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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15
WHEN THE COUNTRY COUSIN
GOES TO TOWN.

1t is decidedly interesting to he l
country cousin and visit Denver
While Denver is not large, as citie'
go, it is big enough 20 form de
cided contrast to our own little Du
range. Even after an absence Of abou
year, one fresh from the San Juar
country sees much that is different
and a great deal to induce him tc
think more than ever of the capital OF
La Plata county.
Riding up Fifteenth street on the
morning of arrival, under lowering
sky with snow on the ground, the
squalor Of the city was like blow
What place to live on hot summer
days! There are shacks and novels
III small town but not so many of
them, and SO conditions do not seem
so pitiable.
Writers of the present generation
have often commented on the blase
attitude cultivated by those who live
in the big centers of civilization. 1t
is considered bad form to manifest
interest in anything, and what is per-
haps at first, an attitude-a pose
becomes at length second nature to
the individual. From your window
from the front porch, from the street
corner you may watch the people
stream past. There is the same bored
expression ON the face of My Lady
in her beautifully appointed taxi with
her Pomeranian sitting bolt upright
beside her, as on the countenances of
the different employees of the business
houses of the city, going to or from
work in the street car; or the colored
washerwoman trudging home with her
ba sket of clothes. Poor people! What
a burden to bear, to live and be 80
One realizes why sui
eide is so commonly noted in the col
lmns of the city papers. Life becomes
finally too tiresome to be endured |
longer. The moral contagion of the
,nnui spreads constantly and becomes
schuiic uiScontcHty W emu IN bui-
,ide's grave.
Fresh from small town, where you
<now your neighbor, your neighbors'
wife and all the little neighbors, it is
'ather novel sensation to make one
If crowd at the union depot, the
or on Sixteenth street. In
tead of everywhere friendly greet
ng, from people you have known for
ears, there is an Indifferent stare,
glare, and il neither, a
astily averted glance as II caught in
N act Of which they were ashamed.
% be sure, they do not know you,
nd consequently. you are to be view.
d with suspicion. Without blaming
ny Of Denver's citizens, 1t seems de-
ghtful to be able to live in Durango,
'here people do not treat you As IL /,
hey were afraid you would steal their {
Did silver spoonsi ID
What a pleasure to meet certain Z
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15
AZTEC FRUIT NOT KILLED.

l.. p. Wilson of the Aztec Index
called us up this afternoon AMI in
forms us that the parties who told
VI that the fruit crop in that vicinity
was wiped off the map by the cold
spell of Wednesday night were talk
ing through their Uranium coverings
and that there was little or no frost
in that locality. Mr.. Wilson also tells
that while some of the peaches and
other fruits had been damaged to
some small extent by earlier frosts
the general crop will be good and that
the apple crop is in fine condition. We
are glad to know the straight Of the
matter and to set the Aztec orchards
right with The Herald readers.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15
Proceedings Of May
mgytiny uf San
Juan Congress

The Regular May meeting of tn,
San Juan congress was held at the
rooms of the Durango Board of Trad,
Wednesday evening, May 10, 1911
with President j. A. Clay presiding
with the following vice presidents anc
members attending: r. r. Smith, Cor.
tez; W. A. Hunter and R. C. Graf of
harrington, F. w. Smith proxy for
g. 4. Moore, and David Lowenstein
Pagosa Springs; Frank Eldredge of
Durango. Silverton and Rico were
not represented.
After disposing of the minutes of
the last meeting, Vice President Smith
gave the status of the Cortez- Bluff
mail system. Notwithstanding the
kilograms received from Congressman
Taylor it seems the department cut
the service down to once a week and
established daily mail by way of
Salt Lake. The matter has now been
presented to the post office depart
ment in a complete manner. Petitions
have been forwarded to Washington
signed by every person receiving mail
ut Bluff City and Cortez and those
residing along the line asking that the
old service be re-established, and along
these lines the president and secretary
Of the San Juan congress, on mo-
Lion, were requested to send strong
letters setting forth the fact to the
postoffice department and the Colo
ado delegation.
MIR. Smith also called attention to
communication from the Silyerton
Commercial club asking that the
southwest section cooperate in hay-
ng Durango made common point.
dr. Smith stated that the Cortez club
lad passed resolutions to this effect
IN motion the matter was referrel
o the railroad committee of the con-
,ress to act
A. W. Sewers, manager of the pub
lefty department of the Seeing Den
er company" being present, was
allied on to address the meeting. MIR.
overs said that his people were pre-
airing booklet on Seeing Colo |
ado," 1t being the object to show
ourists the interesting places in the |
tate and where they can spend a |
aw weeks fishing, hunting and sight
seing. A large number of the coun-
es have taken space and Mr.. Sow
RS said that in addition TO guaran-
'eing circulation of $4,000 copies
} tourists who take the Denver see.
g cars the people are taken to Chees-
an park and given q fifteen-minute
ilk on the state and at the conclu-
on invited to visit the company's
and obtain complete in
rmation. it being the purpose to
I'VE the counters supplied with liter
ure Of counties and sections repre-
nted in the booklet. No personal
|vertising matter can be inserted and
advertisements of a personal char
tar will be permitted at the head.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

