Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-10


Ferguson of Dulce are in town on a
shopping expedition.
| G. j. Wilhoite, county surveyor of
San Juan county, is business visi-
tor in town today.
R. c. Salyer, the contractor, went
out to Ignacio today, on hurried
business trip.
Mrs. Charles Idle and daughter are
down from the Animas valley today
shopping.
Mrs. Elmer F,e.sher and daughter
are in from ! lorida mesa on COM
bined business and pleasure trip.
Plans for the Wallace bridge are
occupying the attention of the COM
missioners today.
C. O'Brien, state photographer for
New Mexico, left for Santa Fe this
morning on department business.
Mr.. Simpson of Red mesa is un-
dergoing an operation for ocular trou-
Bile this afternoon. DR.. Davis is the
operator.
The person or persons who robbed
| the Pendleton postoffice have been
successful thus far in eluding the po-
lice officers.
Mrs. John Warner went out to lg-
nacio this morning to pass a few
days with her daughters who reside
there.
Miss Grace Woods, who has been
the house guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Woods for several days, returned to
her home in Mancos this morning.
The past two years in Colorado will
be remembered as the years in which
zinc came into its own, giving the
old producers new lease of life in
many sections.-I.a Plata Miner.
r. E. Orr arrived from Leadville
last night to engage in farming with
his father out on Red mesa. Mr..
Orr will increase the family holdings
by filing on a claim for himself.
Mrs. Grubb, nee Pearl Holman, ar
rived from Fruita last night to visit
her mother, Mrs. Holman, and brother,
Sam Ethridge. Mrs. Grubb's husband
is station agent at Fruita.
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Whitehead, Mr.
Clum and Mrs. Darnell, who were
called here by the illness and death of
little Beatrice Darnell, leave tonight
for their home in Eureka.
Harry Baldwin, the post trader at
Liberty, left for home this morning
after passing thirty-six hours in town
refreshing his memory as to cosmo
poltan life, as it is exemplified il
our town.
The Silverton Miner reports thai
after the passes were cut out in De
cember the increase in cash received
for passenger tickets in the Silverton
office was 500 per cent over the same
month in the previous year.
A. w. Conboy of Colorado SPRING
returned from the Aztec section last
night where he went to familiarize
new ranch employe with his duties.
He was homeward bound this morn
| ing.
w. A. Jackson of Cortez returned
from business trip to Texas points
last night. This morning he left for
| Lower La Plata via Aztec to spend
few days with Mrs. Jackson, who
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Cor
dell.
Mrs. H. C. Bollinger is down from
| he la Platas, patron of the Stra-
ter. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bollinger are
frequent visitors to the city, the fact
that Clyde, the son of the house Of
Bollinger, is student at the Du-
range high school, is the attraction.
P. C. Moshisky, foreman at the
round house, returned from Denver
last night, where in company with his
wife and baby he enjoyed fortnight's
visit with Mrs. Moshisky's father,
Speaker Skinner, of the house of rep
resentatives.
Henry Cordes has returned to
Thompsons park after spending sew
eral days in town. For a number of
wears Mr.. Cordes has been numbered
among the successful teachers of the
| equity. Now he is considering en-
tering upon a business career.
Rev Mr. Barlow, who has just re
signed as pastor of the Baptist church,
delivers his last sermon Sunday even
ing. Thursday he leaves for Tucum-
carl, his new charge. Mr.. Barlow,
who is in Kansas City visiting her
mother, will join him there within
few days.
Word comes from Aztec that Mrs
Pinkstaff met with disaster with her
new auto. The inexperienced driver
started to take a party of friends out
for a ride. The machine was guided
in the wrong direction and went crash
ing through the window of drug
store, leaving ruin to the store and
car in its wake.
John lie Felio, the colored prisoner
from Archuleta county who has been
| in the La Plata county jail for sew
eral weeks, has decided to plead guilty
to horse stealing and attempted jail
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