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Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
ELCo ECHOES.

J. A. Frazier of the Ranchers' saw
mill spent Sunday with the home
folks.
Mary Hanger, teacher at La Posta
spent the week end at Elco.
Wells Pollock, Fred and Reubon
Triedlund Of CASTELAR, attended the So
cial at Elco Saturday night.
Vadis Paxton of La Posta spent
Saturday night and Sunday with Vera
Frazier.
Rev. Johnson, Mary Hanger, Edna
Nephew and Clark Bonds attended
morning church service at Riverside.
Mrs. Rida TRULY and her mother,
Mrs. Hale, returned last week from
Durango. Mrs. TRULY has had her
baby, who was quite i'll with typhoid
fever, in Durango under the care Of
DR.. McEwen. The child was well
enough to bring home.
Gladys and Ollie Redding, Edna
Craig and Floyd Rhodes, who have
been absent from school on account
of sickness, entered school again on
Monday.
Gilbert Hatfield came up from Az
tee Saturday and is now established
in his bachelor quarters on ]. A. Fra
zier's ranch. Carl Hatfield, who ac-
companied his brother, returned home
Sunday.
Pearl McDaniels, Gladys Hendricks
Ruth Shidelar and Ed McDaniels Of
Riverside, Dave Hutchins of Cedar
Hill and Clark Bonds and Gilbert Hat
field of Elco visited Sunday after
noon with Edna Nephew and Vera
Frazier and attended evening church
service at Eco.
Rev. Marvin johnson of Aztec
preached Sunday morning at. River
side and Sunday evening at Elco
Rev. Mr.. Johnson attended the social
at Elco Saturday night.
Owing to muddy roads and the
prevalence of whooping cough in the
neighborhood, only some sixty people
were present at the church social Sat.
urday night. The young people de
serve much credit for the work don't
on the program. Proceeds of the
oyster supper will be used in purchas
ing new hymn books for the Sunday
school.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
DAvID-RAYMOND.

Rea David, former resident Of
this city, and a brother Of Mrs. Geo.
C. Logan, who left here five years ago
to locate in Burley, Ida, has. grown
tired of looking after his own affairs
all alone, and recently invested In a
wife to help take care Of his dispo-
sition and all of the other impedi-
menta which the average man has to
carry through life.
The marriage took place last Mon
day, the brides name being Miss Ber-
tina Raymond. Rea's many friends
in Durango and vicinity will be in
terested to learn of the happy event,
and extend congratulations and best
wishes for a happy and successful
future. They trust that the same
good fortune which has attended his
business efforts, will continue through
his married life.
Rea owns prosperous gents fur
nishings store in Burley, which is a
town of about 1900, located on the
snake river, in Cassia county, Ida.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
Western Press.

Western ITeSS.
ST. LOUIS, March 29.-The Mis-
sissippi river has reached tho highest
stage ever reached here during any
March since records have been kept
in st. Louis. A general rain is falling
throughout the southern part of the
state. Tho storm is moving in n
northeasterly direction from a center
in the south central states. The high
waters are flooding the city and the
low lands TO the south. 1t has passed
the twenty-seven foot mark and is
rising at the rate of more than foot
every twenty-four hours. The wealth
er bureau this morning predicted that
the river would attain depth Of
thirty feet flocd stage by the first OF
the week. Although no lives have
been reported lost incidental to the
rise of the Missouri river, many fami
lies have been forced to leave their
homes. Its tributaries are overflow
ing their banks and these are ex-
pected to bring the Big Muddy up to
the flood stage. Governor Deneen Of
Illinois has ordered the adjutant gen
erals department TO send tents to
Cairo for the relief Of the families
that have been forced TO have their
homes on account of the surging wa
ters.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
SAN JUAN BOOSTERS MAKE BIG
HIT AT CHAMBER OF COM
MERGE BANQUET
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
DENVER, March 29.--The chamber
of commerce held one of its most i'm
portant meetings today when it en-
tertained and listened to the stories
of the boosters from the San Juan
country who crowded the building and
made a decidedly creditable impress
sion on the business interests Of this
city. Many speeches were made, tell
ing of the great undevsloped resources
of the southwestern part of Colo
RADIO and Denver gained new idea of
Durango and her surrounding country
Mr.. Searcy of Silverton made fine
speech, as didi DR.. Nossaman of Pa
gosa Springs, Mr.. Mowry Of Monte
yuma and J. A. Clay Of Durango. All
2 o'clock luncheon and speechmaking
are still in progress.
Among those present are ]. A. Clay,
president Of the congress-; George N.
Raymond, secretary and treasurer,
both of Durango; R. R. Smith, vice
president of the organization, from
Montezuma county, and mayor Of Cor
tez; Louis Wyman, vice president
from San Juan county, Colorado; W.
A. Hunter, vice president from San
Juan county, New Mexico, and nearly
a hundred others.
The meeting is great success and
it will greatly help the San Juan coun-
try, say Denver's representatives.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01

