Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-06
From Saturdays Daily.

Il. Dudley, departed Tor her nome IN
Quebec this morning after pleasant
twoweeks' visit here.
Ernest Grill came down on the
morning train from Silverton and is
putting in the day in town.
The Pennington stage pulled In
about nine last evening. II tine storm
continues much longer 1t will be diff
fcult to make the trip in less than
"a hours.
! Aztec will come in for the first eel
ebration then Pennington, after the
completion OF the railroad. And Du-
range will send down hurrah crowd
to each place.
! The building OF one or two rail
roads from Durango south means an
( increased valuation OF county property
and should result in lowering taxes
in the long run.
James G. Iliff, who has been con
nected with the Indian school at
Grand Junction. pulled out this morn
I ing for Arizona, having been trans
ferred to another school.
Tom LOTUS. Pete Mcclellan. Mr..
1 Hoover and r. II. Rose are interview
ing the grading men today and II
there appears show to clean up a
little speck on sub-contract, these
Durango men will be right there.
George Slough returned last even
ing from Denver. Says the snow storm
4 is general over the state. Denver com
L ing in for the tail-end OF the cold
states He says snow is pilinE NJ
pretty deep on the Conejos range.
The Misses Emma and Margaret
Burns came down from Trimblt
Springs this morning and will attenC
the Entire Nous dance this evening
Mrs. Burns will leone down tomor
row morning and with her daughters
return to TERRA Amarillo
The Herald is pleased to announce
that w. c. Leisenberg is coming bach
10 Durango TO resume his old position
1 ...I, q Ill,
enberg has travelled around quite ex
tensively since leaving Durango ant
mas concluded this about the bes
place after all.
Whenevr the Democrat undertake.
to defend the late board OF com
missioners II shows the cloven hoof
II the editor had sense enough IL
pound sand in rat hole he woult
keep still The dirty deals with the
commissioners the past Ave or 81,
years will not down
The county commissioners let con
tract today to tine Sisters of Mere,
for feeding the poor, at the price o
SIS per month. They will be taker
care of in a building on the premise,
which will be fixed up for that pur
pose The commissioners claim thii
will be a great saving over the olt
system, and will be mucn less trouble
as all the poor will be together ant
then they will all be looked after b!
the same parties.
Rural Carrier Grace encountered
pretty deep snow up in the vale,
yesterday and was only able to covel
n portion OF the route, although hs
put two horses on his light rig. He
also met a mishap one of the horses
slipping and falling. breaking the
tongue of the wagon, necessitating
packing the mail on one animal and
riding the other on the return trip
Mr.. Grace started out early this morn
ing to do the east side OF the river
covering the west side again tomor-
row
The passenger from Silverton got In
on time at $3.50 this morning. Three
slides had been snoveled out before
the train could get through The deep.
est one was at Cascade and the walls
were about twenty feet at the high.
est place. AS the train came along, II
was still showing and 1t was expected
that other slides would come down in
the same places and it is probable
that other trains will be delayed. A
slide is expected to come down at
the snowshed short distance this
side of Silverton at any time. The
train from Silverton stopped here,
where II will lay over. and the train
which arrived from the east last night
pulled out for Alamosa at $3.50. Very
few passengers went out, notwith-
standing there was no train for the