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Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31
The Secoud Thing to Do

Send bring your nomination blank to the Contest
Manager of The Durango Herald. Each contestant is
titled o nominate which will give them 1000 votes
toward securing the prize of their choice On receipt Of
your will mail small
paper representa- i've of The Durango Herald will be
pleased call explain the contest detail
if don't thoroughly understand it, and will render
assistance possible You know that anxious to have
you in the otherwise would spend much
time. much space in talking you about it, We
shall keep this up until interested either yourself
o of your friends
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31

Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Fisherdick are
business visitors from the Lower La
Plata registered at the Strater.
Hon. T. C. Graden departed for
Denver this morning on business and
pleasure.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. C. Chapman are
home from the country club, where
they spent three weeks camping.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31

f. Il. Hatcher Of La Boca has been
paying sS.25 and $s.35 for sprin,
lambs to be delivered in 60 days.
Miss Mary McMichaels was guest
at the Southern last night on her way
home.
X. NJ. Murray was off for Ignacio
this morning after passing Sunday
in Durango.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31
The First Thing to Do

Cut out the blank which will be found in
of The Durango Herald filling in the blank with
your address, etc. if wish to nominate YOURSELF
of anyone else whom you may choose to
nominate. Be careful to write plainly that there can
be possibility for being made. There is no
that many will be careless in making
their nomination and subscriptions, though wish to
pO Ossibe and will ask the cooperation
those in contest Please bear this in mind when
writing addresses, subscriptions. etc.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31
ANNOUNCEMENT A

l hereby announce myself as i
candidate for the nomination for
District Attorney for the Sixth
Judicial District at the ensuiag
election, subject to the action of
the Republican judicial assembly
and primaries.
+. C. PERKINS,
D-9-12 and s. w.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31
The Third Thing to Do

As have been nominated get among your
friends get them to give their votes Qoos the
scae) Send bringn the subscriptions
Contest Department, together with amount money
covering each subscr plion After you make start
will he TO keep in the lead, prizes
these not to he picked day few weeks
work The prizes in this contest be by tonest
effort. No votes he bought the only way
win to devote time getting subscriptions to
The Durango Herald
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31

District No. z.
.... Includes all territory not included
in District No. /. One Victrola, one
diamond ring and one ladies watch
are sure to go to this district.
Mrs. Arthur Whitney,
Bayfield, ........................ 5s,26O
Miss Ruth Spargo,
Mancos ....................,.. 4s,o2o
Mrs. Jessie Leeper,
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31
The Fourth Thing to Do

As soon have secured first subscription
after another Rene mber the first yearly subscription
you are allowed 10000 extra votes, and above the
regular scale The contest will have three voting periods
During the first voting period contestants will receive the
greatest possible number of votes therefore
IT to your interest to get in your work while the
scale is the highest. This does not you will be
compelled to lose time which should be spent looking
after your business, whatever that be- You
one OF our prizes during leisure moments, though
even you to spend entire time doing nothing
but securing subscriptions to this reward for
labor would quite suffice repay you many over
Now let MS have your nomination without delay.
Semi-weekly herald., 1916-08-31

M WERE"
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
ARMY ORDERS.

Maj. George H. McManus. Coast ARTILLERY CORPS
(sctinr inspector general. is assigned to duty as
tort commander. Fort wCrden, Wash. upon his
relief from duty in the Inspector Generals De
psrmeut.
Mai. Alfred 5. Morgan. Coast ARTILLERY Corps,
is relieved from duty fort commander Fort
worden, Wash
Cart George L. Hicks. jr.. Coast ARTILLERY CorUs.
is transferred frn the 10th to the lI7th ouparN,
to take eTsct upon his arrival in the coast de
fenscs Of Nauag.nsett BAY.
Leave for one month and ten days is ssn:ed
Secord Lieut. Alexander L. +. johnson. Fourth
Cavalry.
The following officers detailed Rs student
cricers at the School Of Fire for Field ttillcr,
FCrt Sill Okla. fo- the tirInse e taking the
course of instruction frum February . 70 Iu0e
Third Field ArtiIery-First Lieut.. William Z.
Dunn. socord Lieut.. John Z. McMShon, jr.. Sec
end Lieut.. David f. ain.
Fourth Field Artiner-Firs Lieut.. Walter W.
Merrill. FIrst Lieut. John C. Maui. Second Lieut..
Ric:,ard G. Scott second Lieut. Howard Eager.
Fifth Fled ArtIlery-CSpt. Geo sc X. Greene,
First Lieut. JoseIh Il. DHvie, First Lieut.. Philip
W Booker. Fist Lieut. Iirrod $. NsyloT.
Sixth Field ArtIlcH-CsN. Tilmsn Csmpbell.
First Lieut.. Waldo {. Potter, Second Lieut..
Ernest ]. Daw;ey
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
The Standard Oil and the Tobacco Trust
Cases-l911.

