Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-10

8 not retort. but took their turn. follow
N ing the conclusion OF services of til
Salvationists. .
e Let us have a large turnout 0
farmers at the Farmers Institute
wfsch is to be held here Angus, IL.
Mr. and Mrs. w S Pickerill. llr
and Mrs. Lloyd Sheets and number
: of others leave tomorrow for an out
ing on the Vallecito,
Jack Herr made another trip Satur
, urday to that hole on the brow of the
hill overlooking Deep creek. where q
gold discovery was recently reported
Jack is not an easy gutter. ne wants
to know.
A committee is around today rus.
Ting the guarantee fund for the fall
fair. They report meeting vita un.
usual good success. They will make
a report at the board OF trade meet
ing tonight.
Ed. II. Van Endert has been giving
some attention recently to tne coun.
try north OF Deep creek south of Chi
cago gulch. He is one of the pros
pectors who should be able to hnd
something In that section
| Ilp announcement rnmag from Pm.
leblo that General Passenger Agent
Hooper; his assistant. F., A, Wsd-
leigh, and several other officials OF
the Rio Grande will accompany the
Pueblo trades excursion on its trip to
Durango.
Parties having lease and bond
on the Hazel NJ. mining property west
OF Trimble Springs have decided to
sink snaft on the dixie there to IA
depth OF fifty feet prospecting tne
walls as they go down to determine
regarding the starting OF a drift.
| O.
| S. w. Carpenter of Mancos and H.
Brigham. Jr., of Cortez. were guests
over night at the Strater They left
tnis morning for Trinidad. where they
Will represent their respective lodges
at the grand lodge of the Knights of
Pythias. which conyenes next Tues
day.
Edgar l.. Thompson, general mana
ger OF the Delayed Mining and Mill
ing company, informs The Herald that
a number of Durango business men
who have been investigating his pro
perty near Cascade have decided to
invest In some of tno stock OF the
company.
Edgar L. Thompson. general man
aYer of tne Delayed Mining n Mill
ling company. informs The Herald
that number OF Durango business
men who have been Investigating his
property near Cascade have decided
TO invest la some OF the stock OF the
company.
Charlie Jones came down this
creek. He says the country north
OF him is attracting the attention OF
prospectors. That big area between
lLlEntner. Junction and Deep creeks
has never been prospected but prob
ably will be pow.
| Good roads all over La Plata county
will help. The mountain roads suffer.
ed most during the spring floods
whicn were unusually high and dam
aging. The La Plata district Is do.
ing all 1t can In development and pro
duction. making the best record of its
history for the actual production OF
gold.
| Ernest Mendennall drove his moth
or and aunt. Mrs. VanNote. over to
Silverton the first Of the week where
those ladies' will visit with Mrs. Men
denhall's daughter. Mrs. VIII Crooke.
From Silverton they will go to Du'
range to spend some days with Mrs
Jakway, another daughter OF Mrs
Mendenhail.-Lake City Times.
| w. X. Armstrong has been calling
on the farmers who planted sugar
beets the last two days for the pur'
pose OF seeing how the beets were do
ing. He found all the patcnes visited
looking extremely well. He expects
to 90 out again tomorrow and hopes
to get around to all of them. This
is a matter In which the board Of
trade and In fact all our people are
deeply interested. for upon the ex.
periments made this summer depends
our getting sugar factory.
Again the Herald desires to i'm
press the people of Durango with the
danger OF permitting large crowds OF
boys to gather at the passenger depot
awaiting the arrival OF incoming
trains. The newsboys have business
thereto receive their papers for de
livery and sale. From one 10 1--WE
times as many more of their friends