Semi-weekly herald., 1914-02-05

No. , Domo mounted on solid stand.
oOOOOOood oo000OO,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. A. O'Donnell of
Oxford are patrons of the Hotel Sa-
voy. 1t is Mrs. O'Donnell's first trip
to Durango since she returned from
an extended visit with relatives in
Iowa, Indiana and Nebraska.
G. f. Nelson, who is engaged in
directing mining operations in the La
Platas, spent the night in town on his
way east to confer with those who
are interested with him In the mining
properties.
Since two months ago today, the
majority of people coming in from
the country have made the trip in
sleighs. For continuous sleghing
this winter has the better of 'S4 by
two weeks.
Mrs. Frank Beers and son Hobart,
left this morning on the north bound
train for Grand Junction to join Mr..
Beers, who left for that point several
days ago. The family will go from
there to Arizona points to reside in
the future.-Telluride Journal.
Miss Gertrude Harrington, eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Matt Har-
rington, is snowbound in Silverton.
She went up there several weeks ago
to visit relatives and expected to re-
turn home about ten days ago but
the hard storm and blockade made it
impossible for her to do so.
The wife and young son of Con-
ductor ]. A. Gibbs, arrived Sunday
from Durango to take up their resi-
dence here, as this place is principal
| ly Mr.. Gibbs headquarters on his
Rio Grande Southern run. The family
is occupying the Hicks cottage on
/ t)HNCT StItcl.-lhito ltclu
r. C. Hills is down from the La
Platas where he is directing the Dia-
mond Drill work. Just what success
his company is meeting with is a
secret not shared by any outsiders,
but the rumors are persistent that the
workers have property of very un-
usual value.
X. S. Baker, the post trader, who
recently annexed wholesale bust
ness house to his holdings, is up from
Pennington on business connected
with the new enterprise. The mer-
| chants of Pennington and the terri
tory tributary seem inclined to give
his wholesale house liberal patron
age.
E. C. Ohlinger and l.. p. Ohlinger,
father and son, came up from Farm
ington last night on their way to
Phoenix, Ariz. Mr.. Ohlinger, Jr., is
a health seeker. For time he ap-
peared to derive benefit from the in
vigorating climate, but Of late his
condition has not been favorable so ii
was thought best to test the merits
Of Arizona as health restoring
place.
George NJ. Carr and Fred G. Jeep
have been appointed park rangers for
the Mesa Verde National park. Mr.
Jeep is to establish residence in
the park, and act as general care
taker Of the ruins and guide for par
ties without attendants. Mr.. Carr
will continue to reside on his ranch
and make daily trips to the park OF
the official headquarters, as his dut-
les require.
Members Of the First NJ. E. church
and friends of Rev. and Mrs. R. S
Fairchild will no doubt be glad te
learn they are not contemplating
l HOVlTR lTOU1 JuTdHBo as TuHioIeu
Rev. Mr.. Fairchild feels there are
problems in connection with the worl
here to be solved and hopes to remair
in this city az long as he may be Of
service to the church or the town.
City Librarian Mrs. Hattie Fay
submitted n report to the board Of
directors Of the library yesterday af
ternoon showing that more than 1,00I
volumes were in circulation durin,
the month of January. In that periot
more than 1,l0O persons used tn
public reading room. Thirty-si.
books representing an expenditure .
$24.00, were purchased during tn
month. The Santa Fe Trail magazin
will henccforth be found on the Ii
Z brary table, as courtesy from tn
publishers. Among the new maya
r zines ordered are included the En-
!, gineering and Mining Journal and tn
: Biblical World, the last at the reques
J~f tho M;r,ty<oria1 ossorio finn