Semi-weekly herald., 1910-04-07

| Mr. Sharpe received q card to the eff
feet that his father was sick, a few
days ago, and yesterday message
came that II was all over
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| Hon T. d. Burns OF TERRA Amarillo
" NJ. who has been in Durango for a
! couple of days on business. left for
home this morning Thomas H. Kel-
ley. who is interested with MIR. Burns
in the same projects, and has been
here with him, departed for his home
in Denver this morning.
Blair Burwell was among the de
partures on the eastern this morning
bound for Iagosa Springs. on bust
ness trip of few days. Mr.. Burwell
expects TO return Gil Saturdays train,
but in case he cannot complete his
business will return Monday. There
branch.
Miss Lula Elicit, formerly one of
the city teachers. is spending a week
with Mrs. Harry Pearson, arriving
from Omaha, Neb., Sunday evening.
Miss Elicit is a very efficient primary
teacher, and has fine position in the
Omaha city schools, whence she re-
turns Saturday. The spring vacation
is just one week Miss Ellett's friends
in Durango are pleased to see her
again, and trust she viii make long
er visit next time.
Ed. Williams. the well-known AMI
mas valley lanchman, went out on the
eastern this morning to Denver. thence
to different points in Washington and
Oregon, on months trip through the
northwest. Alr. Williams said he want.
ed TO look around in that part of the
country for some time. and expected
to make good use of the opportunity.
He said he tried 10 persuade Mrs.
Williams 10 accompany him, but on
account of the children being in school
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The car Pagosa, one OF the old Pull.
mans formerly In use on this end of
the road. has been renovated, and
came in attached TO the eastern last
night. The car looks very nice and
passengers say 1t is much more com
Portable than the chair car which 1t
has replaced. The latter is in the
Alamosa shops being renovated.
John X. Ball went up TO the Orc
Fiuo mine this morning with party
of nine, including the new superin.
tendent, Andy Anderson. The latter
arrived with eight miners from En-
Wyoming, where they have
been employed on the Ferris-Haggot-
ty properties for e. A. Norton. Mr..
Anderson has been associated with MIR.
Norton for a number of years, and all
of the miners arriving last evening
have worked on the Norton properties
in Wyoming and elsewhere. In a short
time the force at the Orc Fino will
he Increased TO fifty men.
Chief Clerk Fuller, who has been
temporarily helping out Foreman II
j. Patton in the D. & X. G. round
house, since the departure of the lat.
ter's clerk about a month ago Is back
at his duties in the assistant superin.
tendents office. The clerical work in
the round house is heavy. and Mr.
Patton has had considerable difficulty
in keeping a clerk since Frank Grady
left. He has broken in three-an av.
erage of one month. since Frank re
signed, Last night f. r Hall, former.
ly with the Mobile & Ohio railroad
came in from Denver and commenced
his new duties In the round house
office today
Doc" w. N Wallace is with us
again. arriving on the Red Apple train
last night. Doc has been confined
pretty closely to the trading post at
Pueblo Bonito, for the past four
months, during Dick simpsons alb
sence in England, and came up for a
few days change from the monotony
OF Canon Gallegos. Doc said this
morning it will do him good to see
n few people again. His Durango
friends are always glad 10 see "Nava.
10 Bill" and think couple of weeks
would be better than a few days Doc
says that the wool season Is coming
on, and he does not feel that he can
stay away longer than few days.
Mrs. Russell Reynolds and baby ar.
rived last night from Pueblo to take
up their residence in this city once
more. Mr. Raynolds. who left here to
accept better position with the
American Smelling G Refining com.
pany in their Pueblo plant. has been
transferred to Durango where he will
be assistant superintendent of the 10
cal smelier, MT Reynolds was mott,
fed of The proposed change some two
weeks ago but has not yet been re.
lieved. He will join his family In
Durango as soon as his successor ar
riyes Durango friends of Mr. and