Semi-weekly herald., 1913-11-20


number of ducks to supply all their
friends and acquaintance.
Brakeman Ellery Slick of the Rio
Grande Southern is in the city visit
ing with his wife who has been max
ing her headquarters here for the
past three weeks. Mr.. Slick is the
son of the late Dr. Slick, who was
well known to all early day residents.
Miss Winifred O'Donnell, one of
the efficient nurses at Mercy hospital
left for her home in Greeley this
morning on a vacation of several
weeks duration. On her way she
will make short stops in Boulder and
Fort Collins where relatives reside.
S. II. Smith, the blacksmith at the
Hesperus coal mine, is business
visitor in the city. He is making ar
rangements to spend the winter
months at his old home in Illinois. If
nothing prevents he will depart on
his trip about the first of the month:
As a result of the change of the
fiscal year from April 1st to Jan
uary lst those in the city's employ
will have two pay days in Decem-
ber. 1t will be the same bunch of
coin but distributed little closer
together.
The French gentleman, Mr. McGin-
mis-, who presides over the destinies
of the passenger depot, is the popu-
lar man with the railroad boys to-
day. 1t is the date for the monthly
dispensing of coin that was earned
by hard toll during the calendar
| month previous.
General H. +. Robinson, United
States superintendent of Indian irri-
| cation, arrived from Albuquerque
last night to give personal supervision
to the three irrigation projects in this
section, at Shiprock, Ignacio and the
Montezuma valley. This morning he
left to look after the last named.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Mathers have
disposed of all their holdings in the
Pennington section and left this
morning for Chicago where a good
position awaits the former. Mr..
Mather served as deputy United
States sheep inspector in this vicin-
| ity, under DIR. Schumacher, who
makes Durango his headquarters.
| Thomas Goulding received eight
| domestic rams from the east last
night. There are ups and downs in
| the wool growing industry but a man
who gives such care to his flocks and
| their improvement as does Mr.. Gould
ing is certain to find a majority of
ups.
We erred in stating that Walter
| Ambold had graduated from the
street to the touring car; he has not
1t is his uncle, Henry Ambold of the
| Animas valley who has done so. Mr.
| Ambold, Sr., resides in a portion Of
the valley where carriages are a wei
nigh superanuated institution. In a
radius of mile there are five tour
ing cars.
The cloudy weather of the past tive
or three days recalls to the minds OF
old timers the fact that heavy SHOWS
have not been unknown here this
time in the year. In 1900 we had a
snow storm of five days duration
which commenced on November II
On the Upper Florida about dozen
miles from town the snow was three
feet and one inch deep.
| Mrs. Joe Woods, nee Ethel Barber
departed for Salt Lake this morning
| to join her husband who located there
several weeks ago. The many friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. Woods trusts the
call of the old home will sound so
alluring in their cars they will tarry
in the new location for short time
| only.
| A. II. Webster of Monte Vista
came up from Pennington and the
Canon Gallegos country yesterday
evening with seven cars of cattle and
five of sheep for the Webster feeding
pens. The stock was transferred
here during the night and early morn
ing and shipped on its way to its des-
tination today.
Mrs. Glazier who has been spend
ing couple of weeks in town with
her children who are students in the
local high school left for Farming
ton this morning, where her husband
is serving the Free Methodist church
in the capacity Of pastor. In COM