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Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
Durango Social
Life the Past Week

On Monday some twenty-four of the
younger set went out to Edgemont,
the country home Of MIR. and Mrs. c.
&. Perkins. where they were enter
tanned by Miss Ruth lockwood. Most
OF the visitors drove out in a large
hayrack, the others riding horseback.
Dinner was eaten out of doors In
approved picnic style. The afternoon
was spent In playing out OF door games
and dancing. After delightful day
the visitors departed, all voting Edge
mont delightful place to visit.
Last Monday afternoon Mrs. NIL.
ton Kaufman entertained the Mon
day Whist club at her home on Third
avenue. The affair was given in hon.
or of Miss Phillips. Mrs. Kaufman Is
sister, who will return TO her home
in Kansas City next week. Mrs. /.
Kruschke was also guest. There
were three tables, Mrs. Balster OBJ
taining the prize. a handsome lace
pin. Those present were Mesdames
Jakway, Hahn. McCloskey. Kruschke.
Mcconnell, Keller. Balster, West.
Camp, Pulford. Haggart and Miss
Phillips.
The members of the Tuesday Whist
club were entertained this week by
Mrs. p. n. Pattison at her residence
on East Seventh street. There were
two tables. Mrs. Joe Woods, Mrs. c.
u. Henderson and Mrs. T. Sanderson
were the invited guests The mem
bers OF the club present were: Mes
danes Parsons, Driver. Llghtner. Pat
tison, and Miss Bertha Biggs Deli
cious refreshments we're served.
Wednesday afternoon Mrs. j. Il.
Lund of w. Second avenue entertained
the Wednesday Whist club After
several games were played the host
ess served delicious refreshments
Those enjoying the afternoon were
Mesdames Wood, Carroll, Sanderson.
White. Fisher, Clark. Gray and Miss
Mona Russell.
Wednesday evening Miss Ora,
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. w. NJ. Pc
terson. entertained some twenty-four
OF the high school set at her home al
BrookEide. 1t was an informal dane
ing party given In honor of Miss Ruth
lockwood. The guests arrived soon
after O'Clock and spent several de.
iightful hours in tripping the light
fantastic. Orange ice was served be
tween dances.
On Wednesday, June II, Mr.. +. c.
Perkins OF this city was married TO
Miss Eunice Bannister at the home
oi the brides aunt in Peoria. III. Miss
Bannister is cultured and talented
young lady who will prove quite an ad-
dition TO Durango's artistic and so
cial circles. For several years she
has been teacher OF art in the public
schools Of Peoria. The Herald .ex-
tends congratulations.
Thursday evening fifteen young peo-
pie OF the XXI Riding club went up
Junction creek In carryali for q
beefsteak fry. The party started a
little before 8 o'clock and drove un-
TIL suitable location was discover
ed Then they built a fire and pre-
pared generous supply of beefsteak
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

