Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-15

the Fourth. rne best club obtainable
is that OF Antonita. We are inform
ed the boys will come over. but the
cost will be in the neighborhood Of
$500. besides some money for the
aome boys. The Antonita team might
come over on the LIST. playing q game
on Sunday. the I'd, 30 10 Silyerton
and play the I'd. providing a game can
he arranged with slattery; return
and play Durango on the Fourth. The
gate receipts on the I'd would prob
ably net 800. and with 5000 from the
or $3.50. a most, two In
teresting games Witnessed an that on
the Fourth should be entirely free,
Henry Herr quietly dropped in
from Montrose Sunday night, spent
esterday in the city and this morn
ing left for a trip to Aztec and Farm
ington.
TIE parents OF Lloyd Flaugh, who
has been In the Ochsner hospital the
past few weeks, came over from Pa,
gosa Springs to take the boy home.
he having recovered from his opera
ton,
G. e. Tiffany, Sr., brought in the
prize record rubber weeds yesterday.
OF the bunch he gathered two miles
and a half from town the least weigh
ed l pound and ounces and the larg-
est weighed 2 pounds 13 1-2 ounces.
This beats all records 30 FAR.
W. A. Leonard, sub-contractor on
mile 7 OF the Pennington branch, de-
parted this morning for Pueblo on
business. He expects to return In a
few days. He announces that his con
tract is all finished but the facing"
which will soon be completed.
E p. Wilson, proOfreader on the
Denver Post. returned last night
from a trip to Aztec and left this
morning for Denver Mr. Wilson says
that country down tnere looks good
to him and he expects TO return in a
week or two and he may decide to 10
cate there
One OF the points brought out At The
meeting last night at tile city hall
was that whenever subscription pa
per Of any kind ID circulated It ususl-
ly falls to the same few. to contribute.
These few are mostly among the big
business houses and few Others who
do not come in the same category
but are known to be liberal. The
matter of subscriptions. when conduct
ed in such manner, Is great tax
and serious hardship on few
firms The leading merchant ~ ex
pected to subscribe towards building
roads to the mines. building foot
| bridges, fall fairs, spring races. Sal
walton Army. ball games. CHURCH
buildings. dances and lodge tickets
till you can't rest, and a thousand and
one other things that are continually
coming up. There is Il class Of PEG
pie who are seldom bothered by 20
liclting committees. In Justice to the
heavy contributors Of the past com
mittees who may hereafter make' can
vases for raising money for any pur
pose snould try to make the burden
more equal by getting at some Of the
people who seldom or never give up.
and let those who have been imposed
upon have . rest.
Last night party Of ladies taking
a drive were thrown over the en-.
bankment at the north end OF Third
avenue, and their escape was mirac.
ulous. Tne party consisted Of Mrs,
j. II. Monteith. Mrs Nelson Ovens
and little daughter, Miss Margaret
MacLean and Mrs. Annie Cannon.
The ladies' were driving and about
half past seven they started out on
the road leading to the brickyard.
The horse SHE'D at something just as
they got to the end of the street and
tried to turn around. In his fright
he turned and backed the buggy over
the embankment. which Is about rs
feet high. Miss MacI.ean was the
only one Of the party woo was able
TO jump out before the buggy went
over, 1t was so sudden. She escaped
injury. The weight Of the buggy pull.
ed the horse over with 1t and the
women, horse and buggy all went
over. Toe bank al that place Is al
most perpendicular. The buggy lodg.
ed against stump part way down
and Mrs. Ovens and daughter were
pinned under the buggy. while Mrs..
Monteith and Mrs. Cannon fell and
rolled to the waters edge. The horse
broke loose from the buggy and land.
ed in the river. went down = little
way and came out. Mrs Cannon
showed evidence OF Internal injuries.
Mrs. Monteitn complained OF pain In
her side and Mrs, Ovens when reIeas-
ed was bleeding at the mouth The
injured ones were taken to their, re-
spective homes, crowd having
quickly collected
j, +. McCarty, one of the big or
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