Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-07-05

Miss Emma Brothers returned Sat
urday evening from n visit to AL
lance. Neb., and left yesterday morn
ing for her home at Pennington.
7. c. Henry and son L. W., stopped
Saturday night in the city and went
out to Denver yesterday morning
They had been over at Cortez nego
tiating ditch matters.
Editor Staplin of Pennington saws
mis- better half has gone to Cortez on
a visit. but after living on his own
cooking a week he Is about convinced
that mans better half is the whole
thing.
w. S. Felker and wife of Mancos
are stopping for n few days at the
Palace, Mr.. Felker being here TO con
suit some of the best physicians. hav-
ing been in poor health for some
time. Mr.. Felker has been operating
mining property on the East Mancos
When a white man comes to town
he bitches his horse to a post. An
Indian ties his to rock. Good idea
If the white mans horse pulls post
or fence down there is ground for
action to recover damages. If the In
dams horse pulls the rock up nc
harm is done. White man heap fool.
Peter Peterson has finished max
ing $4,000 brick at Fort Lewis and
will burn them after the Fourth
These brick are to be used In the
construction of the new two-story
four-room school house for which the
money was appropriated recently
Everybody came in from the brick
camp to spend the Fourth.
Mrs. Morrison of Cortez and Mrs
from their visit to the old country.
Mrs. Morrison had been to her old
home in Scotland and Mrs. Parsons
to England. They left here last
April. They stopped at the Palace
over night and departed this morning
for home.
1t looks odd to see Jap writing
English just like n white man, but
one can be seen at the depot doing
this very thing almost any morning
1t even rattles Mr.. Cornell, who is
somewhat OF a rapid scribe himself
to see how fast the little brown man
scribbles off his orders The Jap is
well educated in English and is a sort
of overseer Of all the Japs working
on the railroad here.
Oscar Fink was injured in the HaZ
el NJ. mine near Trimble Springs lasl
night. He thinks himself lucky to be
cape. A piece of timber fell about 81
feet and struck MIN a glancing blow
on the head The left side OF his
head was badly bruised and the lef
ear torn loose at the top. His shoul
| der was also badly bruised. He wa,
knocked against drill and the righ
| side of mis- head was also badl!
| bruised. He was rendered uncon
scious for a little while. He wa
brought to town and his injuries wer'
| attended to.
| w. s. Hankey Is down from Iron
| ton to rest a few days and take II
the carnival. Mr.. Hankey has beel
at work continually for year o
more, running the compressor on tn
Joker tunnel, which tapped the grea
Yankee Girl mine at great depth
few days ago. He and his sister liv
in Ironton, near where the mouth @
the tunnel is located. Mr.. Hanke
says this work has given Ironton
boom and not even vacant shac
can be found in the town, in spite c
the fact that the place was almost d.
serted for number Of years. M
Hankey is stopping at the Savoy.
Mrs. N. p. Nelson died yesterda
morning at 8 O'Clock at Mercy ho
pital. where she had an operation pc
formed. She had been sick thre
: weeks Besides a husband sh
leaves six children, the Oldest bein
) 13 years old and the youngest onl
six months. She was a member ,
the Women of Woodcraft, belongin
to the lodge at Florence, and the v
r. c. at Pueblo. Mr.. Nelson a
nounces that he will take the remair
: to Pueblo as soon as he can, whic
I may be in two weeks. or possib
i longer. Mr.. Nelson, previous to h
D wife's Illness had taken lease {
the old bath house at the corner
l. Fourteenth street and Main aven,
& and was fixing the place up for bath
e He is determined to keep his lit
IS ones together. and that is no eai
1. matter when the mother is TAXI