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Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14
GREAT BRITAINs ONE MISTAKE.
Salt Lake Herald.

Salt Lake Herald.
Japanese entrance into the great
war as a british ally will appreciably
tend to obtain for Emperor William
that American sympathy he has hith-
erto unavailingly sought to gain.
Whatever military or territorial ad-
vantage Great Britain may reap from
its ally's activity will be counterbal-
anced by marked decrease in kind
liness towards the British cause. Oc-
cidental distrust of oriental integrity
and ambitions will reproach England
for giving the Nipponese their oppor-
tunity.
His majesty's government walked
with care through the outbreak of
hostilities. Asquith and his counsel
lors scrupulously failed to lead and
merely followed public opinion. Will
liam's war eagle was at the head of
his columns and the line of march
through Luxemberg and Belgium had
already begun before the repressive
hand to the British ministry was rails
ed and parliament permitted to burst
into flame with the war spirit that
was already venting itself in the
United Kingdom.
Emperor William early recognized
the British diplomatic tactics had
placed his cause at disadvantage be-
fo~a +bn ,,orlJ Epnao;o1l,, in Ap,
erica, the greatest of neutral powers
and predestined to become prime
factor in the ultimate readjustmeni
following the war, the trend of opin-
ion contrasted the moderation of lib
eral England with imperial Germany
to the latter's prejudice. Only after
a literally financed propaganda hat
systematically begun to woo publ,
sentiment was Williams cause able
to obtain hearing here. And its
aims have now been aided by the
character of his new enemy.
American suspicion of Japanes,
good will continues despite the super
human efforts of both government.
to dissipate it. Street crowds in To
kio, like those Of our own .Pacifi,
coast, betray this undercurrent o.
dislike whenever temporary complica
tions arouse passions that are bu
poorly controlled. A blood brother
hood between our Anglo-Sagon cou
sins across the sea and the will,
Orientals seems incongruous to Amer
leans. Great Britain will suffer from
the fact in public opinion in thi
country.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Bleeding Belgium makes the sad
dest picture of all the lands involved
in a continent at war. She, at least,
had no thought Of war until it was
most ruthlessly thrust upon her, and
more than the others to this date she
has suffered. Her fertile fields are
trampled and fair cities laid waste and
homes despoiled by fate not to be
averted. Even had she yielded peace
fully to Germany's violation of neu-
trality, escape would have been i'm
possible; Great Britain would have
invested her ports and France in
vaded her territory to meet the Ger
man advance. And she can hope for
no gain in comparison to the loss in
volved, even should the allies be vic
torious in the end.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14
THE PRICE WE PAY.

The account of the American puolic
for the Fourth of July has been bal
anced for another year and t.is price,
as usual, is heavy. Three little boys
died from lockjaw as result Of
Fourth of July injuries; 16 persons,
mostly little girls and small children,
were turned to death from fire.
works; five persons were killed by
firearms. six by explosions of guns
or powder, guns or torpedoes, four
by cannon and five died from blood
poisoning from injuries caused by
fireworks. The total number Of deaths
resulting from Fourth of July injur-
les, according to the twelfth annual
report on this subject compiled by
the Journal Of the American Medical
association, is 40, and the number in
jured is 1.4e6. making total of ,h0G
accidents resulting from the Fourth
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14
bring the big crowds.

In conclusion we desire to extend
thanks to the good people of Pagosa
who SO courteously entertained our
party. 1t was our good fortune to be
quartered with Mrs. Spickard, whom
most of our people will remember,
Mrs. Spickard having resided in Pa
gosa since the death of her husband
in this city some years ago. She
owns one of the largest residences in
Pagosa, located on hill with COM
manding view. She has turned the
residence into rooming house which
is filled most of the time, Durangoites
being good customers. Others of our
party found entertainment with Mrs.
Rippey while homes were thrown open
for others. The people of Pagosa are
all right when it comes to hospital
ity,
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The European war is stripping
western Canada of great body of
sturdy German settlers and sending
them southwark across the frontier
to people the northwestern states. OF
forty thousand Germans in western
Canada at the outbreak of the war.
75 per cent will come to the United
States, according to Gustav Feldt, for
merly secretary of the German con-
sulate in Winnipeg, Canada, nut now
in Kansas City, whittier he fled. They
are welcome. The Herald would like
to have them come to the San Juan
basin.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Make up your mind to subscribe
literally to the new organization
which will make Durango the talk of
the southwest. We should be prepar-
ed to extend welcome to every vis-
itor from adjoining town and coun-
ties as well as those from distance.
Nothing too good for the people of
the San Juan basin and Durango is
right in taking the lead.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Nine United States senators and
nine congressman, "whose opposition
to woman suffrage is so powerful. as
to constitute the greatest obsta .'e to
federal Legislation that the women
have to face" are named in state
ment by the National American Suf-
fragc association. The statement ap-
peals to all suffrage organizations to
concentrate their influence to defeat
them.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The consolidation of the Durango
board of trade with the Durango club
is step in the right direction. True,
the plans of the committee in charge
requires somethink like $4,000 to put
the scheme through, but already some
ten or twelve 500 contributions have
been obtained and the $40 fellows
will probably number twenty. Du-
rango always comes to the front when
money is needed for commendable
purposes.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The potato flour industry, formerly
controlled by Germany, is to be taken
over Immediately by American manu-
facturers. This flour is used by bak-
ers who are required to supply very
moist bread. For the shipper who
sends his product considerable dis
tances to market it has been found
absolutely necessary, as the product
of wheat or rye alone would dry out
and become usless.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14
THE GODS OF WAR.

