Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-01-21

f'it III i'tHNtI. olit 10 At pitothA
ing at the Y NJ c. A. building.
Another Durango girl. Miss Clara
Brown, has also made the Y. NJ. C..
A. her headquarters. Miss Brown
holds position with the Smith Pre-
mier Typewriter Company
Mr.. Otto Hartung is studying den
tistry in the city department of the
Denver University.
Miss Minnie Mohr. whom many Du-
rangoites will remember as n most
efficient teacher in our schools. is
still teaching in Denver She speaks
OF her work with more enthusiasm
than ever.
University Park, beautiful suburb
ci Denevr. is the present location OF
Miss Elfrida Greenfield. The young
lady is taking special work at the
Denver University She is enjoying
the rest from teaching as well as
gaining new inspiration for future
work
Miss Evelyn Rawlins. one of last
years graduates. is studying faith
her work very much Miss Rawlins
intends to At herself to be a teacher.
At the Modern School of Business
there are several Durango boys and
girls: Walter Ambold, Frank Cook,
Will White. and Misses Agnes God
frey and Bernie Koehler. The teach
ers speak well of all the young peo-
pie while Miss Bernie has made bril-
liant record.
The many friends of Mrs. Helen M.
Grenfell. the state superintendent of
public instruction. who We're unable
to attend the Teachers Association
held recently. will be glad to know
that she is as full of zeal and earnest
purpose as ever. She is very busy
person. There are people waiting in
the ante-room all day long. 1t was
only after repeated effort that The
Herald representative was able to
get an audience. A detailed account
OF the interview will be given later
sss
Mr.. Tom Patterson has no kick
coming about the ingratitude of this
wicked world. It's good enough for
him just now. His latter days are
provided for.
Governor Thomas? That's an
other story. Requiescat en- pace.
Governor Orman doesn't look well
these days. He appears tired. as il
the cares OF state weighed heavy upon
his manly brow. Perhaps it isn't as
much fun as it looks to be governor
just now.
OF course. the governor was
very busy that afternoon. He
couldn't help that That's one of
the privileges of the Office. On the
other hand, neither could l. Be
sides, it's such a busy world. and
such busy people in it. that you don't
expect to find anyone at leisure. The
governors private secretary Mr. Ha-
ven. was very affable, but rather du-
bious.
Hes twenty minutes late.for an en-
gagement he has already made" he
said. twirling my card over and over
uneasily.
| looked at the speaker blankly.
Then made up my mind.
How unfortunate was what |
l,,t h,
shouldn't make any difference. Nor
did it.
you couldn't call again?" suggest.
ed Mr.. Haven.
No. I'm afraid not. I'm leaving
the city tomorrow.
Well, at any rate. my turn came
finally and In | went. When first in
Il oduced. the governor was plainly
anxious to be gone, but when eX-
planned my errand and made my mod
est request for one minute Of his time,
he sat down at his desk and began to
chat We spoke of Durango, natur-
ally. of its hard times and struggles
and also of the brighter days dawning.
Governor Orman spoke of the time
when the railroad was built and men
toned the fact that he had been in.
terested in this section for many
years.
Yes. it's nice country down
there" he said give it time to de-
velop.'
Some of our people have grown
tired waiting for the good times com
ing" | said It's very slow
Its slow all over the state. 1t
takes time"
Well" i said. Durango is begin
ming to pull through now. If some
of those reforms mentioned in your
inaugural address are put through, it
will mean great deal to us
Yes" he answered, land to all the
state. | hope"
Il hope so too. At any rate. in our
community the people irrespective of
politics wish you success"
Then the conversation drifted once
more to the inaugural address, liz the
midst of which | remembered that my
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