Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-12
From Mondays Daily)


There was nothing doing in til,
county court today The Jury was ex
cused until tomorrow morning.
Roland Ritter. who has been visit
ing with his parents since Thanksgiv
ing left for Denver this morning.
Brighten up your ideas. plan and put
in execution enterprises that will
make Durango a better town for 1908
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jeep of Man
COS came in Saturday evening from a
visit east and went home yesterday
morning.
Too many men nowadays are trying
to start at the top of the ladder. By
starting at the bottom there is little
danger of a fall.
Miss Jennie Martinez. one of Du-
rango's popular teachers. departed this
morning for Denver. where she will
become the bride of Mr.. Roy Gervias.
formerly with the Colorado state bank.
now of Telluride. A large number
OF her close friends We're at the depot
to bid her goodbye and give her an
advanced shower of rice
Men representing three of the M
snrance companies hit by the fire We'd
nesday morning are in town. The 9TH
tomorrow night. so that Wednesday
the work of adjusting the losses will
begin. 1t will not take long to straight
en- the business up and the work oil
cleaning away the debris of burned
building and disposal of the rem
nants of stock will begin.
\ BY the united effort upon the part
Aer Duranso's business men something
substantial should he accomplished FOR
Durango for 1908.
Chief Engineer j. l.. Jones of The
Rio Grande fourth division. arrived
from Alamosa last evening and is look
ing after company business today
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Clark, who have
been visiting Mr. Clari's brother, the
sheriff. for several weeks. left yes
terday morning for their home in Min.
nesota.
Judge Pike came down from Silver.
ton yesterday morning. returning in
the evening. He will probably hold
court there during the greater part OF
the week
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. n. Nathan departed
this morning for Chicago. Lou will
transact business there, while Mrs. Ma
than will visit her father, who is re-
ported in feeble health.
The jury in the Grange murder trial
M Silverton Saturday night returned
verdict of acquttal of two hours
deliberation. The jury at the other
trial last spring disagreed.
John Gaylord came In from Pagosa
Springs Saturday evening and went
on to lockwood 10 attend the funeral
o: Mrs Gaylord's mother. Mrs. Brown.
Mrs. GAYLORD was with her mother
when the end came.
What became of the packing estab-
lishment that was under way last sum
mer? There is sufficient enterprise
among our people Of properly applied
TO make Durango the packing center
for the southwest.
About twenty-five La Plata county
citizens, mostly from Hesperus, de-
parted for Denver this morning where
they were subpoenaed to appear before
the United States grand jury. About
the same number will leave tomorrow
morning They viii appear as wit
nesses in the land Investigation cases.
Walter Hunter is back from trip
Ia Nevada. where he spent most OF
the summer. He is very we'll satisfied
with La Plata county and win remain
here during the winter. He has a
promising claim in the La Plata dis.
trict and will develope it next sum
mer. He thinks 1t will turn out as
good as the May Day. of which he
was one of the original owners. He
saws the goldhelds of Navada are
greatly exaggerated and when the time
comes that that country Will have to
depend upon its production for Its
prosperity the mines on the whole OF
the gold belt will not furnish employ
ment for more than a thousand oi
fifteen hundred men. There are ou
three producing mines at Goldheld ant