Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-07-31

heir moneys worth. They left this
for Chama. where they will
play one night
The Rip Van Wrinkle snow has a
nan who rides wheel standing up
On its hind legs" The hind wheel
rests on the ground and the front |
wheel is up in the air. the rider nold- |
ng the front wheel with one ham. |
with which ne guides it. The per.
Iormance In the street yesterday |
proved great attraction and was en-
ioyed by quite crowd Of people, es-
pecially the boys.
Thomas G. Higgins is visiting his |
son, John Higgins, arriving from
Grand Junction last evening. Mr.. |
Higgins says Grand Junction is boom
ing. the sound OF the hammer being
heard in every direction. While the
peach crop is not quite up to the av-
ersge. there will be a goodly output.
other lines of fruit being plentiful.
Mr.. Higgins expects tc return home
In few days.
The Charley Herr camping party
returned last evening from a weeks
outing on Pine river. That Charley
caught some trout. or had a small
boy along to do the work. is evident
from three and half-pounder he
presented to Mr. and Mrs. s. L. Herr
And in addition, Charley is as full Ol
fish stories as an Irishman Is full oi
wit. And then the sensation OF a big
fellow on the end Of the line. Char.
ley says 1t is exniliarating.
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A party of tourists VINO were being
shown around the circle by Mrs. ].
w Abbott and daughter of Ouray,
registered at the Strater last might
and left this morning for Ouray by
way of Silverton. They came in by
way of Telluride and Mancos. They
were Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Latchworth
and e f. Latchwortn of Buffalo, N.
Y, and Miss Josephine Higley of
Laramie. Wyo. The strangers were
delighted with the trip. declaring 1t
to be the most scenic they had ever
witnessed by rail. The San Juan can
stand comparison with the best of
them.
AS will be seen elsewhere in this
issue. Jos. B. Hensley is advertising
for rubber weed roots. He wants a
supply to ship out to the factory at
Buena Vista. Mr.. Hensley says there
Is IL excuse for any man or good
man can make 81 or SO day and a
good man considerable more. The
price offered is cent and 1nalf n
pound on board the cars at Fort Lew
is, on the Florida mesa or in Duran
go. The roots will be weighed after
they have been allowed to dry four
days. All shipments will have to be
by Mr.. Hensley before they
are sent out. so it will be seen that
he could not go any distance to in
spect small quantity.
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| ,Hul mtlscuH utu tb-
| cape yesterday afternoon. AS 1t was
he received a slight injury. He and
| Tom Chestnut and John Harmon
were working on their claim, the
| Hazel NJ. short distance west OF
Trimble Springs. They nad started
a new shaft and had fired round OF
holes. They ran short distance
away and stood behind tree waiting
for the shots to go OF. Just after
| the blast Mr., Mclean looked up, and
| as ne did so rock weighing three or
four pounds came down, striking him
a glancing blow on the forehead Just
above the nose. Had he not looked
up, which motion threw mis- head
back. the rock would have struck
MIN squarely on the head and would
probably have been fatal. He came
to town and had the cut sewed up.
The executive committee met last
night and appointed a reception com
mittee consisting of about 30, about
equally divided between the ladies
and gentlemen to receive the Pueblo
Business Mems association who reach
Durango the 9th of August on an ex-
cursion train They are expected to
reach Durango In time for dinner.
after which they will go to Silverton
The Durango band has volunteered
It's services for the occasion, and 1t is
expected Mrs. Perkins band OF girls
will lend their presence to the occas-
ion and meet the visitors at the depot
and escort tnem to the hotel, giving
them a reception that will make them
remember Durango the rest of their
days. They will return from Silver
ton that evening, and II is proposed,
If possible, TO hold reception in Red
Men hall Every Durango citizen
who mas a norse and buggy is request
ed TO turn out next morning with mis-
rig and help to drive the visitors
around over town, after which the ex-
cursionists will go out over the Rio
Grande Southern for Mancos and Tel
luride. TIE executive committee on
arrangements consist OF Adair Will
son, John w, Wingate and Charles
Snyder. Further arrangements will
be made after the association is