Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-30
In Dolores this morning. after spend
! ing a few days in Durango on busi-
ness


ness.
Mrs. NJ NJ. Moeller, who has been 1
here to fix up the affairs OF her daugh-
ter. Mrs. Feeney. lately deceased re-
turned to her home at Gardner this
morning
Mrs. II. H. Tammen Of Denver. wife
of the editor OF the Denver Post. and
and Mrs. Frank Tammen. also of Den
yer. went out to Mancos this morning
for a visit after short stay in Du-
range
Mrs. II. a. Barr and daughter of No
gales. Ariz., formerly of Durango,
went through. last evening to Silverton
where they will visit Mrs. Barr's sis
ters, Mrs Hampton and Mrs. Ger
rard.
Mrs. Lou Kemble. who has been WIS.,
itipg Durango for the past two weeks
went out last evening to Silverton
where she will take charge of the
North Star boarding house on Sultan
mountain.
Reports from Pennington and Aztec
state the peaches are maturing fast.
and this section will soon be supplied.
Apricots are rlpening and will proba-
bly, be ready for market in a week
or so.
Mr. and Mrs. l.. " Cresswell of
Iowa, who have been visiting for some
| time at Ogden. Utah went through
this morning. On their way home
they will visit points in Colorado, Ne
braska and Iowa reaching home in
the fall They expressed much utter
est in this Fart of t he country.
The oil well started In to work last
night but some of the machinery
broke down again this morning.
C. A. Mclaughlin came down from
| his ranch above Roclswcod Yesterday
and spent the night in Durango.
Mr. Baldwin came up from the val
ley today and brought nice lot of
vegetables He says he will have
green peas tomorrow.
Mrs j. C. Strawn. wife of the d.
r. G. agent at Monte Vista. went out
to Telluride this morning, having
spent the night in Durango. with Mrs
ireland Mrs. Strawn will spend two
weeks in Telluride at the home of Mr..
| Nash. the express agent at that place.
| Just why 1t should he such a re-
markable thing for some of the cor
poratons to skip an occasional divi-
dend is not made plain-after consid-
ering the fact that Durango newspa-
occasions without creating any great
excitement
! Charley Casad is sporting the mob
biest rig in the city. having purchased
same while on the outside It Is for
one horse. low boxed. with rubber
tires. Charley SAYS we can have 1t
when we go fishing next time. as being
the latest thing out should be an at
traction for trout to be taken home
In.
Miss Gray's opera "FourLeaved
Glover" which is o be given by the
children at the Opera house on July
9nd. promises to be very fine affair.
The children have been in training for
y long while. and those who have seen
the little ones on the street. in their
fancy costumes. viii realize that II is
going to he worth taking In.
Thirteen Young people went from
North Durango yesterday. and were
| ioined by Joe Day and another party
at Hermosa making % in all. on a
picnic up the Anlmas valley at Box
canon. The dav was very pleasantly
spent in games and the usual picnic
amusements. and everyone had a de-
lghtful outing. In the evening they
stopped at the home OF Mrs Wiggles-
worth. who was one of the party and
took supper there. arriving home
about Q O'Clock. II was a most enjoy
able occasion
The Floto dog and pony show pull
ed out shortly after twelve this morn
ing for Silverton, where afternoon and
evening performances will be given
Probably three thousand people
passed inside the gate in this city.
there being about 200 paid admis-
siors IN the afternoon and probably
400 complimentaries, at least this was
the estimate of one of the attaches
who ought to know. The evening
brought out about the same number,
but the number OF passes were few
compared with the afternoon, so 1t
is safe to say $500 people paid to see
the dogs and ponies perform their
parts, which, in some instances were
remarkable a nd plainly indicated that
the horse and the dog are possessed
OF human intelligence In many cases.
The funeral of John Butler, who
died day before yesterday at Mercy
hospital. took place at 10 o'clock this
morning at st. Columba's church. A
requiem mass was said by Father Pita-
val The sermon and the rites for the
dead were very impressive. The cof-
fin WAS covered with beautiful flowers