Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-09

| the eastern from Phoenix, Ariz., where
they spent the winter. This morning
they left for their home in Farming
ton,
| +. NJ Rowan, manager of the Ala
mosa Milling q Elevator company. is
making Durango his headquarters for
a few days Mr. Rowan went to Hes
perus today on business for his com
pany.
Mr. and Mrs. f. H. Taylor. who
were In town yesterday on a shopping
trip. departed for their home at Man
cos this morning. Mrs. Taylor came
in day before yesterday from ar ex,
tended visit In Atlanta. Ga.
| w b. Rogers. one of the lessees OF
the Cumberland mine in the La Platas,
came in from New York city last even
Ing. where he spent the winter Mrs.
Rogers and the baby remained In the
east for the present. Mr.. Rogers left
| ioi tuc uiiht lIlp iuOi ninS-
| La Plata county must engage In the
usual county fair. Durango cannot
afford to permit this important func-
tion to go by default. To this end let
there be good attendance of stock.
holders Tuesday night 80 a live board
OF directors can he elected and fair
dates set
James Duce. manager of the Mu-
tual Produce company of Denver was
an arrival on last nights eastern to
| attend the meeting of the Farmers
district union this afternoon. Mr. Duce
will address the farmers on timely top.
les. He is said to be an interesting
and forcible speaker.
Mrs. s. II. Masters and daughter
Mrs. V. s Boren, and son. S. A. Mas
ters and family, who were in town on
a sad mission yesterday, to attend the
late s. II. Masters funeral, left for
CASTELAR, this morning Mrs. Masters,
who lives in Rocky Ford, will return
in a few days and then continue to
her home
John c. Young, the well known
printer, left this morning for Alamosa
to work for Frank Hartman on the
Alamosa Enterprise. Mrs. Young will
join her husband in Alamosa in about
month. She will spend the next few
weeks packing and winding up af-
fairs generally, visiting her mother,
Mrs. j. Il. Jackson, meanwhile. We
wish Mr., Young the best of success
in his new location.
II. l.. Hall was Durango visitor
last night. Came in to see IL 1t wasn't
time for his young brother to depart
for home. When man takes to being
80 very particular all at once about
his clothes, the rest of the family as
well as his friends begin to sit up and
take notice H. l.. finally left with a
promise from VIII that he'd go home
some time-which promise we suppose
will doubtless be kept
Charles Thuringer departed for his
former home at Pennington this morn
ing 1t Is on the whole difficult to
determine where MIR. Thuringer's home
is located, since he claims that it is
home wherever he happens to be. II
would seem to indicate that a person
expressing such sentiments must be
of contented disposition, which is an
admirable trait On the whole we
think 1t is safe to say that Mr.. Thur
niger went home" this morning!
Mrs. Pulford is IN receipt of a long
distance telephone message from State
Superintendent Katherine NJ. Cook
that it would he impossible to reach
Durango and hold the Industrial meet
ing planned for Monday evening at
the high school building by members
from the state agricultural college.
u uSt tue cause vi utlhs coulu uol DS
understood over the phone hut Mrs
Pulford is looking for letter which
will give particulars and the date when
the meeting will be held.
o.
Cy. Graden of the cold storage plant,
shipped to Denver this morning what
is believed to be the largest rainbow
trout ever caught in the state. It
weighed 10 pounds "a hours after be-
ing landed The monster measured 35
inches in length. The big fellow was
from the San Juan Power company
reservoir or lake now leased by the
Electra Sporting club, and Is plain
that the story coming from the place
when owned by Less Pierce that
whales were swimming around in the
small lake" was true. The specimen
goes to the game and fish department
to be mounted. II will make the speci-
mems In the Denver Il Rio Grande
passenger office in the Albany hotel
take back seat.