to be considered in connection with
the construction of roads in this stat.,
The large amount OF travel over Colo
RADIO roads by people from outside
tne state makes this necessary.
This is question which should be
taken up by the various county good
roads organizations. The members
themselves, especially those who live
in the country can aid in this work.
This marking will be needed more
than ever this summer because of the
new log book now being prepared AMI
which will show Colorado roads in
way never before attempted. This
took will contain almost 100 maps of
Colorado roads, and it is imperative
that the traveller over these roads
should find markers so that he can,
without loss of time and patience,
easily find his way over the state.
The Colorado Good Roads associa-
tion is in communication with large
numbers of eastern tourists who are
planning to visit Colorado this year.
The publicity work now being done IS
reaching these people, and the back
Jog the association is receiving from
the state at large is encouraging,
Five thousand members at one dollar
per year are wanted, and the list is
crawling up rapidly Any informa.
ton regarding the new log book ;.
Colorado road laws and the like can
be obtained at the state headquarters,
room 312 Chamber of Commerce
building, Denver.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
HAVE KILLED OVER
$4,000 RABBITS

WAKEENEY, March 28.-Thc or
der of the county commissioners of
Trego county authorizing the county
clerk to pay bounty of 5 cents f,r
jack rabbit scalps expires April / and
approximately $1,000 will have been
paid out for scalps. Hunters have
killed 13S,454 rabbits at the last
count, and the several storms have
killed hundreds and many have starv-
ed to death. The rabbit crop has been
80 completely cleaned out that he
farmers do not expect trouble from
the pests again for several years
if ever again.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
LAST RESPECTS FOR
MRS. ANNA 'COLMER

Last evening the remains of the
late Mrs. Anna Colmer, accompanied
by her sons, Thomas jr., Bryan, Vim
cent, and w. ]. and wife, and her
daughters, Mrs. Arthur Leaning and
Mrs. John Anderson of Silverton and
. Mrs. l.. Bailey, of Telluride, were
brought down from Silverton, where
THE departed passed away on Monday
morning.
Just two weeks ago on Saturday
Mrs. Colmer and her daughter, Mrs.
Pailey, passed through Durango on
their way from the formers old home
at Dover, N. j., where she had made
an extended visit for the benefit Of
her health. After reaching home she
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONvEN
TION.

Pursuant to the action Of the Re-
publican county central committee Of
La Plata county, Colorado, held in
Durango. in said county and state on
Wednesday, March 20, 1912, Repub-
lican countyeonvention Of said county
is hereby called to be held on We'd
nesday, April 10, 1912, at the hour Of
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 29.-
The secretary of the navy said today:
"The Democratic party, in a house
caucus held on Wednesday night, gave
final notice to the country that it is
opposed to an efficient navy. 1t has
decided to make no provision for bat
tleships for a year. An order dated
Dec. 81, 1915, would be as follows,
Great Britain, Germany, Japan,
France, the United States. Only a
year ago the United States was Sec
ond. Their action is the first step in
the direction of declining navy. 1t
will depreciate the military value OF
the fleet as an insurance against war
and for progress. The leaders Of the
Democratic party are losing sight of
the political and military necessity
of command of the Pacific. Their
parsimonious policy will not be cred
liable or satisfactory to nation OF
ninety million people. So far as can
be foreseen the United States will be
the only important naval power in
the world this year which will not lay
down single battleship.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01

