Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-01-17

the east of us, going out this morn
ing. He will return when he arrives
w. N. Searcy was reappointed coun
ty attorney OF San Juan county last
week. All Durango attorneys gel
there, and Mr. Searcy is making 6
fine record.
Fred w. Strater has been con
fined to his home since Saturday by
illness. He is mending and hopes to
be able to resume his regular duties
in day or two.
The fire department was called out
Saturday evening for the first time
this year. A slight blaze in the sec
ond story of William Gilrs beer hall.
Only slight damage.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Skidmore's S
three-months-old baby died Saturday
night after short illness. Funeral
services at the house, West Second
avenue and Twenty-second street, to-
morrow afternoon at 2:30.
Rasmus Hansen passed through to
Silverton last evening, being accom-
panied by several eastern capitalists
In search of some good propositions.
And Mr.. Hansen is the man who can
deliver the goods.
Walter NJ. Clark returned to his
home at Englewood, Colo, this morn
ing after visiting Mr.. A NJ. Anheier
and family, who are taking care of
his two youngest children, the fami-
lies being friends for long time.
The Silverton Miner says 1t is just
as bad to marry a woman for her
money as rob bank, and good deal
more cowardly. Wonder who the
Miner is driving at. Not any of the
newspaper fraternity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Brown and chill
dren were Silverton passengers this
morning enroute east. They go di-
rect to Indiana, where they will visit
relatives, travelling around most of
the time, and possibly taking in New
Orleans during the Mardi Gras.
d. F. Day drove down from Trim
BILE Springs in time this morning for
Mrs. Day to take the Rio Grande
Southern train for the ranch, where
she goes on business. VIII be absent
a week. In the meantime Dave will
bear watching.
Archuleta county now has three
cases of smallpox. The disease was
brought in by a man from an outside
camp, and as several were exposed
at the lumber camps. 1t is possible
more may be taken down, but we
trust there will be no epidemic.
Judge E. II. Long and wife and Mr..
Church leave in the morning for Pu-
eblo, where the government officials
will put in the next ten weeks pre-
pairing for the government suits that
will be instituted against alleged vi
olators of timber, coal and general
and laws.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jackson were
passengers Sunday morning,
heading for Kansas City, where Mr..
Jackson will load up" for the spring
and summer trade In every depart
nent of his big hardware and imple-
nent store. They will stop at Den
yer both going and returning and be
absent about Swo weeks.
Mrs. Ellen Carbis has been up from
he ranch in the Animas valley this
week to close up all the affairs per-
aiming to her office as county super
ntendent of schools. Her future
home will be in the Animas valley
near Trimble Springs.-Silverton
Miner.
The Herald editor should be in
Denver today, according to the morn
ing paper. Must have thought that
was easy or that we
are fond of walking. Altogether too
much snow on the Conejos and too
long between meals to attempt the
trip at this season of the year.
Little Amy Ayres entertained a few
of her friends on Wednesday after
noon of last week. She celebrated
her ninth birthday The little ones
played games until they were tired,
then they were called 10 a dainty
lunch that had been prepared for
them by Mrs. Ayres. The table was