Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-30

tulheu iiom AAbrouTi yeseTuas even
ing. leaving Miss Mute at school.
DIR. w. n. c. Folsom returned yes.
terday evening from New York, where
he had spent month in a post grad
uate course.
W. NJ. johnson came up from Farm
ington yesterday evening to go TO Pa
gosa to join Rio Grande surveying
corps which is working there.
Mrs. c. X. Shade and little daughter
and Miss Nellie Shade returned yes
terday evening from Pueblo. where
they have been for a month past
Carl Coulson OF Bayfield, returned
yesterday evening from Pennington.
wnere he went TO verify all that The
Herald has said about the country.
Louis Collier came In yesterday
from the Dolores country, where he
and C. Il. Cooper are operating the
Montezuma No. 2 mill He came to
hire men for the mill.
A. u. Graves and wife came mp
from Cedar Hin yesterday evening to
he present when a second operation Is
performed on son. who has had
much suffering with an affection ol
hip.
Mrs. Grace Bishop departed this
morning for Bloomfield. n. M, accom-
panied by her mother. Mrs. Scovill
and will teacn the ensuing term oil
school at that place, beginning next
Monday.
Miss S. w. Moran of Nevada, Mo.
arrived yesterday evening to visit her
brother Mike. but found that he had
Just gone to California. However, the
lady may remain untn her brother re
turns.
Mrs. A. NJ. Ferguson returned last
evening from visit TO Juanita, anu
In day or so will go to Telluride
where her husband has secured po
sition with the electric light and pow
er company.
Andy Chitwood has just finished u
roundup of his cattle and horses and
moved part of the cattle to the Joe
Wallace range. He says the range
are still very good. better than usual
at this time OF year.
7. p. Sherretz and wife. who recent
ly sold the Florida ranch home to W,
r. Morrison because 1t Is more valua
bile for coal than for agriculture. will
depart in few days for visit at the
old home at Marion, III.
Steve Miller and Mexican. who
have been working on Fred Schrader'i,
properties in Chicago gulcn, came
down yesterday evening, the Mexican
having sustained "A broken collar bone
through an accident at the mine.
F. r, Graham says the number oi
hay balers being sold at least indicates
an unusually large production of hay
all over the Durango country. He has
sold nine bales during the past few
weeks and has another car ready to
load out.
Ben Bennett and wife and Mr.. Ben.
nett, senior, have departed for a year,
visit in California, having leased the
Pine river ranch for that long. They
go away for "A change of climatic con.
dtions which will be found in the sail
en atmosphere at the Pacific.
Henry Wood. the old-time cowboy
so long with Wash" Cox. the pioneer
cattle king of days gone by, closed n
deal with the Graden's today for the
sale OF his apple crop. Mr.. Wood has
manifested capabiity for changing
from the saddle TO the sterner work
OF the farm and orchard.
Roland Ritter looks as though out
door life agreed with him, as his WORK
in the engineering department of the
government work going on at Zuni
keeps him in the open a good deal OF
the time, He will probably put in
about week or ten days with ais par.
q
George w. Thompson is in today
from Ridges basin, south of the smelt
er hill. In some manner this place
got to be called Ridges basin. aud it
would have been no less productive II
IL had been called Hollow's basin. II
Is productive section and quite =
prettier place than It's name would
suggest.
While 1t is not necessary to have
full attendance OF the council to con
slider the bridge or any other matter.
the members In the city have deter.
mined to walt for the return of ar
West because they understand that he
Is opposed to building a stone bridge
Mr.. West is hunting at Horse and
Sinking lakes.
Ed. Van Endert returned yesterday
evening from Pagosa, where he under
went the formality of an examination
as TO his capabilities for employment
In the government forestry uaryi,o