Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-04-29

| SliVertOn tnlS morning.
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Mrs. Bessie Roscoe and childre,
went out to Juanita this morning
where they will reside in the future
o.
| The train from Silverton this morn
ing was delayed twenty minutes by /
break in the locomotive above Her
mosa.
Frank Lake, Jr., of the postoffic,
force, had to take the place of Posta
Clerk r. NJ. Johnson who was injured
in the Southern wreck last night. this
morning.
The Southwestern association OF
Odd Fellows met at 2:S0 this after.
noon for the transaction of the bust.
ness before it. Tonight will be given
4 banquet to which all Odd Fellows
md Rebekahs and their families will
be made welcome.
Miss May Elliott waitress at the
Intelligence that her mother was dead
1t Monument She depared this morn.
ng for home to be present when the
last sade rites are performed over
the remains of the beloved parent.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekabs roy.
llly entertained the visiting brothers
md sisters at their hall last night
md most enjoyable evening was
enjoyed There were speeches. music.
recitauons and last, but not least.
l serenade by the drum corps, and
then the refreshments.
Lambert Hindelang, the young man
who was up before County Judge
Clements yesterday charged with
breaking in the house of w. B. Todd
md unlawfully taking therefrom GER
.ain goods, was this morning held on
bond until his trial which was set for
May 4. The bond was furnished and
ne was released.
John 7. Burns, secretary of the Colo
ado Commercial association of Den.
yer, j. G. Chapman, manager of the
Pueblo Transportation bureau, l.. l..
Gray. f. w. Palmer and j. B. Taylor,
who were in attendance at the banquet
last night. departed for their homes
this morning. The first named to
Denver, the others to Pueblo.
Yesterdays Southern train, due In
Durango at $50, did not arrive until
10 o'clock, the delay being caused by
he mail car jumping the track the
other side of Mancos. The car rolled
several feet down an embankment
md afterward caught fire. recurring
heroic efforts on the part of the train
crew and passengers to prevent 1t
from burning up. They conquered,
however, with the result that only
portion of the mail was scorched but
none destroyed. Postal Clark r. NJ.
Johnson sustained a bad cut on the
knee and wrenched back, but his In
turies are not serious. He will how
ever, be unable to resume the run
gor several days. He is at his home
and doing as well as could be expected
Inder the circumstances.
o.
James Mccoy, w. M. Stewart, A.
y. Gilmore and P. l.. Gilmore with
their families came up from Flora
Vista yesterday and left on this morn.
ngs Southern for Roseburg, Oregon,
the new country just opened up by
he Southern Pacific railroad. Mr.. Nc.
Coy has been in the lower Animas
yalley for twenty-three years. He had
4 chance to dispose of his ranch at
l good price and thought he would try
l new country where land is cheap.
He will find conditions very different
Oregon from those of the southwest
md, judging from the experience of
others who have thought they could
ind better location, will often wish
himself back in the Animas valley.
o.
Richard McCloud, who about a
month ago went to Norwich, Conn,
in response to telegram to the effect
mat III. Oaooidgs wac
not expected to live. returned home
last night. He reports that his sister
is rapidly convalescing. This is the
first time in twelve years the Judge
has been east of Denver A younger
sister. who is in the Mexican hospital
service in the City of Mexico, was also
at the bedside of the sick one and
there was a family reunion. After
leaving Norwich the Judge visited
other Connecticut towns and spent a
week in New York. In several places,
ne states, he found the people well
posted on Durango and the surround
ing country, through the medium OF
The Semi-Weekly Herald, which has
many subscribers in the far eastern
states. He is glad to get back to
Durango again and will have to buckle
iown to work and dispose OF the busi-
ness accommodating during his absence.
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