Semi-weekly herald., 1910-02-03
FlLcHlNGS FROM OUR
NEIGH5oRlNG EXCHANGES

"A petition is being circulated to en-
able the people to vote on the local
option question at Pagosa Springs this
coming April.
The quarantine is off again at Ou.
ray, churches opening yesterday and
The schools today The Herald is
pleased TO make this announcement.
Grand junction complains that 81.
gar manufactured in that town sells at
20 cents a hundred more there than
II does in Denyer after paying 10 cents
ia hundred freight to the big town.
Mrs. Newland, mother of Dr. New.
land. was stricken with paralysis
week ago and still remains in an al.
most helpless condition. Mrs. E. w.
Newland came up from Farmington
the next day to assist in attending to
her needs.-Bayfield Blade.
w c. Clark, who has been down In
the La platas for ten days past look.
ing oyer his mining interests, is billed
TO return home this evening. To he on
band for divine services tomorrow.
Rumor has It that the men employed
In winter development on the Cum.
berland have lately opened fine body
OF fine ore in an unexpected locality
Telluride Journal.
The past week has not developed
any new smallpox cases in Ridgway
ard all of the old cases are recovered
and attending to their usual vocations.
| Il is matter of congratulation that
the authorities were able to handle the
situation so effectively that the dis
ease should have been stamped Out
without aIy new cases developing
OlTay Herald.
The Herald is Informed of the prob
able location at Ridgway of manu-
featuring concern with an Immediate
cash fund of $4,000 for buildings and
machinery for the manufacturing of
patented article that is assured of a
large sale. There only remains the
details of forming the company. etc.
after which work will undoubtedly be-
gin on the buildings. The company
VIII consist of local men with w. l..
Jewett OF Durango.-Ouray Herald.
Last Saturday, Jan. 22. was the an.
niversary of the big snow slide that
came down on the Sneffels road whore
Dad Austin was caught with the stage
and thirty horses and mules were
swept over the trail and four men lost
their lives in the snow. Dad Austin
has been taking a rest this winter from
delivering the mail as the narrow es.
cape he had at that time has caused
feeling of nervounnss. Mrs. Sypnot
a widow of one OF the victims of the
slide, has married again and lives at
Loma.-ouray plaindealer.
On the charge of numbering the
Campbell woman at Pagosa Springs
ON the night OF Jan. 10. ]. B. Mar
tinez. Sr., Is confined in the Durango
jail to await trial. He had prelim.
mary hearing before Justice Furrow
last Thursday evening and was held
without bail. Strong evidence was
adduced at the hearing, the principal
witness for the state being an elderly
Mexican woman who lived with the
murdered woman and her children.
and who was in the house when the
Campbell woman was called out and
met her doom. The accused and the
writer have been intimate acquaint.
ances for nearly twenty years and
during more recent years the two fam.
illes have lived next door neighbors
we can, therefore, scarcely believe
him guilty OF so foul crime. For
his sake, and for the sake OF his eight
grown up sons and daughters and
their mother whom they all honor and
revere. we hope he can prove his In.
nocence of any participation In the
crime OF which he is accused. The
children are all selfsupporting, some
OF them prominent and prosperous cit.
liens Of Archuleta county and Others
holding positions of trust in nearby
towns. To all OF them the Blade
extends sympathy.-Bayfield Blade.
San Juan county, New Mexico. opens
her doors to all. and all classes are
liable to come In. II is the proud
boast of her citizens that most of
those who come in are the kind that
make up good communities or great
communities, although the opposite
sometimes happens. Two or three
years ago l.. Chase, famous through.
out El Paso county. Colo, drifted Into
San Juan county. New Mexico. Soon
he became famous as bridge builder.
roadmaker. empire manufacturer and
creamery promoter. He succeeded In
interesting a number OF our best citi-
zens in these enterprises, neither Of
which he nrOyad very succeasful in