Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-28
LOCAL NEWS.

Very quiet around town in way OF
news items.
CAN At Baister's for Friday nights
entertainment tickets.
District court was in session few
minutes this morning.
This IL sure enough March day.
Cold, windy and disagreeable.
The dry goods stores are display
ing some very pretty Easter novelties,
Dr. McEwen has record to be proud
Of. The more the opposition endeav-
ors to pick flaws the more It falls
down.
Thos. H. Kane of Silverton was q
Denver bound passenger this morning.
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The Womans Relief corps ball has
been postponed from April 2 to April
10.
Horace Barnes. the well known Sill
verton attorney, is spending between
trains in this city.
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Mrs. J. w. Turner and two children
returned this morning from Silverton
where they visited Mrs. George Noll.
The Reading club will meet with
Mrs. w. s. Pickerill tomorrow after
noon at o'clock.
Remember the band dance Thurs
day night at Red Men hall. Tickets
only rs cents with ladies free.
G. w. Bowman, the insurance-saw
mill manipulation left this morning for
Denver to visit his family.
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Fred Goble. the Republican nominee
for mayor OF Silverton, passed through
this morning to Pagosa Junction on
some business matters.
c. E. Dunbar was an outgoing pas
senger this morning. Has been look
ing after some important matters
which The Herald trusts will be con-
sumated In the near future.
states the Salvation Army will en-.
deavor to raise money to purchase a
building for church and army use. The
Salvation Army is doing good work
throughout the country and those who
can see their way clear Will be aiding
worthy cause by subscribing lib
orally.
I1tk lG- n II
Sloan who were called to Denver ow-
ing to the Illness of their daughter,
Mrs. Dr. c. H. Mclean, states that she
is still In serious condition. Mrs
Mclean was operated on Saturday
for an acute case OF appendicitis and
her condition being alarming Mr.. and
Mrs. Sloan departed for Denver Sun
day morning.
Edgar p. Carr, travelling freight and
passenger agent for the Burlington
road, Is spending the day in the city
The Burlington Is the popular line out
Of Denver and Is up-to-date, and be-
lieves the way to attract business Is
by advertising. Now that 1t requires
cash some OF the other lines have
closed up like clam. But when they
notice dropping of of business maybe
they will wake up.
Over In London recently q man slew
prominent citizen, and there was
supposed to be tremendous social
sensation back OF the affair. The mur-
derer has Just been sentenced to
death, after trial which lasted one
day and at which he entered plea
OF insanity. In certain ways the
English are not SO slow. The Thaw
case should have been disposed of in
a similar manner. True this would
have cut of the hypoethical questions
and grandstand plays of Jerome and
Delmas, but the public would have
been spared an unsavory dish.
Mr.. John Warner received tele-
gram this morning announcing the
death Of his grandchild. Sadie Brad
shaw. residing near Ignacio, last night.
No inkling had been received the
young girl, who Is IA years old, was
Ill, and death must have been caused
by something out Of the ordinary. De-
ceased Is the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
T. ]. Bradshaw, formerly residents of
Durango. Mrs. Bradshaw is a daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Warner and the
eldest Bradshaw girl, Miss Alice, about
is years OF age, has been residing with
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner in Durango this
winter going to school. Mr.. and Mrs.
Warner and Miss Alice took the train
this morning for Ignacio and 1t will
be Sad home-going for the sister
who goes to share. the grief with her
parents.
The official list of nominations ap-
pearing in The Herald afford voters
an excellent opportunity of studying
the ballot and how to vote as the list
is as near counterpart of the official
ballot as possible with instructions
added. This Is tho way the law In
tended as simple publication of the
names conveys no information what
ever. Let voters take the list OF nom-
nations and mark their ticket In ad-
vance. And every voters should write
party name at the top Of the ballot
and then cross the names of the op-
posite party for whom they desire
to vote. Then when you go to the
polls 1t will not take much time to
fx your ballot because you will have
II In your mind.
II looks very much as though the
senate is going to kill the house bills