Semi-weekly herald., 1913-10-13

today after spending couple of
days in town on business connected
with his promising mining properties
the Incas and Unexpected.
A trip to Aztec convinces anyone
that this county has raised one OF
the best corn crops in its history.
This crop ought to furnish good
many fat porkers for the new pack
ing plant at Durango.-Farmington
Times-H Hustler.
Miss Maggie Hunaher has been
visiting her nephew, L. A. ODon-
nell and family of Oxford, since
April, left Tuesday morning for her
home in Frasier, Iowa. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. O'Donnell and
Master Bill, who will spend couple
of months with relatives in Iowa and
Indiana.-Ignacio Chieftain.
Mrs. c. b. Reid, mother OF one of
the young men who is in the county
Jail, awaiting trial on the charge of
forgery, arrives from Montezuma
county tonight Some new develop
ments are promised in the case i'm
mediately after she reaches this city.
Mrs. Ruby Jones, secretary of
school district No. II, was in from
Florida mesa today, distributing war
rants to those the district is indebted
to. She reports the school out there,
which is in charge of Miss Elva Ran
ney of Denver, in very flourishing
condition. Twenty-Five pupils are in
attendance, and all patrons highly
pleased with the work being done.
w. A. Larned and brother E. P.
Larned, arrived from New York last
evening en- route to the La Platas
where they are Interested in the Ten
Brock and Ashland properties. Both
men are well known, the former as
the champion tennis player and the
latter as member of the Peary par
ty that discovered the north pole.
Rev. j. A. Mills arrived from
southern Georgia last night on his
way to New Mexico where he will
have charge of the Flora Vista and
Cedar Hill churches for the NJ E.
church, South. He is a genial gent
leman, who is certain to meet with
success in his work.
Another big bunch of whiskey
cases came up in the county court
| this week, making something like
nine counts in all. The cases have
been continued for trial until one
week from today, The complaints
are against both Cortez drug stores
and charge the proprietors with sell
ing intoxicating liquors in dry terri
tory.-Cortez Herald
George Taylor left this week for
the bedside of his father, P. S. Tay-
or, near Durango, he being very i'll
and not expected to recover He will
be will remembered here as an eff
cicnt horticultural inspector of this
county few years ago, We hope he
may yet reeover.-Montezuma Jour
nal.
1t is reported that Irwin Brumley
reached Kansas City with his large
F, shipment of steers on the right date
to top the market, his steers bring
ing close to an average of $50 per
head. Sales of this kind is what
is putting the cattle men on their
feet and filling the banks with cash,
+, James Belmear is also one of those
who hit a good market. w. w. Dun
lap sold at Placerville at very sat
isfactory figure.-Dolores Star.
Floyd l.. Bradfield and brother, Il.
Bradfield, of Dolores were here Tues
day and met with the town board
Tuesday evening and applied for a
telephone franchise to come into the
town of Cortez. This looks as though
business for this section is looking
up. The franchise is for the Dolores
San Juan Telephone company which
is now leased by Mr.. Bradfield.
Should the franchise be granted this
would put Cortez in telephone COM
munication with Bluff, Monticello,
Moab, Thompson Springs and prac-
| Herald.
MAN RETURNS AFTER TWO
MONTHS SPENT IN WILDS