Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1903-10-01

eSsiOn given NOVenDeT Isi. Apply
TO August Fast, Silyerton, Colo.
From Wednesdays Daily.
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Reese McCloskey was a passenger
for Denver this morning. He will re-
turn in few days.
Division Superintendent Written
berger passed through from Silyerton
for Alamosa this morning.
Durango's coal mines are sorely
handicapped for want of cars and as
yet no relief seems imminent.
Mr. c. F. Griggs is down from La
Plata, spending few days with his
daughter, Mrs. j. S. ID. Hopkins.
j. L. Carney. travelling freight agent
for the Union Pacific, is circulating
around among our business men today.
The first regular meeting of the
Ladies' Reading club will meet with
Mrs. Sedwick Thursday afternoon at
O'Clock.
The Famous will be closed all day
tomorrow, that being Yom Kippur, or
the Jewish day of atonement, which Is
the tenth day after the new year
The fair directors of Aztec have
gone her neighbors one better by hay
ing balloon ascension on the pro-
gram. This should be great drawing
card.
Aaron Rachofsky has accepted a po-
sition as travelling salesman for a
leading shoe house of New York and
will soon leave Durango to enter upon
his duties.
Mrs. T. j. Black, wife of the deputy
district attorney OF lei Paso county
departed for her home at Colorado
Springs this morning She has been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Mcconnell
here.
Mrs. Hazel Davis, who has been WIS.,
iting her mother, Mrs. Clark OF the
Greenlow Lumber company at Column
bus. since the first of August left
for her home at Pueblo this morning.
j. C. Bailey of Hesperus is in town
today. He reports very heavy rain
at Hesperus day before yesterday
Says it was like cloud-burst in some
sections, and the mud is ten inches
deep today.
There will be much of interest to
see at the Montezuma county fair. and
parties who are interested in securing
a home for themselves in an idal fruit.
and farm land should take this oppor-
tunity of visiting Cortez.
Mrs. Grant Morris is now up and
around after n successful operation
performed three weeks ago by Doctors
Lackey and Kaylor. Mrs. Morris and
her mother expect to leave shortly to
spend the winter in California
o
General Superintendent William
Couglin and Manager j.. A. Edison OF
the Rio Grande arrived over the
Southern yesterday afternoon and af-
ter short stay here they continued
on to Silverton. They are on a trip
of inspection.
Mrs. w. l.. Booth returned to her
home at independence. Mo-, this morn
ing, after spending week with her
husband at the lnter-Ocean. Mr..
Booth will remain in this section for
a time, being engaged in the sheep
buying business.
Fairs arc all the go now. First
came Pennington with a grand blow
out, and then Durango. and next
comes Aztec with one for October, l,
2 and 8, and last but not least Cortez
will have fair on October and Z.
The fairs to be held at Aztec and Cor
tez will both be interesting events,
and we trust Durango will be well rep
resented at both.
FIlNL ~ VI ~ ff-'"
ers have just finished the new school
house which is located five miles from
Ignacio, They also have the OLD
school house at Ignacio station to
kalsomine and repaint From there
their crew will go to Bayfield, to paper
and paint the new Woodman hall for
which place they have sent over big
wagon load of material. today.
A very enjoyable social evening
was spent at the Methodist parsonage
last evening by the young people OF
the congregation. Very interesting
games were INDUCED in and music
by Prof. d. C. Eddy, after which re-
freshments were served. Over fifty
young people were present. Miss
Sanderson and her sister, Miss Cheney
Sanderson. proved themselves fine en-
tertainers.