Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-13
SAN JUAN PIONEERS.
Report Of the Meeting at Del Norte
Last Week


neers at that place the Fourth o
July, which will be OF interest t.
those who keep in touch with the as
ISOLATION:
Bright and early on the morning O.
the Sd of July the citizens awoke Il
find everything in readiness for the
big celebration. the streets decorated
with evergreen trees, flags and bunt
ing flying everywhere it was possible
to secure the ends, and the magnetic
spring house decorated with bunting
and colored lights. all surmounted By
"A beautiful Welcome" arcn.
At o'clock the Del Norte band
marched 10 the depot. and with the
reception committee, escorted the Wis
ltors, who arrived on the morning
train. to the reception hall In the
Windsor hotel block.
large number OF Creede people
came down Sunday night. and with
| The other visitors and townspeople
listened TO short concert by the
band. after whicG the Pioneers were
presented with the keys to the city.
Mayor George p Wilson making a
very cordial and sincere speech Of
welcome, Then Old Glory was run
mp TO the masthead In the square and
The celebration proper was on.
TIE business meeting, which was
held during Monday forenoon. trans.
acted the following.
The meeting was called to order by
| Vice President John Ewing with
John Wingate. secretary. and ID. Il,
| Newoomb and Lee Fairbanks assist.
ant secretaries.
The minutes of the eleventh animal
meeting. held at Alamosa. were read
and approved.
| The committee on badges that was
| appointed at toe last meeting. report
| ed that they had adopted as per-
manent badge packed burro made
Of solid silver
Tie report of the secretary and
| treasurer was read and adopted aft.
or which the secretary read the list
of dead during the past year. AZ fol.
lows. Cyrus F., Newcomb. Tim
Clausen, George Bauer. Eliza Walker
and Louis Schwanbeck.
The committee on resolutions of
deatns-D, Il. Newcomb, w. II. Coch.
ran and DR.. Louis Weiss-reported as
| follows:
Whereas. The hand of Divine Prov
idence mas removed from the San
Juan Pioneer association its worthy
and beloved members. Geo. Bauer. C.
+ Newcomb. Mrs. Eliza Walker,
Louis Schwanbeck and Tim Clausen,
from us to the hills of the Eternal
City above. and that great loss has
| been sustained to eacn member of our
association; therefore be it
Resolved, THAI II is but lust trib-
ute to tne memory of the departed to
say that in regreting their removal
from our midst, We mourn for those
who were. in every way. worthy OF
| our respect ami regard.
! Resolved. That we sincerely con.
! dole with the families of the deceased
, IN their afiilction and commend them
, for consolation to Him who orders all
! things for the best
Resolved, That this heartfelt testi.
, monial of our sympathy and sorrow
he forwarded to the families of our
departed friends by the secretary OF
| the meeting.
The committee on nomination of Of
| hcers and selection Of place OF meet,
ing for the twelfth annual reunion re-
| ported as follows:
For president, Jacob c. Dowell. ma
yor of Pagosa Springs; marshal
! Charles A. Day; historian, W. H.
Cochran; necrologlst. d. T. Newcomb
| A vice president was also nominated
from each county, Rio Grande's rep.
| resentatiye being ]. B. HatYy
! The secretary was instructed to
| cast the vote of the meeting for the
(, committees nominees, and the vote
| was cast and the nominees were de-
clared elected
The committee also reported In IA
vor- of accepting the invitation OF the
Pagosa Springs members. and the
! next meeting will be held there.
the meeting then took advantage
/, of Mayor Wilson'S invitation to &C,
cept the inospitalities of the town, and
, declared recess until O'Clock Tues
| day evening.
The afternoon was taken up with
4, baseball gnmes and the evening to
dancing and witnessing a dramatic en-
tertalnment
| On Tuesday the day opened with a
salute Of 40 guns. and 8:45 the band
| marched to the station and met a
train loaded with people from Monte
Vista. Alamosa. La lara, AntOnito and
! other valley towns. The Monte Vista
band came up on that train also, and
. the two bands consolidated and
| marched up to the square, where they
! gave a short concert.
; The rest of the day was taken up
/ with amusement program which was
| highly entertaining.
! The banquet began at o'clock
J with an Invocation by Rev. Alex. NJ.
| barley OF Pueblo, and after the 800
J pioneers and guests had partaken Of
the excellent banquet served by a
bevy of Del Norte's prettiest Young
ladies. the post-prandial exercises
| were opened by the reading of a