Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-11-02

luS puileu OUT LOT OGuVeI.
Miss Es;elle Story left on the morn
ing train for Denver, from which
point she will determine on future 10
cation.
The Telluride Journal truthfully re
marks that one cannot run a newspa
Der in harmony with everybody's
Jews and be happy yourself.
Mrs. Ed. Carpenter and child left
on the morning train for Fremont
Neb., where Mrs. Carpenter will visit
friends and relatives for some time.
A. c. Sadler is down from Silverton
He is making satisfactory progress
in recovering from injuries received
at Sileerton a couple of weeks ago.
Dan Thornton was in from the
ranch this morning. He reports the
loss of Jersey a week or so ago
largely caused through too much al.
falfa.
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elected mill today. 1t was drawn by
twelve horses. 1t took two men to
do the driving. one riding in the sent
and one in the saddle, each man driv.
ing six horses.
| Messrs. Fred Field and Fred II.
| Wetherill arrived from Boston last
| evening to attend a meeting of the
| stockholders of the Boston Coal and
| Fuel company at the Office of the com
pany this evening.
Messrs. l.. A. Klinger of Silverton
and A. w. Helmboldt and C. A, E. Hal
vorson of Eureka. were In the city
! over night. being put through the Roy
al Arch degrees of Masonry by the To-
| cal lodge. They returned home this
| morning.
Negroes and white wives seem to be
| quite common in Topeka. Three were
| arrested and jagged and waen their
wives came to see how they were get
ting along they proved to be white
and an investigation resulted In the
white women as wives.
Congressman Hogg will pass
through Durango Saturday evening en-
route from Silverton, probably return
ing Sunday afternoon and next morn
ing continuing to Telluride to vote.
IL will be necessary for him to leave
Telluride Tuesday morning in order
to reach Washington in time for open
ing of the extra session.
Walter F. Davis came in >yesterday
from Cortez and left this morning for
Baltimore to attend meeting of the
board of directors of the Afro-Ameri-
cans, Mr.. Davis being one OF the d.
rectors After this meeting he will
visit his old home in Virginia and
hunt up his people, who are probably
scattered after all the years he has
been away. Mr.. Davis Is the only
colored man in Montezuma county.
He has a fine ranch out toward Ute
mountain, west of Cortez Like all
other ranchmen this year. he has done
well and intends to take things easy
this winter.
A telegram this morning announced
the death of Grant Morgan at Rico.
death having been quite sudden. Grant
was taken i'll four or five days ago
with pneumonia Yesterday his fam
lily in Durango was notified and this
morning his mother, Mrs. J. M. Nor
gan. took the train for Rico to nurse
him, although a telegram early in the
morning stated he was better. Short
ly after 8 O'Clock another telegram
was received announcing his death
at . o'clock. Mrs. Morgan was wired
the news at Dolores The remains
will be brought to Durango for burial
in the family plot in Greenmount. al
though this is the first death In the
family, father and mother, three bro
theirs and sister being left to mourn
his loss. For several years deceaseu
has been engaged In painting and pa
per hanging business at Rico.
The Evening Telegraph began man
damus proceedings yesterday after
noon in the district court by it's at
n Atou, " SohpV'
County Clerk Eddy to furnish 1t with
the certified list of nominations for
publication. The law requires the
clerk 10 publish the list in two dali
les. the one advocating the principles
of the party who cast the highest
number of votes at the last election
and the other the paper advocating
the principles of that party casting
the next largest number Of votes.
Mr.. Eddy gave the list to the Durango
Democrat and the contention is that
it is not Democratic paper as 1t
calls itself Independent Democrat"
and as it WAS read out OF the Demo-
cratic party by the last Democratic
convention in La Plata county. The
hearing will probably be tomorrow.
The above is from today's Wage
Garner and indicates that Kilkenny
fight is on as to newspaper leadership
in behalf of Democracy in La Plata
county. The Herald is not interested
one way or the other. and can only
say, sic EN-, Tige." OF course many
Will wonder what constitutes party
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