SOutDefn on tlmS-
S. w. Henderson was a passenger
to Aztec this morning.
w. A. Stewart of tho Idaho mine
returned TO Hesperus this morning.
Louis Haberman. Rico mining
man, is in Durango for few days
Professor E. IddiDgs returned today
to Fort Collins by way of Telluride
Rev John Turner, who will preach
at the colored church arrived last
night.
o. X. Armstrong, a California man,
went to Pennington this morning to
look up some land.
Mrs. e. H Pierce of Los Angeles
went to Flora Vista to spend few
weeks with her parents.
o.
Durango merchants had valley ber-
ries on the market Today. They went
like the proverbial hot cakes.
Miss Margaret Durward Of Boulder
went to Harrington today to visit
her sisters, Mesdames Lewis and
Woods.
Sister Anthony, one of the nurses
from Mercy hospital. went to Denver
this morning for a few weeks vaca
tion.
Miss Ola Owens and Hazel Connolly
| left this morning on a two weeks
visit to Mrs. VIM. Flack of Cedar
Hill.
Hey N. Selph came up last night
from BIanco, n. NJ, for a few days
| Mr.. Selph is civil engineer connected
with the Eden ditch.
Rev. John C. Hay. minister of Du
range church, left on the eastern 1ol
Ignacio today. VIII preach at Bay
| field tomorrow morning.
o.
| General Superintendent A. II. WelbS
of the ID. & X. G.. came in on his pri
vate car. attached to last nights east
ern. and continued to Silverton.
DIR. L. s. Barnes took $4,000 fish t,
Pagosa Springs this morning. Little
Dorothy went along just for the trip
Another 25,00o of the tinny tribe were
shipped to the power plant today tt
be put in the Cascade.
Marmon Dolan. nephew OF Mrs. w
H. Mack, who has been attending the
Sacred Heart college in Denver, ar
rived on last evenings eastern.
Mrs. J. W. Patterson came dow
from Silverton this morning en- rout,
TO Pagosa Springs. Mr.. Patterson i
running the Arlington hotel at Pagosa
III. l.. Abenhurt, who is intereste,
In the Mancos cliff dwellings, cam
In last night from Colorado Spring
and departed for Mancos this morn
Ing.
The w. C. T. u. members of Du
range and Hermosa, and the members
of the Woman's Home Mission society
of the NJ. q. church South will picnic
Tuesday. June 23, at the Water Fal
ranch. All members are invited anC
requested TO attend, taking along din
ner baskets.
Mrs. ]. A Crawford of Colorado
Springs accompanied by her father
William Walker of Colorado City
came in on last nights eastern. To
day, they went to Cedar Hill wher,
MIR. Walker has recently bought ;
ranch and where Mrs. Walker is al
ready located Mr.. Walker is an en-
gineer on the Colorado Midland.
The latest alligator. lizard and snak,
skin four-in-hands, SOC at Gradens
Summer underwear at Nathan's.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
Aninas Valley Land
WHERE THE FRUIT CROP NEVER FAILS

cultivation 80 Of the finest fruit land good
outbundings. 200
particulars address j. w. TURNER Durango, Colo.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

Thursday evening fifteen young peo-
pie OF the XXX Riding club went up
Junction creek In carryali for a
beefsteak fry. The party started a
little before 8 o'clock and drove un-
I'll suitable location was discover
ed Then they built a fire and pre-
pared a generous supply of beefsteak
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
The La Plata Bottling works win de-
liver Ice to any part Of the city b
quantities to suit. Phone Plata 81
|R|lG!'l|| |RI|alG EI||''|a||sa

voU surely must realize the
i value of an absolute guaranty
that assures you certain sabs'ac-
tion.-a new pair if the uppers
bresk before the first sole wears
out. Such guaranty goes with
every pair of Burt & Packard
Korrect Shape Shoes, made IN
natent or dull Burrojaps leather;
and these warranted feathers can De
had in no other shoes. IN
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

and other good things. or course
there were the usual mishaps, but no
picnic would be complete without
those. The names of the young peo-
pie were: Misses Hanno. Croft. Wake
lin. Shepard, Arnett, Fleck. Skoog and
Potter and Nlessrs. McDevitt, Fank-
hauser, Frazier, Wilmer, Blymington.
Mckinney. Wolf, Shepard.
On Thursday, at the family resi-
dence on East Second avenue, Mrs.
Eliza Perkins entertained twelve North
Durango ladies at quilting bee. The
guests were asked to come early In
the morning and stay all day Two
quilts. one o silk one. were tied with
pink ribbons. These, Mrs. Perkins
intends as wedding presents to the
first grandson TO be married. Then
followed what one of the guests term.
ed Il royal" dinner. The afternoon
was devoted to good time. The la
dies played games, danced, had music,
vocal and instrumental. recitations and
stories. In fact, II is an open secret
that they Giggled and cut up as If they
were sweet sixteen instead OF six
teen plus. Why not? A wise man
said long ago that "A merry heart
doeth good like medicine" Then let's
be merry once In while. II you can I
smile all the time do it occasionally.
Twill do you good, as well as every
one else. About five O'Clock refresh.
ments were served in the summer
house and little later the ladies' went
home, with many thanks to the host
ess who had given them such a de
lightful day.
This evening MRS. A. Hahn gives a
dancing party for her daughter, Miss
Josephine Eighteen of the younger
set will pay their respects to Terpsi-
chore at the Hahn residence on Fourth
avenue.
A CUPID LUNCHEON.
Cupid is tinker bold;
Come, ye maids. attend!
With his little pot OF gold
Cupid is tinker bold;
Fares he forth to young and old.
Crying Hearts to mend!"
Cupid is tinker bold;
Come. ye maids, attend!
A young debutante whom no one
suspected OF having fallen a victim
to Cupid's darts sent out her cards
recently with the above lines written
on them, with the hour and date. So
ciety was agog with curiosity and
awaited the denouement with bated
breath.
Tea was served and on each plate
was a tiny envelope sealed with gilt
hearts, inside Of which were the names
of the fair hostess and a man from
New York who had succeeded In
mending the young maiden's heart.
The centerpiece on the serving ta-
BILE was Cupid with his culver filled
with gilt arrows; an arrow was given
each guest us souvenir.
The cakes were heart-shaped, orna-
mented with candy Cupids. Ices also
were served in the shape of hearts.
HIDDEN EDIBLEs.
Write the following questions on
slips of paper and allow twenty min
utes for guessing the answers. Or
these questions may be arranged rs a
bill OF fare at church supper:
An iron utensil and eight ciphers?
Potatoes.
Part of house and letter. Gel
cry.
A vehicle-nnd lifetime! Cab
bage.
To summon--a letter--and a bloom:
Musical divisions? Beets.
An ailment--a payment? Coffee
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
Listen to Reason

