Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-29

their trip South.
w. R. Armstrong returned today
from Hesperus. He succeeded on his
trip. by hard driving and efficient
in getting signatures for 300
acres of beets.
The arrival in Telluride of two cars
of coal is considered worthy Of men
ton by the Journal. Forty tons of
coal to distribute among a hundred |
clamoring customers" it says.
The most fastidious epicure may |
have every whim of his appetite hui
mored by stopping at the Albany
when in Denver. The charges are
moderate. which is also quite an item.
Mrs. Blankenship returned last
night from Illinois. She is just recov
ering from a most severe spell of
sickness from typhoid. She has been
absent from home four or five months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. NJ. Brown and
daughter Edna are planning to spend
about three months on the California
coast They expect to leave the last
Of next week, as by that time Miss
Edna. who is Just recovering from a
spell of typhoid. should be able to
travel.
Mrs. Louise Treml, mother of Mrs.
John Turner. departed this morning
for her home in Denver after spend
ing three months here
The Animas City schools had very
interesting exercises this afternoon.
Unique invitations We're issued. They
consisted of card ON which was
pasted turkey, colored and cut out
by some pupil. The upper portion of
The turkey was pasted to the card and
the lower part had to be raised up
to read the invitation
Mrs. ]. e. Caldwell, mother of
Harry, Arthur and Bruce. and mother
of Mrs. a. X. Ferguson, departed for
her home in Centerville. Ia, after a
long and pleasant visit here. She
said she guessed she and Mr.. Caldwell
would have to pull up stakes and
come out here to live. because all the
children were out here. and Durango
was such a nice place anyhow
o.
II was a crowded house-the best
Of the season-that greeted Uncle
Josh Perkins company at the Du-
range opera house last evening. And
."Uncle Josh" was about the whole
show, although the country rube was
fair. The women composing the com
pany were not up to the average. At
the same time the major portion of
the audience appeared to be well
pleased.
NJ. A, Mahany, who came up from
Pennington last night, departed for
Denver this morning. Mr.. Mahany is
a stockholder in the oil well and he
feels good over striking the gas. He
gram cannot reach him. and should he
receive a message anywhere along the
line, as he may do at any time, that
a big flow of oil has been struck, he
will just say goodbye to the conduc-
tor and board the next train for home.
o.
Michael Corliss, who came down
from Silverton about a month ago TO
enter Hercy hospital, died about noon
today. The trouble was miners
asthma. The body was taken to the
Goodman undertaking rooms. De
ceased appeared to be about forty-five
years old. 1t is thought he was a
member of the Silverton Miners
union. At this time no other particu-
lars are known.
The streets were never in more
leplorable condition and there is uni
'ersal complaint over the apparent
neglect to keep the crossings clean.
One needs a scow to cross any place
on Main street and there is not
crossing fit for woman or child to
cross. Wonder what is the matter
with the street and alley committee?
Why not spend a couple of dollars
for man to clean the crossings?
The Park school did something out
of the ordinary today. Exercises were
held this afternoon, and that was not
all, Some of the pupils had learned
OF family in the lower part of town
ia distress and started collection TO
help the family out. Every room con-
tributed and they brought potatoes,
cabbages and other vegetables, turkey
and all that goes with it. ton of coal
and had money left to pay rent with.
The vegetables and things to eat were
piled up in the school room and they
certainly looked good. Who says the
world is going to the bow-wows?
A. X. Messick and Willis Martin. in
charge of the work on the oil well at
Pennington, had narrow escape yes.
terday morning. They were cleaning
out the last run and examining the
character of the strata. and a lighted
lantern was brought into requisition
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