Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-02

]. A. Porter came in yesterday from
his camp on Pine river where he spent
the summer. and Is In town for a day
or two before returning to Denver
Superintendent Charles Burton went |
out yesterday morning with two In !
dian boys from the Navajo Indian res
eryation, bound for the Grand June
tion Indian school,
]. w Willsey was an arrival from
his ranch at Cedar Hill Saturday even
ing and left Sunday for Colorado
Springs.
H. w. Fielding. the sawmill man
came in from Mancos last night, and
win be in Durango for several days
or until better weather.
I. Levey, principal of the Cortez
schools, was in town yesterday to
spend Sunday. Some of the Cortez
teachers were expected to arrive last
night. but will probably come in this
evening.
Mrs. l.. A. Johnson and daughter
came In Saturday evening from a visit
with friends at Pagosa Springs Miss
Alice j. Powers returned with her for
visit. The ladies left for Farming
ton Sunday morning.
William Phelan. who represents the
Henkle-Duke Mercantile company of
Pueblo in this section, and has made
his headquarters at the Strater fol
eastern with his family, who will
make their home in Durango for the
present.
Mrs. e. A. Lewis. who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs NJ A. Coop.
er. for the past six weeks. returned
to her home in Denver this morning
We must be having our equinoctial
storm. Judging by the way the rain Is
keeping up II started raining Satnl.
day afternoon and is still raining, only
letting up occasionally lu meantime.
| Mr.. and Mrs. IL. Graves returned
on last nights eastern from "trip
TO Ogdensburg, N Y, where they
visited Mr.. Graves relatives for about
a month. They went up to their home
in the Animas valley this morning
There Is a new eight-pound girl at
| the residence of Mr.. and Mrs NJ A
Cooper. ll5 West Park avenue. The
| little lady came this morning at 2
come. Everyone concerned is doing
I, nicely Mr. Cooper is in the sheep
business, the family moving to Du-
rango this spring from Pennington.
w S. Wallace and wife came in last
.night from Grand Junction and are
staying over at the Strater today on
their way TO Pennington. Mr.. Wal
lace is interested in the big ditch
proposition which includes the Cool
idge ditch, and will cover an immense
| tract of land in San Juan county. AS
| soon as the train goes through Mr.
Wallace will continue to Farmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w Melville ar.
rived from the Vallioeto yesterday aft
ernoon. They will take the remains
of their son Paul east tomorrow, or
as soon as the road is opened for
| through traffic.
DIR. and Mrs. NJ. d. Taylor arrived
from Aztec today and left on the
eastern, which departed al / o'clock.
for n months trip to Kansas, Okla.
homa and Kentucky. The last-named
Is the doctors old home.
Gaines Otis and George Skoog left
yesterday morning for Palo Alto, Cal.
to enter Leland Stanford university
Gaines Will continue his course in
civil engineering and George in civil
and mechanical engineering. Both
young men are good students and at
tended the state University at Boul
der, both having been working at theil
chosen profession this summer durine
their vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s Plckernl, Mr.
and Mrs. w c. Chapman, Mr.. and
Mrs W. G. White, MIR and Mrs. John
Wlngate, Miss Katherine Wightman |
Miss Ethel Sheets and d. MacLean |
returned yesterday from few weeks
az the Vallecito Country club. 1t was
fishing and camping trip. but there
was more rain than anything else. al
though there was always the scenery
Attorney Charles A. Johnson arrived
on yesterdays delayed Farmlngton
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