Semi-weekly herald., 1909-05-17
Nathan's show windows are a sam.
pie of what is carried in the big store.

pie OF what is carried In the big store.
Miss Lawsing and Miss Kerr went
to Ignacio this morning. Ration day
at the agency. They return tomor.
row evening.
The real estate men report much
inquiry for farm lands and this prom.
ises to be an active year as home.
seekers are going to visit us by the
wholesale.
Barry Sullivan returned last even.
ing from Pennington where he
Strengthened out San Juan county De.
mocracy. Barry is born leader. The
others follow.
Mr.. Graf and the children returned
to Pennington this morning. Mrs,
Graf, upon whom an operation was
performed a few days ago, is getting
along nicely.
Durango is putting on metropolitan
airs--or rather many of our people, ii
we are to judge by the new automo.
biles. Among the latest additions are
DR.. Haggart and Howard Charlton
both of whom are sporting handsome
cars.
o.
John l.. Mcneil journeyed to Den.
yer this morning. viii be back he
latter part of next week Mr.. Mcneil
says 1t looks good for this seotion
He feels confident there will be some,
thing doing in railroad building be,
fore the summer is over.
Messrs. Feichtinger and Duggan are
home from Fort Collins where they
went as delegates to the Grand Coun.
ell. Knights OF Columbus. They re.
port fine time and handsome treat
ment at Fort Collins. The next meet
ing will be at Grand Junction.
Mrs. Eliza Perkins, mother of C
c. Perkins, and Mrs. Sylvia Miller
her sister. returned last night from
California where they spent the win
ter. Mrs. Miller will remain in Du
range during the summer months and
will then go to her home In the east
o.
B. w. Ritter is as busy as a crar
berry merchant. Came in from The
ranch last evening. attended to some
legal matters, returning to the ranch
again this morning with a few pounds
of chuck" steak to keep him goine
over Sunday. Mr.. Ritter is putting
out nearly 500 fruit trees.
w. e. Duggan, who returned from
Fort Collins last night, said he had
the pleasure of seeing Miss Helen
Freeman fill the leading role In Jack
Straw" In Denver Miss Freeman as.
sumed this role Tuesday and with
only one days notice succeeded ad.
mirably-so well that the audience
supposed abe was accustomed to the
part.
The reason for NJ ]. Brennan re-
signing as manager of the Western
Union in this city is out-he has ac.
cepted the district agency of the
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company with headquarters at Mon,
trose. Here is wishing you tn. best
of luck, and that you will fad life
agreeable in the growing city.
The great demand for farm la ads is
well illustrated by the fact that the
Denver office is in receipt OF IA0 10
200 letters a day making inquiries re
garding the lands to be opened near
ignacio under the Carey act. There
is no question but that It means
bringing one thousand homessekors
to our county who viii find plenty
OF splendid propositions.
Quite bunch of young ladies', most
ly school teachers, went to Aztec this
morning to visit the ruins. They re-
turn this evening. The company was
made up as follows:; Miss Margaret
Monteith, Miss Mary Sites. Miss Tom
mie Pickering, Miss Anna Pickering,
Miss Lottie Folsom, Miss Florence
saiabar, Miss Minnie Lauenstein, Miss
Mamie Todd. Miss Nettie Fades. Miss
Emeline Jensen. Mrs. D. l.. Sheets.
Mrs. Stevens. Mrs. ]. W. Pickering.
Great Western ~jovo. - M.v.