Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-08
From Mondays Daily.

town, having lived IN the San Juan
nearly thirty years. was taken. quite
sick, to the Mercy hospital yesterday
John f. Woods of Silverton. who
came down to attend the funeral of
Charlie Newman, returned home this
morning.
F. l.. Deming Of Shlprock came u5
yesterday evening from the land OF
the Navajoes, where centuries ago
the Aztec dwelt.
Pennington expects to have its new
water enterprise which will filter the
water Of the San Juan river, in op-
Grafton within a year.
A great deal of money is center
Ing in investment around Fruitland.
hiteen miles below Pennington and
near where 1t is expected the South
ern Pacific will cross the san Juan
river
A. l.. Davis and wife arrived yes
terday evening from Ravenna, o., re.
naming over night at the Palace bo.
tel and departing for the Pennington
country this morning, where they vii,
locate.
Mrs. Oswald Link and children de.
parted this morning for Blanchard
vile, Wis. to visit relatives and
friends, and will be absent during the
remainder of a severe and prolonged
winter at Durango.
Perley Rogers of Omaha. Henry
Rogers OF DenvH and Frank Gross
and Paul Anderson. water service
men, vino are building new water
tank ON the Pennington road. went
down the line this morning.
Senator John j. Harris cane over
from Dolores TO attend the funeral OF
his predecessor. Charlie Newman
They We're together at Del Norte in
1873, and We're lifelong friends.
w r. Day. superintendent of the
Graden mills, is down from lockwood
today and says that If he could have
gotten to the phone first he would
have kept Durango from getting
scared about the dam few weeks
ago
Dave Cunningham, Rasmus Hansen
j A. McCrimmOn, Louis Wyman Nor
ton l.. Scnutt and J. II. Mayers cam,
down yesterday morning from Silver
ton to attend the funeral of our Ia
mentcd Charles Newman Mr.. Han
son continued ON to Denver thy
morning.
The La Plata Botting works Is
receiving its new machinery. the latest
approved type, for enlarging its bot
ding department, and will soon havI
the machinery in place. Some de
lay has been occasined at the factorf,
where the new machines were OF
dered.
r. j. Stcrr who operates a large
chicken emporium at the head of tho
gulch east of the reservoir OH lnl
enough poultry to satisfy the peopl'
ana would welcome a hundred NOR
enterprising people to the business
there Is room enough in his section
Tor a few more and he would III
to have some neghbors who would
attend to their own chickens ana
gather their own eggs.
St Valentines bali to be given by
the Durango Concert band on the e.
ening of the lith of the present
month will attract one of the llrges,
assemblages of pleasure seekers eveI
seen in the city. And those who
have not made mp their minds to at
tend snould do so right now. The
band has had little opportunity 10
earn money for a long time, and l.
doing the hest It can to sustatin it
self This is one time when pleasure
seekers should he liberal in their con
gideration and patronage of one OF Du
raneos most worthy institutions. We
would not be without the band, ano
we must encourage it every way VI
can. and this is the time we mus
show our appreciation.
II. II Brown died Sunday morning
AT about 2:20. Mr.. Brown is the on'
who came west some months ago H.
search of health. mention of which
was made at the time. and a few
weeks later when it was thought he
was going to die Death took place
al the residence of his sister. Mrs.
Hugh Davis on Fourth avenue, his
son Earl. young man of 20, and
daughter aged IS, being at the death
bed. Yesterday morning Bert Brown
his brother, came down from Silver
ton to render such aid as possible
being accompanied by his wife. The
remains have been embalmed and will
he shipped to the old home in Indiana
In the morning. being accompanied by
the son and daughter. To the he
reaved The Herald extends sincerest
sympathy.