Semi-weekly herald., 1913-09-15

Superintendent McGraw was bount
for Alamosa this morning in his re
christened private car, BIT"
Engineer Louie Johnson has turn
ed farmer for few days and gone
down to the Flora Vista vicinity te
look after his ranch interests.
Shorty Franklin, the genial rep
resentatiye of the Peters Paper com
pany, is soliciting business and dis
pensing good cheer IN our town.
Mrs. E. L. Edwards and daughter
of Liberty, N. NJ, were bound for
Denver this morning on pleasure
trip.
William Ritter of Dolores shipped
five car loads of sheep to eastern
markets today. The train left the
local yards shortly afternoon.
Mrs. H. Patterson, Sr., and Mrs.
Harry Patterson came down from
Silverton this morning on their way
to Pagosa Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Raymond,
Miss Gertrude Raymond and Miss
Mary Sites motored to Pennington
this afternoon to enpoy the various
attractions the fair has to offer.
Later they go to Shiprock and on
their return stop at Aztec and other
progressive communities en- route.
Joe Wilmer, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Antoine Wilmer of Bayfield,, is on his
way to Manhattan, Kans. where he
enters the agricultural college, this
being his second year. He is taking
course in veterinary science. En-
route he is visiting few days with
an uncle who resides in Waitfield.
Nearly all the towns of western
Colorado and Northern New Mexico
as well as few east of the Cont
mental divide will be billed with post
ers advertising the Colorado New
Mexico fair which is to be held in
this city September 23-24-25-26.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Norton, Hi
nois people who passed the summer
months at the lockwood forest sta
ton with their relatives, the Guy
Ieffts, departed for Phoenix, Ariz.,
this morning. The length of their
stay there viii be dictated by in
clination.
c. w. Blake, traffic agent for
the Missouri Pacific, is busy down
here looking after the interests of
his road. With the beginning of
stock shipments, this section looms
up big to the agents of middle-west
and eastern roads.
Miss Alice Cox departed for Nucla.
town in the western part of Mont
rose county, this morning, where her
sister, Mrs. Walker, resides. The
greater part of her time in the past
year had been spent there. Her visit
with the home folk dates from july
first
Pocahontas, the attraction present
ed under the auspices of the band at
Red Men hall last night, amused and
entertained good sized audience.
Those who had the good fortune to
witness the performance are anxious
the company reproduce it at a date
not for distance.
The San Juan Transfer company
interests, formerly owned by Messrs.
Hall, Atterbury and Remley, has been
purchased by w. A. O'Brien of Light
ner creek. Mr., O'Brien is a substan-
tial man who is certain to conduct
the business in a manner that merits
patronage.
Mrs. Harry Pearson, Sr., and Mrs.
Antoine Wilmer were in from the
Bayfield, section today supplying the
market with dairy products and pur-
chasing groceries. Threshers are not
far from their ranch SO every woman
who has lived on farm in Colorado
can appreciate the siege of cooking
that is facing them.
Gen. II. F. Robinson, United States
superintendent of Indian irrigation.
and f. B. Hill, assistant chief en-
gineer of the irrigation work, re-
turned from Shiprock last evening
where they inspected the work under
way down there. Present indications
are that the system will be complet-
ed within few months.