Semi-weekly herald., 1909-07-26


The committee of the Odd Fellows
be at l. O. o. F. hall at O'Clock
sharp on Sunday afternoon to attend
| the funeral of Brother Jesse Shields,
Pryor 7. Scott returned from San
Juan county last night where he
bought land. and returned to his home
liz Grand junction this morning Mr..
Scott was a guest of the Palace last
night.
p Gorson and r. c. Lockwood came
down from Silverton last night to
see that the Silverton boys were prop
erly treated by the antlered gentlemen
who boosted them through the initia-
ton ceremonies.
The funeral services for Jesse
ing, will be held at the Methodist
church next Sunday afternoon at 2:3o
p. IN Rev w. E. Bennett will con
duct the services.
A party consisting of James NJ Ir-
vine and w G. Campbell of st. Joe,
Mo, R. L. Knowles and Joe Prewitt,
returned last evening from a trip to
Glen, Colo. Messrs. Irvine and Camp
eastern.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Hart and daugh-
ter left for Denver this morning for a
two weeks outing in Denver. Boulder
and Colorado Springs. Mr.. Hart. who
Is In the dry goods department at
Kruschke's, is on his vacation.
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w. Goff Black was in Durango last
evening from Aztec to meet Arthur
Pondsford of Denver. legal adviser for
the Eden Ditch company, who arrived
last night. Mr.. Black returned this
morning
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Graves of the
Animas valley passed through on the
morning train from their ranch, bound
Mr. Graves mother and brothers and
sisters 1t is twenty years since Mr..
Graves has seen his mother. They
expect to be absent about month.
When men are elected to public Of
fice and take an oath to serve the tax
payers faithfully and honestly they
should do so or resign. After election
all favoritism should be cast to the
winds and every official action for The
| best interests of taxpayers and the
public.
Ii sounds like a dream, sweet ro
| nance So many cherries at Farming
ton that they won't pick them Sell
| ing them on the trees at twenty cents
PER GALLON. A canning factory
make money.
| W. r. Elmore, a member of the In
| ternational Association of Machinists
was in the city last night on business
pertaining to machinists on the Den
yer & Rio Grande railroad, Mr.. Ell
more went out on the eastern this
morning to Alamosa.
II. D. Scott came up from Farming
ton last night. where he has spen
the last four months looking around
Mr.. Scott recently bought land nea
Pennington and left on today's east
ern for his former home in Aledo
Okla, to fetch his family.
Miss Lola Taylor, one of the Man
cos teachers, arrived last evening oil
the Southern on n brief visit to tn
Misses McNicholas. Miss Taylo
leaves In the morning for Pagos
Springs to spend few weeks wit
her sister, Mrs. R. B. Bostwick.
The Democrat should wake up. A
account of the rich strike in the l.
Platas near Comstock. appearing O
the front page Of this mornings Il
sue, was handled by The Herald @
last Thursday, one week ago. And tn
news editor has just found 1t out!
o.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander, VIII
are living at Brookside this summe
have new daughter. The wee gil
has the proud distinction of being tn
first granddaughter born in the famil
for some twenty-six years. With fiv
brothers. this only girl will hay
things pretty much her own way.
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Miss Ida McEwen is home aga,
from a six months trip to the Goa
OF California. visiting different poin
e OF interest through the state, and ia
! ing the ocean trip to the expositit
at Seattle. Miss Blanche Patterso
who accompanied Miss McEwen, sta
8 ed over in Washington to visit h
a | uncle.
DR.. o. C. McEwen. who was serior
ly i'll last week at Aztec, and had We
high fever for a day or two, has recc
g cred from the attack. which his fath'
a DR.. W. w. McEwen. thinks was d
e to ptomaine poisoning, probably fro
e milk DR.. McEwen's friends In II
r. dty and throughout the county "
/, be pleased to learn of his recover
Arthur Ponsford, a well known d.
~ yer attorney, came IN from the stt
trk