Semi-weekly herald., 1911-01-16

Mir. and Mrs. s. 8. Babb of Farming.
ton left for the east this morning.
They were over night guests of the
Southern.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Martin OF Cor
tez, who have been to Denver on a
pleasure trip. are guests at the Strater
They have been enjoying the attrac,
tons Cumbres has to offer since Wed
nesday morning.
Mrs. f. A. Wight Is recent ar.
rival from Lawrence. Kan She is con.
templating the purchase of real estate
in this section.
loves limited proved exceedingly
unpopular with the fair sex this morn.
ing, not one being numbered among
the passengers.
J. A. Michael of Flora Vista came
up last evening on shopping expedi.
ton. Our merchants have splendid
selection OF goods at reasonable rates
Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Melvin were ar
rivals from Dolores last evening To
day they leave for an extended visit
with Illinois relatives.
Consult the police court records If
you think Durango isn't mighty good
town. Only one arrest thus far this
month.
Mrs. Harry Pearson and Mrs. An
tone Winners drove In from Bayfield,
yesterday. returning home this morn.
ing. Mrs. Winners had dental work
that couldn't wait
A. b. Cole came over from Dolores
yesterday continuing east this morning
to his childhood home in Macon City,
Mo-, for months vasit with rela-
tives.
Paul e. Carson. who represents the
King Commission company, left for
Pueblo today to visit his wife and lit
tie daughter. who are located tempo
rarily there.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Spinning are in
from Florida mesa today on a shop
ping trip and to visit Mrs. Spinning's
father. G. w. Spencer, who is at
Ochsner's hospital with broken hip.
J. w. Wynn, proprietor of the Farm
ington distillery. came up last evening
on his way to Tennessee, his old home
where he will spend the low tempera-
tured days with relatives.
Mrs. II. w. Redman is suffering from
n severe attack OF tonsilits. Mrs
Redman recently returned from the
east where she was called on sad
mission, to attend her mothers fu
| neral.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Croke are fur
| nishing coy cottage, directly across
| from the city hall where they will es
| tablish their household gods and gain
experience In the fiery ordeal of the
| domestic furnace.
Mr.. and Mrs C. w. Clarke were ar
rivals from Paonia last evening They
will remain in the county for a couple
OF months familiarizing themselves
with conditions.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Reed OF Silver
| ton were Denver bound passengers to
day where they will sojourn for a
| few weeks before journeying to Old
Mexico. Between trains they enjoyed
ence O'Driscoll.
"Dick" Simpson spent yesterday ex
amining his mining interests In La
Plata. Mr. Simpson, It Will be re
membered, Is one OF the owners OF
the Yellow Eye, the property which
bids fair to place the smallest of Its
stockholders on Easy street.
Mrs. Pulford is visiting the schools
in the Kline, Red Mesa and Lower La
Plata districts this week On account
OF the bad roads she finds It impossi
BILE to return to take charge of heI
office today. Roy C. McRae is acting
superintendent during her absence.
| e ]. West, machine driller from
the Bluff oil fields, came in last night
Mr.. West brings glowing accounts o.
the fields which government experts
pronounce one OF the greatest II no
the greatest oil fields in the United
States.
Lloyd Armstrong returned to Bay
field yesterday after a three-days bust
ness visit in our city. The Armstrong,
own a profitable 32O-acre ranch ad
joining Bayfield,. Last year they solo
S1 q 600 worth nf Agricultural DrOduC ct.