Semi-weekly herald., 1913-01-13

today, proving up on his homestead
Mrs. Gertrude Elson of Pennington
departed for Dodge City, Kas., this
morning.
Attorney F. C. Perkins went down
to Aztec this morning on court bust.
ness.
Frank Lake was passenger to Ce.
dar Hill this morning on hurried
business trip.
Walter Fleming, cashier of the 10,
cal freight depot, leaves oklahoma
Durango bot nd, Jan. Is.
Miss Alic. C0rnhuthaite returned
from Dolore Ia night and left thi.
morning for her home in Alva, Okla
George Sponsel returned to Thomp-
sons park this morning after cou-
pie of days stay in the city transact
ing ranch and sawmill business.
Benigno S. Herrera of Elco is the
next person scheduled to appear be-
fore Uncle Sans officials in the To-
cal land office and prove that he is
entitled to a homestead
Mr.. and Mrs. Walsh of Alamosa
passed through from Silverton this
morning where they were called to at
tend the funeral of the latters father
Tony" Sanger, which occurred yes
terday.
General Superintendent Pitcher of
the Silverton Northern, Mrs. Pitcher
and the three little Pitchers with their
nurse passed through from Silverton
on their way to Denver in private car
r. this morning.
Alex Shannon, prominent contrac-
tor from Pagosa Springs, was a guest
at the Strater last night en- route to
Pinon mesa to figure on some build
ing contracts that are to be let there
in the near future.
Mrs. w. T. Darlington returned
from Harrington last night where
she was with her sister, Mrs. A. F.
Miller during the illness, death and
burial of her husband, the late Mr.
A F. Miller.
James Morrison, the Dolores sheep
nan, is in the city in company with
MS son Dwight, doing Durango den
al parlor by way of sight seeing. AT
he last report the proprietor had
he floor-a way that dentists have.
Durango friends will be interested
o know that the condition of Dad"
SVEN is somewhat improved. How
ever, it will probably be many days
before he able to be back on the
road.
The public service commission has
granted permission for the New York
failway to issue bonds to the extent
If S6d0,0O0, the proceeds of which are
o be applied to the purchase of ITS
news cars of the stepless type.
Mrs. Charles Moore, who has been
here several weeks with her husband,
who is a patient at Mercy hospital,
left yesterday morning for her home
in mama. At the rate Mr.. Moore
Is improving he will be able to fol
low in a few days.
Miss Rnby Ludwig of Pine river,
who recently underwent an operation
for appendicitis at Ochsner's is i'm
proving and will soon be able to leave
the hospital. Her mother, Mrs. Hen
ry Ludwig, who has been in constant
attendance at her bedside, leaves for
her home tomorrow.
The street commissioner with the
hammer did such effective
work on the walk in front of Will
Hart's yesterday that the department
will have him extend his field of la
bors to the other walks in the city
that are so slippery one can not walk
across with safety.
B. L. Gurney of Ignacio departed
this morning for Spokane, Wash,
where if conditions are favorable he
will locate. Mrs. Gurney will remain
with her. mother, Mrs. S. j. Hood on
the Florida until her husband is con-
vinced that he has found better
section than southwestern Colorado.
NJ. Strong, the engineer who rep
resents the Dougherty interests in
this section, went over to Dolores this
morning where he has force of men
doing field work on the Dolores prof.
ect. While he is giving out very lit
tie a. present, the prospects for some
very important news from there in
the rear future is very favorable.
Mrs. Ida Wales left this morning
via the eastern for Salem, Ore, where
she will remain until summer and
possibly locate. Her sister, Mrs. Jes-
sic Sanders and little grandson ac-
companied her as far as Denver where
they will visit Mrs. Sanders daugh-
ter.
While the large safe which belongs
to Judge Pike was being moved down
from the court house this afternoon,
the ropes broke and it went down at
pace that the movers had not bar
gained for. However, it landed at
the bottom right side up and without
scratch. 1t goes without saying the
men assisting in moving it gave it
al IL r 1t