Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-06-16
Regular meeting of the Elks tonight

TO Durango.
Durango viii be well represented at
Mancos next week. the occasion being
the San Juan Masonic association
meeting.
d. F. Day is now boarding at the eG
pense Of the taxpayers. There are Z
good many who are willing TO stand
the drain.
G. w. Smith went ont to the BiIs
White ranch on Florida mesa -liIs
and will put in the rest OF
the suipner there.
The only disturbing feature, so far
as The Herald is concerned. is the
burning of the Democratic bridges in
La Plata county,
Mrs. O. d. Pyle returned from SI-
verton. where she has been visiting.
last night and left this morning for
her home at Dolores.
Mrs Kueber is reported to be
slightly improving now Her cond-
tion ever since she was injured in the
wreck has been serious.
Let every Mason who can spare the
time visit Mancos next Friday. Sill
verton will send a good delegation as
well as several other points.
The High School boys will play n
game of bail with the Gold King coat
miners at the fair Ground Sunday
afternoon. Game called at 2;30
1t has been suggested that Wander,
grift reduce his claim against Day
from $50. 900 to $4,000 the $500 redutA
ton being used TO liquidate the dis,
trict court fine.
o. A. Elliott, sheriff of Cheyenne.
Oklahoma arrived last night and will
leave for home in the morning with
Alex Vischelberger who is wanted for
assault with intent to kill.
D.
Saturday will be strawberry Day"
at Clenwood Springs, Distance and
roundabout way is the only thing that
keeps MS away. And the same is true
of many Durangoites.
O.
At last Durango editor is in jail.
Wonder is the general public would
not contribute a few dollars il the en-
tire contingent could be landed-with-
out recourse to pen and ink.
Fred Fraley passed through from
Silverton to Ignacio this morning. He
reports all the cabins built on the Mis-,
souri, Fred claims at Gladstone, and
everything moving along nicely.
DR. Barnes, who has been out ON his
ranch for TWO weeks. came in II at.
tend a meeting OF the board of pen
sion examiners, out of fifteen appli-
cations for examination only one party
appeared.
DR. Hurd has received letter from
Dr. Kaylor at birmingham Ala. say
ing that he and Mrs. Kaylor would
leave last Thursday for st. Louisv.,
where they will stay "a week. aItss'
which they will come ON home.
Walter Hoffman. the Herald linotype
operator was the first to correctly an
swer the cunuudrum prupounded by
The Famous What is the difference
between n man and hcn?" Mr.. Hon
man promptly received a check from
the Famous for 81. The answer is
"A man can lay AN egg on red hot
stove without burning his feet, and "A
hen cannot" Look at the questions
propounded in the Famous ad. There
is easy money for any one who can
answer them.
Mr. Tim Sheehan and Miss Lizzie
Doyle We're united in marriage at
o'clock this morning at the Catholic
church. MIR Sheehan Is one Oi .kSn-
terprising young mining men "he
La Platas. and the bride is one of Dn'
rango's most estmable young daugh-
ters. The happy couple will spend
ten days or two weeks on their honey
moon. after which they will settle
down in this city Both parties have
host of friends who extend their best
wishes.
Mrs. Addie f. French of Cortez left
this morning with her little boy for
Canon City, to be at the bedside of
dear friend, Mrs Julia f Bennett.
who is seriously Ill., Mrs. French re
ceived the news yesterday too late to
catch the train, and so she was com
PEELED to make the drive from Cortez
to Durango in the night. Her son
Davie brought her through on time all
right. The distance is sixty miles.
and as the night was dark the ride
was a very trying one. Davie will
rest today and go back tomorrow.
Mrs. Huntsinger, teacher Of the Cas-
cade school, has taken up the idea of
school gardening, which is being so
warmly advocated by many educators
the country. She has had
the boys of her school fence in a plot
of ground so feet square. The ground
,,lpu-ad and 1avaIat tho rpoLe aud