Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-08
sell it at a loss.

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There is no earthly reason for mai
being mixed up and delayed as pe
. the following from the Telluride Jour
, nal and those responsible should b,
lacked up good and hard: practical
ly no paper mail from the outside fol
five days. When the accumulated Jour
nal exchanges arrive II will be neces
sary to employ transfer wagon tc
haul them from the postoffce. The
system of transporting the mail has
some peculiarities, Denver evening
papers of last Friday. the last due
came In last night, but nothing else
In the way OF paper mail. neither the
Denver morning papers. the Colorado
Springs. Pueblo or other eastern ex.
changes"
A. w. Parker. who returned from
his eastern jaunt couple of weeks
ago. is in the city again after spending
most OF the time at his ranch in the
Pine Ridge district looking after the
harvesting of crops. He dug 10000
pounds of as fine spuds as one would
wish to set eyes upon on fraction
over two acres of ground And tur-
Ih'ps. You just ought to see them in
the show window of Otis. McGirr &
c.. also at Gradens. three averaging
| fifteen ponds each with hundreds
more about the sam eweight And all
| tl'is without irrigation. the big Stick
drch under which the land is situated
nor being finished for irrigation the past
season Mr.. Parker $ Justly proud
OF the results and well he should be
A. A. McDougal, the new ID. & r. G
cashier. was an incoming passenger
| from Denver last night, and com
menced his duties at the freight depot
this morning. w. B. Lawrence. who
was checked out few days ago,
leaves The office to enter other busi.
ness after twenty years in the rail.
road service, Mr.. Lawrence retlres
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| and business men of Durango. with
| whom most of his business as cashier
was transacted. He has the reputa.
| tion Of being one of the best cashiers
the company has ever had, and is one
cf the most accommodating of men In
his dealings with the general public.
| Business men of the city are sorry
to see him leave, but wish him the
best of success in his new venture
The reception rendered Mrs. Stella
A. Kyle at the residence of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. LaCount last evening by
the G. A. r.. w. r. c. and Sons of
Veterans, was one of the really en-
joyable events in the life of the dwin
ding band that is SO highly respected
by the people as whole. Mrs Kyle
is cultured lady OF commanding ap
pearance. Yesterday afternoon she
| addressed the members OF the w. r
G. at the hall, captivating her audience
in her splendid talk and review of the
work. The LaCount resident was iill.
ed to Overlooking. quite number of
near friends dropping in and mingling
with the company. Between singing
patriotic songs, recltations, conversa
ton and partaking of choice refresh.
ments, the evening passed rapidly
~, Ia
Molly Johnson, colored woman who
has been n familiar figure In Durango
for some years. died at Mercy hos.
pital of a complication OF diseases
the main trouble being dropsy Mrs
Johnson had made her home at the
hospital for some time until the past
year. when she lived elsewhere until
September when she returned to the
hospital for the last time. She had
no friends nor near relatives but seem.
ed to be quite alone. There Is a
movement on foot among the colored
people Of the town to defray the fi.
neral expenses. Poor old lady, to go
to her last home without any OF her
own to smooth her pillow or keep her
company to the last! But. whatever
vicissitudes and storms she has bat
tied with in the past, these are ended
now. for she has reached at length
her desired haven" and the fuss and
fret of mortal existence may trouble
her no more. The funeral will take
place some time tomorrow from st
Columba's church.
Butterick patterns at KRUSCH-
KE'S.