Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-23

the Msncos boys on the ball grounds
by showing them a royal good time
at the dance given in honor OF the
visitors Saturday night.
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The Knight Templars turned out In
full uniform last evening and attend
I'D divine services at the Presbyter-
/ ian church, the occasion being Easter,
a day generally observed by this
branch of the Masonic order.
DR.. Alfred Thompson. who was be
lieved to be so near deaths door Sat,
/ irday, is reported much improved to-
| day. Mrs. Thompson, his wife, who Is
also i'll, 1t is believed would show i'm
provement were It not for worrying SC
over her husband.
I. ]. Williams of Lyons. Neb., is
visiting his friend L. NJ. Sutton, oil
the Colorado Land and Water Supply
company. Mr. Williams likes the ap
pearance of this section very much
and 1t may be that he will decide "a
locate here.
| w. H. Wigelesworth left yesterday
morning for Dulce to take up the
work OF surveying for allotments fol
last fall When he gets through the
work will stand the test of higher au
thorities.
placard has been posted In the
| depot giving the rules governing Wis
| itors TO the Mesa Verde national park
Anyone intending TO visit this place
should read the rules. as there is
much contained therein that they
| should know.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Gillette OF Cortez
Mrs. b. f. Patterson of Dolores and
Mrs. Annie Gillette of Hesperus, rel
atiyes who attended the funeral oi
Doc. A. c. Williams yesterday, re
turned to their respective homes this
morning
Rev. Grace and Rev. Essert re
turned Saturday evening from Aztec
where they went to see the famous
ruins. They were met at the depot
by party of rfiends and escorted tc
the ruins across the river and taken
through. The sight to both visitors
was very interesting.
| Rev. Essert closed his work In Du
range last evening and left this morn
ing for his home at Canon City. where
he will spend a day or two and ther
go out to some OF the neignborinf
towns to hold services. He spent five
weeks in this section and two weeks
and half in Durango.
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Peter Peterson. the house raiser
went out TO Fort Lewis this morning
in company with George McGregor t.
figure on some work in connection
| with McGregor 4 Lakes contract
Mr.. Peterson can raise the whole oi
| Fort Lewis, and move it to Durango
TOO, II they want him to. He raises
houses just as easy as some folks
raise cain.
Fred c. Ames is a late arrival from
Bisbee. Ariz.. and will be found with
II. F. Hood, coming to asst Mr.. Hood
in the undertaking business. Don't
think 1t queer If MIR. Ames walks in
the street. for they all do that way
down in Bisbee, because the sidewalks
are not wide enough, and the habit
may cling to him for awhile.
Charles Mullen, who is running the
| Spencer ranch on the Florida this
| year, often comes to town. but he
never takes anything home with him
of any more consequence than a sack
of -four or a bill of groceries or some
thing like that. His wife has him
beat all hollow. She came to town
ten days ago and when she goes back
she will take pretty little. wee teeny
baby girl. The little one weighed
ten pounds this morning. Charley
Just bring us bucket of that honey
when you come In.
| 4. A. Hutchinson says he wishes
| court would wait until fellow can
get his orchard In. He was sum
moned as juror from his ranch near
| Ignacio, and he has 400 trees waiting
to be planted. Mr.. Hutchinson is an
extremely modest man until II comes
to talking about the country where
his ranch is located and then he goes
plum Off the handle. He says that
section is the cream of the southwest.
and the southwest is the cream Of the
state. He has 800 acres of tillable
land, all under water. and he declares
1t can't be beat.
A regular old-fashioned house.
warming took place at the new home
of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. d. Bovee at Ami.
mas City Saturday night, about rs