Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-21

lay of for some time before he can
work again. This is remindful Of the
fellow who broke his rib few days
ago by sneezlng.
Mrs C.. NJ Wilson and little son |
departed for Denver this morning, |
months.
John Cundiff of Pine river. at a re-
cent meeting of the butchers union, |
was found In contempt for failing to
skin a critter in proper fashion.
o.
Mrs. Bert Hustled. wife OF one OF
the engineers on the Red Apple line, |
and little son went out this morning |
to visit her mother at Colorado
Springs.
Franklin Guiterman, general man
ager Of the American Smelling & Re-
| fining company having visited the
local plant. returned TO Denver this
morning.
f. C. Dunbar, president and general
manager of the p. f. u. Rubber COM
pany at Durango, departed this morn
| ing for Detroit, Mich, on business
connected with his enterprise.
| e. +. Kohlck who came down from
| Silyerton this morning. said he went
up there TO sell goods and instead fell
down and broke his leg. He was on
the road back TO Denver to get 1t
mended.
Judge Granville Pendleton and Min
ME Renleardt of Aztec were Denver
bound passengers this morning. Judge
Pendieton goes to Denver on business
connected with the advancing growth
of Aztec.
w. b. Pierce and family, who have
resided in the Durango country for
some time, departed this morning for
Hotchkiss. where S. b. Hartman. the
Peruna man of Ohio, owns about all
the country and all in it.
Miss Blanche Burnside. who has
been visiting Miss Millicent White,
returned this morning to her home at
Cripple Creek, having had an enjoy
able visit in Durango. The two young
ladies were comrades at the Wolcott
school, Denver
F. A. Hill, the Florida farmer and
cattle man. departed this morning for
Chicago to visit mis- folks and soend
the holidays, and he ought to have n
pretty good time If one of those Klon-
dixie billiards does not hit the windy
city while he is there.
j, F. Garrett of Denver. who has
been visiting the Silverton country
on the train east this morning, said
he thought he would stop OF in the
San Luis valley and see II there are
as many rabbits there as there were
when the country first began to settle
up.
Joe Andrews, who has been sexton
at Greenmount cemetery for six years
is now sick himself and SAYS some
body else during the next three
months will have to dig the graves
} and show people where their friends
are buried. Mr.. Andrews has trouble
with his lungs.
Joe Coppinger, wife and family will
go tomorrow or next day to Old Mex
leo to spend the winter, to be out ol
the snow and in a warmer climate
: and to study the different conditions
= existing there. How many more there
are who would be glad to take such {
Joyous vacation.
Mr.. McGinty, well known all ovel
the San Juan, when he saw so man,
of the miners dying of pneumonia a
Silverton. took to taller timber. ant
reached Durango last night He /.
probably still going this morning, /
his feet have held out Mr.. McGinty'.
dialect betrays that he is Irish ant
he never has TO tell anybody he is.
The year just coming to a close ha.
been good one in the way of ad
vancement for southwestern Colorado
Durango Is connected with Aztec
Pennington and other New Mexico
points by rail and before the end o
1906 The Herald feels confident an
other line of road will be stretched tc
the south of us with possible broad
gauge Connections with Denver.
Mrs NJ. ]. Hunt, Colorado organizer
of the Women of Woodcraft. departed
this morning for Buena Vista, heI
home. and Denver. Mrs. Hunt is Wis
iting all the circles to show the reas
ons why it will be necessary to in
crease the rates OF Insurance. She
says they have been operating under
scale that is inadequate to meet the
Just obligations, and that rates mus,
be increased.
The eastern train was delayed this
morning by having to sidetrack and
wait for the second doubleheader up
I to pass. When 1t reached Durango