Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-07-29

: foot away from the rail. e; thi. end
of the track. whsn IN, lightning struck
had his fest nuubsd. While no ono
YES seriously hurt those struck felt
the effects of tte shock for several
days.
II. C. Townsend OF st. Louis. gen
eral passenger and ticket agent for
the Missouri Pacific. arrived last even
ing, staying over night in Durango.
Mr.. Townsend is making an inspec-
tion tour Of the Rio Grande system and
is accompanied BYE. f. Hoffman, the
NJ. P's travelling passenger agent.
whose headquarters are in Denver.
This is Mr.. Townsend's first trip to
this section with which he expressed
himself very favorably impressed.
The Missouri Pacific and Rio Grande
are practically connected, belonging
to the same great system. The NJ. P.
is good road and runs through a
prosperous and growing country. Il
belongs to the Gould system of rail
roads and is built to make money and
develop the country. not for stocl, job
bing. The Herald is glad to welcome
representatives of such enterprises to
Durango.
The word vallecito, which has be-
come abbreviated to "Viseeto," as CIV
en- by the natives. looks to the strang
er like something else. One of the
business man of our town tells lit
tie story concerning that same word.
On a recent trip to Denver he left
his overcoat in the Pullman. On 60
ing to the office to inquire for his
property the man in charge said:
what car did you come in on?"
'The Vallecito." was the reply. and
he pronounced it as. native should.
''What was that?"
"The Vallecito," our Durangoan re-
piled.
The man looked puzzled. but he took
down a list and hunted in it for awhile.
Then he said: 'We haven't any car
of that name''
"But you have" persisted the Du-
range man. "Why. | came In on it.
and ought to know It's the Vallecito
-V-a-l-"
Here the Denver man who was still
rummaging through the list In
rupted-
1--WE haven't any car vsllecito, but
there is Val-lek-eto,'
The Durango man got his overcoat
as soon as he recovered
From Fridays daily.
Roy Hayes of Holyoke, Utah. is in
town buyins supplies.
Ike Kruschke returned last even
ing from a trip to I.eadville.
There will he no Jury for the Sep
temher term of district court.
DIR. Coolidge went out on the East
ern to Denver en- route for Scranton,
Pa.
A party having small farm can
rent the same by addressing r, care
Herald
There will be band concert tomor-
row evening at the corner of Tenth
street and Third avenue.
Judge Graham who has been over
looking his property in the Needles
returned to Denver this morning.
Bishop Leonard, who making the
roundsof the diocese. will preach at
the Episcopal church this evening.
Brachvogels have some of the mic
est fruit in town. We speak on good
authority-that of experience. Try
it yourself and see if you don't think
likewise
The Lady Maccabees will give So
cial dance at Maccabee hall Saturday
evening. July 27. Tickets as cents
for gentlemen; Is cents for ladies'.
Good music; good time come.
One man under the influence of liq-
uOi dllcuueu tue odlNdllOu ARMY Ileel-
ing last night and had some fun. This
morning in the police court he paid
for the same to the tune of SIG.
Ed Feree has resigned his position
as book-keeper at the smelter. He
leaves on Tuesday for Salt Lake City
where he intends to go into business
with his brother, who is mining man.
The carpet department at Graden's
has been working double shift the
past season. This firm has turned
out more carpets this year than in
any given period in the company's
history.
Have you noticed the mall car
riers' shirt waists? They donned
them for the first time yesterday.
Strictly regulation waists" although
some people had to he told before they
found 1t out.