Semi-weekly herald., 1908-09-21

of the Southern. The young lady re-
Gently completed a successful term of
school there, as teacher.
The Orpheum Stock company will
hold the boards at Red Men opera
house all next week. Tickets will be
on sale at the box office at the opera |
house. Tickets can be reserved by
phone.
D. G. Miller. manager of the Emma
mine at Dunton. and George w. Gil
more OF the Tomahawk IN the Ia Plat
as. returned from trip to Denver last
night. They went ol. on todays
Southern.
Rev. F. w. Aver, formerly OF Do
lores district of the M. E. church has
been assigned to Bayfield, and Her
mosa. The members and church 60
ers will find in Mr.. Aver a genial and
clever gentleman.
! LIS i<dulcS Aiu SOCIETY Cl me
Christian church will give social
next Tuesday evening, the 22d inst
al the residence of Mrs. J. w Morgan
liza Second avenue. All friends are
cordially invited to attend.
Leslie Kruschke, who has been
spending his vacation with his parents
In Durango, departed this morning for
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, where he re-en-
ters Riverview Military academy as
senior, graduating next June.
c. A. Lewis and L. s. Todd. nephews
of A. R. Lewis of this city. aud friend
e. d. DeSoto, came in last night from
a weeks fishing trip on Pine river and
departed to Denver today They re.
port excellent luck and a fine time
The report circulated some time ago
that forest ranger had been killed
In quarrel with sheep men near
Chama, has been found to be untrue.
All is quiet near Chama. The sheep
men and rangers are on the best of
} terms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coe Franklin and chill.
dren, who have been visiting their
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w Frank
lin, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Copeland
for few days, on their way from
Denver, left for their ophir home this
morning.
: Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson drove in
; yesterday from Elco to meet Mrs An
derson's mother, Mrs. r. H. Garde
ner of Fort Madison, and sister, Mrs
M. ]. Gardener of Brookfield, Mo-, who
arrived on the eastern. The party
went to Elco today.
Rev. w. e. Bennett, who succeeds
J Rev. H. ]. Grace in the First M. E
church, will fill the pulpit tomorrow
1t strikes us that the church and con
a gregation are to be Congratulated upon
securing his services as pastor. The
Herald heartily commends him to our
people.
Last Thursday morning the Ice
house and barn, belonging to the
Burns-Hall company of Chama, was
burned. valuable team OF horses
, being lost with the barn. The ice
house caught fire first, then spread
to the barn, the store being saved
, with great difficulty.
Mrs. Charles Fairchild was an ar.
rival from Creede last night. This is
her first trip to Durango. She says
, 1t seems very lively here compared
with Creede. Everything is dead there
The mills and mines are closed down.
and business at standstill Mrs.
Fairchild went on to Mancos tday,
} on three weeks visit 10 her sons,
Arthur and Louis Fairchild,
j. ID. Clark, the Farmington real
estate agent, came in last evening with
party Of land seekers, who went
down TO the sunny San Juan this
morning to look over the country
Mesdames Chas. Schmeff, u. J. Hum
phrey. and Ella Burch were from Ra-
ton, N. M. w. 2. Williams and Isaac
jenkins came from Rockvale, Colo
They were guests of the Palace.
Judge ]. l.. Russell was taken sud
denly Ill about IL o'clock yesterday
with acute gastritis. He grew SO
rapidly worse that last night his life
was despaired of. There was change
for the better, this morning, and al
though the judge is still very sick
man, 1t is thought he will pull through
His son, Glen. and wife left for the
ranch this morning. but will keep in
constant communication, in case of
change for the worse.
invitation are out for the marriage
OF MIR. John II. McDevitt, Jr., to Miss
Bessie Lake, on Monday morning, Oc
tDI.. l.