Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-11

/. The work Of changing the Durango
system will siso be comm sncsd At cncs
as it is hoped to have everything in
| shape for business with Denver by |
August first.
Did you know that the grand stand
at the Silverton race track will have a |
I roof before many moons? Then the |
| sun won't blister the gentlemen's |
complexion.
| Smelter City Hive No. 81 made
1 things pleasant at the lodge rooms |
last evening, the occasion being the |
Gath birthday OF Mrs. Scouton of North |
Durango. The aged but bright old
lady was presented with beautiful
Maccabee pin on behalf Of the lodge,
Mrs. DR.. McEwen making the pre-
sentation speech. Refreshments
were served
The Herald, as usual, was the only
Durango publication with sufficient en-
terprise to send representatives to Sill
verton to handle the 4th of July cele-
bration and advertise the section to
the world at large. 1t is the only
paper to send representatives to the
various mining districts of San Juan
county. This accounts for the large
and increasing circulation The Herald
enjoys throughout Southwestern Col
orado.
The Mexican killed during the re-
cent trouble at the Smuggler Union
last week left Durango few days pre-
vious. having been working on one of
the roasters at the smelter. being
good representative of the race and an
active worker. Those who knew him
do not think he was working at the
Smuggler or had anything to do with
either side, simply being victim of
one of the stray bullets.
Ed Williams. a capitalist and banker
of Chicago. has just returned from
a trip to East Mancos. where he invest
ed in some mining property. Mr.. VIII
liams arrived here on July 4th. and af-
ter trip to Silverton went out to the
La Platas. M. e. Duxted of Alamosa
and Mike Hurley of Chama accompan-
, led him. Things are moving at East
Mancos A new cyanide mill Is 60
ing up and also mill for chlorination
process The company with which
: George Bauer is connected Is erect.
ing the mills.
: Charley Casad has resigned as man.
ager of the Durango ball team. The
attendance at Sundays game convinc-
l Vr,I n,,,, t.
: ronize efforts in behalf of good ball.
and he does not feel like going down
in his pockets too heavily to keep a
team going. 1t is understood that
r Harry Lee will join the Ricoites while
Farot will go to Telluride. SO it is re-
ported. 1t is too bad that this is the
case as Durango had gotten together
team that was worthy of the town
l and exchange games with Silverton
: were in sight besides the rubber at
Telluride and series of games dur
ing fair week. or course 1t is possi-
+ BILE to secure the services of Mr.. Lee
= and also pitcher should match games
be scheduled, and 1t might be well for
the rest of the boys to keep in prac
tice.
Robert ]. McCartney's great cleo
trio power project which involves the
harnessing of the Animas at point
ust below lockwood is soon to assume
the tangible. Representatives of the
company will soon be In town and i'm
mediately following their arrival the
work Of construction on the dam, etc.
will begin. At the point Of concuss-
Ion OF water and wheels the power win
: be second to none other in Colorado
1 Enough volts will be represented by
the dynamos to furnish power for
hoisting and milling purposes for all
the mining propositions in the San
Juan country. besides lighting Silver
ton and all the towns tributary there
to. Mr.. Mccartney is one of the best
mill men that ever trod San Juan soil,
but while closely watching the opera
tion OF side-shake concentrating ta-
bles and the like. his mind has been
: partially occupied on schemes for the
netting of bigger fish than $40 day.
His pet project will be fairly under
way before many sun-ups.-Silverton
Standard.
,l Like Durango. Silverton has a few
= young men of the Smart Alecky"
l kind-every town is pestered with
them. for that matter. On the night
of the Fourth, for fear people wouldn't
notice that they were there. these
, bright citizens went out of their way
, to attract attention. or course. there
was crowd The hall is small and
1t was difficult to avoid coliding with
. other couples. Still even these rea-
sons are not sufficient to warrant
mad rush back and forth around the
room. knocking aside the unfortunates
in the way. beside inhicting kicks and
generally walking all over people who
were making the best of 1t and trying
to pursue the even tenor of their way