Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-18

From Mondays Daily:
This morning Wash Patrick went
out with 10000 trout for Pagosa
sprinSs.
Toe railway yards are given . live
ly Appearance today by large gang
OF laborers unloading broad-gauge
rails and other equipment.
A. w. Cornell writes from Inlay.
Mich. that he is enjoying himself
Immensely and will stay as long as
his leave OF absence allows.
Work on the lockwood power plant
is being retarded by the tardy arrival
Of iron columns and other iron parts,
which were expected some weeks ago.
Mrs. f.. NJ. Hampton of Pagosa
Springs and her sister. Miss Belle
Fulcher of La Plata, N NJ. are reg
istered al the Inter-Oceap and will
make visit at the home place on
the La Plata.
j. G, Fitterer and wife were arriv-
aIs Saturday night and are registered
at the Strster, MIR. Fitterer is CON
nected with the United States recla-
nation service and will join in the
work being done here by the govern
ment
The are depar rtment was called out
blaze at the side Of the building on
toe railroad track used by F. r. Ora
ham for storing farm implements in,
The fire started In a pile of rubbish
and blackened the outside of the wall.
No damage worth mentioning was
done.
Sam Wittow came down from Sill
yerton yesterday morning and will
stay to help out at the Famous dur
ing the races Mr.. Wlttow says there
is considerable feeling In Silverton
against Durango having a celebration
ON the Fourth Of July and fears that
Durango will make great mistake
by having one,
The Eagles held their memorial
servtce yesterday morning at the
Presbyterian church at IL o'clock
The sermon was preached by Rev w
II. Ferguson, who dwelt at length
upon the beauty of fraternalism, and
calling attention to the fact tnat the
spirit OF traternalism Is exempted
by the teachings of this order The
discourse was listened to by large
audience outside Of the order, as well
as the members themselves.
Tom Davis and wife returned last
night from California, where they
went last fall. They stopped in Den
yer a few weeks and spent little
time in Clear Creek county Visiting
Mr.. Davis folks. MIR. Davis WAS al
over California from Sacramento tC
Los Angeles including Catalini Is
land. He likes California all right
for trip or vacation, tanks there is
too much sameness about the climat,
to make it desirable place.
The funeral of W. II White was
the residence the ceremony being
conducted by Rev. r. Sanderson OF
the Methodist church. The Meth
odist choir rendered two hymns. The
flowers sent by friends were abund
ant and covered the casket Among
the designs the most conspicuous was
a cross and anchor, beautiful and ar
tistic. Tne crowd Of friends could
not hnd room In the house and the
throng extended out into the street
fact which spoke amply of the pop
nlarity of the deceased Besides the
immediate members of the family
there were present Miss Cal White, q
sister Of deceased, from Crestone. Ia
Asbury White. brother from Pue
bio, and George White, another broth
er from the ranch The Elks, OF
which deceased was prominent
member. attended the funeral in a
body, marching In the procession to
the cemetery. The pallbearers were
b. F. Houx, Harry Scnrader. William
Wolf, W. c, Chapman, l. Kruschks
and W. A. Perry. At the cemetery
the Elks held their burial service, w
A. Reese making a few appropriate
remarks TO foe occasion. The tuuera
procession WAS the largest that has
been seen here in a long time.
1t Is quietly talked that the Rio
Grande Southern will abandon tbs