Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-02
LOCAL NEWS.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mrs. s. W. Pingrey is reported very
ILL.,
Silverton and Telluride report snow
storms this morning.
The Cattlemens' association VIII
meet Saturday In the board of trade
rooms In monthly session.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Charlton re-
turned last night from two weeks
visit on the outside.
The cold spell of the past two weeks
didn't injure Telluride fruit We have
not any, says the Journal.
Clyde Ray has bought the Harry
McKenna blacksmith shop, taking
charge this morning.
B. w. Nash, engineer on the South
ern. will soon move his family from
Ridgway to Durango.
There were no May poles around
Durango today. Christmas trees were
more like 1t.
| Fl. j. Henderson of the Animas Light
and Water company, went TO the low
er Animas country this morning.
l
! Marshall Mccartney took in a
drunken Indian last evening and kept
him In the cooler until this morning.
| r. NJ. Rice, postal clerk on the Farm
ington line, departed for Denver this
morning, where he will spend his va
cation.
Mrs. w. fl. Wigglesworth went up
to Dolores on this mornings Southern,
where she will remain several weeks
visiting her parents.
j. l.. Jones, chief engineer of the
Rio Grande fourth division, has been
making tour of inspection and left
for Alamosa this morning.
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j. G. Price, late clerk of the district
court, is packing up his household
effects today. He expects to spend
the summer at his ranch near Man
cos.
]. M. Kinsley, formerly manager OF
the San Juan Fruit association, has
leased the building south OF the Stra
ter hotel and will open up fruit and
vegetable store in q few days.
The board of trade will give smok
er in the near future, the object be
Ing to get the people together and ge
them started on building up the coun
try.
j. w. Mcdaniel and J. l.. Tenny are
up from Canon Largo on matters con
nected with the big irrigating ditcf
recently opened to water in that coun
!. try, and for which George McGregol
put in the pipe.
Mrs. C. A. Ferguson and Mis-.
Madge Ferguson of Washburn, Texas
came up from Pennington yesterda,
and went out this morning The,
have been visiting In the lower coun
try for several weeks.
Four boys were taken before polio,
Judge Houx yesterday for shootin,
within the city limits. They prom
ised to be good in the future and tn,
Judge turned them loose with repri
mand. They will be severely deal
with the next offense.
This stormy weather is rather dis
couraging to the boys who are waitin,
for the snow to get out of the hills
SO they can commence their summe
development. There will be a grea
deal of prospecting and development
work done In tn La Platas this sum
mer.
The calico ball given by the Womei
of Woodcraft at Red Men hall las
night was a most successful affair
socially and financially. The hall wa
comfortably filed with dancers an,
the balcony was crowded with spec
tators.
The Herald asks pardon of the Mon
trose Enterprise for crediting 1t witt
an article commencing David f. Da!
as a booster, but we fell into tn,
Democrats error. The editor OF tn,
Western Empire has not been In tn,
country SO long and does not know an!
better.
III. p. Huff and c. A. Miltar of Atlas
Oklahoma, who have been investigat
ing the fruit belt of the lower Animas
came up yesterday and departed To-
their home this morning. They ar,