Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-03

Last week DR.. NJ. ID. Taylor traded
his fruit farm at Cedar Hill for W.
N. Rights residence and lots in this
town.-Farmington Times Hustler.
People here are organizing a COM
pany to build telephone line from
Rosa, NJ NJ, to Ignacio via Allison
and Tiffany-Ignacio Chieftain.
c. II. McHenry is out again after
having been in the Pennington Cen
eral hospital for some time with an
attack of pneumonia. Careful nursing
brought him through safcly.--Farm-
ington Times Hustler
Durango, with her cheap coal,
should be figuring for the shop system
of some railroad. The shop employees
OF Alamosa give her SO per cent of
her trade. and train and operative en-
ployes about 80 per cent.-La Plata
Miner.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. N. Linebarger Of
Tiffany returned Saturday from
months visiting east among friends
and relatives. They seem to have en-
joyed themselves very much.--Ignacio
Chieftain.
II. G. SHREDDER left Sunday morning
for big southern trip. He expects to
visit Kansas City, Little Rock, Mem
phis. New Orleans and the Panama
canal before he returns. He viii -
gone several months -Ignacia Ckias
tain
u \ esk
Mayor Iood of Durango spefa rS4-
eral days in Cortez this week Mr.
Hood is one of the best boosters this
valley has, never losing an opportu-
nifty to set people right regarding
the great possibilities here.-Monte-
yuma Journal.
The contract for the first twelve
and half miles of the Hammond
Pennington canal has been let to Tom
LOTUS of Pennington. This part of
the canal must be completed by May
in order to give water to the Ham,
mond settlers for this years CROP
San Juan Democrat.
William Coppinger and family re-
turned Saturday from two months
visit to his old home in Tennessee,
the first visit back in ten years. Mrs.
Coppinger's sister returned to Colo
rado with them. Mr.. Coppinger in
forms the Herald man that some
twenty-five or thirty people from his
old home will locate in the Monte
yuma valley within the next few
months.-Cortez Herald.
6. NJ. Strong, chief engineer of the
big Dolores river irrigation project,
was in Dolores the first Of the week
on his way to Durango to finish some
engineering work. The surveyors are
pushing the field work as fast as pos
sible this fine weather. The perma-
nent survey places the main canal con-
siderably higher than the preliminary
survey did and, of course, this puts
more land under water.-Dolores Star.
The returning visitors to the stock
show tell good news regarding the
big irrigation project and the coming
railroad to this section, railroad men
fra.Ltxt pt th.oa khtnag
coming as fast as possible. This is
as we have long insisted, but 1t will
take whistle Of locomotive to con-
vince some of the doubling ones. We
believe that there is an intimate con-
nection between the irrigation scheme
and the southern outlet, and they are
working unitedly -Montezuma Jour-
|. nal.
|, Santa Fe county will show lament
! able weakness II it does not boost
Immediately for an automobile route
!, between Santa Fe and San Juan coun-
I ty. The produce Of San Juan county
is so wonderful and yet we do not
realize it. The county must have =
, southern outlet and must have 1t soon.
5 We should be linked with that county
4 to enjoy some of its coming pros
G rerity. At present it takes three days
E Of railroad travel to go from Santa
e Fe to Aztec, San Juan county, and
a when / say railroad travel might
k add, very poor travel at that Ths
y D. 4 r. G. we travelled ON was
9 crowded and some people had TO stand
: up. A well built auto road would
e enable one to make the trip In sbout
n a day instead of three says,~ ssys
!. Judge Abbott in the Santa Fs Nsv