Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-16


The Herald that another national
bank is being organized for that place
and will be in operation in short
time-as soon as the necessary papers
are perfected and returned from
Washington.
A party of Buena Vista men who
bought land at Farmlngton left for
home this morning. They are Ed
ward Kreuger, l.. Shriver and A. Eder.
lin. They are coming back as soon
as they can wind up their affairs mt
Buena Vista
Mrs Harmon Burkhardt was a pas
senger this morning from Leadvllle,
going over the Southern. She will
stop for a short visit with friends in
Telluride. She goes to Leadyllle to
join her husband, who has been there
Tor some time and located having
good position.
A. w. Anderson of stromsburg.
Neb., returned last evening from Aztec
and Pennington where he went to
look over the country with view to
settling. He is taking in Durango to.
day. Wants to see all OF the vest the
southwest has to offer the homeseek-
er.
Whoever saw a petrlhed ant? C. II.
Spencer. who is placer mining on the
San Juan river near Bluff City, has
several. He says he got them in Old
Mexico few years ago, He disposed
of a number to an eastern museum.
The ants are fastened to little pieces
Of rock, or gravel They are quite a
curiosity and are said to be very rare.
Mrs Rosa Allen, Great Pocahontas
of Colorado, was an arrival last night
from Ouray and viii make an official
visit this evening to the Pocahontas
lodge in Durango. Preparations have
been made for a grand reception.
which win be held this evening.
There will be chicken and turkey.
corn and yenison and all those things
which the Red Men and Red Women
like so we'll, and which everybody else
likes for that matter. but which they
don't ali have.
George e. Pearson. brother OF Harry
Pearson, is visitor in town for a
few days, coming down from Silver.
ton last night. He is employed at the
Shenandoah mine near Howardsylle
He was looking for an Insurance man.
hut Mr. Leisenberg was renting
house. lockwood 6. Perks were sell.
ing ranch. Bob Prewitt was excited
about the Blum City oil discovery and
Cal Copeland was out Of town, so the
reporter wrote him up A reporter
has TO be sure-enough allround man
in Durango.
The songs of the sirens will no lon.
ger be heard in Silverton. That fam
Gus old rendezvous the Sage Hens
dance hall, will probably be used for
Il warehouse and the boys coming
down from the hills for u time" must
find other diversions. The sirens
have taken their poodle dogs and
'macks" and vanished A bunch Of
them tarried in Durango last night. 1t
Is Nevada for the most of them.
Should that state ever become vir.
;nous they viii have to go somewhere
md jump of
c. II. Spencer. who has been placer
mining on the San Juan above Bluff
City all winter. returned last even
ing from Chicago, where he has been
to get machinery for his .lacer works.
Mr.. Spencer believes he has the prop
er appliances for saving a sufficient
per eentage of the fine gold so plenti-
ful in the sands of the san Juan. 1t
will be some time yet before the ap-
pliances are received and all put in
place. MS getting machinery from Chi
cago and freighting it from Mancos
and getting 1t set up is rather a slow
process.
l. Kruschke returned last night
from his purchasing trip to New York
City. When he first arrived there he
made some selections Of hats for the
Easter trade and rushed them to Du.
range. the consignment arriving sew
eral days ago. This accounts for the
large number of ladies calling at the
store the past few days, and today es-