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Show I DURANG0, COLO. . l- i Typical of the great, beautiful west with its broad charity, the true nobility nobil-ity of generous sympathetic neighbors is the following taken from the Duran-go Duran-go Democrat: "Three little children were last week drowned near Durango and the grief-stricken parents certainly certain-ly have the sympathy of all Durango n their great trouble. Let us defr burial of the recovered bodies of the two Cooke children until search for the third one is abandoned, and let the generous citizens of Durango nav all funeral expenses. The Elks have or will give, $50. the Durango Democrat Demo-crat 10 Mrs. J. c. Sanford $5. Now let the subscription be taken up bv Messrs. Harrington, McLellan and James Bennett, and let the public schools have a half holiday on the dav the afternoon, set for the funeral that the children of Park school may attend, at-tend, as well as children of all schools Durango has an abundance of blooom' and let all who can, or will, contribute flowers. Think of the grief that has been handed down to the parents Mr and Mrs. Charles Fleck of the Savov' and Mr. and Mrs. English of the Pal' ace, as well as the Strater and the Southern hotels, and all hotels, will furnish lunches for any who seek to recover the body of the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cooke let all turn out. Conductor on Farmington train will strew the searchers along the river bank. No effort will be spared to find the body of the remaining dead child. Durango Democrat. A few of Durango's citizens yesterday yester-day chipped in and made up a fund of $25 to be offered as a reward for the finding of the body 0f little Julia Cooke, who was drowned by a cloudburst cloud-burst last Wednesday. Who ever can bring to the stricken home the body of the little girl has but to come to the Democrat office and receive the reward. re-ward. Durango Democrat. |