Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-12


that guests are well provided for.
The school house on lower Spring |
creek has been finished and school |
will be commenced in two weeks.
Miss Edith B. NJ. Young, who has
been spending few days In DID,
range, returned this morning TO Pa
gosa Springs.
Engineer Eby OF Durango is assist
ing Engineer Turley of Blanco. N. M,
on the cross-sectioning OF the pro-
posed Citizens ditch.
L, Fl. Davis. a deputy United States
marshal from Denver, stopped over
night in town and went out on the
Southern this morning.
a school house In the newly or
ganizod district at Allison is in pro-
cess of construction and school Is ex-
pected to start the first Of December.
Henry BOSNIAN, who has been here
several months with the geological
survey, departed this morning for his
home In Kalamazoo to spend the win
ter.
George r Hopper the contractor
for the new buildings being erected
at Sbiprock, is spending the day in
town, coming Up from Pennington
last evening.
The committee rustling among the
farmers this morning reported they
had contracts signed for raising 2,10O
acres of beets. Only 5000 are re-
quired to secure factory.
A. Biery, sheep buyer from Monte
Vista. who is registered at the Pal
ace, is gathering UP quite bunch to
ship to his town for the Sylvester
Bros. They will feed them through
the winter.
After the arduous campaign rest
will do you good. No better place
than Trimble Springs where you can
enjoy the baths and partake of one OF
the best tables In the state. Mrs. Day
gives personal supervision to all de-
partments.
Miss Bessie McNicholas has fin
ished her school at La Plata City and
came down to Durango last evening
to remain the rest of the week. Then
she goes to Hesperus. where she has
been engaged to teach her school
there commencing Monday
The University of Chicago has re-
ceived gifts aggregating $1.223,000
since September 1. John d. Rookie
feller is the largest of the recent
benefactors. He has given 100000
for the James Hall geological collec-
ton and library.
The special hearing General Man.
ager. A. C. Ridgway returned from
Silverton last evening and this morn
ing left for Denver, going out at $3.50
this morning over the Southern. w.
ID. a&ee, superintendent of the Fourth
division, who accompanied the train
from Alamosa to Silverton and back
TO Durango, returned to Alamosa on
the eastern this morning.
John Kellenberger dropped into the
beet sugar meeting at Aztec yester-
day and told them he wanted to sign
up for 200 acres of beets. The COM
mittee was surprised, because they
did not know that Mr. Kellenberger
had the land. but he was in earnest
and told them he was having his land
in Montezuma county cleared for cul-
tivation, and would a little sooner
make some money raising beets than
anything else he knew of, because the
beet business would help more people
than anything he knew OF.
O.
Mr.. Mitchell and Mr.. Armstrong
are rushing the beet business. They
have date with the farmers at
Grommet at 1870 in the afternoon
next Tuesday, one at Bayfield, Tues
and will try to get to Mancos Thurs
day or Friday and Cortez Saturday.
The board of trade at Aztec took the
responsibility of signing for 1900
acres even before they had consulted
farmers. They will go out themselves
among the farmers and get them to
sign for that amount. Twelve hun
dred acres is considered very good
for Aztec. The committee did not ex-
pect more. Three of the big pushers
in the enterprise down there are Col
onel Williams, president of the board
of trade; Mr.. Abrams, the hardware
man; Mr.. Pierce. the banker. and Il.
p. Wilson, editor of the Index.
A fire alarm was turned in about
10 o'clock last night from box No. 15,
Third avenue and Seventh street, but
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