Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-20


ness.
j. F. Frizze was in from Florida
mesa today and loaded out with sup
plies from the Otis, McGirr & Com
pany grocery.
Fred Kroeger of the Animas valley
returned from the Lower Animas to-
day where he has been looking after
his cattle that are wintering there.
Ben Blackburn, the young man who
Underwent an operation for appendi-
cisis and pcritonitis at Mercy hos
pital Monday, is still in a critical
condition.
Mrs. W. II. cchaeffer and little
daughter departed via the eastern this
morning for their home in Wenatchee
Wash. Miss Mable Green of North
Durango accompanied them for an ex-
tended visit.
Frank Eldredge, representing the
motor club and the board of trade,
and DR.. McEwen, representing the
commissioners, are scheduled to leave
for Denver tomorrow to attend the
Good Roads convention.
Paul Garbanati came down from
Silverton last night on his way to
Globe, Ariz. He continued his trav-
els this morning. Mrs. Garbanati and
the baby will follow later if business
conditions prove as favorable as they
now give promise of being.
The Telluride Journal reports that
the Rachofsky Bros. will open a
branch store in that city, carrying
the same line of goods at the prices
that prevail in the Durango establish
ment. Marks Rachofsky is to be in
charge.
II. J. Campbell, J. S. James, Guy
Smith and John Music motored in
from Bayfield, today. While crossing
Florida mesa they encountered wind
and snow storm of Kansas proper
tions which somewhat retarded their
progress.
Manager Hays of the Salt Lake
Mining company, operating in the
Rico district, is at a local hospital
suffering with pneumonia. Last night
j. T. Burns of Colorado Springs and
X. Benson of Salt Lake City. who
are heavily interested in the prop
critics managed by the sick man, ar
rived in the city to look after his
welfare and make certain that all
that can be done for him will be done.
One hundred and nne beet grow
ers of the Montrose district met early
in the week and decided to stand pat
on the proposition that they will not
grow beets next year unless they are
given better contract than was in
force this year The two points of
difference between the growers and
the factory operators are the price
and extent of tar
City Water Commissioner Redman
suddenly discovered yesterday after
noon that the city reservoir was be-
ing depleted at the rate of 10000 gal
Ions of water every twenty-four hours
rs the result of frozen and bursted
water main that leads to the poor
farm. The water was shut off imme-
diately and the folk at the county
farm will be forced to drink the juno
tioa creek product until the repairs
are made.
The latest news from Miss Rosa
Stewart, who left here several weeks
ago bound for Buenos Ayres, was that
she sailed for that point via France.
This Robins Hood barn route seemed
the best one to take and the expense
was not as great as first stated. The
young lady was given rate Of $50
from New York when she planned to
make the trip, but her expenses she
later found would not exceed hun
dred dollars.
The four-act romantic drama ''Du-
Barry" which is the feature play with
the Spedden & Paige Stock company,
will be remembered by many as the
vehicle which served for several sea-
sons to display to advantage the his
trionic abilities of Mrs. Leslie Carter,
she of auburn hair fame and mer-
curial temperament, the former help
ing her to fortune and the latter
quality losing for her both the for
tune and the services of her distin.
guished manager, David Belasco. The
play will be presented here with the
full equipment of scenery, costumes,
ETC., at popular prices and seats may
be secured in advance.
The fair conducted by the ladies of
the Sacred Heart church proved a
wonderful success. A large number
of persons were in attendance and
purchased literally of the articles Of
fered for sale. incidentally it opened
the eye of many to the wonderful
hand work that the Mexican women
Of our city are doing. We read of
women in other lands who show such
marvellous skill with the needle and
long for an opportunity to see their
work when right in our own midst
there are those who fashion articles
that are just as worthy Of mention
Surely needleworkers are like proph-