Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-05-09

The High school pupils are rehears-
ing every evening on the play. ''Wha.
Happened to Parker" There are ~
| characters and they are not filled by
four people. either. This Is the night
the play Is presented-at the High
school building
There was a lively time at the meet
Of the Eagles last night. FIVE new mem
bers being initiated into the mysteries
Of the order. They were, Harry Laz-
arus. Harry r. Ayers. Leonard Brown,
Charles M. Wyatt and Ernest s Herr.
The Eagles membership is rapidly in
| creasing.
Harry Baldwin. proprietor of the
| trading store at Jewett on the San
Juan, loaded out for home this after
| noon with three large loads of gem
eral merchandise. He had runaway
yesterday a short distance below town
which necessitated some repairs by
| the blacksmith
George T. Hair, general agent of the
| land department of the interior, has
been assigned 10 the Durango district
10 look after the governments inter
ests. Mr. Hair comes from South Da-
kota and is an old-time friend of Mr..
w. NJ. Peterson, superintendent of the
Indian school at Fort Lewis.
George Rowe and Oswald Link are
/ ..s, Ial.
in the morning to resume work on
their claims. They have great faith
in eventually getting pay ore. They
see that in almost every case where
good surface showing has been fol-
lowed to any great extent 1t has led
10 good ore.
| There WAS never time when our
| people felt so hopeful over the outlook
for the La Plata mountains. and all
| for the reason that that district now
has several shipping mines. Mines is
what 1t takes 10 make mining dis
trict. and now that ii has been dem
onstrated that pay ore and lots of 1t
exists in this section, men with money
to invest Will not be so slow to come
this way as formerly.
The play. My Partner" billed for
the opera house Wednesday. May IL,
is home talent performance There
are twelve characters and eleven per
sons taking part, all of whom are res
idents OF this city. The parts are
filled by almost the same parties who
presented that very Interesting per
formance. Because Love You" re-
Gently. The pleasing reception with
which that play met should he sufli-
| cient guarantee of the good merits of
MY Partner"
Herald reporter called on Mr
| Nick Cooke today to inquire If the re
port that the Cold Storage plant would
shut down was true. Mr.. Cooke stat
ed that the Cold Storage company
would not shut down the plant-could
not afford to do it--but it was the in
tention to draw in on some of the
lines of business which had been car
ried formerly. He also stated that a
deal was pending which, should 1t go
through. would make the cold stor-
age "A greater institution than ever
I The Women's club of Denver has
elected nine delegates and nine alter
mates to the biennial convention gen
eral Federation of Womens clubs to
be held at ST. Louis commencing May
l7th. These ladies' have all reserv.
ed berths in the official train which
will leave Denver about 1880 p. m
on Sunday. May Is via the Burlington
Route. arriving in ST. Louis the fol
lowing afternoon. We hope to see a
large delegation represent Colorado on
the official train, and suggest early
application for reservation of berths
The price of tickets for the occasion
from Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Den
yer. Fort Collins and intermediate
stations to st. Louis and return is as
follows: S29.40 for tickets good 10
days; S3270 for tickets good 60 days;
$500 for tickets good to December
10, 1904. Proportionate rates will be
in effect from other points.
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