Semi-weekly herald., 1914-07-16

local hospital undergoing treatment
for severe form of join troubles
Mrs. Roessler's condition is not i'm.
proving as rapidly as her friends
hoped it would.
Mrs. Elmer Fleisher was business
visitor from the Florida mesa today
Now is the appointed time for sec
retaries of school boards to publish
the annual financial statements of
their districts. One of the reasons
for her visit was to bring her report
to the printer.
Part of the upper Animas highway
is made odorous by the carcasses of
numerous sheep that have become ex-
hausted on the drive to the summer
range. There should be a law com
pelling owners of flocks to cart away
the dead sheep. These hot days they
breed pestilence and make people
sick. Is there no remedy?
DR.. and Mrs. Davis and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. R. Mckinney and
son, Miss Laura Paquin and the
Messrs. George Moody, Pat Sheridan,
Sam Monberg, Joe Clark, Gus Adrian
son, Harry Baker, Henry Berri and
George Logan were among the return
ing campers from Electro Lakes this
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Powell and sons
Llewellyn and Joe of the La Plata,
have gone to Cascade for the summer,
where Mr.. Powell will range their
herd of sheep which numbers 1900
head. He drove the flock to the sum
mer camp and the family, in prairie
schooner, followed along at the pace
he set.
DIR. VIM. Schumacher, the sheep in
spector, went out to Pagosa Junction
this morning to inspect two flocks of
sheep, one the property of P. Quin.
tano and the other of r. Rodriques
that are being driven from the win.
ter range in New Mexico to the sum-
mer range in Colorado. The Quin-
tano herd numbers $500 and the Rod
riques, 1000.
The funeral of the late Chris Laur-
ence-Marup was held from the Hood
e. Ames undertaking parlors yester-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. R.
S. Fairchild conducted the service
A large number of friends were pres.
ent, and many formed the funeral
procession that wended it's way to
Greenmount, where the body was laid
to rest.
Those of US who were not fortunate
enough to go to Denver received a
terrible slap from Sheriff Fassbind-
er He had plapned to accompany
the Elks to Denver. Yesterday morn
ing he looked over the crowd who
were going and then surveyed those
who were not and he remarked he
did not think it advisable for him to
make the trip. What did the man
mean?
Lotus and Skidmore of this city
were the successful bidders for the
construction of large addition to the
city water works of Delta, their bid
being $40, 0,400, which was $4,000 low
er than their nearest competitor. The
new pipe line the firm is to construct
is to be built of Oregon fir spiral
wound pipe, the kind the Durango
commissioners voted to use to rebuild
the portion of the pipe made neces-
sary by change in route.
Charles Kurth arrived from Gibral-
tar last night, where he spent two
years in futile effort to rid himself
of rheumatism. AS he did not meet
with success he comes to this sec
tion on healthseeking mission. This
morning he went to Flora Vista,
where his wife and children are tenn
porarily located. He plans to pass
some months in this basin, dividing
his time betwene Durango and Pa
gosa Springs.
Matt Harrington has what might
be designated as coming and going
family, This morning Mrs Harripo.