Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-10

weather continuing warm Is liable tc
reach the flood line In the Animas
valley.
Mrs. F. c. Perkins. who was taken
To Mercy hospital Saturday. with
symptoms of appendicitis, Is resting
easier today and 1t Is hoped an oper-
alton may be avoided.
George Hill who was injured In the
Shenandoah slide above Silyerton a
few weeks ago is getting along all
right at Mercy hospital and will soon
be able TO be out again.
The school vote yesterday was
light compared with former years,
two years ago being over 1,100 votes
cast and upwards of thousand last
year. The people are tired OF these
annual school squabbles.
Patients Mt Mercy hospital recent
ly operated upon are Mrs. b. Heath
er of La Plata; Mrs. Bert Mckinley
of Hesperus, and Mrs. AL Thompson.
Mrs. Mckinley went home today and
the others are reported as conyalesc-
ing.
Charlie Handy is down today from
his Animas valley ranch. He has
traded the caloused hands of the
blacksmith for the blistered hands of
the ranchman. but he has that rud-
ny glow induced by fresh air and real
cows milk and the things found near
est to nature.
Among those who have gone
through the more serious surgical
operations at Ochsner's hospital dur
ing the past two weeks are Chas. w.
Dramer. Dave Attebery, j. w. Buck
ley and Mrs, Henry Hunt All are
reported today as getting along nice
ly.
The marriage of Mr.. George W.
Lane and Miss Elfreda Ambold takes
place at the residence of the brides
mother tomorrow evening in the pres
ence of a limited company of friends.
And Durango will pour out its bless
ing on the young couple for a happy
and prosperous voyage through life.
d
Dan Thornton Is In today from the
Jersey ranch on the Florida. A ranch
man can come 13 miles to town to
tc oil nd ,ap h,,,,
his feet on the mantlepiece without
some impudent newspaper reporter
noting 1t.
Johnnie Woods. well known min
ing operator of Silverton. has been
sampling ores from the La Plata dis
triet with view to taking hold OF a
development enterprise. His deter
mination will probably be manifested
by what he will do later.
w G. Neeley of Luxora, Ark, who
has just arrived, is employed in the
dry goods department of l. Kruschke.
Mr.. Neeley has mad long and varied
experience in the dry goods business
and knows how to show the people
what they want.
George Shields has finally heard
from his son Jesse, who was In Fris-
co when the lights went out. Jesse
says he and his family escaped with
nothing but their lives, but that Mrs.
Shields brother is still missing. As
time is counted on the dial the lost
will be counted by relatives and
friends and this tablet will be silent
one. but He who notes the sparrow's
fall will have the recapitnlation.
Smelter City Hive, No. 81, Ladies'
of the Maccabees, calls your atten-
tion to the fact that their ball on the
10th is to be the most pleasureable
event of the early summer. Each
gentleman will be presented with a
necktie, and all will have an oppor-
tuDity to see some nice work in a
drill which the ladies' will give on the
opening of the ball.
II was learned from Navajo yes
terday evening that his people would
seek employment on the railroads
which is now given to the Japs II
they could meet the same encourage
ment. He said their worst handicap
was In not being able to talk Eng
lish well enough to understand or
ders, but he thought the Navajo
could learn English as readily as the
Jap If given the same chance.
Mike Moran departed this morning
for Los Angeles. where his old-time
friend, Joseph Clark, has been win
tering. Mr.. Moran said he had un-
derstood that some OF the people had
been misled as to his mission. and he
desired The Herald to say that he
mad not gone to accept the agency OF
the Winnemucca Indians or TO dis
tribute relief supplies to the San
Francisco sufferers.
Rev. o. b. Sarber, wife and little
daughter departed tnis morning for
Berwyn, a suburb OF Chicago, eight
miles out, where they will remain for