Semi-weekly herald., 1910-05-30

for Durango. Quite a number of pas
sengers bound for this place were on
the train but none OF them were In
jured, although narrow escapes are re
ported
Mrs W. A. Stewart and children left
for Pueblo this morning to visit her
mother for few weeks.
Miss Olive Norton, one of the teach
ers at Pagosa Springs the past term
was an arrival on last nights eastern
The young lady is a guest of the Pal
ace.
George Grebles of Gladstone came in
from Denver this morning. Mr. Grebles
was in the wreck at Cuchara June
tion but escaped unhurt Mr Grebles
is staying over today at the Palace.
W. s. Wallace was AT the Strater
last night passing through from Farm.
ington to his home in Grand Junction.
Mr.. Wallace has been looking after his
land and ditch interests in San Juan
county
Miss Edna Connor returned last sv-
ening from Mancos where she was the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. George Carr for
few days Herrick, Mr. and Mrs.
Carr's eldest son, accompanied her TO
Durango The young man will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Knapp for
about a month.
A number of our citizens returned
this morning from Silverton where
they attended the funeral of e. w.
Hodges. The list included: John w.
Wingate. Louis Wyman, w B. Alex
ander. Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Rogers, A,
r. Springer. Mrs. Bert Brown and son
and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hansen were
outgoing passengers on the eastern
this morning bound for their home in
Des Moines. la. They have been in
Durango for the past six weeks on a
visit to Mr. and Mrs Nels Hansen.
II was Mr. Hansen's first trip west,
but his wife lived here FOR a number
of years. Mrs. Hansen found it very
pleasant to renew her old time friend
ships.
G. w franklin yesterday filed state.
ty clerks office for the Ute canal and
Florida reservoir for water rights.
The reservoir will cost in tne neigh
borhood of $250,000 and have a ca
pacity of four hundred and ten mil.
lion gallons. The canal will cost about
Sl50,0OO and carry three hundred Gu.
bic feet OF water. II will be about ten
and half miles long and will irrigate
twenty thousand acres.
Mrs H. NJ Randolph. who was In
the city yesterday from Mancos on a
brief visit TO friends, and chaperoned
two OF the Mancos teachers who were
Durango visitors yesterday, saw her
charges off on the eastern and later
departed for Mancos. Miss Myrtle e.
Camp is a high school teacher on her
way TO spend the summer vacation
with her people in Greeley. Miss Flor.
ence NJ, Heenan taught. in the grades,
and left for Pittsburg to spend the
summer, Both young ladies will re-
turn to Mancos when school opens.
The funeral of the late E. w. Hodges
which took place in Silverton yester.
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, was one OF
the largest in the history of the town
Mr. Hodges was a member of the Blue
lodge of Masons and was also mem
ber of the Chapter. For years he had
served as marshal for the different
Masonic funerals held in Silverton. and
1t seemed strange TO many of those
present to see another officiating In
his place. John w. Wingate of this
city was marshal yesterday. There
We're sixty-six Masons in line for the
funeral procession. There were pro
fuse and beautiful floral offerings
many of them being set pieces from
the different organizations with which
the departed had been affiliated.
Dan MacLean was In London. May
10. according to a post card just re-
ceived by Charles Stilwell The card
contained picture of the church of
ST. Mary The Virgin. Aldermanbury,
which is famous in English history.
The original building was destroyed
by the great fire which almost wiped
London out of existence, but proved a
blessing in that it also seemed to de-
stroy the effects of the terrible plague
which ragged shortly before. Sir Chris