Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-06-10

Pennington cherries will soon be on
the market as they are beginning to
assume a reddish hue.
II. T. Henderson visited Aztec this
v eek in connection with the Citizens
Ditch company.
Some boys are using the Cortez town
reservoir for bathing purposes and
the marshal has an eye out for them.
man by the name Of Mahnus Long
strom was given thirty days on the
stone pile by a Silver,on justice for
beating a board bill
j. f. Crouch, resident of Farming
ton section since 1878. died the first
of the week. He was 81 years old
and highly respected.
VIM. Locke of Pennington reports
gross receipts of 1927 an acre for can
teloupes last season. Half of this at
least was clear profit.
The San Juan river is reported high,
although not up to the mark of two
years ago. Just wait until the wealth
er gets warmer and the high water
mark of previous years will be dupll-
Gated
Information comes from Iowa that
j. w. Kight is very low and his wife
left Pennington Wednesday to attend
to his wants. Mr. Kight went east
few weeks ago in hopes of being
benefited. Many Durango and Animas
valley friends hope for good news.
r. o. Kelley entered a desert claim
near the Berlin ranch south of Cor.
tez, and was informed this week by
the Durango land office that the land
in question was in the forest reserve.
We hope the reserve does not pro
hibit the buying of lots in Cortez-
Cortez Journal
Robert Mckibbon, formerly of Du-
range, is under arrest at Pennington
charged with burglarizing the Walters
& Lemley saloon, taking 500 from the
cash register and $3.50 from the slot
machine. MccKibbon had been bar
keeper until recently.
The Pennington Times-Hustler says
that section should be sending out a
car of berries every week Right you
are. The San Juan county berry is
of fine flavor and surely there is
good money in growing them for the
San Juan markets. The crop this
year is reported bountiful by those
having plants.
otto Mears was an arrival from
Denver Wednesday night and is in
for busy summer in Silverton. The
road to Red mountain is being opened =
rapidly now. Regular trains are run
ming to Chattanooga and the work
train Is making good headway beyond
that point. On the Animas Forks di-
vision the road is in good shade and
the trains are already doing a big
business.-Silverton Miner.
Frank Nash, foreman of the Bagley
tunnel of the Frisco Mines company
had the misfortune to get his hand
caught in the compressor last Sunday
evening and three fingers were so
badly mutilated that they had to be
amputated. A special train was run
from Animas Forks to bring him to
town for medical attention. 1t il
thought he will recover all right but
will go through life with only thumb
and little finger on the right hand
Silverton Miner.
In Justice Shea's court yesterday
Baptiste Coffino was arraigned on the
charge OF killing game out of sea
son. He protested his innocence, say
ing some boys had killed the duck
ana he had found 1t. The boys in
the case swore they saw him kill the
bird and that he had offered it to
them II they would not report ON him.
AS he had the bird in one hand and
MS gun in the other when apprehend-
ed, the court thought the evidence con
elusive and assessed fine OF $50 and
costs, which was promptly paid
Silverton Miner.
Primarily Judge Hayt's visit to
us this week was for the purpose
OF looking farther into the question
of the back taxes due this county
from the former ditch company. and
to see if some method might be de-
vised for their settlement which
would be satisfactory and equitable
for all concerned. While here he trav-
eled all over our valley and expressed
himself to us as delighted with the
outlook. He will always be in readi-
ness to point home seekers hither. and
to explain our advantages to them, as
he is keenly alive to them. He found
many old timers here whom he knew
IN the early days, while Judge of this
Journal.
Ihere have been rumors of trouble