Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-03-04

heralu says the stOrm OF yeSLerQa
has gone with its clouds and that al
is serene where the Gem" OF tn
rockies dumps its sewage in the Ami
mas.
Harry Elskamp has resigned his pc
sition with A. l.. Nathan & Co. II,
will return to Telluride to accept
position with the Pierce Shoe ant
Clothing Co. Harry will be missed a
he is a flrst-class boy and an obliginl
clerk.
Owing TO continued illness of ou
linotype operator The Herald Is shor
of local and telegraphic news today
Papers in small towns are always
more or less handicapped because the,
are unable to secure Sub in case
of sickness.
Some of the local liquor dealers al
trying to learn how wide domain Z
$500 license covers. to peddle ant
deliver in the original package, by tn
| jug, keg, barrel or small drink. TT
will be up to these people who direci
and instruct.
| q. S. Bartlett who recently pur.
chased the Trick cranberry ranch up
the river. is in the city today. He
says he has decided to raise timothy
hay, seedless apples and dogs, having
learned that there is demand for
high grade CANNES.
| Mechanics on the construction of the
Carnegie library building, now in des.
ultory progress, have been pleased
since the work begun to get in enough
| time to cover their individual ex-
penses; so inclement has been the la
| grippe producing weather.
Good roads will be the slogan in La
Plata county. and this will necessarily
| involve study of economy. The mud
| dy season has been regarded as in
opportune for the expenditure of the
taxpayers money and the road men
are hung up. Take n chance at the
bad road yourself.
New Mexico neighbors say their
roads are disappearing again. Sig.
Hilton says 1t is worse than in the
spring Of rs when 1t took three days
to haul eight pounds Of butter to Ami
mas City where the butter market was
slutted and people had to camp under
Billy Bagby's rock to save hotel ex
,enses.
r. E. Sloan and Mrs. S. 8. Sloan
were retaining passengers from the
east last evening, visiting Denver, Chi
cago and New York, where the latest
in feminine wear was inspected and
literally purchased. Mrs. Sloan says
there are some very swell hats en-
route and expects to have the finest
display made by the firm this spring
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw told a yer,
touching story on the stand when lay
ing bare her life to save a degenerate
man, but the cross-examination by Je
rome has demonstrated that she led
a pretty gay life and rather enjoyed
it. Fact is, Thaw was jealous and
afraid that White might again win his
tenderloin beauty. The unwritten law
has nothing to do with his case.
Miss Miller, a graduate of the In
diana Dental college with several
years experience, arrived from Den
yer last evening to accept position
with DR.. w. ii. c. Folsom whose bust
ness continues TO increase. Miss
Miller comes highly recommended as
an expert in her line and patrons will
no doubt be pleased with the innova-
ton as many ladies prefer one of
their own sex to operate on them.
The special library edition OF The
Herald will contain a short review Of
the early history of Durango and La
Plata county and Durango and this
southwest section as we find 1t today,
along with the great undeveloped re-
sources. There will be much interest
ing data regarding the various lodges,
schools, churches, etc. In order to ac-
commodate those wanting copies to
sent east an extra 1000 copies will be
printed.
Tobacco, physicians say, caused the
death of Guy Tanner, years old, son
Of Gilbert Tanner. who died suddenly
in Waterbury, Conn. DR.. A. A. Crane
medical examiner, will issue a certif.
cate that the child died of the smok.
ing habit and OF poison. He was ro-
bust until several weeks, ago when
he took to smoking an old pipe which
belonged to his grandfather. The pipe
is seventy years old.
California has an airship. over in
Plpasanton Alameda cnunty IN ono nj