Semi-weekly herald., 1914-06-04

The new rural mail route that will
serve 500 patrons on the east and
west side of the Animas between Du-
F, range and Elco was established to-
day. 1t will be known as rural route
No. 2. AS Ito regular carrier has
been appointed. Postmaster Parshall
gave it Albert O'Brien until such ap-
pointment is made, Mr.. O'Brien be-
ing one Of those who has taken the
examination for the position.
Supervisor Ress Philips, of the
Montezuma national forest, came over
from Mancos last night, where he has
been since Wednesday looking after
the affairs of the office. Mr.. Philips
is on his way to Denver, accompa-
MED by his wife, where he will devote
the remainder of the summer to land
classification work. Mrs. Philips will
remain with him for three weeks and
then journey on to her old home in
Nebraska for an extended visit.
When Mckinney announced the
boys auto contest, Masters Carl and
Ralph Skoog, the little sons of Con-
ductor Ed Skoog, were so certain they
were going to win a machine, they
borrowed their grandfather's carpen-
ter tools and started to erect minia-
ture garage for it. The fact they
were not successful in winning the
first machine did not diminish their
enthusiasm. Trey continued their
building and VIXEN the time for the
second drawing was at hand had it
nearly completed. Saturday night it
developed they held the lucky num-
Der and their hopes and structure had
not been built in vain. Surely faith
works wonders even in these days of
the twentieth century.
This morning some fiend in human
form poisoned Fred Balcom's dog,
"Joe," one of the finest CANNES that
has ever been in the town. Mr.. Bal
com was going out on one of his reg
ular trips and Mrs. Balcom and the
dog accompanied him to the depot.
While waiting for the delayed train,
the Balcoms noticed that the dog
suddenly showed signs of sickness.
Mr.. Balcom hastened out Of doors with
him, but before they had gone a
fourth of block the animal dropped
dead. His symptoms gave unmistaka-
BILE signs of poison. 1t seems certain
the dose was administered at the de-
pot by some one who was carrying it,
to make way with any dog they
chanced to meet
Dr. Green, Of Pagosa Springs, and
the members of his motor party COM
posed of Mrs. Greene and Mr.. and
Mrs. Mays, narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injuries Saturday evening when
the machine in which they were rid
ing plunged off bridge and turned
over on its side, throwing the occu-
pants out in stream of water about
three feet in cepth. The party was
on its way from Pagosa Springs to
Durango, bringing Mrs. Mays to a
local hospital for treatment. About
Il half mile out from Bayfield, they
met horse that was afraid of the
car and the doctor turned out to let
it pass. AS he started to turn into
the road again trouble with the steer
ing gear occurred with the result the
machine went ever the bridge. For
tunately not one member Of the party
was injured and neither was the car
badly damaged.
The high water caused trouble on
the Silverton branch during the
night and as a result the Durango
bound train was delayed for more
than seven hours. Just above Ia
coma portion of the track was wash
ed away and other parts of the road
bed close by was SO soft the train
could not be run over with safety
After three hours wait the passen-
gers were transferred by motor car
to train made up of box car and
caboose and given transportation to
Durango. AS poor as the accommo-
nations were every one of the pas
sengers found them preferable to
taking a chance over the dangerous
roadbed or waiting in the canon until