Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-02-06

|. must be results, This will be wei
come change over the past
/ T'ne snow which fell last night an,
today was just the kind to slide. an,
II Is expected that many slides will
be reported from the hills. Travelin,
} in the paths of slides at such time.
is extremely hazardous
The large force of men arriving In
town from the lockwood power dam
mas given thypown lively appearance
Some of them are leaving for various
points. but the most OF them are STAY.
ing to watch boom developments.
There Is one tning both Aztec and
rarmington people should be thank.
ful for-that the proposed railroads
have not held them up for terminals.
IL is often the case, a bonus is reouir.
ed by roads entering a new territory.
1
from this joint for few days. do not
get worried. 1t simply means that S.
w. Raymond Is confined to the house
| with bad case of grippe 1t may re-
lease him from its strong grasp by to-
morrow or may keep him for a week
! or 50.
The delegation of Elks which ac
cofnpanied the remains of Mrs. Cor
della Hamlin to Mancos. returned
last evening. They were ]. l.. VIII
liams, Charles Fleek. Jack McKin-
non, A. F. Hood, Alex Berry and
Stanley Day. Mr.. Heath. the brother
OF Mrs. Hamlin, and his daughter also
returned.
County commissioners are putting
in time listening to kicks today
kicks over the way the old board con.
Quoted business, the cloven hoof be
ing shown up in every direction.
There is one consolation. however
there is new deal on and the sneak
business will not play a part of of
fetal business hereafter.
The report Of the local weather bu.
reau, shows tnat Durango had only
two days in January when the ther.
mometer went below zero and on
those two days II registered only two
degrees below. When II is remember.
ed how SO many other sections suf.
fered from the cold. Durango people
may consider themselves extremely
fortunate in living in such a favored
cline.
The new obard of county commits
sioners have resolved to nave moth
Ing to do with the doings of the late
board and those having kicks might
as well explode them on the desert
air. We know from experience In one
sense this is the proper caper as
taking up any one deal would entail
the new board, the two members.
have washed their hands. AS before
stated, this relieves the new board
and county attorney of lots of trouble.
although 1t works hardship ON some
Individuals.
The Salvation Army holds fare
well service tonight for Captain Dut-
ton. who leaves in the morning for
Denver. where he will attend to Army
matters a few days and then go to
Trinidad, where he will be stationed
His successor here will be Ensign
Edgell, who arrives with his wife from
Marietta, Ohio, next Wednesday even
ing. The meetings will be conducted in
the meantime by the army, assisted
by Rev. Yoder and Rev. Sayer, who
are Free Methodists. A meeting of
welcome will be neld Wednesday even
ing in honor of the new arrivals.
c. l.. Milton, who is in charge OF the
Arizona e. Colorado survey camp at
Cedar Hill. drove TO town yesterday
to get a cook. Mr.. Milton says that
surveyors can be gotten any day, but
1t is mighty hard matter to get a
cook. The greatest trouble the sur
vey parties have is to get a good cook
and keep him. He found cook and
started back today Mr.. Milton says
recent SHOWS nave not seriously re-
tarded work his crew not having lost
single day on account of the wealth
er. We will break camp when he gets
back and start overland for Clifton.
Arizona, from which point he will
| work towards Durango.
Delayed trains is the result OF the
present storm. The passenger due
from Silverton this morning at 9;15
is on the other side of Elk Park. or
rather at Silverton, having encounter
ed slide at Elk Park and tnen re-
turning to Silverton An extra train