Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-26

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County Commissioner Conrad Ries-
.er departed this morning for his home
a. Content, the commissioners, who
nave been sitting this week as board
of equalization. adjourning yesterday.
Mrs. o. A. Powers and daughter
went 90 Mancos this morning 10 join
MIR. Powers. who bought land in the
valley some time ago. Mrs
Powers came in from Kansas last
night.
District Clerk John Meuser was
down town this morning, after long
Siege of illness, which confined him
for some time We are all
glad to see Mr.. Meuser around again
A. Krumpanitzky and ] j. Wade
were guests of the Palace last night
on their way home from the Republic
an state convention at Colorado
Springs. They went out to Mancos
this morning.
George Il. Tiffany Jr. returned last
night from Denver, where he went to
tuy goods and attend the pure food
commission which was in session In
the state capital the past week. La
ter. Mr. Tiffany expects to spend
few weeks with his family, who are
located in California for the winter.
Mrs N. c. Weurz and daughter Of
Kansas City are visiting Mrs F. A.
Schluter This morning Mrs. Sehlu-
ter and her guests and her daughter.
Mrs. Tom Dupraw, returned from trip
to the Pennington fair. The ladies
report splendid time.
Among the Durangoites returning
fiom the Pennington fair this morning
we noted: A. e. Knapp, c. r. Cobb
Tom Davis. Judge Hechtman and
D. r. Mckinney, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dave Johnson and daughter Dim
pie, c, g. Herr and w. NJ. Gibson.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Doyle and
James Jr. arrived last night from Den
ver with Mr.. and Mrs. E. h. Mar
den of Washington, ID. G.. The party
were guests of the Strater over night
and left via the Southern this morn
ing for Mancos on. a visit to the
Doyle properties.
C. ]. Harrison WIS a guest of the
strater last night on his way TO Omaha
where he now makes his home with
his daughter, Mrs. Ostenberg Mr. Har-
rison spent the past two months with
his son Guy Harrison of Cortez. He
went as far as Pagosa Springs to
stay over for day or two on his way
home.
Mrs. Oswald Keene of Bayfield, and
mother, Mrs. O'Neal, of Pagosa
Springs, came in on the Red Apple
train this morning from Aztec, where
they visited Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. O'Neal's
sister, for few days. Mr.. and Mrs,
James O'Neal, who accompanied them
TO Aztec, remained a few days longer
Mesdames Keene and O'Neal left for
bayfield, via Ienacio. this morning.
Mrs. o. A. Vinton was passenger to
Alamosa this morning 10 spend week
with Mrs. Mclaughlin. wife of the
late chief dispatcher for the ID. & X.
G.. at that place Since her husbands S
death, which occurred in February last
Mrs. McLaughlins health has been
very poor. She expects to spend the
winter in California. and Mrs Vinton
made the trip to visit her friend be
fore the latter leaves for the coast
Mrs. Vinton retruns to Durango and
expects to depart soon after for Han
nibal. NO., on visit to her mother
The latter is not at all well and Mrs
Vinton is anxious to see her.
Word comes from Pennington of the
death of little Thelma Tunnel, the
small daughter of Mr.. and Mrs N, w
Tunnel. The baby was about a yeaI
old and after brief illness succumb
ed to cholera infantum, and was bur
led Tuesday Mrs. Tunnel, who is 9
niece of Mrs. n. w Hammond and
we'll known in Durango, is just re
covering from the effects of an opera
ton for appendicitis. which was per
formed in Mercy hospital this sum
mer Durango friends will sympathize
with Mrs. Tunnel in her sorrow, which
comes at time when she is physical
ly unfit to bear up under an added
grief
Mrs. b. f. Garrett and daughter
passed through this morning from
Pennington, to their home in Tulsa
Okla. Mrs, Garrett is mother of Prof
l. NJ. Garrett, principal of the Farm
ington schools and has been VISITING
her son and family for the past month
The schools are very crowded this
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