Semi-weekly herald., 1910-09-22

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mons and Smith who are remodeIine
IL and fitting 1t up as sanitarium.
When completed 1t will be modern
hospital with up-to-date equipment.
John McDermott, the sheep man,
who has been in town several days
for medical attention, returned to his
home at Hesperus this morning. Mr..
McDermott is feeling much better, but
is still far from we'll Mrs NJ. f..
Fulcher, his sister-in-law, accompanied
him. Later. Mr. McDermott will leave
for Florida, to spend the winter at
the coast
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. +. Moore of Man
cos are guests of the Strater. They
are newly-weds, the ceremony having
been performed Sunday night. Mrs.
Fitton, the bride, came in Sunday
from Pueblo, the groom arriving from
Mancos and meeting her here Mr..
and Mrs. Moore will stay over in town
new home in the Montezuma valley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mel Springer and wee
daughter Martha came in from Bay.
field yesterday to attend the Pollock.
Wall wedding. which was solemnized
at Z O'Clock this morning in the South.
ern Methodist church. 1t was Martha's
first wedding. and she seemed to find
1t quite interesting-what she saw of
1t. At four months old, weddings are
not as important as they seem later
in lifei
Yesterday afternoon the mixed train
from Silverton was derailed at mile
post No. 4S1, about half a mile this
side of Needleton, and eight cars of
ore were dumped in the ditch. No
one was hurt. The regular passenger
No. 115 was annulled and also No. 11G
from Silverton this morning. The pas.
sengers were brought to Durango last
night in coal car Assistant Super.
intendent e. W. Deuel. went UP with
wrecking train last night and the track
was clear this morning at 8 O'Clock
Trains are running as usual today
Train men say that the ore cars when
loaded above a certain height will not
balance properly and over heavy
curves often run off the track. The
ore is so heavy that the cars cannot
safely be loaded to their capacity.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Lamont came
down from Siverton last night and
continued to Denver this morning to
attend the Masonic conclave, and also
the grand assembly of the Eastern Star
which meets this week.
George Teis returned last evening
from vacation trip to the northwest. |
He had fine time and feels much bet. |
ter for the change. Mr.. Teis is rest
ing up today, before returning to his
accustomed work with the Mckinney
Clothing company
Superintendent and Mrs. C. e. Wer-
ner and the latter's sister, Miss |
Georgia Little, who is visiting her from
Missoula, Mont, came in from Ignacio |
last night. Superintendent Werner re.
turned home this morning, the ladies
leaving for Trimble today to rusticate
for week or two
NJ. NJ. Preston departed this morn.
ing for an extended trip through the
northwest. Mr.. Preston expects to
visit Seattle, Salem, Spokane, Port
land and the towns of the Willamette
valley, returning along the Pacific
coast to Los Angeles. He expects to
be absent all winter. Mr.. Preston is
thinking of locating in the northwest,
in case he finds conditions favorable.
Mrs. Preston will take a trip to the
coast about the holidays She is de.
tanned in Durango at present on ac.
count of business. We trust that Mr..
Preston will enjoy his vacation and
find the trip beneficial.
The Joseph Newman company play.
ed return engagement last night in
Red Men hall, to an interested and
appreciative audience. The program
was entirely changed with the excep.
tion of the comedies. Some of us were
trifle disappointed that we did not
have an opportunity to hear Foolish
Questions" or Just For A Girl" again.
but 1t was splendid evenings en-
tertainment. The applause was fire.
quent and prolonged and the company
generous in the matter of encores. In
some respects the company excelled
their performance of Friday night, Mr..
Reilly's singing being unusually fine,
as his reception by the audience in.
dicated. This morning the company
left for Mancos. where they play to.
night, and thence on around the cir.
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LAID TO REST.
At 10 o'clock this morning the |
friends of the late John Benjamin