grew worse gradually and passed
away quietly last Monday morning al
o'clock. The cause of death was
heart trouble and other complications
On Wednesday morning funeral
services were held in Silverton at
the family residence, Rev. A. w. Pink,
pastor of the Congregational church.
Icing in charge of the service. Be-
side the ordinary prayers and se-
lections from the Scriptures, the Rev
Mr.. Pink delivered a comforting ad-
dress, including an obituary.
Mrs. Anna Colmer was born al
Reoruth, Cornwall, England, on March
IL, 1866. Her family moved to this
country when she was six years Of
age, locating in Dover, N. j., where
they lived until Anna was ID, when
they moved to Caribou, Colo, a min
ing camp near Central City.
1t was in Caribou that the subject
Of our sketch met her husband, the
late Thomas Colmer, and it was there
the couple were married, March IL,
1881. In 1885, Mr.. Colmer moved his
family to Silverton, where they were
continuous residents until his death
in August of last year.
Eight children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Colmer, four sons and four
daughters, all of whom are living. OF
these, with the exception of two
daughters all are residents of Silver
ton. The sons are respectively, Thorn
as jr., Bryan, Vincent and w. j., the
daughters being Mrs. Arthur Lean
ing, Mrs. John Anderson, Mrs. Lon
Bailey of Telluride, and Mrs. Austin
Reed of Los Angeles.
The late Mrs. Colmer was mem
Der of the Degree of Honor and also
of the Daughters of the Rebekahs.
She was a devoted wife and mother,
and a loyal friend. Her long resi-
dence in Silverton had made her we'll
known in this section and her many
friends will miss her. But to her
children will be the greater loss. In
addition to the members of her own
family, Mrs. Colmer is survived by
her mother, five sisters and two
brothers.
Since her husband is buried in Du-
iango, the remains were brought here
for interment. The funeral took place
at 2 O'Clock this afternoon from the
chapel Of the Goodman Undertaking
company. 1t was largely attended by
Durango friends and also number of
Silverton people, assembled to pay a
last tribute to the memory of a good
and useful life, just ended.
The white casket was heaped with
beautiful floral tributes from indi-
vidual friends and also from the or
lanization to which the departed had
belonged. The pail bearers were Sill
verton and Durango friends-Joseph
Maple, f. j. Bawden and Ben Boyd
of Silverton, and Morris Springer,
Thomas Mason, and David Baker, of
Durango.
There was no service at the Good
man chapel since this had been held
in Silverton. The Ladies of the Re-
bekahs, who had charge of the serv-
ice in this city, performed the last
rites for the burial of the dead, ac-
cording to their ritual, at the grave.
Interment was in Greenmount.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01

ment reiterated by the operators in
the anthracite region, that they are
ready and willing to grant an imme-
diate hearing when the mine workers
should desire to communicate with
them, may result in another confer
ence, looking to the settlement of a
wage scale and other questions. A
suspension of work, however, until
next Monday is regarded by opera
tors as practically certain.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01

trict court room in the county court
house in said La Plata county for the
purpose of selecting twelve delegates
to the Republican convention Of the
Second congressional district of Colo
RADIO, to be held on Wednesday, April
II. 1912, in the city of Colorado
Springs, Colo, for the purpose of Sc,
lecting two delegates and two alter
mates to the Republican national con-
vention to be held in the city of Chi
cago, state of Illinois, at IL O'Clock
noon, on Tuesday, the 18th day ot
June, 1912, for the purpose of nomi-
mating candidates for president and
vice president to be voted for at the
presidential election ON Tuesday, Nov
8, 1912, and the transaction of such
other business as may come before
the convention.
The total number Of delegates to
the said convention will be seventy
and the several precincts of the coun-
ty shall be entitled to representation
in the said convention as follows:
Precinct No. /, Durango-Five dele
gates.
Precinct No. 2, Upper Florida-One
delegate.
Precinct No. 3, Upper Animas-Two
delegates.
Precinct No. q, Lower Florida-one
delegate.
Precinct No. 8, Animas City--Two
delegates.
Precinct No. 6. Bayfeld-SIx dele
gates.
Precinct No. 4, Dix-One delegate.
Precinct No. s, Rockwood-O del
egate.
Precinct No 9, Durango-Five dele
gates.
Precinct No. 10, Lower Animas-
Three delegates.
Precinct No. IL, Hesperus-Three
delegates.
Precinct No. ~, Durango-Four
delegates.
Precinct No. 13, Durango--Three
delegates.
Precinct No. IA, Durango-Six dele
gates.
Precinct No. Is, Durango-Five del
egates.
Precinct No. 16, Porter-one dele
gate.
Precinct No. II, Durango-seven
delegates.
Precinct No. Is, La Plata--one del
egate.
Precinct No. 10, Columbus-Two
delegates.
Precinct No. 20, Kline-Three dele
gates.
Precinct No. 81, Ignacio-Five dele
gates.
Precinct No. 90, Tiffany-One dele
gate.
Precinct No. 90, Perin's-One dele
gate.
Precinct No. "a, oxford-one dele
gate.
The primaries to select delegates to
said convention shall be held in the
several precincts in the city Of Du-
range at the usual voting places in
said respective precincts on Saturday,
April s, 1912, between the hours of
Z and o'clock in the afternoon, and
in the several precincts outside of
the city of Durango, between the
hours of 4 and 5 o'clock in the after
noon of said day at the usual voting
places in said respective precincts.
w. H. C. FOLSOM, Chairman,
W. w. McEWEN, Acting Sec. Re-
publican County Central Com.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
Western Press


MARYSVILLE. Cal, March 2o.--
Women jurors are more competent
and better fitted to try cases than
are most of the men whom have
seen in this court" said Justice Nor
rissy, when Attorney Dinsmore OBJ
jected to having women jurors in the
case against Joe Hay, a Chinaman,
charged with carrying concealed
weapons. When many Of the women
stated that their husbands would not
be able to cook their own dinner, the
judge informed them it was time their
husbands learned how to cook, and
that that excuse could not be ac-
copied.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
Western Press

