Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-09-26

the northern part of the state
George Weaver went to Silvarton
this morning, where he has seyeraiy
weeks work ahead of him Will Id
down occasionally to see his folks
Patronizing Chicago and eastern
catalogue houses is like tearing shin.
giles off your own roof And the long.
er you keep this up the more you
will find II out.
Reginald Bacon, son of f. C. Bacon
of the Ouray Herald. arrived last ev-
ening on visit to his aunt. Mrs. C.
c. Wright. and will probably spend
the winter in Durango, attending high
school.
If Telluride boys win the coming
series from the Iron Workers in Den
yer Durango will hardly he big enough
for them. but they will likely get
some of the puff taken from them in
the fair series.
]. D. Clark. fruit grower of Canon
City, arrived last evening with party
looking for investment They went
down the lower valley this morning.
Mr.. Clark was down through that
country last spring and picked up a
Fort tN-n
The Grand Junction fair closes this
week and a good many of the race
horses there viii. be brought to Du-
range fer nest week There will be
some big racing events and. in fact.
il bunch of all kinds of entertaining
events. The Indians, both Utes and
Navajoes will he here a-plenty
The bar fixtures and furniture have
been taken out of the FL Moro build
ing and the room is being fixed up
| for restaurant by the Chinaman
| who had the restaurant in the rear
| Of the building 1t will he quite n
swell place from present Indications.
The attractions next week at the
| fair grounds and on the streets of the
| city VIII be well worth going Il long
| way to see. The baseball tournament
will be out of sight. All three teams
are strengthening by the addition of
new players and fast ball is promised
| every day after the fair opens. n
The accommod ltion train bound to
Durango from Si'yCrton. was wrecked
above the Rockwood power plant yes
| terday afternoon three freight cars
jumping the track. The wrecker was
| sent up from hera, but the track was
| not cleared in time for the passenger
train to go through TO Slverton. The
wreckage was cleared and the morn
| ing train left here about 10 o'clock,
carrying the passengers, mails, etc.
which should have gone last evenip
One week from today the big far
opens.
Utes and Navajoes welcome the ap-
Jroach of fair time and make prepa.
rations to attend that great event
f. V. Bodfish, mining engineer and
superintendent, arrived last evening
from a trip to New York. accompanied
by a party of capitalists, and will go
to Silverton today.
Tonight the cty council will proba-
bly, elect mayor and city attorney.
Who the lucky ones will be is not
made public, although it is understood
that an agreement has been reached
and the slate is expected to go through
without opposition.
The funeral of Rose and Charles
Cook was held at 80 this afternoon .
from the residence of w. C. Ruders-
dorf. A large number of sympathizing
friends accompanied the remains to
st. Columba's church. where the serv-
ices were conducted by Rev Father
Callahan; thence to the cemetery
where the two little caskets were laid
side by side in one grave. The other
lies buried in the treacherous quick
sands of the Animas river and may
never be recovered
Richardson. the Nye Snowman, who
has been in Jail since the departure
from the city of that fake concern for
breaking into the brewery, has made
an application for writ of habeas
corpus. which is being heard before
Judge Pike in chambers this after
noon. The Nye people left two costly
legacies to Durango The man Rich
ardson, who will cost the county sew
eral hundred dollars md tho I,i III,