Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-02-02
ing. after pleasant visit at the Pal.

not interfere with the proceedings of
the Salvation Army crowd. They are
always ready for business. and they
always get crowd in Durango
| Editor Clark is here from La Plata
| today. He reports everything quiet
1 up his way just now. but quite num-
ber of men are at work on their
claims. He predicts lively time in
his district as soon as spring opens.
James J. German. William ]. Boyle.
James Dennison and Frank Rivers
have about completed the preliminary
| advertising necessary to secure a
patent of the famous Neglected group
of claims.
A miner by the name of Robert
Blake, working for c. w. Houser at
the Ute coal mine, was injured this
morning by the falling of slate upon
him while at work He will be
brought in 10 the hospital, arriving
| about 4 p. m.
~ if''h VI an vi Ol
Trade and suitable club rooms for
| the entertainment of strangers with
in our gates" was painfully apparent
to all concerned during the visit of
the ID. & r. G. railway officials. Such
an organization would be of great and
lasting benefit in the future upbuild-
ing of our city and the San Juan
country. Why are we so much be-
hind, in this respect, other western
cities much less important than Du-
range, and OF vastly inferior pros
poets?
This is the time of year for farmers
and ranchmen to take stock of their
agricultural implements. wagons. etc
and see what they need for the com
ing season. If they consult their best
interests. they will call at the hard
ware and implement establishment of
W. c. Chapman and confer with him
in regard to their needs Mr.. Chap
man handles only the best lines of inn
plements and wagons, lines that have
stood the test of time, and his stock
is complete in every detail
Boys Brigade entertainment this
evening at 1880. THE Stomach of the
Drunkard" will be illustrated in a Sc
ries of interesting views with the ster-
eopticon. Miss Mamie Dickerson will
recite and there will be some musical
features. 1t is Company AS evening
and will be an interesting and profit
able one.
The funeral of the late Mrs. l.. NJ.
Hudson was to have been held today,
but was postponed. owing to the de-
lay in the arrival of two of Mrs. Hud-
sons sons from Silverton. The fun.
eral will take place at the First Bap-
tist church tomorrow morning at 10
O'Clock, Rev. o. b. Sarber officiating.
The fnterment will take place at
Greenmount cemetery. Friends of
the family are requested to attend
Assistant District Attorney Sullivan
issued warrants this morning for the
arrest of Jerry Wagner and Frank
Rudy. The former is charged with
purloining, with malice aforethought,
one certain cook stove from the domi-
cile of one John c. Rollings, or
"Dobe John" as he is familiarly
known. during the latter's absence on
visit to relatives lin old Missouri"
Rudy is charged with receiving and
harboring the purloined article, know
ing 1t to have been so purloined.
Further developments are expected to
materialiZe soon.
The new railroad officials yesterday
took in" the city, and one and all
expressed themselves as surprised at
the metropolitan airs and establish
ments with which Durango is blessed
After thorough inspection of our
great smelling plant, one of the larg
est and most complete in the world
the party visited the business houses
and made the acquaintance of large
number of our business men. Mana
ger Edison particularly expressed his
pleasure at finding here, in a city of
this size, so complete and extensive
department store as that of the Gra-
den Mercantile company. The officials
were pleased with their stay in Du-
range, and were able to pick up many
pointers which will guide them in
their future dealings with this section
The year 1902 was notable one in
the way of Colorado tourist travel.
The Rio Grande system, with its
world famous Around the Circle"
trip, trip, which for scenic gran
deur, and as wonderful monument of
modern engineering is unequalled, has
had full share of the business.
There were 210S of these circle"
trip tickets sold during the year 1902,
S5l of them reading via Durango and
Ridgeway, and 1857 of them via
Ridgeway and Durango. Many OF the
tourists took the side trip to Silver.
ton, but all OF them stopped over
night, or longer, in Durango Right
here. in this connection, The Herald
wishes to again call attention to the
necessity of having permanent ex.
hibit of the mineral, fruit and agricul.
tural resources of this section, for our
many tourist and other visitors in ex-