Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-26
ready to go back, dissusted. A few

ready to go back, dissusted. A few
members Of the board Of trade urged
him to stay another day, Offering to
show him the weed. He said 1t was
no use, for there wasn't any here.
The board Of trade men persisted and
the rubber man, Mr.. Marsh, finally
consented. The next day he was
taken out by Mr.. Camp Mr.. Tiffany
and Mr.. Armstrong and they showed
him miles and milessof the weed.
The men who took him out for the
Democrat couldn't show him single
plant, and had it not been for the
board OF trade the rubber business
would have received black eye then
| and there.
| The doIngs in the electric liget bus
mess promise to be interesting from
| now on for awhile. II Is said that l..
| l.. Num- recently gave an order for
100000 worth of copper wire to be
| used in his Silverton extension.
| Barney Solomon lost feed OF hay
| today. fire broke out In his barn
on the North Side just before noon.
The alarm was turned In, but the
blaze was put out with the garden
hose before any serious damage was
done.
Frank Lake welded the scalping
knife in Denver worse than he ever
| did In Durango. Whenever he made
a rush with his scalping knife for a
mass of pretty hair the young lady
screamed just like she would had she
been in the Meeker massacre. We
can't let Frank leave home very oft
en- II those are the capers he cuts
when he gets away.
"Show me some prominent chief,
said young lady with camera to
one of the Durango bunch as they
were in the parade in Denver. The
whites were all dressed as Indians
and could not be distinguished from
them by the uninitiated, Fatty
Crawford was pointed out as one OF
the biggest chiefs on the reservation
and his name was given as Nobody's
Boy. That woman passed the word
on to several friends, who In turn
told others. and Fatty was photo
graphed no telling hoy many times.
and labeled as Nobody's Boy.
Three Durango boys were brought
in last night from Pine river by Lloyd
Muntsman charged with killing a
deer. Huntsman is employed on the
John Porter place on upper Pine riv-
er and is a deputy game warden. The
boys have been out fishing for more
than week. They deny having
killed any deer and say they will have
no trouble in clearing themselves at
the preliminary trial tomorrow.
The Denver Times arriving last
evening contains short item to the
effect that Frank Burgess was killed
few days ago by falling down a
shaft In a mine in Old Mexico. Mr..
Burgess resided in Durango some
years ago, being with the Local Sc
curity company some months, going
from Durango to Eureka where he re-
manned about year, then to Old Mex
leo. Frank was good.hearted boy
.
The name of the new light company
is the Standard Light Power g. Wa
ter Co. The incorporators are Tom
LOTUS. Samuel w. Henderson and ].
w. Lillard. The papers for incorpora.
ton have been sent to the secretary
of state and will he returned tn Dr.
range for fling in few DAYS. The
capital stock is $4,000 There are
said to he as many millionaires in
This comnany as In the old one
caoro. Goodman bos eor,ors,v in.
terrunted the rroyrass a, avants at
,ha oo,,r,s honsa ,,,;,h h,s COW ~ no
nor HANGERS ana nain,ers Taa sher.
i1,s oa,ce wac or unset that Mr.
Sma,oar Ia,, ,own and tho shar,r
could NOT ha found Mr. EDDY got
ont NJ tho of,ca ana ,eft Mr. otton
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