Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-09

string OF racers are on the way there.
lie expects to pull down a goodly
snare OF the purses, both at Montrose
and Grand Junction.
Mrs. Il. p. schalles and children
came In yesterday from the ranch
where they spent the summer
Ihe talr directory appropriated S125
additional last night for the farmers
Now let them get busy and earn tbe
money.
Durango will no doubt have the
greatest baseball tournament during
the fair ever witnessed in southwest
Colorado.
George Goodman, jr.. returned last
evening from his vacation trim spent
at Niagara Falls and other eastern
points.
Sheriff VIM. Palmquist of Silverton
was Denver bound passenger on this
mornings train on business connected
with his office
About all one hears about town is
baseball talk. With Telluride and
Silverton on the ground there will be {
something doing.
Cantaloupes are coming from the
Pennington country In big lots these
days and as for quality they are about
as fine as they grow.
F. A. Franklin. the paper man, was
| doing the trade at Silverton. He came
down this morning and went out to
the easter part of his territory
| ]. w. Lair, formerly in the grocery
business in this city, but now of Az
tee, came in yesterday from Leadville
and went down home this morning
| F. L. Ballard of Colorado Springs
interested in mining property above
Silverton, came down this morning
from the property and continued on
home.
For the best five pounds of butter
exhibited at the fair there is purse
of $3.50, while second will get $3.50
and third S.. Now get busy, Mr. Farm
er and dairyman.
s. j. Foote, advance agent for the
Kempton Komedy Kompany, arriveA
last night and went down to Farmin
ton this morning. The Kemptons play
at that place during fair week.
| Will Soens, son of Mr. and Mrs. ]. P'
Soens, who underwent an operation at
Ochsner hospital some weeks ago for
appendicitis, has so far recovered that
he will be taken to his home today
or tomorrow.
Col. Calvin is the first to make
hotel reservations for fair week, hay
| ing engaged the bridal chamhe -ot
| Charley Stilwell. May he lackEKg
bride but the colonel does not care
for little thing like this.
There is plenty of money that Du-
range will win Sundays ball game
from Silverton. And it's a mistake
about Slattery's leaguers being out of
i tb. n,,1,,
ing four of the hest to do battle
against tenderfeet.
Miss Maude Bagby is at Mercy hos
pital in a precarious condition. She
was operated on for appendicitis and
then pneumonia developed, surely
bad complication, and the family have
the best wishes of all Durango that
the young lady will gain the victory.
Orrin Frary returned yesterday from
California, where he went several
weeks ago, expecting to locate TheN
are attractions in Durango not pos
sessed by other places, therefore near
ly all those who seek pastures new
come back to the old stamping ground.
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| "Scotty' Wallace, advance man of
the Menzies Scottish Entertainment
company, returned from a trip to
Pennington and Aztec yesterday after
noon and went out as far as Alamosa
TINS morning. He reports encouraging
| prospects for business in the towns he
has visited
Beginning tomorrow the Rio Grande
southern train will leave Durango at
1850 a m. and will arrive at 4:45.
This change in the time of departure
| and arrival will be n great convent
ence to the people living along the
| line on this slope. 1t will enable them
to transact business the evening of