Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-03-29

and st. Louis capital is at the nead
OF the enterprise. MIR. Allen says the
money for construction Is guaranteed
already. 1t Is expected to begin CON
permit
G. w. Mccoy represents Aztec at
the Palace.
J. A. Brothers. of Pennington, is
at the Palace.
George e. Allen. the boss peach
grower of Pennington came in yester-
day evening.
Barney Hampton came in from his
fathers ranch yesterday evening and
Will 90 out in few days to Pagosa
Earl Harper and wife. who have
been visiting the family of Judge Gal
| breath returned to Chama this morn
ing.
j. C. Goulding came up yesterday
| evening from Aztec. where railways
have mud slides instead OF snow
slides.
Rev. o. b. Sarber is suffering with
an ulcer in his left eye and has not
been able to he at his post since last
Wednesday.
Simeon NJ. Ransom. one of tne sur
viving 79ers of Rico, came down yes
terday evening over the Grady rail-
road. He is at the Palace.
T. j. Sterr has added Frank Wits
herd of Belgian rabbits to his me.
nagerie east of the reservoir and will
;oon be Offering squads on the mar
ket
All building enterprises in Durango
have been suspended for several days
on account of the rains and SHOWS.
But there Will be good weather. by
and by.
There is nothing to avail in cussing
the railroads. They are as anxious
TO keep the roads open as anybody
else They make no money by hav-
ing them paralyzed to traffic.
II is the constant advertiser who
studies the art of advertising who
gets the business during this age. In
Durango there are many evidences of
the best advertisers best success.
Amos Zimmerman returned this |
morning to his ranch In the Pine |
river country, saying that If Oregon |
were wetter country than this has |
been for sometime. he wondered |
when the farmers got chance to
llow.
One of the little Japs came down |
rom the scene of snow shoveling |
esterday evening to buy gallon of
vine. When seen this morning he
aid: mo likee snow shovel; hard
work for jap. Like cookee, drivee
buggy, workee for missus.r
Among the passengers to the east
this morning was young fellow who
acted like he had just outran a snow
slide. Asked where he was going,
le replied: II don't know where in
he -" Asked II ne was excit- |
ID, he said: There's nuthin to it,
nd this he continued to say On his |
rip were the initials n. w. j." He |
vas hanging onto the seat when the
rain pulled out. He had evidently
cen up the Animas canon.
Fred Dusenberg and Lampert Egolf
Who came out from Germany to pho
Ograph the principal scenes of the
"a Plata mountains, came down to
ave the camera fixed and get some
lew films. Before returning they
rill attend Louis Winners golden
Wedding. trusting by the time they
get back they will be able to get
ONE better pictures OF large trees
breaking under their weight OF snow.
Fhey hope to be back by May or
Iune.
The great pile of paper mail
1t the Rio Grande depot for Silver
on is remindful of the fall of 1887,
yhen San Diego jumped from a
iopulation OF 800 to $4,000, when the
Iostofilce force could not even handle
he letters, when two lines from ha,i
20 a mile long waited on the streets
for their turn. All that looked like
papers were hauled 10 the bay ana
fed to the sharks. Even a Colorado
handbook was thrown in with the
balance.
d. X. Mckinney arrived Saturday
night from the east to take charge of
the new clothing department of the
| Graden Mercantile company. Mr..
| Mckinney says much of the new stock
has been delayed in arrival by the
| snow blockaded range east, but that
there is now a full line of hats of the
latest styles and designs and at var
| ious prices, as well as a large line of
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