Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-08

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trees.
Miss Winifred Turren will enter.
nin a number of her young friends
This evening. as she will soon take
her leave for the East.
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Mrs n. C. Prosser returned yester-
day evening TO silyerton. having been
to Denver and the East. placing her
little daughter in school.
All signs indicate that prospecting
will be resumed in the La Plata gold
fields early in the spring. as early as
the hills are partly bare of snow.
The combination mail and baggage
car will be initiated on the Farming.
ton branch tomorrow. the postal ser.
vice starting then. Rob" Rice will be
in charge.
There is great deal more work,
going ON in the la Patas by pros.
peetors and small operators than
one would Imagine until they are
counted up.
Visitors from La Plata say the
snowslidos are done running over
there until another snow storm will
start them again. but some of them
arc hopeful that winter is over.
The new foot bridge is rapidly near
| ing completion. John Wilmer, who Is
moro daring than thc balance of the
North side contingent, has been cross
| 'ng ihe river on the ice and the frame
work before the floor is laid.
| Morton l.. Schutt. D. s. Cunningham
| md Louis Wyman returned yesterday
evening from a trip TO Pennington.
seeing the sights of that favored sec.
lion. idey returned 10 Silverton last
evening, with the exception of Mr.
ichutL who goes mp this evening.
Tho resumption of work at the Neg.
lectcd mine. as Roon as The trail can
Doe opened. II Is huned will mean con
innod work year in ana out. without
mrther delays and shutdowns Oper-
ilion of the mine means much for
hc trade OF Durango.
Conservative conduct OF mining
camp journals rs needed now more
han at any previous time In the his
fory of mining. The fake journals
printed from 500 TO 1000 miles from
mineral counties, each having an in
| liyidua scheme or two to work on
rne public. can do enough mlsrepre-
Ieniation ana they win need no help.
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Sam Snckctt who came in from
Denver Sunday evening. was a return
ing passenger this morning. having
| visited Durango ON business propo-
sition, lie says everything around
the capitol building Is running
moothly Both the Miller and Mel
vile families are we'll, also the rest
of the Durango contingent.
Harry Jackson, the new presideni
Of the board Of trade, departed this
morning for Denver and Kansas City,
possibly ST. Louis, on business. part
Of which win be purchase of several
carloads of supplies for his manufac-
turing establishment and hardware de
partment. He was accompanied by
his youngest daughter. Miss Margaret.
rhey will be gone two weeks or more.
People who are locating in New
| Mexico without means find relief in
securing work in the Durango smel1cr
or the local railway yards. During
winter. working at from Sl50 to $3.50
per day, they save enough money to
buy trees to set out orchards and
start work in the spring; then they
can help other people plow and plant
and earn a dollar a day.
Mining stocks on the Denver and
Colorado Springs exchanges do not
appear 10 be exceedingly active al
present, nor have they been for some
lime, but it is easy to explain. The
brokers have worked too long on a
field that mas stood all the "Jobbing
II can. Cripple Creek has been re
duced from the iugglcry of jobbers To
legitimate mining and this has trim
med the fringcs off the stock markets
Many friends of Mrs. Anna C. Bartl
were at the depot this morning to bid
her ndios. She goes 10 Salt Lake
City Utah. whore she has accepted
q position with the j. Durbin Surglca
and Dental Supply Co. aud will make
that city her home In the future. The
boarding house over Wahler's so sue
cessfully conducted for a number o
years by Mrs. Barth has been pur
chased by Mrs. Annie Newell and Is
now in her charge.
The proposition made some tint
ago for the government to establish
assay offices in various sections o
The mining West Is one which shouli
, moi be permitted to lack discussion
, or earnest advocacy. The govern
ncnt can afford TO go into the matte
: Of investigation extensively. and tn