Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-27

than the newspaper reports state.
Mrs. Cotton of Pagosa Springs, who
! has been the house guest of Mrs. K.
Shaw. the past ten days, returned
home this morning.
w. ]. Reed, San Juan pioneer, is
down from Tacoma today. Mr.. Reed is
in fair way to become millionaire
He has started chicken ranch.
| Mr. and Mrs. George Cory Franklin
and daughters, Elizabeth and Alice, re-
turned to Ophir this morning after
three weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs.
George w. Franklin.
The suit OF w, II. Crawford VS.. the
Empire Construction company is still
on in the district court. Several civil
engineers have been on the witness
stand today.
Mr. Thorpe the pipe line tender, in
recent trip to the forty-mile reser-
voir, says that in one place. the trail
went over snow drift twenty five
feet deep. Sounds cool doesn't it?
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wrightmeyer
arrived from Seattle last night. This
morning they went over TO Mancos
where they expect to locate. Mrs.
Wrightmeyer's brother-in-aw is the D.
& r. G. agent at that point.
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The funeral OF the late John Hum.
phreys. who was killed at the San
Juan mine on Smelter hill Wednes-
day, was held from the Goodman un.
dertaking parlors this afternoon. Many
friends and fellow workmen of the
deceased followed the remains to their
last resting place.
Robert Mcconnell, the promising
son of Mr.. and Mrs. c. II. Mcconnell,
left for Santa Rita, N. NJ, this morn
ing where he has accepted position
as mining engineer with the Santa
Rita Mining company. Robert says
he win return To Durango when The
the city Here's hoping his absence
will not be OF long duration.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Davis
took place Wednesday afternoon from
the Florida Mesa Presbyterian church
OF which she was a member Rev. A.
p. Sanderson, her former pastor,
preached the sermon, in which he paid
an eloquent tribute to the virtues of
the dead woman. The largest process
sion ever witnessed on the Florida
followed the remains to the Hood GEM
etery, where they were inferred.
Mrs. w, H. Crooke of Silverton was
an arrival on the eastern last night
and remained over until tonight to
visit her sister, Mrs. l.. C. Jakway.
Mrs. Crooke has been in the east since
February. While the trip was a most
| enjoyable one she Is delighted to
| to get away from the drouth-stricken
| section Mr.. Croke came down from
Silverton this morning to accompany
| her home.
Mrs. s. A. Waters and Mrs. Mathers
were arrivals from Pennington this
| mprninp and laft nm tho aoctarp for
| Missouri points TO visit during the
summer months. The ladies have
been residents of New Mexico the past
twelve months and while they very
much appreciate their new home they
were so anxious to see old friends that
they were quite willing to endure the
plus 100 temperature of the middle
west.
Richard Weatherill, who was killed
by Navajo Indians near Blake's trading
post Wednesday, was well known in
Durango. The Weatherill's lived near
Mancos for many years and were
among the most highly respected resi-
dents of that section Rumor says
that Mr.. Weatherill was accused of
stealing and branding cattle belonging
to the Navajos and the shooting fol.
lowed an alteration with them. What.
ever the truth may be the tragedy is
greatly to he deplored.
| A party of five capitalists from the
east, arrived last evening and went
up to the ORC Elmo mine today with
Il. A. Norton and John X. Ball. A tele.
gram from Pueblo announced that five
others will arrive this evening. These
gentlemen will also be taken to the
mine and through and over the prop.
erty. They have with them their own
mining engineers-eXperi need men
to examine into conditions. The capi.
talists are here for the purpose of
making investment In the Orc Elmo
mine.
| The United States department of
agriculture has issued splendid bul-
letin on Bread and Bregdmaking, by
| I'clen w. Atwater. 1t is very com.