Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-14
SiIverton Doing Business
sIlyerton. Colo. June 10. 1870!


Silverton, Colo. June 10. 1905.
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 will he running TO Red
Mountain by Wednesday. That viii
give us san outlet to Ouray and the
west and travel can once more re-
sume us old channel.
Weather is fine and baimy and ev.
erything points TO busy season for
this portion of the San Juan.
The Theo. Lorch company left here
this morning after playing to crowd
ed houses for three nights. The com
pany as whole was considered the
best that mas been here for many
years. And why your town snould
have given them such frost" the
last night they were there our thea
tergoing people cannot understand.
Perhaps there Is that mucn difference
in point OF interest between the two
towns and our people are easier
pleased.
Ellery w. Hunt and ID. J. Maxwell
were seen working on the streets last
week with the chain gang. II is pre-.
sumed they were working out tneli
fines.
n apa fatt n or
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 his meals.
and says he prefers II to driving, as
it has tendency to reduce his avoir.
dupois The Grand would prefer that
he drive over Judging from the ap-
petite he works up. Tom is looking
for n bright-eyed amiable widow VINO
win 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 filed
In, ha 10 hai
fenced in with an S-foot fence. Jack
says he is compelled to fence it in TO
guard against the onrush of the Du-
range contingent to the rear field
when there is a game. as on the oc-
casion of the last excursion from Du.
range here when there were 1876 tick
cts sold in Durango for this place
there were but seven paid admissions
to the grounds. This event has only
been excefled by the event which oc
CURED when memorial special train
came from Durango about a month
ago bringing with it more than hun
dred persons and four of them took
luncheon at the Grand
Col. B. b. Calvin has made the third
remittance to the state committee al
Denver for the benefit of the San
Francisco sufferers, totaling little
over $4,000. Collecting and remitting
Is the colonel's strong hold, barring his
infatuation for boosting a jack pot
whenever they present themselves.
The Doud brothers have made good
headway in building their new stable
and few weeks more a magnificent
front will present itself to our view
1t will be 50xl00 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.. Murrel
Dond will be the chief rubber and
sponger for this department.
Yours truly,