The late Napoleon had something
near the proper hunch when he fg-
ured the god Of battles is on the side
Of the heaviest battalions, although
there are exceptions TO the rule. 1t
Is fairly good rule, however. We
defeated Great Britain because COM
pIieatIons in Europe wouldn't permit
nc English 70 spare enough troops
Is whip the coIonists and French
eontinGsnt. With more men and more
nsoney. the north defsated the south.
md Il took fcnr ysars and the super
~ nhnabers wsrs nsedsd. The same
! noss - Ssr - Engiish over
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

the Beers, and other short and sim
pie rules of war usually are sufficient
to explain the success or failure Of
armies. Russia's millions were not
sufficient to defeat Japan, because
Russia couldn't get them to Man
churia, and fought too far from her
base, also because the Russian SOL
diers didn't have their heart in their
work. Italy defeated Turkey because
of better military machine. And SO
one might go on through history
to show that the gods Of battle are
mainly flapdoodle, and that guns and
numbers are more important in de-
termining the outcome Of hostilities.
No merciful man would care to wor-
ship deity whose favorite pastime
is Wholesale slaughter. And so he
wearies Of the kaiser's statements,
taking the name Of God in vain or in
vanity, and Of similar sacrilege from
the czar and Franz Josef, and tires
of the mikado's appeals to heaven
along the same line. The French talk
of liberty is more sensible, and the
British system Of saying nothing and
aiming low is perhaps the best Of all.
War is a miserable business, and can
not be glorified in this intelligent if
not enlightened age by mixing pray
ers with the powder. Might is not
always right, and might is the decid-
ing factor in warfare. Prayers that
it may end soon are the only ones
worthy Of consideration, remarks the
Atchison Globe.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Plain talk by an outsider: We note
that about all the rulers of the coun-
tries in the great European war are
quite confident, according to their oft
repeated expressions, that God has
Joined their armies. 1t seems to US
that some of them are slandering the
Almighty in attributing such bloody
work to Him.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

OF July celebrations. Among those
Injured but not killed, IS were total
ly blind, 13 lost one eye caeil, 16 iost
legs, arms or hands, and 81 lost cne
or more fingers. This record which
reads like report of an European
battlefield, is unfortunately not as
good as that Of last year or the year
before. In 1913 only So persons were
killed and 1,131 injured, and in 1912.
while Al persons were killed, only
947 were injured--the smallest num-
ber reported in the past y years.
Pennsylvania still leads all the other
states, having had 487 Fourth Of July
injuries to her credit tbs ,ear, ty
over 25 per cent of those in the entire
country of which 241, or about one
half, occurred in Philadelphia. New
York had $50 accidents, almost dou-
Bile the number reported last year.
Illinois reported 95 injuries or more
than twice as many as last year,
while Massachusetts and Connecticut
had respectively 81 and n cases-the
largest number since 1910. In Mis-
souri,, Nebraska, Ohio and Washing
ton, the number has decreased to a
marked extent.
During the 12 years in which these
statistics have been collected, 42,7s6
persons-nearly 43 regimcnts-have
been injured through Fourth of July
accidents.
The responsibility for these condi-
tions rests clearly with the city gov
ernment, since the sale Of fireworks
is largely subject to municipal regu-
lation. In the S4 largest cities in
the country, IS persons were killed
and 681 persons injured, the other
accidents occurring in small towns
and rural communities. Many of the
cities in the past five years have
adopted prohibitive ordinances. The
results are shown by their compare
tive immunity from Fourth of July
accidents. Such ordinances are now
being enforced in Baltimore, Boston
Cleveland, Minneapolis, Newark, ST.
Paul, Toledo, Trenton and Washing
ton. Restrictive, but not prohibitive
measures are enforced in New York
ST. Louis, Pittsburg and Buffalo
For the last four years, Philadelphia
has been the only large city having
more than 100 injuries. In eoncludint
the report, the Journal of tie Ameri-
can Medical association says:
"In spite of the slightly reduced
number of tetanus (lockjaw) cases
this year, the returns are somewhat
discouraging. The increased number
of killed and wounded indicates q
relaxation in the enforcement of tbs
ordinances which were so ably en-.
forced two years ago. Instead of re
Taxation of restrictive mea sures, .th'
use of fireworks in the celebration Of
the Fourth of July should be strictly
prohibited. To kill outright 40 per,
sons and to wound and MAIN ,46t
others is not a very fitting token ot
our thankfulness for the Declaration
of Independence signed over hun
dred years ago. Is it not rather az
acknowledgement that in this countr,
rowdyism cannot be restrained, o.
that the only way we can show oul
patriotism is by riot and murder
The results of two years ago SHOW
plinly that these evils can be entire
ly done away with. 1t is hoped tina
the city officials will continue thei
prohibitive measures until the desira
BILE end is attained"
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

