Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-05-02

George Logan returned last evening
from Silverton. He says there /.
plenty of activity being displayed in
The great mining section Of the San
| Juan.
Capt C. T. Dudley returned last
evening from his pilgrimage to Cali
fornia where he put in several months
| later.
Frank Lewis left this morning for
the worlds fair and said he might be
gone ell summer. He was to be join.
ed at Lumberton by Mrs. Lewis and
the little boy.
The latest announcement from
headquarters promises complete
view of The Pike for $50 Think of
making a tour of the world for the
price Of twenty days room rent,
Assessor Hopkins commenced DIS.
tributing tax schedules in town this
morning The commissioners have
employed S. w Pingrey to help MIR.
Hopkins ON the equalization of values.
Mrs. A. r. Linsteadt of Denver, who
has been spending the last FIVE months
in the city, with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Sam McCorkle. Sr., left for home
fr ,gtaT,
brother Sam. who is bound for Chi
cago.
A private letter from G.. +. Hoh
conveys the information that he is
comfortably located in San Diego,
where he has become connected with
well established law firm. He is do
ing well and has bright prospects
ahead
Judge Granville Pendleton received
hurry-up call yesterday from TERRA
Amarillo, where court Is in session.
that there was business in sight for
night and arrived in Durango at 4
his morning and going ont on the $3.50
train. What the cases were the Judge
lid not know
Special Contracting Agent DeNicke
IF the Colorado Telephone company.
has returned from trip TO Bayfield,
via upper Florida and Pine river via
Spring gulch, having met with excel
ient success in obtaining signatures to
contracts-43 in all. He says Howard
Charlton is "A cracker jacker.
j. A. Porter says Durango is regard
ed as the best town in the state at
he present time-that is. business is
IN more stable basis and conditions
the most settled and pcaceable. In
the larger centers the effects of labor
troubles are beginning to be felt to
luite an extent Mr.. Porter has great
confidence in the future Of this city
and the enterprise of the people.
The women of Kalamazoo are going
10 clean the streets of that town for
fhree months, just to show the men
how. After they get through with
hat task they might profiiably give
1 few lessons in the proper firing of
boilers. l. Kalamazoo has no smoke
nuisance there are plenty Of other
tiles in which The Kalamazoo ladies'
an find work laid ont for them,
David Ramsay received a telegram
this afternoon announcing the death
Of George. the l2-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. George Ditchdeld, at Canon
City where the mother has been for
some time for the benefit OF the boys
health. The body VIII be shipped
rom Canon City to Durango this even
ing arriving tomorrow evening, and
VIII be taken direct from the train to
Greenmount cemetery, Rev. Ferguson
)iiciating,
The Democrat this morning heads a
Geographic dispatch in regard to the
governors special train TO St. Louis
that the Taxpayers pay the Freight"
This is false. but as near as the Dem
V'iaA Nf'' 'OAlSh ~ any lulHE III con-
nection with the administration of the
state. Gov Peabody and every indi.
vidual on the train pays his own ex.
penses and the trip is one to advertise
Colorado. Again. the dispatch was
doctored after II was received In Du.
range as the slurs 1t contained never
left the Associated Press office.
Arthur Fassbn.er came down from
Orc Flno las night. He says the re-
cent strike reported on the London
derry is all right l'. is only another
instance going 10 sh.w that there is
plenty OF ore IN the La Platas that
can be had by going tier IT, That Is
what Mr.. Fa5 inder nd his partners
are doing-g ing aflef 1t as fast as
they can, thodgh when a man has TO
work a good part of the time to get
grub-stake 1t Is mighty slow work.
The Fassbinder group Is In close prox-
unity to heiLondonderry. and Arthur
says they have the same character of
ore as that in the recent strike, though