Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-09-28

the city. although most OF them de-
parted this morning. including Indians
by the wagon load.
Gordon Grimes and wife returned
to their Pagosa Springs home this
morning. having spent couple Of days
IN our city and enjoying the fair.
w. L. Pound. who has been visiting
his uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. j.
w. Sites the past three weeks, left
Tor his home at Pueblo this morning.
Hon. Adair Wilson departed for
Denver on the morning train. The
Judge enjoyed his Durango visit very
much. meeting many oil the oldilm-
ers.
AS usual match races are In order
after the regular program and match
mas been made between Follow Me
md Temple Maid for $500 n side to be
run tomorrow.
Mrs. Horace McCanna is home from
the visit TO Meeker where she put in
about two months with her husbands
who remains week longer in order
% enjoy deer hunting.
II the oil discovery reported yester-
day had been any other place in the
state the country would have been
staked for miles around and second
Beaumont boom announced.
Telephone messages from Silverton.
Ouray and Telluride this afternoon re-
port everything quiet. At Telluride
the jury in the county court disagreed
in the Floaten socialist case.
Mrs. w. j. Boyle presented her hus-
band with little girl baby day before
yesterday and thus the Neglected fam
lily is increased. All parties getting
along nicely, including the old man.
The telephone line to Mancos was
completed about go last evening and
now we can talk with our Montezuma
friends whenever occasion demands.
This connection will be great con
venience.
Mrs. Logan swore out a warrant
this morning for the arrest of her
brother, VIII Maloney, charging him
with running her out OF his house with
shotgun. She keeps house for her
brother. We understand he says her
mind is unbalanced. Alaloney is out
on bonds.
About everybody, their aunts, uncles
and cousins were in attendance at the
band dance last evening and then
some 1t was about the best attend
ed party given at the hall, and Tor
several hours it was almost impossi-
bic to dance-at least with any degree
of comfort The music was fine and
no trouble experienced in dancing
when the crowd thinned out The
band boys certainly have reason 10
feel proud OF the success OF the affair
as every one enjoyed the evening.
r. II. Gaines who was unable to at
tend the Pioneer meeting. dropped in
this afternoon and added his name to
the roll leaving the necessary dollar.
The pamphlet TO be issued should in
clude the names OF all the early set
tiers. While the constitution and by
laws provide for an initiation fee of
80 cents and 80 cents annual dues, il
any one will show us that time has
not dealt gently with him and he is
unable to dig up the money we will
see tina his name is placed on he hon
orary roll ii we have to put up the in
itiation fee.
very careful examination of the
oil ana gas well was made this morn
ing by Col. Henry c. Demming, of
Pennsylvania, an exert of many years
10 submit report to the owners of
the well next Monday evening. There
is no question now that we have a
large oil and gas field here, and that
Durango will be largely benefited by
the new industry oil oil and gas pro-
duction. 1t Will be some time before
the extent OF the oil field will be full
ly known, but Col. Demmning says it
is not less than fifty square miles.
The commercial value OF the oil now
being taken from the new well will
be known some time next week.