Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-21

Denver on Inc late tram.
Attorney Dan Il. Carey of Denver
was a passenger from Silverton 10
the east this morning, having had
business in the district court at Sill
verton.
J. p. Coston returned yesterday
evening from the prosperous Bayfield,
section where he mas been serving
taxpayers with schedules to list their
property.
The Silyerton term Of the district
court finished its business yesterday
evening and Judge Russell, Attorney
Pulliam and Miss Mesechre came
down this morning.
The little daughter of Mr.. nd Mrs.
w. ]. Boyle swallowed a marble about
3 o'clock and came near ,ao"ins.
Mrs. Gordon had extracted the mis-
sile from its lodging when DR.. Ocns-
ner came.
Bert Brown and wife will return to
Silverton this evening, having mad
pleasant visit with Mrs. Browns par
ents. Mr. Brown thinks the summer
time, when it comes, might be bet
ter hunting season over around Pa
gosa.
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Dolp Roberts has rounded UP a
bunch of horses and is holding them
at Pine Ridge for few days be lore
shipping them to Kansas City. He
says that while horses appear to be
scarce there is no home demand for
them.
Word received from Mrs. Sarber
dated May IL, is to the effect that a
Chicago specialist promises to save
considerable of the sight of Mr. Sar-
ber's eye, and that he is gaining in
health.
Returning visitors to the La Plata
district say there are vast masses OF
snow in the gtIlches and that 1t will
be the middle or last of June in many
sections before people can get in to
Sheir work conveniently.
o. Hansen, travelling for a Ken
.ucky distillery, was among the pas
iengers going to Silverton yesterday
,vening. He observes that the coun-
nv rhiIn ha or
rade. Mr.. Hansen was among the
raveling men caught in the block.
! lue at Durango in the winter of 1883.
T. when the city was rs days without
mail.
David Walker who is totally blind,
-eturned yesterday evening from a
'isit to Cherryvale, Kan, where 33
ears ago the Bender family commit.
ed wholesale murder Mr.. Walker
eturned in the evening to his home
n Silverton, where he and his wife
lave lived for IS years. R
Billy Shively returned from Ari-
iona yesterday evening to visit mis-
ather, Daniel Shively. Billy has
oeen away from the San Juan sev.
,ral years, and has not had very good
aealth, but thinks he is improving
low.
George Rhudy returned yesterday
evening from his second trip to one
pf the most traachorouc onofa in tho
"a Plata group of mountains. where
his brother Henry lost his life In 4
'nowslide early during the past mem
>rable winter
Mr.. Rhudy, with Joe Steinneger,
was out there in February, where
they found the deep gulch filed to
| level with the rims or crests on eth
er side. They could find the cabin
then but day before yesterday Mr..
anudy could not even locate the place
where the cabin had been, so deep
we're the later SHOWS. He found the
Schnee cabin demolished. He will
return to finish contract which his
brother had taken for development;
of one of Robert Dwyer's mining
properties, and while he is there ne
will shovel on the trail where his
brother probably was caught by the
slide. Mr.. Rhudy says there Is so
much snow in the gulch that the body
of his brother may not be found un-
iii next fall.
In the primary and grammar grades
If all the public schools OF Durango
today closing exercises were neld
Little tots spoke their piece" and
tried to please the teacher. The Her.
aid regrets that neither time or space
will make it opportune to take up
much of the detail that would be I'm.
teresting to those who had gone to
school before these little ones did.
In the grammar classes there were
interesting features in the nature of
recitations and dialogues. and the day
will be memorable one for many
wno will enter upon the sterner real.
ties OF life when time will have left
only vague memories of the happier
laws Of childhood and vouth