Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-14
siIvsrton Doing Bushes,
silverton. Colo, june 10. 1906.

Silyerton, Colo, June 10. 1906.
Editor Herald:
Fearing that some of your citizens
might think that we are still block
AIDED will state that two passenger
trains make round trips TO Animas
Forks every daytime. two hours
round trip.
Trains viii lie r,nning to Red
Mountain l.. Wednesday. That Will
give MS an outlet 10 Quay and the
west aSd travel can oace more re.
sume - old chanrel
Weather is fine and bal.ay and ev.
erytains points 10 busy zeasza fos
this portion o. the San Juan.
The Theo. l-orch company left here
this morning after playing to crowd
ed houses fof ih7es nights. The com
pany as whole Was considered the
best that has been here for many
years. And why your town should
have given them such frost" the
last night they were there our thea
Perhaps there is that mucn difference
iii point of interest between the two
towns and our people are easier
pleased.
Ellery w. Hunt and d. j. Maxwell
were seen working on the streets last
week with the chain gang. 1t is pre-
sumed they were working ont their
fines.
Thomas II. Kane returned from his
winters outing few days ago and
once more took up mis- residence In
his palatial quarters at the base OF
Sultan mountain. He walks a mile
or more TO the Grand for ms meals
and says he prefers 1t to driving, as
II has a tendency to reduce his ayoil
dupois. The Grand would prefer that
he drive over judging from the ap-
petite he works up. Tom is looking
for bright-eyed amiable widow VINO
will come and share with him the
joys and sorrows of bachelors quar-
ters for the season, as his house
keeper. He is not particular as to
creed, nationality or her total indiffer
ence to her rights as woman's
rights woman-just so she will re
main "hitched" after she is once
broken in.
Jack Slattery is expending big
amount of money and making many
improvements on his baseball.
grounds. The high places are being
graded down and the low places file
in. The entire ground is being
ir
says he is compelled to fence 1t in tr
guari against the onrusn of the Du
range contingent TO the rear field,
when there is a game, as on the oe-
casicn Of the last excursion from Dn
range here when there were 1875 tick
cts sold in Durango for this place
these were but seven paid admissions
to the gro" ids. This event has only
been e.celic i by the event which oc
Cured wien memorial special train
came from Durango about a month
ago bringing with it more than hun
dred persons and four OF them tool.
luncheon at the Grand
Col B. b. Calvin has made the third
remittance to the state committee al
Denver for the benefit OF the Sar
Francisco sufferers, totaline little
over $4,000. Collecting and remittine
is the colonels strong hold, barring his
infatnation for boosting jack POI
whenever they present themselves.
The Doud brothers have made good
neadway in building their new stable
and few weeks more a magnificen,
front will present itself to our view
1t will be 50x100 feet, two stories high
and the finest and best equipped sta
BILE in the San Juan country. The
horses will be kept on the second
floor. The first floor will be for car
riages, wagons and harness. and a
private room for ladies. Mr.. Murre
Doud will be the chief rubber and
sponger for this department.
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