Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-30
From saturday. Daily.

Remsnber the ~Ptckaniny Ball" at
vendome hall-
| Quits : nanbsr Of ranchmsn were
in the c1ty today.
BociaI dance 1t vsndome hall this
evening. Al invited.
G. = Mcconnell goes to Denver In
the morning. Be back New Years
day.
School vacation continues another
week for Ill pupils below the ninth
grade.
W. O. Allen. who has been looking
after ranch interests up the valley
the past few days. expects to return
to wisconsin In = few days.
Durango's subscribers to the Du-
range and Fnrmington telephone sys-
tenn can obtain telephone scrip by
calling 1t the First National bank and
depositins their rcccipts
The Southwest ought to 20 after
the establishment OF military acad-
emy at Durango or somewhere near.
Durango will zee to 1t that we get .
packing house.
Prospecting continues In the Rock
wood section. Paddy Hughes is
working on his tunnel and Jim Hold
en- says he is looking for a good deal
OF work to start up yet this winter.
ed. M. Brown is down from Mineral
Point for the holidays. Mr.. Brown
Is contracting this winter and will re-
turn In a few days to complete the
work which will take until about Feb
ruary 1.
There will be "Pickaniny Bali 1t
Vendome hall on New Years Eve to
which the dancing public Is cordially
Invited. There Is going to be lots NJ
fun. and you might az well make mn
your mind TO attend
The merchants Of Durango are
thankful for the liberal patronage be-
slowed the past year by the surround.
Ing country. The Durango markets
are up-to-date in every particular and
prices are always right.
The school vacation has been ex-
tended another week. with the excep-
tion OF the high school. which consists
OF the ninth grade up. All grades
below tho ninth win enjoy another
| full week--until January Z.
The completion of the telephone
line to Aztec and Farmington is sim
ply the advance forerunner OF great
improvements. The line brings Du-
range In closer communion with our
southern ncighbors and tends to ce-
ment business relations.
Judge j. l.. Russell has returned
from visit to Denver, whose chief
interest while he was there were the
gratest holiday displays ever wit
messed In the capital city. All Denver
was turned over to Christmas Joys
and festivities.
II some active promoter will now
bring about q deal In the La Plata
district. similar to the one at Rico,
the ''prospectors rate" scheme will
be forgotten. The district In worthy
of the attention OF such men a. have
gone into this great Rico enterprises.
Henry Ashe, an old-timer and pi-
oneer of the San Juan, arrived ON the
noon train from Durango yesterday.
In speaking OF the unusual weather
conditions he said. Il have seen ~
winters In the San Juan and there ID
less snow 30 far this season than in
any previous season. ."-Silverton
Standard.
Fred l.. Chase. who arrived from
Sugar City To spend the holidays with
HIS family. says that section IL pro-
crossing nicely and that farmers are
making money raising beets- The
factory will have 100 days run this
year. Mr.. Chase will return to su-
gar City the first day Of May. having
contracted for another season. He 10
now preparing to move his family to
this city, giving UP ranch Life.
Hespcrus IL going to make pure
~ater campaign next year for In
creased population. l; IL urged that
with train service over the South
ern TO suit tho convenience OF bust
ness men, they can reside with their
families at Hesperus and attend To
their work In Durango. going home
every evening. A suburban train
service would TX that And this
would help Durango. too.
The telephone crew OF 80 men Ar
rived from Pennington last evening
and this morning departed for Den
Yer. Most OF these men arrived In
the spring and have been putting In
steady time since. first constructing
the Sil,erton line and then the Du-
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