Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-01-18


for Harry Pearson's celebrated butter,
article.
A. z. Campbell, the Burlington hust-
Ter, returned from Siivertou last even
ing. pulling out for Mancos this morn
ing
Carpenters are all busy already, and
when building starts on the lots made
vacant by the fire, some carpenters
VIII have to be imported
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. f. Herr left Denver
| Tuesday for San Diego. Cal. where 1t
is hoped the sea breezes and a lower
altitude will improve Mr.. Herr's health
which remains very poor.
Henry BERLIN going to kiss you
when leave this house tonight
His Sunday Night Girl-Leave the
house this instant. sir!
And maybe Henry didn't take the
limit. =
killed himself because his salary was
not raised from $4,000 to $4,000,
What is there. then. to live for but
money? asks the Democrat push
which is evidently posted
! %
Accepting quotations on inferior
| goods and then asking home mer-
chants to fill the order with first class
articles is the way some people have
of getting even and then claiming
John Thompson sells cheap.
J. A. McCrimmon of the enterpris-
ing firm of Hemphill 4 McCrimmon.
Slverton. is spending the day In the
city with his wife, having come down
to interview Mr. Miner, the travelling
man. They return home this even
ing
| w. S. Weightman is kept on the go
these days looking after general bus
mess for the Cold Storage plant. He
reports business very gCnI for this
| season OF the year. Wheu IA need of
wholesale supplies consu.! he Cold
Storage plant, or Mr.. Weig.l man.
| The old front has been taken out
of the store room recently occupied
| by James Conway, and iron columns
have been put in and the front will
| be made like that of George Good
mans store. which will be great i'm
provement. steel ceiling will also
be put in.
| A. b. Church, the genial travelling
passenger agent of the Colorado a.
Southern Railway company, is putting
in the day in Durango. going to Sill
verton this evening. The Colorado q
Southern road is the popular route to
the sunny South, having direct line
to Fort Worth.
| G. l.. Cooper and family of Farm
ington stopped at the Inter-Ocean last
night on their way to Clarksville,
Tenn. where they will make their fu-
ture home. They were accompanied
| by Mr. Cooper's brother, w. H.. who
came ont from Tennessee to take them
back. They were brought up by +. B.
Allen, the liveryman.
! Mrs. DR.. l.. S. Barnes arrives from
Denver this evening after an absence
OF eight weeks yesterday, having been
in the hospital where she underwent
delicate operation but which for
tunately turned out well, and she re-
turns on the road to permanent re-
covery. which will be gratifying news
TO her many Durango friends.
The Chicago Business Womens
club has decided against dances in
which IL is necessary for The gentle
man to put his arm around the lady
II that kind of dancing is to be barred
the dancing TEACHERS may as well look
around for new jobs, says Joe Clark
and what Joe doesn't know about en-
circling waists isn't worth knowing.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hall came In from
| lgnacio agency last evening where
they have been the past month, Mr.
Hall looking after the post-tradership
| store in the absence Of his brother
VIII. who put in four weeks in the
east visiting the old folks and few
OF the young people. viii returned
yesterday ana Roy lost no time in pull
ing out Tor Durango.
A story is told of Durango bride
| of a few weeks who thought to please
her husband by making some mince-
meat and preparing some pies. She
made the pies all right, and when the
husband bit into a piece of one he
wanted to know what was the matter
with 1t. And II finally came out that
the wife, who is strong temperance
woman, instead of using brandy in
mince-meat, had used root beer.
Tramp-Kind lady. could youse
gimme ole suit NV clothes2
Lady-No.
Tramp-A ole overcoat, mebby?
Lady-No.
Tramp-A ole hat?
Lady-No.
Tramp-Den could youse gimme a
piece NV cold pie?