former Durango residents in Denver
Nc indifference or suspicion there
While to run across an occasional Du-
rangoite Is like getting letter from
home with great big check in 1t, just
aa you had spent your last nickel.
The cats and dogs and birds here
are Just as friendly as those at home.
Although they seem. a little surprised
at first, they are quite willing to talk
to even country cousin, without put
ting on any airs. There is u beautiful
blue Angora who makes the trip to
my room each day to say Good Morn
ing" and a very friendly robin red
breast who frequents big tree in
the yard. 1t is comforting too, to note
that the horses would just as soon be
friends as not, If they had time, but
in a city they are always SO busy,
poor things.
The general tendency of people to
seek to own a home in the country
is the reaction from the overcrowding
of men in the cities; while the desire
to spend part of the year in camping,
hunting and fishing arises from the
same cause, a realization of the arti-
ficiality Of city.
A city is no place for the weak, who
soon go to the wall, unable to resis'
the temptations to spend their all Law
ishly to obtain nothing of any valu.
in the end. Places for eating drink
ing and making merry-for which {
price must be paid, abound-and thes
not in sense of vice, merely pleas
ure, but costly pleasure, for the wag
Garner or even the man of moderat
nneans. The stores with their variet.
of beautiful but in many cases, no
useful things, to wear, and fancifu
things to eat, pander to mans selt-ir
diligence and aid to develop the e>
travagance that is injecting this ma
} tion in the ranks of rich and poo
alike.
1t is amazing to note the differ
ence in the number of autos within tn
, past year. Now there is garage o
almost every street corner, especia
ly in the uptown districts, and ms
chimes are as thick as bicycles fol
e merly were during the years whe
3 the latter were in fashion. lnquir
: brought out the facts that any nun
= ber of families with an income of SIC
n per month have autos. the expense {
r keeping up the machine being, on
: conservative estimate, at least $50 p'
: month. This, too, in city whel
800 will not 20 nearly as far as
smaller town, where conditions al
h different and there are fewer Undue
!, ments to spend money uselessly.
i "God made the country and ms
d made the town" it has been said. IL.
\. man improved on the work of his M
a ker? Does the city give you anythir
1t that ia worth the price you must pi
'e for it. -BLUEBELL.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

We believe that Bill Sniggins is en-
titled to the tile of Tin Can King for
he certainly has a greater number Of
cans in his back alley than any other
man in the city. He says that they
will be all cleaned up as soon as his
wife gets back from visit to her
mother in Pueblo and gets time 10
dn It.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

