Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-28

OSi A'Ai 10 hpNu IUt n
Platas, where in Boren gulch he is
prospecting for the Mancos contact.
He is associated with Colonel Dem
ming and Pennsylvania people.
New passenger coaches and other
equipment for the broad gauge south
are at Alamosa and will be brought
In as soon as possible, and then the
trail Will be open to Aztec. Hurrah.
hooray.
l.. r. Smith has placed his name
upon the local registration list and
announces intention of resuming citi-
zenship in La Plata county. Mr.. Smith
says La Plata county is good enough
for him.
Fred Gordon, the La Plata mer.
chant, came down from the mountain
city yesterday evening and went or
10 Paogsa this morning He saws
eleven years in the mountains with
out vacation has fixed him for boil
ing out and ne thinks Pagosa will do
the work.
The moving pictures at the Brook
side park last evening attracted the
largest crowd of the season. there
being from 1000 to $500 people there.
Two strands of the wire enclosing
the park had been cut. and hereafter
there viii be no danger of jamming
and crushing when the crowd reads
good night" on the crutain.
J. G. Kite and Hello Bill McCune
the cigar men. representing different
houses. sat in the same compartment
together on Rio Grande train this
morning. bound for the east They
said everything was good in the San
Juan, that they had enjoyed a big
trade on this trip and would tell 'em
about the only San Juan.
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Mr. and Mrs John Evans came
down from the home of the bride in
the Animas valley last evening and
this morning took the Rio Grande
Southern for Telluride, where they
will take up their future abode. The
people of Telluride will have in Mrs
Evans, formerly Miss Minnie Hand,
talented and lovely member of So
ciety.
The Farmingtonites extend the
newspapers pressing invitation to
take in he fair We will surely be
on Ian With the d. & r. G. provid-
ing us with transportation to Aztec
II wont be far to walk and we know
some good Samaritan will look after
our wants after reaching that place
Those of Durango who have not Wis
tied the Aztec ruins of the prehistoric |
country on the south will have an op-
portunity to do so when the Aztec |
and Pennington fairs are held The |
Aztec fair will be September 19 to |
2l. The Pennington fair will be Sep
tember q to 30.
j. C. Herr reports a steady increase |
in sample assaying which comes |
chiefly from the several sections of |
the La Plata district, and he says the |
number OF samples showing high val |
ues is much greater than usual Each |
succeeding year the work of explora-
tion and development in the La Plata |
district is being conducted on more |
Intelligent and practical lines.
Durango's schools will be crowded |
TO their utmost this winter again. The
population is growing faster than
school buildings. Pueblo has nine
mammoth school buildings and a tenth
is in the hands of the architect This |
will be the largest and most modern
educational edifice in the state. If
Durango continues TO invite children
from everywhere to attend its schools
we must have more room for them.
Mrs. A. r. Lewis broke her left arm
near the shoulder last night by fall
ing down the cellar steps at home
She and Mr.. Lewis had Just returned
from the business part of the city,
having been out looking for rooms.
They had rented their home for the
winter and decided to curtail the work
of keeping house. DR.. Turrell is at
tending the injured limb. The break
is so near the shoulder joint that il
is doubly painful and difficult of re-
lief by any other prorcess than nat
ural healing.
The Navajo manifests many signs
Of civilization, not all for advancement
or good One of the cleverest tricks |
they have adopted recently is cutting
their long hair OF to appear as Mexi-
cans so they can call for and receive
whiskey, which is refused the Indian
This, too, enables them to do their
own "bootlegging'' instead of allowing |
the MeMcans to do it, During the
past the Mexican has been a profit
making go-between or agent, purchas-
ing the jug or keg and distributing |
It with the Indians
c. c. Wright, who has been on The |
Herald's reportorial STAFF the past two
years, is now machine operator on
the Telegraph's Mergenthaler. Mr..
Wright is faithful and conscientious