Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-25

man, who has been in Durango for a
couple OF days on business, returned
to oxford this morning. Mr. Denning
is like every body else in that To-
cality. busy setting out fruit trees
Fred G.. Straub yesterday sold four
lots and two residences ON Mountain
street in Animas City to Emory Brown.
Consideration. $1,000. Considerable
real estate is changing hands these
days
Miss Tommie Pickenll and Mrs.
Emson Wood were passengers TO Ce.
dar Hin this morning TO attend the
district conference OF the NJ. f. church
lSOuth) which meets there this week.
The ladies' will return about Satur.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Mumma and
baby were guests of the Savoy last
night and departed for their home at
Pennington this morning Mr.. and
Mrs AIumma came in last night from
Cleveland, o.. where they visited rela
lives for several weeks.
Engineer Jack McCabe of the Silver
ton passenger reported seeing six of
the finest deer he had ever seen. this
morning at The Soda spring. The ami.
mails We're on the track as the train
| came round the curve some distance
above. Mr.. McCabe said 1t was a very
pretty sight
II. w. Stevenson, who is Interested
in gold placer mining below Bluff
city, Utah, came in last evening with
his wife and children from Chicago
They departed on the Southern this
morning for their new home beyond
Bluff. They expect to remain at the
gold camp all summer.
District court convened this morning
at 10 O'Clock The first case called
was A. l.. Moore and J. NJ Boiling vs.
George w. and T. X. Avery. adverse
mining claim. in which the Dolly Var
den Nos. l., 2 and 3 claims are CON
tested against the Gold Coin. The
case will occupy the attention of the
court the rest of the week.
j. A. Clay, general manager OF the
San Juan Power company and the
Durango Gas q Electric company, and
wife. returned last evening from a trip
to Denver. Mr.. Clay made the trip
as an electrical expert for the South
ern Pacific in the recent conference
10 adjust the difference oil the Colo
rado Telephone company and proposed
railroad right-of-way. and the city and
county, so that the rights of all should
be respected
C. h. Condit. who is employed on
the Silyerton Northern railroad, pass.
ed through this morning to Denver in
response TO a message that his
mother, Mrs e. c. Condit, well known
in San Juan county and Durango. is
seriously III with pneumonia Mr..
Ccndil said his little son Raymond was
IN Denver with his mother getting his
strength up for an operation for ap-
pendicitis. AS Mr.. Condit was called
there on his mothers account he hoped
that the boys operation could be per-
formed while he was In Denver. When
cad Mr. Condlt said that he returned
from bucking snow last night when he
Superintendent w. T. Shelton of the
Shiprock Indian agency returned last
night from Salt Lake. where the case
| OF the Navajo Indian charged with the
| murder of Charles Fritz at Aneuth,
Utah, came up for trial in the United
States court. The Indian pleaded guilty
of murder In the first degree, but the
plea was afterwards withdrawn and
the Judge ordered that a true bill with
"A plea of not guilty, be returned and
entered for The defendant. The trial
will be set for some time In May.
Stephen Dale, the interpreter. and
Mrs. Shelton, who accompanied her
husband, returned with him last night
and the party went out on the Red
Apple train this morning to Shiprock,
via Pennington.
Rev. Stewart. district elder OF the
Free Methodist church. who has been
In Durango and vicinity for about ten
days visiting local churches. left for
bayfield, today to hold the district quar-.