Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-28

ernment business requiring his time
and attention.
Miss Maud Burnett, one of the A..
G. Ridgway party, is cousin of Mrs.
F. C. Perkins. whose guest she will
be over night. Miss Burnett resides
in Denver and is a charming girl.
There is great hustle at the Graden
establishment, getting things in shape
not to interfere with the fair rush.
When workmen quit the building the
firm is going to have elegant quarters
for every department. It's too bad
visitors will not be able to note the
complete Improvements.
O.
Mrs. C. X. Shade went to Pueblo
this morning to see her brother. VIM.
Clark. who is dangerously i'll, and this
leaves our linotype operator in the
Herald office alone till she comes back
with the baby. And Ed. Schlmpf, fore
man of the Herald job rooms. is shut
out of his home because the doctor
says the baby has the scarlet fever
But The Herald must be printed ev
cry day and everybody wants his
printing. 1t is the same. world they
had when they started. with the same
emergencies and eNigencies.
Joseph ID. Glass, with the Minncaua
Dramatic company. playing at the op-
era house this evening, says he has
one of the strongest companies on the
road, and VIII give Durango a high
class drama. Mr.. Glass has had di-
versified experience, blending news
paper work with the art histrionic,
He has written what he saw at the
show for newspaper ar1 became in
fatuated with the picture in the mir
ror. The Minneqna conf pany comes
with good people and the drama will
help to pass the time for our visitors
and home people while the fair is on
The song service at the Presbyter
ian church Sunday evening is Great
ing go much favorable comment that
repetiticns should he in order In the
first place the church was packed and
in the second the program was finely
rendered, those taking part being In
fine voice. And the remarks of Rev.
Mr., Ferguson were timely p1d apr 70
PIRATE. taking for his sUtiect "The
Pretty Woman" He called attention
to the way Of the world and the bright
futlro for girls who carried them
selves in womarly way. and cut out
everything that tended to lower wom-
en- in the eyes a. true men and WON
en-. The Herald can assure cur Pres
byterian friends that they struck a
popular cord in the song service.
Walter Juan Davis on the Denver
Post san. Is with us to take in the
fair and tel his papers readers how
much Durango has changed since ne
was with ~ seven years ago, when he
said on the former Democrat that one
fellow came to town to &c, his na
fixed, and that another came because
he wanted to. Mrs. Davis came along
so that Walt would know men his
transportation expired. They left
hHTl' Nv UOInts 10 llhe care
OF two more babies than they had then
Mr. Davis in his special line may be
classed with Steele, the car,oonist. in
that they have done most TO make the
people look at the Post. Walt Davis
like other people. becomes in
different at times and gets ornery, but
when he comes back he's got some.
thing that makes the people read
While he is down here we will treat
him right because 1t VIII make him
feel more like he is at home. and il
he gets busy around the fair grounds
and throws up his hat while the
sports are on, Mrs. Davis Will not be
forgotten. for she mas lots of lady
friends who will tell her how their
husbands do.
General Manager A. C. Ridgway of
the Denver 4 Rio Grande, arrived via
Aamosa last evening by special train
about s O'Clock. his trip simply being
one Of inspection. There were sever.