Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-06-26

F. ". Bell The party come to this
section to make their future HON,
and having been readers of The Her
aid naturally headed for this office
for additional information. Mr.. Pra
ter is an acquisition OF which any
community may well be proud. I,
required several cars to transport
his household goods and live stock
among the latter being ten head OF
full.blooded Jersey cows. So full
blooded Plymouth Rock chickens and
ten head of horses and mules. Mr.
Prater will locate his family In Du
range for the present and then look
about the surrounding country for a
suitable location to farm and raise
stock.
| Messrs. Ambold and Dale. were in
today from up the valley.
Another commissioners meeting
will be held on the 7th of July.
| Swift Ferguson of the fire depart
ment is seriously i'll at his home
| Mr.. Dietrich goes out on the
Southern tomorrow morning as brake
man.
A party of North Durango people
will hold picnic tomorrow at Pin.
kerton Springs.
II is cool and nice at Trimble
Springs Suppose YOU spend few
davs there during the hot spell
The ladies are visiting Gradens In
large numbers these DAYS purchasing
summer goods Must have something
in which to keep cool,
s. G.. Cooke and N. F.. Cooke are out
| fishing this afternoon We wish them
| better luck than the majority of nsh-
| ing parties have had lately
Mrs Perkins who was injured YES.
| terdav in RUNAWAY, is reported bet
ter TODAY She has cuts and bruises
on her face and arms. but not of a
serious character She is resting
quietly today, and danger seems tc
he averted
The ball at the Vendome last night
was a verv pleasant affair On ac
count of the heat. not verv large
number attended. but those who went
| had a verv enjoyable time. dancing
until o'clock to the music of piano
violin and cornet.
Milton Herrick is planning a pleas
ant little outing to Fort Lewis next
Sunday.
| A number of fishing parties are be
ing organized for next Sunday. May
thev all have good luck.
Mr. C. e. Mcconnell went to the
La Platas today for the purpose OF
| looking over some of his property In
that vicinity.
Billy White and Tom Wigglesworth
went ont to Mr.. Whites ranch this
morning to spend a few days away
from the heat of the city
| Rev. Mr. Hawke has gone to Silver
ton for three weeks vacation, dur
ing which time he will exchange pul
| pits with the Methodist minister o
that place.
| Mrs. Tabor. wife of ex-senator Ia
| hor ~
last night, accompanied bv her daugh
ter. They proceeded to SiIverton to
day. and will visit other places in this
section
The air is becoming quite heavy
from the forest fires up Lightnei
creek. It is too bad to have the
much-needed timber consumed in this
manner II is so dry that in mos
cases it is being burned to the grount
| leaving nothing but a barren waste
| One of the big plate glass windows
in the Famous was broken early II
the afternoon The iron rod of one
| of the awnings become detached from
its fastenings, the wind blew +
| against the glass on the Sth stree
side of the store. smashing it into bits
| Mr. l. f. Phillips. one of the popu
lar BARRIERS at Tom Davis was mar
ried last night to Miss Sallie A. Rid
die. The wedding took place at tho
| home of the brides parents on 6ti
street at s o'clock, Rev Mr. Ferguson
| performing the ceremony. Only tn,
relatives of the bride and groom wer,
| present. Mr.. and Mrs. Phillips re
ceive the hearty congratulations o
their many friends and acquaintance
| in Durango. The Herald Joining.
Few people not directly interested
| in the subject, realize the tremendous
amount of coke that is being uset
| in Arizona. An exchange enumerat
ing the industries that use coke say
the list can be headed by the Bisbe
Smelling Co, with a consumption o
| l25 tons. or 100000 pounds. Detroi
| Copper Co, so tons. 100000 pounds
Arizona Coke Co. 80 tons. 100000
the Sannon Smelter 40 tons or 300
pounds: the Old Dominion of Globe
10 tons. $4,000 pounds, making
grand total of 615 tons or 1.230, 90
| mr. So ha Iafl