Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-30

Curg Williams went out to Durango |
last Monday The race horse season |
will soon be on and Cnrg is getting
anxious TO bring down few of the
Durango sports.--Mancos Times.
A telephone message from Ophir
this morning says ths, town Is all es
citemebt over The rich strike last
night OF threefoot vein OF gold. sil'
yer and copper ore which Was cDconn-
tered In tho badger tunnel. which
ia bcing driven by w. j. Scout to
tap the SUFFOLK vein st a great depth.
The above strike IL also pleasing
news TO few Telluride people. The
Badger tunnel Ia located Just below
the town of Ophlr and starts into the
hill below the outcropplnFs of the ssn
Ia Cruz property which is owned by
Frank Brown, Thomas Thomas and
other Telluride people and from tho
Information received It ls thought the
strike is on Santa Cruz ground Tel
lurid. journal,
Tho many friends Of Mr. and Mrs.
c. O. Brewer. were pleased 10 selcomc
ihrm home last week from Eve
months trip 10 California sbd III" ne.
public Of Mesico Mr. and Mrs Brew
er have been residents Of this county
for twelve years and II was their hrsi
trip 10 the coast They return i'm
proved IN health and glad 10 get back
10 sunny San Juan -Agiec indc,
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Tho Denver Times nov proposes
contest for the most rupniaf married
couple In Colorado and IT il suggested
thar the Western siupe unite on one
couple aud set the " 800 house aud
lot for them. Tho couple suggested
is Mr and Mrs NJ VI Deich uf OurBf
Tn. suggestion 10 good one and
Drieb and his pretty wife would be
hard 10 beat Telluride journal
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Tho hnslhoes men of Durango have
contributed $3.50 to the baseball boys
of that plscc for q starter The onls
bail team Telluride viii have this Sos
@au win be IN. High school team. aud
II " n real I've one A. some of tbs
Other teams vii discover before the
end of tho season Besides etiing the
boys out with uniforms admirers Of
tho game here have ~ far npnliibu
ted $3.50 towards tho support of ihs
team Telluride Journal
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Tho cliffs liiue this side Of Du
range ,nmbied over IN ihn Sonihcru
track "Wednesday morning. knocking
out seven rail i"nglhs. before the pas
senp.r train reached r. one pebble
which squared mp about VI, feet
dropped fiom the olin and striking the
rosdbed suIarciy inibcddcd Itself
through iies and dirt, snd then Jump
cd eui of lts resting place ana rolied
down the bill Telluride Journal
letter from Maurice Girouk to
his brother Leon. announces the fact
that he aud Tom Oirotn arrived 81
Dominion Creek, Yukon Territory. on
March 18Th Maurice writes ihn, he
has purchased a cfourih Interest IN
claim In which another brother avn
I'd a onchalf Interest aud thinks he
has made good Investment Tom
Girous went further north ON one of
the creeks where there IL new csci,c
maDt Wages are only o. ~ per das
ihore at present aud wofk IL scarce
Rico News.
The unwaioting oi tho North Riar
mine nn Sultan rnuuntain IL complri.
cd aud the drifting on Tho vein ~ the
bottom of the iln.fout shafi cammonc
cd 1his nnwatorlng hst been a her
cuiean task aud for the past three
months II has almost strained the In.
renuits TO conquer the flow Powerful
inarhlher, had been placed and run
night aud day "a itK fullest capacity
Now the production which the old
North Star II capable uf doing erpo
cially from the lower worklngs. whore
The vein last fall was opened np and
disciosed the tact thR, ore war pi,n
tiiul both In shipping crude and
milling product, viii be demonstrated
Aud now that the new mill " Va read
lness tn receive the ura that will bo
developed during tho neat few weeks
the summer months viii usher ia
producer OF metals that San juan may
be proud of sil,eriun standard
Hon Levi thubhnck special inspoc
tor Of h. interior department accom-
painted by his wife went "a Navajo
Springs Ute agency nn Tuesday morn
ting, under guidance of Agent Smith :
MIR chubuck IN especially engaged In
looking into the possibilities Of The
arid lands belonging 10 the Indians
aud II In durou,ly hoped that this In
spection win result IN putting that
long promised water upon the lands OF
the Southern ttcs The government
has no legitimate csonsr To ofror why
iis treaty promise should not have
been tulnliod years ago. because the
Montczuma Canal company stood
ready 10 put In storage reservoirs and
guarantee adequate supply II is
shameful the manner in which the
government has treated these In
dians bni the Times has reason to
believe that there VIII "bo somcihin
doin' when when Mr Chuhbuck's r".
por, goes in Mnncos Times.
From an authoritative source II WAS