Semi-weekly herald., 1912-01-04
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LOCAL NEWS.

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From Tuesdays Daily.
Tim Carr, the Pagosa Junction
sheep king, is purchasing supplies in
the city today.
C. A. johnson, who greeted the
New Year at his Cedar Hill ranch, is
again at the legal grind.
Mrs. J. Valore and Milo Valore of
Ignacio are in the city on a supply
purchasing expedition.
w. c. Ferguson, general superin-
tendent of the Calumet Fuel company.
is here in his official capacity.
Miss Claribel Prosser arrived from
Silverton last night on her way to
Denver where she is attending school.
T. P. Hall, the well known civil en-
gineer, came in from the east last
night en- route to his home in Farm
ington.
J. Ward Emerson, assistant forest
ranger of the Montezuma national for
est reserve, was an overnight guest at
the Savoy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Ritter went back
to the simple life this morning. Two
days of our metropolitan attractions
is their limit.
Allen Pierce was bound for Fort
Lewis Agricultural school this morn
ing, after merry vacation with his
parents at Aztec.
Elmer Perkins, one of the proprie-
tors of the Dolores Cortez stage, was
an arrival from Denver last night,
continuing his way Montezumaward
today.
A. S. Fowley, Denver & Rio
Grande fireman, well known in Du-
range, paid this burg one of his in
frequent visits last night. Just be-
tween trains calls.
A. G. Sven, ex-grand chancellor of
the x. of P. in the Colorado domain,
is busy today doing Durango mer-
chants in the interest of the Pueblo
firm he represents.
Ex-Governor Henry A. Buchtel de-
parted for Denver this morning. His
visit to this section was for the pur-
pose of dedicating the new M. E.
church at Lebanon.
Mike Hurley, the Denver & Rio
Grande engineer, came in from Ala
mosa last night to take the Aztec
Pennington run. He was at the throt-
tic when the Red Apple train pulled
out this morning.
There has never been time in
Durango when dry goods could be
purchased as reasonable as at the
sales in progress at the different
stores this week. Our people perfect
ly appreciate this and are giving them
liberal patronage.
The Lloyd Sheets family are quail
flying for membership in the Job list
The three children have been afflict.
. ed with whooping cough for several
weeks. Now the little daughter, Ma
r rion, has measles. "To them that
( hath it shall be given"
Miss Frances Hood, who passed the
Yule tide season in the shadow of
her Alma Mater, the Denver univer-
sity, was an arrival on last nights
eastern. Today she entered upon her
duties of dealing out mathematic
troubles to the high school students
t Ole Lee, the Hermosa orchardist,
is transacting business with the local
merchants today. The fruit growers
of his section have not had a failure
!, for over twenty years. So every sea-
son is with them a prosperous one.
r Where is there section that can beat
that record?
:, There was general exodus of col
, lege students this morning. Reluc-
family they turned their backs to
vacation pleasures to shoulder the
, burdens incident to college life. But
, well they realize their hearts would
be heavy if they were deprived of the
privilege of higher education.
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, w. O. Jenkins of Mitchell, Neb., is
looking over ranches in this section
with a view of annexing one to his
worldly possession. A local ranch
, man confided to him that a tiller of
the soil always prospered in south
western Colorado. The failures were
those who did their farming on horse
back. Isn't it the truth?
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