Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-01

able of differentinting between whole
some fun and wanton malicious mis-
chief. An example should be made of
Judge Pike went ont on the eastern
this morning. Destination not stated.
When in Denver stop at the Albany
hotel, corner Seventeenth and Stout
streets. The Albany is conveniently
located, being the most easily access.
lble hotel in the city. It Is elegantly
MISS Green, state organizer Sf the
women of the WOodcyaft. who gave
the local bunch some stunts yester-
day, left for Silverton this morning.
Ii. c. and T. Nj. Bishop of Sheldon.
Mo-. arrived last night and went to
hztec this morning. They expect to
spend the winter there.
Presbyterians are sure true blue.
The gospel Injunction is Let the
hungry be fed and ample provision
has been made to feed all such in this
vicinity tomorrow and the next day
at the Windsor hotel Go out into the
highways and byways and compel
them to come in.
E. A. Mock of the D. & R. G. force
which has been at Aztec in the matter
o. right-ofway controversy between
the A. & c. and the Rio Grande, went
tc Denver this morning. 1t is ex-
pected that the others who are down
there. Messrs Ritter, Sroufe, Clark
and Owyn. will finish their work to-
day and come up this evening.
Jack Cunningham and wife arrived
from Pueblo last night and went to
Hesperus this morning.
Mrs. G. T. Cline of Mancos. who has
been East, returned yesterday and
went TO her home this morning.
d. R. Hatfield, Jr., returned from
Aztec last evening. He went East
this morning.
Officer Stansel was exceedingly
busy last night in guarding the prop
erty of citizens from the depredations
| of Hallow cen marauders. He early
found that he could not do the job
Justice while on foot and got horse.
patrolling the streets and alleys of
the South Side until long afterad-
night. His viligance did not go I'M
| rewarded. several boys who carried
the fun too far. being taken into
| custody Two extra officers were on
duty on the North Side also. They
were needed.
Enston Wood fired two shots from
shotgun at Ray David in class
scrap between the juniors and seniors
of the High school which took place
between and o'clock last evening.
on the Junction creek road, and
David's leg was penetrated by two of
the shot and the horse which he was
riding, belonging to G. T. Vandegrift .
was seriously wounded in the shouI- :
| der. A Hallow cen party was held
at the home of T. E. Peterson on
junction creek and Ben Otis, Harry
Dixon and Enston Wood had some
cider which they We're taking to the
| party. Having had information that
| there would be an attempt made by
some boys to take the cider away
from them, they had, for some reason
only known 10 themselves, procured
. shotgun and taken it along with
them in the vehicle they were using.
An attack was made on them as ex-
| pected and the shotgun was used with
| the deplorable effect noted. David is
not seriously wounded as it happens,
| but the horse is badly hurt. Mr.. Van
| degrift expresses it as his opinion
| that the parents of the boys should
be left to deal with them and will not
prosecute. Enston Wood is the son
of Charles Wood, Harry Dixon is the
> son of H. l.. Dixon and Ben Otis is
L tip Of
bad boys ordinarily, but their zeal ~
protect themselves from the attack
planned against them carried them to
greater lengths than can be condoned
or overlooked, and their parents will
doubtless deal with them as the of
| fense deserves.
Charles E. Allen, who recently re-
| signed his position with the Graden
Mencantile company. has taken a sim
liar position at the Famous.
o.
The older pupils at the Animas City
school gave a Hallow e'en party in
the basement of the school building
| last night. The room was decorated
with cornstalks, corn and jack o Ian
| terms, Cider. doughtnuts, apples and
puhDhiH PIE were lHe edldDles.
A palm leaf fossil has been found
in Denver, showing that palm for
est once grew there.
Martin Mcpherson, twelve-year-
old boy who was the subject of much
sympathy in Denver by his story that
he was an orphan and his troubles in
making a living, turns out to be a
runaway from Garfield. Colo, and
was not an orphan at all.
The first stone to mark the old
Santa Fe trail has been placed in po-
sition on the main road between
Lyons and Sterling, Kan. 1t weighs
5000 pounds and was brought from
Oklahoma free of charge by the Santa
Fe road. The Kansas legislature ap-
propriated $1,000 for marking the
trail.
Believing that Lemuel Hill, an aged