Semi-weekly herald., 1911-06-12

damaged by water. The house was
insured. 1t is opposed that the fire
caught from the kitchen chimney.
Mrs. Sidney Denton and baby and
sister, Miss Grace Robbins, were
guests of the Palace over night, on
their way from Cortez to Alamosa,
where they will visit Mrs. Denton's
brothers, Bert and Vern Robbins.
Miss Bess Eleanor Foster of Des
Moines, Ia, who taught primary meth
DDS and drawing at the teachers in
stitute, which closed yesterday at
Mancos, passed through to Denver
this morning.
r. Borchardt, deputy fish and game
commissioner, came in from Denver
last night, on official business. Mr..
Borchardt will make trip to the
Emerald lakes before returning. He
ia a guest of the Savoy today.
Mrs. f. l.. Hotchkiss and children
returned to their home at Ridgway
this morning. Mr.. Hotchkiss is an
engineer on the Rio Grande Southern.
and at present is on this end of the
road, so the family spent few days
in Durango, just for the change.
The county commissioners today sat
up and took notice of the demand by
The Herald that reward be offered
for the detection of the party who
shot Ike Cox. A reward of $3.50 is
now offered by the county and we
hope that it will not be offered many
hours before il will be claimed.
A public officer who refuses to give
a newspaper man any Information
when cases of vital interest to the
public are pending should not expect
much support from the newspapers
when he wants to get n return en-
gagement to play at the pie counter.
Sam TRULY, held under the charge
of being an accomplice in the shoot
ing of Cox, is still in the hands of the
sheriff. He has been trying to find
bondsman today but has been unable
to do so. The story told on the streets
that the police went on his bond is
apparently only joke.
The county commissioners today
took John J. link and made justice
of the peace out of him. He will be
an official of precinct number 2.
William Pryor, the boy who was in
jured Thursday in powder explosion,
is getting along very nicely. 1t was
at first thought he would lose the
sight of his eye, but DR.. Ochsner now
believes it can be saved.
Miss Alice knight, the very efficient
teacher of the eighth grade in the
high school building, went to Denver
this morning, to spend her summer va
cation Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Campbell
were down from the valley to see her
Uff.
Mrs. d. ]. McGllis and daughter,
Miss Catherine, and Miss Roper left
for Alamosa this morning, where they
will spend few weeks, before going
east for the summer. The young lady
is one of this years graduates, her
mother and cousin, Miss Roper, ar
irving several days ago from Alamosa
for the commencement exercises.
Mrs. T. J. Crowds and daughter
and Mrs. George Gilmore and son
we're guests of the Strater last night,
from La Plata. This morning Mrs.
Gilmore left for Monte Vista, to join
WI. bllInOItJ VIM ieSShIiJ oSfcied
his connection with the Tomahawk
and Lucky Moon companies, and is
now located in the Summitville sec
ton Mrs. Crowds came down from
the Tomahawk to see Mrs. Gilmore
off, returning to the mine on this
mornings Southern.
The following toasts are to be Civ
ell at the Methodist Brotherhood ban
quet next Tuesday night, "A Toast to
the Boys Who Are Going to be Men"
by Charles Young;" "A Toast to the
Old Boys Who Used to be Young"
by o. p. Frary;" "a Toast to the Men
in the Church." by Prof. Meyers; "a
Toast to the Men Outside the Church
but Who Ought to be In" by T. X. Ir-
win. G. s. Hougham will be the toast
master.
C. l.. Carter was in the city from
riverside over night. Mr.. Carter says
he has good crop Of peaches this
year. The apples are so thick and are
growing so rapidly that it will be nee