Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-25
sr. He reports farmers busy in his

err He reports farmers busy in his
section.
Arthur Evans is entertaining his
mother. who arrived from Lake City
to visit him.
There are thousands or acres OF til
liable land awaiting settlement in La
Plata county.
A. Mershon started ont up the val
tour for the Famous.
j. II. McDevitt left this morning for
Alamosa. and on around the circle. on
monthly inspection tour.
Louis b. Schwanbeck of Denver
Will look after mining interests near
SiIverton for a few days.
Manager Dan Mclean of the smclt-
er returned last evening from. Il pus-
ihVoo ZIP W )tuNtl Il utDlO.
Senator Annear of San Juan coun-
ty has returned from his eastern trip,
arriving in Silverton last evening
Make it a point to assist in enter
tanning visiting members VINO will be
guests OF the Durango Odd Fellows
this week.
X. II. Sloan was a Denver bound
passenger this morning He will
stop one day at Pagosa Junction Ell
ther going or returning.
Neighboring Odd Fellows will begin
arriving tomorrow evening. although
the bulk of them will not be here be-
fore Thursday evening.
Z. H. Mcconnell will land in Denver
in the morning, when he will receive
snug sum as first payment on a
group of mining claims located near
Ouray.
Work will soon commence on the
construction OF the Silverton telephone
line. When started Stubbs Il Jak-
way will push work for ali there is in
1t.
While in Denver Mr.. Mcconnell
Will endeavor to induce race horse
men to come to Durango next month,
and he expects one or two cars of
horses from that city.
Reports from San Juan county re-
port no damage to fruit SO far this
spring. The cold weather kept buds
back and it is believed that danger l.
about over
The Herald's job presses are run
ming steadily keeping up with the
rush of work. 1t pays to employ COM
petent workmen in order that Gus
toners secure the best
Hub Sherer is down from Minnie
gulch. where he is prospecting and
working claims which he believes will
land him in a palace before many
yVuio' shdy thlS ne u uc.
This is the season of the year when
the average lot owner pays $3.50 to
have his back yard spaded, and invests
$2.f5 in garden seed to raise S175
worth of vegetables. But we must
| not overlook the pleasure derived in
wedding and irrigating and driving
the neighbors' chickens out of the
yard.
"A consignment of 200 sacks of wool
from Largo is being received at the
Wolf 4 Co. hide and wool house today.
Last week this firm shipped five cars
OF wool They are doing rushing
business and successfully meeting all
competition from points in New Mex
leo, as well as throughout this entire
section.
The construction of telephone line
to Pennington is almost an assured
fact. The cost will be in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. The $4,000 guar
antee fund which will be represented
in scrip. is transferable and good for
any length of time, consequently those
subscribing are only out the money
for the time bein, hence the telephone
company proposition is good one
Messrs. Wetter Il Sease have sold
the Fulton market to Dave Johnson
and Jake Hargesheimer, the transfer
to be made May l. Both the latter
gentlemen have been connected with
the Fulton market for long time and
are fully conversant with the require
ments OF the trade, and will make it
a point to keep up the reputation of
this popular place of business. Messrs.
Wetter Il Sease will go into the cat
tie business, feeding and wholesaling