Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-01

rooms. II is strictly modern through
out.
Richard E. Mcmillan passed away a
Ochsner hospital at 2 o'clock this
morning. He was a resident Of Sil
verton. He leaves a wife there and
some stepchildren. His parents re
side In Nova Scotia and message
mas been sent them by Hood & Ames
requesting advises as to the disposal
of the remains.
Those Chinese pheasants Mr.. Spen-
/ GERS Plymouth Rock hens hatched
out look like little chickens. They are
smaller than chicks of their age They
are yellow, with three black stripes
| on the back and are not shaped Just
like chickens.
X. B. Newcomb is In from Allison
today. Mr. Newcomb is one of the
! prosperous citizens of the eastern por-
tion OF the county. having a general
store at Allison as we'll as one OF the
best ranches in that section. Mr.. New
comb reports outlook encouraging for
good crops, although the season Is
somewhat late. Mr.. Newcomb returns
home in the morning.
Elwood Limprecht returned last ev-
ening from Boulder, where he has at
tended college the past two years,
taking mechanical engineering
course. He is In love with Boulder
and is studying hard to make a good
record for himself. He says there
were $50 enrolled at the college this
year and more than 1000 are expected
next season. He will return about
the first of September.
Ray Miller OF Kline was In today
for load of supplies for his store.
He says Kline has baseball nine
and that game will be played next
Sunday with a nine from the La Plata
;ivee, lie hopes to have games this
summer with other communities out
that way. and thinks OF tackling Az
tee, Mancos and other towns, but had
nothing 10 say about playing Durango.
O.
George Bashear died last night at
Mercy hospital. He leaves a wife and
daughter about four years old, visit
ing Mrs. Basbear's parents at, Aztec.
She was called up this morning and
notified of the death and she and her
daughter win come up this evening.
Mr.. Bashear had been tending bar at
the Palace saloon since last Septem-
ber.
VIM b. Douglass of Washington, d.
c., was an arrival last night and con
suited members of the city council
about making the survey for the res
eryoir site given to Durango by the
government. Mr.. Douglass is an en-
ploye of the interior department and
was commissioned to see about this
He went out this morning to Mancos
and win go from there to Mesa Verde
TO survey the ruins M
Is there no protection against hav-
ing that nefarious sheet Appeal to
Reason" thrown " a mans yard? The
country is being flooded with that pa
per. Who puts up the money for the
hundreds of thousands of free copies
that are forced onto the people. For
the last several years copies have been
sent through the mails to people who
never subscribed and were annoyed at
getting it. Now that the postal reg
ulations have cut that out, carriers
are hired to throw the sheet into
yards. Where does the money come
from TO pay the deficiency?
Out of the several dozen pheasant
eggs set by Mr.. Spencer under his
hens he has thirty birds that are ap-
parently all right and in good healthy
condition. A large percent of the eggs
failed to hatch and others broke be-
cause the hens were too heavy for
them. Mr.. Spencer believes that many
more would have Matched in an incu.
bator. They are known as Ring.neck
Chinese pheasants. Mr.. Spencer has
a picture of the bird and 1t is a beauty.
1t looks very much like a partridge,
except that 1t has a white ring around
its neck and has very long. slender
tail
Chairman Buchanan has appointed
the following reception committee for
the farmers institute: A. p Camp.
Harry jackson. A. II. Springer, John
Casey. A. r. Mollette. Frank Eldredge,
r. Il. Sloan. l.. c. Jakway, Geo. N
Raymond, Geo W. White, E. C. Light
ner. chas. Il. Stillwell. Geo. e. Tiff
fany. Jr., J. l.. Parsons. o. F. Boyle
and d. MacLean. Mrs. r. Pulford. Mrs.
a. z. Camp, Mrs. w. c. Liesenberg.
Mrs, Jos Smith of Elco. Colo, Mrs.
D. w. Ritter, eIrs. X. A. Gagg. Mrs.
p%J. Oliver of CASTELAR,, Colo. Mrs.
r. Stewasa, AIRS. Georgia Briggs MEs