Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-22

r. NJ. Martin, the Navajo clerk, is
guest at the Strater today, having
come up from Shiprock last evening.
o.
The fire boys will dance on the
night of Thanksgiving Day and the
public is cordially invited to join
them.
J. C. Bowman of Silverton returned
last evening from visit to Denver.
He will stop few days at the Pal
ace before going home.
William Peeper and James kinley'
two ranchmen from Riverside, N M,
were in town over night, being up to
do business with fruit buyers.
Lathe Miller was brought down
from the lockwood power plant last
evening with broken leg and taken
to Mercy hospital. A rock fell on
him.
Mrs. George Bell and son Eugene,
who have been visiting relatives in
Dolores, rested at the Southern last
night and left for Denver this morn
ing.
Grand Chancellor Commander War
ner arrived last evening over the
Southern and was met at the depot
by delegation of Knights of Pythias;
He visits the local lodge tonight.
You cannot find a better stopping
place in all the land than the Albany
hotel, Denver. 1t is centrally located,
strictly modern and admirably
equipped for making guests comfort
| able.
Mrs. s. W. A. Sherman of Ridg-
way was an arrival last evening for
visit with her brother, f. Slick, a
fireman on the Rio Grande Southern.
Mrs. Sherman Is staying at the South
ern hotel.
r. d. Martin, the Navajo clerk, is
guest over night at the Palace, hav-
lIE Ifilll nNt ltAHA NNthihss iioAi ThNtNN,
where he went to attend his mothers
funeral. He departed for home this
morning
Mr.. and Mrs G. w. b. Hettler de
parted this morning for Kansas City,
where Mi Hettler intends inquiring
into the cement block business, and
when he returns TO Durango may
start such an enterprise here.
A son of John Puetz was brought
down from Hesperus in a rig last
night to have an injury to his foot at
tended to- The boy was scuffling
with another boy and stepped on a
large rusty nail which went through
! his foot, making an ugly and painful
wound.
Mrs. William II. Van Geisen, one of
the pioneers of the San Juan, died in
New York few days ago. The body
was shipped to Whitewater, Wis, for
buriel. Mrs. Van F'eisen was the
mother of o. P. Posey, the mining
/ operator so prominent in Red Noun
( tain few years ago. She lived in
Del Norte when it was the gateway
o the San Juan.
street car struck one of the
horses of John Males team last even
ing in front of the Star bakery and
the animal was seriously injured
The car struck against the collar and
then against his side. 1t is not GER
tain whether the shoulder bone is
broken or dlslocated, 1t is badly
swelled and the horse is in bad
fix. He was taken to the barn and
Mr.. Males is doing what he can for
him. The other horse broke loose
and ran away.
Gilbert Bros. are preparing to estab.
| lish new ice plant. 1t will, be To-
! Gated just west of the warehouse OF
| the San Juan Fruit e Produce asso-
! citation. The building is already near.
| ing completion. A well is being sunk
| 10 obtain water for cooking purposes
but the ice will be made from pure
! Florida water. John Gilbert recently
made n trip to Denver, where he or
dered all the necessary machinery fcI
the plant. The capacity will be ten
, tons a day. The well is now down
thirteen ieet and fine flow of wa
Ter is already running in.
That richly prolific rural comedy
| drama, "Uucle Josh Perkins," ia
! down for return visit to Durango
on Tuesday, November 27, the play oi
which Uncle Josh" is the central
figure. possesses merit of the real
sort and at times is roundly melo
dramatic and strenuous, and teaches
| good, wholesome lesson all the way
| through the four acts. The atmos
phere of both farm and city life sat
urates the play, connected by pretty
! tlnge of romance, coupled with
brusque masculine sympathy and nat
ural country attractiveness. Its prim
/ itiveness is of the fields and is rs
| free from impurity as the crystal
springs, while the characters used 10