La Plata County has some OF the
, most productive Farming Land to
be found In the West. Water is
abundant. Think of good land with
reliable water rights being offered
on lots OF 40. so and 100 acres at
from $50 to $50 per acre. In no
part Of the West can such values
be obtained. We can show you
this land and can make terms to
suit. Investments made now will
surely return satisfactory profits.
The orchards now In bearing dem
onstrate that La Plata County is an
apple country. There is more fruit
this year in La Plata County than
San Juan County. New Mexico OF
the Montezuma Valley. tree for tree
These prices will not last long. Be
wise and pick up a bargain while
you have the chance.
THE FRANK ELDREDGE INV. CO
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

Get an electrical head massage at
Wesley Helms.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

The latest alligator. lizard and snake
skin four-in-hands, SOC at Graden's.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
ITEMS FROM THE
siLvERToN STANDARD


In the recent adjustment of salaries
In the various post offices through
out Colorado, the salary of the post
master OF Silyerton was raised from
s2.l00 TO $2,200 per year. The salary
oi postmasters in all the other min
Ing camps in the state was either
kept at the same figure or slightly re-
duced. This is good indication of
the material prosperity enjoyed by our
camp during the past year.
G.. B. Haynes of West Monroe, La,
| and A. +. Patton of Denver, who were
appointed receivers Of the San Juan
Smelling and. Refining company, quail
fed last week. Mr.. Haynes was
visitor in Silverton for a few days
this week on business connected with
the property. returning 10 Denver this
morning. Active development work
will be resumed on the mine about
July 1st.
Sam Selig and Jimmie Cole have a
standing bet of 81 per game on every
game played by the Silverton team
this year. Sam taking the other side
of the game. After the game in Du-
range, Sunday, in which Silverton lost
by a close score, Jimmie went on
to Glenwood Springs TO attend the
} state Democratic convention. Sam
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

CHOICE LOT OF BOX CANDY
JUST RECEIVED BY THE DURANGO
DRUG CO.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22

Summer underwear at Nathan's.
Semi-weekly herald., 1908-06-22
rns TRAINS

Eastern train hour and 10 minutes
late.
Southern on time.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-06-09
DELEGATES ARE
TO Be SELECTED
COUNTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TO HOLD A MEETING FOR
THIS PURPOSE.
A New Chairman and Secretary Of
the Committee VIII Also Be
Elected When the Organiza-
ton Meeting is Held.

The newly elected democratic ex-
ecutiye committee, elected at the pri
mary last Thursday, will hold meet
ing during the next few days for the
purpose of organizing. electing Off
GERS naming delegates to the state
convention, which is to be held in
Atlanta later in the month. and for
the purpose OF disposing OF other mat
ters.
The meeting OF the committee is to
be quite an important one, inasmuch
as it is to be reorganized
f. e. Twitty and d. w. krauss.
chairman and secretary, respectively,
.cl the old committee, have on their
own motion, retired They. together
with one or two other members. re-
quested that their names be dronped
from the list and consequently they
We're not elected members Of the new
committee other names being substi
uted in their places. When the com
mittee meets. therefore, the first bus
mess will be the election of new
chairman and secretary.
Delegates to the state convention
will be named. While this county
went for Hoke Smith, still Brown
delegates will be named. this being
one of the rules cf the new state ex-
ecutiye committee, and one which was
strenuously objected to. Every coun-
ty in the state, no matter who it casts
its vote for in the governors race.
will send Brown delegates to the con
yention.
Just who viii 80 from Glynn county
is not yet known, but it is understood
that besides two delegates an alter
mates number OF others who sup
ported the goyernor-elect will attend
the convention
The date OF the meeting Of the cx-
.ecutiye committee has not yet been
decided upon but it will occur in n
few days. Committees in a majority
Of the counties of the state have al
ready met and selected the delegates
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ANDERSON OUT
FOR SPEANERSHIP
SAVANNAH EPRESENTATI E
SAYS HE WILL BE IN THE
RACE.

