Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-15

well as good dinner prepared b
Mrs. Day.
CFrom Fridays Daily)
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Carson rsturne,
70 their Farminstoa home this morn
ing.
Jesse Haller drove out to Nance,
today. His racing horses are In Den
YER, and he will be there early mex
week
Cement sidewalks are being lait
very rapidly, and soon Main street viii
have beautiful walks from the depot
TO Tenth street
Roy Weston went out to his He's
perus sawmills this morning and he
will soon be shipping some OF his
surplus lumber.
The Oxford merchant, Fred Brooke
nauer. accompanied by Chas. Apper-
son. are in the city today upon bust
ness and pleasure bent
Mrs. Prosser OF Silverton was an out.
going passenger on the eastern this
morning Hers is purely business
trip, therefore sojourns in Denver but
a few days.
every morning loaded to their capacity
with passengers and express matter.
Montezuma county is certaily draw
ing crowds OF investors.
There is not a dog or horse In the
city but what has selected its favorite
drinking fountain. and not one of them
will pass. the favored corner without
pausing long enough to indulge.
Must be a great influx Of Kansans
into Oklahoma. The old game Of kill
ing opponents of county seat removals
is being played there with the same
that obtained In Kansas
a quarter of a century ago.
]. N. Crawford, the rotund Hay
gulch ranchman, Informs The Herald
that In no year has be saw the crops
in general looking better than now.
and that all are at present engaged
in irrigating. which the ground sadly
needs.
The state secretary of the Colorado
Y. NJ. c. A. will give sterecpticon
lecture at the Baptist church on Sun
day. Admission is free, and you will
have opportunity OF enjoying the splen'
did pictures and an interesting ad-
dress. The church should be crowded
on that occasion.
While the street forces are doing
excellent work in removing stone.
Third avenue, between Fifth and Sew
enth streets, should not be overlook.
ed, as boulders large enough to wreck
vehicles of all kinds are entirely too
plentiful for comfort and are certainly
but attractive to look upon.
Mrs. G. w. Mccoy OF Aztec, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Albert
Bernard on Third avenue, left this
morning for Denver to attend the com
mencement exercises OF the Loretta
Heights academy. where her daughter
graduates. She was accompanied to
Denver by her daughter( Mrs. IL. l..
Dunning of Aztec.
w. NJ. Lucas of Cortez was an ar
rival yesterday. While a teetotaller
himself, he says that Cortez merchants
certainly did themselves" when they
made the town dry" as Dolores and
Mancos are gathering in the wealth
distributed by contractors who are
building the canals and reservoirs.
A prominent British commercial
agent says in a report on the situation
in the United States: The farmers
who few years ago owed money
now own money and have an assured
outlet for their products, as there IL
NO oversupply." On the whole. his
view is that the resources OF the coun-
try are unimpaired and that the un-
certainty Is passing.
On our table is the Homeseekers'
edition OF the MoDtrose Press. That
the 26-page paper is almost idealistic
is but faint praise to the publishers.
Every industry of Montrose county has
been faithfully portrayed and. to our
knowledge. the publishers will not
be recompensed for the outlay. but
they have the satisfaction OF knowing
that theirs is the cleanest and most
comprehensive publication yet sent
from the press OF that wideawake
and rapidly growing town.
P. B. McAtee and wife returned from
Salt Lake last evening on the South
arn Thav haya haeu absent over n