Semi-weekly herald., 1909-01-11
LOCAL NEWS.

(FroE Thursday's Daily,
Schools are down to hard work after
ten days of vacation.
Quite q number Of Durango stock
men expect to take In the Denver show
next week.
Wonder what was to be the share
Of tie paper II the Iooting deal had
Esae through?
the tail end Of storm that is sweep
ing the middle west
Travel is rather light these days
VIII be week or more before mucn
activity is displayed.
When In Denver you will find the
Shirley hotel first class place to
register. Especially a family hotel.
The library is fine place for Idle
people to put in their time. Much
better than loafing about the streets.
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The fine weather the past two weeks
has been a blessing for the workmen
pushing the Henderson-Loftus building
to completion.
II Ernest Hoffman, proprietor of the
Hoffman house at Silverton. came
down this morning to visit his ranch
near Durango.
Commissioners have concluded the
business on hand and will be In readi.
ness to turn over to their successors
: Tuesday next.
En- route to Silverton last night the
passenger train encountered small
snowslide, but the locomotive was able
to buck It's way through.
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The Herald congratulates Mrs. EN-
ma George upon receiving lucrative
appointment that will permit her
!. spending three months in Denver.
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c. Platfoot and P. E. Carson of Pue-
BILE are In Durango with the view of
opening a commission house prince
pally for the handling of fruits,
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Walter Alexander left for Denver
this morning where he will put in
the winter as an employe Of the SEN
ate, position secured by Senator
!, West.
George Weaver will hardly be able
to swing more than one legislative ap-
!. pointment for La Plata county owing
to the house being so strongly Demo
cratic.
Last years automobile casualty list
in the United States was 800 killed
LIZA injured. 1t would We instructive
:, to learn how much of it was due to
! Joy riding.
For months the Democrat has beer
. going to put stop to many things
a going on in Durango-but they con
tinue Just the same. The Democrat
Is simply blufnng.
Louie Lashman, the well known cook
who had the misfortune to put his
. shoulder out Of joint some days ago
, passed through to Pagosa Springs this
= morning from Silverton.
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The stork arrived at the home o.
Jack Mccormack of the Animas vale,
\ this morning. A little thing like this
a however, does not disturb Jack, be
!. cause he rather likes the bird.
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The annual sale of white Goods
at Graden's is meeting with great sue
y cess, the women evidently realizing
that the sale was Forthcoming ant
holding back until the announcement
Making little money by blackinail
Ing firms into advertising is fine
II record. And that is what majority
g OF the sheets advertisers say. They
J. prefer to put up few dollars an(
J. be let alone.
The Herald will not shield any one
who steals from the government. bu
q on the other hand we do not believe IL
D. making every man who locates
o homestead to make home for himself
e and family out land grabber.
Small boys should be kept at home
AWAY from pool rooms and other II
censed places. If parents are unable
to restrain their children then II is the
s duty of the officials to see that pro
prietors of such places keep boys out
u OF their places of business.
Mrs. Emma George left this morn
= ing for Denver in response to a tele
n gram from Representative Weaver
that he had secured position fol
her as clerk of the appropriations
4 committee. Quite number of friends
:, were at the depot to see her off.
o Jake Fritz returned last evening
after an absence of four weeks, visit.
Ing Pacific coast points from Seattle
q south through California and Arizona
| He saws he did pnf rim acrooo ana,