Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-07-03

ne run acTOss the intersections OF tn'
| streets named to guard against con
gestion from teams and vehicles dur
ing the carnival hours.
CHAS. Il. MCCONNELL, Mayor.
Saloons will close at midnight to
night and remain closed until Mon
day morning. There will eb no viola
ton of the order by any one
Judge Adair Wilson, Charles Hill
ker and Robert Dwyer and wife arc
slated to leave in the morning for Del
Norte to attend the old timers meet.
ing,
Several cars of equipment for the
power house at lockwood came In
last night and were sidetracked for
time today. Electrical parts are
from Schenectady, n. Y.
The Arcade saloon at Aztec was en-.
tered one night this week and relieved
of 50 and a bottle of wnlsky. Could
not be the Durango ro5ber, as he cut
the whisky out
Tracklaying is proceeding very
nicely, being down seven miles. Grad.
ing will be about completed to the
point where the road crosses the riv.
er. II miles from Durango, in the
course OF week or ten days.
The Aztec Index will be Republican
nereafter-under the ownership OF
Edwin Porter Wilson. Mr.. Wilson
has an inviting field to labor In and
Will no doubt made success of the
venture.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Pickerill and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Sheets departed
this afternoon for the valliceto. where
they will lure the speckled beauties
Monday and Tuesday. returning In
time to open up for business Wednes-
day morning.
Miss Gertrude. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. George n. Raymond. returns this
evening from attending Zion City col
lege at Zion City. H. She will be
accompanied by her cousin, Miss
Catherine Raymond Of La Crosse.
Wis. the two remaining until the
last Of August.
Yesterday someone entered the
premises OF Mrs. John Reavts, who
lives In tent In Pingrey's gAsden at
Brookside. and stole all her clothes
and everything else of any value they
could carry away. She was left with.
out anything of any consequence. No
clue was left as to the guilty parties.
Edgar l.. Thompson OF the Delayed
Mining and Milling company, operat-
ing in the Needles, is spending a few
days in the city. Mr.. Thompson Is
exhibiting some fine specimens OF ru-
by silver and copper ore. He says
snow still interferes with work and
prospecting on the nortn hills.
w. II. Blake and w. j. Blatchford,
both Of Cortez. were In the city over
night, being on their return from the
outside, where they we're attending to
business connected with the new lrri-
CATION system for Montezuma valley.
They were accompanied BY DIR. w. G.
Williams OF Denver who goes to look
over the valley.
The Durango ball team. strength
ened In its weak places, goes to Sill
verton tomorrow morning and will
play the Slattery aggregation In the
afternoon. This promises to be the
most exciting game of the season and
quite number of local fans will &C.
company the team and may decide TO
place few snekels on the outcome
Ralph Glaze will be In the box for
Silverton tomorrow and IL he is In the
same good form as last year. and
judging by his work for Dartmouth
college. he is improving, Slsttery will
have lots of fun with competing teams
trying to win game. At the same
time Durango Is willing to line up and
If SilvertoD wins the game tomorrow
and the one In Durango Tuesday hi,
aggregation will have to do some
playing.
Geo. w. Newton mas sold his largs
and well cultivated Florida river farm
known as the ogdon place. to Clay
ton G. Perkins, the purchase includ
ing all improvements and growing
crops. In securing this property Mr.
Perkins becomes the owner OF one O
the abandonment ranches In the coun
" as well as the most valuable. Mr.
and Mrs. Newton will return To thel
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