Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-26
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Frank Allen of Pennington aver
aged 225 people each meal during fair
days at Pennington. This is going
some. And Frank furnished every
thing first class.
Thirty-ive thousand trout from the
Durango hatchery were placed in the
San Juan river above Pagosa Springs
List week.
After reading accounts of Pawnee
Bill's Wild West show and similar
concerns we are reminded that it is
n good thing to be just outside the
palce because we escape the infiic-
tions and the loss of many half dol
lars.
Mrs. James Luttrell. owner of the
Joe and John, has a good force of men
employed steadily and they are taking
out considerable rich ore. The prod
uct is now being sorted and there are
now three car loads of lead. copper
and zinc ores on the dump awaiting
shipment. There is plenty of ore in
sight and 1t has been planned to push
work on this mine more extensively
during the next few months. The Joe
and John Is one of the best prospects
in the camp and the owners are sure
to make a paying mine of the prop
erty. Next season will undoubtedly
see 1t among the heaviest shippers OF
this section.-Siverton Miner.
The Mancos creamery still contin.
ues to increase its output and is now
putting out considerably over 500
pounds weekly.
There is record-breaking crop of
honey in the Mancos valley this year
and bees are doing better than they
have done for some time. Some peo-
Pile reporting as much as 1875 pounds
to the hive. There is no honey su-
perior to Mancos honey and there is
nc place where bees do better than
here. Conditions conspire to make
this a profitable industry-Mancos
Times-Tribune.
Richard Linthicum editor of the
News and also interested in a number
of mining properties in this district
departed for the east Thursday after
noon and will probably be absent for
a fortnight or more. On the 25th in
stant he will be at his home in Chi
cago and there will be joyful times
there as he and Mrs. Linthicum will
celebrate the 25th anniversary of their
wedding. While this occasion is pri-
marily the object of Mr.. Linthicum's
visit east, he also goes with authority
to interest capital in one of the best
mines in this district That he will
be successful there is no doubt, as
he carries reports with him from prom
inent mining engineers back by smelt.
er returns that show things" to men
who have money and the nerve to
invest it.-Rico News.
Well, the great historical wild west
and cannibal east show now doing
the towns and people of Colorado with
Pawnee Bill in the stellar role. was
in Alamosa Monday, and amid the
screeches of about a dozen Indians,
dozen or two of Oklahoma COW punch
ers, few Mexicans and six or eight
Russians, steam calliope and a cen.
ter pole raked in several thousand
dollars. The action mot performance)
OF this aggregation is an attempt at
depicting the early days of the west;
and the trained bronchos bucked con-
siderably like the swaying of an easy
riding Pullman as compared to our
real western bronchos. The stunt"
by the four elephants was good but
then Bill's elephant know what they
are going to do when they enter the
arena, The engine used in the train
hold up opens up new ideals for me-
chanical minds, as 1t is pushed along
by hand and the drive wheels work
in opposite directions. The real merit
of Pawnee Bills show. as given here
last Monday, was the lemonade-it
actually tasted like lemon and was
concert, hold up their hands.-Alamo-
sa Independent Journal.
Some of the leading men of Du-
range are trying to work up an in