Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-08-31
From Mondays Daily.

Prospecting is active in the yicinity
of the May Day mine and some very
encouraging results are obtained from
assays of samples from new discov.
cries.
Those who have been over La Plata
county roads generally recently say
these thoroughfares are better than
ever before, which speaks much praise
for the road building commissioners.
People VINO have any doubt that the
Southern Pacific will build into Du-
range can at least wait and see-it
VIII not be long. That road must
come to the Durango coal fields for
coal.
The demand for Durango brick has
been so great that the Lightner plant
has been pushed mp to its limit. The
demand will be doubled within six
weeks, for Durango needs more houses
and must have them.
The Pueblo state fair will he held
at Pueblo September 12 to If. Rail
way rates have not been announced
as yet. but will probably be low
enough to warrant a number of Du-
rangoites attending
w. w, Bay OF Aztec was an arrival
last evening. Says track laying in
Pennington direction was resumed
yesterday morning and he thinks the
gap with Pennington will be very
short by the time OF the fair.
The agricultural exhibits at the Col.
orda-New Mexico fair this fall should
excel those Of all former meets There
probably will not be enough coopera-
tion to get up a mining exhibit, and
no one alone can afford to do 1t.
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Work has been resumed on the Lit
tie La Plata in Burnt Timber gulch
and the owners expect to be able to
ship some ore before long. Consid.
erable work was done there last fall.
and an excellent showing was made
City Clerk Russell accompanied by
mis- wife, mother. sister Mona and Wis
itng cousin. Miss Russell, and Sam
Ethridge, left yesterday morning for
the Pine river section to angle for
speck'cd beauties a week or ten days.
Farmers should be ready TO respond
prom ~ and cheerfully to the fair
committee having in hand the collec-
tion of exhibits for the fall fair at Du-
range. 1t is desired to give a show
in Agricultural hall that will outshine
all former exhibits.
The Montezuma county fair will be
held at Cortez October to 6, and 1T
will be big agricultural and stock
show. The dates are fixed late enough
to avoid interference with all other
fair meets in the Southwest, and the
weather will be just the thing in Oc-
tober.
Summer outing parties are getting
in and after taking in the Pennington,
Aztec and Montezuma fairs as well as
the big fair and race meet ar Duran
go, the hunting season will be on, and
since many of the ladies nave learned
the modern manner of riding horse
back some of them will be ont with
the game gun and hunting knife.
C. Il. Herr, Percy Rider, Roy Hall
and Benz b. Russell of Silverton COM
posed party that headed for the up
per Pine river section yesterday morn
ing for weeks sojourn. Fishing is
the avowed intention but with plenty
of bait and a fine opportunity TO
get ''chips"-by chopping, of course
there will be a general all-around good
time. And the fish yarns that will be
spun week hence.
Tom Owens and family returned
last evening from six days outing
on Pine river, fishing in the Willow
park district. as well as above Red
Rock. Tom landed beauty, weigh
ing nearly four pounds, which will
grace the w. C. Chapman family plat
ter this evening, and Chap will tell
us all about how 1t tastes tomorrow,
as he is a Judge when it comes 10
trout. Tom says the river is lined
with campers coming and going and
that all appear to be getting plenty
OF fish. ii. III
Charley Villman came up from Az
tee Saturday evening accompanied by
Miss Nixon. a popular young lady OF
our sister city. Married. Nope, but
his surveying companions, Mr.. Will
man, having been with one of the
ID. a. r. G. corps on the Pennington
line. made it just as pleasant for him
as they possibly could under the cir
cumstances, and guess he enjoyed 1t
as well as they did. Nothing like
having good time occasionally and
accepting the inevitable. Mr. Villman
is still in the city but will probably
leave for his home at Hotchiiss in a
few days, Miss Nixon returning to
Aztec this morning.
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A stockholder in mining corpor
alton can not relocate a mining claim