Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-01-09

panies have acquired all the territor;
in the district mills that will treat
the ores will be erected readily.
The stockgrowers have had pic
mic since fall weather begun. not hay-
ing to feed.
ProfArthur Lakes has been exam
lining the Grand Junction country for
oil indications.
The Minnie Gulch company at S!
verton is operating under the diree-
tion OF receiver.
Dick Keller. manager of the Emma
Mining and Milling company, oper
ating on the West Dolores, is visit
Ing his wife
And still there has been no snow
at Durango. up to the 9Th of January
but the prognosticators have plenty
of 1t In store for the farmers.
Roy Campbell expects to return to
Durango in the near future That
country Is good enough for him. and,
form his point of view, has a great
outlook.-Del Norte Prospector.
| The Hyde people of Pennington are
shipping hams and bacon to Durango
Silverton and other San Juan points.
There is also considerable San Juan
county honey being shipped to San
Juan towns
| 1t is understood that and effort will
be made again this year to get cy-
anide mill for the treatment of ores
in Walls gulch. 1t was estimated
three years ago that twenty to thir'
ty tons of mill product could be OBJ
tained there daily for cyaniding.
Mrs. Il. l.. Howard of the Rochester
left this morning for Pueblo She
was accompanied by her married
daughter, Mrs. C. A. Blair. and her
daughter. Miss Jessie. and also son
and brother Clyde Howard. Mr.
Howard is one of the most
efficient men in the locomo-
tive engineer service OF the Rio
Grande railway. holding position on
the first division. Mrs Howard and
daughter will visit in Pueblo for a
short time. Miss Camille remains
to settle up the business of the
Rochester and will continue her music
studies.
The work OF demolishing the old
buildings erected 81 years ago by
James Luttrell to make room for a
modern cold storage plant is under
way and the workmen are making
boards, bricks. rocks and dust fly.
After they got to putting up some
modern buildings in Durango a good
many years ago. when Mr.. Luttrell
heard people call his buildings the
ruins. he smiled but he was chagrin-
ned. II he will return within a year
he will not be able to recognize his
old property. Wolf, Cook & Wetter
are making the enterprising change,
and 1t looks good to see the boys go
ing after the old structure.
Elsewhere in The Herald is a call
by c. e. Mcconnell. president of the
Colorado-New Mexico Fair Associa.
tion, for meeting January II, to
take up the matter of spring race
meet. 1t is to be hoped that there
will be general attendance of the
members and that the people of the
city interested in perpetuating these
meetings will be alive to the situa-
ton. Mr.. Mcconnell says the fl
nances of the association are slich
that it will be necessary to raise a
guarantee fund for spring meet
The spring meetings heretofore have
been successful and enjoyable for our
visitors. and have been very desirable
to the interests of our city. If a
fund is to be raised 1t should be done
at once. 1t will require but little
time to ascertain the spirit of the
people regarding the spring meet
Everybody should talk up the meet
ing set for the l1th. and be there to
do business