Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-23
conduct the great sale for the oraden
Mercantile company.

conduct the great sale for the Graden !,
Mercantile company.
Phineas Williams. the insane saw
mill man, has been taken to Pueblo |
by Sheriff Thompson.
The first floor hallway of the court
house is being papered today. The
Jail has been painted and calcimined.
The independence and Rome are
two mining claims located by Antonio
Dulisse and Joseph Deruzo in Califor-
MIA mining district.
Mr.. c. H. Dart and Miss Belle
Mates came in from Bayfield, last
night They return as Mr. and Mrs.
| Dart, having Joined hands and for
tunes, Rev. Ferguson performing the
ceremony.
T. d. Burns is spending the day in
the city. He says contract has been
let for the building of the dancing
pavilion and the same will be pursued
to completion as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. Burns returns to TERRA Amarillo
J in the morning.
Silas W. Smith has fitted up the
little room at the left of the entrance
on the first floor of Red Men hall for
an office. This was formerly used as
an anteroom to the ballroom. Tick
cts for all entertainments in Red Men
hall will be sold in this office.
The Herald employs the largest
force liz its job department of any Of
flee between Pueblo and Salt Lake
and turns out more work to the man.
Grand Junction, though larger
town than Durango, has no Office with
IN equal force. The Herald mas the
best job foreman, the best assistants
and the best linotype machinist-oper-
ator to be found anywhere in this
country outside the large cities.
The manager and head office force
are occupying the new telephone
building and the transfer of the en-
Then we change to the electric call
and other improvements and the serv-
ice will be greatly improved in every
direction.
. A. l.. Nathan writes from New York
that he has witnessed the real thing
in. the way of baseball-having TAX
en- in several of the league games.
Along with baseball he encountered
the hot wave which swept over the
East last week. There are other
things Mr.. Nathan didn't write about.
Possibly thought we might communi-
cate with Mrs. N. But we wouldn't.
A phone message from Silverton
states that the Telluride Power COM
pany has opened an office in the Ben
son block and will compete with the
lockwood and Anlmas Power COM
pany, being prepared to make long
term contracts with mines and otn-
: ers requiring current. This ought to
1 huhc poWCi Chcop ioi oh'Citoi anu
surrounding country.
The Herald is not a mercantile
agency. 1t has no desire to butt into
r. G. Dunn & Co. If some poor fell
low is compelled to borrow money on
a horse, or his furniture, or ranch,
The Herald takes no pride in parad-
ing his troubles before the public.
Every now and then the Herald is re-
quested by someone in such financial
difficulty to not print the instrument
filed for record. All such should have
known years ago that that class of
news is not used by this paper.
IL o.
Mrs. Pulford announces that the
state apportionment for the general
school fund for the quarter ending with
July had been received. 1t amounts
to $1,724.44. The amount of the coun-
ty general school fund amounts to
$2,651.22, making a total of $4,285.66.
This makes $1.45 for each child, and
this clears up entirely all outstanding
warrants for district No. and leaves
nice balance in the treasury. The
last apportionment is the largest re-
ceived at any one time In the past
two years.