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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-05

The members of the council seemed to
favor the plan. their only objection be
Ing the expenses. which the elections
necessary to adopt this form of gov.
ernment would incur. They called es.
peeial attention to the already de-
pleted state of the treasury. Mr. Blu.
chanan said the commission form OF
government in other cities had proven
remedy for this defect and would in
ours as well. In response to numerous
inquiries as to the probable cost OF
changing the present form OF govern
ment and operating the commission
government, City Attorney Ellis sub.
mitted the following communication
Durango. Colo. Jan. 3, 1911.
Honorable City Council.
Durango, Colo.
Gentlemen
with reference to the petition for a
charter convention some arrangements
Will have to be made, to take care of
the unusual expenses OF the various
elections and the convention. Under
the constitution, II the people under
take charter government, there would
seem to be need for four elections. and
perhaps more. though am told it has
been found practicable to combine the
last two so as to have three elections
or more, viz:
/. Election for or against charter
convention
2, Election of members of the con.
vention
3. Election to adopt or reject the
charter
4. Election of city officers under the
charter.
If the people reject the first charter
offered them, another convention and
elections, each sixty days, till salts
factory charter is adopted
The expense of the last city cleo
tion in April. 1909, was about 81 200.
II each special election be calculated
at that sum, $4,000 to $4,000 at least
would be needed for the elections, and
from $4,000 to $4,000 for each charter
convention, II S5 per day to members
be allowed for compensation, and they
sit for thirty to sixty days. A shorter
time might suffice, depending on the
ability and disposition of the mem
bers elected to the convention Incl
dental expenses would increase this.
Whether sufficient members of abil-
ity can be obtained at less than So
per day must be determined later.
The direct expense to be anticipated
may be estimated at between $1,000
and 10000, and to this will be added
the increased salaries TO be paid the
city commissioners for the first year,
and until the next tax levy. will in
crease this sum materially; how much,
will depend on the salaries to be fixed
by the charter.
Where will the money come? There
is no money in the treasury, except
lome cash in special assessment and
like funds, which cannot be diverted
under the law.
The required money cannot be saved
by economizing. or readjusting the ap-
preparations for 1911, after the char
ter goes into effect. By your annual
frontage and tax levy ordinance in
November. 1910, you levied a tax Of
II mills on the dollar, estimated suffi-
cent with other sources of city reve-
rue. to enable the council in March,
1911, to make the following appropri-
ations for the ensuing fiscal year:
Streets and alleys .......$ 10000
Irtaa..io tial,n mn m
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-05

Colorado has 1000 miles OF state
highways.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-05

commissioners can be exercised, with
n view of reducing or saving expendi.
lures. The sidewalks at various points
are in such condition, as to constH
tute continuous threat OF damage
suits. Rumors of injuries are heard.
Bridges and sewers give small hope of
material saving. The skill OF one man
in saving may exceed another's, but
in degree only and not more than a
fraction of either appropriation can be
saved by judicious management
We must therefore look to addition,
al income, from some source The
sources OF city revenue may be classi.
fed as follows. based on the average
receipts for the last several years:
From the water department.
about ................. 81 Q $50. 90
From sundry licenses and
fines about ......., 1866 90
From direct taxes and water
frontage ................ 22,650.O
Total .................. $50 1880
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-05

Most Of the expenditures from the
above funds are fixed charges and
cannot be greatly reduced. Those ap-
propriations which relate to public
works, are the usual and only ones
looked to in aid of retrenchment. and
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-29

From an article prepared by Di-
rector Newell for the Smithsonian
institute, we are led to believe that
the building of immense irrigation
projects is an easy matter compar-
ed with the matter of dealing with
the people living under the projects.
In the article in question Mr.. New
ell declares that life on the gov
eminent project farm is anything but
a bed of roses, and the discovery OF
this fact leads many first settlers
to sell their lands and give up the
struggle. He declared the reclama
ton service had solved the business
and engineering problems. but the
biggest problem of all that remained
was that of dealing with the sullen
element of settlers by giving them
good advice.-Montrose Enterprise.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-29

