Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-07
cradle work going on in the shad.
ows OF the great Needle spires.


Nevada to try the La Plata district
One OF the horses OF the delivery
team OF Otis, McGirr a. Co, fell dead
In the harness yesterday. Cause un-
known.
The Fort Collins conference assign
ed Rev. r. Sanderson to Pueblo and
Rev. Grace will take the place made
vacant in Durango.
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State Manager Franklin Guiterman
OF the American Smelling & Refining
company is down from Denver to visit
the Durango plant
The band dance, while attracting
good attendance last night, was rot
as large as the occasion warranted,
hut this was due in part to the weath-
er.
Rasmus Hansen sent down today to
purchase a new hay press to baie 125
tons OF hay--a pretty good showing
for a mining man just entering agri-
culture.
| p. B. McAtee. who returned yester-
day evening from the Pennington
country. says the people down there
will have a great quantity of stun to
haul this fall.
Robert Hudson was arraigned in the
police court this morning charged
with peddling razors without Ii
cense He pleaded not guilty and
trial was set for O'Clock this after
noon.
Sam G. Lohr starts for his Bear
morning. to resume work on prom
Using property He takes supplies
from Durango and will go over the
Elk creek divide.
His mother is advertising to learn
the whereabouts of Fred Wakelin,
Pete wouldn't stay away without writ
ing. even II he did make lots of both
er for his mother and sisters last win
ter about the old horse he took up un-
der the humane laws.
Frank II. Will, so long with the
Kellenberger Wholesale house. con
cluded TO take a chance riding on
. the cars. and went out Monday to
Denver and other points to visit rel
atives and friends. He hadn't been out
l.f fn. IN.ta hNt G
will have some extra work in the big
wholesale house for few days.
Editor Frank Staplin OF the Farm
ington Enterprise. having been in Den
yer and the east for two weeks, spent
the night In the city and journeyed
on down the river this morning, say
ing that it would keep all opposition
busy to cheat Pennington out of a
= position as a city. Watch that South
ern Pacific survey down the river
and tell the folks about 1t II they
start to build bridge.
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A telegram received last evening
announced the safe arrival yesterday
noon at La Crosse. Wis. of S. w Ray
mond and the two girls. Little Cath,
crime found her father able to con
verse with her and arrange 'or her
future. although upon his death bed
as the telegram stated his case was
surely fatal, although he might |! ,ger
for some days. Mr.. Raymond will re
main until the end. and upon his re-
turn will be accompanied by the
! daughter, who will make her home
with her uncles in Durango
Two broad gauge coaches. one a
copbination, arrived on narrow gauge
trucks last night and will be strung
. out on the big road today. They will
naul $50 people comfortably and the
balance OF the bunch going to Aztec
can sit In chalk mark circles on box
cars and take their parssols along
The new cars are very pretty and will
look quite new TO Durangoites who
have been used TO the little cars. More
coaches will soon be put on and the
service will be the best in the South.
west.
The Herald desires the patronage
of the people. We are endeavoring
10 give this section meritoriuus
newspaper We are not dead-beatins
the public, and every day the cream
OF the news OF the world appears long
in advance OF other publications. A
community is largely judged by its
newspapers-the enterprise displayed.
newspaper filled with dead adver.
usements, stale telegrspnic news
without line received by wire. etc,
is a mighty poor investment for aay
town. and those responsible for the
same should stop and consider the
damage they are doing.
Two of Durango's very necessary
institutions, fbers of the Cen.
tennial states social fabric. started
their wheels to moving today; one
the public school or central pillar.
the other the peoples district court.
Monday had been the day until one OF
Colorado's governors complied with
a statute fixing the first Monday In