as Si 70. :sT . " s on HsqS :, %
H Levy f"rmeriy special RssistSnt to the Attorney
General Of the United stntes,
Copyright 1916. By The Mcclure Newspaper Syn dcate
Shortly after the Supreme Court in 1904, rem
dered its decision in the Northern Securities case,
the Roosevelt administration began the prosecu-
ton under the Sherman law OF the Standard Oil
Trust and the Tobacco Trust These powerful
combinations, the greatest in the country, had been
growing stronger and stronger. The state of "in-
nocuous desuetude" into which the Sherman law
had fallen a result of the Sugar Trust decision
made attack upon these two great trusts seem
absurd. No one would have thought that the
Sherman law could be applied to them They were
so powerful that they had continued their careers
and their growth without regard to the Sherman
law. The Standard Oil Trust had even evaded the
decree of the Supreme Court, of Ohio, which in
1880 ordered its dissolution.
Each of these great trusts was worth hundreds
of millions OF dollars 1t controlled scores of sub
sdiary companies. To try to break them UP by
means of the Sherman law looked like hopeless
undertaking.
But on the strength of the governments victory
in the Northern Securities case in 1904 formal
prosecutions were brought by the government
against both of these mighty combinations The
Tobacco Trust in particular resisted this prosecu-
ton most vigorously 1t delayed the progress of
the governments prosecution for nearly two years
by refusing to allow the government to inspect its
books and papers. The government, however, with
firm determination, pressed its case. 1t first OBJ
tained decision from the Supreme Cour. 10 COM
pei the Tobacco Trust to disclose its papers The
government then went further. 1t brought crimi-
nal indictments against subsidiary corporations of
the Tobacco Trust, which indictments were sus.
taincd. 1t then brought suit under the Sherman
law to dissolve the trust and about the same time
brought similar suit against the Standard Oil
Trust for its dissolution. In 1911 the Supreme
Court rendered its famous decisions declaring each
of these two great trusts to be unlawful combina-
tions and ordering them to disband.
In these decisions the true force and effect of
the Sherman law were defined more vigorously
than in any previous decision. Whatever doubt or
uncertainty may have existed before, no doubt any
longer remained to the powerful force of the
Sherman law. 1t was proven to be entirely effect
i've for the breaking up and prevention of trusts
and monopolies.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
Evil and Good.
ny john ID. nARRY.

"Sin has nothing to teach u.s." is an expression
often hear used by a friend whose work lies
among the fallen Perhaps he is right. And yet
we often see good coming out of what we call evil
and seeming the richer for the association. The
truth may be that good and evil are never apart
Indeed we all know from experience how hard it
is at times to separate them. With marvellous
adroitness evil may disguise itself good. And the
good may seem to take an evil mask. And
there is much good in the bad people that to
call them bad shows on our part absurd nexact-
ness OF thought and language
If sin has nothing to teach US how do so many
sinners learn from their experience? The fruit of
evil is plainly evil But evil signifies the denial
of good, even while good may be at its SIDE
voicing warnings and reproaches and pleadngs.
And the denial of good carries penalties inevitable
To escape from evil into good is like going from
darkness into light Now see, what we
may not have realized before, how beautiful the
light is and how clear it makes things formerly
obscure. There natures that seem unable to
find themselves till they have passed through a
dark ordeal of sin. But it is possible that there
was another and easier way, if they had only
had the eyes to follow. As a matter of fact, most
sinners, in looking back, feel that the evil they did
was pure waste. Not to feel so would involve
them in contradiction. If sin has such wonderful
lessons, why not keep shining and acquire the
full profit?
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
MIR. Cranes Red Cros, Work

