Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-25

WORKING at RICO, went pht on iht east
ern train this morning to Creede.
where he said work and wages are
better.
Mrs. George Logan, who was at
tackled with pneumonia while nursing
her little boy with the same malady,
Is reported to nave passed the danger
period, having improved since ycsier-
day.
/ Newsboys remaining out till after
midnight. cold as It was last night
are candidates for pneumonia. A lit
| tie restriction against such enterprise
might save a heap OF trouble.
| w r, Day, manager of the Graden
mills. stationed at lockwood, came
over from the Pine river mills last
night and returned to lockwood this
morning.
The Creede mining camp is now con
nected with the balance of the pro.
gressiye towns and cities of the west
by telephone, starting with eighty pat
rons in the little mining borough.
G. A. Anderson. who has been work
Ing for the Animas Power company
| at Silverton. went to Denver this
morning. saying that he was dodging
pneumonia and snowslides.
H. T. Henderson, chief engineer and
promoter of the great RoclSwood cleo
| trio power enterprise. departed this
| morning for New York on business
connected with the institution. and
will be absent several weeks.
j. l.. Painter manager OF the box
department of the Burns .Biggs saw
| mill at El Nado. returned this morn
ing 10 Lumberton, He was wise
enough TO quit newspaper work Il
good while ago. and he has grown fat.
C II. Snyder and c, j. O'Keefe de
| parted for Denver this morning to
| visit their wives. who have been there
for couple OF weeks. They denied
being lonesome. bn; said they wanted
10 get through while the road was
open.
When Fred Field, of Brockton. Mass,
departed this morning for his home.
he said; when you write my obit-
uary say that belong at Brockton,
Mass. ! am about to cross that range
at Cumbres" Mr.. Field has been vis-
ting friends in the San Juan.
William Wormer, the German nurse
who came down from Silverton a week
ago with the same thing called pneu-
mona up there, is improving a little,
but still looks more like the shadow
of ghost. 1t viii be some time be
fore he will recover strength to do
anything.
Durango has been widely advertised
through the town clock episode of
few days ago, when The Herald start
ed an expedition to get 1t wound up
again. The papers all over the state
are UH'ins luu over til' beSi vi Ill
towns allowing its clock to run down,
! and comment is varied from humorous
! TO ridiculous and pathetic.
d.
Miss Edith h. NJ. Young has accept
| ed position with the Frank Eldredge
Investment company, and will enter
upon the work next Monday. The
business of this company has so in
creased a. to require additional force
IN the Office. Miss Young will return
TO the Hopkins country home in the
valley, where she has been visiting.
and spend a few days before taking
up her new work.
The number of recent cases Of
pneumonia In Durango should be a
| warning to several thousand people
to exercise all possible precaution
| against the disease.
Billy Mack. who has a run with
Z, one Of the passenger engines from
Durango TO Telluride, came in yester-
| day morning and had to take to his
bed, threatened with pneumonia.
| Rev. A. B. Sanderson, pastor OF the
| Presbyterian church at Bayfield,. also
| of the Florida, church. In company
! with George Spencer made a pleasant
| call at The Herald office today.
! --o--
James Craig is down with his bob
| sleds today from the lockwood coun-
! try to see the weather man and learn
how much longer he will have TO feed
double to the stock he is holding In
the mills. T
Jack Turner and wife came down
from the ranch today on their bob
sled Jack desired through these col
umns to congratulate the farmers oil
the country upon the recent profuse
, moisture.
| Orr
Miss Plttinger. teacher of elocu
tion and physical culture, who has re
Gently located at DlRngo, Is organic
ing a class to meet al othe parsonage
| -, a.. kr.rtH rtI. Aiiug pittin0ar Is