The English language, "as she is
wrote" is one of the funny things we
daily run up against. While the Ian
guage is hard enough at best yet the
average writer makes 1t still harder
for the reader by using slang expires
sions and local phrases which bewild-
er and sometimes do worse. The pra. =
tice of dishing out slangy dope is Ia
be condemned and ought to be put
on the bum. You have no doubt no.
ticed how remarkably free the editor
ials Of The Herald are from slang and
we indeed shall keep the paper up to
snuff in that particular or bust a
hamestring.
The inability to express ones self
is striking feature in many of the
work Of correspondents of the dif-
ferent papers. In a paper from a
nearby town we note an item stating
that John Jones is in the country
this week looking up some young
mules" and the idea at once strikes
the reader that John has a love for
. most peculiar sort of scenery and
We wonder what he Is looking for and
why he will risk his life in such a
manner. Another item tells us that
u certain farmer this week Lost
cow by falling off bank" and We
wonder if the farmer was hurt by the
fall and If he had lost the COW by
betting that he would not fall and then
fell.
When we read that Mrs, Smith twas
the first to have young chickens in
his neighborhood," we wonder if the
poultry industry In that locality has
been revolutionized and how Mrs.
Smith is getting along after the un-
Usual stunt.
The baseball reports contain such
wilderness of words, such a conglom-
alton Of ideas, that only baseball
an can extract what is intended to
'e conveyed by the report. When we
IRE told that Patsy swiped second,
hat Mugsy died on third, that Casey
AIMED the air, that Jigsy's hat had
hole in 1t, that Shorty pulled down
skyscraper or stopped lawn now
r, or took the ball in out of the wet,
We are not supposed TO believe that
ny Of these things really happened
L all but that something else did
appen.
In politics the same conditions have
rept in. We read Of fillibusters, OF
Insurgents and of standpatters, Of
egulars and Of pairs. Of gerrymand-
RS and Of fence building, Of grafters
nd Of dark horses, and one must be
Ight up TO date to know what they
,ean while the wayfaring man,
rough . fool, need not err in knowing
ist what they say.
When q writer states that the vii
ge belle is lawful pretty" we hardly
elieve that the idea that she Is hor-
bly, beautiful, or that she is 30 good
'oking as TO terrify the beholder,
meant to be conveyed and when
. are told that the sick Mr.. links
very bad we refuse to believe that
q the stste Of his conduct, instead ,
bis health. that is rsfssrsd to,
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

1t will no doubt be great surprise
to many Of the old timers Of La Plata
county to read, in the Times, that IL
has never been found necessary to
il irigate in La Plata as the annual
snow and rainfall have been sufficient
for crop growing. Always go away
from home to learn the news.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

II the labor union people would
take 1t cool and not be 80 quick to pro-
nounce Judgment we would have more
faith in their motives. They, like all
others, should await the bringing out
Of the evidence before they bring in
a verdict.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

A New York professor says that
the reason why novels are so illogical
as rule is because they are written
for women and not for thinking and
reasoning people. A'int he the mean
old thing?
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

All our friends are invited to come
and pour the story of their troubles
into our ears provided they pick "A
day for the pouring when we happen
to have no troubles of our own.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

a portion Of the time near enough the
scene of the Mexican family jar to be
quite conversant with the situation.
The only personal inconvenience he
experienced was the tearing up OF a
railroad over which he had planned
to take journey.
Mr.. and Mrs. joLn Herr, WIN l.ase
been in Durango since Sunday, left
for the ranch this morning. Mrs.
Lloyd Sheets and sons accompanying
them. Mr.. Sheets and tile daughter
were left in charge of GRANDMOTHER
Newman and Grandmother Sheets.
Mrs. Williamson of Pagosa Springs,
the mother-in-law of Mrs. Guy Tefft,
who has been so sriously i'll with
puerperal fever at Mercy hospital, left
for home this morning. Mrs. Teffts
condition has so greatly improved that
she felt she could be left with per-
feet safety.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hogan, who
have been in Denver and Colorado
Springs the past week, leave for Los
Angeles tomorrow. Colorado Springs
is Mr.. Hogan's boyhood home and he
has greatly enjoyed renewing the ac-
auaintance of his old time friends and
;ntroducinp them to his charming
wife.
Major Randolph came over from
Mancos last night where he has beer
for the purpose of paying the mer
who were employed i'll national park
work during the last weeks Of his
regime. His many friends in the
southwest trust the trouble in which
he is at present involved may be sat
isfactorily adjust and he will agai'
be placed in charge Of the park
position which he appeared to fill g
creditably.
An exhibition of the drawing, man
ual training and sewing work OF tn
Durango public schools will be give
at Red Men hall Wednesday afternoo
and evening, May II. A small admis
sion fee is to be charged to cover tn
expense Of the hall. If any proceed
are left they will be used toward pay
: ing for the domestic science equiv
, ment. Some very creditable work
: these lines have been done in OF
schools the past year and the exh
bition will certainly be of special II
terest.
r. R. Smith, proprietor of the Smi,
a Mercantile company, G. U. Harriso
= cashier of the Montezuma Valley M
tional bank, Louis Finnell, connect'
with the Outlet Bros. store, and !
Y w. Kermode, sheriff Of Montezun
: county, autoed to Durango last mig
: to attend the meeting Of the vi
> presidents of the San Juan congre
and the Elks installation. Son
months ago some of these gentlem
q, attempted the trip via the auto roh'
l. cupants barely escaped with tht
lives. The fates were kinder to t
party on this occasion.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

