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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
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"If peach trees are not headed back
some every year, it is not long be-
fore, all the bearing wood is in the
tops of trees on long slender growth.
This is one reason why it is not wise
some times to prune for fruit every
year, especially after severe winters,
as in SO doing one is apt to leave too
long a growth which has a tendency
to shade and rob the growth, of the
rest of the tree, Also when pruning
is not done every year. there is a
tendency for the young growth around
the base Of the scaffold limbs to die,
Even when these annual prunings are
resorted to, every year these little
trees" as they are some times called,
often fail to grow for more than a
year or so. 1t is thought that more
severe pruning of the top each year
will have much to do with the life of
these little trees" sid aSt 10 5rsa D.
although pruning of the: peach
can be done as late as May, as. stated
above, if the practice is kept up for a
long time, there is a tendency for the
pruning to be light and thus having
the same effect as an irregular prun-
ing which can be controlled by Sc
we're heading-in. If a severe heading
in is to be resorted to, it is better to
do it during the spring of the year
when there is a scarcity Of fruit buds,
al fruit buds are formed on one-year
old wood. When tree has been rath-
el severely headed-in it is we'll to
harden off the new growth rather
early in the season, as the growth on
such tree is apt to be very rank,
and if not properly hardened off, is
apt to be winter killed. Careful irri-
cation should be practiced, and as a
rule no water should be applied after
the first Of August. " 9di i1 n9n'aoo
"If one wishes to obtain the best
results from peach trees, it is thought
better to prune every year for good
healthy bearing wood, regardless Of
the number of peach buds killed by
winter freezing. In pruning properly
every year one does away with the
practice of 'dehorning,' which is not
to be recommended except in extreme
cases" 9ilif' llu 9iia1 aa'hnt ha
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
TNlI|I-- ~ u -7I ~ ITTIT
THE QUESTION OF PARKS.

Now that election is over and we
can talk about something else beside
candidates and commission govern
ment we want to take up a subject
that is in keeping with and a natural
sequence to the subject which has
been monopolizing public attention for
the past several weeks, the subject of
bcautifying the city and the creation
of a real thing in the park line. Id
We have an idea that the little
mountain, or the big hill, just as you
choose to call it, just east of town,
is the proper spot for park that
will be park, a pleasure ground of
the finest quality. 20 81. sas ff .,
Any town in any state where even
a limited amount of water is had can
have nice little level park filled with
trees and carpeted with grass but it
is only now and then that town is
situated SO that a hill overlooking the
city can be converted into beauty
spot as easily as it can be done here.
All in 1.-The world that would need
to be done would be to make few
drives and walks, plant a few trees
and locate few fountains, and the
work would be done and we would
have park which would make Du-
range famous. it'sA'' .i,'''l " .-''
The expense would be light in COM
parison with the amount that many
cities have to expend to obtain even a
small park Of very ordinary grade for
as the natural beauty is there all that
would have to be done would be to
make it easy Of access. '' 'N
Trails not much better than pack
trails would be sufficient, in fact the
more elaborate the walks were made
the less beautiful the park would be,
it should be the idea to keep the hill
in as nearly wild and natural con-
dition as could be done, the very rocki-
ness of it's sides add to its beauty and
i the trees which once grew there,
before the coming of the white man
with his little hatchet, can be replaced
with some hardy varieties the work
will very nearly have been done.lf
Tourists travel thousands of miles
to visit the mountains, they leave at
home, in their eastern towns, artificial
parks far more beautiful than we can
ever hope to have here because we
have not the room in the valley for
the purpose, it is the grandeur of
the natural parks, the beauty of the
handiwork of nature, that attracts
them, and even the sage brush desert
has lure that draws them to it.
The little hooks and corners of a
city of course should be made beauti-
full. They are the breathing 81 OTIS of
the city but for the real park, the
resting place of the tired resident and
the pleasure ground for our children,
the. place of attraction for tourists,
should, in our judgment, be created
on one Of the foothills which crowd
the city. o t .5 a.C...-,.-, =,
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
Is AFTER THE BATTLE

