Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-26

effects at CorteZ. says the Journal.
and gone to Telluride to live with
his daughter, being in very poor
health.
Coy. Curry has announced his in
tention of visiting the fair and fall
carnival at Pennington. Durango will
extend him welcome to this part
| OF the state.
San Juan county, New Mexico, was
visited by very severe storms the fore
| part of the week, the La Plata river
| district coming in for the hardest
drubbing. One man had twelve acres
OF grain in the shock which was swept
away. another lost eight shoats.
bridges damaged and roads washed
out.
The following from the Aztec Index
is good advice to follow: IF the news
papers of San Juan county, New Mex
| lCDt Nohlu 6iFt ihoit opHNN ~ 81
| telligent information about this 'fros;
proof county" If the real estate men
as body would spend dime or so
advertising the boundless advantage
of this region of fruit; If every in
dividual would write one letter a week
to some friend telling the wealth OF
opportunity here abundant, there
would be five people located in one
lyear where one man now struggles
with FIVE times as much land as he
can successfully cultivate. Try it."
1t cost San Juan county over $500
to adjudge man insane and place
him In the asylum which is consid-
cred pretty steep by the Times-Hus-
der
A six pound trout was caught at
Trout lake this week, said to be the
largest ever taken from the lake
Fred G.. Helmboldt, formerly in busi-
ness at Eureka and Silvertop, has
located at Spokane, Wash, where he
Is again engaged in business. I'M
possible to keep an active man down.
n. Smith. who recently moved here
from Durango, but who was formerly
( from Alabama, leaving that state last
Iall. on "Wednesday closed deal fol
Geo. A. Blacks place, which lies be
tween here and Flora Vista. The
place consists of sixty acres, forty un
der ditch. with good seven room
house and seven acres of young bear
ng orchard including a small vine
yard The price was s3.500. John C
: Hubbard. the big real estate man
I made the deal.-Farmington Times
, Hustler.
The Animas Power company los
4 one of their transformers last Wednes
/. day while hauling 1t to the Bullion
r King mine in Porphyry basin. A team
: OF eight horses was pulling the ma
I chinery and when the skid on which
4 il was loaded started to slide from
> the road the horses were urged tt
y their utmost and their Immense
strength broke the swivel pin. Tn,
transformer umbled down the noun
: tain side for a distance of 1900 fee
| uruc uyranlrnh Tho hnrCa
S escaped injury. Superintendent Au
n rand of the Bullion King company, a
t once came to town and arranged witt
l. the power company to take anothe
VI transformer to the mine. This tim
s it has been taken apart and will b.
S packed by mules, some of the piece
e being hauled by wagon. Superintend
}. ent Clay OF the Animas Power con
# pany is doing his utmost to get powe
r. to the mines of the district, and fol
S tunately has some transformers o.
it carloads. The power company ha
/. been seriously handicapped in not be
/. ing able to get machinery and SUI
q plies from the factory, but are push
Il ing their different lines as rapidly a
possible and hope to be soon able t
supply power to the mines that hav
contracts with them.-Silverton Miner
II Bozman Il Blatchford purchased tn
Office building and three lots of NJ
II II. Copeland this week for 81 200. Thi
gives Mr.. Copeland nice profit OF
II his original observation-disclosures Joui
nal.
Five hundred men are needed a
once in the Silverton district. Nearl
&. every property of consequence is Il
Iced of more men. Miners. machin
men, trammers and common laborer
Il are all in demand. The large mill
are also short of help. Good tabl
II men and men acquainted with tn
binds - mill -.