Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1905-06-22

lars at home which have heretofore
been sent away. This Is tne way II
build up and enrich a country-tt
manufacture as many Of the comm obi
ties at home as possible and put the
money In circulation among our homt
people instead of sending 1t away tc
some other section or state.
Andy Nichols barn at Animas City
burned down yesterday. Adjoining
buildings and fences were saved BY
wetting them with water from the
bitches. Tae barn was an old shack
Leon Briggs, for whom a warrant
was issued about week ago. on com
plant Of w. e. White, charging him
with petit larceny. was arrested Sat
urdsy by Sheriff Thompson. Briggs
was found working at 3 sawmill on
Pine river.
The preliminary hearing Of Bob
Taylor. the painter. and Mrs. May
Wilson was held at 10 o'clock this
morning before Justice Warner and
the couple was bound over to the dis
trict court In the sum OF $500 and in
default OF bond were remanded to
Jail.
Charles Meyer has bought little
piece of ground across the creek
north of Frank Lakes residence and
will build house 2Ox40 where he will
conduct an Ice cream and soda water
business for people who stop at the
park. He expects TO get started by
the lat of July.
party Of Boston people arrived Oh
the eastern last night and went to La
Plata City today to look over the
Bonnie Girl, in which mine they are
stockholders. Toe party registered at
the Inter-Ocean. They are NJ NJ
Muran, H. c. Earl, W. NJ. Canayan.
Jonas Reynolds. c. II. Ramsdell. w.
G. McGorm, Grant s. Hilton, Isaac
Sanborn and Gus A. Carnahan.
The big flume on the King ditch
near Ignacio went out Saturday even.
ing and the stockholders held meet
Ing yesterday to take action towards
repairing the damage. j. w. Sites,
one of the stockholders was seen tai.
morning by reporter and stated that
the flume washed out was that por-
ton which crosses Dry gulch and was
about 400 feet long. The loss is
great, but the damage will be repaired
at once Instead OF another nume a
pipe line similar TO the line which
will probably be used, and 1t Is ex-
pected the repairs can be made 80 as
TO have water running within the
next ten days So 1t will be seen that
there will be no danger to crops UNI
der this ditch. as 1t was feared
The delegates for the Real Estate
convention at Colorado Springs left
this morning. The delegation was
not as large AS was expected There
were Mr.. and Mrs w r. Armstrong
of Durango and Dick Oxford OF Man
cos; Mrs. Charles Snyder. her daugh
| ter. Miss Angie Hayden and Mrs. Sny
der's father, Mr.. Simon. were also
aboard, being bound for a visit to
| Lodi, Wis. They intend stopping a,
Colorado Springs day or two and
| will help 10 make u crowd. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Eldredge left yesterday
morning. u. N. Freeman telegraphed
from Chicago that he would meet the
Springs. A number Of other dele
gates are expected to leave tomor
row. All those VINO went this morn
ing wore tags which read: Durango
Rubber Weed From the Durango
Colo. Rubber Fields" Mr.. Oxford
took along some samples OF grains
and grasses that will open the eyes
OF the crowd as to the resources OF
Montezuma county. MT Oxford goes
AS the representative of the Mancos
chamber of commerce. Durango and
Montezuma county will. receive some
great advertising from the delegates
as they will gave a Durango head
quarters" and will shout for the sec.
tons they represent both early and
late. Mr., Armstrong has the faculty
for getting articles Of boosting na.
'ure before the newspaper men, and
we may expect to see q great deal in
print in various state papers about
the great Southwest the next few
days.