making westward. Nearer, In the har-
Dor, fleet of pleasure craft, riding
at anchor on the STILL dark tide, was
revealed in many faint, wraith-like
shapes of gray, all studded with vel
low stars. Ashore, endless festoons of
colored lamps draped the gloom of the
terraces; the facade of the Casino
stood out lurid against the darkness:
the hotels shone with reflected bril-
lance, the palace of the Prince de
Monaco doomed high upon the PENN
sula, its elevations picked out with
lines of soft fire.
The O'Rourke shook his head, con-
demnipe 1t ALL "'Tis beautiful" he
said; faith, yes! It's all of that But
I'm thinking It's too beautiful to be
good for oue-like some women I've
known in me time. TITS not good for
Terence-that's sure; It's the
O'Rourke that's going stale and soft
with all this easy living. Me
that has more than many another to
live for and hope for and strive for!
And I'm lingering here in the
very lap Of luxury stuffing meself with
rare food. befuddling meself with
rarer wines-me that has fought
day and a night and half day atop
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-29

aped to advantage. His play was
wonder of the Casino; for the matter
of that, his high-handed and extrava-
CANT ways had made the entire Prin
cipality Of Monaco conscious of his
presence in the land And you fail
in the least to understand the nature
of the man if you think for moment
that it irked him to be admired, point
ed out, courted, pursued. He was, in
deed, never so splendid as when
aware that he occupied the public eye
In short, he was just an Irishman
So, then, it's nothing wonder
full that he should seem thought fini
cal about the set of his tie.
Now as he stood scowling at his
image, and wishing from the bottom
of his heart he had never been fool
enough to let Danny leave him, and
calling fervent blessings down upon
the head of the fiend who first design
ed modern evening-dress for men-he
found himself suddenly with a mind
Invested of any care whatever and at
tentive alone to a sound which came
to him family, borne upon the heavy
wings of the sluggish evening air
~ was lOlLlhS Ilolt uoI lSSS ludll d
woman singing softly to herself (hum
ming would probably be the more &C
curate term), and it was merely the
tune that caught his fancy; bit of
an old song he himself had once
been wont to sing, upon a time when
be had been happier man. 1t seem
ed strange to hear it there, stranger
still that the woman's voice, indistinct
as it was, should have such familiar
ring in his memory. He frowned in
wonder and shook his head. The age
of miracles is past" he muttered;
'twould never be herself. I've had
me chance-and forfeited it. Twill
not come to me second time :"
The singing ceased. OF a sudden
O'Rourke swore with needless heat,
and, plucking away the offending tie
cast it savagely from him. THE div
vie fly away with vel" he said. "Is it
bent on driving me mad ye are? I'd
give me fortune to have Danny back,
Me fortune-faith!" He laugh
ed the word to bitter scorn. "'Tis
meself that never had the least of any
thing like that without twas feminine
with mis- tackled onto the front
Of it," And he strobe away to the
window to cool OF.
1t was like him to forget his exas-
peration in the twinkling OF an eye !.
another mood entirely swayed him by
the time he found himself gazing out
into the vague. velvety dusk that mo-
mentarily was closing down upon the
I. fairy-like panorama of terraced gar
dens and sullen. silken sea. His
thoughts had winged back to that
dear woman of whom that fragment
of melody had put him in mind; and
he was signing and heavy of heart
with longing for the sight of her and
the touch Of her hand.
! Even as he watched, stark night fell,
! black as a pocket beneath a porten-
tous pail of cloud. Far out
upon the swelling bosom Of the Med
iterranean a cluster of dim lights be-
trayed a stealthy coasting steamer,
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-29

The Independent takes justifiabel
pride in referring to Delta county
as the Banner county of the Unit
ed States. And after all the talk
and blow and buster and threats,
that 500 in gold wasn't even touch
ed-not to mention grabbed--by an,
other fruit growing county.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-29

Arrange your plans well for the
coming year-then do your best to
push them to success.
Yes, we have been having fine
winter weather. In fact we have a
fine all-the-year climate and o
truly grand section of the country.
The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-12-29

Ito be continued.)
The Holly chieftain., 1911-10-13
School Notes.

