Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-04
From Tus,day.s Daily,

From Tuesdays Daily. I
Dolores county is not half pros
Is more virgin territory in the two
camps than in any other six In Colo
RADIO
d. F. Westbrook and family, who
came from the plains of Texas to 10
cate near Pennington. arrived last
night and proceeded on to the new
Mecca this morning.
Billy Accord came down last n,gh'
from the DELAYED tunnel. which he mas
showed In $50 feet during the past
few weeks. He says 1t IL going to be
a big mining proposition.
Jane Rider. daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Rider. who has been visit
ing with her parents and friends In
Durango, retufntC tuis tHoi uhhh W $3.50
Wolcott school at Denver.
Miss Minnie Grouse. who returned
from Pennington yesterday evening,
where she owns business property
went out to Grommet this morning
TO look after farm real estate.
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The people of Durango congratu-
late themselves that since the cold
est winter 10 years Is here the price
OF coal has not advanced. The coal
men, few. may be making some
money, but not many. The fellow
that bauls it makes the biggest mar
gin.
Jeanette RAIDER, daughter OF Or.
RAIDER OF Silverton. went out to Den
yer this morning to seek position In
telegraphy Miss RAIDER has been
working faithfully In Durango for
long time to acquire the science and
touch, and, being good girl, should
readily hDd employment.
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f. s. Warner. formerly with the
Durango station of the Rio Grande
railway, who has been Mt Silverton
as agent for year or so, was among
the eastboupd passengers this morn
ing. retiring from the frigid zones to
accept some other position which will
appear more congeniai and homelike
Prof. Geo w. Gould and family re.
turned yesterday evening from Den
ter went to find a baby brother. Mr..
Gould had been in attendance at the
meeting of the State Teachers asso-
citation. And this morning the chill
dren hustled out to school to try to
get in the next grade.
]. NJ Kinsley. manager of the San
Juan Fruit Growers association for
New Mexico. has written letter con
gratulatory TO the secretary at Aztec
on the Increased production OF fruit
In that section during the past year
under adverse conditions. and says
the Improvement in packing of frnir>
Will help to reach the markets
F. II. Lounsbury, OF the auditing de
pArtment of the Rio Grande railway
system, having finished checking out
p. B. McAtee as agent at Durango,
said be could have had a better time
Ing. He wondered If he could get his
dinner at Lumberton with a late train
and stranger told him they could
camp out II the train mad enough coal
Phil Dantinger, the Frenchman who
has prospected the west from British
Columbia to Old Mexico, avs he
thinks most of mis- hard work is over
now. He goes in day or two to the
uranium mines west OF Dolores. near
where he has found enough quicksil,
yer TO make him think there is none !
in It. The locality is about seventy
miles southwest Of the little South
ern railway station at Dolores, the ol /,
trading place of the western COWBOYS
Mrs. V. c. Clark aud the baby. a
buxom one that did not look like a
girl, were on the train this morning.
and they were going back TO San An.
tonic, Texas, sorry their relatives and
friends had picked out attitudes and
atmospheric conditions Ike those of
silverton; they thought they could
live Just as well in Texas and enjoy
life better, Irs. Clark is doubtless
some good Fellows wife.
The board OF trade ~lll meet this
evening, aud chief among matters of
consideration will be the appointment
OF level headed committee to con
fer with the manayemaut nf tho I.a,