Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-19
ITEMS OF GENERAL
INTEREST FROM THIS
SOUTHWEST SECTION

Ihe Yankee Glri mine In the Red
Mountain district will commence ship
ping ore to Durango shortly.
The old town OF Placervile in San
Miguel county has been abandoned and
a new town is starting up half mile
distant.
X. NJ. Jackson of the firm of Jack
son g. Mcclure of Aztec will put In
the summer in Colorado Springs look
ing after homeseekers and investors
from that end while MIR. Mcclure Will
take care OF the home end. A strong
team.
d. II. Franks reports the leasers
os the Old Kentucky mine making
splendid progress with small force
OF men. They are blocking out $75
ore right along and are preparing to
make shipment soon. There seems to
be largo body of this ore In sight
and there Is every prospect of a big
mine.-Mancos Times-Tribune.
Axcl NasIund returned Wednesday
morning from a six months visit 10
Sweden. He will visit relatives here.
Mrs. S. Anderson. Miss Lydia and Mr.
August Naslund before going to Du.
range. where he makes his home. hav-
ing some mining lenses in the Silver
ton mining dlstrict.-Del Norte Pros.
pector.
It Is understood that since selling
their place Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ HoRg
intend to move down to Cortez and
establish home for themselves down
there, where Mr.. Hogg has growing
practice and will make his headquar.
ters, coming to Telluride occasionally
to look after the firm business. This
Will be regretted by the many friends
Of this most estImable family.-Tellu.
ride Examiner.
Camping In the Rockies" Is the
title of "A handsome little 50-page pam
phlet lately issued by the passenger
department of the Denver 4 Rio
Grande rallroad. for gratuitous distri-
With numerous views of Colorado
camping. hunting and fishing. ani
other instructive reading. It is mail
cd upon request OF the d. a. r. G..
passenger department.
The commissioners OF Montezuma
county have purchased n power spray
ing machine which arrived last week
and Is being put into service at once.
The machine will be hired to anyone
wishing to use it at SIS per day and
ba trf1 hn !, 1, In
| on the orchards of any person who re-
fuses or neglects to spray at the proper
| time when the county horticultural in
spector says he must spray and the
damage charged up to the owner.
Interest In the East Maneos mining
district is awakening right along and
II is the kind of interest that brings
results. From the point where the
railroad crosses the East Mancos up
| stream for distance OF three or four
| miles are quite number of tents and
many new claims have been located
recently. Taylor Norton is engaged
In prospecting for George Gilmore,
Tom Wilbur and w. A. Stewart OF
La Plata. The interest of these peo.
pie In this district means greater
things for our mining interests. This
entire California mining district. to
our notion. is on the eve OF Il general
revival and we expect many new com
panies and individuals to become in-
terested In this morning district this
summer.--Alancos Times-Tribune.
The energetic progressiveness Of
Grand Junction business men, as dem.
onstrated in the advertising pages OF
Its local press. insurcs the future OF
that town. The len seven-coiumn
pages OF the Daily Sentinel are so
crowded with home advertising as to
threaten the necessity of adding still
another sheet. says the Telluride Jour
nal. The Sentinel runs but trifIe
more reading matter than The Herald.
but Its advertising patronage is three
times greater Every body in Grand
Junction advcrtises. It's hustllng
town. has to be. because It hasn't the
resources OF Durango.
When the Trout lake flood came
uOWn ldBt lhll II WdSntu out tHt spur
al the Butterfly Terrible mine and
took with It good part Of the bank
on which the rails were laid. In max
ing the repairs the spur was extend
ed only n part of the former distance
and the management of the Butterfly
laid mine car track to the end OF
1t and used that system for loading
cars. Recently melting snow from
above the track has washed ont the
mine track and now Manager Brown
Is up against 1t for fair in loading
his product and unloading what freight
that he may receive. for his track is
gone and there Is no ground on which
tc rebuild.-Tellurlde journal.
Miss Ada Smelcer. well known in
Fort Collins, was married Saturday,
May Z, in Denver, to DR.. w. G. Crook,
OF Glenwood Springs. This announce
ment comes as a great surprise to
the many friends OF the former Miss