Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-17

places formerly presumed TO be on
grade are from one to two feet above
or below. The parks, some OF them,
will be SO much higher than the
grounds on either side that irrigation
will find new problem. The narrow
ribbons will have to be wet up rife
quently to hold any moisture.
Frank Thaler is sick at Silverton,
but sick anywhere in the San Juan
Frank will receive the tenderest care
OF the best OF friends, for all like him.
Extending the rural free delivery
into New Mexico towns south of Du-
range will help. The people down
there are entitled to it and Durango
wants IL.
If Fred Rennold is really going
away to live somewhere else there
are many in Durango who will miss
him and the family, None have been
more deservedly popular.
Advertisers will be welcome in the
particular day, but any day when the
paper is being printed. The circula
tion that gives results will be found
Since w. T. Kirkpatrick has taker
the initiative for laying cement side
| walk on two sides of the Episcopa
church. II Is hoped the other property
| owners in the same block will take
the matter up and all lay cemen
walks around the block.
The Rio Grande railway may no
build further south than FarmingtoI
until the road is broad-gauged between
Durango and Denver, but the manage
ment will ~be found sane enough tt
build south of Pennington as soon a
it is practicable to do so.
Miss Edna Skeels and her siste
Beryl departed this morning for Den
| yer. where Miss Edna will enter schoo
the first of next month. After a visi
with friends Miss Beryl will return I,
Durango These two young ladies ar,
members of the Salvation Army.
Ed Brown came up yesterda.
| from nis sawmill down below town
His friends thought he came up to se'
I hn lA., t, /,
the log-rollins business himself ever.
day, The lumber business is gettinI
TO he one OF the best-paying in thi
country. and II was lucky day 70
Mr. Brown when he took up that tim
her land which now enables him I,
supply a large part of the trade to tn
south.
Miss Floretta Shields, a missionar
who has been laboring among the Ma
vajo Indians, left this morning for
visit with her sister In Winfield
kans.. where she will recuperate TN
til she recovers her healt.4, which ha
been poor for some time. She wa
ldUcoHnphnleu ny tne TWO itllie ElTlS
Mrs. Brice, another missionary, win
go to visit friends In Kansas Will,
here Miss Shields was the guest o
Mrs. Galloway.
| DIR. S. w. Morrison departed thi
morning for Colorado Springs. wher,
he Is now living. He is interested II
securing settlers for vast tract o
land In the vicinity of Ignacio. He Il
working with the view of bringini
several thousand acres of raw Ian,
under irrigation. He says there is al
much as 10000 acres of land in tina
section that has never felt the touci
of the irrigator's shovel. and he class
| ifles half of that amount, or 1890,
| acres as the best land that can bt
found anywhere. He wonders tina
people rush by the thousands TO tn,
Uintah reservation to take chances OF
drawing a claim that would cost then
Wy the time they get water on the
land. maybe $40 or $50 an acre, wher
they could get just az good land here
right close to the best markets In thu