Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-21
From Wednesdays Daily:


From Wednesdays Daily:
w. s. Pickerill and wife went to
Denver yesterday morning to visit
friends. and incidentally Mr.. p. viii
attend to some lodge business.
c. NJ Hilliker, who has been al
ochsner's hospital for some time, is
reported as getting along r'cely, and
it is probable he will soon be around
again.
Mrs. Grange, who mas been with the
Western Union Telegraph office at Du-
range for several years, went out yes
ierday to visit relatives at Greeley
and Cripple Creek
Miss Marie Mueller, a handsome
hlondc. with good deal OF good sense,
Of Pennington took the eastern Sun
day ior Santa Fe and Las Vegas.
and will enter the normal school AT
+ he latter place.
Wash Patrick, superintendent of the
Durango fish hatchery. went to Pa
gosa this morning with 100000 fish to
stock the streams of that country. The
Durango, Emerald and Porter hatch
cries have turned out two or three
million fish for stocking other streams
| this season.
George II. Derby of Massachusetts,
president of the Chief Mining com
| pany of Maine, operating in the La
| Plata district. returned to the East
Yesterday morning, after making an
ties. 1t is probable that quite exten-
sive development will be made in the
| near future.
The broad gauge train. running on
Wild schedule. any time 1t gets ready,
| departed for Aztec at 10 o'clock this
| morning, carrying twenty or thirty
people. The Eagles, having arranged
| 10 70 down in rigs, will start early
tomorrow morning with a big crowd
| having made arrangements with the
| liveries so a person can make the
round trip for sl.5o
| o.
Don't overlook that lower San Juan
| river country while the fruit show Is
passing. a Mr. Zufelt, who is leasing
then SAINT Bowen ranch at Iewett
Hrought In this morning the finest ap.
ples that have reached Durango as
vet this season, and his peaches are
| superior to most all other products
hrough, In. The fruit was packed
| nicely and found ready sale
| Manager a. f. Kuebler of the Du,
sango ball nine has been patching mp
| little 10 meet the Slatterys during
the fair week, and announces that he
now has Burge, Coykendall, Mahoney
and Whipple. Denver boys, and will
soon have Morehead from Denver
They will stay through and hand out
their curves and angles In fashions
hat will make the Silverton boys play
ball all the time.
| Colonel Price, clerk OF the district
court. is getting ready for the deliv
cry OF all certificates for witnesses
and Jurors. and he says he hopes they
will get around as early AS possible
| TO draw them. The witness who fails
| 10 make his demand for HIS certificate
during the court term will get left. II
is probable that court will adjourn by
Thursday. and you'd all better get IN
before that time.
D. Swickheimer of Rico visited the
city yesterday having some business
with the smelter, He Is doing extens.
i've work OH the old Puzzle group OF
mines at Rico, which will open several
veins in that locality He maintains
that 1t requires less work and expend-
iiure today in the Rico district to open
up pay ore than In any other camp
in Colorado. and he marvels that
there are not more mining operators
doing something there. The Puzzle
was among the first rich silver mines
opened in the Rico district English
people bought il in 1882. paying $780,
0n0. and they extracted this amount
of ore net, If memory Is right. in tnir.
~ days. and the manager. Mr.. Bacon
got on the stage. saying they had their
money back and that the mine was
worked ont, but he was mistaken.
Rico has been good to Mr.. Swickheim-