Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-15
ixe bunch Of fellows who win always

live bunch of fellows who will always
be found on the boosting wagon Tor
| their, home section. Should there be
| in attendance any persons who ryonld
not know the southwest if they met
it coming up the street they will
through this representatives lean the
Aunmistakable sign of identification.
The Durango delegates Messrs. Ritter
and West were valuable additions to
the party. The members of the Sill
verton delegation were the Messrs.
w N. Searcy, C. A. Leonard, Joe
Terry, L. Grimes, Sam Wittow, Frank
Brown, in addition to the advance
guards who headed toward Pueblo
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. En- Earl Of
Monte Vista came up from the Aztec
Pennington section last night where
they have been looking over the coun-
try with view of locating. Mr.. En-
earl has just sold large garage which
he operated most successfully. He is
a progressive business man that would
be valuable addition to any locality.
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Fred Hall, A. F. Brewer, E. c. Phil
lips and John Hecker, prominent real
estate men and investors from Monte
Vista, in company with Frank Ell
dredge, motored out to Fort Lewis
mesa today to look over the land with
view of investing. Two of the party
| were here earlier in the season and
were so pleased with the coun-
try they are considering locating here.
These men who have been so promi-
nent in the upbuilding of their own
; section would be a highly appreciated
addition to Durango. The fact that
) they see in this a section of great
promise is indeed an encouraging
. prospect for the town.
At the annual meeting of the stock
, holders of the First National bank
the following officers were elected: A.
p. Camp, president; ]. l.. Mcneil, vice
pEeSiueHt, VIII. L. faie, NiSe Pieoi-
dent; X. A. Gagg, cashier; H. E. Raj
ney, auditor; Charles Boettcher, di-
rector; Arthur w. Ayres, director.
Lightner creek on shopping trip to-
day.
w. H. Shemwell, the crack shot of
this locality, was an arrival from Ce-
dar Hill last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ritter OF
Lower Florida are in the city on q
shopping expedition.
Attorney and Mrs. L. E. Smith are
planning to move into their new home
on Sixth avenue Saturday.
1t will be most pleasing news tt
Mrs. w. S. Pickerill's many friends
to know she is better today.
me ncW loOt uiiuSc dCIOoo tiS ALI
mas at the terminal of Fourteenth
), street is nearing completion.
n Mrs. F. A. Warner of Rifle, Colo.
a went over to Dolores this morning t.
: visit with son who is located there
Lloyd and Bert Armstrong motoret
in from Bayfield, today. Their ma
chine gave evidence of muddy roads
:, Fred Balcom, the genial knight o
= !, the grip, went out to Bayfield, and Ie
= nacio this morning to supply the trad
with the sweets.
B. Glaser, the real estate man, is il
New York familiarizing himself witt
> the way real estate deals are pulle,
off in that town.
Leo Hunt and A. w. Woods D
Pennington left for Denver today
They will take in the stock SHOW
$ among other doings.
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Good news comes from the differen
sick rooms today. Mrs. George Isga
is better and Martin Deti and Leol
Rachofsky are improving.
W. T. Ward of Ignacio, who ha
been looking after business matter
in town since the first Of the week
departed for home this morning.
y Work on the Mcneil Investmen
VI company garage which was stoppe,
: for few days on account of tn
cold weather, is again in progress.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Warner are oc
cupying their new home on Fifth ave
. nut, the house they just purchased
!, from the formers father, Judge War
;. ner.
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Commissioner A. L. Barr went ou
to his home at Kline this morning
where ranch duties. instead of count,