Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-02

Jlu Sdilery returned yesterday from
a week spent in Denver.
Both Silverton and Telluride report
stormy weather-between snow and
rain.
The board OF trade meets tonight
All citizens are welcome. Those who
are interested in the welfare of the
town should attend these meetings
and assist the board in the good work
it is doing for the town and surround
ing country.
Ray Goodman, who has built up a
lucrative business in the wallpaper
and paint line in Silverton. spent Sun
day with his parents, returning home
last evening. His many friends in Du-
range, where he has grown to man
hood. are pleased at his success in his
new venture.
s. F. Sanderson, OF the Sanderson
Drug company OF Denver, selling the
today waiting on the local trade. Mr..
Sanderson reports the Tuxedo cream
fast making name for itself through
out the state. The Herald can cheer
fully recommend the cream to its
readers.
DR.. Pope. the representative OF Mr..
NJ. S. Wormser, who has been looking
over the Carriso mountain territory
came up yesterday and is purchasing
supplies to push the work of explora-
ton. He is favorably impressed with
will be opened up there which will
mean much for this section.
Will Trudjan, who captained the
Telluride ball team last year, and who
Is senior law student at the state
was injured by being hit
in the head by batted ball one day
last week and his skull fractured 1t
Is thought he will recover all right, |
but the blow was a hard one
Mrs. w. w. Smith and children re-
turned yesterday from Pennington,
where they have been for several |
weeks for the benefit of the youngest |
boys health, He is very much i'm |
proved by the stay in the lower alti- |
.ude and sunny cline of the lower |
Animas valley. Bill went down yes
.erday morning and accompanied them |
home.
AL, Grant received telegram this |
afternoon announcing the death of his |
Drother-in-law, d. ]. Cook, In Denver |
his morning. Mr.. Cook, known |
the country as Dave Cook,
vas chief of police in Denver for four
years and head of the detective de- |
Dartment for many more years. He |
was one of the best officers the city |
ever had.
DR.. l.. S. Barnes, superintendent of |
he Durango fish hatchery, took out |
10000 young trout yesterday morn
ng. They will be distributed in the |
Rio Grande river in the neighborhood |
,f Wagon Wheel gap and Creede.
Shortly he will turn loose $4,000 of the
title fellows in the waters of the |
Iermosa
Robert Pearson, who has been
'esident of Durango for twenty-three
tGa ar, n. oil
IN the d. & R. G., left this mornig |
or Salt Lake City by way of Denver.
he thinks the climatic change will do |
lin good and If he likes it better |
here than here he will invest in some |
business and remain. Mrs Pearson
will stay here for the present.
About o'clock yesterday evening |
ire destroyed a frame shack near the |
Southern railroad bridge. The build |
ng was occupied by two families of
Italians employed at the Smelter. 1t |
was owned by the railroad company; |
me loss was about 5000. The family |
living in the front of the house saved |
most OF their furniture. The other |
'amily none. There was no insurance. |
A. r. Lewis yesterday received a |
telegram announcing the death in
Denver of his brother, ]. C. Lewis,
aged ~ years. He died after short |
Illness. 1t was only few days ago
that Mr.. Lewis received word that
his brother was well. The deceased
left a wife, daughter, two sons, three
brothers and a sister to mourn his
death.
John Mosley and Ed. Farris, resid-
Ing on the La Plata, sent Ernest Wet
ter, the meat market man, some of
the finest meat Saturday we have
seen in a long time, being yearling
calf that for choice eating cannot be
any place in the country.
These men also send in some OF the
finest steers in the country. 1t goes
to show that this section can and
should supply the market for fat and
juicy beef
The funeral OF Mrs. Mary Kava-