Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-19


~. G. Consel and Otto Werner The
party went down on the Red Apple
train this morning to look over land
in the vicinity OF Cedar Hill aud Aztec
They registered at the Palace last
night
Louis Heb. special secretary of the
Young Mems Christian association for
| Colorado. is spending the day in Du-
range. He is talking over the work
with interested ones and starting a
movement that may result in an Or
eanization in the near future. An ac-
tive Y. NJ. G. A. is good thing for
any community.
The Goodman Undertaking company
shipped the remains OF Herman Mil
Ter TO Rico this morning, for inter
ment. Mr. Miller died at Mercy hos
plial late Saturday night. of pneu-
monia. He was ranchman living
over on the Dolores, and came to Du
range about ten days ago being very
| III at the time OF his arrival. He was
81 years of age, and leaves TO mourn
him. wife and three children. He
was here alone, his wife being un-
able to come
Hon T. D. Burns and Thos. H. Kel-
ley came down from Silverton this
morning and are spending the day In
town. j. r. c. Tyler OF Leadville,
who is 10 be cashier OF the Burns
National bank here, arrived Saturday
evening from home, whore he has
been making arrangements to move
his family to Durango. Az soon as
school closes, in about a month, the
latter will arrive and take up their
residence in Durango. Durango peo.
pie will be pleased 10 welcome them
The name of S. NJ Biggs was in
scme manner omitted from the list OF
nominees for board of trade directors
toitulioN L nt
complete and corrected list is as fol-
lows: Harry Jackson, A. p. Camp. r
Il. Sloan. ED Buchanan, G. W. Moody.
Richard McCloud. George Goodman,
Isaac Kruschke, Chas. II. Stilwell, l..
C Jakway, j. F. Lowell, Joe H. Woods,
J. d. Adams, DIR. A. /. Davis. J. A.
Clay, John l.. Parsons. W. Nj. Gibson,
S. NJ. Biggs.
Alvin Dunn. prominent stock man
of Los Molinos, Cal, was in the city
last night passing through TO Do
lores. Mr. Dunn is looking f1r stock
country and II he finds suitable
location he will make his home there.
He spent the past three weeks in the
Monte Vista section, where he pur
chased a big shipment of hogs which
he shipped TO San Francisco. He said
he had heard a great deal of the Mon
teZuma valley and hoped TO find land
suitable for his purpose in that sec
tion. Mr.. Dunn was a passenger on
the eastern this morning.
Hon Frank c. Goudy came in from
Denver last evening, leaving this morn
ing for Mancos for the purpose of
taking some dispositions with United
States District Attorney Ward in gov
ernment timber cases, This cheats
L,.,pL ,ut of a vota tonnrrou in Dpn
yer. Mr.. Goudy says the state is gen
orally prosperous and is looking for
steady improvement Regarding poll
tics Mr.. Goudy had little to impart
with excepting that if the Republican
party went ahead as now outlined and
placed the right men in nomination
on the right platform there would be
Republican walk-away.
The Herald acknowledges a pleas
ant call from c. II. Wood and his son
Charles of the Cedar Hill district. Mr..
Wood says he is going 10 have big
cIop of apples, the entire district look
ing prosperous. Mr.. Wood is not
believer in big orchards that can not
be properly looked after He has 1874
trees. OFF from 10I trees year before
last he sold 81 500 worth of apples. We
believe the time Is coming when the
successful fruit grower and rancher
will be the one who tills a small acre
ages to 100 acres. Most farmers
are trying to keep up water tax and
| Improvements on a lot of land and
hence are kept to the grindstone most
of the time.