the easy
ways we could learn or hear OF we
have, in our old age, decided that the
cosiest way to get hard job off our
hands is simply to go to work and
do H.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

The sense of eternal fitness Of
things is Jared when we hear girl
singing "Put on your old gray bonnet"
while adjusting new Easter hat the
price of which made her Poor old
father sweat blood.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

There was young lady named
Keith who was wearing gown called
a sheath, and she said, Should it split,
I'd sure have fit, for there isn't
much on underneath.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

We love a pipe and would rather
smoke pipe any day than a cigar
i'm cases where we can't get the ci-
gar. That's what optimism will do
for a man. Cultivate it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-04

1t is all right to knock PROPOSE
ton all to pieces provided you have a
better one to offer, but don't knock
just for Che love of knocking.