Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-05

since designated as second-class. Peo
pie must have thought the postoffice
was taking lay-on along with the
banks.
The sunflowers growing on Third
avenue are a disgrace and the street
committee should get after the park
keeper. or the commissioner. and have
the weeds cut out.
No arrangements have been made
for the return game of ball at Silver
ton. Durango's team will wait till
Siiverton gets players enough TO make
an interesting game.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. O. Finch of Silver
ton were passengers on last nights
delayed eastern. returning from Canon
City and Denver. and stopped over
night at the strater. They went on
| home today.
w. 1. GlHOfu OF the Porter Fuel
| company returned from Denver on
last nights roundabout train. He re-
ports very severe rain storms east of
La Veta. also rain all along the line
from Alamosa, raining hard on the
| range.
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they got 1t good and plenty last night,
and the street commissioners force Is
busy cleaning out the waterways to-
day. So much wet weather at the
present time is rather tough on the
lay crop.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Isgar and son.
Basil, and DIR. c. l.. Fowler went to
Pagosa Springs this morning. Mrs.
Isgar and the boy viii stay month.
George and the doctor will try their
luck at fishing for couple of weeks.
Prof. Ellsworth Bethel and DIR. II. c.
Mcbride. noted botanists, will attend
the teachers institute to be held here
will deliver lectures. the dates foe
which will be announced later.
Every man who wants to work
around Telluride is working, says the
Journal. Same here. A good many
are working around Durango who don't
want to work. but the appetite and
social restrictions regarding nudeness
compels 1t.
Tomorrow morning John kissing
bury and daughter, Annie, will leave
for Los Angeles and coast points. Mr.
Kisslingbury has been In poor health
for some time and hopes the lower alti-
tude and sea breezes will prove bone
fetal to him.
M. r. Sloane, of the government
service, who has been going over the
divorce records of this county for the
past two weeks gathering divorce sta
tistics, has finished his labors and will
leave for Silverton on this evenings
train.
Standard Oil Is threatened with
$29 600. 900 fine. Now, won't some en-
thusiastic admirer of the Standard
start penny subscription list to pay
the fine? II the fine should ever be
paid the people OF this country will pay
every cent of II in the increased price
of oil.
Trains from Alamosa and points east
unload fishermen and campers every
day at Osier and Los Plnos. The rains
OF the past few days, however, make
fishing out of the question and rather
dampens the ardor of experts, especial
ly when landed In heavy rain and
not house in sight.
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Excursion tickets from the various
towns in this normal district to Du-
range will be on sale on the nth and
oath. A rate of one fare for the round
trip has been made and should insure
large attendance. TIL coming in.
stltute will be the most important OF
any held In this district and on from
which teachers can gain valuable in
formation.
Pueblo boasts of a sunnower stalk
twelfth feet high, bearing flower two
feet across. Either AnaDias Is living
in the village on the banks of the Ar
kansas or Kansas will have to look
to her laurels. Durango has plenti'
ful supply of the sunllower weed, but
| they take up more room on the ground
than they do in the atmosphere.
II Register F. G. Perkins takes the
advice of friends he will pay no more
attention to the yelping of the Morning
Democrat than he would to that of n
puppy dog. Insinuations coming from
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