Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-12-07


Arizona and New Mexico are clamor
ing for more school teachers. The,
nave raked the effete East, falling tt
hnd half enough. Try some of tn,
western educators, If they are not al
In harness.
James Sategna has Frank Endte,
repainting and decorating his Sal
Juan saloon and cafe, and is prepar
Ing to enlarge the building in the rear
where he will put in French cafe.
The corps of Rio 'Grande surveyors
working near Bayfield, recently. an
nounced elsewhere as due this even.
ing, came in this afternoon and will
probably disband here.
c. c. Sroufe returned last evening
from trip to Gallup, going and re-
turning overland via Pennington. Mr..
Sroufe made it quite clear that his
people are preparing for active work
In the near future.
The Tampa Tribune announces the
arrival there of Miss Frances de la
Vergne, where she will spend the win
ter the guest OF her sisters, Mrs. J. A..
Fessenden and Mrs. Price. Miss de la
Vergne has been in Missouri since
leaving Durango
Professor Gould returned Saturday
evening from Pagosa. where he ad-
dressed the teachers association OF
Archuleta county, and. while he does
not say 1t, The Herald is advised that
the address was received with rare in
terest and enthusiasm.
b. w. Ritter departed for Denver
this morning TO meet his wife. He
Will spend few days there and then
both may go to indianapolis; or he
may go on to Indiana and Mrs. Ritter
to California. Asked when he would
be back, he said he was not sure, that
besides having visit at his old home
he had several things to do.
charge of one of the Rio Grande ex-
tension survey parties, around Bay
field and Pagosa, arrived yesterday
evening, and his party of eleven men
will arrive this evening to disband
for the winter, should the weather not
improve materially. change might
put some of them in the field again
before spring
There was bunch of Utes at the
station this morning returning to Ig-
nacio-tive bucks and two squaws and
a pappoose. They had been in shop
ping and spending Sunday One OF
the bucks, the older one, had five new
and old neckties around his neck
they were OF various designs. lengths
ana colors. Another had an old fas
cinator for tie and one of the sQuaws
had on male breeches and hobnailed
boots. The younger squaw had BEEN
fixed up 10 look little better, and il
was her who had the pappoose strung
to her back.
aid Saturday relating to the finding OF
Il skeleton near Pine river, WITH the
bones of horse and other trappings,
has made many tongues busy in con
lecture as to which particular one o.
those who lived on the danger line
met his death through treachery.
There has been little imrovement in
the Southwest during the past twenty
years, in a perceptible decrease of the
bad men. No country is ever with
out them but the Southwest, it is
trusted, is not now so nearly under
their domination as even ten years
ago.
H. NJ. Andrew will leave in a day or
ting In the winter on account of the
warm climate. Mr.. Andrew improved
in health during his recent absence
from Durango, but getting back Just
in time for the snow storm, he has
been feeling worse. and he has been
advised to make the change.
local weather bureau shows that Du-
range enjoyed only 13 perfectly clear
days, with II cloudy and 6 partly
cloudy. The total precipitation for the
month was 3.26 inches, pretty good
showing for this section. This precip-
itation included a snowfall OF 12.3
inches. The coldest night was on the
29th. when the mercury touched zero
at 9 a. m.
Mrs. Udora Ruffe, whose serious i'll
ness The Herald announced Saturday,
died yesterday morning of spinal men
ingitis. The body will be shipped to
Denver for burial tomorrow morning.
accompanied by the husband and fam
lily. Mrs. Ruffe leaves three daugh-
ters one of whom has been employed
us an accountant in the office OF the
Graden Mercantile company.
Mr.. Ruffe has been engaged here in
the saw mill business.
Henry Rhudy, according to the best
information obtainahle, coming as II