Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-04-10

Silver City, n. NJ. where he will visit
his brother Frank and investigate
some other propositions which he is
Interested in. VIII be absent until
abo1t the first of May.
T. W Hunt of Silverton is spending
fhc day in Durango. He is enroute to
San Francisco on short business ami
pleasure trip.
Superintendent OF Schools Miss
Young received a telegram this morn
ing from Silverton announcing theV '
Heath oil Mr.. kreutz and to notify
auehter, Miss Marie Kreutz. who is
teaching school at Pargin The re
quest was complied with but it may
not be able to reach the young lady
before tomorrow.
Senator Annear OF San Juan county
says it is going to be straight Demo
cratic and straight Republican this
fall The Herald is of the opinion
our neighboring senator is off. The
Dems would like to go it alone but
will be afraid to ignore the Pops en-
tirely. hence fusion will be forced on
them And fusion 1t makes one
sick to think of it.
Charles Cram is down from the
Highland Mary mine, about ten miles
from Silverton. He reports the open
ing up of a fine body of ore in the
mine and predicts a great future for
the property. He says there is not so
very much snow in the mountains,
the hot sun taking it off very fast,
especially in exposed places. Mr.
Cram returns to the mine in a few
days
The Ouray board of trade seems to
be an enterprising association. Reg
ular meetings are held and subjects
for advancement of the interests of
the town discussed. Last week the
question of a fine summer resort ho-
tel was taken up, also the question Of
the Durango train making direct conN
nections at Ouray instead of Ridg-
way; also the question of through
sleeping cars from Salida to Ouray.
Nothing like getting together and
pushing matters for mutual benefit.
Night Policeman Alexander run onto
some Austrians late Sunday night
| who were attempting to "roll' a
man below the railroad tracks. The
men broke away in a run and two
shots were fired at them, Mr.. Alex
ander firing to the ground. pecul-
lar incident happened, one of the bull
lets striking a stone and splitting In
two one piece glancing and dropping
in the Arcade. The would-be rollers
escaped
H. C. Schroeder is in from Bayfield,
attending the April session of the
commissioners. Mr.. Schroeder is
branching uot in business, having re
Gently decided to put in a stock of gen
eral merchandise. To this end store
building is in readiness and a com
plete line of goods will soon be on
hand. This, in connection with his
Touring mill interests will keep him
kind of busy, But that's what bus
mess man wants.
The funeral of Bud Thornton took
place this afternoon from Hoods I'm
dertaking parlors, Rev. Mr.. Hawke of
| ficiating. Deceased died at Mercy
| hospital Sunday night, where he had
been for the past five months suffer
ing from bladder troubles. He had
simply wasted away. Mr.. Thornton
has been in the country the past ten
or twelve years, having worked and
prospected many years in the La
Platas and for some time previous to
going to the hospital was interested in
one of the games at the Keg saloon
| The La Plata river country promises
to start off in few days with regu-
lar gold shipper of Importance. The
Yellow Eye, on which Prets and
Trachsler did a little development
few years ago, has been opened up
| by Mr.. Wolff and others in new
place, and sampling of the ore has
proven value of fifty dollars gold
per ton. Teams will be employed to
haul the ore to Hesperus station with
in a few days, as soon as the
roads dry up a little more. Mining
people familiar with the Yellow Eye
have predicted fer several years that
it would make a good shipper with
proper development.
The residence of w. ]. Godfrey, OF
the Vulcan foundry, was badly scorch-
ed last night by fire and the wonder
is it was not entirely destroyed. 1t
was about half-past twelve, when the
daughter. sleeping upstairs, discover.
ed fire in her room. She rushed down
stairs and woke her parents with the
exclamation of fire. One of the boys
ran to the fire alarm and notified the
department which responded quickly
and by rapid work was able to save
the building, although it was badly
damaged by both fire and water as
well as the furniture. The blaze was.
unquestionably the work of an incens.
diary by kindling the fire under the.
front door step, the blaze eating its,
way between the siding and plastering
to the second story and gable end