Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-09-12
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
Charles Hosea came in last night
from Dolores
Miss Jennie Muth returned last
night from her visit to st. Louis.
Eighty thousand fish were sent out
for the Navajo river this morning in
charge Of o. B. Hope
George Craig left this morning for
Santa Monica, Cal. where he will en-
ter the Soldiers Home.
Mrs. Coe. Franklin and little daugh-
ter returned last evening from Silver
ton, where they have been on visit.
Miss Hattie Mashburn had a piece
of bone removed from her foot at
Mercy hospital yesterday 1t is ex-
weeks
Judge Russell adjourned the Dis
| trict court this morning until the 10th
Of this month, when some civil bust
ness will be taken UP for trail in the
| court.
Eevery letter that goes out of Du-
range ought to have line printed
at the top saying: Durango has the
purest water in the world and enough
for one hundred thousand people,
Hereafter the street cars will run
| until l2 o'clock every night The last
car will leave Durango for Animas
City promptly at 10. People can now
stay out later than they have been
| used to doing.
There is great deal of pros
| pect work going on in the Lightner
and Silver mountain sections. par
| ticularly in the vicinity of the South
Fork section, around the Three
Metals properties.
The farmers and stock growers of
La Plata county are coming on the
home stretch this fall with well filled
granaries and sheds and fat pocket
books and still it will be possible
| for the consumer to live.
VIII Meuser is sinking on a con
tract on the Black Gold property,
on the north side of the South Fork
of Lightner creek The Black Gold
hos INT f1,,
but has produced wonderfully rich
ore
Albert Kinscher who has been con-
nected with the development of the
| Chief Mining company's properties,
on La Plata river, arrived today and
will probably take charge of develop
ment for the Three Metals company
in which he is interested
The Neglected mine has small
force of men working for several
days. cleaning up and removing some
ore from drift and stope which was
shipped to the smelter yesterday. 1t
is expected that the mine will re-
sumo with a good force when the con-
| struction of the new wagon road is
begun.
Coal miners who have not been
| working full time for several months
| in the Durango fields are beginning to
| get in full time and all will have it
within another month. The heavy
mountain orders for winter are he
ginning to start, and the Silverton
double header extras.
While summer apples have been
/ selling as low as a cent per pound ii
is predicted that the winter product
of keepers will bring good price.
| There has been quite disparity in
prices on wagons, one wagon selling
box of fruit for dollar while an
other the same day sold box of the
same fruit for fifty cents less, and the
peddler's fruit market has been CON
fusion of products and prices,
The Rio Grande and Rio Grande
Southern railways leading out of Du-
range, were never buster than at pres
ent, carrying the products of the coun-
ties of the great San Juan. The haul
age in now chiefly in .ore, coal coke,
lumber and stone, but within few
weeks. hay, grain, potatoes and fruits
will add vast tonnage.
Rev. r. Sanderson arrived home
last night from Pueblo, where he has
been attending the annual conference