Semi-weekly herald., 1909-10-14

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The list of delinquent taxes have
been handed in for publication. The
tax sale will be held on Nocember
18th.
F. w. Obering, a land buyer from
Boulder, went to the Montezuma val
ley this morning.
Dave Miller. after making an In
spection OF the May Day. returned to
Durango last evening and left for Dem
yer this morning
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Sam Johnson, NJ. w. Johnson and L.
l.. Johnson came in last night from
Denver. They left for their homes
in Dolores this morning.
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Miss Ada Dowell, the charming
daughter of A. c. Dowell Of Pagosa
Springs, is visit ing the family of
]. C. Copplnger in North Durango
Rev. w. f. Bennett Of the First
NJ. e. church reports that sixty per-
sons united with that church last Sab
bath. Four united by letter. Fifty
six were probationers.
Mr.. Bond, the young man from Ell
co who is i'll with typhoid fever at
the residence of Mrs. Ed German. is
slowly improving. His mother came
from Elco to purse him.
Mrs. Will Galbreath and little daueh-
ter returned to Juanita this morning
Mrs. Qalbreath has spent the past
month In Durango with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cunha.
Mrs. Wallace Wilson and Miss Ella
Jackson were among the disappointed
deer hunters. Both these ladies' ac
cept their failure as cheerfully as they
would their success.
W. ]. Godfrey, of the Vulcan Foun
dry company, was passenger on the
Red Apple line this morning. He
goes to Flora Vista and Pennington
to attend to business connected with
the foundry.
When you read how the bad weather
! is being dealt out to other sections of
the country, don't yop congratulate
yourself that you live In southwestern
Colorado? If you don't you are sadly
lacking in appreciation
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Lewis, two of
our most prominent trail blazers, have
rented their Third avenue residence
and will board for a while. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis have been residents of
La Plata county SINCE the early seven
ties.
| Every one In the Animas valley is
busy picking and boxing apples. 1t is
we'll No telling when storm viii
| Stiiho tp@n way.
1t Is now quito evident the big
storm was broken by the Continental
divide. the eastern portion of the state
coming In for the tail end.
s. J. Menk of Oakland, Cal, who is
boring for oil In the Bluff City district
came In last night. Mr.. Meak is spend
ing the day in town purchasing sup
plies and machinery with which to
carry on his work. He returns to
Bluff City tomorrow.
| Sitting Bull tribe of Red Men No
As win give their annual ball at Red
! Men hall Thursday evening of this
week. October 14th. Arrangements
have been made to care for large
attendance. The hest of music and a
floor committee that Will see that
every one has good time.
| Mrs. w. p. Vale has brother ana
family residing in the storm-swept por-
ton of Florida. Yesterday Mrs. Vale
received "A message from her brother
stating that they were not injured by
the hurricane. Fortunately the mes
sage reached her before the news of
the disaster SO she was spared unnec-
essary anxiety.
Shorty" Franklin hit town last night
and Is a busy man today with pen
and note book as he skipped his usual
visit last month owing to railroad
washouts. The Herald order alone will
pay him for the trip. With two men
rushed all the time 1t requires large
amount of stationery. And we are
about ripe for another cur or two Oh
paper.
| C. II. Ruhmland, The Herald's limo
type artist. returned last evening from
week spent In Hermosa park trying
to put salt on bucks tail. The ef-
fort ended in trying Us he didn't even