Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-16
From Mondays Daily.

city.
Thomas McKenna is up from Farm
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Cornelius OF Ce
dar Hill are visitors.
j. S. ID. Hopkins came in from Hes
perus yesterday evening.
The Aztec Index columns snow act
i've transfers in realty.
+. o. Taylor and wife of Silverton
are among our visitors.
w. S. Pickerill returned from trip
TO New Mexico last night
DR.. w. w. McEwen came up yester-
day evening from his Aztec ranch.
O.
G. NJ. Green of Orloa came In to
see II the town had 'growed."
Stephen j. Smith of Cortez stopped
over night and went to Denver this
morning.
Mrs. Johnnie Bell and daughters
came down yesterday evening from
Bells Spur.
County Commissioner j. B. Patter-
son of silverton came down yester-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs Godfrey returned yes
terday evening from trip to Aztec
and Pennington.
Sheriff Thompson went down to AL
lison this morning TO subpoena wit
nesses for a case in tne county court
.
Joe Freed is down from Trmble this
morning. He says they had nice
crowd of people from Durango and
Silyerton yesterday.
Bert Brown and family returned
yesterday evening to their home a
SilVerton, having given the babies a
visit with their grandparents.
Mrs j. l.. Wiman and baby came in
from the west last night, having visit
ed friends near the Hotchltiss water
tank, and returned this morning TO
her home in Pagosa.
The mother of one quite large fam
lily says she knew the children had
diphtheria but that she could not in
form the proper officer, as it would
entail quarantine.
Frenchy Thomas. one of the old |
time prospectors, is down from the
La Platas, saying that it looks good,
better than ever before, for a pros
pector getting piece of money.
Mrs Matt Harrington and children
returned this morning from Silvertun, |
where they had been to visit brothers
Steve and Metz before departing next
Saturday for Marysville, Kas., their
new home.
Just as all the pack trains have
gotten out OF the country, hunting
something to do and just on the APP
proach of winter, some OF the La
Plata mines which have lain idle have
begun to ship ore.
1t is learned with regret that the
former amicable relations existing be
tween the Pagosa New Era and Times
Observer have recently been estrang-
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friends on either side are doing all
they can to effect o protocol.
Vicc-President Schlacks has called
upon all the heads OF departments in
the Rio Grande system for estimates
on permanent improvements during
1906. 1t is understood that an unus
ually large appropriation will be made
by the directory at its coming January
meeting.
Mrs. Thomas Harrison, who has
been the guest of Mrs. D. f. Day, re-
turned this morning to Chicago. hay-
ing had pleasant visit with Durango
friends she made while running
boarding place at the Chicago Worlds
fair where many san Juaners made
headquarters.
The Durango Girl mine is moving
ore down every day now and getting
ready for It's winter campaign which
will employ more men on development
When a sack of Durango Girl comes
down 1t means about as many dollars
as ten sacks of almost any other kind
of La Plata ore.
A. n. Alexander, miner who has
been employed at the May Day mine
for some time, was brought down TO
Durango for treatment and died Sat
urday evening. He win be buried to-
day. Peritonitis is presumed to have
been the cause of death. He leaves
widow at Denver.
There will be universal sorrow In
the San Juan when 1t is learned that