Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-04-27

,eles He reports meeting good
many OF the boys from this section.
". s. Darrow is at the Soldiers Home
where he is doing nicely. Mr. Hunter
.ays he understood Mr.. and Mrs. s. f..
Herr expected TO return to Durango |
some time in MAY.
nas received assurance of forty-seven |
horses for the May races, and he says
that several parties whom ne has not
heard from will be here. He counts
up enough of these TO bring the total
mp to 65 or 20. OF the norses already
arranged for the races Albuquerque
leads with eleven and Grand Junction
follows with eight. Notwithstanding
this, Farmington will probably have
he largest representation of any 9th
er place. for Mr.. Russell named over
half dozen horsemen who can be
counted on as being represented but
nave not notified the secretary.
lie ioilNfitou Vi
says new timecard goes into effect
the first of May whereby the Eastern
will arrive in Silverton at 6:30, leav-
ing Denver at 1880. This would bring
he train into Durango an hour ear
ier-3:40 Inquiry of Agent Brown
fails to confirm the above. Mr.. Brown
stating that no word has been re
reived in Durango regarding a change.
should the change take place II means
arriving at Alamosa at $40 in the
morning and sleeper passengers be
compelled to get up shortly after 4.
And then the hour for breakfast would
he something terrible for the individu-
al with dark brown taste In his
mouth.
T. r. Monteitn won the
mans suit In the Famous guessing
contest. his guess being 637. II. Craig
won the youths suit on 333 For the
chlldren's suit William e. Milton and
William Valiant tied, each guessing
326 The winners are requested to
cdll IoI tHeii Suitss Ahsohe ho' 9"'
isfed with their guess may call and in.
vestigate.
Mrs. j. w. Redmen entertained a
party of eighteen ladies' at her home
Saturday afternoon in honor OF Mrs.
lG. w Mansfield. The delightful af-
fair was known as an exchange" par
liy Each guest brought little pack
age. tne article being wrapped up so
| the contents could not be seen. The
each guest was required to write a
little story about the article she had
received. The stories were all read
aloud and it is needless to say they
produced much merriment. Miss
Nettie Townsend won first prize
which was dozen carnations. Miss
Lauenstein was awarded the BOBBY
which was sugar beet" filled with
candy. Tempting refreshments were
served. The decorations were all in
white. carnations prevailing.
The man who kindles the fire with
he catalogues from tne department
stores, and gives all his trade 10 mis-
home merchants. is the man who
helps to put better value on your
property, says the Litchfield Gazette
The more a town grows and the more
business II does, The greater the In
crease in the value of property, The
farmer and the town man who pat
ronize the city department stores in
preference to his home merchants
thinking that he may thereby save a
few paltry pennies. is simply detract'
ing from the wealth of mis- own com
nlunity and does he save anything
even then? Let him compare the
price he pays with the price the home
merchant would make on the same
lot
The eastern train will arrive all
the way from seven to ten hours late
tonight, the principal delay being
caused by the broadguage train get
ting stuck in snowbank on La Veta
Pass, requiring force of men 10
snovel her out. This caused seven
hours loss OF time and soft track win
probably lengthen out the time two or
three hours more.
AS the d. & r. G. branch now being
built from Durango to Pennington is
standard guage there is every reason
TO believe that the company will soon
huild standard guage line between
the San Luis valley and Durango. The
Denver Times OF a few days ago quot
ed the officials as saying that among
the contemplated improvements this
season was the widening of the road
between Antonito to Durango. It is
generally conceded that II is an i'm
possibility To make standard guage
out of the present track. The only
available and 'best-payins route is via
pagosa Springs.-Pagosa Springs OBJ
server.
We do not know the kind-hearted be-
Ing who laid six eggs on our editorial
table last Saturday during our TEN.
porary absence, but whoever it was