Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-28

mlS' sodiH II. iitii ucpdiAeu thls
morning for New York where she will
spend the summer with relatives.
Joseph Reed who spent the winter
in Washington has returned to re.
main in a better country at least u1
til fall, having some interests nere.
The Silverton train brought down
five cars of Gold King concentrates
last night, over a hundred tons at ?
shot. Something doing around Glad
stone.
The New Mexico sheep men are
moving their herds north to the noun.
tains, feeding along slowly. They
will be confined to forest reserves
this year and hereafter
There is plenty of room for 200
more poultry raisers around Duran
go. The country is producing about
% per cent of the poultry consumed,
but this helps Kansas and Nebraska
Rowe Pingrey is introducing new
brand of razor among the colored peo
pie, 1t is not quite as long but is
heavier than corn knife. He was
hunting Candy yesterday just TO
show him how it worked
Mrs. James O'Kelley and child 'en
came down from Telluride yesterday
evening and were guests at the Pal
ace. They continued on to Silver
ton this morning where they will re-
side until they move again.
Edward o. l.. Buck of Denver, rep
resenting the London and Liverpool
Insurance company returned yester-
day evening from Silverton where he
found the weather a little frigid. Pe)-
fraternal orders and jimcrow life com
panies might arrange with the dis
tinguished gentleman to get little
fire insurance on themselves.
Tom Arlington came up from Farm
ington yesterday evening and took Inc
late train for Silverton to visit his
son Lon and daughter. Mrs. DIR. Frank
Il. Prewitt. Mrs. Prewitt will prob.
ably return home with her father for
visit. Mr.. Arlington has not been
well for some time and thinks of go.
ing south to Phoenix or near there,
where ne has some friends mixed up
with the Southern Pacific
Near Fruitland, on the San Juan
river, the people have what is called
lifting plant to raise water from the
river to their ditcn. 1t is probably
one of those revolving wheels carry
ing dippers which dump in the ditch
or a receptacle at the head of it In
the Durango country, east and west,
it is easy to carry water through
ditches to any and all the lands.
Two more of the Durango teachers
went away this morning to spend
their vacation. Miss Rolena Fickel
went to Kansas City to visit relatives
and friends and Miss Ellen r. Gill
NOR went to Davenport. la. the home
of the noted Royce family. Miss
Fickel has been assigned as principal
of the Whittier school on the North
Side during the coming year.
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Scotty Henderson and family have
been having hard time in California
since the earthquake. His health
broken, they found themselves with
out means, and according to letter
to Telluride friends, they were camp
ing in the street, cooking their meals
on fireplace made OF a few bricks
and sleeping under shed roof. This
is pretty hard experience for people
who never roughed it, digging out of
five to eight feet of snow to get
place to make bed or build a camp
fire. These experiences. II people
must have them, might better come
earlier In life. They are sad yet prac-
tical lessons, but out of them some
good may come. Fate has shaped its