Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-05
Greeks as rule are not bad looking

reiio~s.
| Theodore Grabowsky was a Silver.
ton passenger for Denver on the morn.
ing train.
Link Gray was Pueblo bound pas
senger this morning. He Will be alb
sent week or ten days.
The increase OF travel In and out
of the San Juan now is wonderful.
Trains are crowded and jammed.
C. d. Cobb. the insurance adiuster
VINO has been in Durango and vicinity
for some days. departed for Denver
this morning
The open season for deer will be
up the 10th of the month And to
think we have not tasted venison for
several years and none in sight
Durango water and ice are used on
the broad gauge coaches, going and
coming. between Durango and Farm
ington. Many will appreciate this
The Pennington or real southern
train, last night brought great 1uan.
titles of orchard and farm products
the boxes reading the names of about
all the dealers in Durango.
George West was an outgoing pas
senger this morning for Colorado
Springs and Denver. His friends say
he took this opportunity OF riding with
the Greeks In hopes of obtaining free
transportation.
Most OF the Greek workmen who
arrived from Pennington yesterday
morning had money. A few left some
of 1t In Durango but the most Of taem
had string on it-saving II to blow
in at some other point
The head coach on the train for
Siiyerton last night was crowded with
working men. None were Greeks. but
some of them might nave been what
are called head men over the Greeks
The chair car was also crowded.
Rev. Jas. A. Lewis, presiding elder
of the Durango district of the NJ. T.
church South, will preach and hold
the first quarterly conference for the
Durango charge at the NJ. e church
South this evening at 7:i5 O'Clock.
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There were strenuous times at the
Rio Grande depot last night when the
Farmington, eastern and western
trains all came in within a period If
four minutes. II suggested that with
the wonderfully increasing traffic the
management will have to double the
size OF its Durango yards.
Lon Morgan has resigned his posi-
tion in the grocery department of the
Graden company to take a place with
Trinidad mercantile house, and his
place will be filled by Joe Murphy
Mr.. Morgan will leave a good many
friends in Durango, having been
friendly and obliging to all.
James b, Smith, veteran of the
Civil war. was among the outgoing
passengers this morning. Mr.. Smith
lives at Girard, Kas.. taking in the
G. A. r. gathering at Denver and then
coming to this section, visiting his
son-in-law near Aztec Mr.. Smith is
pretty well preserved man for 81
years.
Otto Mears passed through from Sill
verton to Denver this morning. Mr.
Mears says he will not be able to get
the railroad automobile running this
fall, but will he ready for business
with strong and durable vehicle
early the coming year. Regarding the
Red Mountain road Mr.. Mears says
he has a force of men placing the
same in good shape, The road bed Is
terribly run down and passenger ser
vice was necessarily discontinued ear
ly in August TO avoid accidents.
Jack" Slattery, the Silverton mag
nate. is justified in feeling sore over
the defeat of his team. His star
pitcher, Glaze, VINO was supposed to
be the mainstay Of the team, Is the
Denver youth who has made himself
unpopular by his methods of inducing
local football stars to make the long
jump to Dartmouth. was conspicuous
by his absence in the series On the
face of the returns 1t looks as though
Glaze's treatment of his old friend
Slattery was raher shabby-Denver
Post
The Greek troubles are OFF and the
men are enroute to Pueblo, Colorado
Springs and Denver. Long beforetrain
time they began assembling at the de
pot and when the train arrived from
| Silverton they occupied most of the
| platforms, numbering over 100. Two
extra cars were put on and the Greeks
were packed in them. two to seat
with some standing up. But they ap
peared to be happy-at least some oi
them who had evidently been having
a good time during the past "a hours
with their local countrymen, and 9th
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