New Haven railroad stockholders may feel sure
that Mr. Cranes retirement from the company's
board of directors can be given no Interpretation
unfavorable to the road Mr.. Cranes resignation
is the best possible evidence that the New Havens
position is steadily improving for he became a
director in the blacklist period of the company 5
troubl for the sole purpose of helping to rchabil
tate It and with the intention of retiring as soon
as his counsel and active assistance could be dis
pensed with. This is kind of Red Cross service
which Mr.. Crane has rendered more than once to
somewhat disabled business enterprises. His serv-
ices to the New Haven Railroad have been lavishlv
helping to shape the company's policy in the past
two years, especially in dealing with the govern
ment regarding issolution.-Springheld Rcpubli-
can.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OLE XEsSELS-

Sailcd-Aylvin tor CiuacsrayGhU Fay. February
Ericsson for GuacansabU Ray, February 8; G-3 fOr
Brdgeport FelrInry 6; Oregon fer San Francisco.
February Z: Saturn for San lh'g0. February ..
Anived-Drsyton at GuAptsnamo. February 9
Jupiter at LAmbcrt roint FeEr'Gy 9; O'BIien at
tiuacsnsyabo Bay February 8: oTion at Grsntsna-
mo. February 9; sarstoss at Breaerton. February g.
ST. Boais at Tituron. February e; Nadssorth at
Guacsnayab Bay Fc'HUarv :.
NOTES
Government tr,nsputsti,n viii ts srsilsHe frvn
Hampton Roads to Guantanamo about tie g3rd in-
ctsnt.
rhe Celtic. now at the Boston yard. will leave
about the soth Instant for Ner YORK. aud thence
about the 9Th instant for Guantanamo.
ORDERS TO OFFICERS.
Lieut. Commander q. {. DOWN commiSooed
from September I.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

And SO It happened that the action of
the southern States took the North by
surprise
often as they had heard the doctrine
of secession preached, the northern peo-
Pile looked upon II as a singular and
novel thing when they saw 1t thus put
into practice.
The spirit precision, and concert the
despatch and radical thoroughness with
which the southern men acted, as II upon
programme familiar and matter OF
course. filled the North for little with
mere dull amazement.
Their quick pace In revolution. their
confidence as of men who had no doubts
Or misgivings, confused and for brief
space dismayed those to whom the North
naturally looked for counsel and guild
ance.
The very month South Carolina seced-
ed, before any other State had taken
action TO join her. she sent commission
ers to Washington TO arrange, as of
course. for a division OF the national debt
and for the formal transfer of all ma
tional property lying within the State;
and Mr.. Buchanan knew not what to do.
He promptly and uneqtuivocally denied
the right of the States to secede; but he
knew he said. no legal means of actual
ly preventing their secession.
The law officers Of the government
could give him no light; from no quarter
came any clear counsel unhalting
Judgment in the matter.
Congress attempted measures of COM
promise. Peace Conference assembled.
at the suggestion of Virginia, to discuss
plans of accommodation, and A commit
tee of the Senate concurred in its rec
concentrations: the extension of the Mis-
souri, compromise line TO the Pacific, the
positive esta bishment OF slavery by law
south of that line. and compensation
from the federal treasury for all fugitive
slaves rescued after arrest.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

But Congress seemed partially dissolv-
ed, ere the winter was over, by the with
drawal OF members from the States
which one by one seeded: nothing could
be done while II seemed insecure Of its
very membership: there was nowhere
agreement or coolness or courage enough
to make any plan feasible.
The southern men withdrew from the
cabinet, as they withdrew from the
House and the Senate; southern men by
the score left also the lower ranks OF
the civil service and went home to offer
their services to the new Confederacy;
southern officers withdrew from the
army and the navy as their States Sc
ceded' the authorities of the newly fed
Grated States took possession, as they
left the old Union, Of the arsenals forts,
custom houses, and post Offices within
their territory.
Before the authorities at Washington
had made UP their minds what to do
every fortified place in the South was in
the possession of the Confederacy except
Fortress Monroe in Chesapeake Bay.
Fort Sumter In Charleston harbor, Fort
Pickens at Pensacola. and the fortihca-
tions near Key West.
All familiar things seemed dissolving.
and Mr.. Buchanan scarcely knew what
government he had TO handle
Some OF the men about him upon whom
he was obliged to depend believed that
the southern states had a right TO do a.
they were doing; others denied their
right but knew not how to check them:
still others knew what ought to be done
but had not the courage or the initiative
to do it,
All the country waited, the President
himself included, to see what Mr.. Lin
coin and his Republican advisers would
do.
Tomorrow Abraham Lincoln.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

