Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-30

ProspectorS coming down from tne
Junction and Lightner. section report
from two to four feet of snow along
the streams, becoming deeper further
into the mountains.
Secretary Armstrong Of the board
of trade is advised by the Fontius
wholesale shoe house of Denver that
II a suitable building can be procured
in Durango the company will open
wholesale house hero.
John L. Mcneil of the First Ma
,ional bank. accompanied by Mrs. Nc
Neil. arrived Saturday evening from
Denver. This is Mrs. McNeilrs first
visit TO friends in Durango for long
time.
George NolI is down from Silver.
ton to visit friends and watch the
straws that suggest Durango's imme-
diate future. He has found Silverton
good money making town, but
slightly elevated.
Talk about weather keeping women
Mt home. The streets were alive with
them this forenoon ana The Famous
management mad to keep the door
locked for half an hour at time to-
prevent absolute congestion at the fire
sale. Women arc the real bargain
seekers of the twentieth century.
Durango coal operators say that sill
verton would be unfortunate to 1ave
as much as a ten days snow blockade
In the Animas canon. as there are few
il any of the mines with a supply of
coal that will last more than ten days.
Those who have seen from two to
three trainIoads Of coal going up to
Silverton every day for three months
may now have better idea of the
quantity of coal used up there.
Link l.. Gray and wife and the lat
ter's mother departed yesterday morn
Ing for Pueblo. their former home.
where they Will remain during the
winter. Mr. Gray still retains his in
terest in the Oriental resort In this
city, but II is understood that II he
had found a buyer he would probably
nave taken his leave from Durango
permanently.
The Herald. has received formal an
nouncement of the marriage of Mr.. w.
S. Dorm Blaser Of this city to Miss
Anna d. Knowlton of Bushnell ILL.,,
Nov. %. Mr.. Dorm Blaser and bride
started for Durango a day or so ago
but the latter became III at Denver
and they were delayed. Should the
Rio Grande break through slides and
drifts and get train through they
will probably arrive In Durango to
morrow evening. Mr. C. Il. Herr was
talking over the phone to Mr.. Dorm
Blaser at Denver last evening.
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The Herald desires to express its
appreciation of the efforts of the local
management Of the Western Union to
obtain the ususal telegraphic report
Wires being down on the main lines
one was patched up by way of Ouray
and this has been kept red hot with
important local and other business,
and, working badly, made 1t anything
but easy TO handle the press report,
although curtailed.
According to statements made by
those who have been coming out of
the Needles mountains during the past
few days, the storm has been pretty
well centered there during the
week, and II is unlikely tnat there
will be anything attempted in the way
of development higher than Chicago
basin before next spring. All sections
of the district where slides have ever
run will be exceedingly dangerous un-
til the SHOWS have settled.
Walter Sheets and Miss Anna Lew
is, who went to Aztec yesterday morn
ing with a bridal party who admit
their marriage. are reported to have
been married also, but ms they have
not returned the report can not be
verified by their own statement. Mr..
Sheets friends at the passenger de
pot of the Rio Grande and Miss Lew
is friends at the central station OF
the telephone company say they un-
derstood they were to be married at
Aztec yesterday.
The marriage Of two young couples
OF Durango at Aztec yesterday was re-
ported in the city this morning, but
only one of the weddings appears TO
have ceriilcation here today. Miss
Lucille Thomas. whose marriage to
Robert McKibbon is reported, was ad.
mitted by the young lady at the cen
tral station of the Colorado Telephone
company. The bride is the youngest
sister of Harry Thomas, so long asso-
ciated with the Durango electric rail.
way, and was for some time an EN-.
ploye In the telephone office.
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The announcement OF the death of
Jerry Harrington at Silyerton yester-
day morning at Silverton, from quick
consumption, was received an hour
or two later, and local Elks begun
wiring Matt Harrington. his brother
at Marysvlle. Kas., receiving tele'
gram three hours Inter that he would