Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-15

his usually smiling mouth. 1t is to be
hoped that "scotty" will have come to
a due appreciation of the humor OF
the occurrence by the time he finds
the person who Is responsible for the
disappearance Of the venfson.
At the funeral OF Andrea GuyilD
mino yesterday afternoon a surrey oc-
cupied by a couple of the deceaseds
compatriots from Sunny Italy, was
capsized Just as the cortege was start
ing from the undertaking rooms on
Eighth street, and all but demolished.
The inexperIence of the drivers, to-
gether with somewhat more OF the
juice of the grapes Of their native
country than was good for them, both
contributed to the accident Nothing
was hurt but the carriage, but had It
not been for Guy Day. who jumped
In and stopped the horses something
serious might have resulted.
A tine though small exhibit OF the
products Of this section has been ar
ranged by Mr.. Armstrong. assistant
secretary of the board of trade, In the
rooms of the board. Mr.. Armstrong
has expended no little effort in the
collection OF the exhibit which In
cludes samples of coal, coke, crude
rubber, fire brick and agricultural and
horticultural products. Among the
things collected are potatoes from the
ranch Of F. w. Kroeger In the Animas
valley, apples from the valley, pears
from George Patterson seven and a
half miles east of Durango, pumpkin
and beans from Allison. 17-foot stalk
OF corn from Phil Craig's ranch five
miles south OF town, 40-pound cab
bage from the same place, potatoes
from Allison, sheaf wheat, barley and
oats from Charles Pearson, oats. tim
othy, grains and grasses from ]. p
| Lowell on Pine river. sheaves of grain
| from A. Kuebler the Ute farmer al
Ignacio, a bunch Of IA pears on one
Mr.. Armstrong and tastefully arranged
| In the board of trade rooms. He said
that he felt as though this part ol
| Colorado were a part Of his territor,
and that In business sense at least
| Northern New Mexico belongs to us
| He was Just as much interested II
| this locality as though he were a resi-
dent OF Colorado, and if statehood die
not carry we would be welcome to the
northern part of New Mexico. Gov
ernor Hagerman left for Santa Fe this
morning.
| Governor II. ]. Hagerman of New
Mexico arrived from Aztec last even
Ing and was met by Assistant Secre
tary Armstrong of the board of trade
| who escorted him to the Strater hote
where he was domiciled for the night
After dinner in the evening an in
formal reception was held at the boart
of trade rooms In the Crystal block
where about sixty of Durango's busi
ness men met the governor and shool
hands with him. At the governor.
request he was not asked to address
the meeting, being fatigued from
travel and meeting many of his con
stituents. Mr.. Hagerman was aston
ished at the display of agricultural
products that has been collected BY
limb from W. G Chapman, sun
flower raised without drop of watel
by Lou Smith on the reservoir mess
that is nearly as large as the on'
spoken of recently as having beer
raised at Santa Fe, and many othel
things too numerous to mention. The
gold medals awarded products of thii
section are also on display, being fol
oats by J. P. Lowell, wheat by Ton
Phillips, rye by Roy B. Willis. ant
barley by F. Milburn. The floors are
prettily covered with Navajo blankets
loaned by Harry Pearson and the eff
feet is altogether pleasing from al
points Of view. ffH