Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-08-12


Mr.. b. N Freeman departed this
morning for Denver on business
The reports from the Upper Flor
ida are OF an encouraging nature for
farmers.
Judge Galbreath wants Durango to
! celebrate its quinto-centennial-w
ever that Is.
BrachvogeI & Co. are displaying the
finest lot OF apples so far received in
| Durango this year.
Mrs. G. r. Tiffany. Jr, left for Sill
/ verton yesterday for two weeks
visit with her sister.
| Il. o. Price. OF La Plata county, was
| elected on the state board of assess
ors. composed OF thirteen members.
Miss May Carlile. teaching in Du-
range last year, will perform the same
duties at Pagosa Springs this coming
school year.
Rev Ferguson is looking much i'm
proved since his camping trip. While
out he proved himself quite an expert
with the rod.
AS might have been expected, the
fusion assessors decided to ignore the
decision of Judge Dixon. This is
fusion methods.
High water washed out portion of
the Montezuma canal fiume the first
of the week. Workmen are repair
ing the damage.
+. II. Graham, who went to Del Norte
as juryman. will spend short
time at Wagon Wheel Gap with his
wife and daughter before returning.
b. w. Ritter returned from Del Norte
last evening, only spending few
hours in that place owing to the dis
posal of the cases In which he was in
terested.
Rev. Mr.. Webb pronounced the
words last night that made George e
Crater and Miss Maude Benton man
and wife. Both are Durango resi-
dents.
Among those contemplating taking
; In the excursion to Salt Lake are Mr.
and Mrs. II. d. Mcbride. Mrs. Ire
dale Mrs. Bertha Snyder and theii
friaud Mics Chiffon
c. II. Freeman, Archuleta county s
popular clerk, spent yesterday in this
city, returning home this morning
; .dr. Fireman says oil is the principa
theme of conversation in his neck o
the woods.
There was large turnout this morn
ing at the funeral of Thomas Con
way. and later the remains were iol
lowed to Greenmount cemetery by
many friends who deeply sympathizt
with the family.
Sol Schwayder was among the ar
rivals from Denver last evening on !
visit to the Rachoiskys. Mr. Schway
der is still in the law office of Mr.
Hughes in Denver He returns IL
Denver in a day or two.
DR.. G. +. Andrews and wife, of st
Paul, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. w. p
=, Vale. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrews hav,
got in the habit of coming to Colorado
and Durango every year and it is hare
to forego the pleasure.
, Mrs. Frank Dickinson, sister OF Mrs
/. b. Melville, arrived last night from
Cripple Creek on a short visit. II
the course of a week or ten days sh'
will be joined by her husband. who I.
lumber merchant of Cripple, but i:
now on hunting trip in the Hahn:
fpeak country.
; 1t seems as though fate had mucl
to do with ones life. That Thoma.
, Conway should have served two year.
against the Philippine insurgent.
, without so much as a scratch an,
then to accidently touch live wir'
, and die without a moments warnin.
is one OF the mysteries of life.
Frank Hartman has been doing som,
good work for the San Juan section
. and San Juan county in particular, il
the Denver Times. He has also sen
in several rattling letters to Mines ant
Minerals, published at Scranton. Pa.
besides the letters sent the Herald
There are few better or more descrip
tive mine writer's than Mr.. Hartman.
Present indications point to quite
a delegation from Durango to Zior
this year on occasion of the annuR
San Juan excursion. Salt Lake is :
: beautiful spot to visit in the summei
time, when bathing is fine. Then on:
can leave Durango ut 9:35 in the morn
ing and land in Salt Lake the neNt
morning. having sleeping cars from
Grand Junction.