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

sh'"'u h"t h'Sh. 1uahe inc La f!att
river country in New Mexico has res
istered IA below zero: that we'd be-
ter go down and cool on.
Dick kellar. who is managing III
Emma Mining company's affairs a
Dunton, west of Rico. on the West DC
lores river. still tarries in the warme
climate of Durango. and he and Mrs
Kellar are having an ENJOYABLE yisi
with friends.
The old Corey mattress factor,
west of the Durango brewery, whict
was under discussion by the city coun
ell some time ago as menace 10 tina
neignhorhood. has finally been torn
down. the roof having been removed
and the frail walls being razed this
afternoon.
The Famous stores building will
have its roof about complete this even
ing. The painters are already at work
on the interior walls and wood work
and 1t Will not be loug Til the Fa
nous will be at home again.
The Importance of real estate sales
announced elsewhere in The Herald
today must signify the confidence OF
men who have given years of carefu
study to the resources which warrant
the future growth of Durango.
local officer of the State Bureau
of Child and Animal Protection today
sold two horses to G. A. Brown OF
Grommet, Colo The horses were res
cued from the snow last spring, when
about 10 starve TO death.
Miss Helen Rodgers said this morn
ing that the train of bad luck had
drifted In her direction with coDsid
cradle regularity for some time:
First, father had his leg broken
then the wreck injured brother Steve,
wife aud knocked the baby's teeth
out. and now brother yint has been
burned out. lock, stock and barrel. at
Telluride, and | suppose ne feels bad
enough" Hang the rusty horseshoe
on the outer side OF the door, Miss
Helen.
Johnnie Ahern and wife, nee Katie
Hurley. are visiting with the old folk'
during the holidays. and Miss Annie
is over from Alamosa with them. ar
Anern reports his home town, Ogden
Utah, growing and enjoying splendid
conditions. White labor is at a prem
lum there and 81 per day is the small
est wage.
Henry Humm. the painter. who was
quarantined in the Hansen building
east of the Western Union telegraph
office. having diphtheria. was remov
ed 70 other quarters this morning. DR.
Turroll, health officer OF the city. In
forms The Herald that the PREMISE
were fumigated and that there vii
he no spread from this case.
Engine No. 81, one OF the old timers
among the bunch of winged and Grip
pied In the Rio Grande service. stack,
ed up on the Fourth division. was
working last nignt with only one lung
and was n weak sister In helping To
push a heavy freight To side track
The Durango yards are small for the
traffic, about one-tbird big enough,
and much of the room is taken mp
with engines that can't whistle. bad
order box cars and wrecks. 1t doesn't
look good.
Contractor McKinnon is surely hay
ing some vexatiops delays. The leak
in the busted dam above Lockwood
raised the river enough in few hours
that his threshing engine ana pump
we're put out OF commission and he
decided 10 get a new pump. Now he
has severe cold. and II the dam
busts again he will probably nave
to get a stli larger pump.
Chairman Logan of the county com
! missioners. who spent Christmas In
Denver working with the state engl
1
neer to get the La Posta bridge con
struction started down the river. says
he thinks 1t will not be long until the
work begins. The county has buil'
the road out from both approaches tc
the new bridge site and work VIII bt
thus facilitated.
Hans Aspaas came in from Hesper
us yesterday evening. Hans Is naInef
for his father, who ran the first news
paper hand press in the Rocky noun
tain country, down by the gentle. un
dulating plains Of Kansas. wnere Den
yer starts lii and Golden quits. Ham
senior ran the hand press for BIZ,
Byers on the Rocky Mountain New