Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-07


congress-
Resolved, That copy Of these res
oluuons be sent to each of our sena-
tors and representatives"
From Wednesdays Daily.
r. w. Luck, wife and baby. who
have sojourned at Trimble Springs
several weeks. since coming out from
Iowa, came down this morning. and
MIR. Luck will take a place with John
Morlock, the furniture man. Mr.
Luck says he would net trade the
Colorado health for an Iowa farm.
Jack Couch who has been doing
the freighting business for the La
Plata gold camp for two years, came
down yesterday evening on business
and will return to fulfil contracts for
hauling. Jack says the La Plata coun-
try has 200 men working in different
sections along the La Plata watershed
Mrs. NJ. j. Lefever who has resided
at Hesperus for sometime departed
with her three babies at her knee. To
Join her husband who is a miner at
Creede. A descendant of Davy Crock
EFT was at the train to ask her ii che
and the children had enough to get
through. and Crockett looked like he
didn't have much to spare. but he is
one of the salt.
Judge and Mrs. Adair Wilson de
parted this morning for Denver where
they will wait 10 meet their daughter
Margaretts wha has been visiting her
sister. Mrs. IL. c. Brown, in Califor-
Margaretta, who has been visiting her
morning. Mrs. Wilson and daughter
will go to Columbia, Mo-, to spend the
winter. and the Judge will return to
Durango. There were lot of good
women down to see Mrs. Wilson away
Frank knight and family OF the
Montezuma valley, departed over the
eastern this morning for a visit TO
old England in the south part: theg
are friends of George Isgar and will
go to the section he visited a few
Years ago. Mr.. Knignt is "a factor in
demonstrating that money can be
made in ranching and stock growing
u the Montezuma valley. By careful
uplication to business Mr.. Knight and
,J brother have done so well that
+le5 could retire from the active work
| jday They will spend the winter or
1c ole sod" and return in the spring
II. NJ. Andrew. one of the old clas;
'nters who mad to learn all the de
Il or minutae OF the printing bust
IS TO hold a job, before the "art
cservative of all arts brancAed into
| 9ecial lines for special men, and be
| re the linotype came to make some
II the best of them go TO stacking
| ay, besides putting blacksmiths bach
| o their work, having found his healtl
| the last bet, departed this mornine
Tor the south part of Arizona, neal
the Mexican line, to learn If the balm
| Ter cline would restore a veteran be
fore he went to interview st. Peter
Hank will get fat while his brother.
starve and freeze in the northern
| cline.
This afternoon Peter Aspaas ant
| Miss Anna Conrtet of Hesperus ap
peared together in the county clerk
! office and procured a license for mar
riage. Clerk Eddy collected the fec
without a smile or blush and went
right on trying to build up the surplus
in the office. Mr. Aspaas comes fror
the sturdy Dutch stock his father hav
| Ing been hand pressman on tho
| first issue of the Rocky Mountain
News in 1883. The family has been in
La Plata county nearly thirty years
Miss Courtet is daughter of the mer
chant Of that name at Hesperus. and
Is bright faced blonde of pronounced
type. Their future should be a very
happy one II Mr.. Aspaas' industry and
thrift will avail.
Announcement of the finding of the
skeletons of man and horse and otd
er effects, near Grommet, few days
ago. in The Herald, will be recalled
with the further announcement that
Coroner j, w. Lackey and Frank Riv.
ers went out Sunday to the spot and
employed man to bury the human
bones. DR.. Lackey, who was seen au
hour ago, describes the skeleton as
that of man of about 80 to "a years.
judging from the bones. Portions OF
the hair lblack) remained on the
skull, and 1t was that OF white man,
not of an Indian. DIR. Lackey thinks
the skeleton has remained where
found for from two to five years.
Judging from the fact that portins OF
the skin and hair remained. The dead
man had been OF slender build.
The human bones were found in
crevice at the projection OF a cliff
and the skeleton of the horse was
found higher up. The saddlebags,
which were rusty. we're open; the
piece OF tent or canvas bore the name
OF Schiller Brothers. Durango. and the
saddlebags the name of Bond at Trim
dad. Bond made such goods in Du-
range 25 years ago. Is he now at
Trinidad, or did he make the saddle