Avoiding occasion for sin usually means avoid
ing sinners. Are the good to hold themselves
aloof, superior, disdainful? By no means But they
must avoid fraternizing with those who lead lives
of evi-doing if they should be likely to be inspired
with the desire to do likewise. Perhaps the matter
reduces itself to caring. When we care for people
we become associated with both what they do and
what they arc. In VIC identify ourselves
with them. If their lives are evil, intimacy with
them is likely TO involve similar living But even
here there arc marked exceptions The habtual
sinners arc often delightful and wholesome COM
panions. longing for what is good, and eager to
profit by any help from outside From every point
of view to withhold friendship from such would
surely be ungcnerous and unwsc even for those
most solicitous about their own moral welfare. 1t
is the help OF the really healthy people that is most
needed by the sick
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

When the pacihsts appeared before the Senate
Committee Military Affairs one of the speakers
described labor leader, declared that he wa
in favor OF providing every laboring man in the
United States with rifle and thousand rounds
OF ammunition, and then, he said the people would
be assured that the rifles would never be used j.,
war OF aggression. eff you expect the laboring
man to be patriotic then give him country that
he can grow patriotic over!" he exclaimed. Prob
ably nobody knows what he means, and surely no.
body will give him credit for having made anv
sort OF start in the direction he indicates.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

Those persons who are advocating a change in
the hours OF employment OF the government clerks,
to relieve the present pressure the closing hour
OF the departments probably little bit ahead
oi the times There appears to be no objection to
the plan except that it has not been done
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

There those who, feeling that they have
done wrong nevertheless have no regret. How
can we explain this contradiction? The fact prob
ably is that they do not in their hearts believe that
they have done wrong. Often they seem justified.
So far as VIC can sec there evil consc-
qucnces. But is wrongdoing merely matter Of
consequences, of expediency? Surely not. To cs-
cape punishment may be certain sign OF mental
moral degradation that in itself, is worse than
punishment. Who, for the sake OF avoiding pun
shment, would choose to have the callousness of
a savage or of a COW?
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

member OF the Virginia legislature has intro
duccd bill making it unlawful for any woman in
Virginia to skirt tho hem Of which is more
than four inches from the ground bodice or shirt
waist showing more than three inches of neck and
throat, and providing that no woman shall wear
clothes OF transparent texture We are inclined to
suspect that the gentleman is blind
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

Representative Moon charges that lobby is
working against his rider to the postal appropria-
tion bill providing for radical change in the svs
TEN OF paying the railroads for carrying the mails
Mr.. Moon will not make much headway with his
Lobby charge, however, long as the roads
after having offered to submit their case to the
Interstate Commerce Commission, merely ask that
the question be presented to free and open discus
sion in Congress instead of being sneaked through
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
Need of Naval EuRineers.

Members Of the House Naval Com
mittee have been much impressed with
the alleged lack of naval officers who
are available for engineer duty eX-
Clusively. at least TO the extent Of
furnishing the number of officers
qualified in that specially to meet the
needs of the service. Representative
Roberts has requested Rear Admiral
r. 5. Griffin, engineer-in-Chief OF the
Navy. to submit the draft OF legisla-
ton which will insure the requisite
number of engineer officers.
1t has been very clearly pointed out
to committee members that il is es
sential to insure to engineer officers
of the line all the privileges and op-
portunities of advancement that are
possessed by their associates in that
branch of the Navy; otherwise. it is
out of the question to expect that
junior officers will deliberately select
engineer duty as career with the
peril. il not the certainty, of detrs-
mental results.
AS it is now, engineer duty is
chosen by officers with some JEOPARDY
as to their future. and this has oper
ated to defeat the purpose of the per-
sonnel law, which, abolishing the en-
gineer corps of other years, aimed to
provide line officers who should be
available for engineer duty.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

