Semi-weekly herald., 1910-10-03


A telegram came fTom Denver last
Tuesday morning stating that the wife
OF Mr. I'D Menefee bad recently died,
Particulars at present are not known
Mancos Times.
Harry French up to Tuesday morn.
ing had dug one and half acres OF his
potatoes and had sold from the ground
$3.50 worth Of potatoes He has tweu-
iy-hve acres left raik about a gold
mine. -Mancos Times-rribuue.
Raise apples is the advice OF John
Davis. a farmer OF Flora Vista. san
Juan county, He reports selling &c..
500 worth OF apples in tho last four
years from iiye-aere farm. besides
four crops of pears.
IT is understood that G. d VOL.
finger for time in charge OF tho
Rio Grande Southern railway. is now
hack al the desk Of chief clerk. though
he is still permitted to use the super.
intendents handle, Telluride Exam.
lner
Pete Fisher LEFT Tuesday for Dolores
whore he met =. 4. McAtce and tool.
him FOR Journey to BIufl and tbe oil
country, thence to Gallup. n. NJ. and
from thence to Durango. It would be
Of interest to know just why Mir. Nc
Atee is making such a long journey.
Mrs. r. l. Petherbridge aud daugh.
ter Miss Lillian. arrived last satur
day from Portland, Ore. where they
have made their home for some two
years, We understand they have come
back to Mancos TO make their home
which viii be welcome uows for their
many friends here -Mancos Times.
Tribune.
Water has been run through the
extension of the Lower Animas ditch
as far as the Cook arroyo, several
miles below Aztec. and the people
owning land under this project are to
be congratulated. Work has been un.
deT way for about two years and now
the water Is over the land. which en-.
braces some Of the best fruit and
farm land in this valley.Aatee Index.
u. r. McAtce Of the u. 6 H. G.,
went out to Bluff Tuesday. departing
from Dolores, and making the short
cut across Yellow Jacket OF course,
rumor has 1t that he is out to sec
about rights Of way, etc. for a road his
company intends building to Bluff
There is bound to be a road in there
shortly, however, and if the d, & Il. G.
wishes 10 control the situation they
had better hurry MonteNma Journal
Last week Dr. G. w sammons and
his associate Dr. Smith purchased The
II, o. Willis tract Of land just west
Of town for The purpose OF using It as
a site for the new sanitarium Work
was al once started OH remodeling the
building which was only partly finish.
ed and Transforming # Into proper
shape TO meet their needs. Four rooms
are now being plastered and viii be
ready for occupancy in about two
weeks,-Farmlngton Times Hustler
II. NJ Biggs, ed Pounds and Harry
Eddy are now the owners OF all the
IF w. Broad interests at Chama and
Romeo, includipg stores, sawmills,
lumber yards and timber purchasing
rights on tho TERRA Amarilla grant.
THE purchase price was s2lO0O0.--Pa-
gosa Springs New Era
Carl Gage. who is backing the new
electric light ami power company, was
among those in attendance at the fair
this week. Mr. Gage toid an Enter
prise representative that everything in
connection with the work was pro
crossing nicely and that he would give
Farminston an up-to.date service
Pennington Enterprise
Mrs. ID. Lowenstein and daughter
Hortense left Monday morning for
Canon city, Mrs Lowenstein going as
a delegate from here to attend the
Sixteenth annual convention OF The
Colorado Women's Federation OF Clubs
which meets there the 9th. Miss Hor-
tense win later go on TO Denver where
she will study music this winter
Pagosa Springs sun
The thirty-drst annual Pennington
fair was the biggest and most sue.
cessful ever held The crowd was
larger, the exhibits better and more
enthusiasm was shown than ever be-
fore. It is estimated that twelve hun
dred people were on the grounds the
third day. Pennington people justly
attribute much Of the success Of the
event TO the efforts OF Secretary John
Hubbard