Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-13

company. They have traction en-
gine with which to pull the well drill /
from Mancos or Dolores to Biuff City.
they report that the well where the
oil was struck has been plugged and
The owners have gone east to organ
lie a company and to secure more ma
(From Fridays Daily.)
town.
R. II. Banks and family Of Hay
Gulch have moved to Durango.
Mrs. H. G. Boliinger OF La Plata
City came down yesterday for visit.
Blair ,Burweh went down the road
a piece on the Apple line this morn
ing.
J. A. Adams, the cattle man of Ala
mosa. WAC an arrival in Durango last
evening.
The jury In the Gillette case retired
shortly before 3 o'clock this afternoon
and were still out at 3:45.
Mrs. A. G. Linden of Abilene, Kan.
was an arrival last evening and went
to Pennington this morning to visit
relatives.
Hon. Richard McCloud returned last
evening from Denver where he went
to look after legal matters.
Miss Edith Ostrander was an ar
rival last evening from Denver and
will visit Mrs. B. W. Solomon of Tif-
fany.
George Logan has received a Black
Hand letter-one OF the genuine kind.
He will refer the matter to the post
Office inspector.
Mr. and Mrs. j. T. Terry will spend
a few days in Durango, coming down
from Eureka yesterday. They are
staying at the Strater.
Mrs. f. 9. Conoway. M. D.. who has
been visiting friends at Pennington
for the past few weeks, departed this
morning for her home In Texas.
The social given for the Christian
church at the home of Mrs. Elicit last
evening was well attended and very
pleasant time was enjoyed by those
present.
They say that new bridge Just fin
ished at Ignacio is the best bridge in
the county Except the Durango stone
brodge, Of sourse). II. F.. Peterson
put 1t up about right.
Judge Chas. F. Easley and Vernon
l.. Sullivan of Santa Fe were arrivals
last evening. They went down to
San Juan county this morning to look
over an irrigation proposition.
Luck. Young and Keck have agreed
on price and terms with Mr.. Ecker
man for the Z. o. d. laundry. but the
deal has not been completed yet. J..
e. Cook, who is leasing the laundry,
is still In Possession.
G.. G. Backus, representing r. G.
Dun d Co., is on his eighteenth visit
to Durango. That covers a period OF
% years. Mr.. Backus has been COM
ing to Durango for so long that he
feels like one Of our own pioneers.
]. G.. Kent, in the government In
dian service. was an arrival last night
from Washington. D. c., and went
down toward shiprock this morning.
MoritE Stockder returned last eve
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to look at mining property. and con-
tinued on to Silyerton this morning.
Since Durango is getting to be quite
a town for automobiles. 1t may be OF
interest to some who are not informed
to know the pronunciation of the
word chauffeur The French die
tionary at the public library gives 1t
as 'sho-fer." with the accent on the
last syllable.
The jury In the case of the State
versus Luna, charged with stealing a
pocketbook In the National hotel, was
locked up last night but failed to
reach an agreement. So the jury was
discharged this morning and the case
against Gillette. charged with burglar
izing the Cunningham saloon at Hes
perus. was commenced.
DR.. Davis received q message say
ing that Mrs. Davis father had passed
away last night at his home In Ar
vada. The old gentlemen's name was
Eugene w. Rogers. and ne was a Seer.