The battle, so far as the selection
OF set of city officials and the dec
lation for independence from ward
rule politics, is over. The victors are
going about with swelling chests and
throbbing hearts and wearing the ~
knew it all the time" expression and
the defeated have been gathered up
oft the battlefield and taken in out of
the wet. General Hood wears the
crown of victory but he lost most all
his soldiers in the fight while General
Morlock was slain but his troops most
ly got in under the wire slightly ahead
of the Hoodites. aNhaenedt gnilahh
The woman candidate got just what
we predicted. She did not fall dead
from the shots Of the open and hon
orable enemy but she died from being
stabbed in the back by those whom
she supposed were her friends. Her
fate should be a lesson to the other
women of the city and they should
realize that while woman is perfect
ly qualified to vote for man she
lacks about eleven miles Of knowing
enough to hold public office Wom-
Ell are useful to bring about certain
conditions, just as the monkey uses
the poor cats paw to rake the hot
chestnut out Of the fire but the idea Of
a man in Durango voting for woman
Is hilariously ridiculous. The place
for woman is at home, either her
own home or somebody's home, at the
wash tub, or rocking the cradle, if
we spoil women by giving them offer
1t wouldn't be long until the men
would have to wash their own dirty
clothes and Change" the baby while
the wife went down to the club or
sat out on the front porch and smoked
a cigar. It may be all right to let a
woman vote, provided she asks man
how to vote, but shall we give women
offices! well, Nix Nit, Not, The
Idea! efHas is'ii1f w aa'v f4,ai ai'
Now, that the smoke Of the hot air
battle is clearing away the idea comes
To us that the facts are that the war,
instead Of being over, Is but really
just begun. The big three ring circus
will come when the charter Is submit
ted for adoption, to prepare this char
ter is going TO be OF a class of amuse-
ment that is hardly suitable for chill
dren and then, when it is prepared and
submitted, there must be battle
fought for its adoption and this bat
tie is liable to be so bitter that If
there was any way to enbalm a po-
litical cadaver, and there was a law
compelling 1t to be done, the D. &
R G. would have to run special trains
to get enough undertakers here to
tuke care of the dead before they be-
gan to stink. n''i'''' 'Di'NAeN a'A
In the framing of this Charter every
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
PUEBLO AND DURANGO JON
ti' i4i THE RANKS. irair

Pueblo was not the only city in Col
orado where the commission system
of government was before the people
for approval or rejection Tuesday.
In at least four other cities and towns
the people also voted ON the system.
Besides Pueblo, Durango registered a
favorable vote, and will proceed at
once to the adoption of modern sys-
tenn of municipal government
In three places the commission sys-
TEN was beaten:r Ouray, Montrose
and Fort Collins. The vote was rather
close in Ouray, but decisive in Mont
rose, and especially SO in Fort Col
lins. People seem unable to appre-
ciate the commission system, however,
except in places where the old sys-
TEN has been palpably lax and ineffi-
cient. In the average small city like
Montrose and Fort Collins there is,
as usual thing, no real misgovern-
ment, and the people, accustomed to
the old regime, do not realize how
much more efficiently their affairs
might be conducted,
But, after there has been graft in
the water department, as in Colo
RADIO Springs, or the giving away of
an electric light contract, as in Grand
Junction, or the piling up of taxes
and bonds without giving value re-
ceived, as in Pueblo, the people anx-
icusly search for methods to remedy
conditions-and in such cases the COM
mission system is never defeated,
after it is once understood, nor re-
pealed, after it is once adopted.
By Tuesdays election, even though
the system suffered three defeats, yet
the number of commission cities is
doubled Pueblo and Durango enter
the ranks with Colorado Springs and
Grand Junction. A city that votes
wet one year may vote dry the next
election, but, once commission city,
always commission city. 1t is safe
to say that neither in Pueblo nor in
Durango, after the people have once
come to realize the benefits from real
commission government, will there
ever be held an election to vote on
the question of going back to the old
system.-Pueblo Chieftain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
MAIL SERVICE RESTORED.

