Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-04

where he is interested In the develop
ment of a mine prospect.
Fl. r. Henderson and wife departed
for New York, this morning. They
will 60 via Alabama points. expecting
to be absent until some time in July.
Henry DIETRICH. the Silverton Jewel
er. who has been at Trimble Springs
several days, came down yesterday to
| tion day.
Franz p. Unterberger. the old.time
| prospector. SAYS he would like to do
some assessment work before he
starts mis- campaign of prospecting
this year.
Captain Wilson of the Salvation
Army who has been trying to boil out
rheumatism at Trimple Springs. came
down yesterday evening. He says the
waters are helping him.
Editor c. o. Finch of the Silverton
Miner came down yesterday to meet
Mrs. Finch's mother. Mrs. NJ. J..
Pierce of Lawrence. Kans., who ar.
rived on the evening train.
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Dr. McEwen returned yesterday
evening from Pennington where he
delivered the Decoration day address
to the old soldiers and the people who
had gathered there to observe the
day.
The Herald has been having much
triuble of late with its machInery.
but we hope to have everything run
ming smooth again before many days
when the appearance of the paper will
be improved. When machinery gets
to bucking it's like stubborn mule.
The Fourth of July committees met
Wednesday evening and attended to
some matters of Importance. among
them the placing of large order for
fireworks and instructing the adver-
tising committee to proceed with post.
ers and outside newspaper advertis,
ing.
Arrangements have been completed
for the Dixie Carnival company to
open in Durango on the morniue of
July Fourth. This company is one OF
the biggest and best street shows on
the road, having eleven large tents.
w. S. Walker, at the head of the
New Eden ditch which means so much
for New Mexico, providing water for
$4,000 acres of land, left this morning
for his st. Louis home. The final
survey will soon be completed and
work is expected to commence not
later than August.
Jack Mccormick is next on the list
for carving for appendicitis. He says
1t comes in a bad time, as ais broth.
er Tom will have to do all the work
on the ranch.
Durango is not the only town where
the glim goes out occasionally. Wind
blew down poles and put the Tellu-
ride plant out of commission for n
time the other night
The work of building the Gina
branch of the Rio Grande Southern
railway to the May Day mine is said
to be retarded by failure to get enough
men and teams TO do the work.
w. X. Mason came in from Hes
perus yesterday evening He is ad.
vised that Tom Mason who is now at
Denver, trying TO return from Cali
fornia to Durango, has little chance
to leave that city alive. Tom Mason
has many friends In Durango who re-
gret this.
Captain Wilson of the Salvation
Army says he has learned tnat some
one is soliciting funds for the Ar
my, and he desires to say that nobody
time within a few days lady with
proper credentials Will ask the peo-
pie to help the Army.
The ball game yesterday afternoon
between the Durango nine and the
Scrubs" resulted in victory for the
former by a score of 10 to 5. The
Scrubs lined up as follows: Frank
Hoover, catcher; Charlie Real. pit
cher; Oren Frary, first base; Frank
Grady, second base; Joe Murpny.
short stop; George Kline, third base;
Gervaise, left field; Alfonso Andrews,
center field; George McLain, right
field Gus voigt was umpire and the
Scrubs declare that ne umpired them
out of the game.
So
Elsewhere in the Herald appears
the professional announcement OF the
Durango engineering company, J. H..
Eby and A. L. Fisher. Mr.. Eby has