Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-03-05

'sill be used between Ridgway, Durar
go and Silverton and on the spur be
tween Sapinero and Lake City. on
ray viii get a broad gauge the comin
, summer"
The bottom OF the New Mexic,
road will Just about fall out within
the next day or two, and then mail will
have to be carried horseback or b,
very light conveyances. The presen
storm Will take the frost out of tn,
ground, and when 1t clears up sprlnl
work will soon commence to the south
OF u.s.
1t commenced showing about dari
last evening and continued a regular
downpour during the night, with about
FIVE inches OF snow or the ground
this morning. but had 1t not been very
warm and melting and settling fast
the snow would be twelve to fifteen
inches deep. The weather Is still un.
settled and no doubt the fall in the
mountains is heavy.
And now Gunnison is after a smell
ter At meeting of business men
and the promoters of the proposed
plant held in that city last week, sat
isfactory terms are said to have been
agreed upon. The people of Gunnison
are to furnish the site for the plant
upon condition that work begins upon
1O0-ton smelter within 90 days, that
1t shall be completed by the first of
next January and that it shall cost not
less than $150,00O.
| Our former townsman evidently be
lieves in patronizing home scenery. as
vide the following from the Telluride
Journal: George Tallman has made
handsome half-tone engraving which
will hereafter be used on all the la
bells of the Telluride Bottling Works.
and serve as a permanent trade mark
The photo is of the charming bit of
scenery at the head of the valley. and
shows Briday Veil and Ingram falls"
Charles Fleck is feeling pretty good
| today over returns received from the
| Lilly mine, about sixteen miles from
the city. a fifteen-pound sample taken
| from across the entire pay streak of
six inches giving $S1 in gold to the ton
Mr.. Fleck said the sample was only
| a fair average of the ore being taken
out. With his partner, Mr.. Fleck has
driven a tunnel 40 feet on the vein
this winter and The Herald is gratifled
over the showing.
Grand Junction people now believe
they have a smelter cinched, a com
pany having at last been organized
and considerable preliminary work
started. OF course the promoters can
hardly expect to secure any of the
San Juan ores, or at least from the
territory reached by the Rio Grande
Southern and the Denver & Rio
Grande reaching Silverton and spurs
to San Juan county points. Durango
Will continue to be the smelling point
of the western slope.
Charles w. Rhoeder returned to
Rico this morning, having spent a
couple of days in this city. attending
| the funeral yesterday of Con Williame
whom he had known for many years
at Rico. Mr. Rhoeder while here dis
posed of four cars of ore from the
Lilly ID. group of mines to the Ameri.
can Smelling plant He has contract
ed with the smelter for the delivery
of 500 tons OF lead gold and silver
ores and steady shipments Will be
the result Mr. knoeder has been a
resident of Rico since the early days,
and it is very gratifying to all the
old-timers to know that good fortune
is smiling on him at this time.
If we had known that Ouray had
within her gates the past winter n
member of the Baldwin-Zeigler North
Pole expedition, we would have inter.
viewed him in the interest of science.
Two years ago Bobbie Vinyard left
Silverton and Joined the above expedi,
ton, which got within five hundred
miles of the pole when they were
forced to turn back The hardships
endured fully gratfied Vineyards am
| bition for adventure and he returned
to Ouray some three months ago, sat
isfied the winters were long enough
and the snow deep enough in the San
Juan country to suit him, and says
after all, he don't know what fellow
would do with the north pole If he
found it. He crossed the range to Sill
verton last week.--Ouray Herald.
Many a youth thinks 1t does moi
matter much whether he does an er
rand properly, finishes his problems OIL
completes a sled he has started tc
make. but years afterward, in man
hood, these half-fnisned tasks of his
youth and the habits they formed In
his character continually embarrass
and humiliate him, tripping him UT
and impeding his progress. The shift
lessness of his youth becomes habit
so strong that not even the strength
of his mature years can break 1t
When a young man applies for a posi-
ton he Is amazed at being rejected
because of loosely constructed, bad
ly spelled letter he wrote years before
to a member of the firm, never think
ing IL could affect his future or some
poor work done elsewhere has given