A short time ago the mail service
between Cortez and Bluff City, Utah,
was cut off by the government and
this action caused the Cortezites to
rise up and emit such yell Of rage
and indignation that the sound there
of was heard away over here in Du-
range at the meeting Of the San Juan
congress, which happened to be in
session when the sound came over the
hills from Cortez and the congress
took the matter up with the povern-
ment and the result is that Postmas-
ter Hitchcock, at the suggestion of
Congressman Taylor and Senator
Guggenheim, ordered the immediate
restoration Of the service.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10


interest, good and bad, which is rep
resented in the whole town must he
taken care of, there will be subjeets
which will be pleasant to considsr. assd
others will nccessitate the holding of
the nose with one hand while the
|fxnnner-franaes with-the otherz-==..-.--
The danger of getting incompetent
pilots on board the ship is another
proposition whfcfI must be guarded
against, only Americans should bsput
'5n guard when this camp is to b
Patrolled, an intelligent enemy could
8ot wreck the ship any more suecess-
fully than an over Jealous dan. fcot
friend is liable to do by misguided,
though yell meant, effort. :
II : 1DoH eonservative chlrter is
prepefed che which will make for the
presents md fpttre good Of the city,
thefe bho question but What in spite
of bitter opposition, It will carry
for the cause is bound to gain strength
by the results of Yesterdays victory,
aS ffs r. ~ WY oai ~ ehnti ~ =
cause need fear from now on is the
danger which will come from internal
disagreements or the loading down Of
the commission camel with needless
and visionary scheme-straws until its
back gives way beneath the load.
Every crank in the whole town,
and SURROUNDING community, who has
a hnbby YilI try to get It Incorporated
irto the new charter. Every wild
eyed and long-haired notion that has
ever been born win fight for loca-
ton in the city's new constitution but,
if these things can be shut out, and a
good conservative charter be proposed
it will be adopted or we miss our
guess. .ztl.. $50 ...ffif.,.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
EXPERT TELLS HOW s''r'Ni
THE LATE PRUNING
,,.. SHOULD BE DONE

a E. Ia Y .H
FORT COLLINS, April Writing
ir the State Agricultural College
News Notes, R. S. Herrick has the
following to say in reference to the
pruning of peach trees:
in those localities where the win
ter was severe enough to kill many of
the peach buds, it would be well to
postpone pruning until about the first
of May, in order to know what per
cent Of buds were alive. 1t will often
be found after severe winter that
many Of the live peach buds in the
tree tops are more hardy or are bet
ter supplied with plant food, which
enables them to resist freezing tenn
r'~''-'S'i 10 aulei-.l ia.+.a f..... f,.-..
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Our sympathy is great and our
purse is mighty lean but our princi-
pies are not for sale. II we were a
voter today we would have vote for
the woman and SO bill for the
unfortunate and needy, II the case is
even half rs bad AZ the claims of the
opponents Of the woman make It ap-
pear. To give only vote for . 500
office u something along the line Of
the giving Of three cheers for the Or
phans' Hosse. p' ''4 i'~.f T, r '
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
PROGRESSION.

In Ill the world there il no such
. thing ~ . standstill. We either
progress each moment or we slip back.
This Is true Of every condition Of hu-
man life, socially and financially as
well a. physically. H tl la'
The municipality and the nation, be-
ing made up Of number Of human
units or individuals, are subject to ex-
actly the same natural laws which
govern individuals and 80 It ID true
Of them that they must also either
progress or slide down the hill. To-
day there il . strike taking place in
our city, move by the progressives
for = better system Of civic govern
mcnt which is opposed by those who,
satisfied with present conditions, re-
sent any attempted improvement.
The result Of this election will not
be known until many hours after this
editorial effort has been placed before
you but the votes will about all have
been cast and the affair, all but the
shouting, will be practically over 80
1t is not with any "electioneering" idea
that We are writing. selaaq a als3
Whistler or not the commission
form Of government Is adopted thsre
will still continue the necessity for
keeping up the fight for the moment
we cease to work for improvement
just that moment we begin to lose
ground. AiF 5. 3aois td4
II the frisnds Of the commission
form Of government are winners in
the bloodless but windy battle there
win stin bs work for boosters to per-
form. for perfection is 4 faraway
proposition, and II, on the other hand,
the opponents Of that new style sys-
tenn Of city administration arc crown-
cd - victors in the days fight, all is
not lost and the town will not really
have been "shotalltoheli" a. many
seem to think it would be, for We be-
lieve that to fight and to fight hard
for good cause is to better condi-
tions even II the fight is lost. The
agitation Of the matter has caused
men and women to study and post
themselves on the subject and we pre-
dict that which ever side wins today
there il sure betterment in civic
conditions in Durango in store for US.
No, one system of government con-
tains al the good, improvements can
bc made more quickly, we believe, un-
der = changed system Of government
but they can and will be made even
under continuation Of the present
system. .3r,,s ss{, Ill.
We have never believed, or init
mated, that the present Durango was
a Sodom. inhabited by lot of imps
who had secured furlough and were
spending their vacation here, or that
i'll ten minutes after it was K. ,wn
that the vote for the city charter had
carried there would be a sentiment
among the angels that the New Je-
rusalem had better be vacated and all
hands bring their harps and crowns
down here and start q new heaven
here, the town can never be any bet
ter than the average Of the people who
live in the town. the government, un-
der whatever system, can never be
better than the people governed. 'ali
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
what we need need Is e 9 keen ? moving p,,,i z,

