Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-02-11


from Pueblo and will be with lis sew
eral days. Business.
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. II. Tulley return
ed Sunday from Silverton where they
went to attend the funeral of the Gun
ningham baby.
Mrs. Frank Rodecker, who has been
visiting her mother and sister. Mrs.
and Miss Biggs. returned to her home
at Edith this morning
Thomas G. Higgins. deputy game
warden. left on The eastern this morn
ing after spending couple Of weeks
In Durango He returns 10 mis- home
at Grand Junction by way OF Gunni-
son
w r. Mason came down IRON Trim
BILE Springs TO spend Sunday in the
city. He has some good looking spec
linens from his claim. which he is
working short distance west Of
Trimbe.
The members of St Marks Guild
who have charge OF the preparations
for the minstrels. are succeeding ad
mirably and are making extra efforts
10 have the coming entertainment the
greatest success on record.
w. c. Kinkaid, fish commissioner
for the state. is putting in few days
n 10,
after the making of some cases for
carrying eggs from the lakes to the
hatchery. and says there will be two
million fish hatched here this sum
mer.
It's tried awful hard 10 snow since
our last issue. Sunday morning look.
ed like a genuine storm but let up
with an inch, furrles falling during the
day. During the night another inch
fell. hardly sufficient to settle the
dust. About six inches iell on Cone
jos range with only few inches in
the mountains above Siverton.
The Circle, Women of Woodcraft
gave a very pleasant entertainment
and social at the Woodmen hall Sat
urday night, the Woodmen being
their guests. An interesting program
was rendered, consisting chiefly OF
the farce entitled The Champion oi
Her Sex" After this there was a
splendid lunch, and the aifair was
greatly enjoyed by all who attended
Secretary of State Cowie, Auditor
Holmburg and Mr.. Lease. secretary
of the state board of equalization.
will arrive this evening on the South.
ern and will put in the night in Du.
range, having stopped at Telluride
over Sunday. They are making a
tour of the counties to ascertain tax
valuations with view of securing an
equitable rate for each of the coun.
ties. They will depart on the morn.
ing train for Denver.
State Game Warden ! NJ. Wood
ard arrived In the city Saturday even.
ing, remaining over Sunday, looking
after the local FISH hatchery and ascer.
taining conditions in this southwest
section. He returned to Denver this
morning. Their Is certainly going to
be some trout for distribution in
neighborlng streams from the local
hatchery this spring.
Eleven hundred and eleven asked
us Saturday night and yesterday about
the six-column article announced to
appear in this issue. and even the
Democrat referred to 1t yesterday
morning Well. IT will not take long
to locate it, being the most prominent
thing in the paper. We have refer.
ence to the Kruschke display ad. on
the fourth page. 1t speaks for itself
The pre-inventory sale was a hummer
but not in 1t with the present one
fire alarm was turned in from the
station by the North Durango store
about 1850 this morning and immed-
lately after, the fire wagon came run
ming from the station down to Main
avenue, and as the turn was being
made the rear wheel on the wagon
struck the car track which caused II
TO give way. letting one corner of the
wagon down TO the ground Tho team
was stopped in a few jumps. unhitch-
ed and rushed back tn the extra house
where an extra wagon was hitched
onto and a fresh start taken. When
the department arrived at the station
where the alarm had been turned In
they were Informed there was no FIRE
that woman had been alarmed
over the actions OF a steam heater.
which was responsible for all the ex-
citement.
Mrs. Potter. wife OF j. A. Potter. |
died from malarial fever at 9:15 o.
clock Saturday morning at their home |
at Navajo. a small station ON The Rir |
l;rande southeast OF Durango The |
body was brought TO this city last
night and was taken in charge by the
Undertaking company.
The funeral will be held tomorrow.
'ervice being conducted al the Cath
,lic church. of which deceased was a
Mrs. Potter was bd,n In Ire
and 81 years ago. For the lasi few
ears she has lived at Navajo where