Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-07-28

Lakes and the Gold Kings VIII prob
ably play bali at Silyerton.
Mrs. Earl Snyder is home from n
visit TO Telluride. Her daughter, Mrs.
H. NJ. Billings. returned home with
her and viii visit few weeks here.
The regular Silvcrton ball team will
be down Sunday to play with the reg
ular Durango team The railroad will
make cheap rate for the trip so as
to insure good crowd.
l.. A. Wyatt returned last evening
from Hereford, Tex, where he Went
ON his business two or three weeks
ago. He scattered a great deal of III
formation about this section among
his friends, and as result it is prob
able that some OF them will locate
here in the near future.
August Phelps and Caesar A Rob
erts are in the city looking after bust
ness connected with the Bonnie Girl
mine above La Plata City. They will
spend several days al The mine before
returning to. Denver, They report
work progressing very satisfactorily
and feel encouraged over the outlook,
The Democrat processes to be
square, legitimate publication. This
being the case. why does 1t garbie its
telegraphic dispatches? The Demo
crat distorts its telegraphie news from
the Cripple Creek district. The Her
aid will wages new hat that the dis
patch published this morning in regard
to martial law being declared OFF was
"doctored. The Associated Press
never sent such rot.
Eastern train is six hours late today
caused by a freight wreck in the vi
cnity of Pueblo. Mail will not be
distributed until tomorrow morning,
Excavation for Hoods new build
ing has commenced. He is grading
down to the street line. The building
will be one story high and built OF
brick.
Harry Hoyt. one of the pioneer OPP
orators in the Animas Forks mining
district, is spending the day as guest
of Ed. NJ. Brown. Harry is genial,
whole-souled fellow and makes friends
wherever he goes.
o.
The band will hereafter have the
best lighting facilities to be had. The
wires have been fixed at the different
places where the band is in the habit
OF playing. so that connection may be
easily made at any time, furnishing
them with electric light.
The Florida farmers are receiving
some of the benefits OF the citys res
ervoirs on the upper Florida. Water
Superintendent Schalles informs us
that ten days ago the city pulled the
plugs and furnished the ranchmen
with six days irrigation, turning loose
1853 million gallons of the precious ar
ticles This enabled dry bitches to
run bank full, filling small reservoirs
on the mesa, and giving every ranch
man on the line OF bitches moisture
for his crops.
II. II, Dorsey and Oren Dodge,
stockholders in the new Durango Girl
Gold Mining & Milling Company. spent
the day yesterday at the mine, going
up the evening before with Al Leiner
and Mr. Weinig. This was their first
trip to the property, and to say that
they were well pleased with things as
they found them is putting it very
mildly. The party returned to town
last evening and Messrs. Dorsey and
Dodge left on the eastern this morning
for their home in Colorado Springs.
Game Warden j. NJ. Woodland and
Fish Superintendent Kincaid came in
from Denver last evening, leaving
early this morning for Emerald Lakes.
expecting to return tomorrow evening
or next day at the farthest Emerald
Lakes have furnished the state with
something like six million spawn the
past few months-more spawn than
was turned out in the entire state dur
ing the Orman administration. II
pays to have a business administra-
iion in game and fish as well as along
other lines.
The Lillian Mason company was
greeted at the opera house last night
by fair-sizcd and appreciative audi
ence The play presented was "A
Fight for Fortune" The plot was
Interesting throughout, and the play
ers carried their parts well. There
We're specialtles between the acts, con
sisting of singing, dancing. etc, which
dispensed with the tiresome waiting
while the curtain was down. This
company is made up of choice selec-
ton Of good players, and the pieces