What we need is to keep moving
forward and whatever system we
move under the result will be the
same for it will be the move that will
count and not the method used in NOV
ing, SO, regardless of the results Of
the election now being held, let us
unite and become as one booster for
everything that promises well for the
future Of our city. .ioas aBt b1i
Anything wrong about that sort of
doctrine? ATOY IAlanIAKge
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Wall street financiers have issued a
statement saying that money is
Easy" If they refer to the ease with
which it makes its getaway from a
fellow we insist that they have not
made their statement emphatic
enough.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Speaking of suggestive signs we
want to mention that the signs, on a
Second avenue building, which read
"P. C. Shannon, Justice of the Peace.
Rooms and Board" is about as sug-
gestive as any we ever saw. Sort of
hints of thirty days in the county Jail
if we understand hints. n- ""i-e
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

F We may be missing our golden op-
portunity but realizing our shortcom-
ings, in the way of thorough under
standing of conditions here, we are
rot going to pick out full set of
Officers for the city, under the COM
mission plan of government, and in
sist on their election. There will be
plenty to do that without our bother
ing our brain about the matter. df
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

r A balky newspaper and a balky
horse are alike in this particular,
either may get down to business occa-
tionally and do good work for short
time, but they are not to be depended
upon in time of need. Some men
are that way, too. ~ rl0iu TFq sfn
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

q The fact that clock factory in this
country has taken contract to ship
ten thousand alarm clocks to China
Indicates to US that our yellow breth-
ren have realized that the nation
needs waking up. li9- 'i'sn9'
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

The people of the United States
have issued an altimatum to China,
they sent a shirload Of provisions over
there :nd gave it to the starving Chi
namen and Chinawomen and told them
to either eat or starve.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

The question of the high cost of liv-
ing is getting quite jolt in the jaw
by the fact that the price of radium
has fallen nearly fifty thousand dol
lars per ounce. li49 dslI l. lo
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Our idea Of bum excuse is the ex-
cuse Of the man who, after hollering
his head almost off for the nomina-
ton of women on the city ticket, voted
for a man instead of for the only
woman on the ticket because "he felt
he was really voting for the mans
wife instead of for him."
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

The Herald extends its hearty con
gratuiations to the victors in the fight
of yesterday, even unto those whom
it would have beaten il It could. You
are no longer party nominees but
OUR officials. s"F ''' pens ~ e.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

There is usually quite bit of diff
ference between the man who is try
ing to get along alone and the man
who is trying to get long loan, we
take interest in the one and from the
other there are still other things
which could be said. i1apa ui ias"I'
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

We are willing to listen to almost
any kind of a tale but we draw the
line on having to listen to fish stories
unless fine fresh caught sucker is
given us with the narrative. d .aI
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
DO YOU OWN A FRUIT TRACT?


