Semi-weekly herald., 1909-08-05

| S"seSih anu leIl 1Or Aztec this morn
ing on a visit to friends. The lady
was guest OF the Palace last night
Mr.. and Mrs. H. e. Leckenhy, John
M Price and Thomas Wellborn. former
owners OF the Trails End, where the
lucky strike was made recently. came
down from La Plata last night.
Prof. T. 8. Parsons. instructor in
science In the Durango high school,
has resigned his position and will man.
age large farm belonging to his
mother and himself near Durand,
Wis.
Mrs. Charles Bitters left for Ala
mosa on today's eastern, to make her
hcme in that city. For the past month
she has been staying at the Palace.
Mr.. Bitters is brakeman on the ID.
& r. G.
Miss G. l.. Pfaff was a returning
passenger to her home at PaoDia this
morning. The young lady came here
some weeks ago to enter Mercy hospi-
tai where she was operated on by DR..
Lackey for appendicitis.
Mr.. and Mrs Carl Underhill came
down from Silverton last evening after
spending week with the latter's
mother, Mrs. Fanny Compton. This
morning they continued over the
! Southern to their home in Telluride.
| The funeral OF the late Judge K. J..
McNutt took place at Silyerton this
afternoon under the auspices of tie
Grand Army. The Herald correspond.
| ent says there was a very large at.
tendance, all the business houses clos
ing out Of respect for the old pioneer.
Assessor J. p. Coston is in Denver
attending the meeting of the state
board of equalization. Mrs. Coston,
who has been on an extended trip
through the northwest. joins him in
Denver this week. They will proba-
| bly, return home Friday or Saturday.
In July there were ten clear days,
twenty partly cloudy, and one cloudy.
The total precipitation has been 2.2O
The highest temperature was 81 de
Iulv ha q
degrees, on July %. There have been
thunder storms on eleven days dur
ing the month.
There will be an informal reception
Thursday evening of this week at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo N Ray
mond in honor of Rev. Mr.. Turnbull,
the new pastor of the Baptist church
All members. including young people,
OF the church. as well as friends of
the church. are invited.
| Miss May Wallace, who has been
visiting friends in Durango and vicin-
| ity for the past two weeks, will leave
shortly for Lawrence, Kans., where
she will be Instructor in science in
the high school. Mrs. Wallace and
the children arrived Monday evening
and will probably spend the winter
ON the ranch in the Animas valley.
The Misses Mary and Isabel Har-
ris gave pleasant dancing party last
| evening at Trimble Springs in honor
of their cousins. Misses Mary and
Katherine Beegle OF Chicago. The
young people drove up in buggies, sew.
eral going by auto The floor was in
excellent shape, the pavilion was cool
and the music fine. 1t was an ideal
night for such an affair. Elegant re.
| freshments were served.
Word comes from Denver that
James M. Chartrand, who is well
known here and made many friends In
Durango during his residence in this
city, disappeared from home last Sat.
urday evening and has not since been
heard from. 1t is supposed that he be-
| came mentally unbalanced and wander.
ed away. Friends of the family will be
sorry to hear it, and will wait for
news that he has been located and
restored to his wife, whose anxiety
and suspense calls for sympathy from
Us all.
The Denver music stores are adver.
tising new song by a former Du.
rangoite, Mrs. DR.. Prewitt whose sig.
nature appears on the song as Anna
Arlington Prewitt. The song is en-
titled Girl o. Dreams" and is a light.
pretty selection set to catchy air
and smooth accompaniment. 1t was
published by the Tolbert Ingram Mu.
sic company. Miss Elizabeth Spencer
OF the Orpheum circuit sang and in
troduced Girl o. Dreams" Beside
the publishers, the song is on sale at
knight-Campbell Music Co. and Den
yer Music Co.
Col. s. X. Hooper wires that the
famous Geo. W. Cook drum corps, 80