Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-05-13


business on large scale. Resfdas
shipping eggs to the number Of nine
hundred cases per week. he dressas
dry PICKS and and packs poultry for
the eastern markets. Should the ro.
suit of his investigations prove s,tis.
factory Mr.. Snitzmeyer stated he win
settle in this section. Coming ,f.m
the level farming country of Nilsson.
RI the mountainous character of this
state proves novel and attractive
The trip over the d. & R. G. was es.
pecially interesting on account of Aa
grandeur OF the scenery. On The
range the snow was banked up some
hve or six feet on either side of tho
snowsheds. Mr. Snitzmeyer said be
considered that trip through the
Colorado mountains, to a plainsman
was liberal education.
The auction sales at Freunds are
being largely attended. Big bar
gains are sold daily to the highest
bidder. The gooas are going fast
and cheap.
Mr.. Vidler is a broadswordsman of
no mean skill and holds the Rocky
mountain championship. About
year ago he defeated noted Rus.
sian, who, by the way, was the owner
of an unpronounceable name
The Herald prints the news of the
outside world long in advance of all
competition. This accounts for the
reason The Herald is read by great
er number of people than any other
publication circulated in the south
west
The high school boys field day is
evidently to be success. A number
of the lads are sporting their colors
| already in honor of the oeNsIon.
Some handsome prizes are offered by
| the different business men of the
town. Further particulars will be
given later.
The Herald has evidently Stirred
the skunk up in pretty bad shape
| from the manner he is throwing bou-
| quets mornings. But it's hard to eN-
terminate skunks. They spring up
when you are not looking and every
| community has to put up with the
| nuisance. only some are more active
| and loathsome and Durango contains
the king bee.
H. e. Mcllroy has just received
| letter from Sam Vidler, who will be
Major McGuire's opponent in the
broadsword contest. Mr.. Wider ex-
poets to leave Cripple Creek for Du-
| feeling in good form and expects to
| carry back the majors scalp. BY
means of notices in the papers and al
so the distribution of posters Cripple
Creek is being thoroughly billed. A
good sized crowd is expected from
that place.
| Last evening at the Catholic church
Mr.. Edmond H. Ryan, lawyer of
Moab. Utah, and Miss Katherine Per-
kins of Monticello, Utah. were united
in the bonds of matrimonk THE
bridegroom evidently was not accus-
toned to getting married-he applied
to the city clerk for the license Not
at first succeeding in finding that of
ficial the gentleman happened in on
the water commissioners They kind
ly directed him to the city clerk. who
in turn sent him to the countyRlerl-
and his troubles were over. By the
time that license was procured most
of the city officials had a hand in the
matter, to say nothing of the inter
est aroused. AS one of these inter
ested said: He made himself lot
OF unnecessary trouble, poor fellow
but he'll know better next time"
! Messrs. Sellers and Hunter of
Pennington, who have been looking
over the Durango field the past day
or two in the interests of telephone
connection, have been able to arouse
considerable interest with the assist
| ance of Mr.. Ritter. BY singular CO.
| Incidence the Durango subscription
when closed at noon amounted to ST.
2o5, while that of Pennington is ex-
actly the same figure This leaves
practically balance of 5000 to be
I raised by Aztec where general meet
ing has been called and which will
be attended by the first named gen
tlemen. SO far Aztec people have
not designated the amount they wilr
contribute. Those having the matter
in charge say they have been guaran-
teed $500 by La Plata people, and
$500 by Fruitland provided the line
is constructed by that route and in
case Aztec does not take hold the La
Plata route will undoubtedly be adopt
ed. The cost of the line will an
proximate 10000 and the $4,000 ask
ed is not contribution but merely to
show the company that the line is de-
sired by the people
Silverton is to the front with anoth-
er shooting scrape, which took place
yesterday after an all-night carousal.