Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-09-18

juo very comfortably. so we feel cor
fident that Durango viii give ms BIZ
crowd. There will be three days. Sep
tember 10, 90 and 81. and during thi
time II will be easy for 600 Durang,
people to come and 20 at will The.
should not miss either day of our fair
good fun. With a good train servic,
you can come and go at will
Aztec people who nave been dowI
10 Pennington say they are having
fine exhibit and big time. with lot.
OF visitors from all over the country
We are trying to excel our sister
down the river. We know we vii
heat her on sports, and we will ii,
her on the exhibits. Come to botf
Pennington and Aztec and you will
never regret It.
The weather Is the finest You even
experienced, Just cool enough If We
could only get a few pictures of our
exhibits out soon enough we would
get everybody down here and we
| would take care OF them, too.
| LOCKWOOD. Sept lockwood
was thrown into state of chaos this
morning by the bringing in OF a man
who appears 10 he insane The train
men ON the Silverton train to Durango
picked the unfortunate man up at Elk
PARK this morning, where he had been
found wandering about by Mr.. Rob.
erts The man gives his name as
Fenior, but he has only occasional
seemingly lucid moments
| He SAYS he attempted to kill him
self eight days ago and has been wan
dering through the mountains since
| theh. He becomes violent at times
and the people here are experiencing
| dithcultN IN caring for and controlling
MN. We had failed all morning to
get in communication with any Of the
officers at the court house In Durango.
The man has deep gashes cut about
| his throat and neck and one of his
wrists IL deeply cut It does not seem
| that he can survive mis- injuries.
The Herald lust before noon got In
| touch with the sheriff's office and ad
vlsed Under Sherif Smelcer OF the sit
| nation.
sllNERToN. Sept. 15-Yesterdny
evening couple of fellows who naG
been down the Grand hunting and
counting ties. came into Silverton and
| reported having found Iran IN hor-
rible condition along the railway near
the first water tank below town His
| throat and neck and one of his wrists
bore deep gashes, appearing to have
been made with knife. He told them
| that he had been In rock slide, hut
mis- condition the gashes) did not
bear out his statement
The fellow didn't look good to our
hunters and they passed him up They
were doubtless afraid of him.
A reporter met Judge Pike. who said
he had requested a physician to go
to lockwood to attend the man, and
In the meantime inquiry will be made
to learn II Silverton does not regard
this as her case, the party having
been picked up in San Juan county
and transported to La Plata.
DENVER. Sept l5.--A great crowd
| of people, numbering nearly two thous.
and representative men and women,
| led by the Chamber of Commerce, left
here today to visit Hot Sulphur
| Springs, when the first train entered
| this town of the great Middle park.
The Moffat road on its way to Salt
Lake reached Hot Sulphur Springs
yesterday and today the wilderness OF
Middle park was opened and the
promised land Is ready for occupants
| Two special trains crossed the Con
tinental divide at noon and after
reaching the valley were greeted by
telegraptiic messages from Hot Sui
phur Springs, including the repeated
message from David II. Moffat con
graduating Grand and Routt counties
and saying: Il have kept my word
and our new road reaches you" Mr.
| Moffat was not personally present to
day, being on his way to New York.
HESPBRuS. Sept. l5.-John Tim
othy died here at 2:l5 this afternoon
He had been attacked with pneumonia
and confined to his bed for three
weeks. He was SO years of age and
married, leaving quite family. a wife
and four children. One daughter
Susie. is married 10 John Roberts, EN-
poyed on the City coal mine at Du
range One boy, Tom, aged 81. Mar
garet. aged 16 and child 10 or II
years old, are the balance of Tho
family living in Hesperus.
Deceased is member OF the |. o
o. F. and X. p. lodges. lntermen
will take place in Hesperus. but ar
rangements have not been perfected
FARMINGTON, Sept. l5.-Th'
third day of the fair opened with :
clear blue sky and gentle invigorat
ing breeze and largely increased
number of visitors. The exhibits arr
pronounced By Durango visitors VIII
have been here many times as tn
finest ever shown in the county. Tn
afternoon events In races and bal
games had not been arranged at noon
there being a few changes but vii
try to get the phone again later an
give them.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 15.-While re
turning from Leavenworth. kas
where they had launched a boom 10
Senator Warner for president, 20 ou
eighty members Of two local club
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