MRS. Fish you are such fine organ
izer you would make a good piesi-
dent of the United States" Mrs. Fish
replied that she could handle the Of
fee all right, and her press agent
saw that the conversation was flash
ed all over the country in the tele-
graph. You may depend on one thing,
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish thinks down in
the bottom of her heart, that some
day she vii be president, all right
all right.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

A boy and girl visited on farm
this summer and were told they mus,
write to their parents. The little girl
wrote pages about the beautiful
scenery, flowers, fruit, pet anirea.s,
etc. The boy grabbed post card
and dashed off the following: "Grand-
ma is bully cook. l am having a
good time eating. Dinner is ready
now. Goodbye"
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

in the state, combining all depart
ments and turning out a rough and
finished product for every use.s At
present it is estimated there are in
the neighborhood of eight million feet
of lumber in the yards. The demand
has not been equal to the output. The
Denver & Rio Grande proving the best
customer at present. o. s. Galbreath,
Jr., is manager of the company op-
Grating, Mr.. Whitney Newton, of Den
yer, being president. Mr.. Galbreath
was in Durango at the time Of our
visit but our party went through the
workings, each one impressed with
the magnitude of the plant. Archu-
leta county is one of the best timber
ed in the Rocky Mountains and it will
require long years to saw the prod
uct.
In residence way Pagosa presents
an attractive appearance. Many new
buildings have been erected the past
year and others in the course of erec-
tion and planned. The business end
was really ahead of the population so
the improvement is not as noticeable,
but several of the merchants with
whom we conversed report a steady
and remunerative trade.
As USUAL. a good many tourists
have visited the Springs the past sum-
mer and as whole rooming houses
and hotels have been doing we'll
These tourists have come from all
over this southwest section, many
from Montezuma county while the
sections around Aztec and Farming
ton have contributed their proportion
We were surprised to note the large
number of autos that make Pagosa
Scarcely day without an auto or two
and some days half dozen or more
arrive loaded with visitors who put
in from one day to several weeks
| There were several auto camping par
ties in the park when we were there
Every year Pagosa will draw more
and more from the San Juan basin
but the through route is what viii
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The Herald is not given to criticism
as whole. We are not like the fel-
low who said every one was wrong
but himself. At the same time there
are occasions when it is the duty Of a
newspaper to state facts and let the
people judge as to the merits.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14
THE WAR SITUATION IN EUROPE

CAPETOWN, Sept. 1O.-Prenier
Both announced that a strong force
of Germans from Southwest Africa
had entrenched on British territory
near the boundary, and that the gov
ernment is preparing to dislo;ge
them.
Plans have been completed to at
tack all Germans in southwest At
rica, and troops are already or the
way.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

DR.. William E. Cramer, of Kansas
city, put behind him lucrative sur
geon's practice and is now on his way
to try to reach Germany, where he
will offer his services as an army
surgeon. While DR.. Cramer was born
in this country, he is of German an
cestry and has attended German
schools and is an ardent supporter of
the German cause.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

It's an i'll wind that blows no one
good: Madame Caillaux, who shos
and killed Calmette, the edito- Of
Figaro, is spared the modification Of
being left out of social affairs in
Paris; because Of the war there are
no society events, 30 Madags Call
laux, who is rcsourceful, is winning
the hearts Of her countrymen, in con-
Quoting public soup kitchen and
organizing ambulance corps for
wounded soldiers. By the time the
war is over Madame Caillaux will
have come back socially.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The German army has two thousand
trained dogs, chiefly Airedale terriers
and German sheep dogs Every regi-
ment in the czar's army has thirty
dogs attached to it for protection
when on output duty. Both French
and Belgian armies also have troops
of dogs trained by the customs Off
vers on the frontiers.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Three years in prison was the SER
tence imposed upon private soldier
named Fischer by the military court
of the Third army corps, Berlin, Ger
many, for having expressed just be-
fore the outbreak of hostilities the
opinion that in the event of war the
socialists in the army would shoot
their own officers.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14
Highway Will Add to
Prosperity Of Pagosa

