Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-02-01

! 'he opening DAY delayed Indefinitely
Let any one visit the slide section
and they will he convinced of the
sracity of the situation. And the rail
road people are exertins themselves
to get trains running before anothe,
blockade. realizing II will he loves
labor lost at best just the moment
another foot OF two of snow falls.
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| From Mondays Daily.
Mr. and Mrs. c. j. O'Keefe returned
from Denver last evening, Mrs.
okeefe feeling Considerably improy.
| ed.
Charles A. Johnson left Yesterday
morning for Denver on important
legal business He will be absea AT
all week.
Philip NJ, Read of Joplin, Mo. is
here looking for new home and the
matchless opportunities of the South
west
Mrs. DR.. Robbins, nee Anna Mel,
vile. who has been visiting ner aunt
Mrs. o. F. BOYLE. returned to bayfield,
This morning.
Charles r. Allen the head push In
the Graden shoe department. left yes
terday morning for Denver to he alb
sent n few days.
A. C. Myers. who has been suffer
trouble will probably secure some one
to take care of his lodging house
and take trip 10 lower altitude
DR.. VIM. c. Dieckman. local sur.
geon for the Rio Grande, stationed at
Dulce, Where he has also the JIcaril-
Ia Apache Indians to mend. spent
the Sabbath in the city and returned
this morning to his station.
new mail car Is being set I'M in
Durango for nse to Aztec and Farm
ington. and when it Is put In com
mission 1t will be a great relief to
the train crew, which had to handle
mail, freight. express and hogs.
Mrs. C. r. Shade and little daueh
Ter and niece go to Pueblo tomorrow
morning to remain during the balance
of winter. leaving the Herald limo
of his fellows.
Mrs. John Kellenberger and daugh-
ters Linda and Erma. went ont this
morning to Denver TO stay a month,
and tTis suggests that Mr.. Kellen-
berger is going TO get busy in the
northern part OF the state that long.
where there is less snow and block
AIDED railways.
The Rico News announces several
new features in development of
mines, chiefly in resumption of work
at old mines or former producers.
The advanced price OF silver has
helped and will continue TO help the
silver camp. which has turned so
much to zinc.
Albuquerque has hobo street force
of fifty persons which is fixing streets
and mending roads. What the New
Mexico city first feared would men
ace its peace, dignity and prosperity
has been turned TO good account, and
the officials have their dragnets out
to catch more hoboes who travel
south of the snow line in the winter.
a.
Edgar Buchanan returned from
Denver last eV2ning, confirming the
sale of the Boston coal property. To
this end checks were mailed to the
creditors of the old company this
morning. This means placing I've.
tween $1,000 and 5000 In circulation,
some of onr dealers having claims uf
over $1,000. The property Yili ne
placed in shape Tor large production.
Under the law governing them,
owners of pool tables have been ad-
vised by their attorneys not to per.
init patrons TO play for anything, ci
ShlS vi any tHiHs lihN tOSiS HibH'S
| Hereafter they will charge five cents
a cue and collect pay in advance
| The new ordinance to come at the
next regular meeting of the council
win probably suggest some other new
| features.
| The Gunnison tunnel being bored
| by the government TO take water
from the Grand river TO water tat
| MontrDse and Delta sections, is max
ing good progress, being in now 2,40t
| feet from the river side and / 800 fee
| from the west side. A flow of wate'
has been struck which discharges
325.000 gallons of water every 2
hours and new pumps with a capacit.
of 700. 900 gallons per day win be In
stalled as soon as they arrive.
From the Carthage. N. Y, Tribun,
II is learned that w. S. McCollester
formerly with the Western Unlol
Telegraph company at Durango. wa
made commandant of the Oriental Gu