Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-11-19


ing positions: Tagger in the depart
ment of agriculture at $720 a year;
railway mail clerks at $500; aid for
the coast and geodetic. survey at $720;
mechanical craftsman at $1,50O;
plumber and steam filter at 5000;
electrician at 81 900; fish culturist at
5000; watchman at s720; stereotyper
at 56A cents an hour; expert lock
filter at 1925 a day.
The deed for the three lots donated
| by General Palmer to Durango has
been received and placed on record.
| 1t specifies that the lots are to be
used for a Carnegie library site, and
| should they ever be used for any
other purpose, title shall revert to
Mr.. Palmer
| II takes 500 men to run a sugar fac
tory They work in the factory in
| the winter and in the fields in the
| summer.
The Lady Minstrels will give their
show in Silverton. Bert McGarvey
went up last evening to make ar
rangements.
Mr.. and Mrs. E A. Jones, just from
South Dakota. left for Shiprock this
morning. Mr.. Jones has accepted q
clerkship there.
w L. Pyne. the nurseryman of
Pennington, is stopping at the South
ern. Came up to look after some
shipments of trees.
Robert Johnson returned last night
from trip in the wilds of northwest
ern New Mexico. Said he went eight
days without seeing a white man.
Mrs. Ellis Hampton of Pagcsa
Springs returned last evening from n
visit with her mother on the La Plata
river. She departed for home this
morning.
John A. Harris, nephew of John
j., was an arrival last night from
Toledo, Ohio. The young man went
out to Dolores this morning. John j..
remained over today
John r, Curry of Silverton came
down last evening and stopped over
night at the Palace. He is going to
Denver to have one of his eyes taken
out to see If ii won't help the other
one.
w. A. Perry entertained a few gen.
tlemen friends with duck" dinner
today. And it was all right, too. We
know because the Herald scribe hap
pened TO be one of the fortunate ones
with N. F. Cooks and Harry jackson
side partners.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cochran, uncle and
aunt of Carl Corlson, are visiting Bay
field. They are from the north part
of the state, wrere the sugar beet in
dustry is thriving. and since Bayfield,
people are interested Just now in that
subject, Mr.. Cochran is able to give
them much information.
Contracts have been signed up to
date for $500 acres of sugar beets.
Allison has come to the front with
400 and Aztec with 1900. Farming
Ton has not been visited. w. R. Maloy
OF Bayfield,, Edward Gibson of Grom-
met, b. F. Thomas of Allison and
others are assisting the Durango
board of trade in securing the lands.
Mrs. Pulford is back from visit
to some of the schools east of Du.
range. She visited Spring Creek
school, Dry Creek school. Morrison
school and the Bayfield, school. The
schools We're all found to be in a flour
lshing condition. The walls of the
new schoolhouse being built at Bay
field are up. This building will cost
$4,000
Silverton people are IN for a genu-
inc treat, the Lady Minstrels having
arranged to give a performance there
tomorrow. Saturday, evening. The
Herald desires to inform our Silver
ton readers that over 500 were pres
ent at the performance given in Du-
range Tuesday evening and not a dull
moment 1t is seldom any community
gets together such an aggregation of
talent and we advise Silvertonians to
lose no time in securing seats for
this event
Messrs Friedhoff and Hoeffell, the
gentlemen who have the contract for
the new library building, arrived in
the city Wednesday evening, spend
ing yesterday in looking over the
grounds, and today getting down to
business by having the lines surveyed
and stakes set. Local contractors
VIII be asked to do the founda lion
and walls under separate contract,
while the inside work will prob ably
be awarded to local men by the day.