Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-05-29

allen in the Black Hills and that 1t
was still showing at the time of writ
ng Durango only got a little of the
northern storm.
Mr.. Johnson. who has just returned
from Silverton. says that the report
Of the sale of Sunnyside mine. given
in the Denver papers, is not verified.
Mr.. r. d. Burns, who has been Wis
iting his property at Trimble Springs
for the last few days. returned to his
home at TERRA Amarillo this morn
ing.
The merchants of the town say that
business is very fair-they have moth
ing to gnumble over. Otherwise 1t
seems little quiet on the street after
the excitement of last week.
Frank Weston, the actor, is in towr
-oday procuring supplies for his mine
in Needeton Mrs. Weston. known On
the stage as Effe Elser. is in the
east with her theatrical company.
Mr.. j. S. ID, Hopkins, the assessor, Is
out on trip to Pine river, Bayfield,,
and vicinity finishing up the assessing
Tor the country. He expects = be
away about ten days. and this will be
his last tTip fcr the season.
The frame work around the oil well
is pretty badly scorched from the
flames which leaped up at the outburst
of gas. They barely escaped a serious
burning over on the hill. The gas is
now being used for fuel and lighting
at the we'll.
w. C. Likes and James Carl, owners
of Trilby C. the fast pacing filly. re-
fused two offers, one of 5000 and one
of $500. Trilby C is one of the most
promising colts in the west. She is
game and one of the finest going colts
you will see. In her race of May 10th
in the second heat she stepped in
hole cutting her quarter hoof off, but
even that did not stop her, for she
went over the last heat and won with 4
out a mis-step.
Everything is quiet today at the il
well. Gas. however, is still coming
up the casing is all in place, and prep
arations are being made for the dis
covery of large stream of oil, such
as everything seems to indicate will
be struck few hundred feet further
down.
A case for decision regarding
forged check came up before Judge
Houx this afternoon. The check was
signed with the name of ID. A. Lew
is" and endorsed by Ralph Chase. 1t
was presented at the saloon of Maher
e Marshall and accepted. Mr.. Mar
shall. in turn, paid it over to Mr.. Pat
terson, who deposited in the Colorado
State bank, where the forgery was dis
covered. The case was taken under
advisement by Judge Houx for two
or three days.
Among the graduates of the Man
ual Training High school of Kansas
City last week was Miss Beatrice Mar
guerite Stevens, daughter of w. l..
Stevens. who once published the N.
w. New Mexican at Chama, N. NJ.
Miss Stevens essay was pronounced
the best in class of 175. She will
enter Vassar next fall Arthur Ew-
ing Stevens received medal for the
highest standing for the year in the
Jefferson school, Kansas City. and an
average of SO. Another brother, Ed
ward Stevens stood highest in his
grade for the entire year.
A large number of bulletins have re-
Gently been issued by the State Agri-
cultural college at Fort Collins. These
are very interesting and instructive to
those engaged in agricultural pursuits,
containing articles on the Sugar
Beet" Forests and Snow" alfalfa"
"Seepage and Return Water From
Irrigation These publications will be
sent to anyone free of charge, upon
application, but only those really in
terested in these lines of work are ex-
pected to send for the bulletins. Miss
Young has received several sample
copies for distribution. and anyone
wishing to do so, may send their order
to the college through her.
1t is reported that Patsy. the bull
dog at the fire department. got his
teeth into the little bear the other day
and showed Picket how bites feel.
The little fellow. though brave
enough. is no match for the bulldog at
present. and one of the men was
obliged to interfere in his behalf.
Wait until the little cub is a few
older. however. and even Patsy
NAV have to watch out for hugs and
1t is very interesting to
see his youthful performances in the
yard beside the engine house, and
when he is hungry he makes the fact
evident to all the neighborhood by his
cries. which sound like the bleating
of a sheep.
At the meeting of the Colorado-New
Mexico Fair association last night,
the finance committee was instructed
to figure out the amount of the eX-
penses, and collect the balance of the
guarantee fund. 1t was found that it
will take about so per cent of the