Semi-weekly herald., 1912-08-12

District Clerk Meuser, who under
went an operation for goiter yester-
day, is getting along very satisfac-
torily.
Residents of Third avenue have
grown weary of having their street
resemble Jungle. For several weeks
pile of brush has ornamented the
main travelled portion. Recently the
size of the ornament has been in
creased by few logs and tree tops.
The kind remarks they make about
the city fathers for not removing the
eyesore is bit too scorching to look
well in print.
Mr.. and Mrs. U. Grant Roach, who
have been residents of this city for
tho past six years, have decided to
again cast their lot in their old home
in New Virginia, Iowa, a town near
Des Moines. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Roach
have been prominent in the church
circles of the city and by their de-
parture will be left place that will
be very difficult to fill.
Mrs. F. NJ. Roofing, an interestin.z 7
Omaha lady and her children, arrived
IN our city a few days since to visit
with her brother, c. z. Knight, one
OF our well known pioneer citizens.
They are looking over our country
with view of making it their per-
manent home. This morning they
went down to the Aztec Pennington
section to determine if that is a more
desirable resident section than this i'm
mediate vicinity. Mrs. Roebing is n
teacher with many years of success
ful experience to her credit.
The eleven-pound boy who regis
tered under the name of Musser at
ochsner's hospital yesterday after
noon shortly after A o'clock is by he
redity Republican, Presbyterian and
all around good citizen, but when
Father j. j. announced that he should
be given the blue ribbons for weight,
Charles Hogan, assistant manager at
Graden's, challenged the statement
and reminded the proud young debu-
tante in the ranks of fatherhood that
the son who arrived at the house of
Hogan also tipped the scales at eleven
pounds. The holders of the plize I'm.
mediately took off their hats and
gave honor to who honor was due, tha'
Graden Mercantile t,'urany stork.
j. II. Downing of Hays City, Kas.,
who has been here for the past ten
days, making final settlement of the
estate of the late Joe Clark, u man
who had been his intimate friend
since '6S, left for his home this morn
irg. Mr.. Clark's estate was valued
at $4,000, about $4,000 worth of the
property being in this city and vi
cinity. This was by his will divided
equally between Mrs. Carrie Lathe,
and Mrs. Roedaar of Sawtelle, CAL,
and the international Printers home
at Colorado Springs, in which union
he was a charter member. Both the
women so generously remembered car
ed for him during the last eight years
of his life when he was helpless.
Mrs. d. d. Stelzer and her niece,
Mrs. A. d. Stelzer from Cledure and
Saint Texas respectively arrived from
the east last night on their way to
Pennington where the former goes to
make her home with her daughter
Mrs. d. M. Williams and the latter
for a months visit. Neither of the
ladies have ever seen the mountains
before and they are perfectly delight
ed with every feature Of the scenery.
The elder ladie who is basking in the
sunshine of the late seventies is quite
certain the trip over the range yes
terday quite her most wonderful ex-
perience. The train that carried her
over was to her an animate thing
that crept out of curiosity to the edge
of high precipice and followed along
for distance until 1t became fright
ened for its own safety and then it
fled to less dangerous path.