Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-11

| going to leave Durango. but will take
I things easy for a time and decide later
on as TO what he will engage in.
We understand that the local lodge
OF the A. o. U. W. with a little coach
| ing by w NJ McCaffery. deputy grand
master OF that order In this state. is
coming rapidly to the front again. and
are going to properly celebrate next
Friday night after the initiation of a
crop OF candidates.
Mr.. and Mrs Enoch Cornell and
daughters. Misses Agnes and Cora.
who have been here visiting their rel
atives, A. w. Cornell and family. de
parted this morning for South Meal
lister, Okla. to see another one of the
Cornell boys, who is railway agent
there.
Mrs. Gus Roberts viii spend week
or two at Pasosa Springs with her
brother. James McIIoland. and his
family, leaving for there this morning.
She will proceed to St. Louis In time
to meet Mr. Roberts on his return
from New York, and they viii take
in the fair.
Dan Thornton says he rains of July
and August have been of great benefit
TO dry ranches-in fact, Irrigated land
as well--as rain is always more bene-
fetal than irrigation when evenly dis
rth nh try hat
we're burning up a month ago with no
prospect of any kind of crop give
promise of very good yield.
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The Herald received message
from the Pueblo Chieftain last even
Ing stating that from cards and pho
tographs taken from trunk one of
the wreck victims was believed to he
Mrs. Eyerad Roscoe of this city A
reply was sent TO the effect that her
father. Judge Galbreath. had wired
both We're safe, and that as the judge
had gone to Florence it was GER
tainty that Mrs Roscoe was not
among the victims.
Miss Clark returned last evening
from Silverton. Sunday she had an
exciting experience. She was out
driving with a friend, visiting one of
The mines, On Separting Miss Clark
got into the buggy, and while holding
the horse awaiting her companions
arrival The animal reared and pranced
around, Miss Clark jumping from the
rig Just as the horse gave another
lunge. this time falling over the cliff
taking with 1t The buggy. II was a
close call sure enough, and while it
proved a long walk back to Silverton,
It was with thankful heart that she
jumped in the nick OF time,
Treasurer Patterson has seized two
buggies from W. c. Morgan. agent OF
the Spaulding Manufacturing com
pany. and will sell them at public auc-
tion to the highest bidder Saturday
morning al 10 O'Clock at Wood 4 Nor
gan's barn. The buggies were seized
upon refusal OF Mr. Morgan to pay
taxes upon number of bugses that
he brought here to sell. Soon after
Mr.. Morgan's arrival with the prop
erty Mr. Patterson called upon him
and asked for the valuation, which
Mr., Morgan refused to give. Mr. Pat
lerson then notified Assessor Hopkins,
who called at the old Steineger barn,
where the vehicles were kept, and he
looked over them and assessed them
at $4,000. The amount of the tax is
$l56. The costs will also be taken out
Of the proceeds. The law of 1903 pro.
vides that property brought into a
place subsequent to May / may be
attached and sold by the county treas
urer in order TO collect the taxes. Mr.
Morgan, the agent, contends that the
buggies are not subject to tax this year
and says the parties buying them will
pay the taxes on them next year. lie
intends to let the sale take place and
then sue the treasurer for the value
Of the buggies, claiming that by 50
doing he will allow the treasurer to
make a sale for him
PROGRAM TENTH ANNUAL CON.