Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-26

are spending the day in town.
o.
r. II. Kimsey. the horse buyer, went
to Aztec this morning to close details
connected with another shipment OF
horses East.
The school faculty are desirous that
parents call and see the work OF the
children at the High school building
tomorrow afternoon.
F. +. Hyde, Jr., number of the
Hyde Exploration company, was an
arrival on the eastern last night and
went to Pennington this morning.
Col. Day left over the Southern for
Ouray this morning. He was ready
10 go yesterday, but waited for the
snow to quit. He concluded to go
anyhow this morning.
C. L. Friddell has severed his con-
nection with the Rio Grande at Farm
ington and goes to Silverton to take
a position with the same company.
He spent last night in town.
George Gilmore, manager of the
Jane lease in the La Plata noun
tains, returned last night from Den
yer and went up 10 the mine this
morning. He is pushing work pretty
lively.
This is bad weather for street grad
ing and digging for drainage pipes.
But then the council has been busy
the past summer and such trifles as
street grading is more profitable
when snow covers the ground
e. d. Jones and wife of Farming
ton, A. y. Mcclure and l.. G. Eblen
Of Aztec, formed a party who stopped
over night at the Palace and left this
morning for Santa Fe on court bust
ness.
Foster Blackjack, one of the big
fruit growers of Pennington, is spend
ing the day in town, coming up last
evening Mrs. Blackjack not only
raises great quantities of fruit, but
is quite stockgrower as well.
Four double-deck carloads of lambs
were brought from the lower country
last night to ship to Monte Vista to
be fed on peas. One deck of the
Broad gauge car makes almost two
carloads of the narrow gauge cars, so
double-deck broadgauge car makes
nearly four narrow gauge carloads.
w. c. Kincaii is authority for the
statement that the greatest crop OF
fish was turned out this year by the
various hatcheries in the history CT
the state. Every one of the hatch
cries had broken the record. NJ! Kin
caid departed for Denver this morn
ing after spending the day here yes.
terday looking over the hatchery.
The Montrose Enterprise says the
representative and senator from that
county are determined to have some
MIMI vi u ioN paootd at INC IOAillIS
session of the legislature that will
compel railroads as common carriers
to provide sufficient cars to handle
the traffic. The paper says one firm
at that place lost $4,000 by fruit spoil
ing because the railroad was not able
to get the fruit to market.
The county commissioners are fig
uring on the levy for next year. They
find they have about $4,000 left over
from last years appropriation to ap
ply on next year.
John F. Gamsby is down from
Hamor Lakes with another fine batch
OF brook spawn. Owing to the in
clemency of the weather this will be
the last spawn taken this season.
Samuel Prayher and John II. Troy
of Moore, Okla, stopped in town on
their return from Aztec and Farming
ton, where they had been to look over
the country with view to locating
my 'hihh 81 Wtli VI IL lley eA-
pressed their intention of selling out
in Oklahoma and locating in New
Mexico.
The Porter Fuel company Is ex-
periencing all kinds of trouble in sup
plying customers with coal. A short
age of men is partly responsible, but
the greatest trouble is the confisca-
tion of almost entire trainloads by
the Denver & Rio Grande which is
shy on steam coal. The company,
with other producers. is doing its
level best to keep Silverton and other
neighboring points supplied with
black diamonds.
Pat Clifford has arranged to sell
his bakery business back TO John Per-
rung on the first of December. The
deal is made by mutual agreement.
Mr. Clifford, in retiring. says he has
no kick coming on Durango he has
enjoyed a good business and appre-
ciates the patronage he has received
and the way Durango people have
treated him. He is undecided as to
what h. will In