Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-02

Why not an excursion or so from
Durango to Mancos and Cortezs Tbs
portunity 10 get acquainted and tall
Durango.
There is still much travel ont OF the
New Mexico country by wagon. They
have the feed and have to feed any
way and figure on the horses earning
their food
Rasmus Hansen, the Silvertop mine
operator and developer. came down
from the ranch in the An!mas valley
this morning, having spent few days
there resting
Joe Lines is in today from the Wal
lace ranch, saying that the farmers
up there have been delayed In thresh
ing. The thresher is now at the ranch
Of j. 5. d. Hopkins.
Mrs. Chas Wade OF Missouia. Mont,
and Mrs. o. u Franklin OF Boise,
Idaho. who have been visiting their
mother. Mrs. Jack, have returned to
their homes.
With The help OF excavation for
building the dirt being hauled to the
fill on Fifth street, between First and
Second avenues. promises TO be a
street within a month or 80.
VIII McFadden, son OF Mr.. aud Mrs.
X. II. McFadden, who has been put
ting in the summer months in and
around Durango, part of the time be-
ing on the railroad survey, leaves for
his Denver home in the morning.
The recently elected board of direct
ors for the Denver Rio Graude rail
way is as follows: George ]. Gould.
Edw;S T. Jeffery, Winslow S. Pierce.
Arthur Coppell, Mortimer l.. Schin,
Edwin Gould, A. H. Calef, Charles II.
Schlacks, Joel F. Vale.
A. +. Koehler. one Of the oldest OF
the old-iime San Juaners, who was
with the old Greene smelter at 81.
yerton in the '70s. Is up from his
ranch on the San Juan near Jewett.
He thought he would live longer farm.
ing than at smelling.
The Rio Grande Is fixing a more con
yenient way of transferring between
broad and narrow gauge freight cars,
by elevating "a narrow gauge track
the broad gauge trnck near
the freight depot. There Is nearly
two feet difference in the height OF the
narrow and broad cars.
party with sixteen pack mules OF
the geological survey outfit, who have
been busy over near Lake City re-
Gently passed through Rico Monday
en- route to Mancos, where they go
into winter quarters. They report
snow over about Lake
City-Ricn News.
John Gilbert 4, Co. this morning sold |
the retail business Of the La Plata |
bottling works to A. NJ. Clsusen. the |
well known cigar maker, and the
company will hereafter give Its undi |
rided attention to the wholesale bee. |
business. keg and bottle. The bottlinS |
is being enlarged to |
meet the growing demands.
The Misses Julia and lsola Stocunl,
TWO little school teachers who have |
been employed on the La Plata and
NJ Fruitland, on the San Juan river, |
at better wages than they could get
In Michigan. returned this morning to
their Michigan home. Both are bright
and attractive. and each carried her
little red pillow to go on through with
the day coach TO keep from being held
up for Pullman and Wagner fares.
Miss Katherine L. Craig, state su
perintendent of public instruction. an |
nounces the following decision: I'm
order to awaken interest and encour.
age teachers to follow well defined
course in reading, deem II advisable
to select from the two books recon- |
mended for the reading circle such |
nuestions for the December sxamina
ton as pertain TO the historical set.
tlement OF the Northwest territory
and school sanitation and decoration"
The lateness of the Denver train is
very annoying, especially TO the post
office force, which is compelled to put
in long and tiresome hours in order
to accommodate the people. But
there seems to be no way of getting
uround 1t, as the d. q r. G.. as well
as all other Colorado roads, are un
able to handle the traffic and keep
trains on time with the present mo-
tive power. 1t is said trains on the
main line are running one to three
hours late every day, where extra ef-
forts are made to get them through
on time. Give US a broad gauge and
we will not kick % much.
Cbas. NJ Becker, formerly super!n-
tendent of the Smusgler. Union mire
at Telluride, but now general manager
pf Gtrattan'g Inhanapdanra r,I~a