Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-07-21
II a wi h tie family of
her brother Postmaster Biggs.

her brother. Postmaster Biggs
The saa Iuan district ms iute con
veles in Durango a week from Mon
lay. Secretary Miss Young is work
ing hard to get everything in readi-
ness.
Forest fires are doing considerable
damage on the Hermosa. They have
been burning several days. the section
in question having been skipped by
rain.
Henry NJ. Soule was among the ar
rivals from Boston last evening. Mr..
Soule finds his Durango investments
good ones and is always glad to visit
Durango and Silyerton.
The past week has been lively one
at Kruschke's. Unusual bargains
have prevailed and Mondays paper
will announce still greater ones in
other departments Mr. Kruschke's.
motto is to carry over no summer
goods.
The Palace hotel continues to gath
err in large number of the travelling
people The fame OF the place since
the new addition was built. along with
improved table has gone abroad and
McNeeley is doing the best business
in years.
Three vags We're up for considera-
lion before Judge Houx this morning,
Twenty-Five dollars and costs, with
the same renlitted was the sentence.
providing they make their departure
within twenty-four hours and }eep on
going.
Perrung's bakery will be well sup
piled this evening with everything
needed for Sunday, including bread.
cake. pastry OF all kinds and everything
usually kept in a frst-class bakery.
Don't bother baking when an oppor-
unity of this kind is offered.
j. r Brewer has purchased the San
'uan stables of viii Alexander and
will give the same personal attention. p
Mr. Brewer understands the requiqre-
ments of a place of this kind and will
continue to make the San Juan Sta
bles and corral a popular place for
| farmers to stop.
The Neglected mine is the only
shipper in the west paying twelve dol
| lars per ton for packing and hauling
ore to a market, and paying the same
price per ton for all supplies taken
iuto camp. How many others are
| there in Colorado that could operate
under such enormous transportation
expenses?
Talking about knockers the wise
man WHO does not want to be knocked
| Keeps his mouth off other people, and
the ''knocker" never wins out. Knock
ing has worked countless woes in Du-
range and done much to retard the
progress of a country richer than all
others in varied resources. We trust,
| however, that newspaper knocking is
| about at an end.
B. B. Russell came down from Sill
verton last evening. accompanied by
his sisters, Miss Alvina and Miss An
| IA and cousin. Miss Louise Russell of
| Ohio, whom he had been entertaining
| in the mountains for the past ten
| lays, having visited Ouray the first of
| the week. This morning the party de
parted for Pagosa Springs. where
| they will put in several days.
Frank Weston came down from
Needleton this morning and tomorrow
1.n rtc fpr nrly Nv
expects to return in September pre-
pared to go ahead with machinery on
| his mining claims. otherwise will be
here for an early campaign next year.
| The few weeks he has been here show
plainly by blisters on his hands, but
they will be gone by the time he gets
| 70 New York.
Mr. w. II. Henderson will make his
| last appearance before a Durango au-
| dience next Tuesday evening. Mr..
| Henderson leaves on the 29th of this
month for Telluride, where he will To-
cate permanently. having a luci iative
position, Mrs. Henderson and Maudie
will first go to California for an ex-
ended visit and on their return will
What is Durangos loss in this respect
will be Telmride's gain. and The Her
| aid wishes them well in the future.
Miss Anna Gray came down from
tiermosa last evening and this morn
ing left for Montrose. where she visits
her father for day or two and then
with her sister. Miss Docia, who spent
the winter in Durango, leaves for Bos-
ton where they viii spend the next
year Miss Anna goes to take a com
plete course in music and eocution
and when she returns will be at the
head of the list as at the present
time she stands high in the art of elo-
cution. The Herald is sure the two
young ladies' will have an enjoyable
year in the famed city of culture
Out of the many places to which
the citizens of Durango are looking
| forward as a future resort is the isl
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