While we have no occasion to pre-
sent any Democrat with bouquet yet
VIC do not hesitate to state that, in
our opinion, the worst thing that can
b. said about West and Weaver is the
fact that they were in mighty poor
company this winter.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

This thing of killing the man who
steals another mans wife is letting
the william off too easy, he ought to
be made to live with her.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

A good strong enemy is often as
good recommend for man as is a
warm friend for you can win the en-
nifty of some men by doing right and
being square.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

We are generally willing to lend al
most anything we have to good
but when business or social
friend has the nerve to help them
selves to our property we feel inclined
+, call halt. We like nerve and
gall but there is too much Of good
thing quite frequently.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

When one considers how easily the
fruit crop is injured by freezing and
how hardy gourds are one wonders
why farmers don't all quit trying to
raise fruit and go to raising gourds.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

These little cars with thirty h. p.
ergine remind us Of small man
whom we used to know who had u
fifteen pancake appetite.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15
LOCAL NEWS

u u y q n y u q q y Is u II u 8,
From Thursdays Daily.
Rancher John Bell is in town today.
The Animas is nearly foot lower
today as a result of the cold weather,
Mrs. Marie Sorg was Hesperus
bound passenger this morning.
o. ii. Scott came in from Corte2
last evening en- route TO Lincoln, Neb
w. A. Watson arrived from Do
lores last evening and boarded the
Silverton for home few hours later.
Mrs. G. b. Salazar was an arrival
from Santa Fe last night on her
way to Aztec.
Richard G. Graf, manager Of the
Hunter Mercantile company ut Farm
ington, is stopping at the Strater.
J. M. Lewis. the telephone exchange
at Silverton, spent yesterday
In town.
]. A. Clay came in fiom Denver
last night. Mr.. Clay is certain the
southwest will get two convict labor
camps II only sufficient pressure is
bi ought to bear.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Our idea of the town garden is that
very few receive enough cultivation
to cause any great increase of ap-
petite on the gardener.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15
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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Papa" couldn't stay out Of the
game. 1t is hard to break up the
habits Of lifetime and we are glad
10 see him "come back"
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

While we do not want to knock on
congress at all yet we have examined
the free list" and what we get out
of it will not make us rich this year
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

While 1t is probably true that
knowledge is power, yet knowledge,
like power, has to be put to work
before it can produce any revenue.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

There are few men who could not
make money by devoting little more
o. their time to their business and u
little less to their club.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

We understand that stock in the
Stork Baby Delivery company has
dropped off two points since the pa
pers announced that the king of Spain
is suffering with tuberculosis.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

We have discovered how and where
the line is drawn. II an article OF
women's clothing is at all comfortable
! it is not stylish.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

A noted physician has discovered
that he can insert new bones in n
persons nose but unless we miss our
guess some method of inserting steel
rod in n persons backbone would do
the human race more good.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Much Of the stuff which comes to
W by telegraph appears to have been
written. not with pen but with a
kebo shovel.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

1t may be all right to look ahead
and plan but the main trouble with
this business of peering into the fu-
ture is that you are so liable to see
lot of things that really are not
there.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

The young man who merely earns
- much A. he spends and keeps his
deblD paid up Il mot doing enough,
hs wln grow old some day and should
b laying pp for that Hms.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

