Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-24

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Mrs. S. Caminsky and little girl
will spend the holidays with Mr.. Ca
minsky ct Silverton.
John Root came in from the Vale
cito last evening with q load. return
ing home this morning.
t. d. Burns, Jr, passed through tc
Trimble Springs from Chama last
evening, returning home this morn
ing.
| Agent Johnson came in from Dulce
last evening to chaperone his boy
| who wanted TO get next to Santa
Claus.
Theo. Benjosky passed through
from Silverton this morning enroute
TO Del Norte, the old home. to spend
the holidays.
Miss Ella Schafranka, of the Ami
mas City schools, left this morning
for El Vado to spend the holidays
with friends.
The Misses Florence and Ella King
went TO Ignacio this morning to re-
main during the holiday season with
their people.
Charley Graham left for Denver
this morning to join his wife. He
expects to spend the best part of the
winter in the capital city.
Looks as though the High school
will win the piano. But cannot always
tell. Maybe the Woodmen have a
few thousands up their sleeves.
A. B. Slade is In from the Kline
country today proving up on his
homestead. The SHADES are enter.
prising ranchmen on the La Plata.
The Herald would like TO chronicle
the beautiful effects of the Christmas
windows, but 1t would require too
much space to do the subject justice.
A. II. Carr, teacher at Bayfield,. is
in the city today. having business
with the land office. He reports ey
erything moving along nicely on ths
river
Stanley Day and wife expect to
leave the coming week for California
where they will probably remain six
months or more on account of the
poor health of Mrs. Day.
The many friends of d. Preston
Bell will be pleased to know his min.
ing interests are turning out well
and that he recently made sale, re.
ceiving $4,000 down. Comfortable
Christmas present.
Mrs. Sam Herr writes that she will
leave New York after New Years for
Texas, where she will join Mr.. and
Mrs c. E. Herr and put In the winter
with them in the sunny South, taking
in Old Mexico. should Mrs Herr de-
eide TO make the trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Whitaker will
spend the winter in Old Mexico,
leaving shortly after the first OF the
year-as soon as Mr.. Whitaker is
able TO stand the journey. They will
go to the City of Mexico and will no
doubt have an enjoyable time.
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Supt. f. e. Smiley, Mrs. Ida
Wales. Mrs. j. b. Pulford and Prof.
T. II. Parsons were Denver bound
passengers this morning to attend the
meeting of the State Teachers asso-
citation. held the coming week. They
will probably be gone ten days.
The trial run of the new Gold
Prince mill this week resulted even
more favorably than was expected,
and it is very gratifying to the man
agement 1t is now planned to install
all the machinery which had been de-
layed on account OF the recent snow
and to get It in shape for winters
run. The Animas Power people are
hurrying their operations, and II no
thing unforeseen occurs, the immense
institutions will be started permanent
ly very shortly.-Silverton Miner.
Several Democratic sheets say Gov.
Thomas should be upheld in the stand
he has taken 10 prevent the gobbling
up of a million acres OF land in Routt
county. Why all this praise of Thom-
as, who has no real voice in the mat
ter? Why not give the praise to the
Republican officials who stood be-
tween the interests OF the state and
the land grabbers? Thomas, Patter-
son and the rest OF the yellows had
no hand in protecting the interests Of
the people. But with Jesse McDon-
aid and staunch Republicans behind
him. the scheme was knocked in the
head.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22-Mrs. Alice
Linen McWithri and her children,
Helen years and Elizabeth years
old, were burned to death In fire