Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-07-25

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LOCAL NEWs-
(From ThursdAy's DailyJ
Miss Lena Morse was a passenger to
La Plata City this morning on a weeks
visit with Mrs. NJ. C. Bollinger.
b. Morris was an arrival from Farm
ington this morning ON vacation trip
of a few days. Mr.. Morris went to
Trimble today.
George Mclean. formerly in the
shoe department of the Graden Mer-
camille company, was an arrival from
Demming, N. NJ, last night. to spend
his vacation at home.
| Miss Helen Taisey accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. q. w. Taisey, ar
rived last night from Denver. The
young lady's coming was a pleasant
surprise to her sister, Mrs. George
Schmitt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris Stein left
this morning for Chicago and New
York on their regular trip to purchase
goods for the fall and winter trade.
They expect to be absent until early
in September.
r. d. Clancy of Detroit, and ]. w.
Berry Of Marine City, who are inter
ested with w. A. Stewart in the Val
ley View Mining company. came in
from Denver last night. and are guests
of the Strater today.
Mrs. Al Bernard is expecting her
sister. Mrs. d. Sharp, to arrive this
evening from Neodesha. Kans. After
spending few days in Durango. Mrs.
Sharp will go on to Flora Vista to
visit her father, Allen Mccoy.
| Attorney s. W. Carpenter was in
town last evening to meet his sister.
Mrs. G.. Backman and son. who ar
rived from Chicago ON last nights
eastern. They left for Mancos this
morning, where Mrs. Dackman will
visit her brother fer several weeks.
TIE Elks had an important session
last evening. Beside the regular lodge
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limitations followed by banquet, ar
ranged by the German chef Herman
Hanno. We won't say what time the
crowd got home.
Mrs. T.. F. Reed and children were
passengers to Whitewater. Colo, this
morning. They came in last night
from Pagosa Springs, where they
have been living for the past six years.
Mr.. Reed is In the forest service, and
has recently been transferred to an
other district. His family were on
their way to join him this morning.
| They were guests of the Savoy over
night.
| Mrs. ID. Il. Knight and son came in
from Hesperus last evening on a
shopping trip. This morning Wesley
returned home. his mother staying
over today to have some dental work
done. Mr. Mason. who was quite i'll
some days ago with appendicitis, is
not recovering SO fast as his friends
wish. Mrs. Mason has been Ill for
the past few days. We trust that the
family will soon recover.
Tuesday mornings Democrat advo.
Gated the careful auditing of every
transaction OF the fair committee com
posed of honest and reliable business
men. but when 1t came to Walker 1t
was different. No necessity of aud.
iting the Fourth of July collections
and expenses. 1t would have shown
the amount received by the Demo
crat for its support of Walker and
the 5000 or more profit made by him.
| Local Democracy will open the cam
paign Saturday night when Congress
man John A. Martin will deliver the
principal address at banquet. We
Will confess that Martin is a won
derful improvement over the icicle
from Idaho Springs. but there are
lots of just as good Republicans in
the district and one will be selected
to represent Colorado in the next con
gress.
Golden Barrett, with the Burns Ma
/ tional bank, is very mucn distressed
over the news received few days
ago to the effect that his six-year-old
son had fallen from burro, striking
the pavement on his elbow. shattering
the bone in bad shape. Three opera
lions were performed. At first the
surgeon thought he could press the
bones into place and bandage them.
but later the X-ray showed them TO