Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-16

w. S. Mcclure and Charles Woods
of Durango. are looking after the
rights OF Pine Ridge ditch.
Mr.. Hopkins. the assessor, is max
ing his. usual visit to Hesperus. where
he win remain over Sunday.
The La Plata river has fallen 2.2l
feet in 2s days, The scarcity of wa
ter is being felt in the Florida
w. H. Miller, representative OF the
New York Life Insurance company. of
Pueblo. is in town doing business.
Mrs. DIR. McCanna and son left this
morning for a months visit to Mrs
McCanna's old home in Philadelphia
Miss Jessie Blanchard returned yes
terday afternoon from Salt Lake.
where she has been attending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sadler of Ami
mas City. went out this morning on
the Eastern to visit relatives in Ill-
nois.
Mr.. George Wood, the Mancos drug
gist came In last night and proceed
ed on his way to Denver this morn
ing.
Mr. and Mrs Harry Ware and son
left this morning on the Eastern for
summer trip in Colorado Nevada
and other places.
p S. Douglass & Co, queensware
| and house furnishers. have dissolved
partnership. Mr.. Douglass retires
and Mr. II l.. Dixon will continue the
business.
F. H. Gordon is doing a very sat
isfactory grocery and mining supply
| business at La Plata. There are
large number of prospectors and MANY
have resumed work upon their prop
critics this spring.
Mr. T P. Brinegar started yesterday
with his prospecting outfit for the La
Platas. On his return. about the first
of October. Mr.. Brinegar expects to go
| to Kansas City, where he will take the
position of principal of one of the pre-
paratory schools.
Mrs Frank Grimash died at Mercy
hospital yesterday afternoon of heart
trouble. The remains We're taken to
the Goodman undertaking parlors and
from there the funeral will take place
this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Mr.. Hughes at Kruschke's is busy
ortfitting many in the clothing line
this week. People are beginning to
learn that good ready-made suits are
fully as good and at less than half
fully as good as tailor-made and at
less than half the cost
The Durango Soap works is now
turning out good quality of soap and
orders are increasing daily. All deal
ers in Durango handle it, and many
outside points are placing their or
ders for soap with the Durango com
pany
The Orange Railway and Realty
Co. will add very much to the at
fractions of Durango, when they have
carried out their plans as announced a
few DAYS ago in The Herald in con
structing a pleasure resort out of the
grounds north of Animas City. 1t will
be welcomed by all classes of people.
The Ranch and Range was paid $50
of the peoples money for lot of hot
air stuff for one j. C. Bradley. 1t
was paid out for a write-up of the
board of county commissioners. and
Boss Day of the Democrat. The in
dustries of La Plata county was a
second and last consideration.
The Herald will state now, as it has
in the past. the decree of Judge Hol-
brook restrained the county commits
sioners from giving out the county
printing unless it was under contract.
Arapahoe, FL Paso and other counties
throughout the state advertised for
bids for all classes of work.
II is doubtful If there is another
town in the in the state that show
cleaner alleys than Durango. Alder
man Patterson struck the keynote
when he suggested that city clean
them once and then compel property
owners to keep them clean. The
council done good work.
d. +. Day states now he owned no
paper in '97 or '9S. The same Day
under oath not many months since
swore that he did own a paper in
those years Now which Day will the
people believe This should settle 1t
in the minds of any one that he is un-
reliable and his statements are false
in every particular.
David F. Day through his paper can
not nor will not change the course of