VIM. McClashen and Ethel Vale en-
tered High school Monday, both having
taken the English. course.
Marie Bryce was rendered the honor Of
presenting Invitations, in behalf of Mr..
and Mrs. w. NJ. Wiley, to the Hifh
school pupils to dance in their honor at
the Wiley residence, next Friday evening.
Walter Parrott has been dropped on
account OF absence, due to illness.
The regular meeting of the Literary
society was held last Friday evening with
Vice-President, Elithe McMurtry, in the
Chair. Alter motion was made and Sec
onded to give the boys the entire program
at the next regular meeting for the puE.
pose OF raising funds TO SEND two deletates
to represent the Holly High school at the
I. M. L. A. convention in La Junta,
Oct. 26-2S, an excellent program was
rendered. Those numbers worthy of espe.
cial mention were:
A Pantomime-rhyme.
O My summer Girl, (2) My winter girl
20 The girl that adore
90 My pretty girl, (s) My witty Girl
(6) The girl that's mine no more.
Elithe McMurtry,2 2 Marie Bryce. 3
Ruth Robinson, Grace White, S Mar
sare1 McGlashen, Helen Robinson, Z
the boy, Lloyd Davis.
Essay on LongfeiIow by VIM. NC.
Glasiien
Lloyd Davis, "soph," has decided to
quit school and 60 to work, anticipating
job at the beet farm.
A special meeting of the boys of the
Literary society was called Monday after
school by the President, Henry Bosue,
for the purpose of electine program com.
mittee tor the special program to be given
by the boys in the Methodist church on
Friday evening, Oct. Goth. A small ad-
mission fee will be charged for the pur-
pose Of sending two delegates to they M.
C.. A. convention at La Junta. Give us
lift. Everybody come.
Since Arthur Gage S talent has become
known, Miss Hunter has lost her position
as piano accompanist for the Boys Glee
club.
Mr.. Collins, last Tuesday, started on
his annual tour Of Investigation in the
school districts included in the Holly Hieh
school district.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-10-13
sW0RDFlsH AND BEER kEG
New York Judge Tells . luria Tale
Of Adventure OF Block
Island.


Judge Tom Dinnean is back with
his good ship Nomad after a cruise
In which he had some rare adventures,
says the New York World Here's
one as he tells 1t himself with his
well known regard for veracity:
I'VE were fifteen miles of Block
island in the duskus of the day when
We came on school of salt mackerel.
First thing We knew q swordfish but
ted In and there was q wild scramble
among the mackerel. The swordfish
filled up on the school and then like
an overfed hog took nap on the sur
face of the water. My engineer used
to be New Bedford whaler and he
carries a lot of old-time tackle on
the Nomad. He went for'ard and
heaved harpoon into the small of
the swordfsh's back He had al
ready secured an empty beer keg-
got that empty ?"-to the end of the
harpoOn line. Mr.. Swordfish as soon
as the harpo0n got into him took 1t
on the run with the beer keg trailing
along. He dived and tackled and
doubled on his tracks. but the keg was
ever on the job. Finally his despair
and exhaustion did the trick. He gave
feeble flicker with his tail and we
hauled him aboard. He was six feet
two inches long and weighed four
hundred pounds. and say-he was nne
eating"
The Holly chieftain., 1911-10-13
DON'T

Do not keep your politeness to
put on with your good clothes,
because if you do, you will surely
plainly show that it is not natur-
al. Cultivate politeness, not only
for what outsiders will say, but
Lecause it is the right thing to
do, one of your many talents to
make good use of, and anything
that improves, always increases
our sclf-respect as well as the
good opinion of The world.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-10-13
A shixsr Eiuurs.

