Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-18

mel the vein has been encountered.
and the ore seems to be Of better quail
ity as depth from surface u gained.
From Tuesdays Daily.
It. p. Brlnnegar. superintendent OF
the Animas City schools, has return
ed from his visit east.
| Mrs. d. C, Ray departed this morn
ing for visit with relatives In Mad
ison, Wis. She expects to be absent
| TWO months.
| Miss Ida Toupain, who has been Wis
iting the family OF Mr. Reeder few
weeks. left this morning for her home
IN Grand Junction.
| %
| F. ]. Lewis and George Leap went
out on the Salt Lake excursion this
morning. Mr.. Lewis Intends going to
'ronopah, New, before he returns.
| C.. c. Eddy returned last night from
| Denver. He reports his son Byron,
who underwent an operation for ap-
pendicitls. as getting along very well.
c. l.. Buckingham, T. N. Bauer, It. II.
I Bauer and II. f. Sherman. members
Of the Bonnie Girl company. came in
property.
Robert Murray, who has been here
On visit with his relatives. left this
morning for his home in Fayetteville.
Ark. Mr.. Murray Is brother OF Mrs.
ellis Roberts.
Mrs. B. F. Grace departed this
moning on trip to Denver and Col
orado Springs. where she will visit
with friends. She expects to be abb
| sent a month.
Mrs. ]. w Wingate and daughter
Miss Martha, who have been visiting
a week at Hands ranch in the Ami
mas valley, returned on the train
rom Silverton this morning.
Miss Anna Castonguay. one OF the
telephone girls of Silverton, has been
visiting the Hands in the Animas val
ley She came down on the morning
rain, and will spend few days with
friends in Durango.
The number taking advantage of the
Salt Lake excursion this morning was
smaller this year than ever before
The great majority of the people who
take trips this year are going east on
account of the worlds fair.
Little Chris Barth went to Rock.
wood this morning to stay week or
Two in camp with his uncle and aunt
Mr. and Mrs Ross McGirr. Chris took
his bear dog, gun, roll of blankets
and a pocket full of fishhooks. Won't
he have fine time? You bet!
John r. Schindel of Cincinnati, who
has been visiting at Fort Lewis. the
guest of w. NJ. Peterson, left for his
home this morning l. w. Atkinson
and Omar Bundy, of the U. 8. Army
who are also Fort Lewis visitors
came in to see their friend OF.
Major Il. H. Cooper passed through
from Silverton this morning on his
way east. He came to Silverton by
way of Ouray and had party of min
ing men with him. but the party had
scattered. The major Is coming again
in September with large party from
Wisconsin.
]. s Tuman and wife. Mr. and Mrs
Thos. Smith and Mr.. and Mrs. Hol
ier are back from their camping triI
of two weeks spent on the Vallecito
Mr.. Turman says the outing WAS en-
ioyed, Notwithstanding the numerous
rains
G. w. Bloodgood, manager of the
Big Colorado Mining and Milling com
pany of Gladstone, in company with
Miss Miller, his halfsister. registered
at the Strater last night. Mr.. Blood
good is here for the purpose OF get
ting a draft horse to match another
fine one which he has already. and he
is making inquiries among local horse
men.
In the matter of changing the Flor
Ida mesa wagon road through the Pat
terson ranch, 1t IL understood thai
Mrs. Patterson, the owner of the
ranch. will not consent to such 9
change without claiming damages
She is in California at present. 1t is
probable the county commissioners
will order the change made and ther
let q board of appraisers determine
the amount of damages. The change
would be a great convenience to the
farmers who travel the road.
The buggies taken from Mr.. Msr
gan, agent for the Spaulding Mfg. Co,
and sold for taxes, were bid in by Mr.
Morgan himself. The price he pait
was 800 each, or 5000 altogether This
was just enough to keep other parties
from getting them. The amount ol
the taxes was $l56. and the costs rar
The amount up to about $173. The
treasurer rendered Mr.. Morgan the