Semi-weekly herald., 1909-03-18


lived from Denver last evening. where
ne purchased a new line of goods for
he home trade.
The management OF the Pennsyl
vania has ordered 2.200 coke cars Of
a new design, which can be un!oaled
Of fifty tons of coke in about ninety
seconds. One thousand cars are OF
all steel construction.
Miss Fannie Pinkstaff returned last
night from four months visit with
her brother, S. o. Pinkstaff of Aztec
The young lady was the guest of the
Palace over night. continuing this
morning to her home at Flatrock. Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Shaw arrived
last evening from st. Louis and went
to Aztec this morning with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. S. Walker of the Eden Ditch |
company to look over the country. |
They expect to return this evening |
At 12:05 this morning Charles Capp, |
an Italian miner, died at Ochsner hos
pital of Bright's disease. He was Al |
years of age, and leaves a wife and |
children at Gladstone. The funeral
will take place tomorrow afternoon
at clock from Sacred Heart church.
Matt Larcher died about $3.50 yes
terday afternoon of pneumonia at
Ochsner hospital. Deceased was about
80 years of age. and was brought to
Durango from Telluride. He is a mem
Der of the w. f. NJ. The body is at
Hood & Ames undertaking parlors
awaiting instructions from the lodge.
Mr. and Mrs. John Waters returned
Saturday evening from a ten months
visit TO Hot Springs. Ark, where they
went on account of Mrs Waters and
the little girls health. Both are much
improved, and Mr.. Waters, who joined
his family last fall, found the change
aElttu WIN MN ulic-
I'VE often wonder" says the Los
Angeles Times, (which pays the better
to be charming liar or a disagree
able truth-teller?" Well, brother, why
not try the latter for change and
see how 1t works ?-Des Moines Reg
lister. Judging by the morning paper
1t pays best to be wilful liar and
backcapper.
Funeral services for the late Thos.
Wigglesworth will be held at 2
O'Clock Thursday afternoon at Red
Men hall under the auspices of the
Masons, Rev. T. T. Frazier, preaching
the sermon. Mrs. W. H. Howard, Mr..
Wigglesworth's daughter. arrives to-
night from Texas. Friday morning
County Surveyor VIII II. Wiggles-
worth leaves for Denver with the re-
mains of his father. where they will
be cremated.
Mrs. Marie Rice Schutt, perhaps
better known in Durango as Mrs
Homer Schutt, passed away In New
York, on March 10, age "a years. The
cause of death was tuberculosis, from
which Mrs. Schutt suffered for some
years. Durango friends will also prob
ably remember Mrs. Schutt as ths
niece of Edward German, her girlhood
days being spent In this city. Be
side her sister. Mrs. George Kline OF
Durango, Mrs. Schutt leaves to mourn
her, two sisters. Mrs. Kittie Welch of
Milwaukee, Wis, Mrs. Celia Hartman
oil Missoula, Mona, her husband and
ten-year-old son, Harold. During the
years spent in Durango, Mrs. Schutt
was prominent in lodge and church
circles, being a member of the Metho.
dist church, and of the Women of
Woodcraft. Her Durango friends will
be grieved to learn that they have
seen her for the last time.
This evening those interested in the
Sitizehs movement for q better and
a greater Durango, will meet at the
board OF trade rooms to talk over and
possibly place men in nomination for
the various positions to be filed. The
platform of the Citizens movement |
appears in another column. 1t is one
worthy of serious consideration and
comes very near to the kind The Her.
aid faVors. The men who accept nom.
nation should be selected without re-
gard TO party affllation and be free
rom partisan bias after election
rhey should be strong citizens who
WIN look after the welfare of the citv
ma not to the personal gain of any
Individual or set of men.
The Democratic organization. now in
'ohtroi OF city affairs and desirous of
etainlng control, give II out that no
compromise Will be made-that the
'rganization will go down the line
or straight ticket and party spoils
MS being the case the Citizens must
ook to aid from the Republicans
ne Republicans will ,naat a.,