Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-01-26

I
The new time card will not hurt
Durango hotels very much.
Up to the present writing no reward
has been offered for the return OF
Kelley.
Arnold & Lathe have purchased the
Steineger stables from Fred Steine-
ger.
Assistant District Attorney Barry
Sullivan returned from Pagosa
Springs yesterday.
DIR. O'Connell came in on the east
ern yesterday. He has been down to
PaGosa Springs on business.
The Schutt Commission company
will supply all your wants in the gro
Gerry line; prompt deliver,
The Rochester Is playing to n full
house. Mrs. White serves her pat
rons with an excellent table. Try a
| Sunday dinner.
o
| Drop in at Patterson's market and
leave your orders for choice roast
cornfed. or leg of mutton Fresh veg
etables of every kind
SIX carloads oil mammoth new pip
Ing of some kind for the smeter i'm
provements are now on the side
tracks here awaiting the unloading
| act.
Jack Redman of Parsons drug store
left this morning for Cripple Creek,
to attend to some important mining
deal which he has on hand. Hope
1t Will go through o. X.
| Miss Bentley, who reads at the
Presbyterian church January oath.
tells the story of great novels in an
evening. recreatlng the characters and
making each living reality.
| The repertoire of Miss Bentley, who
reads at the Presbyterian church Jan.
uary oath. includes Les Mlserabies." !"
"A Tale of Two Cities" Mill on the
Floss" Adam Bede" and other works
of literature.
The "oil expert w. B. Boyd. Is
now being entertained at the expense
OF Archuleta county, instead of pri-
vate oil enthusiasts. Deputy Sheriff
Bradt didn't miss the train with him
this morning.
note from AL Kuebler says that
he did not find Mt Beloxi the sunny
southern skies anticipated. There
was too much precipitation He
left yesterday for some point in Flor
| ida.
Don't kick about dull times. OF
| course it is dull Just now-what else
can you expect at this season of the
year? Just keep right on preparing
| for the good time coming next spring
| and summer. It's coming, all right!
The Silverton folks made a siX-dol-
| lar roar over the wire yesterday when
| they heard about the new railroad
deal. which gives them only n mixed
| train once n day, taking off the pas
senger train between Durango and
| Silverton
Reports from Silverton say that
while business is greatly depressed
| In that town just now. and while
| everybody feels blue over the bank
failure, still the prospects for pros
porous year in the mines of that won
derful district were never better than
the outlook for the coming season.
Here's to the health of the future
great city of Durango! You can't
help it's being that way. for Florida
water will decrease the death rate of
our city fifty per cent. Hurry 1t up,
| please! And stir up the sewerage
question, too.
When we have Florida water. the
| new railroad from the south, the smell.
ter improvements completed and n
| proper sewerage system. you will see
a greater Durango-much greater.
All this is coming to our city-and
more, much more! Watch and wait
| Agent McAtee returned on the
| Southern yesterday from Dolores
where he had been on railroad bust.
ness. He was treading the slippery
| places very carefully when he got OFF