Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-22

From Thursdays Daily.
Ed Rossiter's little daughter, at the
corner of Fifth avenue and Seventh
street. is reported dangerously III with
typhoid.
Charles T.. Kelley of Mancos re-
turned yesterday evening from Den
yer. where he has been visiting his
parents.
John Kellenberger is touring the
Montezuma country, the first time
he has been out of Durango with his
"feets' for two months.
Lem McGinnis started on the east
ern train this morning for Kansas. ex-
pressing the nope that he would find
things so he could stay there.
Marvin Schoheld arrived from Oma
ha last night on the late train to at
tend the funeral of his brother Dale,
which occurred this afternoon.
In the first eight miles along Light
ner creek from Durango west there
is room for 100 poultry farms. all
enjoying splendid advantages for the
business
There are fifty opportunities to en-
gage In the poultry business around
Durango and there is more money IN
it than anything else which small cap
ital can engage in.
Mrs. Lama Prosser and little daugh-
ter of Sllvertop. who arrived at 3
O'Clock this morning. continued to
Denver and st. Louis this morning.
The little girl will he placed in school
and Mrs Prosser Will buy furniture
in st. Louis for the Slyerton store.
Henry Amblod is down from his up
per valley ranch today, predicting the
greatest year in history for the farm
ers. He thinks February will be a
snow and thaw month, and tnat after
that we will begin TO have spring
weather.
Since the garden products of the i'm
Hltuluit lfHItHEo SttAiOu yNui
were wholly inadequate to meet the
local demands there will doubtless be
many new gardens this year, and
better effort by the regular truck gar
deners who make a business of grow
ing market stun.
Harry Jackson's delivery horse took
notion yesterday that things were
monotonously quiet around the big
store and factory and took the wagon
down the pike to play horse with 1t
little, getting mixed up with a tele-
graph pole. The wagon stopped but
the horse went on forever.
new real estate Arm is taking
hold in the Montezuma valley, it is
understood with quite a large capi-
tai, with the purpose of working the
valley over and giving 1t almost an
entirely new population, by selling to
new owners. 1t is vast field of op-
portunity for both the speculator and
the settler.
Many complaints are being made
against the SNOWFALL "soaSer" nuis-
ance, which has caused many OF the
smaller children in the public schools
to suffer injury at the hands of older
ones. One child with an ear drum in
jnred so he can scarcely hear and
various others battered about their
heads.
j. b. Wright who is connected with
the National Dredging company. now
exploring the placer bars and beds
of the La Plata river with drills. went
out to Denver this morning and will
return in few days to continue ex.
ploration. The weather has been bad
for progressive and satisfactory work
OF this character.
Bob Dale, formerly in the bakery
and grocery business in Durango, but
now an honest rancher. was in from
Hay gulch yesterday. purchasing sup
plies. He predicts the most prosper
Gus season this year in the history of
historic Hay gulch, where thirty years
ago COW thieves and bandits made rem
devious.
No more perturbed sessions of the
city council for Mayor Mcconnell for
another month: he and Mrs. McCon-
nell took the train this morning,
bound for Guaymas, Mexico. and the
old city, to be gone a month or longer
Mr.. Mcconnell will study the railway
map on the south and learn of the
conditions which Durango will have
10 study in the near future when we
get southern connection
l.. A. and o. w. Klinger. who have
Just sold the Silverton Standard, came
down from Silverton yesterday even
ing on the mixed freight, which was
held up nearly all night at Needleton.
arriving in Durango at , o'clock this
morning. Toots goes to Ojo Caliente
and Ollie to Denver and then to Phoe-
nix. They said they were glad of the