Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-29

kell, Mesdames McGillis. Patrick, Sol
omon. Hodges, Patterson. Joe Reed
er. +. Hall; Misses Alice u. Kline;
Kate McGillis; Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Wei.
mig; Mrs. Anna NJ. Wcinig. Mrs. Ar
2elia Dickerson. Mrs. George lsgar.
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Ed Stockdale OF Boulder, who Is or.
ganizing colony to locate on lands
In New Mexico. was guest at the
Palace last night. having returned
from the lower country. where he had
been inspecting lands and securing op-
tions. He returned this morning to
Boulder The greatest country on
earth had lain Idle for centuries after
the aztecs went down and out of
sight, unless tho MoquI and Zuni In
dians are tiieit descendants. and not
until the Rio Grande railway built in
there could the ontreatics of energet-
ic pioneers secure audience with home
hunters md investors. but they are
coming In droves now.
James and Luna Morrison same In
Yesterday eveiing from their cattle
range in the Dolores river country.
where they have hcen exceptionally
prosperous during the past few years.
They report George Morrison. well
known throughout the Southwest. as
accumulntlng fortune in cattle again.
and say he Is attending strictly to
business, It Is nard to keep COW
man down If he gets any kind OF n
start on q fair sort of range. When
the rcvcrses came to the cattle men
in the early nineties the Morrisons
went down with the balance. but they
are coming up again. Jim and his
brother are figuring on securing a
greater and a permanent range, AMI
will figure with the state.
j. X. Brewster, n mining engineer.
who Is located at Cripple Creek. AMI
who has been In the city several days
learning OF the La Plata district, re.
turned home this morning. He found
it impractlcable on account of deep
SHOWS and slides to get into the La
Platas at this time. but win probably
return In the spring. Mr.. Brewster
Is one of the prominent Brewster fam
lily so well known in the state So long
as thirty years ago. when the oil
wells at Canon City were first being
developed.
II. NJ. Sackett, formerly proprietor
of the Telluride Iron Works, VINO,
among others, retired from business
in Telluride about the close of the pro-
tracted labor troubles, is now travel
Ing for the Trenton Iron Works COM
pany of New Jersey. He came In
from the west last night and contin-
ued on TO Silverton this morning, TAX
Ing his chances at sliding the slides
In the canon. Sackett put in the big
aerial tramways at Telluride to get ac.
and If he could have Induced
the Tomboy TO put In a tram he could
have saved them over million dol
lars which they have wasted In haul
Ing timber5 up to the skies with two
wheels and packing ore and concen-
trates TO Telluride.
Just as the Pennington train pull
ed into the Durango yards last night
one of George Logan's coal cars on
track above on the hill, took head
er down hill for the main tracks, and
when 1t stopped blocked the right Of
way. shutting out the southern train
from the depot. The passengers, re-
alizing that they were up against 1t,
got out and walked up past the sta.
ton. There happened to be a good
many incoming pcDile, and In the
lead was John Kellenberger. who said:
Luck Is always with me-" He has
been having a time with his gouty
''feets," and If he had had to walk
nalf mile he would have had to
send for an expressman.
The sale of the Boston coal prop
erty has been made TO the Denver T.
Rio Grande railroad, the sale being
closed today In Denver where Mr..
Fred Field. Coe Franklin and Messrs
Ritter and Buchanan, attorneys for
the company, met this morning. UP
to the hour of going to press no de-
tails regarding the sale had been re-
ceived in Durango further than the
of tne sale. The pur-
chase price is not known. but the
change in ownership means the prop
erty will be developed and production
greatly increased In the near future.
City Engineer w. II. Wigglesworth
says today that The Herald's inform
ant regarding the present plans under
consideration by the city council for
proposed sewage districts, is errone-
Gus. that the minimum depth OF the
trenches planned for by these plans
and specifications In five feet, and that
the plans are elastic, contemplating
conformance to the varied contour OF
the slopes and raises OF the city from
the river to the hill east.
He says that where lot owner has
a basement he can pay for the extra
expense OF placing the sewer line at
the depth OF his basement, and that
this can be done without otherwise
altering the present plans proposed.
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