Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-27
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. Patten returned to her eastern
home this morning.

Assistant Supt. McAtee says tn,
coal situation is easing up.
Why is 1t men insist on toting bis
guns in their hip pockets?
Miss Anna Ramsay will not leave fol
Denver until Saturday morning.
A. c. Sadler is down from Red
Mountain to spend a few days with
.he family.
John Barnes is at Trlmble Springs
relieving a case of rheumatism. It's
the place to do it.
Official communication of Durango
Lodge No. 46 A. F, and A. NJ. this
e. eI ing at 1880.
Think of it. The eastern is only 30
minutes late as we go to press. and
may make this up.
The meeting of the Ladies' Aid Soci-
ETY. of the NJ. Il. Church has been
postponed for one week.
Abe Rachofsky arrived from Cen
trail City last evening and will visit
his brothers. Harry and j. L., for a
time
MIS-. Sharp, who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Matt Pheney, for some
rIonths, left for her Ohio home this
morning.
Nj and Mrs. |. b. Melville were lafe
in leaving Denver hence arrival here
lelayed. But they are expected this
evening.
The Ladies' Social Circle of the Bap,
list Church will meet Friday afte1.
noon at 2:S0 with Mrs. D. Johnson.
$50 Fifth avenue.
e. J. Campion has been installed at
he depot in the place of A. w. Cor
nell. Mr. Campion comes from Lum
berton here
J. c. Wolters has faith in Durango
and will erect couple of dwelling
houses on lots on Sixth avenue be
tween Seventh and Eighth streets.
Robert Sahr dropped dead at his
home Ia Thom psor s park yesterday
Deceased was one of the old-timers
and about 65 years CT age The fu-
neral will take place Sunday at Dix.
Mrs. Charles Newman left on the
morning train for Denver, where she
will remain few days. then continue
to southern California for the winter
months. returning in the spring via
san Francisco.
les T. Vandegrift left this morn
ing fc? an extended southern and west
err trip. He first goes TO Ell Paso.
stopping eDroute at Santa Fe. From
Ell Paso he goes TO southern Califor-
mia, continuing up the coast to Frisco,
Portland and Seattle. He will be
gone several months.
A. l.. Nathan leaves Sunday for Chi
cago, New York and other eastern
markets in order TO place his order for
spring and summer goods sufficiently
in advance to secure just what he
wants. The mills are so rushed that
10 be sure to have goods in time or
ders have to be placed early.
The Democrat editor was too busy
to state if he would refuse TO support
any man for marshal who would not
euforce the law. The sheriff is SUI
preme in such matters, at the same
time II is the marshal and his police
who are on the ground and know when
the midnight and Sunday closing laws
are veing violated.
Wesley Helm left on the morning
train for Polo, H.. in response to a tel
egram asking him to come to the sick
bed OF brother who cannot live but
a few days. AS Mrs. Helm is improv
ing and felt that she could get along
nicely, Wesley concluded to go to the
old home and be at the bedside when
death took place.
j.
DIR. Lackey was called to Hesperus
last evening to wait on Ollie Tow
whose collar bone had been fractured
by the accidental discharge OF a gun.
II seems Tow was splitting kindling,
when the gun dropped from his pock-
ct and discharged as it struck the
ground. This happened about two
miles from Hesperus. Some men hap
pened along shortly after the accident
and assisted Tow to Hesperus. where
| he was made as comfortable as posi-