Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-26

stopped over night in the city on his
way to Denver and Cripple Creek.
He goes to Cripple Creek to spend
Christmas with his family. after which
he will attend to business in Denver
Mr.. Franks feels enthusiastic over the
| outlook for the Old Kentucky the COM
ing season. when he will have the
the property equipped with a plant of
machinery. which will enable him to
run the mine on an economical scale
| and enter the list of profitable ship
pers.
Judge Bell, who was up from Mont
| rose yesterday, is enthusiastic over
the future Of the uncompahgre val
ley and MontrOse. predicting that the
town will increase its population from
900 to 500 in the next eighteen
| months, and that the surrounding
| country will settle up even more rap
idly. AT present there Is not habit
| able house Of any description vacant
| in Montrose, and many new buildings
are in course of construction Farms
and ranches with any degree OF i'm
provements sell readily at $3.50 to $500
an acre. while many fruit farms in the
vicinity of Paonia have sold for $1,000
per acre. About 300 teams and cor
responding number of men are engag-
ed on the canal and work is going
ahead fast.-Telluride Journal
The family Of Chris Hanson has Of
fered through the county commits
sioners, to give him $50 a month for
his support, provided he will leave
town. where he will be away from
saloons and gambling Mr.. Hanson
can not quite make up his mind that
he is willing to leave for this consid
Grafton, and thinks he sees in 1t a
scheme to get rid of him. He has not
accepted or refused the offer as yet.
He dislikes to be what he terms EEK
He'd" and hopes that his family may
he induced to aid him aid allow him to
live here at the same time. He wants
enough money so he can be treated
for his paralysis. The proposition of
support, 1t seems. is a fair one. being
made through the county commission
ers, and should be accepted. Thirty
dollars a month ought to keep him in
comparatively good circumstances.
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C. f. Mcconnell C. C. Sroufe and
Roy Hall returned last evening from
Pennington. stopping at Aztec both
going and coming, Mr.. Sroufe is the
head of what is known as the Reagan
survey. having arrived week or two
ago to take charge of the work, maxi
ing Durango headquarters. Mr.. Sroufe
| NJ aI on hv fat ttFn nf n
Herald this morning and informed
that the work of completing the sur
vey is being pushed as rapidly as men
and money can do it-that this is be-
ing done in order TO get the plans
finished so work Of construction can
begin as early the coming year as
possible. Mr. Sroufe said his people
were going to build a line from Du-
range to point connecting with the
Southern Pacific no matter what
others may do. Asked as to the in
terests back Of the enterprise he would
ont state, but sufficient is known so
The Herald can give positive informa-
ton as to this--beins no less than the
Southern Pacific. one OF the largest
railroad corporations in the country.
/
securing connection with this terri.
tory owing to the immense coal de
posits and the great possibilities of a
promising future, Mr.. Sroufe could
not state Just when the survey will be
completed but no efforts are being
spared 10 hasten same The name of
the road will he the Arizona and Colo
RADIO r R
Mrs. Sroufe arrived with her hus-
band and will spend the winter in Du-
range, Mr.. Sroufe putting in the time
the line of survey.
Charles A. Spiess. Of Las Vegas. at
torney for the Phelps-Dodge syndi-
cate. has been in the lower country
the past week or two and departed
for home this morning TO spend the
holidays with his family. He expects
to be with us again Immediately after
New Years. In talking about his com
pany's plans he said the Phelps-D Dodge
road would be built. and that tust as
marked on the map the route the
road will take. As indicated bv the
line he drew the road will run from
| Durango down the La Plata river
cross the San Juan at Farmington
| continuing in almost straight line
southward. crossing the Santa Fe
track about where Coolidge or Chavas
| is. short distance east OF Fort Def
ance. thence southwark till near the
Southern Pacific, then taking a south
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