Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-19


p. c. Shannon is making n large i'm
provement on ono of his Thirteenth
street residences.
Mrs. scorill and daughter, Grace
Bishop, are up from Bloomfield and
are the guests Of Mrs. G. W. Lewis.
From the Index 1t Is learned that
Aztec starts of with board of trade
organization having fifty members.
George Ditchfeld. engaged in the
saw mill business above Dolores sta
lion, on the Southern, is visiting the
city.
The Pennington Times advises Du- |
range people who have pneumonia and |
those who foar It to go to Pennington, |
where all is sunshine.
Mrs. o. b, sarber went out to Pa
gosa this morning to conduct a mis-
sionary meeting in the Baptist church
III that place tomorrow.
Charley Wood, the liveryman. is in
Chicago and his partner. j. w. Nor
gan, is in California. That coal deal
few days ago put them 100000 to
the good.
George West went out 10 Pagosa
this morning saying The Herald
might advise the city council that he
would not be present at the next reg
ular NEE ting.
| o. r Boyle has practically recov-
cred from his recent attack of pneu-
monia but Is not taking any chances
on the preseN weather. being salts
fed to remain at dome.
Emmett witt. the post trader Mt
Dulce having spent few days pleas
antly in the city, returned this morn
ing to see how his Jicarilla Apache
constituents are getting along.
Pennington will hold an election on
April ID for the purpose of electing
five trustees, which is another name
or style for electing what Durango
has learned TO call the city council.
Il is feared the spring race meet
Will have 10 he postponed till June
or July Oh account of the inclemency
of the weather. and such a postpone
ment might interfere with Silverton's
Fourth OF July.
The Classified columns of the news.
paper = the directory to which the in
vestor and nome seeker lnstuctively
urn. II yon are not represented in
thtt ci ectory you won't be in it with
the competitor who is.
Election supplies in the way of
books and blanks, needed Monday in
Durango for the bond election, are
tied np In the blockade. Were these
fthings procured at home there woulI
be less danger of Saguache laughing
at us
There Is q purchaser somewhere
for c,cy piece Of property that is Of
fered for sale. In what other way can
yod get in touch with the man you
want to reach so surely or cneaply
MS through the columns of the daily
paper?
| Siverton has been stacked up twice
this winter with snowslide blockades
in the Animas canon but this is only
a temporary Inconvenience: Silyerton
with hor matchless mines can stand
for much more and come up smiling
and ready to go right on.
Wayne Russell of the Denver Post
and George Steele, brother of the
noted carounist went against the
badger nght at Chama yesterday and
| Wayne came back last night to wire
in for more money. He says it is
good game aud he will play the string
out.
The county treasurer's office an
nounces the collection of taxes morr
active the people more willing and
able to pay than for many years. Fer
| the months Of January and February
the collections are about $4,000 goat.
er than for those months during any
former year.
Bl1H City Utah. down on the SIM
Juan river. expects soon to have an
oil boring enterprise under way. Over
20 years ago George Bippus tried To
| get Errest Waters TO naugurate such
an enterprise, and abou; hai him
talked into 1t when somebody else got
Ernests ear and he was lost
II Mar hNll Pass, over by the Gun
nison, - not blockaded Vincent st.
John will probably arrive in Telluride
this evening, where three years ago
he was president of the Miners union
He is to he tried ON charges of com.
plieity in the murder OF some of the
people Who were killed there during
the strike troubles.
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r. A. Chubb came down yesterday