Semi-weekly herald., 1907-11-18

today on business
Mrs. J. F, Bell came down from
H. Lockwood this morning and is spend
ing the lay in the city
j w Gedney is in from his Hay
ailch ranch today He recently built
HIM neat home and is snugly fixed.
festo rday's easterL arrived four
hours late. caused we were informed
by some difficulty ON the first division.
r. W. Simpson came up from his
tradins post at Canon Gallegos last
evening and Is transacting business
here today
l.. A. klinger. city treasurer of Sill
verton passed through last night from
Oio Caliente. n. NJ, where he went
couple OF weeks ago.
Mrs. w. Skippey is in from Bayfield,
today on shopping expedition. The
Herald acknowledges pleasant call
from the lady.
Preparations are now under way
for a mask ball at Red Men hall on
the night of Wednesday, December
llth. You had just as well begin to
prepare your costumes now
The various coal companies report a
shortage OF empty coal cars in which
TO transport the coal 1t is hoped
they will soon be able to obtain all
the empties they desire. so as to be
able 10 supply the mountain towns be-
fore the SHOWS set in
Secretary of State O'Connor is send
ing out notices to delinquent corpora
tons, calling for the payment of the
corporate state tax There are listed on
the secretary's books corporations that
have been extinct for years; Durango
well for the secretarys office to make
corporate cleaning up and remove
IRON his books those that are no
longer in existence. As it is now the
tax is figured on these defunct cor
porations and counted as an asset in
the states revenues.
Sentence has not yet been passed on |
Skeet. the Chinaman convicted of man
Slaughter
This afternoon the trial of Santiago |
Gardunia began and the time was |
taken up in securing jury.
The Insurance inspector from Den
Yer was in the city yesterday inspect
ing the various institutions The visit |
ed the Herald and complimented the |
management very highly upon the CON
dltlon of the plant, both as to cleanli-
KS and caution against fire He pro
Claimed it IA model risk
A. l.. Nathan returned last evening |
from Silverton, where he bought the
stock of clothing of B. Glasser. which |
will be closed out there. Milt Her.
rick Will 30 up tomorrow to take |
charge of the sale, Nathan Brothers
Will about the first of the year open a |
clothing store in Alamosa and Milt |
will go there to take charge of IT,
o.
The bond furnished by W. r. Mason
contained the names of w. S. Nc
Neeley. Robert Roberts. Harry Jack
son and b. J. Ochsner. That of Jos.
Vanderweide. Thos. Mason. Emma Ma
son. James Conway, David Lewis, d.
+. kight and Jack Cunningham. This
was reinforced by cash deposit, max
ing the bond acceptable to the sheriff.
Where the cash came from or who fur
nished it is nobody's business
A. W. Parker, who has recently |
mesa brought in IA lot of potatoes |
this morning that beat any yet shown.
They were all big ones and the largest |
OF the bunch weighed two and a half |
pounds. They are the oregon Blue |
and California Reds and grew without |
irrigation or ultivation-planted in
the sage brush. Two and half acres |
yielded 1900 pounds. bringing at the /
present market price $40.
Mr. and Mrs. John w. Wingate left |
for Silverton this morning to attend |
the funeral OF the late b. A. Taft, |
which will take place tomorrow morn
ing at 10 O'Clock. under the auspices
OF the Masonic fraternity. Mr.. Taft
and Mr. Wingate were raised in the
same town in New York. There are a
number of the old pioneers in La
Plata county who would like very
much TO attend the funeral tomorrow
but circumstances will not permit OF
their doing so.
j. H. Arnold says the deal for the