Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-07

to have assured this.
Some OF the idle miners at Silver.
ton. since the burning of the Silver
Lake mill, might engage In profitable
leasing or cooperative work In the
La Plata district where there are
many chances to recover varying
| quantities. of high grade ores in mines
already opened in varied extent.
Pulling the big team with a heavy
load has long been a science, and the
teamster who does this never gets
ratified or excites his team. II has
often been remarked that Charlie
Kuhn, VINO is driving one of the big
teams hauling large stones to the
bridge. has an unbrokeu record for
the steady pull.
| 1t is understood Sheriff THOMPSON
| Is armed with evidence which prom.
| ises a successful prosecution OF one
of the city's saloons on the charge of
selling whiskey in violation of the
| law on Sunday 1t would appear thar
| the sherlf's office has been ON the
alert Tor sometime for evidence re-
garding such oifenses,
.'.|I. o.
The La Plata district will have to
get To work and do what 1t can to
help make up Tor the loss of the Sll.
yer Lake concentrates. Could all the
producing properties be operated for
production, they would make good
showing, but there has never been SO
happy a situation for the district
which John Moss pioneered.
The road along Lightner creek is
reported exceedingly bad for wagon
travel.
The farmers institute of La PLATA
county meets the third Saturday OF
every month.
Since the river mas become quite
muddy ilshermen complain that they
can land nothing save Smokers"
Many fills are being made about
the city now with the rock and dirt
from excavations for new buildings
Joe Dobbins VINO went to the Art
zona country last fall with an idea of
going into Old Mexico. is expected
home in short time.
O.
Ed. Hurley and wife, nee Miss Julia
Ogden, have taken up temporary
quarters at the Rochester MOTEL
where they arc at home to friends.
The Herald again warns parents of
the danger of their children playing
about the footbridges on the river
while the water is high and swiftly
turbulent
The rapidly growing circulation OF
the Semi-Weekly Herald in the farm.
ing and Industrial sections of the
Southwest, is adding greatly to It's
value as an advertising medium.
WORK ls progressing on the Gold
Dollar or old Saxon mine in Burnt
Timber gulch. and it is expected that
considerable ore will be shipped from
there this season.
Farmers above Animas City are an
ticipating trouble with back water
again this spring, fearing that 1t will
be worse than in the spring of 1891.
when there were times that the Rio
Grande track was under water for
three miles.
The Rio Grande track appears to
he getting into better running snape
between Durango and Cnama where
soft grade for some time made trains
late. The eastern trains have been
arriving ordinarily on schedule time
| for several days.
The Rio Grande survey corps WHICH
worked between Durango and the
| Rio Grande river last summer had
not finished its work when deep
| '"HiN piif Hiiu II VIII
| be several weeks before they can
work in that country again on ac-
count of remaining depths OF snow.
o.
Joe Prewltt says that one might be
In Pennington frequently during tne
day and imagine that there was moth
ing doing, but that those who get out
around the country will readily un-
derstand that tnere IS much doing.
The majority of the people who nave
gone there for Investment have gone
away. aud Mr. Prewit adds: IF
they had not the country would be so
filed up with people now that they
would haye no place for their toes. -
Durango's water supply at present
betrays the rapid melting of snow.
The taste is there, and people find
themselves drinking more OF ii to
satisfy, but there viii be plenty OF
water when the snow is gone again.
Imagine the amount of this water
flowing AWAY which might be held In
reservoirs for the ranchers south.