Pagosa Springs.-Not much change
since we visited the place few years
ago. It's only question of time,
however, when the town is going to
be on the map in good shape. This
change is going to be brought about
with the completion of the state high
way between that place and the San
Luis valley. For years Pagosa has
patiently, like Durango, waited for
better railroad communications. 1t is
the natural resort of the south half
of Colorado and the tourist travel
from Texas and other southern states.
The hot springs are without doubt
in class by themselves so far as
healing qualities of the water, not
only for rheumatism but many other
ills to which mankind is heir. With
right kind of facilities for getting in
and out there will be thousands Wis
iting the place where there are n
score at the present time. Improved
eidhi SciVice 10 HUI 40 DIiPHt dS VIC
would like to see it, but the great
tourist producing agency, good roads
with direct connections with the main
arteries of travel, will bring about the
desired result Just as soon as it be-
comes an established fact that Colo
rado can be traversed from one end
to the other by automobile there will
be many thousands of machines tour
the state every summer and the most
inviting trip will be over the Spanish
Trail-Grand Canon highway.
But Pagosa is not dead by any
means. There is good deal going
on, only there is not the hurrah OF
early days. The cattle and sheep men
are juhilant over a prosperous year
and the continued increase in the price
of meats, while the farmers never
had as fine crops as the present sea-
son and the beauty is, all that is pro-
duccd is fed to home stock, thus in
suring sure disposition without re-
lying on the ups and downs of an out
'side market. The cultivated acreage,
so we are reliably informed, has been
considerably increased the past year.
One of the avenues of revenue is the
big numbering establishment capable
of keeping 500 men, although only
about three hundred are employed at
present in the mill and logging camps,
The mill 10 one Of the most complsts
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

For once Chas. S. Thomas will be
up against the real thing when it
comes to election in November. The
paid emissaries from Washington were
able to pull off all opposition in the
primaries so far as nomination was
concerned but they will be unable to
pull the voters off.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Should congress fail to pass the
river and harbor bill nearly 10000
government employees will be thrown
out of work, or probably the situation
would be more correctly stated by
saying they will have to go to work.
Did you ever see a pink tea en-
gineer at work? The writer, who
has lived on river all his life, has
once or twice.-Atchison Globe.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Republican leaders must not think
the battle won. While success in No
vember is in sight, there can be no
let-up if victory is secured. This re-
fers specially to the state ticket
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Germany has many gallant achieve
ments to her credit in this war, but
Count Won Bernstorff is premature in
his assumption that the war is over.
Americans still remember what the
Confederates did at Charlottesville
and Bull Run,
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Tom Patterson won in the primar-
les but he will find those voting for
opposition candidate in his own party
going down the line for Republicans
in November,
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

British troops live up to their ira
ditions in holding off three times
their number Of Germans for three
days, but it is also the German sys-
TEN to have three times as many
troops and then some.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Some other name should be used
for war. War does not fit case
where men shoot to kill each other
off and then surgeons are rushed on
the ground to save those wounded.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

A hint that winter is coming is
seen along another line. The agri-
cultural department comes to the
front with a bulletin on the proper
method of sailing and curing pork for
home consumption.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The Republicans of the state de-
cided they prefer DR.. Work to |. N.
Stevens. It's case where the ma
jority should be the will of the whole
party.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The American who holds his Eng
lish cousins in high esteem and mates
the Russians and Japs is in real
predicament
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

One of the queer propositions of
running newspaper is: You are
criticised if you don't and cussed if
you do.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

1t is going to be difficult for sill
ver-tongued orator to attract atten-
tion this fall in competition with war
and the world series.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The administration would go to the
deminition bow-wows were it not for
Ed Keating in Washington and hold
ing down the lid. Ed is long on wind.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

The Japanese sideshow doesn't
seem to make much noise as usually
accompanies such performance.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Italy has been on the verge Of war
for SO long that many will regard that
- her permanent position.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

La Plata county farmers will be in
clover if the price of wheat keeps
pace with that paid at Kansas City
and Chicago.
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Richard Harding Davis is undoubt-
edly great war correspondent, his
chief difficulty being to locate the
war
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14

Nothing mean about Mrs. Stuy-
vesant Fish, Of New York; she gave
> successful amateur entertainment
at her summer home In Newport, ard
her frisnds In flattsring her said:
Semi-weekly herald., 1914-09-14
Durango business firms report a |
steady and profitable trade.

Mexico doesn't seem disposed to
make peace permanent, which is about
what was expected of Mexico.