Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29

Snowslide blockades do not seem to
daunt the coming of people 10 look
over the New Mexico country south,
in search of new homes.
Tobacco and microbes. In their cor
| dial reciprocal Interchange of courtes-
les in the human mouth. present n
study for the hygienic expert.
o.
Durango Is great meat consuming
town; its back country produces the
meat and the people do not believe in
shipping everything out of the coun.
try.
Merchants about the city say that
in spite OF cold weather and many
heavy roads trade is holding IN al
most as good as before the severe
storms set in.
The Anti-Ciearette league of Du-
range is organizing on the plan of the
Y. NJ. G. A. In some of the eastern
cities: trying TO do it's members some
practical good.
II Is understood Adolph Coors will
add third story to the brick nearly
completed on two.story basis for
Frank Blatnick to sell beer in, next
door to the Inter-Ocean.
Sam Wittow came down from Sil.
yerton yesterday evening, having
strayed away with the burro train
that came to Elk Park after the mall,
and catching the work train that came
in last night
The Jap Is great rice consumer.
and he is healthy; never complains NJ
pain or sickness; his only malody Is
laziness. One of them could be nude
TO exert himself as much as to dig
himself ont of fire.
The Presbyterian church will give
u mite social at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. c. C.. Perkins Friday even
ing. A cordial invitation is extended
friends of the church to attend. Take
along dime and enjoy yourselves.
John Nowland sent beef out last
night in the whole carcass for Silver
ton, to be dragged by mules over the
snow with the hide on, for the hungry
in Silverton, and he sent great lot
of meat for the snow shovelers In the
canon.
Ed Mckay. of the Gold King mines
at Silverton, is spending few days
in the sunshine of Durango, waiting
for the slides to be broken in the
Animas canon, and for coal to make
the huge machinery plant of the Gold
King operate again.
Lou j. Nathan returned to Pueblo
this morning, his brother Abe having
returned from New York yesterday
evening to look after the big clothing
store. Lou was getting a little lone
some and didn't wait long enough TO
tell his brother how trade was.
People who have walked from Sill
verton over the slide section of the
Animas canon say they do not see
how any one can estimate the time II
will take to open the railway for traf
fic. as it is all slide, ranging in depth
from a few feet to something like 100
feet over the track.
Pueblo papers. contemplating that
the Arkansas river running through
their village will be swollen in the
spring by the melting SHOWS in the
are trying to get the coun'
Gil, to clean out the river. saying that
II they do not, the business part of
town win be six feet under water.
The manufacture of building blocks
at Pennington and Aztec promises to
become great industry during the
present year The country possesses
the sand clay and gypsum, and the
blocks will last forever. Good brick
clay abounds in the country, too. All
they need down there to round out
in building Is Durango's lumber
Teachers at the High school are
warning the student coasters not to
20 to the top of Reservoir hill to slide
to the school house. fearing a COLI
sion may kill some of them The par
ents will learn TO cooperate after
somebody gets killed.
The big town on the San Juan river
will be the new smelling basis. and
probably will be from 75 to SO miles
southwest OF Durango. The coal beds
are enormous and the climate fine.
Half the clothing needed at Durango
will supply the workers.
The general thaw in the Durango
country today will be the preliminary
10 another snow storm. Robert Pats
check of the La Plata bar, where he
has resided long time, says 1t mas
not begun to snow yet. He looks for
five feet more on the bar to make
winter.
People who have been cooped In
,fn th.