Semi-weekly herald., 1912-10-03

| visitor from the Animas valley today.
The crowds that are hiking to the
mountains! The hills will be full Of
hunters if not of deer.
MIR. and Mrs. George Isgar will
spend the week at Corte4 attending
the fair.
Mrs. L.. A. Johnson and children
came down from lockwood this MORN
ing where they spent the week end
with Mrs. Bell and Miss Frances.
| Mrs. w. A. Peerman and son left
for their home at Allison this morn
ing after few days visit with Mrs.
Evans and daughters.
Conductor James McHolland, C. A
Ball and Paul Backinger are the MEM
bers of party who vii. hunt deer
on the west side of the uermosa dur
ing the open season.
The exhibit displayed by Montezu-
ma county ut the fair showed pred
ucts grown in attitudes varying from
$500 to $500 feet. The Montezuma
valley, the Mancos section and the
McElmo canon contributed toward the
display.
| The La Platas are coming in for a
heavy shower this afternoon.
Mrs. Louis LISTENER and children
of Upper Florida are visiting with
old time friends in the city.
Jim Laughren and Mr.. Cousins,
ranchmen from the Florida mesa Sec
| ttnn natrnni1al la,n1 a,,kc
| day.
The resuming Of operations at the
Idaho and May Day will be import
ant factors in Durango's prosperity
| the coming season.
+. A. Mckinney, who compiled the
Durango directory a couple Of years
ago, is now engaged in getting out
director in the San Luis valley. Five
counties are included in the district.
An important meeting of the Civic
club will be held at the board Of trade
rooms tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
| The business to be considered is Of
Importance TO every member Of the
club.
DIR. and Mrs. McRee and baby left
1or their home in Aztec this morning
otter spending fair week in town par
ticipating in the celebration. Mrs.
McRee was the house guest Of Miss
Rowena Tickle, principal Of the Park
school.
BILLY" Bacon and son Leslie return
ed to the La Platas this morning,
where they are using the fortune they
made out of the Blue Dick to devel-
ope other mining properties which bid
fair to grub stake their owners until
Gabriels trumpet is sounded.
Our New Mexico neighbors are
learning that dairying is the balance
wheel Of farming. An evidence Of the
fact was the fine butter displayed by
W. L. Paddock, which had q part in
the San Juan county exhibit at the
fair.
l.. w. Smith Is over from Pagosa
Springs to spend few days with
| Mrs. Smith who underwent a critical
operation for appendicitis last Mon
day. Mrs. Smiths prospects for =
rapid recovery from the Operation are
very favorable.
The proceeds Of the Salvation army
dinner was $114, 80 per cent Of the
amount being clear. The army peo-
pie are especially grateful to those
who donated supplies for their meals
as well as to those who worked so
faithful to make them u success.
Mrs. I. ]. Crowds left for her home
in La Plata City this morning after
spending week in town on pleasure
bent. The presence Of the little
daughter in the city is one Of the big
reasons way we note the frequent Wis.,
its of both Mr.. and Mrs. Crowds.
Miss Vinta Minter of Cortez de-
parted foi Canon City this morning
where she will enter Sisters academy,
this being her second year in the in
stitution. Her mother came over with
her and after seeing her safely on
her Journey returned home on the
Southern.
| A. II. Paul, the well known ma
chemist, who went to Miami some
weeks ago, hoping to rid himself Of
rheumatism, writes that the change
rs benefited him greatly. Although
he still has traces of the affliction he
is certainly on the road to permanent
The county clerks office is joing
rushing business today. Hunters arr
not unmindful Of the fact that the
deer season opens tomorrow. The five
day limit means that they will have
to be out the first day II they hope
to get venison.
Those who were absent from the
services at the Presbyterian church
yesterday morning missed crest mu-
steal treat in not hearing Miss Stults
render that beautiful song, "A Dream
in Paradise" The treats VIII be con-
tinued in the future.
Mrs. James Barber, mother Of Mrs.
F. r. Graham and Mrs. Joe Woods,
left on the eastern for Denver this
morning where she will visit for .
few weeks with her son Ray and