Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-22

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San Juan county and all fear Of labor
troubles is over.
Every young man in the country
who is behind In letters to his best
girl can now lay It to the IRE In the
mail car And us married fellows can
Improve the same opportunity.
Another mining sale was consumat-
ed this afternoon. the group of mines
being close to the May Day properties.
The purchaser Is Mr.. Mahan of Sill
verton. We are not at liberty to give
details but hope to be able to do 80
tomorrow.
AS evidence OF the value of oil wells
attention ia called to an article ease
where In this issue giving statistics
which show that the production in
Pennsylvania and other places Is fall
ing far below the consumption. ana
the Standard Oil company is looking
to new fields for an adequate supply.
So II oil In paying quantities should
be struck in Durango. 1t would mean
a great and important industry even
II Rockefeller buys the wells.
State Senator Frank Pryor OF Pu-
eblo arrived from Pueblo last even
ing, leaving this morning for Farm
ington and other nearby points for the
purpose OF purchasing stock of Ma
vajo blankets for his large furniture
house at Pueblo Senator Pryor is
one of the active Republicans of the
state and q genial fellow to meet and
on his return we trust time will per-
nit him to sojourn with us day or
two.
The new law firm Of Hogg & Henry
have opened offices in the Pope block
at Pueblo and will be at home to their
friends in the future as well as
clients The firm of Hogg & Watson
at Telluride and Henry & Sigfried at
,Ouray will be continued as usual.
The Herald wishes the new firm all
the success possible. OF course all
Coloradoans know Herschel NJ. Hogg
and great many Lyman l.. Henry who
grew from childhood In the San Juan
and will join us in the above senti-
ments.
The burning of the mail car on Veta
Pass Saturday night is fully confirm
ed. The fire started as stated in yes
terday's Herald, by the falling of a
lamp which was being lighted by the
route agent, Phil Hayes. The lamps
generally contain about a gallon OF
oil when starting out and this spilled
on the floor and splashed on the mail
sacks causing the flames to leap up
over a wide space. Mr.. Hayes en-
deavored to put out the fire but found
this impossible. In his excitement he
forgot TO pull the air cord which would
have stopped the train at once. In
stead he tugged away at the bell cord
which conveys different signals. FL
nally the train stopped. In the mean
Hayes was hanging on the side of the
car almost helpless from smoke. An
attempt was made to obtain some of
the mail and the registered portion
but without success, only a sack of
empties being rescued. Mr.. Hayes
tried to obtain the registered pouches
but failed. He had just taken in a
registered letter at Russell a few min
utes before and grabbed for that but
missed II. The mail was unusually
heavy. including, as stated yester-
day. this entire southwest section and
the San Luis valley. There were IA
registered letters from Silverton
alone, double the usual number.
Among them was one containing $45
which working girl was sending
away for safe-keeping. The Durango
office dispatched only registered let
tiers that morning. the highest in
weeks. Altogether 1t is likely rs reg
istered letters and packages were con-
sumed. There were probably 200 to
300 money orders in the mail, but
these can be duplicated as soon as the
loss is known. The same is true of
drafts and checks and 1t will be well
for those remitting in this manner
Friday or Saturday morning to fresh
en- their memories. All sending let
tiers should duplicate them, whether
business or social. Mr.. Hayes. the
route agent is about the Oldest man
in the service in the state and to have
such an accident befall him at this
time of life is sad. He was suffering