Ia Plata County ranches setting orchadsY m 10 s
and
iee nnnE the Grand Junction and Pslisade districts fruit
Here fertile
DPsd lat Spring IL Vicinity Of
Htncrsassd th @ eN o7 'a ssan on"sa % A7
peopoon appeal any Wishing to own
f but
vso rot IN Sosiea ~ essh down the sa' s
addition fruit anA poultry developed
N excssn4 vatsf ghh and improvements considerable
sifals xtisA ~ bought
Sfxsn 81 fia afah flo soi lsa siasem
V af fs s7 Ff l7Tis t9 Ri br lRr 30 T. iaX
G Land s Towynnlssite Company. m j n, {
10 xford, Colorado 's,S s,'lsd e ~ '1 "a q 8
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

We allstalk great deal about Be-
ing independent and doing, and say
ing, just what we like but there are
no persons at liberty who practice it,
as soon as one tries it they put him,
or her, in the bughouse for, in civilized
communities, s,=conyentionality is the
price Of liberty.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Z There are lot of men to whom
the only difference between $40 and
"a IS bill is that the former will en-
able them to make their jag last twice
as long as the smaller bill can be
made to stand for. e t &
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Jack Johnson whipped Jeffries but
lie is now fighting night in which
he is going to get downcd good and
hard. He was arrested and jailed the
other day for getting drunk and speed
ing his auto in the streets of Cali
fornia city. His champion belt won't
help him bit when he gets to fight
ing booze. llt m a.a-efs ut nsu
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Al hugproof girl has been located III
Indiana. She swallowed five hatpins
and now every time a fellow tries to
squeeze her waist he gets jab that
makes him break away in hurry.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

In this age Of progress tie farmer
seems to be eseetting the best of IT for,
they now pfow fields, dig posthcles
and excavste cellars, BY the use of
dyna mite, but no method has yet been
devised by which type can be set or
tailoring done by the use of giant
uOwder
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

We have arranged with the astron-
omers to have partial eclipse of the
sun take place on April 2Sth. This
treat will be given to all the paid-up
subscribers of The Herald without ex-
ira charge. 1t is pretty expensive
proposition but nothing is too good
for our readers
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

The season of the year is coming
when Colorado people who have many
eastern relatives will begin to get
increased mail and the housewife will
begin to figure how to arrange beds
for seventeen people in three rooms.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Unless the thing is stopped before
long we have an idea that the Mexi-
can revolution is going to grow and
get nearly as furious as a game OF
football. r8,.al...s
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Salt this down. The Herald is proud
that it supported Mrs. Dave. The
fact that she was defeated does not
make any difference for it was a
principle, not pie, for which we stood.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

The fate of the fine battleship, Tex
as, should be a lesson to every bust
ness man that when he begins to get
too old and infirm to keep right up
in the procession they will all turn
on him and shoot him full of holes
and wreck him. ina Orb Hon lieiqEH
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
sso"sa.z' ss1'~s.s ASS AVS

Gold. rs cents; Gold and Silver. 81;
Gold. Silver and Copper. $3.50. Gold
and Silver refined and bought. Write
for free mailing sacks. OGDEN 40 70
SAY CO., 1886 Court Place. Denve,
f>,,~, 10 -idI bJi1rlfaf git7yaiI u0afalr.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

- Fate also moves in mysterious ways
its wonders to perform and today you
can be sure that the man, who was SO
certain that the commission form peo-
pie would get beat in the election that
he wanted to bet on it, is feeling
mighty good because he couldn't get
takers. aHss e
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

p 1t is wise man who knows when
he has had enough and will step aside
when the mule lays back its ears.
Uncle Joe is one of these and he told
bis friends that he had no desire to
remain longer the Speaker of the
House
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Having good and constantly in
creasing business we have no time
for Crouch or trouble hunting. We'd
rather make money than trouble.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Ess0ne Of ne mysteries Of life is the
Fact that almost everything we really
raht tq do is numbered among those
things Which we know we should not
do under any circumstances.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

Some Husbands seem to have the
idea that when aey have provided
t9eir wife with . tub and wash
|16afd they have done their. whole
duty.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

|s Ne ~ ascsnversahon We bear
Ewdq aSeAd@ed great deal more
|irterssSng n about seventy-five per
cent Of the "I's" were cut out.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

As not everyone that crieth Lord,
Lord, shall be saved just so 1t is that
not all who gain nomination shall be
of the elect. lip5a.,- d
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10

y Wehave come to the conclusion that
bad luck Is disease that Is usually
brought on by protracted efforts tn
dodge hard work. 'sDinH q aA'n'
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-04-10
few Of The Herald,s can

A few Of The Herald's candidates
were beaten but it is no disgrace as
it was only asshortage Of votes which
caused their defeat. If they had got
enough votes they would all have been
elected. .Ft SS.saeM k AZ