Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-11-09


the evening. There was nobody in
the waiting room at the time.
James v. Brooks, undersheriff Of Ar
chuIeta county, returned to Pagosa
this morning.
| Do not lose time in securing seats
for the New Orleans Colored Students.
They come well recommended. They
are no tramps.
The Gradens are making patrons
special offer that should be carefully
considered. Read their advertisement
and visit the store.
| +. White, conductor on the South
ern road which runs northwest, was
in the city yesterday to visit his sister,
Mrs. Nick Maher
| There were three cars Of apples in
the train from Pennington last night,
one shipped by Henry Wood to the
Graden company, and two by divers
parties to the San Luis valley.
| George McGregor, one of the bid
ders on the stone bridge, returned this
morning from trip to Grand juno
ton.
Jake Ohlwiler came up yesterday
from the La Plata river country in
New Mexico. where he had gone to
eat apples and swap stories with the
hayseeds. The boys, Earl and Clyde,
are looking for job.
Al Foster, who came nearer dying
from asphyxiation than anybody else
In the Famous flre, has not had his
name mentioned until now. AL was
there as an amateur fire fighter, neith-
er looking for glory nor reward.
"The Thoroughbred Tramp" at the
opera house last night was not up to
expectations and the actors better
take to the plow, or some other way
OF making living True, there were
some laughable incidents but not suf-
icient to make up for the poor ones.
Mr.. G. c. Sroufe, at the head of the
Southern Pacific surveys in the Du.
last night from a trip to the south,
but could not be seen today. Mr..
Sroufe Is kept busy in the detail of
his work at Durango, and If they can
not hnd him they will know that he
Ia out.
Dave Atterberry has formed a part
nership with A. w. Parker in the ex-
press business, and in ew days will
be on the street with one of the hand
soonest express wagons in the city
the finishing touches now being put
on by the Jackson Hardware Co. In
this wagon Mr.. Jackson has done him
self proud.
j. d. Bohm was locked in the county
Jail today for obtaining money under
false pretenses. Bohm had been ruu.
ming boarding house at lockwood.
He mas been in town day or so and
had obtained money at both the El
Moro and Commercial club saloons by
finding the fellow on the opposite shift
and telling him he had left money
in the saloon safe and this worked
easy The Ell Moro will prosecute.
| T. c, Graden returned yesterday ev-
ening from the Pennington country,
where he went to take look at the
industrial horoscope. Mr. Graden says
the conditions in the lower country
are vastly better than the people here
could imagine. The farmers and fruit
growers and all who are engaged in
Industrial effort are prosperous and
the country is growing and building
The Democrat published stale
piece of news this morning taken from
an outside paper to the effect that the
men employed on the Champion mine
, at Silverton were out on strike be
; cause the grub did not suit them. As
inquiry at Silverton would have re
: vealed the fact that the men only lost
one shift, when they went back to
work minus two or three of the rib
bers who got the men to quit who did
not have a grievance. 1t was the old
story, an agitator or two.
Miss Cormannau was arraigned this
afternoon in Justice Houx's court
charged by Mrs. Ovens with trying to
beat a board bill OF $25. In the testt
mony It appeared that Miss German
, nau had not left her baggage in Mrs
: Ovens place of business, that she had
J taken her meals there and paid until
finally she owed $25. Mrs. Ovens said
! her guest had come to her and asked
permission to go to Pennington
where she might make enough money
to pay what she owed but that she
did not want her to go till she paid.
The trial was still on wnen the Herald
went to press.
There will be a musical reception at
the home of Mrs. c. r. Mcconnell.
Amy residence, this evening. There
will be music. singing and, above all,
delicious refreshments served In the
happy manner known to ladies' of st