Semi-weekly herald., 1909-06-14

| Cortey Herald prints extracts from
letters received from various parts OF
Montszums county showing that fruit
conditions are In excellent shape.
| Foote & Williamson. who planted
ten acres to fruit trees this year on
their ranch near Arrioia. viii also ex.
tend their orchard to 400 acres next
year.
Herald says Messrs. Walker A. Nc
Cue are going to erect a $25,o00 stone
building at Cortez. We are glad 10
note the growth and prosperity OF our
Montezuma ncighbor.
John C. Bell is attorney Tor Mowry
| and the irrigation board of Monte
yuma county. He says It Is legal to
hold two positions. secretary and at
lorney OF the board and draw snlarics
Tor each. Also says the grand Jury
report does not require members OF
the board to resign.
n. E. Carpenter, who planted an or.
chard of thirty acres this year. will
next year plant 400 acres to orchard
according TO an authority on such mat
ters. Mr.. Carpenters ranch Is about
four miles northeast OF CorIez on the
main Travelled rond between Cortez
and Dolores.
Joe Tanner of Fruitland has n big
force OF men and teams hauling sup
plies for the government ditch below
town. He has contract for hauling
100000 feet of lumber for the fumes,
a large amount of cement and other
supplies. Almost every day car iond
of supplies for this ditch arrives In
Farming Enterprise.
Bud and Pete" Blackburn and
Jim Starr arrived from Durango. sun.
day evening and are now employed by
Newman Il Son. the plasterers and
cement workers. The young men are
not only adopts In the plaatering busi.
ness, but are said to be good amateur
bnseball players and will prove val
nnble acquisition to the local team---
Cortez Herald.
~
Uncle" Pete Knickerborker and
wife have agreed to separate and pa,
fllg
up. to take effect Immediately Both
have the good win OF this entire com
fnunity and the best wishes for their
happiness Will follow them through
life. Mrs. knickerbocker LEFT Thurs
day afternoon for Colorado. where she
VIII reside, Aztec Index.
Roy Goodman is II busy person these
days, In addition to his work In this
section we find the following In the
last cortez Herald: Roy Goodman of
Durango has been employed by the
city council to represent them as en-.
Rineer In putting In the new water
works plant. and he is now engaged
locating the reservoir. Our coming
fire protection Is being pushed aa rap
Idly as can be done.
Joe Prewitt was In town Friday,
having driven down from Glen, Colo.
where he Is putting In an extensive
Irrigation enterprise. He has good
lot of land up there and with u good
reservoir system II Will be most val
liable agricultural part OF our county.
Any man who engages In the work OF
developing lands in this county and
thereby creating homes for people
who are now hoLseless In this greatly
favored section is n benefactor.--
farmington Times Hustler.
Last week the high wnter IN the
San Juan river cut away the Mccor.
mick ditch Just below the Salmon
mesa for a distance OF perhaps three
quarters OF a mile. and not trace
remains where tne ditch ran. The
rocky bluff stopped the river after
the ditch had gone Out. The McCor.
mick people had just completed two
tunnels In their ditch higher up and
now to lose all their work is indeed
misfortune. II is not known how
much land is watered by this ditch.
which used to run down toward the
peninsula. Index
| A. J. Dunning, who resides ON his
ranch about seven miles northeast OF
Cortez. on Monday afternoon met with
a most unfortunate accident and one
that almost proved fatal As near M
can be learned. MIR. Dunniag was en-
gagged In lending a COW from his pas
lDre field TO his barns. lie had one
end of a rope looped about the cows
neck and the other end secured To
the horn OF his saddle. He had dis
mounted from his horse and opened a
gate on the road leading 10 the barn,
when both the COW and horse started
to run. one of the animals going on