Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-29

this section, including Silverton and
Telluride.
The entire postofflce force desires
The Herald to express thanks to
Mcbey Bros. for Ave pound box OF
delicious creams. chocolates, etc
hest. Mr.. Richey never fails
to remember the mail boys every
Christmas.
Yesterday was an ideal Christmas
day. Snow enough for sleighing with
steady falling OF the beautiful. most
of the day The weather was comfor-
table and those having the price were
bells behind fast steppers.
James Wtseman, who has been laid
up In the hospital here for six weeks
with a broken leg. returned this morn
Ing to his home al Pagosa Junction.
He Is not entirely recovered and had
to be taken on a cot in the baggage
car. His leg was broken by being run
over by wagon.
Our Silverton correspondent reports
slight shooting scrape last evening
wherein miner by the name N
slim" Davis was wounded in the
shoulder by another miner whose
name was not ascertained. Both were
booking" and supposed to be friends.
The shooting took place on Main
street
Professor Gould departed for Den
yer this morning He will deliver an
address before the State Teachers as.
ISOLATION He believes that our schools
should be made broader. so as to ON
brace more manual training. and his
address will be along these lines. He
will visit The schools of Denver and
Greeley. and possibly others. looking
ont for something new in educational
methods.
The funeral OF All Turner was held
AT | o'clock This afternoon. and was
attended by the Knights of Pythias
Red Men and Woodmen. of which or.
dcrs the deceased was member The
service at the church was conducted
by Rev. r. Sanderson and the remains
were buried in the Animas City GENE
terry. where the father and mother
lie A long procession of friends fol.
lowed the remains to their last rest
ing place
Fire department was called out at
10 minutes of this afternoon to pu,
ont a fire which broke OFT in the kitch
en- OF Mrs NJ A. Moore. residing on
Sixth avenue. The blaze was put out
by the fremen in short order. the
kitchen apd the room back Of II be
ing the only ones damaged. Most ali
the furniture was carried out of the
house which is slightly damaged as a
consequence. Insurance on house
furniture.
Local Durango and Silverton sports
who had nerve TO back Powers in the
foot race at Del Norte which took
place Saturday, had plenty of Christ
mas money AS the Mexican was left in
the rear several yards. There appears
little question but thar the race was OF
the square. II is said many thousands
OF dollars changed hands. Jack Slat
tery's lucky star hanging over his head
as usual. The San Luis valley thought
the Mexican was a world beater and
they--dropped their dough. But the In
dividual who bets on foot race has
no consideration at the hands of The
Herald
II. A. Bartlett, mail clerk in the
north end of the Rio Grande Southern
was seriously burned Saturday nigh
while acting as Santa Claus at the
Stoner Creek school house in the Tel
luride district. Tire fire caught in ths
cotton used for whiskers. and he was
seriously burned. It was al the schoo
taught by Miss Blanche Cox
Later-Bartle,i run as substitute
postal clerk on the Rio Grande SoutL
ern and was teaching school al
Quarry, a small place between Rice
and Dolores, A Telluride phone late
this afternoon SAYS Mr. Bartlett is moi
as badly burned as first reported.
The programs at the various
churches passed of pleasantly as plan
ned Saturday night, all the children
being made happy, st. Marks church
was beautifully festooned. which in ad
dition to the tree made the interior OF
the church beautiful to behold. The
Methodist church had two trees, EN-
bellished with decorations from Chica
20 and lighted with a large number oi
colored electric lights, scattered
the branches. The Presbyterian and
the Baptist churches were not behind
10th having beautiful trees heavily
laden, and interesting programs. The
Methodist church on the North Side
had it's tree last night. and an equal
amount Of happiness was dispensed
there
The county offices were nearly all
open this forenoon. but closed this
afternoon, The county commissioners
were in session and having heated
discussion on the political complexion
of the legislature and the rights and
wrongs OF the Peabody administration
when reporter looked in this after.
noon They had named the ofth as the