Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-07-15
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
(From Fridays Daily.)
morning,
Mrs. Henry Bolliuger is down from
La Plata City.
Mayor McConnell's auto Is now
adorned with n top.
c. e Mcconnell returned yesterday
| from n short trip to Denver.
Don't forget to remember the farm.
ers' institute next week
The Elks are in for hot time In
sleepy Philadelphia next week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Balcom were ar
rivals on yesterdays eastern.
Kruschke's talk in this issue is the
kind that counts and pleases.
o
NJ. Sherrard OF the government sery-
ice arrived yesterday and is stopping
at the Strater.
With Hughes and Caldwell the Du-
range ball team should be sure win.
ners.
w. A. Carson, merchant of Farm.
ington came up yesterday and return
ed this morning.
II. l.. Dixon went down this morning
oil his regular trip to the merchants
of the lower valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. p Camp went down
to the lower valley this morning for
a brief trip.
Mrs. N. ]. Sleeth went out to Bay
field this morning to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs. l.. B. Self
Arthur Carr, former principal of the
Bayfield, school, is teaching the sum.
mer school at lockwood.
Mrs. w. r. Mason came down from
Hesperus last evening ard is spend
ing the day in the city.
The normal institute begins at
ues two weeks.
f. F. Dawson and family. Mrs. NJ.
F. Gilman and VIM. Bathurst came up
from Shiprock yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Coulson drove in
from Bayfield, this morning and spent
the day in the city.
Every business house in Durango
should arrange to be represented at
the Bayfield, farmers institute next
Thursday.
Those strawberries from Ouray are
just about as fine as they grow-al-
most equal to our upper Animas val
ley product.
Quite a number of business men
have signifed their intention Of at
tending the farmers institute at Bay
field next Thursday.
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The farmers are busy people these |
days. The first cutting of alfalfa will |
soon be in stacks and then there will
be a short breathing spell.
Evangelist Miller will speak tonight |
at the tent. His subject will be "The |
Rise and Fall of Nations for 25O0
years as Forecasted in the Bible"
Geo w. Gilbert, cousin of c. c. Per
kins, arrived last evening from New
Haven, Conn, and will spend the sum.
mer months enjoying mountain life.
w. G. Brandenburg, who has charge
OF the states exhibits at the big fairs
over the country, arrived yesterday |
and left for Denver this morning.
Mrs. II. D. Mcbride came in last
evening from Pueblo, where she is 10 |
Gated for the present. Her health Is
much improved since going there.
Ed. Hill, of the city postoffice carrier |
force, is under the weather, suffering |
from case of grip and tonsllitis,
caused by getting wet the other night. |
The old pioneer who doesn't go TO
Antonito on the oath will miss a
great gathering. The Antonito peo-
pie are going to spread themselves
entertaining the convention.
Quiet in the way of news through |
out the San Juan district. The Her
aid calls up the different towns every |
day but as a rule the answer comes:
Nothing doing"
Teachers should make their prepa-
rations for attending the Farmers In
stitute to be held here from the 11th
to the 30th OF August. 1t will be the
hoct avar held in this mart of the state.