Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-04

| X. r.. Burke, the ID. & r.. G. engineer
was in the city from Pennington last
might, returning this morning.
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| NJ NJ 1:Lrlemann, the San Juan
pioneer. returned today to his home
in Pennington after few days in
town.
! Mrs. Lillian Hartman johnson went
out on the Southern this morning to
Dolores and Cortez on business trip
She will return In few days.
October has done pretty well. The
weather bureau reports eighteen clear
days. ten partly cloudy, and three en-
tirely cloudy. The total precipitation
! this month was "A inches.
w. H. Forsyth, OF the Ilrm Forsyth
| e. Heath of HowardsvIlle. carrying a
line of general merchandise, was In
Durango last night pussing through
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Frank Serrier of Mancos was an
arrival on last nights eastern and con
tinucd 10 Mancos this morning to close
up his affairs. before leaving for the
east where lie Will remain permanent.
ly.
The county commissioners were In
session yesterday and discussed rout.
Inc matters. Today they are inspect.
ing bridges up the Animas valley that
were damaged by the flood. The tax
levy will be taken up tomorrow.
DIR. Luce and wife. who have been
spending the summer with their cou.
sin. .tbe Ross. at Cedar Hill, were
guests OF the Palace last night on their
way to their home at Carthage, H.
DR. and Mrs Luce left on the eastern
today.
j. 8. thurman was in the city today
from his Allison ranch. He said that
the good weather was boon to the
farmers of the district. and made ey-
cry one feel pretty happy Crops are
pretty fair this year. The farmers
are busy just now enlareing the ditch
Mrs. r. K. Trumble, who has been
In Durango for several days on bust.
ness, left for her home at Sunnyside
this morning. Her daughter. Miss
Maud. who is attending the Durango
high school, accompanied her mother
home to spend Saturday and Sunday
W. A. Greene. the poet who i'm.
mortalized Crested Butte In regard to
its eternal SHOWS. wa, among the de-
partures on the Red Apple line today
It's II wonder the residents of the
sunny San Juan haven't suggested to
Mr.. Green that an ode on their beau.
tiful climate would not come amiss.
Il. p. Watson. manager of the Iowa.
Tiger Mining & Milling company, op-
Grating In Arastra basin, in San Juan
county. came down from Silverton last
night to meet R. p. Cam, one of the
stockholders. Mr.. Cam arrived on last
nights eastern from Stornboro. Pa
The gentlemen continued to Silverton
on this mornings train.
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Miss Mary Gaines, who was asso
ciated with the mission to the Navajo
indians below Pennington. for mum.
ber of years, recently resigned her
position. and after couple of weeks
visit with her relatives here, depart.
cd for Colorado Springs today where
she will make her home with a young
er sister. Their mother died few
months ago but the two sisters will
still keep up the old home.
Mrs. ii. IA Hutton was a returning
passenger from Ophir last evening
where she went few days ago TO
pack her household goods. This morn.
ing Mrs. Hutton went out on the Red
Apple 10 her new home at Sunnyside
Mr. Hutton will follow with the stock
about Thursday He recently sold out
his livery stable business and also
disposed of the restaurant in OphIr
and Will now devote his time to his
ranch near Sunnyside.
J. II. Clark. the Pennington real
estate man. came up from Pennington
and Aztec last night with w. M. 9Th.
son, the Grand Junction lumber man
and X. p. Davie. a Colorado Springs
capitalist. who Is Interested In sugar
beet cultivation and is one of the own.
ers OF the land under the Coolidge
ditch extension. This morning Mr.. Da.
vie departed for California. Mr.. Clark
who came up In his auto, returned
home today.
+. e. Trumble Of Castelar, was in
Durango over night on his way to
ophir where he is engaged in mining.
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