Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-22
From Wednesdays Daily.

u IoHl wednesday y Daily.
Mayor George Goodman made q fly
ing trip to Silverton last night on
professional business, returning or
this mornings train.
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Herr are
guests of the Strater for a few days
Came in from Ignacio last night to see
their new niece, little Miss Sheets.
Mrs. C. A. Grout, who has been
spending the summer with her grand
daughter. Mrs. C. c. Perkins, departed
this morning for her home at Monte
Vista.
j. w. Hopper, travelling engineer for
the fourth division of the d. & r. G.,
was in the city over night on business
pertaining to his department Mr.. Hop
per departed for Chama this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs Mel Springer and
daughter and the baby's grandmother,
Mrs. Joe Prewitt, who were in from
Bayfield, to attend the Pollock Wall
wedding. drove out to Pine river yes
terday afternoon.
w. G. Young, Familiarity known as
Billy" and ]. j. Peters went to Ala
mosa this morning to take the exam
nation for locomotive firemen.
Charles Williams, mayor of Rico.
was guest of the Savoy last night on
his way from Boulder and Denver.
Mayor Williams continued to Rico this
morning.
w. NJ. Miller and V. c. Norstrom are
in town for about two weeks pushing
the merits of the Gold Dust Twins. Mr..
Norstrom ran the Tea and Coffee store
for some time, but sold out to go on
the road
Mrs. Fl. ]. Patton and little daugh.
ter were outgoing passengers on the
eastern this morning, bound for Kan.
sas City and Chicago, where they will
visit relatives and friends for the next
two months. They left Mr.. Patton at
home to keep the pay car going.
Mrs. Arthur Ayres and children and
Mrs. C. II. Mclean went to Chama
this morning. on visit to Mrs. Frank
Broad. Mrs. Ayres will remain in
Chama for week or two, Mrs. Mclean
staying over till the end of the week,
and then continuing to her home in
Cheyenne.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Scott, who have
been residents of Durango for the past
year, departed this morning for their
former home in Elwood, Ind. Mr.. and
Mrs. Scott came to Durango for the
latter's health which is so much i'm.
proved that they are returning home.
They think our climate is fine and
may decide to return and locate.
Frank Dowell, the Allison postmas,
ter, returned home this morning. Mr..
Dowell, as well as a number of other
Allison citizens, has been in town for
some days, as a witness in the coal
cases which have been up before the
land office. The government has been
contesting some of the land around
Allison on the claim that 1t contains
coal Messrs. f. Hiatt and II. n Line.
barger of Tiffany and j. w. Scogin
and ]. C. Sanders of Allison were
among the number returning yester.
day.
VIII Hart, record keeper for the
Knights of the Maccabees, has Just
received a check for 81 900, the amount
of the insurance carried in the order
by the late Edward Higgins of Ami
mas City. who died June 6. The delay
was caused on account of two different
dates being recorded for Mr.. Higgins
birth. This involved the examination
of records for fifty-one years back and
consumed considerable time. The
money was paid to w. Lester Higgins,
a son of the deceased.
!. A. Rice, vice president of the
Bloomfield Orchard company. with
headquarters at Aztec and Colorado
Springs passed through from Aztec to
Denver. Mr. Rice said this morning
that $4,000 of land on the Bloomfield