Semi-weekly herald., 1913-06-30

Master Mechanic H. C. Stevens OF
the fourth division of the Denver q
Rio Grande arrived from Alamosa last
evening to look after department bust.
ness. Mr.. Stevens has just returned
from Atlantic City, N. j., where he
attended the National American Rail
way Master Mechanics association
The meeting was an interesting event
and it afforded him an opportunity to
meet many old friends and railroad
associates.
Superintendent Shelton of Shiprock
returned from the east last night
where he went several weeks ago to
purchase choice blooded stock for the
government school farm. The ami
mails are on the way and will arrive
in few days. S. ]. Jensen, the head
farmer at the school, came up to meet
Mr.. Shelton and today they are skir-
mishing the town trying to find a
good driving team, that will just suit
their purpose for all around service.
Arrangements for the funeral of the
late Frank West are delayed awaiting
the arrival of his brother, Senator
West. Mr.. West left Denver by auto
for Alamosa early in the week. He
was scheduled to reach there last
evening and continue his travels home
by train today, but a telegram failed
to reach him at that point last even
ing so it is supposed that he will not
reach Durango before tomorrow night.
The Grand Junction Sentinel says
that the Denver & Rio Grande has
issued orders that every car belong
ing to the company anywhere along
the entire system, must be painted
this summer, and all the division
points are the scenes of busy paint
ing bees as result. The job is be-
ing done thoroughly and the same
shade of red is being used throughout.
This mammoth undertaking will mean
the repainting and relettering of about
$4,000 cars in all, and to do this will
require about $500 barrels of red
paint and fifty barrels of white paint.
The paint is applied with air pres
sure, and at the large division points
score of cars can be turned out
each day.
In the case of Sauers VS.. the estate
of James Shannon, Judge Searcy rem
dered a verdict whereby both sides
are to bear equally the expense of the
case, and the trust deed held by the
Shannon estate against Sauers is To
be cancelled. 1t appears that num-
her of years ago the late james Shan
non loaned Mr.. Sauers a sum Of money
which was secured by trust deed upon
his ranch. In turn he made the Sau'
ers home his boarding place for sew.
eral years, so after hearing all th'
evidence in the case Judge Searcy con
sidered one obligation offset the othel
and order the trust deed cancelled
The electrical storm of Monday
played several lranks in Silverton
| The chimney on the house occupied BY
Ebert Miller's family was struck BY
| lii. htring and nearly caused confla'
grafton. The electric wires and me-
ter were cut and destroyed in the
house, and the family badly frighten.
ed. At Charles Scheer's house the
wiring and lamps were similarly af-
fected and Mrs. Scheer treated with
a shock while attending to an elec-
trical washing machine while In oper'
| alton. Mr.. Louie Fedel had just
alightcd from his milk wagon wher
the lightning struck his wagon and
broke the glass; Silverton Miner.
Mrs. Martin, the nonegenarian who
passed away at local infirmary early
| in the week, was laid to rest In Green
| mount yesterday afternoon, beside her
hus band who preceded her nearly hf'
teen years ago. She was the lone
representative of her family, her chill
dren having died in infancy. During
the DAYS the infrmary was in charge
of Mrs Foster the elderly lady be-
came very much attached to her and
her little granddaughter, Bertha Nc.
Kinney. Yesterday a beautiful bou.
1uet of roses came from little Bertha
to decorate her final resting place
To the departed one, the sentiment
| represented by the remembrance
would have been a wealth Of happi'
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. J. Mountz Of Man.
cos were patrons Of the Strater last
night on their way to Denver. Mr.
Mountz is a prominent Colorado rea
estate man who has acquired exten.
siye interests in Montezuma county
| within the past year. OF recent month";
he has been personally directing op-
erations on his ranch properties. A
couple of weeks ago Mrs. Mountz
brother and family arrived and he will
act as foreman so Mr.. Mountz will
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