Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-31

making land cost upwards Of S75 an
acre before a building Is erected, aud
then purchasers take chances on
drouth and many other things not 10
mention the fact that the land is not
one-half as productive as in this sec
ton.
It is with pleasure we note the re
turn of George G. Goodman and wife
oh, yes, the babe also-from Cali
fcrnia where they spent the last six
months. Mr. Goodman is looking fine
gained seventeen pounds and feels
completed rejuvenated. George says
his mother, Mrs. Frank Goodman, will
return in about six weeks. Mr.. Good
man viii resume his responsible pc.
s.tion with the First National bank
April 1st, having been granted six
months vacation and he improved ev-
cry momen; OF the time. 1t is useless
to add that Grandpa Frank is happy
with both his grandchildren home
County Superintendent Mrs. Rose
pha Pulford left for Denver this morn
ing TO attend series of directors
meetings of which she is member.
On Thursday the instructors and edu-
Gators will hold meeting 10 dis
ouss normal institute problems. On
Friday the Women's Educational coun
Gil will be in session. Friday evening
the council will give q dinner at the
Shirley. They have four festive gath
erings per year, being respectively,
a ,,,rea'dast. dinner, luncheon, and a
banquet The board OF directors OF
the State Teachers association will
meet on Saturday. Mrs. Pulford will
spend Sunday in Denver leaving for
Durango Monday night. The county
superintendent's Office will be closed
until her return.
Mrs. George Simons and llttle
daughter of Bayfield,, and mother Mrs
J.. NJ. Jordan OF Alamosa, went out
on the eastern this morning for Bay
field, via Ignacio. after few days
in town. Mrs. Jordan thinks Durango
Is finest place she has been in since
her girlhood She is troubled with
asthma which affects her breathing
hut since she has been in Durango she
can breathe as easily as when child
Mrs. Jordan said this morning she
would like to live here all the time
Well, it is pretty nice place TO he,
But we can understand that after six
years when every breath almost has
been taken with difficulty. that per
feet freedom would seem wonderful
change. Mrs Jordan has been visiting
her daughter for two weeks and ex
poets to remain until April pa
j. y. Denning Is with us again, ar
riving from Cedar Rapids. Ia. Sunday
evening. Mr.. Denning Is the gentle
man who visited this section last July
and invested in lands to which he has
added two or three quarter sections,
Mr.. Denning expects 10 remain with
us about n month during which time
he will sci out 1900 apple trees and
2.50G Montmorency cherry trees, ar
ranging them in three tracts, one ten-
acre tracts having already been sold
The trees are from the Stark Bros,
nurseries. Two families from Cedar
Rapids have followed Mr.. Denning's
example and purchased land near Ig-
nacio, J. Il. Bleakiey and family ar
plies with them Another gentleman
is j. b. Ryan who will set out 1900
fruit trees this spring. Mr.. Denning
has great faith in this county and is
inducing many of his friends to come
west.
Miss Blanche Braidon, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs ]. A. Cop
pinger. for the past ten months, was
an outgoing passenger on the eastern
this morning to Albuquerque. Miss
Braidon will stay over for a few days
visit with an old school chum, Mrs
Myron Fadin, the two ladies growing
up in Parkersburg, W. Va. Mrs. Fadin
will accompany her friend south to
New Orleans where the ladies will
remain for few weeks. They will
then make the trip up the Missis-
sippi to Quincy, III. From there Mrs.
Fadin will go on to her old home in
Parkersburg. and Miss Braidon Will
leave for Chicago where she will
make her home with her sister, Mrs.
7. u. Rathbone.' The latter was in
Durango Il numbers of years ago and
many Durango people will remember
her as a brilliant woman with gift
for repartee and charming conver-
sationalist-a family trait. Miss Brai-
don has spent more time in Durango
than Mrs. Rathbone. and has endear-
ed herself TO so many Durango people
during her STAY at different times that