Semi-weekly herald., 1911-05-15

| a.. 10 uhSlStahL fhanAkcE Oh
the Durango Gas and Electric com
pany. is at the Savoy. He is here to
confer with Manager Clay.
| Mrs. Florence ODriscoll leaves for
Denver the first of next week for
pleasure trip. Her husband. who is
one of the city fathers, will remain
at home to assist in keeping the mu-
nieipal domestic machinery in running
order.
Miss Hattie Muller departed for
bayfield, via Ignacio this morning ON
the News subscription securing expe-
dition. Miss Muller's prospects for
getting the trip to Europe seem most
favorable.
Senator West is home from Denver
where he did time as senator from
this district at the Eighteenth Gen
eial assembly. The senator was one
OF the strong props in the Adams sen
atoriai boom.
Mrs. c. Bells Of Leadville, Colo,
arrived from Riverside. N. NJ, last
night where she has enjoyed two
mcnths under the parental roof. Her
mother, Mrs. j. Tyler, came up with
her and today they left for Lead
vile.
Mrs. Jacob Fritz of Animas Is suf-
fering from an attack of pneumonia.
Her condition, while not considered
alarming is such that it is essential
that she be kept perfectly quiet.
Mrs. S. II. Dickerson returned to
Aztec this morning. Her daughter,
Miss Bessie, accompanied her and will
remain until she has entirely recover
ed from the results of her operation
for appendicitis.
W. A. jackson, the oil man, was an
arrival from Bluff City yesterday ev-
ening. Assessment work seems to be
the order of the day in the Bluff oil
fields ut present.
All information against v. u. Rodg
ers, ex-city clerk of Telluride, who
was charged with appropriating $780,
900 of the city's funds, has been dis
missed by the court on the ground of
question. 1t is said the matter will
be carried to the supreme court.
Ten clear, sixteen partly cloudy and
four cloudy days are reported by the
weather bureau for the month of
April. The highest temperature of the
month was 50 and the lowest a. The
precipitation was l.50 inches, SO
inch above the normal, this Is based
on records kept since 1896.
DR.. and Mrs. s. w. Morrison return
ed to their Oxford ranch this morn
ing. The doctors daughter, who is
teacher in Barcelona, Spain, spent the
month Of April with them and is now
in Philadelphia. She departs for
Spain to resume her work the latter
part Of August.
The Graden baseball bunch, known
al the Shutdown Sluggers, are slated
t, cross bats with Superintendent
Werner's Indian baseball team at 1g
nacio Sunday. The d. & K. G. have
made a rate of $1.30 for the round
trip. A jolly crowd Of Durango fans
will accompany the local heroes Of the
bat and share in the glory II they
win or extend sympathy II they meet
defeat.
o. II. Scott, a Nebraska man, who
has been investigating conditions IN
the Montezuma valley for sixty days,
came in last night and continued his
journey homeward this morning. Mr..
Scott is very enthusiastic about the oil
prospects in the valley. He backed
his enthusiasm with Investments.
d. II. Roger Of Montrose. who was
awarded the contract for the Silver
ton school house is here purchasing
brick, lumber, stone, etcff to carry
on the work. Mr.. Rogers contract
calls for the best materials and he
found Durango had the goods that un-
mistakably bear that stamp.
We had the pleasure Of a visit this
morning from Judge j. II. Pinkerton
and the pleasure was made all the
greater by learning that the Judge Is
a brother Of Rev. John W. Pinkerton,
Of the Presbyterian faith, who was
pastor Of the Chillicothe. Mo-. church
at the time our father and mother
joined that denomination. A few
years afterward he conducted the fu-
neral services for our mother, in Han
nibal, and, years afterward, perform
ed the ceremony at the wedding Of our
sister, at Mankato, Kas.