Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-09-21

girl baby was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. II. w. Hansen at an early hour
this morning which accounts for the
unusually broad smile Of Mr.. Hansen.
Jack Slattery and his aggregation
| OF ball players departed on last even.
| ins's train for Silverton They will
be with us next Wednesday when the
1rst ball game takes place.
Dan Thornton was In from his Flor
ida ranch this morning. He says a
ranchnan is worked to death these
days in taking care of the bountiful
crops. A good complaint.
Mr.. and Mrs s. +. Herr returned
about noon from the Pennington fair,
having gone via Aztec and returning
via the La Plata, stopping over night
at Dale's. They report pleasant
trip.
Vint Rodgers came over from Tellu-
| ride last evening and will spend the
next week or ten days in our city as
business is not so rushing these days
at Telluride as il might be-all owing
TO agitators
Word came from Montrose that
there were born to the wife of Mr.
A. X. McCrimmon a girl last Tues
luy If u,tf hu, ~.
baby is peach" They grow them
in the Montrose section.-Silverton
Standard. And this makes Mr.. and
Mrs. fillmore Hand granddaddy and
grandma and Miss Minnie auntie.
In mentioning the Folsom fire yes
terday The Herald stated It was the
only country house Of Durango bus
mess men. This was quite an over
sight but it served the purpose of
calling attention OF several others.
among them, n. F. Cooke, VIM. Wolf
and T. +. Patterson. all OF whom have
attractive homes from "a mile to two
miles out Of the city
A few Of the dyed-in-the-wool So
cialists. who prey" night and day for
their fellow sufferers and don't want
any poor being to be worse on than
they, are hot under the color, just
because the Standard said Meyer rode
over the railroad on a pass Now re-
member, my dear beloved socialistic
brethren, that soulless corporations
don't give up something for nothing
Silverton Standard
NJ. S. Baldwin is in today from his
ranch near Trimble Springs. He has
just finished thrashing and informs
us that his wheat yielded So bushels
to the acre and oats 81. The wheat
yield would have been greater had ii
not been for much of the wheat be-
ing bent to the ground on account of
the unusually heavy growth. He has
some wheat and oats put away for the
fair.
Hon. |. B. Melville, assistant attor
ney general, came in from Denver last
evening. the first visit since leaving
in January. Mr.. Melville's many
friends are pleased with the good re-
ports of his work in the attorney gen
erals office, showing that Mr.. Miller
made an able selection. He says there
will be no opposition in the state con
vention to the nomination Of Justice
Campbell to succeed himself and that
his election later is a certainty.
The illustrated lecture delivered by
Major Cooper at the opera house last
evening was well worth the money
Major Cooper is well versed in the
subject and much information was OBJ
tanned by those attending. The illus
trations were also good and instead of
the 100 present the house should have
been filled. Major Cooper left for Sill
verton this morning. He gives a lee
ture at Gladstone Monday evening
and the last OF the week goes TO Chi
cago.
Barney O'Driscoll of Silverton,
passed through on his way To Denver
this morning He had three or four
proxies in his pocket and declared it
his intention to help nominate Judge
frank +. Overs for supreme judge.
Mr.. O'Driscoll was asked why he was
anxious to nominate Judge Overs
when it was plain to be seen he could
not be elected. Don't you be too
certain of that. now" replied Mr..
O'Driscoll, who has faith in his CON
victions. Mr. O'Driscoll. as he him
self declares, was born a Democrat.
and remained Democrat until that
party tried to kick the Republicans
on their platform and take it them
selves. and then he turned Populist.
Populism. he declares, is the pure.
inadulterated Democracy" He does
not seem in the least daunted to find
himself standing almost alone. and
seems not to realize that there Is no