Semi-weekly herald., 1914-02-05

George w. Melville went down 70
San Juan county, New Mexico, this
morning to look after the portion Of
the Boyle and Melville stock that is
wintering there
The position of road overseer seems
to be the much sought for plum in the
country districts. Twenty-Five appli-
cations were filed with the county |
commissioners this year.
H. Taylor, superintendent of build |
ings and bridges of the fourth divis-
ion of the D. and r. G., is over from
Alamosa inspecting the bridges on
this end Of the line.
Chicago was Oscar Swanson's des
tination this morning. He is to enter
a trade school that stands foremost
among the schools of its class in the
United States.
Mrs. James McEwen of Dolores,
who has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Will Wigglesworth, for the past
month, returned to her home in Do
lores today.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. B. Parsons of the
Dolores section, were guests at the
Savoy last night on their return from
the east. They attended the stock
show and later spent short time in
Kansas City.
w. II. Waring, who holds re-
sponsible position with 7. d. Burns
over in the Park View, N. M. section,
left this morning for the scene of his
duties. He has been down in the AZ
tee section visiting his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. O'Donnell re-
turned to Oxford today, making the
trip overland. pat" the very inter-
esting son of the family, was too busy
entertaining his grandmother to make
the trip to Durango with his parents.
VIM. Roessler of Mancos returned
from the east last night where he
spent a couple of weeks in the large
commercial centers purchasing goods
for the store he is to open in Mancos
at an early date.
Mrs. ]. E. Evans and little daugh-
ters spent the night in town on their
way from Denver to their home in
Dolores. They visited in the state
capital for several weeks with Mrs.
Evans mother.
The youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry McDevitt is suffering
with severe cold that threatened
last night to develop into something
more serious. Today the little ones
condition shows some improvement.
Mrs. Dan Place is in from Upper
Florida visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Andrew Gillispie. The Places are
considering the erection of COM
modious residence on their ranch this
summer.
DR.. A. L. Davis has made arrange
ments to dispose of the auto that he
has had in service the past two years
and has placed his order for new
machine, to be delivered in early
spring.
Mrs. E. P. Clark was in from Ok
ford today to see her little grand
daughter, Thelma Apperson, safely on
her journey to Salt Lake, where she
is to make her home with her aunt
during the remainder of the school
year.
According to the health officers
report, Durango has clean slate as
far as contagious diseases are con-
cerned. On January 9th two cases
of measles were placed under quar-
antine. The patients have recovered
and no new cases developed.
Daily transfers seem to be in store
for the Southern train crews for the
next three weeks. When the wreck at
bridge S9A occurred it was estimated
the service could be restored in a
week. Now the railroad people fear
it will require three times that long.
Miss Anna Crocker left for her
headquarters in Denver this morning.
Miss Crocker spent few days at
Shiprock with her sister, Mrs. Agnes
Rodgers, and visited nearly fort
night in Durango, the greater part of
her time here being spent with Mrs.
Frank Gable.
Mrs. j. p Hudson left this morning
for Memphis, Texas, where she will
visit for a time before returning to