Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-11-13
From Monky.s Daily:


Tor Cortez yesterday morning.
Mrs. w. ]. Patterson left this morn
Ing for Albuquerque for a short visit
The two majority received by Mr.
Cooper in San Juan county is a sllen.
did thing
Mrs. Captain w. S. Walker of Sill
verton passed through to Denver this
morning from Silverton.
Judge Houx was elected justice of
Durango Tuesday last by vote of
745 to 52S for j. w. Sites.
Mrs. Barney Gogarty left this morn
ing for Ridgeway where she goes to
spend few days with Mrs. W. ID.
Lee.
Mrs. Charles Hoskinson returned
Saturday evening from Denver and
other state points where she enjoyed
a visit with friends and relatives.
Joe Smith says the farmers of Mon
tezuma county are in fine shape for
winter They have raised big crops
and are receiving big prices for prod
ucts, especially hay.
Rev. Ostenson of the Episcopal
church, left on the morning train for
Grand Junction on business connected
with church work. He will be home
the last of the week.
George Goodman is putting the fin
ishing touches on the new Antlers and
when through the place will be among
the neatest and most attractive in the
city-both inside and out.
Mrs. p. Murray nee Miss Burns,
and Mrs Fred Lewis came down from
Trimble this morning, spending the
day in this city, returning to the
Springs on the AIS train.
a long distance telephone with sound
proof encusoure, has been placed in
the Strater hotel This will prove of
great convenience to patrons of that
place, as well as those residing near
the hotel
Rasmus Hansen. the old-time pio-
neer of San Juan county, passed
through Durango yesterday enroute to
Denver, Mr.. Hansen reports mining
matters looking good in his section Of
the country.
All our exchanges are telling about
regrets of Republicans who lacked the
nerve to back their candidates. The
Telluride Journal says the Democrats
of that place would have went broke
on Bell
Colonel ]. G. Price is home from a
visit to Montezuma county where he
went to visit his ranch short dis
tanee below Cortez. Colonel Price is
going to have a fine country home
during his declining years.
Charles Bartholomew is in the city
from the sawmill on Pine river. Re
ports the usual activity and the peo-
pie of that district well satisfied with
the result of the election. This is ap-
parent by the substantial majority
given the Republican ticket at Colum-
bus.
Kennedy is elected senator over
c. H. Freeman of Archuleta county
by 412. Mr.. Freeman made fine
run, however, considering the way the
district was gerrymandered in order
to switch Archuleta county in the
strongest Democratic counties.
NJ. S. Beach, an old-time mining op-
orator in San Juan county came down
from Silverton this morning enroute
to Denver. probably for the winter,
although it is possible he will return
in the course of n couple of weeks for
a few days to look after mining
deal.
Indian Agent Joseph Smith return
ed last evening from the subagency
in Montezuma county, where he went
the morning after election with $4,000
for the semi-annual payment of the
part of the district. He left this
morning for lgnacio.
The Herald like the Republican
party, is the paper of the people. 1t
is read by more men and women than
any sheet in the county, and since
election a great many have added
their names to both daily and weekly
lists. There is nothing like success
and The Herald is in for it's full share
of benefits to be derived by last Tues
days victory.
A. Rex Mullette has the proud dis
ton of leading the ticket in Archu
leta county, where it was said he
would not run well. His majority is
465. and in La Plata county with an
average Democratic majority of $50
he is only beaten by SO. In fact. Mr.
Mollette ran ahead of his ticket some
thing like 900 to 500 in the district
But the Democratic straight tickets
were too much for him to overcome