Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-12-23

ting in pipe line to carry water to
the city.
There will be a special meeting II
the Blue Masonic lodge Monday even
ing. Two candidates for the third.
Installation OF officers will take place
Friday evening.
Superintendent Downs leaves in the
morning for Denver to attend the
| Teachers Association meeting to be
held the coming week. Professor
Downs is on the list as one of the
speakers, and this means something
good Mrs. Downs will accompany
him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dave johnson, nee
Miss Lucretia NJ. Bradford. arrived
from Dolores last evening, having
been married at the home of the
brides parents yesterday morning by
Rev. Mr.. Perkins of this city. The
couple departed on the morning train
for California, going via Santa Fe.
The Elwood mining camp, north Of
Pagosa, promises to be more active
next year than 1t has been. Mill
building is talked of and several min
ing enterprises will bestarted up
Small quantities of paying ore have
been shipped from the district, but
milling will be required to secure
greater production.
little work is going on in the
lockwood district, on the wilkins
properties which have shown en-
couraging values by tests in mill
lots. Several Silverton people are
interested in the lockwood section
and further development may prove
some mines, If the Silvertonians get
strung out with their characteristic
vim.
Florence McHugh, an eleven-year-
old girl. who has been attending St.
Mary's academy, died last night from
a complication Of diseases. The lit
tie girl came here from Delta last
fall to attend the academy. Her IA
ther arrived last night and will take
the remains to Delta, leaving tomor-
row morning.
Peter Rosetta, who was accident
ally killed at the Porter mine yester-
day afternoon, has brother work
ing at the mine and several relatives
in the adjacent country, telegram
from Ophir this morning announcing
that relatives from that point would
arrive on today's train to attend the
funeral, which will probably be held
tomorrow.
1t is understood that satisfactory
progress is being made on the enter
prises being promoted by r. j. Nc
Cartney of Silverton for the construc.
tion of mammoth electric power
plants at Bakers bridge and above
there on the Animas river. 1t is es-
timated that these plants will devel
op $4,000 horsepower and cheaper
the cost of electric power In the Sill
verton country.
The production of gold in the La
Plata mountains during the past year
unfortunately. has been confined to
the Neglected mine almost alone, but
| II wan nv pS oo uuiihS liiC toLihS
year. The Doyle syndicate will not
permit it. even though a dozen 9th
er properties capable of production
shall remain idle for various reasons
or no reason at all save lethergy OF
innocuous desuetude.
Many enterprises are being plan
ned for reservoirs and water storage
for irrigation in the country surround
ing Durango, and IL one-fourth of the
number materialize the country will
soon be curtailing the volume of farm
products shipped in from Kansas and
Nebraska. We're the home produc
tion doubled next year. the demand
would keep the present stiff prices up
just as high. The farmer of the
southwest has been strictly in it for
the past three years.
Again there is discussion of the es
tablishment in Durango of meat
packing house. Why not have such
an enterprise instead of shipping our
stock out of the country to be pack
ed at Omaha, Denver or Kansas City
, to be shipped back again, making us
, pay the freight both ways? A Nav.
ajo could readily see that we need a
home packing house to stop this dou
BILE freight graft and three profits for
three handlers.
A Salt Lake company has been Dor.
ing for oil near the San Juan river
about 80 miles west of Bluff City
Utah. during the past summer and
they now have depth of 300 feet,
with small flow of oil. Work has
been suspended for the winter, but
will be resumed in the spring with I.
larger and more comprehensive plant
OF machinery. The Salt Lake peo.
pie have their eagle eye on that sec.
tion. and 1t is probable other com.
panies will be organized there for oil
boring.