Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-07-30

k was guest at the Strater last night.
Schuyler G. Whitney Is In today
| proving up on mis- homestead entry.
He is located on Pine river, 15 miles
labove Bayfield,.
Otto Mears is giving his close per
, apnal attention to his Silverton inter-
sese-,. He passed through to the San
Juan metropolis last evening.
Miss Pearl Blake of Pennington
! stopped over night In the city and
went home this morning. She was on
her way home from Pagosa Springs.
A. F. Hood went out to Allison this
morning to prepare corpse for ship
ment to Denver. Someone who died
yes&.rday- The name could not be
learned.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Melville yes
terday brought in Mrs. James Chart
rand and children, who have been en-
joying life on the Vallecito the past
few weeks.
Grant Sanders resumed his run this
morning. Didn't catch any fish. Kan
out of bait. He don't go fishing oft
en- enough to know Just now much
bait is needed.
Editor Finch of the Silverton Min
err was a passenger this morning for
| 10 for hax In ont
| made for the special edition he is
| preparing to issue.
| Between Kruschke, Gradens and
The Famous the women folks are get
ting line of bargains that do not
often fall to the lot of residents OF
cities OF less than $4,000 people.
Mrs. Louise Jerome and Miss Helen
Ruth Woodruff of Niles, Mich. cous-
ms of Mrs. F.. NJ Brown and Glenn
and Henry Scouton, arrived last even
ing for visit with their Durango rel
| atives.
Miss Lulu Ferguson and Mrs. e. G.
Commons came up from Dulce last
evening to take advantage OF some of
the bargains which is delighting the
hearts of shoppers these days. They
stopped at the Strater.
Horses are still bringing a good
price in the eastern and middle states
Several carloads were shipped this
morning by Frank Mcdowell, M. w.
Thrasher and S. C. Grimes. all of Kan
sas. The horses were gathered up
in San Juan county, N. M.
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1t Is said that several does with
their fawns stay around the Porter
and Kirkpatrick ranches on Pine riy-
err, the animals having been protected
so long that they have become quite
tame. 1t is one of these fawns that
the boys are accused of killing.
j. w. Rafter, the Silverton tele-
graph operator who mad his hand
mashed few days ago while helping
to unload a large keystone from a
car. passed through this morning on
his way to Salida, where he will en-
ter the hospital.
w. s. Weightman's place was rush
ed this morning. Sixty crates of rasp-
berries arrived last evening and at 8
this morning Mr.. Weightman was I'M
able to fill all orders. He will re-
ceive another shipment this evening
Raspberries at 81 per crate do not
remain in stock long.
Mrs. Belle R. Graham of Mancos
returned last evening from Cripple
Creek, where she went to attend the
funeral of her son, who lost his life
by getting caught In the machinery
at a mine. He was killed on the 14th
of July and Mrs. Graham went out the
next day. She stopped at the Palace
this morning.
On next Sunday the Rev. Mr.
Smith, representative of the State
anti-Saloon League, will be in the
city, speaking at the First Methodist
church at II o'clock and addressing
great union mass meeting at the
Presbyterian church at 8 o'clock p.
m. Mr.. Smith is said to be speak
er of unusual eloquence and force.
One of the strongest representatives
of moral reform in our state. 1t is
hoped that he may have large hear
ing at both of the meetings that he
shall address.
The Durango Elks feel that in
awarding the prizes at Denver for the
best decorated building that the COM
mittee must have been color blind
and not gifted with the eye OF an
artist A. T. Lewis & Son mad the
finest decorated building, which cost
that firm several thousand dollars.
The Elk colors were brought out
prominently and with good taste
while the large electric elk head cast
a mellow glow over the bunting. The
windows were beyond description
and the expression could be heard:
DO not miss seeing Lewis & Sons