Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-04

Wickline and the humane officers may
be able TO relieve the situation.
II Is estimated that over 1000 tur-
keys were sold in Durango for
Thanksgiving.
Joseph Sheridan OF New Mexico ar
rived yesterday evening to look after
coal mine inspection.
Jesse Shields is in from Lishtner
creek. saying the storm In his section
has been exceedingly heavy.
| Martyr II. Caldwell, auditor of the
| Denver visitor to the city of smelters.
| This Is the first day of December.
Let us make the month hummer for
Durango and this southwest section.
Thomas Chapman is down from the
Animas Forks country, where he has
been looking after some mining af
fairs.
George Smart is down from Trimble
Springs, where he has been engaged
in mine development for T. NJ. Chest
nut.
Sales at the groceries and markets
last Wednesday we're larger than for
any preceding day in the history OF
Durango.
F. L. Brooks OF Brooklyn, N. Y,
is in the city, having returned from a
tour of the New Mexico country on
the south.
Tom Patterson only got what he de.
served. And then he takes refuge by
virtue of being United States sena-
tor. Is this bravery?
Mike Morrison OF Andarko, Okla. is
among the recent arrivals. Many OF
the land hunters coming to the South
west are from Oklahoma.
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Parties who left stock too late in
the mountain sections have been eX-
periencing a good deal Of difficulty
trying to recover animals.
Sherifi Boone c. Vaughan and Dep
uty Roy Il, Stewart are up from Aztec,
probably looking after some of our
people who had been across the line.
Merchants will begin displaying mol.
iday novelties the coming week. And
this means strenuous life with the
rising generation for the next three
Weeks.
j. j. Mccormick. OF Mccormick
Bros, in the ranching business exten.
sively, says hay has got to raise above
present prices. and they are holding
a large quantity.
Thanksgiving day in Durango was
generally observed by all the Churches
and number of fraternal orders and
the streets were quite abandoned dur.
ing the day until evening.
The Fort Lewis Indian school chill
dren indulged in very interesting
program Thanksgiving eve, being as
sisted by the teachers and other resi-
dents of the school district.
There are some bad places on the
sidewalks throughout the city that
could be remedied with the snow
plow-maDy places where it is difficult
for women and children to pass.
Montrose papers present a prosper.
Gus condition and are newsy sheets.
About every merchant is represented
in the columns of the two papers. This
is AS at should be. 1t indicates an
eve to business.
Albert Kinscher, who has been
working In the mines at Silverton all
summer came down Wednesday even
ing to spend Thanksgiving with some
of mis- friends and will go into the La
Platas. where he has mining inter
ests Mr.. Kinscher had the mislu.
tune last winter to lose two excellent
horses in the mountains, probably
from some sort of weed poisoning.
Is Henry Rhudy buried under
snowslide. or what has become of
hlmg He was last heard of In the re.
gion of the Columbus mine about the
time the heavy SHOWS were starting
to slide. His friends do not know
where TO look for him. He iiad been
running tunnel for Robert Dwyer
and had crossed the range at the Co
lumbus to go into La Plata to get his
provisions and mail. and was return
ing TO his camp when last heard OF.
c. o. Clark, editor of the La Plata
Miner. is in the city. having accom-.
panied Mrs. Clark, who will remain
In Duango this winter. The winter
begun with frigid rush in the gold
camp and Mr.. Clark decided that he
would not take any chances on having
TO bring his wife out on snow shoes.
Prof. Geo. W. Gould departed this
morning for Pagosa Springs. where he