Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-04

When Peter knickerbocker the I'M
age of our picture. Uncle SAM" ap-
pears in Denver as color bearer at
the &. A. r. parade, Missouri and part
of Main can hear the folks holler.
A fishing party went out to Vale
cito this morning. They are Mrs. g.
g. Peeper, Mrs. Freed, Mrs. Holli'
baugh and Mrs. ShafYer Who's going
to cut the wood and build the 6re In
the mornin'?
John w. Wingate came down yes
terday evening from Silverton. where
he has large property interests, among
them some good rent earners. He be-
gun at Del Norte with jack'plane
32 years ago.
John White, former commissioner
OF La Plata county, before Montezuma
declared for home rule, was visit
or ON his way to Denver. Mr.. White
was pleased to note the steady growth
of Durango.
Miss Anna Meuser arrived yester-
day evening from Trinidad, where she
had pleasant visit with her sister
| Jessie and the little boy, Mrs. w. NJ.
| Woods and son. Hello, Central;
how's the train?"
| j. C. O'Neill of Chicago, who has
,-r,urvi-r-i.ia"--inta- -iIla ir,isca tinn--n nos,
having made careful investigation
returns today to Chicago to report his
findings TO other capitalists
Peter ward. VINO has been out on
a railway survey from Pine river to
the Rio Grande is in the city and IL
Denver to join his brother comrades
in commemoration of the dead
A couple of verdants, Reuben and
Jasper, departing on one OF the trains
this morning, were followed BY tneir
girls. who were there to say good,
bye, bur when Jasper pulled pint
bottle and tipped 1t and Reuben let a
yell ont of him the girls stampeded.
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| Judge C., j. Scharnhorst, who went
out few days ago to meet his wife,
who has Just returned from trip to
the "Faderland," accompanied her
from Denver, arriving last evening
They reside at Cortez, where the Judge
administers on AFFAIRS beyond the
reach OF the lower courts.
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| Mrs. Broughton, besides those good
| sisters about You, YOU have the deep.
est sympathy of all the good people
OF Durango. Hundreds whose red
blood chills with the grief OF their
Fellows are sorry for you and they will
do all they can to help you forget it.
May be it is one of the Makers ways
to thus will and do.
The average La Plata prospector is
getting "leery" about putting his hold
lngs into mining company, cause. as
one says: He amt got ANYTHING
more. and nobody else has" While
the La Plata mining district is add
ing eloquent testimony day OF Its
worth as gold prospecting field. II
has not as yet proven Itself a yery in.
Vlting field for the cooperative effort
OF mining companies, local or foreign.
Jim'crow or otherwise.
G, C. CARMEL, the only man in the
La Plata district who at the present
time enjoys the distinction of being
mining superintendent, is in the
city, and he strenuously objects to A |
morning paper calling him a freight. |
er. MIR. Carnelll is associated with a |
pennsylvania company operating in
boren gulch. and he has been telling
the company that the La Plata dis.
'rict is so much like every other dis.
trict-you have to do some work be.
Iore You can ship ore-and it pays
better to concentrate development
man TO scatter IT, Blu, Pennsylvania
people are susceptible OF learning
something besides oil and iron and Il
,oal
Mrs. W. W. Smith was Denver
passenger this morning where she
'oes to visit her uncle. A. p. Fred
ricks' the well known postofice in.
pector.
Pennington can commence now to
lake straw beds extra for the Du.
ahgo crowd that will he there Sep
'mher l" to 10. Our people are not
% fastidious to pick what fruit they
NJ and II they walk In anywhere
ltnout the price they will be doing
lst Hike they are accustnmad fn do