We don't mind progressive Re-
publican or an insurgent but we draw
the line on progressive insurgent in
surgents.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

The time is about here when teach
ers cease from their labors for q sum-
mer's vacation. They pay also ceases.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

II you want to become popular try
almost any business except the news
paper line.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Gossip is somewhat like a prairie
fire, it often gets away from those
who start it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

One bad thing about the Mexican
war is that there will be lot Of
war plays written about it.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

The red man is fast becoming civil
lized. Some Of them already smoke
cigarettes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

We do not hear much of the Folk
for president" talk Of late.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Our idea of rashness is exemplifed
when bird dog tries to take a bone
away from bulldog.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Don't be too kuick to feel sore on
account of these items for, as rule,
these things are written for general
application and not one in thou
sand is intended To be personal at all
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

The fact that Philadelphia man
shot another because he "sneered" at
him should remind us that even to
the boastful and scornful death is al
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Miss Nancy Self, the well known
nurse, was a passenger from Silver
ton this morning.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Mrs. John Wingate, who has been
in Denver for fortnight visiting
friends returned home last night.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

Giles vandegrift jr., The Herald 3
bookkeeper, is spending the lay at
his fathers Tiffany ranch.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
GAYN0R BLAMED FOR VICE
Magistrate corrigan censures Execu-
tive for Conditions in New York
Cjty-Says Crime Rampant.

New York-In statement replying
to Magistrate Joseph E. Corrigan's
charge that crime is rampant in the
city because Of police rule Mayor Gay
nor says:
This is the third time, think, that
Magistrate Corrigan has issued such
a seditious statement. They are in
tended to make the police force insub.
ordinate or Indifferent to their duty.
II have been intrumental in having
two magistrates removed in the Brook
lyn district, and one forced to re-
sign. None of them was guilty Of
graver misconduct, in my judgment,
than this magistrate is guilty Of. 1t is
evident that l shall need to take the
same course over here"
AS IL to give point to Corrigan's
charges, J. r. Cowell, newspaper
man, was beaten and robbed in the
street by four ruffians while electric
lights blazed and trolley cars passed
at frequent intervals. The highway
men escaped.
Magistrate Corrigan in his letter
voiced belief which had been grow.
ing for months among settlement
workers and obserVant private citi
zens.
New York is wide open. There is
no doubt Of it. Gambling, thieving,
''strong arm" work, highway robbery
burglary and larceny are matters OF
common daily occurrence. The excise
law is ignored in all parts Of this city
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-03-30
Leftover Possibilities.

In the minds OF most people there
is a prejudice against anything
warmed over or served the second
time.
To the economical housekeeper the
leftovers are great problem and in
these days of high prices great care
should be used that nothing Is
wasted. Meats being our most expen-
sive foods, should be purchased with
care. The most expensive meats are
not any more nutritive than the
cheaper cuts.
Corn Beef Hash.-Chop corn beef
that has been cooked with vegetables
In boiled dinner. Take equal parts
of cold cooked cabbage, turnip, carrot,
and potato. Season with salt and pep
per and put into frying pan. moisten
with hot water. Brown we'll and fold
over on platter like an omelet. Gar
nish with parsley.
Victoria Chicken.-Make a sauce OF
fourth of a cup each of -four and
butter and a cup of chicken stock.
To this add cup Of mushrooms, a
cup of drained peas, one-half cup Of
tomato pulp and cup and half of
minced chicken. Add the seasoning
necessary, and serve on toast.
Cook the bones left from the chick
en-, allowing them to simmer slowly
several hours; add to this stock
any gravy or stock that Is left. When
ready to serve add the peas left from
the can in making Victoria chicken
and half cup of grated cheese.
When you have a little cold roast
or steak left over, cut 1t in fine pieces,
sprinkle it over layer of cold cooked
potatoes in baking pan, add little
minced onion and a cupful Of toma.
toes. Season with salt, pepper and a
teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce and
bake until we'll heated through.
Fruit Juice may be used with a lit
tie gelatine to make a nice salad or
dessert. Pour the juice, thickened
with little gelatine, over any fresh
cut fruit.