Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-08

Dollar" by Rev. Mr.. Sly Of Denver.
II was delivered to the pupils in as ,
sembly.
Mrs. T. J. Crowds returned to her
home at La Plata City this morning |
after spending = few days in town
getting her little daughter Catherine
establishcd in her quarters for the
school year.
The magnificent array Of Asters at
the rear of the Whittier school biuld-
ing was grown and cultivated from
seeds sown by the wee tots in room
one-the first grade folk who are
proud to claim Miss Gilmore for their
teacher.
Mr.. and Mrse G. L. Larch of st.
Paul arrived from the east last night
en- route to Pennington where they
will visit with relatives. Mrs. Larch
is sister of the Foley brothers who
operated the Pennington cannery last
year.
George C. Hill who is health seek
er in the Durango section and
wealth seeker in the Silverton vicin-
ity, returned from the last named
point last evening where he travelled
few days ago to look after his min
ing interests.
Mrs. J. B. Martinez, daughter of
Attorney General Reid of New Mexi-
co. arrived from Park View, N. NJ,
last evening to perfect arrangements
to place her children in the Durango
schools. Until permanently located
the Palace will be her headquarters.
C. A. Ball, the jeweler, was bound
for Mancos this morning via the D.
and R. G. southern, on brief busi-
ness mission. He expected to make
the trip by auto but the report of
the hard rainfall over in the Thomp-
son park section caused him to
change his plans.
W. W. Sanders, an employe of the
Graden Mercantile company, went up
to the vicinity of the May Day this
morning where he and Joe Murphy
have force of men employed in a
prospect which gives every indication
of placing the owners in the class
that rolls in wealth and automobiles.
The Second avenue barn which has
been used for livery stable since
the mind of woman runneth not to
the contrary is henceforth to be a
garage. Proprietor Jarvis has dis
posed of his entire stock of horses
and all wagons except those of. the
chug variety.
A nine pound boy registered at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Pearson,
Jr., this morning at o'clock. He is
SO well pleased with the establish
ment that he has signified his inten-
finn of ron, o;p;nr norv,c,on+J,, n
Lingenfelter officiated at the arrival
ceremonies.
A cloud burst which occurred about
o'clock yesterday afternoon took
out the fill down the Animas near
where Wood and Morgan's pump is
located. AS result the road in
that vicinity is impossible.
Mrs. j. w. McMichaels and Miss
E. McMichaels came up from Flora
Vista last evening bound for Pueblo
where the latter holds responsible
position. Mrs. McMichaels accomp-
anied her home for a brief outing.
W. H. Chrisman, representative
from San Juan county, New Mexico,
president of the San Juan fair and
all-around progressive citizen, re-
turned from Iowa last night and con-
tinued his journey to his home in the
Aztec vicinity today.
Tom Kane, well known mining
man who made Silverton his head
quarters for years, passed through
Durango this morning on his way to
Denver, the place he now calls home.
He spent several days in the Silver
ton mining camp looking after his
valuable interests.
Miss Isabel Wallace, daughter of
Mrs. Joe Wallace of the Animas VAL
ley. left for Lawrence. Kans., this
morning where she will resume her
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