Semi-weekly herald., 1913-06-23


teacher connected with our high school
for four years, sailed from New York
today on her way to her old home
in Europe for a six months sojourn.
! Hood and Ames shipped casket
for an adult to Dolores this morn
ing. A Dolores woman whose name
I we could not learn passed away yes
terday.
Mrs. Jack Spargo left for her home
in Mancos this morning. She was ac-
companied by Mrs. Charles Hogan
and Master Patsy, who will be her
heuse guests until Monday afternoon.
The Misses Ruth and Kathleen
Scales of Woca, Tex, were guests
at the Savoy last night on their way
to Aztec to spend the summer with
their uncle, Charles Scales, well
known ranchman of that section.
Any time you can buy twenty
pounds of sugar for a dollar in the
San Juan you will have to do some
tall hustling to get the dollar. Under
free trade commodities travel hand
in hand with dear money.-Pagosa
Springs New Era.
Mrs. Bredt, wife of the Shiprock
agency physician, departed for home
this morning after an extended stay
in town. The very important portion
of her hand baggage was the little
daughter, her first born, who arrived
during her sojourn here.
Mrs. Regina Faris was Mancos
bound traveller this morning to visit
her son Earl Faris and family. A
pretty bouquet from her flower gar
ie a was part of the array Of things
which she was taking to her inter-
esting little granddaughter, Gertrude
Mrs. ID. C. Coulson and children
passed through from Pennington last
night on their way to their home in
Silverton. The children have been
having the time of their lives the
last two weeks making things gay
at the home of their grandmother,
Mrs. Knight.
The normal institute closes at Fort
Lewis this afternoon and tonight
nearly half hundred school ma'ams
and masters will invade our IAN.
A TIE teachers had to provide their
owr leodlng the Southern baggage
cars bids fair to look like an over
Loaded Pullman.
George Metzler, beneficiary of the
insurance policy of the late Laura
MetZler, has received a check for
81 900, the amount of the insurance
through the local Maccabee lodge,
Mountain City hive No. II. AS usual
with the order, the payment was
very prompt.
District Attorney George Lane jour-
neys to Pagosa Springs tomorrow on
official business. He returns next
week. The argument for new trial
in the cases of those found guilty of
maintaining a room for gambling is
delayed, awaiting his convenience.
Taxpayers will be pleased to know
our bonded Indebtedness is decreasing.
Today City Treasurer Hanno paid
81 900 on the principal. A provision
has been made for the payment of
another thousand dollars before the
| end of the fiscal year.
Superintendent w. d. Lee made
the trip from Ridgway to Durango
yesterday afternoon in his railroad
automobile that has been rescued from
i the depths of the Dolores diver. He
was accompanied by Ridgway ply
sician--a pleasing companion who
would prove of valuable assistance in
Gaze Of accident.
The Archuleta county dry ranch
seeded to alfalfa will be big money
maker as compared to general farm
ing. An acre of grand that will pro-
duce enough hay to winter two or
three steers has an honest value of
s100, says the Pagosa Springs New
Era Right you are, and it applies
equally well to all counties in tue
| San Juan basin.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. S. Baker arrived
from Shiprock by auto late last even
ing and boarded the train for the east
this morning where they were sum-
noned by message telling them of
the death of Mr.. Bakers mother, Mrs.
Howlitt. While on her way to Ship
rccl last summer Mrs. Howlitt was
stricken with paralysis. From that
time she was far from a well woman
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