In support OF his resolution to move the Capi
tai OF the United States to Milwaukee, Wis, Rep
resentative Cary describes the Sheppard prohib
tion bill as an act to abolish responsible and rep
rcscntatlvc government and to establish at Wash
ington a centralized despotism laid in hypocrisy
and supported by the spy system" Why doesn't
he mention some of the objections to the measure ,
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
Not the President's Style.

One OF our leading morning dailies saws il is the
Presidents determined intention "to adequately
protect the nation" Never! Adequately to pro
teet the nation, perhaps, or to protect the nation
adequately; but if nnitive had to be split to do
It, the whole. thing would be called off.-Wall
Street Journal
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
d5aA%

tervening authority when the President
calls IL into service.
To accomplish this result il is apparent
that the National Guard must come under
the same provision of the Constitution
that authorizes the regular army and a
volunteer force. 1t has been inumated
that the Secretary may in his speech to-
day outline how this can be done. Such
a change would make II necessary for
the national government to take over
the National Guard in a body. Under
such conditions the militia would virtual
ly be a part of the regular army and
the governors of the States would he
called upon to surrender their authority
over the National Guard TO the PresI-
dent
Mai. Harrison Hall, C. \. c; Capt II.
f.. Yates and Lieut.. l.. A. Campbell, Sew
enth Infantry. reported at the War De-
partment yesterday.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Complete News Personnel Published Washington

Lieut.. Commander J. {. Townsend comnissionei
from NoveInb-r D
Lieut. Junior r1sdel Q. NJ. Hal 10 Vermont,
March TO-
Assist. PsyuSster n. y. Hsr1le9 to Naval Fay OF
hCTrs' School. Nsshington.
Ass, Psymsster '. G. Bnck TO Essie.
A-sast CHAPLAIN ". W Elder to Temporary duty
Maine March g.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

Col, Harvey is out in the North American Re-
view for the denomination of President Wilson.
Col Watterson is sure the President will be re-
Bryan already has his preparedness program beaten
IN Congress beyond resuscitstion. If Mr.. Bryan
succeeds IN defeating the measures for prepared
ness It IS entirely possible that Mr.. Wilson will
be in favor of Mr.. Bryan taking that nomination.
Why not?-New York Herald
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

After nine months OF negotiation Germany re-
fuses to admit that the murder OF Americans on
the high seas is illegal How can any one doubt
that it would still be going on but for the British
navy
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

"COuscenceless monsters fattening on the pain
racEed bodies OF their stricken victims is the way
a former governor OF Kansas describes the quack
doctors. We don't recall when anything quite so
good has come out OF Kansas
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
Work for Firing SQUAD.

Dr. Won Mach having conclusively proved that
a nurse at the Boston CITY Hospital teased a Ger
ma man boy about his nationality it is now I'D to
the authorities to end this reign of frightfuiness
II tne services OF a couple of firing squads are
Transcript
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

An Altoona man who ate I57 raw oysters in
forty minutes is claiming a record. He will have
to get reputation before he can hope to claim
attention for his feats in local circles
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

President Wilson has been invited to invade
William Jennings Bryan's home town and appeal
10 the people the subject of preparedness. But
the chances are Mr.. Bryan will not be at home
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

The letter Col. Roosevelt wrote to a little girl
who started fund to build battlcship with
contribution OF dime would be all right if it
wasn't 50 studousIy suitable to the occasion
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

The genius of those prognosticators who insist
that Kitchener is to lead the British forces in
Egypt continues to clamor for recognition.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

The United States can repel any foe, so long
as he appears only on paper.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10

Premier Borden says the war is only half over,
which recalls Lord Kitcheners prediction at the
start that it would last three years at the least.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-10
WORTH WHILE.

Winning, and sharing your gain;
Grinning, and bearing your pain;
Loving your friends and your foes forgiving
Makes any kind OF life worth living.
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