Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-10-25
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
J. N. Harrison, the Cortex banker,
came over last evening and II staying
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. 0stenburg.
Mr.. ana Mrs. A. R. Lewis left this
morning for Albuquerque. where they
will visit their daughter, Mrs. r. Win
ters, for time.
Mrs. Laura Kunz of Allentown. Pa,
ID visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. W. 8.
Dornblaser. Mrs. Kunz Ia the pro
prietor ofthe Allentown Item.
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Attorney Charles A. Johnson left
this morning for Pueblo. having bust
ness before the United States district
court which is now in session there.
Chemist Henry Conker OF the p. F.
U. Rubber company. left this morning
for Cleveland, Ohio. accompanied by
his son Ernest, to spend few weeks.
G. E. Newton came down from SIl-
verton this morning. Mr. Newton has
been working assessment on his min
ing properties near the Silver Lake
mine.
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DIR. A. L. Davis and Nick Cooke
went down the road along the Farm
ington branch this morning. They
were equipped for hunting and will
doubtless come back with the game.
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II. N. Wheeler, supervisor of the
Montezuma forest reserve. returned
from n trip to the western part OF
Dolores county yesterday. He went
to see that fire in the trees was put
out.
]. M. Schoupp of Fort Dodge, Iowa.
and J. H. and Edwin Anderson OF
Ruthven, Iowa. who have been In the
Farmington district looking 1t over.
came mp last evening and went East
this morning.
Warren Prosser came down from
Silverton last evening and is in the
city today. Warren comes down quite
frequently OF late. There must be
some extraordinary attraction In Du-
rango for him.
DIR. N Hadiu of San Francisco came
In last evening and left this morning.
He found the license here discourag-
ing to people OF his occupation. In
Salida, the Herald Is Informed, he
claims to have cleaned up $500 by his
work. That license Is great pro-
lection to the credulons In Durango.
Thomas C. Kearns and Miss Maud
v. Gurney were married early this
morning and took the Rio Grande
Southern for San Francisco, Calf.
where they expect to reside for the
winter. Rev. II. ]. Grace OF the First
Methodist church offlciated at their
wedding.
The Sons of Veterans ball, which
was scheduled to take place on the
twenty-sixth OF this month, has been
postponed to November second. Per
sons holding tickets may have them
honored on that date. The ball was
postponed on account Of the demand
for the Red Mems hall for political
meetings.
Thomas Kearns and Maud Gurney,
who were licensed to marry yester-
day, but intended to put off the cere-
mony for a few days, seeing the item
regarding the issuance Of the license
in the Herald. concluded that the
stuff was off and had Rev. II. J. Grace
OF the First Methodist church tie the
knot last night.
G. c. Sroufe OF the Arizona & Colo
RADIO railroad with b. w. Ritter as
attorney. and Chief Engineer ]. g.
Gwyn of the Denver & Rio Grande
with l.. d. Blauvelt. w. M. Porter. p.
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Clure, attorneys. stenographers, ETC..
left this morning for Aztec to take
Testimony In the right-of-way cases at
issue between the two railroads.
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Registration closed yesterday at 6
o'clock and the county clerks office
looks as though today were q holiday
as compared with the rush that was
on yesterday. Changes OF residence
can be registered until next Saturday.
the 9th: but the person desiring to
make the change must appear In per-
son at the county clerks office and
have two vouchers.
The contract for the construction of
the new library building will be given
to Friedhoff and Hoeffer OF Denver
on their bid OF $11.040 for the build
Ing complete as soon as the required
bond Is given. The next lower bid
was that OF Lake & McGregor of Du-
range. being $11.293. Half dozen
other bids were received for the build
Ing complete and several on partial
work. as advertised. To the price
stated, $125 is to be added for two
mantels which were bid at the same
price by all the contractors.