Durango semi-weekly herald. (Durango, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1906-09-03


Miss Ruth, will spend few weeks
at Pennington rusticating. Miss Ruth, |
thinks she can recover from her re- |
cent illness down among the orchards
and watermelon patches as well as
anywhere else. and maybe better.
AS will be observed by notice in
another column, Chas. A. Pike has
his candidacy for district
Judge. This makes two ayowed candi-
dates In Durango. Mr.. F. c. Perkins
and Mr.. Pike.
The San Juan Fruit Growers Asso-
citation has promised that there Will
be at least twelve members of the as
ISOLATION who will have on display
at the Colorado-New Mexico Fair
twelve boxes each of fruit. This will
not be In competition with other ex-
hibitors and is not to be entered for
prizes but for the sake of helping
to make a creditable exhibit. Mana
ger Kinsley says there will be $50
boxes in this display.
Mrs. Andrew and daughters, Miss
Georgia and Miss Nellie, returned last
evening from an extended trip to Den
yer, Fort Collins, Canon City, Flor
ence and Ouray.
Miss Clara Day has been engaged to
teach the school at Pendleton, n. NJ,
and departed on the Big Red Apple
line for that place this morning. Miss
Day will keep posted on the doiDgs
of Durango by reading the Herald.
Mrs. George Trusdale, wife of the
sheriff of Montrose county, was n
guest over night at the Palace, com
Ing in on the Southern last night
She came TO place her three children
in the convent and left this morning
on her return home.
Several OF the servants of General
Palmer's party came in last night
from camp on Pine river and stayed
over night at the Strater, leaving this
morning for Wagon Wheel Gap. The
General and his party left for that
place on horseback. accompanied by
ID few servants. He has a fine sum
mer place at Wagon Wheel Gap.
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Miss Ada McGetrick of Silverton.
who was the only teacher from San
Juan county to attend the institute
returned home last evening. She will
teach in Silverton this year, which is
expected to be her last, for she has
taught four years, and after young
lady teaches five years In that town
she changes her name and don't teach
any more.
Little Dorothy and Louise, daugh-
ters of Mrs. Vida b. Nance, who will
teach at Animas City, arrived from
DS"'Si '"ot evening lor NlSit WIN
their mother. They have been staying
in Denver with their grandmother.
The little girls are very young trav-
elers and whenever they changed cars
they were careful to ask the conduc.
tor If that was the train to Durango"
w TT r. Sphafar tho hnotlipr ,,,ood
worker of the Jackson Hardware
shops, went down to Aztec this morn
ing to see how things at his ranch
were coming on. He was accompa-
MED by A. j. Carlson, friend from
Silverton. Mr.. Schafer is one whose
ambition Is to make his living from
the soil. and by this time next year
he hopes to have things in shape on
his ranch So he can let somebody else
do the shop work.
The Eagles gave banquet at the
Edelman hotel last night for their
own members and their friends.
About $50 attended, including quite
a number of women and children,
families of members The party be-
gan to gather about $3.50 o'clock. The
Durango band was on hand to fur.
nish the music.
The banquet was an elaborate AT.
fair, one which was a credit to Land
lord Edelman and pleasure to those
attending. The party broke up at
1870.
The Degree of Pocahontas last
night honored the returning delegates
to the Great Council, which was re-
GENTLY held at Fort Collins. The
honored ones were Mrs. II. M. An.
drew and Mrs. A. NJ. Anheier. The
event took place at the lodge rooms
in the Red Men hall last night and
consisted OF high-class musical and
literary program, consisting of solos
and duets and choruses, etc, which
was followed by banquet-not
mere lunch nor supper, but a banquet