Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-05-14
knock everything but his own, he can
get the money.


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Lands In the Montezuma valley
now selling at from 500 to $40 per
acre will be selling for double the
price within two years.
Employees Of the Rio Grande claims
department have been very busy for
three days looking up evidence re-
garding the manner OF the accident
in which Joe Tneapatch was fatally
injured. The unsuspecting denizens
think the inquirers are newspaper re-
porters.
The Snyder block is to be one of
the most modern Office apartment
houses in the city. The plasterers
have about finished. There will be
seven two-room suites and seven sin
giles. with wide ar light hallway and
front lobby at the head of the stair
way.
1t appears that The Herald has
misspelled the name of the unfortun-
ate man who tried to stop a passen-
ger train Monday morning. George
Dick mas 1t written in his book Joe
rect. He saw Joe the morning he
was hurt, about 20 minutes before.
and says he was as sober as judge.
He told Mr.. Dick he was going to sell
a ranch and pay him some money.
He appeared to be in as good spirits
as he ever inad been.
]. e. jenkins, a rachet-setter, who
was formerly with the Ireland mill,
has returned from tour of North
Carolina mis- old home and Indian
Territory. and Oklahoma. He work
ed in all these places, but wnen ma
laria begun to trouble him he re-
turned to the West, going to Arizona
and around the Grand Canon of the
Colorado. He worked at a sawmill
IS miles from Hotel Tovar, described
some time ago by VIM. e. Curtis, and
overlooking the deep canon below
Mr.. jenkins says his home state has
developed a new industry-tne man
ufacture of tannic acid from chestnut
| wood (green or dead) and the people
sell the wood at 1915 per cord.
Mr.. Sarber's friends will be glad
| to near of the safe arrival of himself
and family at Denver, where they re-
manned for a day. Mrs. Sarber says
that while Mr.. Sarber suffered a
great deal, he bore the first stage of
| his journey better than she mad ex-
pected. They must have reached
Berwyn, Ia, last evening about I
| o'clock.
The Rio Grande excursion series
ton, which will begin Sunday morning
at o'clock will present splendid
opportunity every Sunday morning to
see the prehistoric land of the Az
tees. The train will be held at Farm.
ington three hours to give visitors
plenty of time at either place they
choose to visit
George w. Melville returned yester
day evening from a trip east, over the
Rio Grande Southern. He says the
road is a fright, so soft in places that
the ties appear to swim. The pas
senger can feel the car sink and rise
and wobble almost to turning over
He says there are only, few Japs
working along the line and little hope
OF getting the road In better condi
tion under the present situation.
William Wieland, a carpenter EN-
ployed in building an addition to the
residence of Mr.. A. p. Camp, fell from
scaffold today at about 1 o'clock
falling about is feet. Passersby who
saw him went to mis- assistance and
called DR.. Ochsner who was soon OF
the scene. The injured man was TAX
en- to his home and on examination II
was developed that he had broken q
small bone in the ankle near the an
kle Joint There appear to be nc
other serious injuries.
D.
At noon today there was quite a
commotion in the vicinity of the row
of shacks facing Main avenue between
Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets and
a large crowd gathered about. A
woman had rushed down the street to
get police officer, saying that Harry
Starr was beating his wife to death
Marshal Wickline went down and on
investigation learned from several
women who live about that quarter
that Starr had been pummeling his
wife with all the energy and force he
possessed. When the marshal asked
the wife If she wanted to prosecute
she said she would appear. and 9th
er women said they would prosecute
If the wife failed.
1t is understood the Starr family
has mad considerable trouble which
has been augmented by neighboring
busy-bodies.
| Humane Officer c. C. Wright was
| sought today hv a Mr. Edwordc ubo