"Now, Arthur" said his father.
you've been going to school long
enough to write decentiy. Don't you
know low to make.a figure 81"
''Sure!" said the boy You put your
pencil on the paper and then you shiy.
cr."-New York Press
The Holly chieftain., 1911-10-13
"SO-EASY"
Electric Iron Reduced in Price
Pound Iron S4.5U
6 Pound Iron S5.OO

"SO.EASY" ON THE WOMAN. By
supplying her with the most convenient
and reliable iron, her burdens are light
ened and her-troubles are lessened. Her
work is pleasure, not drud&ery.
"SO.EASY" ON YOUR POCKET
BOOK. This iron utilizes to the high
est point Of efficiency the electricity it
requires. 1t therefore adds little to the
amount of your esular monthly bills.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-10-13

"SO-RASY" TO IRON. II holds the
hest uniformly. There is no LOST time
in wsitint for the iron to ket hot. II
Is always ready to use when you want it.
.SO.EASY" ON CLOTHES. The
pull-oG plug is handy and the heat can
easily be regulated to suit the kind OF
work being done. No need of scorchine
on the most delicate work and plenty of
heat for the heaviest work.
The Holly chieftain., 1911-10-13

Three, Five, Six and Eight Pound Weights
All VoItaqes--Guaranteed for Two Years
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NneCdOte6 Concerning
Well-knOWn PEOPLE.
In His Element.

ATHE late Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson." said a Harvard instructor.
loved music. but not the extremely
technical music of Richard Strauss,
Ravel and others OF that tyre
Concerning Strauss and his banging,
crashing music. Col II gginson used to
tell a story.
He said that Strauss went one sum-
mer or a hunting trip in the mountains.
Ii CHANGED that certain afternoon
a terrific thunderstorm descended on tho
hunting party Amid earsplitting thunder
ard binding lightning, amid deluges OF
rain whipped by roaring wind the
huntsmen all sought shelter.
Where. though. was Strauss?
Three friends sci out in alarm 10 look
for him. They feared that in the wild
chaos of the storm he had fallen down a
precipice. After a long while they found
him. They found him do ng-what do you
suppose?
Strauss stood bareheaded on the sum-
NIT of lofty crag. The lightning play
ed about him in vivid violet flashes; tho
rain deluged him; the thunder rolled and
rumbled around him; the roaring wind
tapped his coattails about his head. and
the musician, a ramrod in his hand. was
busily engaged on his high crag in con.
Quoting the thunderstorm
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BATTLES md leaders q the CYL WARP -
- BEFORE THE STONE WALL AT FREDERICKSBURG -

