Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-08-06

From Mondays Daily:
Merchants report business picking
up.
The doctors Of Telluride have form
ed County Medical s0ciciy, for mn.
iuRI benefit
Colonel Price has takcn little va
cation, which he VIII spend al MS
ranch on the Maucos.
The Timos reports that ihore ar
e47 children of school age la 'b"
Pennington district -l39 bows aud ia
girls
Is I'd Hopkins. county Assessor
left yesterday morning so attend ih'
meeting of the county asseseorr ~
Denver.
The man Rcid. who vas caught thf
other night with some stolen blnn
keis, has been turned "s"r to the sial'
authorities
Joe Prewiii came NJ from Farm
iprton Saturday on business Ho %
ALI s~.lled up over IN" briEht oui
look nf his section tor ihis iAli
-,
Miss Edith Tinker of Cedar il1l it
visiting the family Of Dr NcliSrn ans
other Durango friends Nhe VIII o.
turn home the last ot The week
The Pennington board Of trade Of
fers = bopus of 81 e0o and a site q
anyone who viii sinh Rn nrio~ian
we'll 100 feet OF until now ui wat"i
is struck.
George Homphill the Silycrinn m"f
chant. i.fi yesterday morning FOR
visit with his mother ~ his Odd hom'
In Canada io expects lp ho H"ii'
six weeks He Sas accompanied b}
Two OF his children.
u IL with pleasure that many oi on'
ieople viii receive the news tbal GO
m.pt sidewalks viii be introduced 10
our city. Many prefer the cement g
any other kind OF walh ss they ar
til. cbespcs, OF the good walks. ah'
ar. cer.alni. aeaicsi from Bn artistic
point OF view
A trial shipment ot orc mad" a iep
days ago from the LiIlio Jane shove.
such high values that the lehsecs
swim 4 Co. are huatllng out ano'hoi
shipment. While the exact value
could not be learned w wcr" Inform
ed that the ore wac oi a hiEh grad
aud that there Was more in siehi
The AnimRs Canal, Reservoir Pow
er a Irfigatins COMPANY mas ih. snt
very for their liucs nearly completed
The sscnNsiing Gor The flumr siil iH
completed by ihe 18TH inst 1hr con
tractors viii commence laying num
tomorrow and this wcvi Worl,m'u Wil
start eNca,alinR fur the power planr
There are nov 80 men on the pas
roll.
John y. Locke and wife oi Nacnmt
III. were guests nt the Palace UYo.
night. They departed this mornlni
for Pennington whore they viii pa
yisi. To Mr. l.ockcs brother William
Locke. tn. orchard man, after whicl
ihtf VIII ihh' - wv NF FNfN 'f'Nf' aNf
Locke IL ~ retired farmer ana is tab
ing life easy In his declining years
Two coschioadH ui people went ui
Ia Silvorton yesterday murnins go ~"
the ball game between SilNorion nnt
Durango. The game was won by ~
yer,on by score of 10 10 q and con
seaucn,ly great deal OF fun is hoins
poked nj the Durangue. Probably m
altitude wae too hiah for them fh'
game was interrupted half an hou
by heavy shower The excursion
lists returned AZ a late hour laat might
Charles lie l.uchc And Hank LII
are working n group of siN claims OF
the Upper La Plata river They have
ran a tunnel In forty feet and are sti
driving Mir DE Luchc states thn
they started work on a kniie hlad'
streak. which has continually wideno,
as they drove an II until now tho
have eighteen inches ot very good ore
and consequently they feel bighb
elated over thoir prospects Tn
claim on which the work is hoinr
done Ia known a. the Portland
o
1t is reported that the Brooldyi
group Of six claims. six miles north uI
siiverton lying between the henriol
Ia and the Hoosior Boy mines d
about To be sold to an eastern com
psny The purchaser is syndicah
of New York and London capitalists
OF whom Mir Beers brother In Nov
York Is one The syndicate rs Roint
TO spend 81 Ooo 900 In the san Jhai
country. and about si,50o 600 IN New
Mexico The Brooklyn claims show
rich gold-copper ore. About 700 fee
OF tunneling has been done, Th'
Brooklyn is owned by John Harris OF
Red Mountain, and the heirs of Mayol
Harris of Durango. The BROOKLYN is
practically an extension OF the Henri
erta. which is owned by the Kendricl
Promotion company, and which haf
about 81. .000, 900 worth of ore in sight
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