Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-09-24


ter service of the d. & r. G. with
headquarters at Pueblo. is here on an
inspection trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gill left Duran
go for St. Louis this morning. Mr. }
Gill was associated with his brother
on the Durango Girl until recently.
Louis Moser. miner working on
the American tnnel at Silverton,
had his leg crG-,.ed by a rock yester-
day. He was brought to DE- lngo for
treatment in Ochsner hospita, on the
freight
News reached Durango We rday
of the death oil frank Harwood, son
of Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin HARDWOOD
of Silverton on Wednesday, Sept 10.
Mr. HARDWOOD hal been sick but few
days of pae lmonia. He was %
years old and had been married two
years.
John r. Ball is erecting a demon
trating plant for the demonstration
of his patent stamp mill Just east
OF the machine shop on Seventh
street 1t is claimed that the stamp
mill as devised by Mr.. Ball is much
superior to the type in general use.
Mrs. Gentry Oakford, nee Prewitt
who has been visiting her parents
| home at Pennington and with her
aunts. Mrs. Galbreath and Mrs. Wall
in Durango, left to join her husband
at Pueblo this morning and from
there will go TO st. Joseph, Mo.
Mrs. George Goodman returned <st
evening from Ouray, where she Vent
to be with her son Ray, who fell from
a ladder while painting at the Camp
Bird mine and broke his ankle. Mrs
Goodman left Ray in the Ouray hos
pital progressing favorably toward re-
covery.
| Rev. w. w. Fleetwood and Bishop
Spaulding got back from their visit
to the Cliff dwellings on the Mancos
last evening. Services were held at
ST. Marks church at 10 o'clock this
morning at which the Bishop was
present. A dinner and reception will
be rendered Bishop Spaulding at the
Strater hotel this evening
| Geo. pepper left. departed Skidoo-
ed, 23d, skipped, skedaddled for Mis-
souri, this morning He was hidden
au revoir by a number of friends
who were unanimous in their predic-
ton that he would land in Durango
not later than January 10, 1907, not
withstanding his expressed determi-
nation to stick to the mud of the good
old state to which he is returning
81 Hayden, who came to Durango
with Wards Ministries several
months ago, and has been playing
slide trombone in the Durango band Z
since that time. left this morning foL1
Kansas City, from whence he will goZ
to Miami, Okla, there to join Weide
mann's vaudeville show. 81 was
quite an acquisltion to the band and
will be sadly missed by that organi-
cation.
Secretary Armstrong of the Colora-
do-New Mexico Fair association says
that he expects an exhibit of about
60 head OF blooded horses for the fine
stock show. The exhibits of grains
and grasses have begun to arrive,
several very fine specimens of wheat
| oats, barley, ETC., being stored in the
Board of Trade rooms. complete
and interesting race program is as
sured also many horses having al
ready been entered
Louis Hanazy, an Austrian miner
who was hurt by the explosion of
missed shot in the Sunnyside mine at
Eureka about week ago, and has =.
been under treatment in Silyerton =
Denver this morning to have furthex
treatment under an eye specialist,
The poor man is still confined to the
necessity of being carried around onE
stretcher. One eye is likely to be
lost entirely and the sight of the 9TH
er may be affected to some extent.
~
Geo. ]. Stafford and family passed
through from Silverton bound for Pa
gosa Springs this morning. Mr.. Stat
ford has been engaged in the mer-
camille business at Animas Forks, but
the altitude proved too much for him
and he is now on his way to a lower
altitude for the sake of his health.
Mrs. Stafford will be remembered by
many in Durango as the former Miss
Bonnie Kern, graduate of the Du-
Or JfoI,