Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-04
From Thursdays Daily.

Frank NJ. Pierce, the FarmipgtoI
banker and merchant, departed thii
morning for Denver for few days OF
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Gogarty an
daughter Minnie will take q trip te
Salt Lake and returning will visit
friends at Denver.
D. +. Day, editor of the Democrat
departed this morning for Denver to
attend the national encampment OF
the Grand Army Of the Republic.
Miss Nellie NcCloud returned YES.
terday evening from . trip to the Port.
land fair and tour Of the cities along
the Pacific coast.
When Marshal Wickline shows up
at the Rio Grande passenger depot in
the evening, a dozen to forty boys 20
scamperfng from the tops OF cars and
trains to hide out.
Aztec has arranged for a ball game
each OF the three DAYS of the fair. Sill
verton win be there with its nine to
play Aztec or any other nine the fair
management may be able to secure
Joe Haynie, who tried to make the
AnimAs City sawmill work. experienc.
ing difficulty with smallpox quaran-
tines and bad roads and long distance
to timber. went out east this morning.
The mine managers of the silver.
ton country are expecting to use elec.
tric power furnished by the lockwood
plant by November /, if nothing hap
pens to delay in stringing wire to Sil-
yerton.
F. NJ. Goodykoontz, former state
auditor under Populist rule, and wife.
Of Cortez, spent the day Yesterday In
Durango and departed on the eastern
Rio Grande this morning for Denver.
where they will visit for few days.
DIR. j. ". Lackey returned yester-
day evening from New York, where at
Bellevue hospital he took six weeks
postgraduate course in surgery. The
New York climate took on little
Durango fat, didn't it?
Thos. f. Sthroyer. whose name ap-
pears on the criminal docket of the
district court, charged with bigamy
is said to have been in Goldfield, New,
short time ago. But carrying cases
from cus term to another gives the
clerk something TO do.
T. c. Henry, the canal builder who
led San Luis valley out Of the wilder
pess twenty years ago. came In yes
tsrdsy from Monteauma county, where
he has been negotiating with the
farmers of that irrigation district, and
departed for Denver this morning
The Herald is informed tnat It was
misled yesterday in the statement that
Bob Taylor is held for assault on the
person OF Mrs Frank Wilson's little
girl; that he is held for highway rob
the correspondent In the latter charge
Miss Wielandy, q sister OF Frank,
the Christmas goods man. who has Wis
ited Durango annually since 1880, de-
parted for her home In ST. Louis this
morning. Miss Wielandy told friends
At the train this morning that she had
ho
go one Of the prettiest of western
cities.
Arthur Weinig departed this morn
ing for Golden to resume his studies
at the Golden School Of Mines. That
boy is getting a magnificent opportun-
ity and nis brother Joe says he thinks
he is improving the chance. 1t will
require two years more 10 finish and
Joe will keep on finding Durango Girl
uines TO see that everything works
out good.
A drunken woman sauntered along
the railway track yesterday evening
when the usual crowd was waiting at
the depot for delayed eastern trair.
Becoming weary she sat down and
hung her head, der disheveled hair
hanging over her face. Officers spied
her and called an express wagon and
she was taken to Jail. 1t is as easy
for a female, sometimes easier, THAI
for a male 10 get drunk in Durango.
Amt it the truth?
W. c. Liesenberg, secretary of School
District No. 3, embracing Durango, re-
quests The Herald to ask the public
to keep on the grass at the several
school buildings and grounds Of the
city, where during the past year the
school board has expended consider.
able money in the effort to establish
pretty lawns. Durango Is one of those
communities OF the West that ought
not make II necessary for such an ap-
peal to be made In the public prints,
az our people are ordinarily regarded
az being az intelligent and progress
i've as the people Of other western
cities. The Herald trusts the board
will not have TO make further appeal
The Durango city band have secur-