Semi-weekly herald., 1908-04-16
(From Mondays Daily,

(From Mondays DAily.)
The Amman river II beginning to
show the effects Of the change in the
weather. rising foot since yesterday
noon.
The Woman's club of Pennington
is very public spirited. The organixa-
tion has offered several prizes to
pupils Of the school
John Dupraw spent Sunday at home
and returned this morning to 1gnacio
to resume work on the storage reser-
voir, which is nearing completion.
Mrs. Lillian Hartman Johnson came
in from Denver Saturday evening and
went out to Cortez yesterday morning
to look after her land interests.
The jury In the case OF Celestino
Martinez disagreed and his case and
that Of Ed Luna were continued over
till next term
While business at the land ONCE is
not as brisk as it was a while back,
there are still a great many callers
looking after land and making inquir-
les every day.
S. w. Henderson went to the Mon
tezuma valley this morning to look
after the Henderson and LOTUS In
terests there. He will be absent two
or three days.
Mrs. Aul, formerly Miss Hattie
Todd. departed this morning for Paeo-
sa Springs, where her husband has q
position in a bakery, and they will
make their home there.
DR.. Lackey returned last Saturday
from New York City where he spent
two months at the New York Post
Graduate medical school and hospital,
doing special work in surgery.
Mrs. Steha Gray and Miss Mona
Russell arrived from st. Louis Satur-
day in response to the telegram tell
ing them of the serious sickness of
their mother Mrs. j. L. Russell. The
Herald is pleased to state they found
their mother improved.
Mark Preston came In from Kline
last evening and is spending the day
In Durango. Mr.. Preston says his
section OF the country has been fill.
Ing up at great rate and that at least
100 settlers have located on the La
Plata water shed within the past
year.
w. NJ. Peterson and wife were pas
sengers for Pennington this morning.
Mr.. Peterson going to take UP his
duties as alloting agent for the Naya-
JOS. He has wagons and a camping
outht q, rdinihbtou- fAS iasi 80 thc
land is surveyed 1t is staked and
marked so it can readily be found
when the Indians are taken to 1t for
settlement.
Pastor Scruggs will deliver four
special addresses this week in the
prayer meeting room In the Baptist
church. beginning at O'Clock Tues
dey evening: Subject, "Missions;"
text, Thy word is lamp unto my
feet and light unto my path" Op-
portunity win be given at each ser
vice to confess Christ and unite with
the church. Every one bring Bible.
A bunch of travelling men were talk
ing at the Strater this morning and
all agreed that Telluride, Grand juno
tIon and Montrose were the best
towns al present on the western slope.
Some Of them included Durango as
W. B. Vanatta. the clothing man in
Telluride, claimed that last months
was the best months business he ever
had.
Mrs. John w. Wingate and daugh-
ter Miss Martha departed this morn
ing for summers visit to Rome, N.
Y. Mr.. Wingate will probably go and
join them in September after he at
tends the national encampment OF
the G. A. R. in Cleveland Rome is
Mr.. Wingate's old home his parents
having moved there when he was a
small boy. They have both passed
away. but there is sister still left,
and many old friends. Mrs. Wingate
hopes to be benefited in health by
the change.
Thomas Gay, the aged head waiter
of the late HOFFMAN house In New
York City. who has personally served
every president from Lincoln to
Roosevelt in that hostelry. Ia enrouts
TO Steamboat Springs where he sx-
poets TO go into seclusion for the rest
of his life on q little farm. During
the years he spent at the hotel Cav