Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-09-19

lines like these;
Cookie and sand burs are seen
along the roads.
What is known an skunk weed In
San Luis valley " called eIeon. or bee
weed, over there, and Ia recognized
as great sonrc. OF food for bees.
We saw $4,000 worth of Navajo
blankets In one pile at Pennington.
Flour sells at $3.50. sugar twelve
pounds for "A dollar-s7.7b q sack--a'
Pennington.
There " coal everywhere along the
In Plata. and one hsnrs OF veins thir-
ty TO forty feet thick below Farming
ION. This coal sells at about q dollar
a ton at the bank.
Dale's plnce. on the La Plata. Is
good stopping point. zs miles out from
Durango Mr.. Dale, Sr., tells a good
story, and his boys make Il stranger
feel nj home.
Old,timcrB will remember KIT
Carson. who made the iirsi location In
Carson Camp. Hinsdaie county. In
1881 He ia located three miles above
Pennington. between the Animas and
San Juan. and we enjoyed his hospi.
talty over night. Mr. Carson Is true.
blue. and relates many amusing aDe'
do,ca lie was sheriff Of San Juan
county for six years.
There are not many snakes around
Pennington. An occasional ratiIer
and few prairie aud water snakes
al the list
In the stroams arc cnrp. suckers,
stone rollers aud few trout
Farmiugton viii hold q big fair sep
iember IA 10 90 There win be $500
rnoing money The town expects
soon TO hnvo water works aud ,loc
irlo lights The place has Recently
Incorporated and elected it's first set
pf officers
"Old Man" Dale. on the La Plata,
rcforh 10 coal bank over on the Do
lores that has been nire for twenty
years.
Companies have organized 30 bore
for oil fifteon miles below Farming
ton, and the country is staked for a
long distance Samples Of oil stone
and ilmud are shown In town.
They cut three crops OF alfalfa
along the Animas and San Juan, and
two along the La Plata. average.
tons to tho acre. price S. toi6 ON the
ranch. Alfalfa grows there to per
lection.
Cattle are sent to the mountains In
summer aud winter ON alfalfa among
the ranches, Horscs are fed alfalfa
noafly altogether. and Fro mostly
worked without grain. except livery
aud last driving stock.
old,imors report liltle or no snow In
winter and wiuiufu warm. zero weather
being an exception. In June. July
and hall OF August. temperature
reaches 30 to 100 In the shade.
Nights are generally cool.
Improved lands are aoldat roson.
able pricoa souorally. aud small traets
may be had at probably $50 TO s75
per acre.
Good brick are burned almost any
whore IN this section. aud sell ats7 80
per thousand delivered. A pressed
brick machine viii be needed soon.
There rs no timber Of any conse
quonco close to Pennington. Lumber
makos back freight from the Duran
30 section. Cedar posts are found In
the hills. and fencing IL mostly with
wire.
l. l.. Thomas and W. A. Hunter are
Two old rosidonts OF Saguache now at
Farming,on. evidently doing well.
Politics in ssu Juan county are
quite evenly divided between Ropub-
licanB aud Democrats. Tho Populist
party is dead.
We met couple of the Wothcrell
boys nj CarsonA place Tuesday night.
They are the pioneer guides OF the
country. and show tonderfcet the
trails between the A a Z, road and
he Chocco section. where the old
ruins are located
Not much grain ia raised around
Pennington at present A local mill
viii soon be built. however. and farm
ers are expected 60 run more to
grain.
Owing 10 distance to market, many
orchards have been allowed Co dete
riora'o and the Preference given To
alfalfa AZ farm product This will
be largely overcome by the building
OF railroad,
The Hyde exploring expedition Is
the nnme Of company OF capitalists
with headquarters ut Pennington and
a long string OF Siorca In that town
and down through the southwestern
country. They buy all the fruit that
can be- had ht cent pound. includ-
Ing all grades The grower picks the
fruit and places Il ON a packing table
The Hydes take It from the table.
wrap aud pack the best grades for
shipment. aud carry poorer grades To
their fruit eyRporator. Here II goes
through the operation OF pcellng. siic-
ing. bleeching and evaporatlnE The
refuse goes to make elder aud feed
hogs The growers seem well pleas'
ed with the treatment accorded by the
iydos
A cannory rs one of Farming,on's
prospects.
The Hyde company aeAl heavily In
Navajo blankets ANA employ Navajos
10 freight from Farmiugton to the A.