Semi-weekly herald., 1909-12-09

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turned TO tho ranch this morning,
Attorney George Moody viii spend
he next ten days in Colorado Springs
and Denver.
w. l. Clifford, local manager oil the
Porter Fuel company. left for Denver
on a business trip this morning.
Or Ncnwen went out to Allison
this morning to attend annual ditch
meeting of the Pine River Canal com
pany.
| County Superintendent Mrs rulford
departed for Ignacio this morning She
Will visit the Ignacio and Tiffany
schools In her absence.
T. d. Burns went to Blanco this
morning to look after his mercantile
interests at that place, arriving from
| TERRA Amarillo last evening.
Fred Steineger, one of the best known
trail blazers of the San Juan country,
went to Denver this morning to visil
his family. He will remain until after
the holidays and possibly all winter.
Frank Nicholson, the Pennington
photographer returned home this
morning. While in the city Mr.. Mich
olson sold carload of extra fine ap-
pies to the Durango Mercantile and
Trading company
Durango friends will be pleased to
know that Miss Flora Schales, who
has been so seriously i'll with typhoid
pneumonia, is improving. Should no
other complication result her recovery
seems assured.
Manager Prewitt of the La Plata
Ditch g. Reservoir company Is spend.
inf the day at the ditch camp. Mr..
Prewitt reports that the work Is pro
crossing very satisfactorily. AT pres.
ent forty men are employed.
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Rev w. F. Ripley. the state mis-
sionary OF the Baptist church, return
ed to Pueblo this morning. Durango
people. regardless of denomination, al
ways deem 1t great privilege to lis
ten to Rev. Mr.. Ripleys sermons.
The county commissioners are de
termining the cost of each insane pa
tient TO the county. OF the five per
sons adjudged insane in the county
the past year, three have been placed
in Works hospital in Pueblo and two
In the state institution for the insane
Mrs. George w. Melville has just
returned to the ranch on the Valli
ceto from flying trip across country
on her faithful horse Max TO visit hel
, husband at Navajo Springs, N. NJ.
, where Mr.. Melville is looking after
stock. Mrs. Melville covered u dis
tance of I5O miles going and return
ing
Mr.. and Mrs. John Casey left TO
, Denver this morning where they will
spend the winter and possibly locat'
permanently. Mr.. and Mrs. Case,
have been residents of the sunny Sal
, Juan for thirty years. For twenty
two years Silverton was their home
The past eight years they have spen
, In Durango. They are making tn
change for reasons of health. we cal
D Ill afford to loose such splendid cit
zens. We trust their stay will onl
be temporary.
4 G. NJ. Satterstrum, ID. Il X.
engineer, with headquarters at Ala
mosa, has been here to see his brothe
]. A. Peterson, the engineer VINO wa
1 injured on Cumbres early last Frida
morning. Both MIR. Peterson and hi
fineman are getting along nicely.
4 was feared at first that It would
necessary to amputate Mr.. Peterson
8 injured leg, But DR.. Turrell is no.
quite certain that 1t viii not have |
be done. II will doubtless be severi
d months before he will be in condltio
to go to work again.
o. The committee in charge of til
lyceum lecture course desire to il
form the public that it is possible ID
s Witt Miller may be able to return
Durango in short time and delive
the lecture that was TO have bee
given last Thursday night If he
& not able to do so the committee wi
substitute something else durin
% the winter so that those holding se
son tickets will not lose thereby. An
one holding single tickets for Mr. Mi
u ler's lecture may have money refun'
ed at Tiffany's II they desire or tl
ticket will be good for the next nun
n ber. II will be announced MS soon 8
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