Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-04-07

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Mrs. f. ]. Lewis and little son will
spend a few days on the Lewis ranch
at Lumberton. leaving for that place
his morning.
The smaller towns and cities Of the
state are engaged in exciting munich
pal elections. Durango gets excited
only once In two years.
o.
William Wolf a Co. report the wool
business quite active This firm has
shipped several cars of new clip and
,wo more go ont in the morning.
Frank Brown of Silverton Is spend
ug the day in the city, arriving last
aight. He reports Silverton picking
~ and predicts an active season
Nlnety-four per cent of the business
talnres for 1903 were those who di,
not advertise And still there are
some who think advertising does not
pay The figures given are official.
The remains of c. II. Bean We're
shipped for Chicago this morning, ac-
,ompanied by his son Fred A.. who
iame here to take the body back. The
Masons formed an escort to the depot,
Mr.. and Mrs Clint Bowman came
lown from Gladstone this morning
md will he with us couple of days
Mr. Bowman says there is about two
eet of snow at Gladstone and four
eet at timber line.
Mrs. Hanson went to Denver this
morning as representative of Hive No
> of the Maccabees, and Mrs. Seybold
vent as representative of Hive No
4 TO attend the grand lodge. which
iolds its session in Denver April Z,
md o
The Robert Ninyard north pole let
ers are very interesting and many
rave asked for extra copies. "Bobbie'
las branched out into very good de
,cripive writer and all his letters are
cad with interest, hut the last tive
particularly so.
The Animas City bonding PROPOSE
ion for new school house carried yes
erday by a good vote and the erec
ion of $4,000 building Will soon be
nder way Our Animas friends be
ieve in keeping pace with Durango ir
educational matters.
Percy S Rider returned 10 Rico this
morning in order to vote for the sue
'essful candidate for mayor tomorrow
rhe Republicans will undoubtedly b,
'etained to manage the affairs of tha
aity. Mr. Rider is the kind of mar
O keep at the head of public affairs
Mr. and Mrs. George Allen are NJ
rom Pennington and will be with II,
couple of days. Mr. Allen is eX
,eeting 2000 fruit trees which he vii
act ont this spring, in most cases be
ng new varieties Mr.. Allen believe.
n branching out and finds 1t pays Il
'aise the best and then pack ii pro
perly for market.
Another indication that the peopl,
If san Juan county. n, NJ are a well
o-do lot and are able TO paddle theil
pwn canoe is their proposition to sinl
rN1 ,.r.I T.gx "a Ia. l.
us any help from the outside. With
mt any solicitation almost enough
money has been subscribed to put tn,
scheme through
The Rio Grande southern enjoyed
niles from Lizard Head. II seems
hat in going down the hill toward Ri
20 a car jumpe the track. the train
broke In two. then the front section
slowed up and the rear end ran int,
IT, derailing two or three cars The,
injured.
Frank Cooke, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
Nick Cooke, seems to he having har,
lime of II, having come home Satur
lay with an attack of pneumonia
which is quite serious although ther,
is every reason 10 believe he will pull
through all right, 1t was not lon.
ago that Frank was injured at tn,
Neglected. We trust this will be tn,
last time he will he laid up for som,
time AT least
The Democrat evidently does no
rclish the Silverton criticism. 1t con
tained too much truth The Sunda,
morning Post arriving last evenins
showed plainly where the Democra
rot emlnated, all same as the STUFF
published from Ouray week or ter
lays ago. The Herald takes the tim,
and trouble 10 obtain reliable new,
If the San Juan section every day ant
is the only Durango publication tha
attempts to cover the field.
p Dalla. a deputy sheriff of Silver
ton, came down ON the morning trair
and arrested paola Blsacca on com
plant of Angela Sartore, boarding