Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-23
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Bloomfield, N. NJ, July Is.
Joint statehood will carry with
big majority here.
A grasshopper war is on in most
parts Of the county.
Land on the mesa is advancing in
price and hard to find
Pennington got an illustrated
writeup in Irrigation Age of Chicago
in June issue.
County Commissioner Logan of
Blanco is the proud father of a new
boy, the first son.
Ten claims were fled upon as
homesteads in San Juan county in the
first 10 days of July.
A new cement block factory will
soon be in operation in Pennington.
This is No. 2 and will use Portland
cement.
Fill Green says this years weather
Is the most peculiar OF any he has
seen since he settled here about rs
years ago.
Rains up Largo and other canons
of the San Juan have spoiled our
drinking water, which was fine until
the LIST inst.
Thunder and threatened rain every
day for the past 10 days, but only
few sprinkles at this place, but heavy
rains have fallen not far distant.
One hundred and twenty dollars
from Is cherry trees and a 6A-lb.
cabbage grown in 85 days are two OF
Farmington's boasts for the current
year.
Ten thousand fruit trees sold in
one week by one agent for fall deliv-
cry looks like the fruit business was
on the boom. Other fruit tree agents
have not been idle.
Harry Elliott and wife will soon
head for Panama where Mr.. Elliott
is offered $1,000 clerkship. Mrs.
Elliott, nee Peterson, was until re-
Gently a resident of Bloomfield
Ten teams resumed work on the
Citizens ditch last Monday after
few days layoff. Those who predict
ed failure for this ditch were of their
base. 1t has too much backing to be
a failure.
The Mexican settlement at Blanco-
Largo presented a well signed petit
ton to our county commissioners for .
bridge across the San Juan at that
point. They pledged themselves to
raise $1,000 by private subscription.
To arrive from California about
noon Monday, give contract before
night to have a six-room brick house
built and have construction begin the
next morning is the record made by
w, L. Right, who says hustle or
boost
Contract has been let for a $4,000
cement block rural residence on
Crouch mesa by a member of the
Eden Ditch company. 1t will be the
finest ranch home between the Ami
mas and San Juan. Well soon be In
town. Arctic parties get the contract
Weather summary for June: Maxi
mum temperature, 80; minimum. 80;
mean. $40; greatest daily range, "a;
least, rs; precipitation, .05 inches;
lays with .01 or more inches precipi-
'ation, 1; clear days, rs; partly clou'
iy, s; cloudy, o; windy days, 8; frost
IN 9Th and 25th, but did no particular
iamage.
Jay Turley and brother have start
I'd work on the big canal heading at
Alcatraz. five miles above Largo. Mr..
rurley first contemplated big can
j on the north side, but the Eden,
dcEwen and Citizens Ditch COM
'anies got control of much Of the
and so he has made transfer to the
outh side, where there are thousands
acres Of virgin land needing only
he pillow and water to convert them
nto productive fields and orchards
his will doubtless be the biggest en-
srprise in irrigation lines on tapis.