Semi-weekly herald., 1908-12-24

years. Mrs. Barber will also visit
other relatives in Grand Rapids. Mich.
and vicinity, as well as relatives and
friends in Kansas. She expects to be
absent about six months. We trust
she will have pleasant trip.
w. s. Walker of the Eden ditch in
San Juan county, N. NJ, has rented the
furnished residence of C. d. Vanden-
berge. 1859 West Third avenue, for the
winter, and has already moved in,
Mrs. Walker and Billy. Jr.. arriving
last week. When spring opens up,
Mr. and Mrs. Walker expect to return
to San Juan county where they have
a beautiful country home about seven
miles from Aztec.
We are fully aware that Receiver
Boyle, who is in private consultation
with Dave Day every week, is extreme
ly sore over the part The Herald
played In securing settlement of the
Colorado State bank matters and
what should be par for depositors, and
the vaporings appearing in the Demo
crat the past few days are NO doubt
dictated by the receiver or some one
representing his views. The entire
bunch is surely sore.
J. p. Lowell says shipping cattle to
Denver is fierce proposition, not only
on this division, but all along the
line. being twelve hours going seven
ty-two miles on the broad gauge. He
says George West put in all of last
week at Chama, arriving there with
six cars of cattle the day the block
ade started. He was compelled to un-
load and had to buy hay and feed
until this morning when the cattle
were loaded and started over the hill
DR.. Lingenfelter, with DR.. Lackey.
was called to the Florida late Satur-
day afternoon to look after an Italian
named Boart Arnode, who was injured
by a premature explosion while blast
ing in well. The injured man was
brought to Durango and is at Mercy
hospital. 1t was found necessary to
remove one eye and he may lose the
other one. The injured man is a
of the Red Men order of Tel
luride and also knight of Pythias
Of an eastern lodge.
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At last the blockade on the Denver
& Rio Grande Is lifted. the snowplow
having cleared the track over the hill
late last evening. permitting the pas
senger train showed in at Cumbres
since Wednesday noon, to start for
Durango. reaching this place at 3:15
this morning. On this train were
Charles F., Wood, ]. P. Lowell and
Frank Rieman, the two latter of Pine
river, the three returning from accom-
panying a train load of cattle to Den.
yer. Mr.. Lowell says the passengers,
there being several In addition to those
named. were furnished meals at the
section house but that all of them
were compelled to sleep in the cars
at night with no blankets or bedding
of any kind and when they reached
Durango were tired and sad looking
lot of people. One night it was 10
below and with cold car 1t was far
from comfortable.
Then at 12:45 this afternoon the
passenger train leaving Alamosa yes
terday morning arrived, bringing a
of delayed passengers and
five days mail and express. On this
train was Mrs. A. P. Camp, Miss Laura
Burwell, Robert Prewitt, George Good
man and large number of others,
whose names we did not learn at the
time, there being two coaches loaded
with two In most every seat. This
train spent yesterday along the line
between Alamosa and Cumbres, reach.
Ing the latter place at 10 last night
and held there until this morning.
Mrs. Camp and several of the other
passengers had reached Alnmosa a
couple Of days previous and attempted
10 get through. but turned back to Ala
mosa and when they started Sunday
morning the officials thought the train
would be able to get through last
evening.
The trains due to leave this morning
IN the Rio Grande Southern. Farm.
ngton and Silverton lines. were held
'ntil the arrival OF the last mentioned
rain In order to take the delayed
nail. express and passengers. And
here was sure enough bunch of
nail. one car being filled In addition to
he regular space. The trains that
Fere In waiting departed between one
nd two. 1t requiring some time to
make the transfers.