Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-06
LOCAL NEWS
From srilay's Daily.


w. II. Wigglesworth is out with
surveying crew near Lumberton.
Con Porsch went out to the green
fields Of Ignacio this morning.
The street railway company has a
force of men repairing the road bed.
d. Day returned from Denver last
night. His trial is set for early in
June.
The La Platas will come to the
front with several paying mines in the
near future.
r. Nelson and wife drove in yester-
day from the saw mill on the Florida
and returned home this morning.
Charles Price was brought down
Silverton this morning and taken to
the Ochsner hospital for treatment.
j. II. Arnold has moved his office
into the rooms formerly occupied by
j. G. Price, over Parsons drug store.
DR. McEwen went down to the
ranch at Cedar Hill this morning to
see how things are getting along down
there.
Strawberries at 10 cents per box are
quite reasonable, coming as they do
from southern states. And they are
very good
| N. p Cobb, formerly linotype opera
tor for the Democrat, departed this
morning for Denver, accompanied by
| his wife and son.
Miss Marguerite Geister of New
York city arrived last night and will
visit with her aunt. Mrs John Gilbert,
during the summer months.
John F. Melton and wife of Silver
ton returned last night from Cali
fornia, where they spent the winter.
They went on to Silverton today.
| The May term of the county court
convenes Monday. There are a mum
ber of cases on the docket and Judge
Clements anticipates busy week.
VIII Alexander came In yesterday
from Denver and stopped over with
his parents. He will continue on to
Silverton, where he is employed.
Clarence Willard and wife are re
cent arrivals from Denver. Mr.. Will
lard will operate the linotype machine
on the Democrat They are domicled
on the north side.
Perrung's New York bakery will put
a bread wagon on the streets Monday
and will make daily deliveries. Leave
or telephone your order or call the
wagon boy.
Messrs. c. Il. Herr, w. A. Perry
and Lloyd Sheets leave in the morning
with two wagons containing 100000
brook trout which will be deposited IN
the Vallecito.
Robert Shields has withdrawn from
the firm of Huber & Shields, plaster
ers, and is prepared to continue to
contract for all work in his line, large
or small jobs given his best attention
| The npw Are hnrsaa arn gatting In,
good condition again and Will soon
be able to get into the harness and
then the old team will be put on
pasture and given much needed rest
p. ]. Halfgrain, father-in-law of Ar
thur Hudson, superintendent of Sill
verton Northern railroad, came in
from Cripple Creek yesterday and will
go up to Silverton today.
Edwin p. Davenport, popular brake
man on the Southern passenger left
this morning to attend the Railway
Trainmen's convention which meets at
Atlanta, Ga. He will be absent about
three weeks.
Rev. w. II. Fleetwood returned last
evening from Santa Fe where he went
to attend a meeting of the Episcopal
clergy. He also visited Colorado
Springs. He will occupy the pulpit at
st. Marks Sunday as usual
An adjourned session of the district
court will be held beginning Wednes-
day OF next week, at which only civil
cases will be tried. After those are
disposed of Judge Pike will go to Sill
verton for the May term in San Juan
county.
| Deputy United States Marshal Clark
arrived from Denver last night. To
day he is serving subpoenas on about
fifty witnesses to appear before the
United States grand jury in connec-
tion with alleged fraud In the filings on
coal lands in the southwest.
II. OROurke father of Mrs II T.