Semi-weekly herald., 1912-06-17

Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Ball were Den
yer bound travellers this morning.
The street car company have a
torce of men repairing the track on
the North Durango hill.
The lockwood & Perkins real
estate office is undergoing repairs and
various improvements are being made
! j. W. Turner returned from Sill
verton last night and is spending the
day looking after business matters
here before heading toward Bayfield,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giles T. Vandegrift
returned from Alamosa last night,
where the former transacted business
between the outgoing and incoming
eastern.
Miss Ruth Christ of N ,nsas Cit-
was an incoming passenger on last
nights eastern, her destination being
Lebanon to spend the summer with
her brother, Postmaster j. G. Christy.
BILLY" Miller, one of the pro.
hressive merchants Of the town of
Alancos came over last night to IN, al
some CO.. y erclal men wat are not
going out ans direction this trip.
Miss Villa and May Martin came
up from Pennington last night to
meet their sister, Mrs j. C. Watts,
of Austin. The party stopped at the
Palace.
Mrs. Arthur Douglas returned to.
Bakers bridge this morning where she
expects to pass the remainder of the
summer, or rather that season so des-
ignated by the calendar.
Johnnie Pond, one of the pros
porous ranchmen of the Laplata vi
cinity, who did jury duty the early
part of the week and is engaged in
looking after personal interests today.
Judge f. A. Abott, District Clerk
e. l.. Stafford and Court Stenographer
Mrs. McNitt were arrivals from Aztec
last night, where they have been on
court business, and continued to San
te Fe today.
A glance at the hotel registers
chow that the tourist trade is vui;e
up to the usdol standard this season.
a number who desire to view the
scenery Oh the Southern are covering
the interv mig space betw ;Ch trains
on horsebacG.
Mrs. Fred Straub and little
daughter Reka went up to Trimble
this morning for a few days outing.
They were among the forerunners of
Elks' families who will lengthen the
picnic stay over more than one day.
Miss Calie holland of Mancos,
who has been a student at the Loretta
Heights academy the past year, was
an arrival from Denver last night
departing for home this morning. Miss
Noland was the house guest of Miss
Eulalie Pulliam during her brief stay.
Miss Marguerite Smith and Miss
Eli abeth Smith, Pueblo ladies who
are taking the circle trip, were ar
rivals from the east last night and
left over the Silverton branch this
morning. If we mistake not they are
school teachers.
Monroe Fields, banker, rancher
and real estate man, left for his home
in Aztec this morning after having
given various local matter his atten-
tion for several days. An acIuaiht-
ance at the depot remarked that Mr..
Field is every inch a money maker.
Certainly there are many inches of
him to be classified
&C. V. Sears, engineer at ShiDrock
returned from North Dakota last
night where he visited with his wife
fer some weeks. He boarded TIE
Pennington bound train this morning
on the last stretch of his journey
back to the end of his vacation. Mrs.
Sears will return later.
Mrs. Chappell sr., her daughter,
the Misses Ethel and Lucille Chappell,
and Miss Lula Hoffman of Ottawa,
kas., and Miss Frances Marshall of
Kansas City, formed merry party
of travellers who were on their way
to Mancos to visit relatives. They
were entertained at the Southern dur
ing their sojourn in Durango.
The Durango bard will give
concert on the corner of Main avenue
and Eighth street tonight. A pro-
gram of the latest music will be rem
dered. The entertainment will begin
promptly at o'clock. Every citizen
of Durango should turn out and show
the band boys their efforts in provid-
ing these free entertainments are APP
preciated.
George Minneah and his chauf-
feur, Charles West, arrived from Den
yer in the formers new auto last
evening. The trip was decidedly a
strenuous one, but nevertheless a
pleasant one. After twelve hours
rest here they left for Mancos, Mr.
Minneah's home. Henry Waters of
the same burg, who was returning
from a trip to Trinidad, Joined them
at this point.
WOOLEYER'S SPEAR POINTS.
81 would rather walk to heaven on
a stony path with bleeding feet than
to go to hell on a fat salary"
"Some of our large department