Semi-weekly herald., 1909-12-06

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| Durango.
Examination of teachers by superin-
tendent of schools. Mrs. Pulford. will
be held at the Park school building in.
stead of the high school,
w. w McAlpine came down from
lockwood last night to put in day
or two in town. Change of altitude,
weather. and all the rest. for few
days.
A. s Miller and wife were arrivals
ing at the Savoy for a few days. Mr.,
and Mrs Miller brought their little
girl to Durango for medical treatment
| Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Burhop arrived
from Denver on last nights delayed
eastern, MIR. Burhop is the district
manager of the Denver Music com
pany and is here on business for his
firm. He may make Durango his
headquarters.
| Editor Clarence O. Finch and wife
of the Silverton Miner stayed over in
town last night. on their way from
Denver. They arrived too late to go
through to Sllverton yesterday. They
continued home on this mornings ac-
commodatlon train
| Doc Huntington. who was in town
for n day or two from Content, says
that Miss Sara Reath. who taught the
school there last term. has accepted
again for next year School will be-
gin in March. Miss Reath is at pres.
ent teaching at Teller.
Mrs. II, H. Barnett was in Durango
last night, passing through from Farm.
ington, from months visit with her
sister, Mrs Charles Spath Mrs. Bar
nett was guest OF the Savoy over
night and departed this morning for
her home in Hereford. Tex.
Mrs. s. s Carroll and little daugh.
ter, Gladys, left on the eastern this
morning for Ignacio. Mr.. Carroll is
CHIEF engineer for this government ir.
rigation district and is looking after
some construction work near Ignacio
Mrs. Carroll was in town for few
days shopping.
| C. H. McIIenry. the well known San
Juan pioneer. departed for his Farm
ington home today. MIR McHenry has
been In town since the first of the
week arranging for the shipment of
an exhibit of choice fruit from Farm.
ington to the big apple show. In Den.
YER
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jacobs and
daughter, Miss Claudine, were arriy-
ais from Telluride last night on their
way 10 Los Angeles, Cal They will
| spend some time visiting various
points in California and then 20 ON
TO Old Mexico If they like the coun.
try they will locate permanently.
| The eastern arrived last night nj
1905 after strenuous day buckine
snow on the range. 1t took three en-.
gipes TO get the incoming train over
Cumbres yesterday. The train leaving
Durango yesterday morning was de.
layed several hours at Chama on ac.
count OF the bad weather. A stub left
Durango last night for SiIyerton AT
The usual time.
Samuel Stern, manager of the Bon.
ME Girl In the La Platag, went up 10
tho mine this morning to see about
haVing some timbering done and some
general repair work Mr.. Stern saws
The mine will not be in active opera.
tion until spring. but this winter they
VIII get things ready to commence
running next season, on big scale.
The company has a fine thirty-six
roomed building at the mine fitted up
with steam heat and electric light.
with couple OF kitchen ranges large
enough to accommodate two or three
hundred persons. We are glad to know
that this property is to be started up
again.
X s. Rankin, exchange manager for
the Colorado Telephone company at
Silyerton. went to Pagosa Springs this
morning for few days change. He
said he wasn't sure that he would gef
away from the snow. but II will be a
different kind any way. It was snow.
Ing like everything yesterday when
he left home. Silverton is flourishing? ?
Conditions are better than they have
been at the same time for over two
years. A number of mines are work.
ing this winter that were not running
last year at this time. Mr.. Rankin
said that the snow was all right, the
camp needed It in order to facilitate
packing the ore down from the mines,
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