Semi-weekly herald., 1914-04-30

and have done a great deal in the
way Of building up and developing
this great valley, and we regret very
much to see them go.--Farmington
Times Hustler.
F. P. VonAshfort, who is held here
awaiting trial, says he has been IN
formed by his attorneys in London
that he is to call for one-half Of the
$72,000,O0O estate left to him in Sep
tember, 1911, which has been in the
British courts ever since that time,
as his parents were trying to break
the will. He also says he will re-
turn to New York after his hearing
which comes up in the district court
next week. VonAshfort is charged
with selling mortgaged property
Cortez Herald.
Silverton Commercial club, in coll
junction with the merchants of Silver
ton, have ben urging the ID. & r. g.
Railroad company to establish the
through passenger train service into
Silverton for about two months past,
and the last information from the
general Offices in Denver is to the
effect that the through train will not
be put back on until May 31st. An
effort is being made now by the Com
mercial club to have Mr.. Wadleigh
of the ID. a. r. G. reconsider this de-
cision and give us the through train
by the first of May.-Silverton Miner.
Private advices from Grand juno
ton this week state that the survey
for the railroad between that city and
San Diego is in progress, and that it
will go by the way of the Paradox
valley and the Lillylands. 1t was
known last year that there was sur
veying party in the field in Utah
working northward with large force,
but just what their destination was
this writer was unable to discover.
1t seems to us that if this road comes
to the Lillylands that it would not be
a very far cry from that point to
the Montezuma valley as an outlet.
1t does not look like good business
for road to leave such profitable
territory as this a few miles from it's
main line. With straight shot from
this place to the great Arizona cop
per fields, we should be able to cause
the promoters of this project to give
our advantages due attention.-Mon-
tezuma Journal.
Considerable anxiety is felt here
over the mysterious disappearance of
County Commissioner Henry M.
Knight, who left Rico on Thursday,
April 9th, for his home at Lavender,
after attending meeting of the
county board. He was last seen on
the 11th at Redvale, from which place
his home is some thirty miles dis
tant. The first of the week Mr. and
Mrs. Adam Embling received word
from Mrs. Knight that her husband
had not yet arrived home. This so
alarmed them that they left Monday
for Telluride and there secured the
services of Sheriff Hoffman of San
Miguel county to institute search
for the missing man, who is Mrs. En-
bling's father. 1t is feared that some
mishap may have befallen Mr.. Knight,
as he is getting somewhat advanced
in years and was riding horseback
alone over rather wild section of
Countrywide Item.
The Rev. J, B. Liciotti, pastor of
Our Lady of Sorrows church at Wal
senburg, Colo, was in Denver yester-
day and had plans for new $4,000
convent approved by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Nicholas C. Matz. Work is to
be started on the building next week,
and the house will be ready for the
Sisters by Septebmer 1. Father LII
ciotti is using a unique plan to finance
the new building. He has formed a
building association and issued bonds
among the members of his. parish,
and it is the intention to pay back
the money they forward. The con-
gregation owns large plot of land
just across the city line in Walsen-
burg, and this will be divided into
lots and sold. The money will be de-
voted to the building fund. The Bene-
dictine Sisters, of Atchison, Kan, are
in charge of the school, and they will
give from $2,50O to $4,000 towards the
convent. They will build the wing
in which the chapel is to be located.
Catholic Register.
If current reports are true, several
of the large mines of the county, most
of which were formerly our heaviest
shippers, but because of litigation or
internal differences, have been idle
for years, will resume operations at