Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-28
ON Thursdays Daily.

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I The Durango band will give dance
IN Labor day (september ~ to raise
honey to pay for their new uniforms.
The young men OF the Animas val
ley charvarled Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Evans. The young couple hoped to
avoid the tin can racket.
The finest peaches we have seen
this season from San Juan county |
n. NJ, was load brought up today |
by II. p. King of Pennington. They |
were unloaded at Weightman's.
Just think of the Montezuma farm
ers employing Adair Wilson and
Frank Goudy when the Democrat
gives them so much advice for moth
ing. And It is worth all 1t Is given
for.
The Journal hears an unauthenti-
Gated rumor that when the present
leases on the Smuggler-Union expire
the entire property may be leased to
one large concern. doing away with
the half dozen small concerns.--Tel-
luride journal.
Tudd Patterson thinks he will have
to send the old man a jug of Flor
ida water once In a while. The water
in Albuquerque will do all right for
the horses. but 1t will make a Durango
man pine for home Mr.. Patterson
is in the livery business.
o.
The carpenter work on repairing
the uilding back of the oxford owned
by Wesley Helm and Tony Boyle, Is
about finished. The place Is being
papered by George Goodman, and at.
ter the carpenters, paperhangers and
painters are through the place will
look as good or better than ever.
Frank Dawson paid $40 and costs In
police court this afternoon for being
drunk and disorderly. He was mixed
up in row in which the mirror in one
of the saloons was broken last night
by a rock thrown by one man at an
other. Dawson claimed the rock was
thrown at him and he lodged and it
struck the glass. other witnesses tes-
He claims he is from Silverton. He
had no money to pay his fine and was
put back in jail
Some time ago 1t was announced
that a race would occur at the fair
between Polar wilkes and Nellie II.
Polar Wilkes Is owned by Wood a.
Morgan and Nellie II. is the property
OF Link Gray. Mr.. Morgan when
asked about II today. said he was anx-
ious to match the race. and was ready
to put up $500 or 81. 900 as side bet
any time, but the race had not yet
been matched. He was anxious for
n race, and was ready to put up for.
felt any time he was met half way.
If there is any fast trotting stock in
this town our people would like to
see some exhibition of II at the fair.
The telephone line between Mancos
SOlltLs Wul'A GtH Dtth uut'a
construction for the past few months
by an association of business Men in
terested in the development OF Mon
tezuma county, under the corporate
name of the Montezuma Telephone
company, was formally opened foi
business last Monday. The line is
operated under an arrangement with
the Colorado Telephone company
which puts Cortez in direct connec
tion not only with Mancos but
through all the exchanges of the last
named company, with all parts OF the
state. and has been built and equipped
In a thoroughly firstclass manner In
all respects, and a switch connection
from the "Cortez central" gives direct
communication from the outside with
the county court house at Cortez
In mentioning fall events yesterday
the fair to be held at Cortez the first
week in October was overlooked. The
people OF Montezuma county say they
win make 1t one well worth attend
ing.
o.
Charles II. Schultz. son of Henry
Schultz, well known on Pine river and
Durango, is spending the day In Du.
range preparatory to departing in the
morning for California to attend the
Stanford university, where ne will
take special commercial and electrical
engineering courses. The Herald wish
es the young man rapid progress and
a bright future.
Louis Williams. secretary of the
Publishers Press Rooms, Denver. is
spending the day in Durango, arriv-
ing from Silverton nthe morning
train. being Interested in mining in
San Juan county. Mr. Williams and
his Denver house is justly popular
with the newspapers throughout the
state for the reason the firm does
not solicit job work that should go to
the local papers and SO informs those
desiring work.
Harry Meldrum died between and
3 O'Clock this morning at Mercy hos
pital. He was taken sick Sunday
evening and remained at his room in
the Edelman block till yesterday af-