Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-08-18

;raham says It's we'll worth the time
and expense of any one to take a
rip through San Juan county, and if
hey cannot do II now. all who can
| should take in the Aztec and Farming
ION fairs. which will give them a very
good idea of the productiveness OF the
land.
o. A. Dalton wires his family from
| salt Lake that his leg Is yielding to
he treatment he Is receiving and is
| iealing as rapidly as possible.
Joe Hastings fell from his horse two
| lays ago while rounding up 4 bunch
If horses on the Florida and fractured
| ais right forearm. The bones we're set
md the arm placed In plaster paris by
Dr. Lackey.
l.. ID. Smith left today for Buena
Vista, where he will enter the Sol
| lier's Home. Mr. Smith was q soldier
the war of the rebellion, entering
,s bugler He served his country
| 1--we years. He has been disabled for
some time.
| II. X. Flock, who has been here the
past two or three months on a visit to
his son.in-law, Sam McCorkle. and
family, left today for his home in Chi
cago Mrs. McCorkle goes with him
as far as Denver. where she will visit
with friends a short time.
Mrs. Stella Davis was granted q di-
yorce In the county court today on
the grounds of desertion and non-sup-
port She was awarded the custody
OF little girl years old, her only
child. The husband is away from Du-
range and did not appear, either in
person or by proxy.
The lecture, THE Trial Of Jesus
Christ. by Judge Webb at the Meth
odist church last evening. was listened
TO by an attentive audience last even
ing. The Judge Is learned scholar,
and his theme proved an interesting
one, showing the law under which
Christ was convicted and the false
premises taken.
| Judge C. T. Morgan returned this
morning from Colorado Springs.
where he attended the meeting Of the
Knights of Pythias. The next meet
ing will be at Trinidad on the second
Tuesday In next August He saw the
scene OF the Eden wreck as he passed
along. and rode with the fireman who
escaped from the wreck. The train
he returned on was held all night Sat.
urday at Palmer Lake on account OF
washouts, and was held all night Sun.
day at Chama on account OF mud on
the track. so he had a very unpleas
ant experience on his return home.
Dave Bales was brought down from
lockwood Sunday morning suffering
from two stab wounds inflicted by q
man named Parks at the Saturday
night dance. He was taken to Mercy
Hospital and placed under the care OF
DIR. Lackey. One wound in the left
side enters between the ribs, pene
trates the lung and then the abdomen
and is considered a dangerous one
The second one, in the back, is not
deep. The men had always been good
friends heretofore. but got into an ar.
gument about team that Bales start.
ed to hitch up and which belonged to
n man named Parks.
Saturday night Mrs. Gilbert Nc.
Clurg of Colorado Springs and Sen.
ator r. NJ. Patterson arrived on the
eastern, being on their way to the
Ute reservation to hold pow-wow
with the Indians in reference to re-
linquishing their right to that portion
of Mesa Verde which lies within the
boundaries of the reservation, to the
government, to be set aside as a ma
tional park for the preservation OF the
cliff dwellings, Mrs McClurg and
Senator Patterson were accompanied
by Edward Keating, writer on the
Denver Times. and also receiver OF
the Montezuma canal The party was
Joined at Hesperus by Superintendent
Peterson of the Fort Lewis Indian
school. They left the train at Mancos
and took conyeyances for Navajo
Spings, where they will try to reach
an agreement with the Indians. Sen
ator Patterson expects to present q
bill at the next session of congress for
the purchase OF this land and turning
1t into national park. Mrs Nc
Clurgs interest in the matter is that
as president of the National Archeo
logical Society. Mrs. McClurg has fol-
several years taken a deep interest In
the preservation Of the ruins. The
party will return tomorrow night II
all goes well
o. Stranburg, president of the EN-
plre Gold Mining Co., and Gust f. Mel
son. Chas. Forsgreen and DR.. p. d
Russell, stockholders. have spent sew
eral days looking over their property
above La Plata City. the Small Hope,
mine. They put up at the Inter. Ocean
The first three gentlemen are from
jamestown. N. Y. and the last namet
from Chicago. They returned to Du
range last night in company with VIM
X. Price. superintendent Of the mine
and left for their homes today on ths
| eastern They are anthuaip stlc ova,