Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-03-28

livery stables and all the express,
transfer. bus and cab lines.
From Saturdays Daily.
Joe Prewitt is up from Aztec Says
che snow struck his town. but not so
much as we have here.
E G. Arnold has so far recovered
as 10 throw one crutch away. and ex-
poets TO lay the other aside in short
time.
Billy Cole. the John wannamaker
of Silverton. came down on the morn
ing train and is spending the day in
the city.
Chief Rio Grande Surgeon o'Con-
nor is over from salida as a witness
in the Campbell case Claim Agent
Mitchell is also here from Denver.
10 e. Sheridan Of Silver City, coal
mine Inspector for New Mexico reg
istercd at the Inter-Ocean last night.
He went TO Pennington this morning.
or course you viii not overlook the
Cold Storage market in selecting Sun
day supplies. There are vegetables
and meats galore fresh as new dol
lar
Mr., and Mrs r. f. Sloan are expect
ed tomorrow or Monday evening. It
is said Sam Sloan has gained slightly
since going TO Philadelphia and viii
remain there for a while.
Mr. Hood this morning sent out two
caskets-one for c. S. Hutchins.
ranchman below here who died yes
terday. aud one for Carl Browns girl
baby, year and half old. on Flor
ida mesa Mr. Hutchins was about
TO years old and leaves a family.
p
T. n. Clark OF the law firm of Vol
colt, Vale and Waterman, arrived
from Denver last evening and is as
sisting the local attorneys of the D. &
X. c.. Messrs. Wilson & McCloskey,
in the case of Campbell against the
Denver & Rio Grande.
Alexander Brown, president of the
Vallejo ditch company. and c. c
Scheferman. prominent member OF
the company. came in from Denver a
couple of days ago to make final proof
on their desert land entries, and went
Vallejo this morning to see how the
,olony is progressing.
J. c. Gllbreath. cattleman of
Monte Vista; J. p. Atteberry, cashier
If the Monte Vista bank, and II. D.
Abrams a hardware dealer of that
town, arrived in the city last evening
and left by private conveyance this
morning for Blanco n NJ. to look
1ver the section of country to be irrl-
gated by the San Juan Canal & Devel-
opment company.
Il. w Walters, manager of the
Nendrick smelter, Is down from Sill
'erton. He says the people of that
section are as highly pleased over the
iall OF snow as the farmers. 1t is nee
essary to have snow and running
streams TO keep the mills going. Re
garding the summers work Mr.. Wal
'ers predicts a good season, proba-
bly, not opening up as early as usual,
1win7 10 late storms, but the winter
being an open one a great deal of work
has been going on generally put off
until the summer months.
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The Herald received pleasant call
last evening from Messrs. Jay Turley
and j. f. Wenborne who, with Walter
NJ. Danbury, arrived on the evening
train from Santa Fe. enroute to San
Juan county. n, NJ, Mr. Turley being
chief engineer of the san Juan Canal
4 Development company, which is
planning to water something like 40,-
900 acres of land lying on mesas along
he San Juan. The ditch will be TAX
en- out at point just below the mouth
Of Pine river and in time will no
doubt lie the means of supplying wa.
ter for the immense mesas southeast
Of Aztec. on the left side of the AMI
mas river going 10 Pennington. This
will no doubt come with storage res
ervoirs. The work of completing the
survey will be prosecuted to a finish
as rapidly as possible 1t is the in
teution TO complete the survey before
starting excavations. The money,
however, for the work Is in sight and
means an expenditure approxlmating
S3uo.o00 and sufficient land will be
placed under water to support col
ony of several thousand people. The
party departed by private convey
ances this morning accompanied by r.
NJ. Johnson OF this city who is one of
the incorporators.
La Plata county farmers will have
no cause to complain OF lack of mols-
ture to start the season with.
It's hest to be honest with your fel-
low men. it may not apparently We u