Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-08-09
JUDGE cHAuNcEY
MORGAN PASSES AWAY

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away yesterday morning at 1910
Death had been momentarily expected
all day Saturday.
Mr.. Morgan was 35 years OF age
a member of the Knights of Pythia.
and of the Modern Woodmen
He was active in local politics fol-
years. and served for q long time a.
chairman of the Democratic count,
central committee. He served a.
county attorney and county Judge
Judge Morgan went to the Uintah res
ervation when II was thrown open tt
settlement and he opened a law OF
fee at Vernal. But he did not stay
there long. He returned to Durango
Few months ago, since which time
he had been working in the insurance
business.
| Morgan's wife and baby are in Che
topa, KAN; where she was visiting
with her parents; his father is in the
Soldiers Home at Monte Vista; his
mother in Colorado Springs, and two
brothers, Schuyler and Will were at
silverton the last heard from, and
Chester, another brother, is night
clerk at the Strater hotel.
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| ID. c. Coulson came in from Bay.
field today. He brought in some
| speckled beauties, with which he re.
membered a few friends.
| A message received by Durango
friends from Mrs. C. T. Morgan said
she was not well and did not know
whether she would be able to come
| to the funeral or not
A. NJ. Amsden. cashier of the Farm
ington bank, spent last night In town
and departed for home this morning.
He had been to Denver buying new
| fixtures for the new bank, which will
| be modern institution and will be a
credit to Pennington until the town
grows to twice its present size.
The taking of evidence in the case
between the Denver g. Rio Grande
and the Arizona & Colorado. before
Referee Il. C. Burke at Aztec, was fin
ished Saturday and the lawyers and
| witnesses returned to Durango that
evening. The next sitting of the ref
cree will be at Deming. N. NJ, the
18th of August. Mr.. Burke departed
yesterday morning for his home at
Santa Fe, while Mr. Sroufe will re
main for a time yet. Mr. Burke is a
rapid stenographer and takes down
the evidence himself. He Is the priv
ate secretary ito Attorney General w.
C. Reid of New Mexico.
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David Ramsey Secured the contract
for building the basement of the new
court house at Silverton. the price be-
ing $10,03S. Mr.. Ramsey said work
would be commenced today, but could
not make an accurate estimate as to
when the job would be done for the
reason that getting labor and the
time 1t takes to get material In from
the outside is very uncertain. There
Is such demand for cement all over
the country that 1t is doubtful wheth-
er the amount wanted can be secured
promptly or not. And then the labor
question Is another serious matter
that contractors have to deal with
at present. There is such demand
for laborers all over the state that
building operations are seriously
handicapped almost everywhere. The
question has become SO Vserious in
Denver that many who intended
building nave decided to wait. San
Francisco alone has taken an army OF
men away, and the demand for labor
was already great. Mr.. Ramsey says
there are no idle men in Durango and
every man in the mountains who
works at all is at work now.
Last Saturday evening a farewell
party was given by Mrs. Emil Gust
miller at her home on Fourth avenue
to her guests, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Baumeister and son, Mrs. Joe Baum
eister and Miss Lizzie Baumeister
from Ogden. Utah, who were here on
four weeks visit They departed
Sunday morning over the Southern
for their home by the salty water.
The entertainment consisted of card
playing. dancing, singing and speech
making. The music was furnished
by Mr.. Chas. Walters and Mr.. Blen-
ming, guitar player; the singing by
all present with Messrs. Charles and
Blenning as leaders. The moment
the high five was at its highest and
the waltzing was going on Mr.. Wal
tiers stepped into the circle and gave
two farewell shots by uncorking two
champagne bottles filled with
Mumm's Extra Dry, and, raising the
glasses, every lady present gave three
cheers-one for the departing visit
ors, one to Ogden, Utah, the western
| railroad center, and one for Durango,
with the wish that the time is not far
| distant when Durango will be con
nected with Ogden by the Southern
Pacific railroad. At ~ O'Clock all
| playing ceased and a lunch was serv.
ed, after which everybody felt re-
| freshed Then hands were shaken,
goodbyes and au revoirs were said
and the guests departed for home