the CHASTITY pile of yesterdays dead who
hobbled up on muskets used clutches.
These poor fellows had bound up their
own wounds. and the coffee we had given
them had cheered them into life and nope.
Their cheereulness grew into hilarity and
merriment they found themselves clear,
at last. from the dead and facing toward
home. with a hope not b. any means
impossible OF realization as IL had seemed
not long before. Poor fellows, their Joy
was more touching than their sufferings
which, indeed, they seemed 10 have for
gotten.
In our own brigade we found we had
lost nearly 150 out of a present for duty
strength OF about 1000 men. This would
have been a fair average loss in any ordi
nary battle. but we had suffered IL as we
lay on the ground inactive. without the
excitement and dash of battle and with
out the chance to reply. strain on
nerves and physical endurance which We
afterward remembered as severer than
many more fatal fields.
In the midst of our buzz of relief and
mutual congratulation the expected
summons came for us TO fall back to
the town. Once more we formed an
upright line of battle. then faced by
the rear rank and marched in retreat.
with muffied canteens and many halts
and facings about toward possible
pursuit. Reaching slight bank. We
descended to the meadow through which
the Fredericksburg raceway was dug
and here we changed to flank march
and filed into the highway The high
way soon became street. and we
were once more In Fredericksburg.
We marched past the courthouse
past churches, schools. bank buildings.
private houses-all lighted for hospital
purposes. and all in use. though part
of the wounded had been transferred
across the river Even the doory ards
had their litter beds and were well
filled with wounded men, and the dead
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were laid in rows for burial The hos
pital lights and camrhres in the
streets and the sinolderine ruins ~
burned buildings with the mixture ~
the lawless riotinE OF the dcmoralized
straRglers and the suffering aud death
n the hospitals. gave the sacked AMI
Quilted town the look OF pandemonium
IN our new freedom We wandered
loath to lie on the earth again after
our days experience. At last We
spread our blankets on a sidewalk and
slept in the lurid firelight with A sense
of safety not warranted by our posi-
ton.
The next morning We made our toi-
lets in wanton plenty Water from a
pump anG we hathed ia the falling
splash. our 'contraband" brought Us
hoN OF soap and an uncut unhemmed
bolt Of toweling from the despised
punder Of store i he same source
gave MS a tablecloth for our break
fast This we spread upon the side
walk and furnished with variousy as
sorted crockery from ownerless
pantry. Cabbage fresh from "A garden.
with vinegar from the deserted kitch-
en-. added Il welcome and unusual lux
ury 10 the meal And nj the end ws
rolled dishes and debris together into
the paved gutter ny comprehensive
pull At the tahlecloth Then we
smoked tho emblem OF peace. tilted
hack against the buildings in borrowed
chairs and We're very comfortable and
happy.
This was the holiday of war-vastly
better than yesterday But were
hardly safer here. though more com
Portable. Lee might open his guns at
any moment. The drumbeat made us
tip down our chairs and fall into line.
We had roll call and something like "A
dress parade without music then
stacked arms along the curbstone and
mounted sentinels over them. \ bright.
beautiful day and the freedom OF an
uninhabted and piundered city were
before us
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horses numbering the ground about us.
and slight lifting of the gray fog
showed us the story of yesterdays re-
peated assaults on the stone wall and
repeated failures. When our pipes were
exhausted We got up to inspect and criti-
else the situation. Just here the
wreck of a fence. which seemed 10 have
been the high-tide of our advance wave
of battle. ne fence was a barrier which,
slight as ii was, had turned back TIE
already waveSing and mutilated lines of
assault.
Almost an armytlay about US and scat
tered back over the plain toward the
town. Not only corpses. but many of
the badly wounded. hardly distinguish
able from the dead. were here. too. To
die. groveinfg on the ground or fallen IN
the mire. is dreadful indeed. The pallid
faces. and the clammy hands clenchinS
their muskets looked ghastly by the fog
light. The new bright, blue overcoats
only made the sight the ghastler-
About eighty yards in from: the pioWed
field was bounded by stone wall tine
stone walD and behind the wall were
men in gray uniform moving care,essly
about This picture is one of my most
distinct memories of the Wharf.-The men IN
gray behind this wall. talking, laughing
cooking, cleaning maskets. clicking locks
there they Were,-Lee's soldiers.-the
Army of Northern Virginia. We We're
so absurdly near this host of yesterday S
victors that we seemed wholly in Their
hands and a part of their great mass. cut
off and remote from the Federal army
and almost within the lines of the enemy
prisoners, of course That was the i'm
mediate impression, as we stupidity gazed
in the first moment Of the awkward dis
covery.
But the sharp whistle of a bullet
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here till high noon. and were now
to receive the plunsing fire we lad looked
for all the morning?
Desirable in itself as it might he to
have that cusS with a spyglass' re-
moved. it seemed wiser to repress Read $
ambition. The shooting of an officer
would dispel any doubts they might have
of our presence. and we needed the bene-
tit of all their doubts. Happily, they
seemed to think us not worth their pow
der and iron.
Were We really destined 10 see the
friendly shades OF night come on and
bring us release from our imprisonment?
For the first time we began TO feel 1t
probable when the groups left the guns
without shot. l grew easy enough in
mind to find that sleep was possible. and
I was glad to welcome 1t as a surer
refuge from the surroundings than the
scrap OF newspaper. It was little dis
couraging TO see sleeping officer near
ne vakened by fullet, but as his only
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Rather Freakish.

MAYOR GAYNOR. at a dinner IN
lVl Brooklyn, condemned certain ideas
of civil service that a German vlsltor
from Berlin had recommended
Those ideas may do well in Berlin,
he said. but | don't think they'd do wei
here We are opposed to freaks. and this
new sort of civil service examination is
as freaksn as Old Sleuth's.
.Old Sleuth the detective chief. was
once examining a new applicant for the
detective bureau. He thrust into the
Young mans hand pale mass Of ruffies
and lace and cambria woman's skirt
and:
..Find the pocket IN that he said
But the applicant shook his head
mo, chief he admitted frankly.
That's beyond me-.
Then Old Sleuth slapped him heartily
on the back
IF you're smart enough. my boy he
cried. to know it's no use to look for the
pocket in a woman's skirt, you're smart
enough to be a detective. Here's Your
star"