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TO ELECT CLERK
BY THE PEOPLE
SUCH A BILL WILL Be INT3c
pUcED AT NEXT SESSION
or LEGISLATURE
Expected Tfat There WIN Be FLOW
Ct Local Bills, Many Of Whicn
VIII 5e oi niue,
Interest.
Interest

A large number of local bills viii
be introduced during the coming ses-
sion of the legislature aad some OF
them are Cf more than ordinary in
teraSt. Two or three notices have al
resdy been publishd OF proposed bills,
and elsewhere in The News this morn
ing are other notices OF local legis,
lation
Among the latter is one providing
Tor the election of the clerk Of the
mayor and council by a direct vote
OF the people and also for fixing the
term Of his Cttice etc
The progress OF this bill will be
watched with interest If it is passed
1t Aeans that the clerk OF council VIII
hereafter be elected by the people
instead OF by council. as has been the
case in the past This matter has
been discussed al various times for
several years. but this is the first
tirae that the bin has been prepared
for Introduction
II the bll is passed the Law viii
no doubt become effective AFT once
and the clerk viii be elcted by the
people at the next city election
While no notice has yet been pub
lished, it is reporteP that other Off
clals. now elected by council viii also
be elected by the people il the bills
are passed.
The other notices SO far published
are to give the county commissioners
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-06-09
SIXTEEN VOTES
GAINED BY TAFT
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON CON.
TEST FINDS IN FAVOR OF
ADMINISTRATION.


Chicago, June o.-SiXtecu votes were
added today 10 the total Secretary OF
War Taft would have on The first bal
LOT tor the presidency in The repub
iican national convention They were
added by the national committee on
contest from Florida and Georgia.
Aliiad opponents OF the Secretary
.ol War now conccde his nomination
ii the committee continues 10 decide
other contests as it has those already
passed upon Aud they are SO Ger
Jain tlial the comndtte viii act as
il bias been acting that leaders OF tAe
allies are considering he withdrawal
ot AN thetr contests before the com
utitJee and appealing directly TO the
credentials committee OF the conycn
tion
The allies are not alone in their
protests against the action Of the com.
m.ttee. The colored voters have
broken loose with storm OF denun-
citation They got 50 far as to threat
en- 10 bolt the ticket entirely if Sec
rotary Taft is nominated and put a
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MUST
NOW Be MARKED
4 NV RULlNC sY T4E ATToR
My GENERAL TO B5
ENFORCED.

in accordance with opinions render
cd by the Attorney General of the
United States requiring distilled spir-
IS fn b. marked or branded with t2e
names high Wines alcohol" or
spirits" the Commissioner of liter
nal Revenue, with the approval OF the
Secretary Of the Treasury, has pro.
mulgated a modification OF the regula-
tions which went in1o effect on June
lst, concerning the marking aud
branding OF packages Of distilled spir-
iits.
These notifications are prepared
after numerous conferences between
the Commissioner OF Internal Revenue
and officials of he Department of iu5-
Nice. ana Agriculture, and were consid.
rered necessary fer the proper enforce
ment OF the pure food act Under the
modified reeulations. all distilled spir-
its when drawn from the receiving els.
terms viii be classified in three classes
namely "high wines alcohol and
spirits" as the case may be. "aud
be marked or branded on the stamp
head accordingly
That which is practically he FIRST
lproduct of disdItion in which the
substances congeneric with ethyl al
cohOl have NOT been transformed so as
to convert into amy form OF potable
spirits viii be marked "bieh vines
Distilled spirits from which the sub
tGf4ucr- COpaauarie with athyi oiaah,l
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PLENTY Of FOOD
FOR The FANS
FERNANDINA PLAYS HERE To-
DAY AND QUITMAN ON WE'D
NESDAY AND THURSDAY.

