Semi-weekly herald., 1912-12-30
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Attorney A.. Rex MolIette left for
Pagosa Springs this morning on legal
business.
Sister Dolores of Mercy hospital
departed for Denver this morning on
business mission.
Mrs. j. w. Sites is looking forwa rd
to visit with sister from Okla
homa whom she has not seen for
many years.
A, Paddock arrived from st. Louis
last night--bound for Pennington to
visit his father, the proprietor of the
Pennington creamery.
Mr.. Loveland, the I. c. S. repre-
sentative, went over to Mancos this
morning in the interest of the insti-
tuition he represents.
A large installment of repairing
outfit which will be used on the Sill
verton Northern, was shipped through
to Silverton yesterday morning.
William Phelan, popular knight
Of the grip, underwent an operation
for rupture at Mercy hospital this
morning. DR.. Haggart is the physi-
clan in attendance.
Byron Eddy returned from Aztec
last night where he has been having
delightful visit since Tuesday, the
only thing that marred his happiness
was the departure.
j. +. Schneider returned from Cor
tez last night where he spent the
Christmas holiday with his family.
He is making preparations to open
an office in the city.
A card from Mrs. Ernese Beach
ccnveyes the information tina. she
spent the Yuletide season with her
mother and sister, Mrs. Dugan and
Miss Dugan in San Franclaco.
Senator and Mrs. Jack Joyce came
down from Silverton this morning
bound for Denver via the Southern.
The senator will be an important per-
son in the upper house of the Colo
RADIO legislature this year.
George Pearson, brother of Harry
Pearson, is in town for the winter.
The pack trains in which the brothers
are jointly interested have been leased
for the winter to parties who pack in
the Telluride district.
Miss Mae Schalles underwent a
critical operation at Mercy hospital
this afternoon. She stood the ordeal
very well, and the prospects for her
Ieeovery seem good. DR.. Turrell is
the physician in attendance.
]. C. Ferguson of Ophir went down
to La Boca, land seeking this morn
ing. The fine farm that Elmer Hatch
cr has made out of land that seemed
fitted only for sheep culture is con-
vincing evidence of what the agricul-
tural possibilities of that section are.
George Farley, the Singer sewing
machine representative, returned from
Alamosa last night where he spent
Christmas with his family. In sup
plying the housekeepers of this sec
tion with machines, Mr.. Farley has
an able assistant in G. w. Cady of
Oxford
Word comes from Pennington that
the condition of Mrs. McNutt of Sill
verton is not as favorable as during
the first month of her stay down
there. Her daughters, Mrs. Marion
Bell and Miss Sarah McNutt, are
with her and doing all that loving
hands can do to alleviate her suffer
ing.
We know by the Rooseveltian ex-
preston on his paternal countenance
that L. A. Hall has turned from the
politics of the Socialist brand to a
progressive of the Teddy type. The
fact that the stork delivered son,
the seventh child of the family, at
the home on Christmas night, is fur
ther evidence of the change.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Faden of
Silverton passed through Durango
this morning en- route to Mr.. Faden's s
old home in Germany Their destina-
ton is Wumlingen, Tuttingen Wuttib,
where both have many relatives. They
expect to be absent about three
months. Mr.. Faden is proprietor of
the Silverton brewery.
Dan Cason returned to the May Day
this morning after playing Santa
Claus to those three little girls of
his household, who are all under two
years of age. However, the twins are
old enough to appreciate that the
tree ladened with toys for them was
a wonderful treat, in fact they appre-
ciated it almost as much as their
father.
Conductor Pheney of the Red Apple
line run a parsons special this morn
ing. There was a Catholic priest, a
Baptist missionary, Free Methodist
minister, Baptist minister and one
Of the heads of the Christian Science
church. By his sanatimonious ex-
pression it was evident that the con-
ductor perfectly appreciated the i'm
portant mission that was his, person
ally conducting a sky pilots excur-
sion.
State Bank Commissioner Emil