Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-26


has been assigned his place tempo.
rarily. Gilbert has concluded TO re-
main with his father and grow up with
the business.
Reports from the Montezuma valley
are that Crawford is badly tangled up
In his contract on the irrigating canal,
having finished about 20 per cent of it.
LOTUS e. Skidmore and other contrac.
tors have been figuring on its com
pletion. but nothing has been decided
upon yet II LOTUS & Skidmore are
awarded the contract 1t will be finish
ed as agreed. Too bad the work should
be delayed at this time.
Mrs. d. b. Harmon left this morn
ing for Durango. her former home
where she will remain until after the
holidays. Recently she has not been
feeling very well and will stay in the
lower altitude until she RECEIVERS her
usual good health.--Telluride ournal.
Attention is called to the advertise.
ment of ]. l.. Parsons in this issue.
Mr.. Parsons is located n the Wingate
building nearly opposite Richey's and
he will close out the entire stock for
25 to SO cents on the dollar. And he
has great deal that escaped dam
age, but the cut does just the same
Miss Gertrude Raymond arrived
from Fort Collins, where she is attend
ing the state agricultural college. Sat
urday evening to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Geo
n. Raymond She is accompanied by
Miss Bina Hildman of Denver Miss
Raymond is very much pleased with
Fort Collins and the college.
Letter Carrier Van Hove, who de
livers on the North side, went home
to bed Saturday evening threatened
with pneumonia. DIR. Barnes is look
ing after him ESd thinks he has the
case well under hand, but Mr.. Van
Hove is still in bed and may not be
able to cover his route for several
days. In the meantime Gilbert Ham
mand will do his best to deliver the
mail, and we trust delay will be over
looked as the postoffice management
will do everything possible to serve
the patrons,
The failure of the bank at Rico this
morning will necessitate the appoint
ment OF another receiver. This can.
not be done for sometime, however, as
the law says bank receivers must be
appointed by the district court. That
means while district court is In ses.
sion. There may be an adjourned
session of the court in Durango the
last of January, but until that time
there will be no sessions of court in
this district. 1t requires thirty days
notice to call SPECIAL session. How.
ever. II reports of the banks condition
are true the depositors will get all
their money and can AFFORD to wait
awhile for 1t.
"A depositor In one OF the closed
banks asked why The Herald does not
publish all the rumors afloat. Simply
because The Herald believes in deal.
ing with facts. We want the receivers
to make a full investigation as to
the condition of the institutions and
the method of doing business. If
crooked work prevailed 1t is the place
OF the receivers to unearth 1t aad
make the facts known. The Herald
will not shield or cover up crooked
proceedings. 1t is up to the receivers
who have full charge of the books and
papers, TO make complete report to
creditors as well as stockholders. I'm.
til this is forthcoming The Herald
will refrain from giving street talk
Commencing tomorrow the ru1 OF
railway mail clerks on the Denver &
Rio Grande will be changed. At pres.
ent postal clerks run through from
Pueblo to Silverton. Hereafter the
run will be Pueblo and Durango. and
the run to Silverton being taken by an
extra man who will make the round
trip daily. This is a change that will
be greatly appreciated by the postal
bows as under the present system it
is necessary for them to report at the
Pueblo office about II O'Clock at night
and II Is often that time the next
night before reaching Sllverton, max.
ing shift OF nearly twentyfour hours
with but little sleep at Sllverton before
the return journey starts. Now the
clerks will stop over night In Durango
and have good rest.
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