Semi-weekly herald., 1914-03-26

Judge C. c. Holbrooke was q
guest at the Strater last right on his
way to his home in Alamosa. He
spent couple of days in Silverton
holding district court for Judge
Searcy.
E. E. Eales is down from the May
Day to be with his wife who is at
Mercy hospital suffering with pneu-
monia. The latest reports from the
lady's bedside are most favorable.
Mrs. Cunningham and Mr.. Gleason,
who accompanied their sister" Mrs.
Murphy, to Durango for her opera
tion, left this morning for their home
in Pagosa Springs.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Dyer returned
from Santa Fe last night where they
spent their honeymoon. They will
visit Mrs. Dyer's parents, the Craigs
on Florida Mesa, while making prep
arations to move to their new home.
Theodore Mutton left for Vallecito
via Florida station this morning. AS
soon as weather conditions permit he
will join the army of wealth seekers
headed toward the Cave Basin dis
trict.
Rev. Stewart, presiding elder of the
Free Methodist church for this dis
trict. departed this morning for Sa-
Ida where church business will de-
mand his attention for a number of
weeks.
E. E. Hatcher motored up from
La Boca last night. He encountered
some stretches of bad road on the
way and as a result, his machine
had to undergo slight repairs when
he reached town.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. r. Lammason
were down from Perins last night
guests at the Savoy. Just now six
ty men are employed at the mine, but
the demand for the mine product
is not sufficient, for them to work all
the time.
Mrs. S. II. Dickerson and little son
Delbert left this morning for their
home in Pagosa Springs. The latter
underwent an operation few weeks
ago and they remained here with Mrs.
Wallace Wilson, nee Nan Dickerson,
until he was in good health.
Jake Swenk, the lad who was sent
to the reformatory last fall for forg-
cry, spent the night in town on his
way to Colorado Springs where he
will work on the Myron Stratton
home. Good behavior won him his
parole.
DR.. Turrells new garage that is
fast nearing completion is such an
imposing structure that it has given
rise to the rumor that one of Du-
rango's shelf worn bachelors is
about to embark on the sea of matri-
mony and is having the building
erected for home for his bride.
Mr.. and Ms. r. ]. johnson, who
have been visiting the latter's par
ents, the Hamiltons, at Ignacio,
were bound for their home at May
Day this morning. While as yet
there is nothing doing at the mine,
it is rumored that operations will be
resumed before many weeks,
F. j. Beaton and F. A. Pruett, So
licitors for the Farmers Life Insur-
ance company, are business visitors
in the city. The company they rep
resent is strictly farmers organiza-
ton, the stockholders being among
the well-to-do and substantial farm
ers in the state. Governor Ammons
is the president. Although less than
two years old the company has writ
ten insurance to the value of nearly
SO 100000.
Sam Parks, the trail blazer in the
Cave Basin mining camp, transacted
business in town today. Mr.. Parks
located the first claim in the district
and has since added eight others to
his possessions. Sufficient develop
ment work has been done on each of
the prospects to convince the owner
that in them he has good shippers.
Only one of his properties is being
worked under lease. Tom Accord is
the leasee, and is taking out quite a
quantity of high grade ore, which
will be shipped to the smelter as soon
as the trail is open, probably in early
June.
Good roads days were inaugurated
by the residents of the bayfield, and
lgnacio section, when the citizens of
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