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

To take people out 1t frequently hap
pens coming this way.
Pennington fair is only little over
two weeks of
Cripple Creek ore running only sl.60
per ton is said to be yielding profit.
How about an Aztec day, a FARM
ington day and Silverton day at the
fair?
The Durango football team may |
choose Mancos team for the game dur
ing fair week
Telluride bali team will no doubt |
come over and give both Durango and |
Siiverton a try for the fair prizes.
Durango will be well supplied in
the amusement line for the next four
weeks. Rather crowded, in fact
If you want a fight on your hands
drop into Nathan's and tell Milt Her
rick a ball player is not worth meal
| ticket
Sheriff Palmquist of Silverton was
accompanied by his daughter this
| morning who is going to Missouri to
attend school this winter
According to Weather Prophet Hicks
| September is going to be a strenuous
month. But then all weather men go
astray when it comes to Colorado.
Local contractors are figuring on the
contract for the erection and repair of
buildings at the Fort Lewis Indian
school. We hope they will get it.
w. S. Weightman says there is
going to be n good crop of winter ap-
pies in the Aztec-Farmington country
The cantaloupe supply is above the
average while the grape crop is ahead
o. any previous year. There are also
a good many pears. The shortage is
in peaches.
This mornings train for Silverton
was loaded with passengers east bound
and when the train was made up here
il was found necessary to put on an
extra coach to accommodate the
crowd. The passengers were nearly
all strangers returning to their eastern
homes from vacation in the noun
tains.
The varmints in the vicinity of Pa
eosa Springs have our sympathy. That
Pennsylvania crowd of hunters is after
them and when the chase is over there
will be several bears less and the hunt
ers will return to their homes with
thrilling stories of their adventures.
Elliins and Patterson know the coun-
try thoroughly and their dogs are the
| ci'o lIidI liiu lut Btlit.
Mrs. Joyce. wife of the proprietor
and editor of the Silverton Standard,
passed through to Denver this morn,
ing accompanied by her son and
daughter where the young man will at
tend Sacred Heart school and the
young lady East Denver high school
where she graduates next year. Jack
Joyce is Silverton's second baseman
and will be missed in the ball games,
although it is his intention to come
down for the fair games.
Charles Mumma and Miss Jesse T..
Thomas were married in Denver We'd
nesday according to advices received
last evening. Mr.. Mumma is a nephew
of Chas. Il. Herr and is in charge
o; Mr.. Herr's lumber yards at Farm
ington, while the young lady is a resi-
dent of Monte Vista, Colo, and niece
of Mr.. Strawne, agent of the d. &
X. G. at Pennington. The couple will
enjoy a wedding trip to Ohio, the home
OF the groom. The Herald extends
best wishes.
Col. B. b. Calvin enjoyed a privilege
seldom accorded men in ordinary
walks of life-an audience with his
holiness, the Pope of Rome, during his
trip abroad. But Col. Calvin comes
from a prominent family, his brother
having been mayor of Cork a number
OF times with other equally prominent
relatives.
Mrs. w. C. Chapman and Mrs. Chase
returned last evening from Silverton
where they put in the best part of the
week. They were completely tired
out, stating they had been on the 20
and enjoying every moment. And they
say Silvertonians are all right. Mr..
Chapman was kept going such lively
pace he had to return a day in ad-
| vance.