Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-19


The most appropriate Christmas
present is a piano See Prof. Doucet.
Durango souvenir postal cards. at
Balster the jeweler.
persual of Glazer's advertisement
reveals many interesting things for
Christmas.
The stores are opening evenings
and this rule will continue until after
the Christmas rush
Mr.. Smelcer has charge of bright
boy 10 years old. for whom 1t is de-
sired TO find a home.
A F. Hood is moving from his old
stand to his new undertaking quar-
ters, next to the Red Men hall His
new building is two-story brick and
he will have an unusually fine place
| when he gets 1t fixed up
c. w Stewart dropped into The
| Herald office this afternoon with a
| sack of potatoes and pound OF but
ter for the poor family referred to a
| week ago The same were left with
the Salvation Army to be delivered to
some of the poor mentioned in to-
days. paper.
A Democratic paper says 1t will be
glad when this election probing busi-
| ness is over And amt it the truth.
Every Democratic sheet taking point
| ers from the Rocky Mountain News
is so distressed that It's editors lie
| awake nights fearing continued ex-
posure means the side-tracking of
| Alva.
| Tom Patterson, in the Rocky Noun
tain News. is whining terrifcally
over the throwing out of the fraudu.
lent votes in Denver. In one column
1t says punish the thieves and In the
next complains because the fraudu-
lent vote is not allowed TO stand for
It's pets.
l
Real of Rico and l.. c. Kinikin. at
torney, of Telluride. were arrivals last
night. The mining claim contest be
tween Messrs Real and Penaluna
was argued in the land office last
night, the evidence having been pre-
viously taken before the county Judge
in Telluride Decision has not yet been
rendered
A railroad proposition is not al
wind that has fifty-seven men on the
surveying corps, this including. OF
course, those helping in every way
Well. this is what the company back
ing the Reagan survey had in its EN-
ploy last month. Yes. you can put il
down as fact that Durango is going
to have broad guage road south and
that We will be able to ride to Farm.
ington in passenger coaches inside
of the next year.
| B. w. Ritter went to Pagosa Springs
this morning, being employed in the
election contest case. The contest is
for the offices of treasurer and C. C.
| Crawford commissioner, and the con
test is brought by j. NJ. Laughlin, de
feated candidate for treasurar, and
Samuel Teason. defeated candidate
for commissioner. The contest is
brought on the ground that residents
| of Edith were not allowed to vote,
1t being held by election judges that
| they were residents OF New Mexico.
V. c. McGirr. of Pagosa Springs, rep
| resents Roswell and Crawford and
left for home this morning.
Mrs. Simon unterbruner. who was
formerly Miss Lizzie Levan Of this
city. died last night in Ouray from
blood poison. Mrs. Unterbruner slip.
ped and sprained her ankle over two
weeks ago and her mother went over
to pay her visit and wait on her.
Mrs. Levan several days ago wrote
Mr.. Levan that her daughter was i'm
proving. but then blood poison set in
and yesterday at o'clock Mr.. Levan
received telephone message saying
his daughter could not live. and at s
O'Clock last evening he received an
other message that she was dead. Mrs.
Levan and Mr.. Unterbruner will ar
rive over the Southern tomorrow
night with the body. Funeral arrange
| ments cannot yet he announced. Mr..
Levan said today that they might de-
side TO take her to Mrs. Levan's old
home in ST Joseph or his home in
Pennsylvania-he couldn't tell which
until they talked It over among them
selves. Mrs. Unterbruner was married
here last summer to her husband. who
Is mining man, and they made their
home In Ouray, The lady lived In Sill.
verton and Durango from the time
she was a small girl and has host
OF friends who will share the sorrow
OF the parents in their bereavement.