Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-13

From Thursday Oaliy
The June races will be one four
weeks hence.
E. L. Buck came in from his ALI
son ranch last evening.
The board of county commissioners
is in session this week. Only routine
business is being transacted.
Sam Wright, whose troubles were
aired recently in the county court left
this morning for Pueblo.
District Judge Pike will go to Sill
verton Sunday to open the May term
OF the district court
Mrs. |. N. Jack departed for her
home at Tgnacio this morning after
visiting few days with her sister.
Mrs. c. l.. Russell.
Mrs. Harry Turner will go up to
Eureka today to join her husband who
is assistant superintendent of the
Sunnyside mine.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Gilbert leave to-
morrow morning for Boston, going by
way of New Orleans. They will be
absent about a moth.
The locomotive pulling the incoming
passenger train last evening had two
lungs, evidently about the only one
the division being thus possessed.
b. F. Thomas, merchant and new
ly elected school director of Allison
came in on yesterdays train and trans
acted business in the city today.
The case of Fabrian Martinez.
charged with selling liquor to Indians
was dismissed by County Judge Glenn
ents this morning, as it is matter
for the United States courts.
Jake Breen, Navajo Indian. was
yesterday afternoon convicted o.
horse stealing in the district court
and sentenced to from one to ten years
in the Buena Vista reformatory.
Mrs. S. p. Hers residence is un
dergoing thorough overhauling and
when finished will be a right up-to
date house. It's pleasing to note these
signs of improvements.
Mrs. K. X. Paulson and daughter
came up from Frnitland yesterday and
left this morning for Manassa, in the
San Luis valley, where they will visit
relatives.
Mrs. A. ]. Gibbs and daughter left
this morning over the Southern for 2
few days visit with her brother a
Ridgway and will then go to Chicago
VIII be gone two or three months.
The closing exercises of the Animas
Cky school will take place a weel.
from tomorrow. There will be four
graduates from the eighth grade The
exercises will conclude with play by
the graduates.
Marshal Mccartney is notifying peo-
nla In nj oil I>-,a IL
yards. How much nicer it would have
been if everybody had pitched in and
cleaned up without being ordered to
do so by the authorities.
Sheriff Clark started for Buena
Vista this morning. having in charge
Jake Bre9n, the young Indian who
was sentenced yesterday in the dis
trict court to serve from one to ten
years in the reformatory for horse
stealing.
James Kimsey, who has been in the
hospital at Salida, where he under
went three operations for appendicitis
and ruptures, returned last evening
He went down to Pennington this
morning to recuperate his lost
strength.
NBy order of the city council the
street commissioner and the marshal's
force will get busy and those who have
been using the alleys for dumping pur-
poses will have to get move on.
There are many alley a disgrace to
and city and the officers should en-
force the ordinances.
The Denver News is advertising 500.
900 in prizes for those sending in the
most subscriptions to either the News
or Times. Miss Katie Porter has en-
tered the list from Durango and La
Plata county and will make hustle
to capture some Of the prizes.
S. s. Merry and VIM. Boyle went up