Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-31
Good health is refusing to smile |

to her bed with illness. Charlie Still.
well is attending to business today
although in no condition to do So
He has boen suffering from case OF
indigestion so severe that 1t made an
attack of neuralgia look like sun.
shiny day. Mrs. Fleck OF the Hotel
Savoy is struggling with her old time
enemy. asthma.
A good story comes from Bayfield,
One of the pupils in Miss Stamfels
room. which is the primary depart
ment. asked her teacher the other day
l'What Is a falsehood?" The teacher
answered, IT'S a lie." and thought no
more about 1t. A couple of days later,
the same little girl was doing her
Language work. which consisted in us.
ling synonyms for certain words When
her teacher glanced at the work. she
was edited to find the little girl had
written. My mother scrubbed the floor
with concentrated falsehood."
Today Ysaias Cordova and Arcenia
Chavez went to County Clerk Conroy
and asked for q marriage license As
the young lady was only II years OF
age, her father accompanied them to
give his written consent. Mr.. Conroy
failed TO grasp the situation and
thought the presence of the third party
signified that two licenses were re-
qnired. The prospective bridegroom
Explained the others presence by say
ing that Mr.. Chavez was going TO be
his lawfather The county clerk
sabcd.
j. w. Reagan was an arrival last
evening and is spending the day in
Durango. If any one has ever tried tc
Interview Mr.. Reagan on the railroad
situation they know that he can talI
as nice as any man about the weather
and the floods in France but absolute
ly knows nothing about railroad build
Ing except he may wink the "othel
eye" occasionally At the same tim,
he Is going right ahead and outlnint
TO the committee In charge the desires
of the railroad people he represents
But our people must not think o
resting on their laureIs They mus
be up and doing.
w. c. Leisenberg writes from Cali
fornia that he is enjoying his triI
and has found the climate very pleas
ant. 1t has been little colder thar
he expected but very little rain Mr.
Leisenberg expecs TO start for hom,
about the last week in March ant
VIII go round by Seattle for visit
! Mr. Liesenberg added that ne hopet
the Southern Pacific would make goo,
: the reports that are rife about the lin,
to the coast. 1t would facilitate mat
ters in making a trip to California
Mr.. Liesenberg says he would like t,
, spend three or four months each win
ter in California.
w. p. Dancer who has extensiv,
interests In the Bluff City oil fields
was a returning passenger from tn,
east last night. Mr.. Dancer says tn,
prospects for Bluff City and the Sal
Juan oil fields to get railroad ar,
very favorable. The road has beei
surveyed from Trinidad to Antonito
and at present the surveyors are work
Ing along the San Juan river. AS sooI
as the snow is gone the line from
Antonito to Bluff City will be SUI
veyed. He thinks 1t very probable tn
road VIII pass through Durango. TIL
proposed route leads through countr
OF wonderful natural resources. who's
development will be greatly hastene,
by the completion OF new railroad
w. A. Ptolemy returned last nigh
from Cedar Hill where he was callet
Sunday in response to a message an
nouncing the serious Illness OF Mrs
Geo. A. Tinker who died a couple O
hours before he reached there. Mrs
Tinker WAS the wife of the late Georg
Tinker who died about Nov H. Sh
was about 40 years OF age. She ha,
been i'll some four or five weeks sui
fering from blood poisoning. Sh
leaves large family. twelve In all
Including stepchildren. all living, tw,
daughters being married. The funera
was held Monday afternoon and large
r ly attended The many friends of th
/ family extend sincere sympathy a
there has been much sorrow the pas
: year, her father. s. j. Smith, dyinj
about eight months ago, her brother
. Bert Smith, being killed on the rail
road at Ignacio month or two later
. then her husband In November an,
, now Mrs. Tinker.
Blair Burweil, the well known civi
engineer. had what might be terme,
an adventure when he went out t,
, his Allison ranch Wednesday, intend
ing to return home the same eyenin,
on the eastern which Is due at tn,
Allison switch at 3:15 p. m. At tn,
scheduled time Mr.. Burwell was ther,