Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-15

George Grebles returned from Man.
cos yesterday and continued on to
Silverton last night.
Mrs, J. S. D. Hopkins returned to
her home near Hermosa this after
noon after visiting friends in town the
last few days.
The band played at Brookside Park
last evening and n large crowd went
out to hear the music
There is much room for argument
as to whether the little czarevitch was
the result of the cars prayers or
turning the bedstead around.
o.
Mrs. Percy Rider and daughter Jane
are en- route to visit to the old home
in Pennsylvania, stopping on the re
turn trip at st Louis.
O.
The interior of the Wingate-Ambold
buildings is now finished. and the
rooms were cleared out today and are
now ready to occupy
Chairman Patterson has issued a
call for meeting of the Republican
county central committee at the court
house a week from today.
The Dolores Star reports the ship
ment Of a car OF uranium ore from
Camp Snyder. near Dolores this week.
II is destined for New York
The county commissioners were in
session today talking over the pro
posed change of the Florida road
through the Patterson ranch.
Miss Edith b. NJ, Young returns on
this evenings stage from Aztec, N NJ,
whore she conducted the San Juan
teachers institute the past two weeks
Mr. aud Mrs w C. Chapman go to
Trimhle Springs this evening to re-
main possibly week or ten days
VIII sec If the hot water will not help
his injured arm.
Mr. and Mrs f. Il. Graham have
been putting in the week in San Juan
county n NJ. visiting Aztec and also
Pennington. They will probably be
home this evening.
Misses Cecil and Eleanor Shackle.
ford who have been visiting In the
city for ten days, the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Pickerill, left this morning
for their home in Denver
Preserve this copy of the Herald
and study the fair premium list Then
place your shoulder to the wheel and
boost for the great event Let us
make the fair this year the best ever.
The Herald is reliably informed that
Sllyerton, the Silver Lake boys and
the Gladstone club VIII be competitors
in the ball games during fair week
And 1t is quite safe to state that Par
ker will not be in the box for the gold
and black colors.
b. w. Ritter, Judge Adair Wilson,
j f Spickard and Ben Russell were
attorneys bound for Pagosa Springs
this morning Judge Russell and Miss
Messecre. court stenographer, also
went. They have to go on Saturday
TO be there Monday as there Is no
Sunday train on the branch line.
o.
Il. A. Ritter the mining expert of
Colorado Springs, returned to Durango
yesterday after making hurried in
spection of the NARROW coal banks out
near Ignacio. He is very favorably
impressed with these banks. He went
TO the Durango Girl this morning, he
being consulting engineer for the Du-
range Girl Mining company
O.
Frank Sheets. of the postonice
force, Earl Barber, Byrkhad Harmon
and Harry Meredith depart Monday
morning for the Piedra meadows,
where thew will enjoy camp life for
couple of weeks. They will be
miles away from the winsome smiles
of the fair sex. Wonder how they
will stand 1t?
George Riddle an engineer on the
D. & II. G. Espanola branch. arrived
in the city last evening on a visit to
his cousin, Mrs Herman Berndt, be
ing accompanied by his wife and
three children and Miss Nellie Sellers
of Missouri. They have been taking
In Salt Lake and are en- route home
They will be the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs Berndt week or 50.
The fair committees held meeting
last night The most important busi-
ness transacted was the appointing OF
n committee to arrange for having a
street parade the first day of the fair
The parade Is to be in the nature of
floats, and adequate prizes are TO be
offered The committee appointed
consists of Tom Davis, J. l.. Williams
and Roy Hall C. H. Mcdonnell was
appointed committee of one to con
fer with the Rio Grande regarding the
granting of cheap rates from neigh
boring towns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. lockwood re-