Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-04

From Tuesdays Daily.
10.
II. T. Henderson was Denver.
bound passenger on this mornings
eastern.
Miss Laura E. Oswald OF bayfield,
was an outgoing passenger to Silver
ton this morning.
Mrs. Rosa 3. Mitchell returned to
her home at Pueblo today The lady
came up last night from Aztec where
are has been visiting for several
weeks
w. H. Davis, the coal man, and wife,
left for Denver this morning on
business trip. Mrs, A. E. Knapp will
look after the office during Mr.. Davis
absence
NJ. ii. Stewart, the Lightner creek
that for the seventy-five head of cat
tie he shipped. he received an average
of $40 per head
w. p. Ward came In last evening
from trip through the Montezuma
valley, where he went to look over
land. He departed for his Pueblo
home this morning.
Mrs. A. II, Lund and children, and
mother. Mrs. j. l.. Russell, went to
lgnacio today to spend a week or two
with Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Russell at
their Spring Greek ranch.
Duke Farson. the big Chicago brok.
er. was an arrival on last nights
train. Mr.. Farson purchased the bonds
of the Citizens ditch. and went down
to Aztec this morning with T. l.. Lof-
( tus on an inspection trip.
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Mrs. j. P Rapp was an arrival from
Cortez last night, where she has been
spending the summer with her son
Mrs. Rapp stayed over at the Palace
last night and continued her journey
TO Omaha, Neb. this morning.
Karl Thompson of Florida mesa
came in last night from Denver where
he shipped cattle from his fathers
ranch. Charles Thompson. the latter,
is the Silverton dairyman. is the own.
er of the Model dairy. which is per.
feet in Its appointments.
Mrs. Albert Kunkel and son, Glenn |
who have been visiting the formers
brother. f. c. Perkins and mother
Mrs. Ellen Perkins. for a few days,
departed for her home In Spokane,
Wash, this morning. 1t was q per. |
feet visit only that Mrs. Perkins hap
pens to be away from home. and the
stay was far too short.
Silverton Standard notes the open.
Ing up of en- immense body OF high |
sradc copper. lead sulphide ore in the |
big Tantallon vein of the Peerless |
San Juan companys properties In Min.
ME gulch. which was recently cut
by The main working tunnel several
hundred feet below the old workings
on the vein. The property is man.
aged by DIR. James Beaton.
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Lafayette Cason and Chas f. Van
Brimmer have purchased the Com
mercial club from Tom Davis and the
Grant heirs, assuming ownership yes
terday. Mr.. Cason has been looking
after the Grant interests for some
time. Mr. vanBrimmer is an old time
Durangoite who recently returned to
the city after an absence of several
years.
Commencing Nov l, 10 cents is the
fee charged by Uncle Sam for the
same carriage of letters or packages
TO be registered. For several years an
experiment has been conducted by the
pcJroifice department In registering
charge of cents being made for
registry. During the past year heads
of the service have been compiling
figures on the cost OF conducting each
department. with the result that the
registry system has shown large
deficit. The government liability for
each letter or package has been raised
from s25 to $50
There was an informal reception at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. 4. J. Myers
last evening-so informal that the
host and hostess did not know their
guests were coming, although they
may have suspected as much The
ID. II. 3. turned out en- masse--if there
was any one missing we failed to
notice IT, After they filled the house
the boys and girls overflowed OH to
the lawn and sidewalk. There were
a number OF speeches which we are
obliged TO omit for lack OF time and
space. The music. however, should
be mentioned This included very