Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-18

Percy s. Rider came over from Rico
last evening and will remain until
Monday.
Drop in at the Cold Storage market
this evening and secure supplies for
the morrow.
Fuller Hood is home from Dolores
where he prepared the remains OF L.
f. Guthrie for shipment
Miss Nettie Townsend was taken
to Mercy hospital yesterday afternoon
suffering from nervous prostration.
Mr.. Frank Witherill of the Boston
Coal company leaves in the morning
for Boston accompanied by his wife.
Vlnt Rodgers is over from Telluride
Just to enjoy life in community
where peace and harmony prevails
except in the newspapers.
Jay Turley was passenger for Den
yer this morning. He expects to be
back in week and hurry the survey
of the San Juan canal to completion.
Dan Thornton was in from upper
Pine river attending the meeting OF
the county central committee this
forenoon.
II 10 with yun hat n
Arnold Is again confined to his bed
worse than ever, if anything. Mr.. Ar.
mold is sure enough having hard
time of It,
Charles Newman returned this
morning from a visit TO Silverton and
adjacent mining camps He says
there is considerable snow in the
hills
A ball game is matched for next
Saturday afternoon between the Fort
Lewis Indians and the High school
boys. The game will be played at
the fair grounds.
G. w. Smart came down yesterday
from Emerald lakes, where he put in
The winter. He says the snow is four
feet deep. II was as deep as six feet
before it settled
Mr.. and Mrs II. +. Morgan came in
meet their two boys who were return
ing from school They all returned
to Dolores this morning.
7 j. Johnson, who used TO run on
the Rio Grande Southern, came in last
evening from Victor, where he is now
located. He came to look after some
claims in the La Platas.
David Walker and wife returned last
evening from Dave Lewis ranch on
the La Plata, where they have been
visiting, stopped at the lnter-Ocean
last night and continued on to their
home at Silyerton this morning
|, kruschke purchased the entire
stock of the Whitehall Clothing com
pany at bankrupt sale last evening
But this made no difference with the
sale advertised by Trustee Sheets.
It will he continued along the same
lines as specified.
Someone 'phoned for the marshal
yesterday to hurry up to Fourteenth
street, saying that party was un-
mercifully beating team. The mar
shal hurried. When he arrived at the
scene of the "crime" he found wo-
man slapplng the horse with the lines.
like a woman does, and clucking to
them like setting hen.
Thomas Johnson of Nevada. Mo,
having heard of the fame of southwest
Colorado and northern New Mexico
as one of the best countries on earth
to tie TO, arrived yesterday and put up
at the Oxford. He left for San Juan
county. n NJ. on tour of inspection,
and If he likes the country he will To-
cate here and send for a number of
his friends.
VIII II. Crooke came in from New
York city last evening and is spending
the day with his brother-n-law, l.. c.
Jakway. Tomorrow he continues to
Silverton where he held forth so many
years, having been absent nearly two
years. and will probably remain. Mrs.
Crooke came with him as far as Den
yer and will be along this way short
ly The Herald is pleased to have the
couple with us again.
William Crooke returned last night
10 Durango after an absence of two
years in the east. He will put in a
few days in our city after which he
will continue ON to Silverton. He is
nephew of John j. Crooke, the pioneer
mining, mill and smelter man OF the
San Juan country and the inventor of
tin foil. Mr.. Crooke says his uncle,
who is living on Staten island, N. Y,
Is hale and hearty for his age, being
so years old. Mr.. Crooke says he did
not hear great deal OF mining talk
until he got to Denver, and of course
that Is central meeting point for
mining men from everywhere. and
there everybody is talking mining