Semi-weekly herald., 1914-05-21

+. ID. Lockwood, of st. Paul, MINI.
departed this morning for home after
= very pleasant visit with his sister
Mrs. Ross, who resides at Cedar Hill
A number of years had elapsed since
the brother and sister had seen each
other.
! Miss Nell Collett, who has been a
popular member of the Aztec corps
of teachers the past year, went ut
to Hesperus this morning to pass a
few days looking over the country
During her stay here she was the
house guest of Mrs. J. NJ. Cornelius.
II. Crandall came down from Rice
last night on his way to Flora Vista
where his brother resides He was
accompanied by the latter's little
daughter, who has made her home
with his family since the death of her
mother last winter.
The week just passed has proved
the banner one in the history Of the
San Juan creamery. Twenty-Five hun
dred and fifteen pounds of butter were
manufactured, and the demand for
the product has kept apace with the
supply.
| In the case of the Fulton Market
and Produce company VS.. John Nor
gan, of Silverton, a money demand
which was tried in Justice Maddox s
court this afternoon, the jury render.
ed d verdict in favor of the plaintiff
awarding the firm s65 and costs.
| Mrs. Don Eddy and children left
for Pueblo this morning in response
to. a message received yesterday aft.
ernoon conveying the sad news of the
death of Mrs. Eddy's mother. She
passed away in st. Marks hospital
yesterday at l o'clock, following ar
operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Armstrong
of Hermosa, are the proud parents
of an eight-pound girl, who arrived al
Ochsner's hospital yesterday. The
little ones mother was formerly Miss
Maude Harmon, who is well known tc
Silverton, Durango and Florence resi-
dents.
Mrs. Clara B. Stapeton arrived
from Grand Junction last night, bount
for Pagosa Springs, where she ha.
accepted the position in Attorney
Emieh's office, made vacant by the
resignation of Mrs. Lillian Fitton
Mrs. Stapleton was formerly mem.
Der of the Grand Junction News staff
Mr.. and Mrs. James Heffernan, oi
Colorado Springs, left for Farming
ton this morning. The former is OF
his way to Four Corners to visit hi.
brother Joe. Mrs. Heffernan return,
to Durango tomorrow to visit with 10
cal friends until her husbands re
turn.
Patrons day at the Park school at
tracted large number of visitors
Art, domestic art and manual train.
ing productions were on exhibition
and the quality of the work created
no end Of favorable comments. There
were social features in connection
with the affair. A detailed account
Of the event will be given Saturday
p. b. Otero, of the New Mexico
game warden's department, returned
from San Juan county last night on
his way to his headquarters in Santa
Fe. He was called to our neighborins
county to investigate the complaint
that beavers were destroying consid-
cradle property. He found sufficient
cause for the complaint, and issued
two permits to kill the pests.
The scoundrel that perpetrated the
rank swindle of selling potato bug
| killers to the farmers isn't in it with
the Chicago house that advertises a
hook entitled, "What Every Girl
Should Know Before Marriage" Sew
enty-five hundred girls answered the
ad and each received cook book
A portion of the swan song of the
bachelor editor of the Pagosa Springs
Sun.
Mrs. Joseph Weilang, Of the Flor
ida mesa died at Ochsner's hospital
last evening about o'clock, where
she had been for several days under.
going treatment for goitre Deceased
was "a years of age. in addition to
her husband she Is survived by sis.