HILLSVILLE, Va, March 29.-In
one of the widest sections in the
Fancy Gap country, twenty-five miles
south of here, Harry Lucas, keen
eyed detective, made his way along
the mountainside and when he chanc-
ed to look back over the trail ne had
been following. he saw. about thirty
yards away from him in topping
thicket, a mans face, haggard and
bearded, with sunken eyes.
Hold up your hands," commanded
Lucas, singing his Winchester rifle
to his shoulder AS the other obeyed
the scout advanced, still keeping his
weapon ready for instant use. AS
he reached the thicket he recognized
in the tall haggard man before him
Cad Allen, the son of Floyd Allen,
one of the most desperate of the clan
that killed five persons in the court
house just two weeks ago.
"You all needn't to worry none
hpout INT, Iiioteir odiu Tic youiik
giant, still keeping his hands in the
air. He smiled little, and said, ~
could have killed you a half dozen
times in the last five minutes if I'd a
mind to. You done passed me here n
piece back within thirty feet. But I
didn't want to kill you all, mister. Pm
willin' to go along peaceable. You
take my guns" He went peaceably
to town.
Are you glad it is all over" he
was asked today.
Eyes, / am. haven't slept in a
bed for two weeks and have been
living on bread and water. I have
been out in the rain and snow and
been pretty near froze and tell you
this here cot in this here cell looks
pretty good to me-
Naturally the boy would not say
anything concerning the whereabouts
of the others who are his uncle, Sidna
Allen and his cousins, Freil Allen and
Wesley Edwards.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
" estern Press

BERLIN, March 29.-The federal
council today approved all the COM
mittee army and navy bills posted to
it on March %. These bills pro-
vide for an increase of twenty-nine
thousand men in the peace footing of
the army by enlisting seventy-fve of
ficers and 1000 men annually until
1920, over and above the ordinary in
creases provided for in the existing
naval law. The bill provides for an
extra battle squadron for which three
additional battleships and two cruis-
ers are to be constructed before 1920.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
FREIGHT WRECK DE-
LAYS STERN

The eastern is reported twelve
hours late tonight. 1t was held up till
late this afternoon at La veta by
freight wreck between Sierra Summit
and La Veta. We have no details
other than above.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
NEW MEXICO WILL ELECTRO
CUTE CONDEMNED CRIMINALS
Western Press

Western Press
SANTA FE, March 29.--The SEN
ate has passed a bill substituting cleo
trocution for hanging, changing the
place of execution from the county
jails to the state penitentiary at San
Ia Fe.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
GUIDE POSTS ON ROADS.

In preparing county roads for the
summer travel the erection OF sign
posts should not be overlooked. This
is one Of the most important matters
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
Western Press.

Western Press.
LINCOLN, Neb., March 29.-Con-
vict Charles Davis was stabbed and
almost instantly killed by Convict
John Strong at the state penitentiary
this morning while the inmates of the
prison were leaving the breakfast ta-
BILE.
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01
MANY STREAMS OVERLOOKING
AND GREAT DAMAGE AND
LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED

Western Press.
OMAHA, March 29.-The backing
up Of the ice in the Platt, Loup, Elk
Semi-weekly herald., 1912-04-01

Western Pres
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-30
Quadrennial Conference
of American Pr0testants

The second quadrennial conference of
Protestants in America will be held next
week with Chicago as hostess. -Four
years ago in Philadelphia the federal
councils of the Churches Of Christ in
America was launched, the biggest craft
more than thirty denominations and
nearly a score million members. In De-
eember, the first regular gathering OF
the immense following will send am
bassadors and leaders of many faiths to
take counsel together.
The Chicago Federation, with Rev. ].
II. Chandler as executive secretary, is
making elaborate preparations for the
event. A young peoples rally, at which
the Vice President-elect viii be the
speaker; a mass meeting for labor
unions, with such attractions as William
J. Bryan. Prof. Walter Rauschenbusch,
and Prof. Z. A. Steiner, and banquet
at the LaSalle Hotel are among the spe-
cial features of the big meeting, De-
cember 4-l0. As four years ago, II is ex-
pected that large part of the Protest
ants official lfe-moderators, secretaries,
editors. professors, and the like-wiII be
represented upon the roll.
The council has many departments and
many commissions covering those ma
tional interests upon which tho churches
may well act together regardless of
creedal differences, in addition to the
primary interest Of preventing denominaI
waste A closer union Of organized
labor with the churches, effective legfs-.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-11-30
AN IDEAL CHURCH.
by CURTIS LEE LAWS,
Editor Of the New York Examiner.


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