Local baseball fans. who are quite
hungry for some good games. viii
have something this week that should
suit their appetite, as three Of the
! ,55st ..;;,ii;s,s os t!ic Scasc& ace or tho
schedule.
Today the old-tine rivals OF Bruins
| Wik. Fenandina. will cCme over foI
cne game The team is coming on
HE passenger steamer Hildegard. An
excursion has been arranged and the
! BAH team viii be accompanied by Il
number of rooters. The Pilots went
over to FernaEdina last Wednesday
for game with the Fernandina club
and lost il by a score CT to 3. They
! expect TO get revenge today. and say
they will PM ii all over the Florida
team
Tomorrow aud Thursday the fast
Quitman club comes for two games.
This is said to be one Ct the fastest
amateur asgregations in the state. and
the two games are to be hotly con-
tested
In this afternoons game, Walker
| and Bowen win be the battery and the
lineup Will be the strongest that the
Pilots have yet presented. These
three games have been scured at a
heavy expense. and it is hoped that
The attendance will be large i'm order
to keep the team from going in the
| hole financially,
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ATLANTA is AFTER 1T.
That City Wants Next Reunion of
the Veterans.

I That civ Wants Navt pnu.i.
the vat.rsns "
The Atlanta Constftution of fo.4on
day saws. ''''''
atlanta 1909 is the s,ooan oe 4,a
special committee which anos. ~ r'a N.Y.
Imingham ON MONDAY afto,nna, -
'sentine the Atlanta cbonha, - ~ ~.
merce to urge the 1Jnitad clnel'9'.. ~ o9ni-
ate Veterans to moot H. Nt,a.tl e'l''
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HANDSOME MEDALS ARRIVE.
Gun Club Will shoot for Them Friday
For First Time.

The two handsome medals recently
ordered by the Brunswick Gun club,
to be shot for each week during the
season arrived yesterday and are be-
ing displayed in the window Of A.
.Rothschild, the jeweler through whom
the medals were ordered
The medals are unusually pretty
ones and the club members are gretly
pleased with them. The first will go
to the man making the best score at
each regular shoot, and the second to
the second highest score. At the end
Of the season the member winning the
medals the greatest number Of times
will receive them.
The first shoot for the medals will
take place next Friday afternoon, ami
the contest viii probably BIZ rary IN.
teresting.
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MAKES HIS APPOINTMENTS.
Major Dunn Announces Those Named
on HIS staff.

Major Dunn Announces Those Named
on His staff.
Major Frank A. Dunn. who has Just
received his commission as major OF
the hird battalion Of the FIRST Gcor.
'Gla regiment has Just announced his
appointments and he has hanored a
Inumber Of local military men.
Dave S. Atkinson has been appoint
ed adiutant with rank of first licu-
tenant: j Il. Morton, Jr, has been
named qualtermaster ard comnssary
with RAM, OF second lieutenant; and
! r. DoeHlinser has been appointed
sargcani-maior Ct the battalion All
OF these newly appointed officers viii
serve for thcir first time during the
cucampmcnt Of the regiment to be
held al Chicamauga in July.
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4 FAIR WEATHER SAILOR.

ST. Petersburg, June 8.-On account
of rough weather in the Gulf Of Fin.
land, the Emperor and members Of the
imperial family have given up the sea
trip and will 20 by rail tomorrow to
Reyal to meet King Edward An un.
usual spell Of unfayorable weather has
caused further change in the plans
cf the Emperor, who will not pro
ceed far ont to sea TO meet King Ed.
ward Instead, the interview between
the soyereigns viii take place within
the roadstead at Reyal.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1908-06-09
BRYAN THE CHOICE OF
TENNESSEE DEMOCRACY

Nashville, Tenn, June S.-That VIII
liam J. Bryan is the choice of Ten
nessee Democracy for the presidential
nomination at Denver was demon
strated Saturday by the practically
unanimous action of the executive
committees Of the ninetNsix counties
in the state. The sentiment is very
generally voiced in resolutions adopt
ed.
Instructions to the various delegates
to the state convention here June q.
which selects national legates. indi-
Gated that the delegates at large from
Tennessee will be l.. D. Tyson. Of
Knoxville; G.. r. Fitzhugh of Mem
phis and United States Senators Jas.
Frazier and Robert L. Taylor