Semi-weekly herald., 1910-03-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST
FROM SURROUNDING TOWNS

Two cases of diphtheria are reported
at the Smuggler- Union mine.
The gross receipts of the St Patrick
ball at Telluride was trifie over $500.
Pretty good.
1t is expected the telephone line will
be completed between Bayfield, and
Alamosa by July 4.
Manoos will vote on the proposition
of issuing $500 bonds to take up
warrant indebtedness
Del Norte Is pretty well stirred over
the spring election, the wet and dry
issue being on for the first time.
Real estate transactions Ia the big
Monte2uma valley is more active now
than It has been for a year or more.
Mancos is arranging to start public
park. Sensible as every city should
have one and the best time is to start
early
Alamosas municipal expenditures
the past fiscal year foot up a trifle
over slS,O00-about one-sixth that OF
Durango.
The ouray Herald started on its
twentysecond year last week. The
Herald is one Of our most valued ex.
changes
The Pagosa Springs Sun Is making
a hot fight for temperance while the
Now Era is leaning on the opposite
side, IL anything. The Pagosa scrap
Is really interesting.
The following from the Alamosa In
dependent journal is pertinent: Moth
ers-are you real certain that your
girl spends the evening at place
where she gained your permission to
so? In some cases, we believe not"
Word comes from Ouray that Geo.
| Crawford is looked for soon with suf.
ilcient money to discharge all obliga
tions In the Red Mountain district
and resume active mining operations.
Mr.. Crawford failed to raise the nee.
essary money last year.
Jasper Compton, the injured fireman,
came home last night from the Salida
hospital. where he was taken for
treatment after the wreck at Blk
|
and able to get around about as we'll
a. ever Accompanying him was his
sister, Miss Anna Compton, who went
to Salida a couple of weeks ago to
attend her brother-Tellurida Journal.
The sportsmen OF Mancos have got
ten busy recently and us result what
Is to be known us the Mancos Gun
club has been organized with a men,
bership of fifteen. The club has Sc
cured for Its members the exclusive
right to the hunting priviledges OF
the Bauer lake and are having blinds
erected about the lake for their use
during duck season. 1t will cost you
81 to break into this society and en-
, joy It's privileges. Mancos Times
Tribune
w. ID. Hawk passed through yester-
day en- route to Durango to make an
other effort to get the Southern Pa
cific Interested in Montezuma county.
He says our last effort attracted their
attention and elected some favorable
expressions sufficient to encourage
further action, and Mr.. Hawk is ono
who is ready to act. He will find the
Mancos people with him In every ef.
fort calculated to bring to our people
other and better transportation facili-
ties.-Mancos Times-Tribune.
Water Bros. & Shaw have ordered.
through the Bauer Mercantile com
pany. three automatic sheep shearing
machines with which to fleece their
fiocks this spring In lieu of Mexican
labor to do the work One machine
has already arrived and the others
will be in shortly and MIR. c. +. Thomas
will put the machines to working. II
they give satisfaction they will be
quite an innovation to our wool In
dustry and many Of the machines will
doubtless come into use.-Mancos
Times-Tribune.
The land owners on the extension
OF the Lower Animas have been in
conference with numerous contractors
the last few days, and the probabili-
ties are that the entire matter will
be adjusted and work begin all along
the line next week. According to ar
raugements with the old company
those coming in below are to raise
the old ditch bank from the heading
six inches additional height all along
the line. The extension will cover
several thousand acres OF our best
valley and mesa land.-Aztec Demo-
crat
1t Is thought that before another
, week goes by the United Rico Mines
, company will have succeeded in get
ting the water out of the Shamrock
shaft and In overcoming The heavy
influx so that the property may be
, worked without Interruption Some
. trouble has been experienced during
the week with the pumps, nevertheless
the water was lowered In the shaft to
, such an extent as to prove that II can
be controlled. This is good news. for
the success OF the Shamrock venture
means the making of a greater Rico
= III.