Semi-weekly herald., 1907-12-16

John kellenberger returned last ev
ening from trip around the circle
Mr and Mrs Dick House are down
from silyerton stopping at the Pal
ace.
W. II. Mason and Joseph Wander
weide are registered in the city from
Hesperus.
J. II. Slattery came down from
Silverton this morning and continued
on to outside points.
Ben Russell came down from sill.
verton this morning and will spend
Sunday with his folks.
/ Deputy United States Marshal Frank
arrived from Denver LAST evening.
After more witnesses for the grand
jury.
Merchant Ii. c. Bollinger and son
are down from La Plata today look.
ing around after Christmas and other
supplies.
The Southern hotel tomorrow will
serve a turkey dinner with all the trim
mings. Whe, up your appetite and get
ready for ii.
| Gordon Smith, connected with the
American Smelling and Refining com
pany. who has been here several days,
left for Denver this morning.
DR.. G. V. Copp. spent yesterday 10
the city on route from the west and
went on east on this mornings train
The spent some time in Telluride
The high school will he open from
p. M. to p. m. tomorrow afternoon
10 give any who may desire an oppor-
| tunity 10 see the pictures on exhihi-
| ton there
| The Turner art exhibit at the high
school tmolrnw afternoon. The build
ing will be open from p. nj. to p IN.
| No tickets Will be sold. You may
contribute something If you desire
County Treasurer Goodman had a
| little less than $4,000 in the Colorado
State bank but there is no uneasiness
| felt on that account The county IL
| secured by the bonds of bonding
company, which in turn is secured by
} collateral by the bank So the county
IL protected.
Events during the past ten days
have been disastrous for Durango and
We are getting more than our share OF
misfortune On the morning OF the
9TH the FIRE IN the Henderson G. LOTUS
block occurred and inflicted n net loss
of 100000 On the 7th came the
closing of the Fair store. involving
something like 100000 and yesterday
the closing of the Colorado State
bank. Vet there Is no undue excite
ment and the people are thankful II
Il no worse The hardest kickers
about all three disasters are the ones
least affected Especially is that the
case in the bank failure. The de
positors feel deeply the Inconvenience
caused by the banks suspension ant
the consequent tying up Of their funds
but they are not going around shout
ing their woes from the housetops
but are talking the matter as philo
sophically as possible. fully expecting
to get dollar for dollar Of their de
posits.
The next event in the dance lin
will be given by the Modern Wood
men at Red Men hall next Wednes
day night.
Visit the high school tomorrow aft
ernoon and see the 200 beautiful pie
tures Of the Turner art exhibit Fror
p. m. to 8 p. IN.
G.. J.. Shumway of Scottsbluff. Neb
executive chairman o, the America
. Irrigation federation is In the cit
J stopping at the Savoy.
O.
u One of the most important al
J. nouncements made since the presei
D. financial stringency began Was that
J. Franklin Guiterman, general manag,
Is o. the American Smelling and Ref
II ing company, in which he stated III
the business of the company Won
not be put on credit basis and tn
enough money would he paid on {
N ores to insure the continued oper
n tion of the mines throughout tire wei
N The announcement follows the visit
'S- Manager Guiterman to the executi