Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-09-23
Eastern train three hours late.

this morning.
Miss Nettie O'DriscolI went to sll
yerton this morning.
Buy home before Durango real es-
tate gets beyond your means.
Mrs. Finny Jones was Silverton
bound passenger this morning.
Twenty people are employed by the
Pennington eyaporator people.
Chas. Il. Mcconnell goes to Denver
In the morning to see about the au-
tomobile exhibit.
round trip OF $4G5 should induce
good many Pagosaites to visit Du-
range fair next month.
II you happen up the Animas val
ley tomorrow. suppose you take dinner
at the Hermosa house.
James Marshall is home from
visit to the Pennington fair. Says
The pumpkin show was all right.
Returning Durangoites from the
Pennington fair report an enjoyable
trip and fine treatment at Farming
ton.
J. b. Petrie, OF San Juan county. is
In the city looking after the sampling
Of car of ore from his Stony Pass
property.
Snpt. Downs reports big increase
in high school attendance, the num-
ber being above thirty that of any pre-
ceedlng year.
j. +. Spickard went TO Edith this
morning from which place he expects
to journey to Denver. having legal
business to attend to.
The editor OF the Alamosa Courier
vas experimenting with a bucking
broncho a week or so ago. Laid up
for repairs of an elbow.
The laboring men who turned out
at the Mckinley memorial services
must feel elated at being ridiculed
by their personal organ.
| Alamosans are mourning the sud
den departure of one b. A. Clayton
who decamped on stolen horse and
left numerous bills unpaid.
Remember the social dance tonight
at Vendome hall The floor is In ex-
cellent shape. and with good music
there should be large attendance
Gentlemen so cents. ladies' free.
u. N, Freeman and Frank Wade
returned yesterday from Farmington.
Mr.. Freeman reports large attend
ance at the fair and very credtable
exhibits. the apple crop being the
only one not up to past standards,
The editor OF the Antonito Ledger
says newspaper picking is becoming
mighty slim in that neck OF the woods
the entire advertising patronage OF
the paper amounting to only SIT per
month. and If it were not for his job
of licking stamps, being postmaster.
h' Npbii hiii We 10 utdiI,
The band concert last evening was
of short duration In the first place,
there was not much of crowd, ow-
Ing to the fact of the same not be.
Ing advertised in The Herald. and,
secondly, after the rendition of two
pieces 1t commenced a slight rain,
and adjournment followed
Manager and Mrs. Hackett OF the
Western Union. departed this morn
ing for a short visit to Canon City.
Accompanying them was Miss Norma
Johnson. Mrs, Hackett's neice, who
has been visiting them for the past
ten weeks Miss Johnson goes ii.
rect to her home In Waco. Texas,
having passed very enjoyable time
in this city.
The funeral of T. ID. Mason, at the
residence OF deceased's uncle, Thorn
as Mason on Lightner creek, yeste--
day, was attended by large number
of friends and fellow miners, and the
cortege to Greenmount cemetery
showed the esteem in which he was
held. Rev. Mr. Shrber ofllciated and
spoke words OF comfort and encourage
ment to the relatives and friends.
The letter published the other day
from Robert Vinyard had much of the
lathet'c in its composition. "Off for
year. at least" with the fact staring
the expedition in the face that more
arctic explorers fail to return than re-
turn. We trust, however, that such