Semi-weekly herald., 1908-03-12

The sons and daughters Of Mrs.
Mason, whose funeral was held yes.
terday. are all down at the ranch to.
day for visit.
4 A private letter received today from
Los Angeles. says that Frank Green,
one of the old Durango bartenders. is
sick in Goldfield.
Harrison ]. Slade Is in today from
Kline. He says there is still lots of
snow out that way and he transferred
from sled to wagon at Pine Ridge.
| BY comparing notes 1t Is seen that
the night providers do their work be-
| tween the hours of and IL and
houses are chosen where the occu-
pants are supposed to be ont.
The pictures at the Theatorium
this change show are the best shown
in Durango for long time The "Tu.
lips" pretty colored flower picture,
Is one of the best pictures Pothe ever
produced.
Two prowlers were scared away
from the Ochsner residence last night
by the young man who stays there
The doctor and his wife were at the
show. This may be the same pair
that as been seen prowling around
other places recently.
number of people are complaining
of prowlers. w. G. Otton's dog acted
i'm suspicious manner few nights
ago and Mr.. Otton thinks 1t must
have been a prowler Also two or
three neighbors of his have seen signs
OF them.
In the article yesterday about the
schools. where reference was made to
the furnace in the High school. an
oversight was made In not stating the
distance from the top Of the furnace
TO the floor above. The distance Is
about six feet. A member of the
school board called attention to this
oversight and The Herald cheerfully
makes the addition.
l.. o. Ward. one OF Farmin gtoa's s
ranchmen, has been over In the Mon-
teziima valley toss~c II II Ia trta
they claim al Cortez. that Montezu-
ma has Pennington so badly skin.
ned He returned last evening and
went home this morning. He THINKS
the Montezuma valley is all right in
way, hut doesn't think 1t weighs as
much as Pennington.
O.
Things are lively on the sewer |
work today, work being pushed as |
lively AZ possible At present This
morning about $50 men we're on the |
ground, most of them looking for |
work. Only about two in ten were
Americans the others being Mexi- |
cans and Of other nationalities. Un-
Ill the work progresses further, only |
II small number can be employed |
Work was commenced at the river
and up on the bank by the river Just
across the track from the p. +. u. |
rubber factory.
A. l.. Nathan. just back from pur
chasing trip in the east. makes the
remarkable statement that good
goods-goods OF the top-notch quality
are harder to buy in the markets to
day than they have been In years.
This statement is remarkable In view
of the late financial furry, but it is
explained by Mr.. Nathan In this way:
The factories closed down on the
18th of October and did not start mp
again until the 18th OF January. And
then many of them only worked small
forces on part time. The factories
were closed during the big manufac.
turing months, and so when buyers
went to buy the found a shortage OF
lut Dtbt BOOuS.
But Of the cheaper grades there Is
an abundance. Stores like the Golden
Eagle in Denver, and arsRoebuck
and the like, are in their glory. There
is great abundance OF bankrupt
stoclw and shoddy goods such as
these stores are always looking for.
Mr. Nathan visited New York, Chi
cago, and made a short stop IN Den
yer on his return. During his entire
trip he saw but half a day of what
might be called nice weather. and
that was in Chicago. But that half
day could not be compared with such
a day as today has been.
Mr.. Nathan expresses the belief
/ that Durango and the surrounding sec
tion are going to experience good
summer and fall, especially fall and
thinks financial conditions should be-
gin to improve soon. He thinks the
tight times should not last longer than
sixty or ninety days.
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