Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-23

merous friends who viii always have
warm welcome. Our people will
naye chance Of seeing considerable
OF Fred" during the next few months
as he will be In the ield for The Her
aid. Mr.. strater and Mr.. Raymond
were associated together in the post
office for NO many years that II Is
something like family reunion to be
together again.
A young lady spending the summer
Visiting friends in Durango and VI
cinity recently received letter from
her home town In Factoryviile, Pa.
written by a chum now In attendance
at the Keystone academy at that place.
Among the boarders at the institution
are some Cuban boys and girls. 1t
Is customary for the students to hold
cottage prayer meetings. A few days
ago one Of the boys from the West
Indies electrified his hearers by pray
ing as follows: Give me clean
heart, o Lord; give me a pure heart.
o Lord" then with increasing earnest,
ness. 20 Lord, give me a sweetheart"
Hood G. Ames have Just received
new silver gray ambulance that is q
beauty 1t is fitted up with the latest
Improvements suchc as will make It a
boon to the injured. Iae cot on which
the sufferer rests is supported by ppeu-
matte coils and springs SO as to reduce
motion to minimum. There are also
some ingenious contriyances for NOV
ing a person from the cot to bed
and Vice versa. There are special
springs to the vehicle which Is rubber
tired. A new silver gray hearse also
arrived this morning and n new black
one is expected In a few days. the
latter to be shipped to Cortez. Secur-
ing the ambulance and hearse indicates
progressiveness on the part OF Messrs.
Hood & Ames, the ambulance being
the finest thing Of the kind we have
ever seen.
Surveyor Roy Goodman left for Cor
tez this morning after spending Sun.
day with his family. Mr.. Goodman is
experimenting the putting In Of the
Cortez water works which has been
delayed on account of the heavy rains
Instead Of couple of months 1t LOOKS
now as II the job will not be com.
pleted under five months. The valley
people will lose about one-fifth Of their
grain. but the remaining four-f1fths
Will be better crop tnan ordinary.
The fruit, both quality and quantity.
could not be better. Since the Cortez
people have been under heavy expense
for improvements 1t. is fortunate that
there is bountiful yield this year.
Mrs. Walter Blankenship received Q
telegram yesterday morning announc
ing the death OF her brother, George
Mills. In Arizona. Mr.. Mills was for
AuCtit ohPioyCo 80 bo66aeOuuhn AT ING
depot. being with the company about
a year and a half. leaving some time
ago for Arizona on account OF his
health. He had been sick for. some
time and Mrs. Blankenship planned to
leave yesterday morning for Pueblo
where she expected to meet her broth
er and accompany him to the home
In Kansas, the telegram telling of his
death arriving Just before she started
for the depot. She left on the Sunday
train where she will meet the remains
and accompany the body to the old
home for burial.
Boone c. Vaughan. ex-sheriff Of San
Juan county, N. NJ, was In the city
Saturday night on his way from San
ia Fe, where he attended court, to
his home in Aztec. MIR. Vaughan went
down ON the Red Apple this morning
Mrs. ]. 8. Thomson came In Sat
urday evening from Chama to spend a
few days with her husband, who IL
at Mercy hospital. Mr.. Thomson is
the engineer who was hurt In the
wreck In Navajo canon some weeks
ago.
iAenry Hull, the well known post
trader of Liberty. N. NJ. was an ar
rival on the Red Apple Saturday even.
ing on his way to Montrose. on va.
cation trip. Since he did not care
to go around by Denver. Mr. Hull post
poned his journey for the present. and
returned home this morning.
Miss Ruth Hartman came in from
aztec Saturday and continued to Den
yer Sunday where she will enter Miss
Wolcott's school
Mrs. Frank West and daughter Gene
are in from the ranch at Tiffany to
spend week or ten days and attend
the meetings at the tabernacle.
(From Tuetday's Herald)
The first passenger train to enter