Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-02
(From wednegaay.s pally.l

tFrom Wednesdays Daily.)
J. W. Sites went out to Grommet
this morning.
| a temporary track was built around
the big rock at Caracas. The new
track is 800 feet long.
| S. H. Thompson is in town today.
Says the snow is two feet deep on the
level at his ranch.
Mrs C. Fl. Mayo of Arloa Is in the
city with her daughter, having come
over last evening to seek medical
treatment.
John Gilbert went down to Cedar
Hill this morning, where he will spend
| few days at the ranch of c. Il. New
| ton. He was accompanied by his lit
tie boy.
The new officers OF the Durango
club are: Sam Henderson. president:
T. c. Graden. vice-president; A. h.
Springer, secretary-treasurer w. A.
Perry and Mr.. Beebe. trustees.
DR. ochsner's stork got in shift
today. leaving boy for Mr.. ald Mrs.
John Rippey of Hesperus. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rippey are stopping temporar-
lily in town.
DR.. McEwen was a passenger this
morning for Juanita to buy car of
lumber, which is to be used in build
ing a new house and barn on his
ranch property ont toward Allison.
And now evidence is being intro
duced in a Denver case 10 prove that
a woman was insane when she mar
ried. Very many women will admit
the charge without the formality OF
trial.
Robert McNicholas went to Grom-
met this morning to talk with farm
ers about the proposed new grist mill
1t is proposed to buy the Colorado
State Bank mill if a satisfactory deal
can be made, and If not, to build
new one.
w. II. Wickline. w. T. Darlington
and John c. Herr went down towards
Pennington this morning to get some
ducks Mr, Darlington intended stop.
ping at Aztec and returning this eve
ming, while Messrs. Wickline and Herr
expect to stay three or four days.
Complaint is made that some cattle
owned by Mexican named Gardoaia
are about to starve to death near the
Grubb ranch below town. II MIR. Gar
donia wants TO keep his cattle he had
better take care of them pretty quick,
or the authorities will. If Mr., G. has
any friends they should advise him.
w. o. Mieir, real estate man of
Alamosa, stopped over night in the
city and went to Pennington this
morning. This is MI Mieir's first
trip to Durango and San Juan county,
n. NJ. Being in the real estate bus.
mess he is naturally interested in
the farming advantages offered by
this section. and he is already most
favorably impressed with what he
has seen. He has been told that the
water in the streams here Is all ap-
propriated, but he compared the water
of this section with that of the north
section of the state, around Fort Col
Inns. Boulder and Greeley, and he
thinks the water of the southwest sec.
tion has never been developed to any
thing near its possibilities, as can be
seen by the way it is utilized in the
north section. One OF the advantages
seen at glance by Mr.. Mieir is the
opportunities for private reservoirs.
which can be filled either from the
streams in the sprngtime when there
is SO much water going to waste,
or from the flood waters and melting
SHOWS in the hills. AS to water in
the San Luis valley he says there is
enough for everybody. it being nee
essary during the high-water period
to build a levee along the Rio Grande
to keep the water from running over
the town.