Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-14

morning in company with Bill Shafer,
and they intend TO keep on until the
stock is recovered and the thieves
captured.
The laying of sidewalks still con-
tinues.
The storm yesterday resulted in
wind only.
The friends of Mrs. l.. A. Pelky will
be glad 10 learn that she has been
discharged from the hospital after un-
dergoing a difficult operation.
Long distance telephone communica-
ton was cut off about six last night,
undoubtedly caused by a falling tree
between lockwood and Silverton. 1t
is expected that the damage will be
repaired during the day.
A. ]. Yarmouth and Robert II. Has
tie departed for Denver this morning.
accompanied by George w. Singer.
who arrived from Telluride last even
ing. Mr.. Singer is associated with
these gentlemen in mining. Messrs
Hastie and yarmouth have made sew
eral trips to the La Platas. and 1t is
hoped they have at last found
something in the mining line that Will
induce them to invest.
A. f. Hood has bought the three lots
abutting on the Red Men property and
fronting on second street, of II. ID.
Mcbride, the price paid being $4,000,
The purchase includes the brick build
ing occupied by DIR. Barnes. Mr.
Hoods states that he will occupy this
building as a residence. and will com
mence very soon to build a one-story
brick next to the Red Men hall. This
building will be used for undertaking
rooms 1t will be 25x75 feet
Much speculation is indulged in re,
garding the party of railroad survey
ors at work south of the city. Many
people are inclined to believe the
party is in the employ of the Rio
Grande instead OF the Rock Island. II
may be that neither road Is interested.
but instead it is the Arizona 4 Clif.
ION or some other. of the numerous
lines between Durango and New Mex.
leo or Arizona points which have been
so much talked of. 1t seems that If
his line is for the Rock Island the
surveys would be made between Ala
mocsa and Durango before running
the lines south of here.
Col Demming came in from the La
Platas last evening and brings some
very interesting news. He informs
us that a large body OF zinc ore has
been found between Mount Hesperus
and Mount Moss. He says the dis
covery has just been made and that
not enough work has been done to
tell much about 1t, but an opening suf-
iciently large has been made to indi-
cate that the vein is at least four feet
in width. The ore is phalerite, or zinc
blend, and is of sufficient value to JUS
tify its working for the zinc values
alone. The names of the owners can
not be given at this time.
George B. Monk of the U. S. geolog
ical survey was at Hesperus yester-
day measuring the flow of water in
the La Plata river. He departed for
Denver this morning. He expects to
he back in about ten days and take
some measurements of the flow in va
rious streams, and will in all probabil
ity continue measurements of the
mn
throughout the season This has
never been done here before. 1t is
desired to know now the amount OF
water carried by the streams at all
seasons of the year and that is what
Mr.. Marks work is being done for.
Juan Maloney was arraigned before
Judge Houx this morning charged with
| assault and drawing a pistol on j. l..
Apadaca. Both were MeXicans-or,
more strictly speaking, Maloney's
mother was Mexican and his father
was Irish They both had chAkren,
and the children quarreled and fought
and the parents finally became involv-
ed, which eliminated in Senor Ma
loney pulling the gun. Judge Hoax,
heard all the evidence in the case and
told them to stand up while he admin
istered the sentence. They both evil
IDENTIFY thought they were doomed for
the penitentiary. The court gave
them both good lecture and wound
up with the sentence, which was that
they shake hands and be good friends
and promise to not fight or quarrel
any more. This they did with be-
coming grace, and thus the penalty OF
dignity of the law upheld.
DEATH OF MRS. 3. N. FREEMAN.