Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-18
MIKE, THE FOUNDER.


tirely overlooked in our comment yes
terday. We were forcibly reminded of
this by the following conversation in
store this morning; One said: "Did
you read what Mike, the Rounder, had
to say about who should be elected
members of The charter commission?
Not one word about having women OH
the list-al. men," The other wom-
an replied: eyes, l read it. Just
like men. They think they know it
all and that all a woman is good
for is to stay in the house and cook
and care fer the children. Just SO n
mans 81 mach is filled three times
day is all woman has to do. But
we will show them a trick or two. Il
our sex is not given representation on
the ticket selected Monday night there
will be something doing" and the
speaker then tried on twenty-fiv. ad
ditional hats concluding with the re-
mark, II don't want to buy hat for
while but thought I'd try an a few
Just to see how they look" Coming
down to brass tacks there is no Ioubt
but that many women are just as ca
pable as men, but as rul. they
are considered too fussy and N mat
ters like forming charter snnie con
slider they are out of place. In fact,
we have heard it said that if women
are placed on the ticket there will be
an opposition ticket named at once.
Notwithstanding all this we are of the
opinion there should be at least three
representative women of the city nam
ed at the meeting Monday night.
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"The interests" are anxiously wait
ing to see the list Of candidates named
Monday night for charter commits
sioners. The personnel of the com-
mission government ticket viii have
much to do with its success. There
fore do not go it blindly.
Rudolph Kleybolte, the head OF the
Pioneer Construction company, han
ding the Florida mesa irrigation
problem, is expected in Durango with
in day or two for the purpose of
trying to straighten out the tangle
and complete the ditch. It is to be
hoped that some plan will be evolved
TO go ahead. AS matters now stand
the farmer and land owner is the real
goat-harassed on every side, not
knowing what to do. The Kleybolte
people are not so much to blame as
some may suppose. One ]. LeRoy
Slusher is the one who got both the
farmers and the company in bad. Mr..
Slusher was a smooth guy and able
to carry conviction, and in this MIR.
| Slusher is not the only one who is
able to do this very thing, whether
right or wrong. 1t is fact that the
county, and especially the farmers of
the irrigation district, would be bet
| ter off if Mr.. Slusher had never set
foot in La Plata county. Howe yer,
this does not untangle the snarl in
which the Pioneer people as well MS
the farmers find themselves. With
present land in the district and out
standing bonds it means confiscation
of the land and then bond owners will
not come out even which means loss
on both sides. 1t also gives a black
eye to promoting other ditch enter
prises in the county, and all owing to
the ability of Mr.. Slusher to mislead
the farmer and the capitalist. 1t may
be that Mr.. Slusher was honest in his
efforts, because he was given assist
ance, but his methods were bad. IT
will be necessary for the man with
land under the system and those hold
ing bonds to get together and agree
upon some equitable plan for future
operation. OF course our sympathy
is with the farmer. After years of
toll it is hard to give up what little
he has accumulated, and if there ia
any way to furnish relief it should
be Forthcoming at once.
In the account published last week
regarding the meeting of the San
Juan congress in Denver no mention
was made of Prof. Geo. f. Snyder.
superintendent of the Fort Lewis
school. At the conclusion of the speak
ing at the luncheon fifty to sixty
scenes of this southwest were thrown
on the screen by the stereopticon and
each one was explained by Prof. Sny-
der. Among the illustrations were
quite number of Fort Lewis school
and surroundings which enabled Prof
Snyder to give brief review of the
school and its Importance to the peo-
pie Of this part of the state. Prof.
Snyder has strong, resonant voice
and was distinctly heard all over the
large room.
Begins to look as though winter is
going to remain in the lap of spring
indefinitely. It's time the bundled up
old lady made her departure-open-
ed the way for the spring lassis to
have an inning, thu lassie with the
peek-a-boo shirt waist and hosiery.