Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-27
(From Mondays Daily }

(From Mondays Daily)
Miss Florence Rune, who IL teach
ing at Ignacio. spent yesterday and
Sunday with her folks in Durango and
returned to her school this morning.
r. J. Hurley, the civil engineer and
ditch promoter OF Blsnco. N. NJ, re-
turned on the Farmington flyer this
morning after attending to business
in Durango.
Will McEwen and wife returned
after spending few days In town.
VIII has a system now that boats
fighting fires.
Judge G. G. Holbrook Of Alamosa
was an arrival last evening and spent
the night at the Strater, going down to
Pennington this morning, where he
has interests.
r. e. Hyde. Jr.. Of the Hyde Explor;
tion company, is visitor In tho =
being registered at the Strater. J.
Hyde registers from Putnam, N. M
He has large interests in San .Jc i
county, N. NJ.
Barry Sullivan went to Silver IA
this morning to help ont the high 81 j.
ers. Barry had a yalise full of tech
nical distinctions for the enligbten-
ment OF the justice court in which the
preliminsries will be held.
j. c. Copeland reports that there is
no necessity for anyone being idle,
as there are plenty of places for all
laborers out OF work. The irrigation
work In the Montezuma valley makes
work for a great many and men are
sent out there nearly every day.
The remains OF Mrs. Alice X. Mohr
were taken out yesterday morning
for the old home at Fort Recovery. o.
Mrs. Krenning. mother Of Mrs. Mohr.
| accompanied the remains. Quite a
were at the depot to pay their last
| respects to the departed.
| In prevailing upon Mr.. Vandenberge
| 4. L.. l.. o.. s,tt
John II. Ball has accomplished more
than he anticipated, as 1t has opened
a way for the purchase OF the Neg
lected mine and its operation at a
time when our people were In need OF
"A stimulus. Shake, John.
The train did not get through to
Silverton yesterday. encountering a
slide about four miles this side OF
town. The passengers all walked on
into town. while the train returned
this morning, the slide having been
shoveled out in the meantime. The
slide was about so feet long and Ia
feet deep.
A. p. Camp returned last evening
from weeks stay in Denver. MIR
ing that the people he had come in
contact with during his stay in Den
yer, especially the bankers. were feel.
ing very optimistic over the outlook
in Colorado. and 1t was the general be-
lief that the financial and business
| situation was much better in Colorado
than in the eastern states.
The funeral of William H. Webber,
whose body has been lying at the
Hood undertaking rooms for the past
three days, was held at the undertake
! ing parlors at o'clock this afternoon,
the Odd Fellows having charge. The
funeral sermon was preached by Rev.
Scruggs of the Baptist church. Inter
ment was at Greenmount cemetery.
The brother of deceased was unable to
| come and his wife came instead.
c. o. Clark of La Plata City is in
town completing arrangements for
| moving his paper from the La Platas
to Cortez. The paper will, Of course.
| be Republican, Mr.. Clark being one
| of the staunch standbys OF the party
| in this corner of the state. Cortez and
the surrounding section has taken on
| such q growth since the settling of
the irrigation troubles that the field
| is now such as to ofrer great encour.
asement to a second paper.
Durango residents yesterday morn
| ing witnessed the novelty OF a severe
| thunderstorm in the winter time. The
peals of thunder were very loud and
sudden, although of short duration.
This was followed by drizzling ain
that continued most OF the day and
| last night snow fell that measured
seven or eight inches this morning.
| The snow was damp and weighted the