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

| etiS. "a D itiiSh anu uduEultT u
Pagosa are guests at the Inter-Ocean
The Herald wishes its thousands o
patrons and readers a happy New
Year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Dock have new
girl baby at their house: arrived yes
.terday.
| Mrs. Geo. B Domenick, who under
went two critical operations by DR.
| Lackey at Mercy hospital, was so fai
| recovered as to be able to return tc
her home yesterday.
! The hotels of Durango continue
| crowded nightly. no rooms vacant
generally appearing at the bottom OF
the page in the morning. Travel in
and out of the country continues as II
has done for months
| visiting her daughter, Mrs. Grant
Morris. during the Christmas time, re
turned 20 her home In Denver this
| morning, accompanied by DIR. Morris
who is slated to return next Wednes
day evening.
ri bnr
| make an attractive appearance, were
| on the eastern train yesterday even
| ing bound for Silverton, where Mr.
Bagley could have other business thar
that of mining. but they were busy
| and did not have much time to answer
questions. Their home is at st
| Louis.
D. S. Rodgers. who had the misfor
tune TO break his leg at Silverton
some time ago, returned yesterday to
the district. accompanied by his son
Steve, who was called 10 Durango last
Sunday by the wreck which injured
his wife and baby. Steve is employed
with the electric department of the
Silver Lake mines and mills.
1t may interest old-timers to learn
that the town of Eskridge. Kas., was
named for ]. "Harg'' Eskridge. who
was member of wat was known al
Durango Is years ago as the "Esk
ridge.Stockton gang" He went into
Kansas nearly twenty years ago. got
hold OF a piece of land through which
a piece of railway was built, and be
gan to make money out OF town lots;
he then built an electric light plant
and was elected mayor of the town.
The express team OF j. S. Turman
ran away from the depot yesterday
evening, running about seven blocks
Some small boys were playing foot
ball near the depot and kicked the
ball on to the horses backs. II was
the first time they had engaged In
the sport and they started out to show
the boys what they could do. They
made the fastest run ever made In
harness on tne streets OF Durango.
The express drivers complain that
boys playing ball and cutting didoes
around the depot causes them much
trouble and constant anxiety. Maybe
1t will be better to cut 1t out
well known Durango contractor
wio has made a study of the building
stone resources of the Durango coun
try, was recently at Denver. where
during the controversy there regard
ing the kind of stone to be used in
the new public library building, some
OF the best posted stone men In the
city admitted that the best white sand
~one ever shipped into Denver and
employed in structural work Is that
of the Durango country. But Duran
go is shut out for several reasons
chief of which Is the necessity of
transferring from narrow gauge cars
to broad gauge at Alamosa, and this
alone would render 1t impracticable te
try to secure Durango stone at Den
yer.
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News OF the death Of d. Frank
Schmid, one of the directors and pro
moters of the great lockwood cleo
tric power plant, was not received AZ
Durango. until last night, coming Ia
the Denver and Colorado Springs pa
pers. Mr.. Schmid had Just arrived
from his home In Indiana and had
reached the Antlers hotel where
walking through the rotundA he gasp