Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-06

syening from the Montezuma Vaies
where he raises and deals In hVe /
stock
Father f. p Zerkmeyer went out
this morning to Archuleta county y
where there are churches and missions /
and field for the missionary. f.;
E. Roscoe whose wife is Bessie
having visited friends IN
Durango returned to Alamosa thls
morning to resume his position with
the Rio Grande.
Chas A. Stillings of Boston has been
pppointed public printer. not because
of political pull. hnf 6ssing TO ms
knowledge of the business. bc'hs
practical printer.
District Attorney Pullam came III
from Rico yesterday evening TAKING
in Cortez and fixing his FENCES io'
the next term of the district court In
the land of Monteznma.
meat market at Silverton, are recely-
Ing much Of their meat from the Man
COS country. chiefly from the rancn oi
I'D. Ptolmey. A shipment of prime
veal went through last night.
Hank sherman came down from
Silverton this morning on his way to
l,nN
of possums for his emporium during
the holidays Hank said not 10 say
anything abont the 'possums. because
| II was scoop.
| Walter and James Livingood In
| 1880. only quarter century ago. pre-
pected in the section now known Us
potatoe hill where the Delayed com
| pany has a number of prospects ami
| Jim is watching developments there
with much interest
Jim Bennett says he hopes the ap-
peal of Superintendent Gould of the
Durango public schools will enlist the
considerate attention OF the parents
of children: that having to run private
| hospitals in as healthy town as Du-
range is naturally, and running the
chances for the worst, is not calcula +
ed to make the town grow bigger.
Il. n. Freeman OF the Colorado bank
returned last night on the delayed
Rio Grande train from Denver, where
he says the weather was fright.
showing and blowing and making him
tuck his top coat a little closer. The
north part of the state is taking It's
share of tine winter, having grinned
| when it was winter time down here
last summer.
The attraction coming to the Opera
House Tuesday. November 7, Is none
other than Elmer Walters familii r
comedy drama "A Thoroughbred
Tramp" A character play depicting
incidents in the West Elmer Walter =
plays wear well and his audiences
usually get a run for their money.
| The manuscript of a Thoroughbred
Tramp" has undergone an overhauling
recently which practically makes n
new play of the last two acts. the third
act now showing the home of the
feeble-minded at the Colorado Asylum
Conductor Pheney on the pumpkin
| line in the pumpkin district. when he
came in yesterday evening. said he
had seen nothing quite new except
pumpkins on his run, that nobody got
| in on time to load and that his train
pulled ont ruthlessly when the people
We're coming in droyes with their
products, and he thinks one had a
coop of chickens.
Charlie Clark who got sidestepped
from useful career in mining and
milling to print mining camp news
paper. said this morning that he would
he willing to do most anything to get
out to lower altitude for little
| while, tnat % years in and around
the vaporous fringes of the clouds had
| given him a recent chill and he wished
he could get away from the "consarned
old paper"
I
Mrs. Albert Coppenger, daughter
| sttie and two sons Eckles and Steven
| with Mrs. Bascot, were party yes
terday evening over the Cortez and
Hesperus railway. going to Tennes-
see. This family is part of the Cop.
penger family who have had much to
do with the history of the western
section now known as Montezuna val
| ley. They We're here contemporaneous
with the Saeeks in the earlier days of
| the Durango country. They had de-
| cided 10 GO back To the old home in
Tennessee.
Alton Packard'S humorous sketch lee.
| tnres are described as Original and
spontaneous" full of genuine. whole
some fun He sketches. plays and
sings, recites, introduces comedy. SEN
timent. hnmor and pathos. Rare fun
well done is his motto. and his m
diences are said TO get about all the
fnn they can hold. But the laugh is
always healthy as well as heartv. f1i
ne makes MS laugh at the thipps t1|nt