Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-09
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ton effected of some benefit to the
craft
Herald correspondents at Silyerton,
Ouray and Telluride report the cleo
tion passing on quietly. Socialists have
ticket In each of the towns and are
working to elect at least a majority OF
the officers The main fight at Telln-
ride Is over the city attorneyshlp.
Henry Ash came down from Silver
ton this morning and Is spending the
day in Durango Mr.. Ash Is one of
the early settlers of San Juan county
and has prospected the hills around
Animas Forks since the seventies.
As will be observed by clipping from
the Denver Post. the legislature did
one good thing in abolishing the po-
sltlon of irrigation superintendent.
La Plata. Montezuma and Archuleta
counties have been called on to pay
unjust bills In this connection--a rake
on with no corresponding benefits.
f. f. Gibson came in from Silverton
this morning enroute TO Denver Mr.
Gibson Is one of the pioneers OF the
San Juan and has valuable mining IN
terests In the vicinity of Animas Forks
but there is too much snow to do any
thing for a time. so he returns to Den
yer for another month.
Miss Edith b. NJ Young. our super
intendent of schools. Is In receipt of
many letters from outside the county
asking for advice and Information. A
recent communication is from a lady
outside OF the county stating a
Mothers club is about to be organ
led and asking how to run II. Well.
some of our young ladies' can give
more practical advice In this connec-
tion than many mothers, II we are to
Judge by the way some children grow
up.
a dispatch to the Denver Post from
Sllverton says: "The engagement of
Miss Nora Colmer and William Dur
lap has just been announced. Miss
Colmer is the assistant postmistress
OF this city and one of the most popu
lar young women in the San Juan
country. Mr. Durlay is clerk in one
of Silverton's leading mercantile es
| Establishments and is hardly less popu
lar than the charming young woman
who will soon become his bride"
The many friends in this section o.
T. NJ Biggs will he pleased TO lcarf
that he is able to be up after mile
siege of smallpox or yarioloid. H'
| was at the hospital fourteen days anC
is now at his home feeling no i'll
| effects of the attack. Mr.. Biggs is a
| n loss to know where he caught the
disease. but thinks in Denver wher'
1t is quite prevalent None of hii
| family were affected and no likeli
hood.
Miss Young yesterday asked th'
| county commissioners for an appropri
alton to provide an assistant in her oi
fee. She has devoted her own tint
and paid for assistance out of he
salary the past year and the work i
increasing owing to the attention Civ
en- It by Miss Young. The commits
~i~- - -"'usfd to. comply WITH the re
quest AS Miss Young Will issue
statement setting forth the real fact
in the case and why assistance is ne
cessaTy we will not discuss the propo
sition further.
Election is over and our people vii
have more time to devote to othe
matters building up Of the town ant
surrounding country. and to this en'
George G. Franklin intend to do thei
share. Coe is active. energetic am
cnterprising, and any information con
cerning investments in real estate
mines. coal or metnliierous irrigation
etc, will be cheerfully furnished out
siders. II you want loans, he will als'
talk business with you. Mr. Franklin
is for building up this southwest sec
iion and we trust success will crown
his efforts in this direction