Semi-weekly herald., 1914-11-30

which occurred between here and Du-
range. She was confined in the hos
pital at Durango for several months
before being brought home to Silver
ton. 1t is reported that she never
fully recovered from her injuries, and
now seeks damages.-Silverton Miner.
Sunday, November 18th, at the Bap-
tist parsonage occurred the marriage
Of Miss Anna Manion and Mr.. A. w.
both of South Pagosa. Rev.
Walter Jaeger officiated. The bride,
who is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sam Manion of South Pagosa, is
little lady, intimately CON
nected with the musical element Of
this place, having very sweet sing
ing voice. The groom, who is an ex-
emplary young man. is brother of
Fred Godfrey, the D. & r. G. brake
man, and is quite well known in this
vicinity.-Pagosa Springs Sun.
The Navajo Springs agency is still
its efficiency, supt. Covey
having recently received permission
from the department to purchase five
hundred more Hereford heifers, thus
the recent purchase. This
will given them splendid herd, one
that will be found very profitable
journal.
A. A. Rust returned Saturday from
Denver, where he had been in the in
terests of those who sold apples to the
Keyes Commission company. Mr..
Rust spent some time in Denver hop
ing to bring Mr.. Keyes to Montezuma
county with him, but the gentleman
is taking advantage of every point Of
law to keep from coming to this part
of the state. At present he is in Jail
awaiting the decision of the supreme
court in his case and Mr.. Rust Is
hopeful that he will yet be turned
over to the Montezuma county au-
thorities. It is reported that he sold
ten cars of the apples he received
from here at fifty cents box when
the price he was to pay would amount
to at least seventy cents delivered in
Denver. 1t looks as if the gentleman
was crooked.-Dolores Star.
The piers for the bridge across the
San Juan river at Shiprock are now
or almost so and the steel
structure will be put in place in a
few days. If there are no accidents
the bridge will be ready for travel by
December /, or maybe sooner. If good
luck attends the work and the wealth
er remains favorable.-Farmington
Mrs. Della Murphy leaves today
for Durango, where she will reside
permanently. Mrs. Murphy will be
greatly missed by her Alamosa
having been resident here
for the past ten years.-Alamosa
Courier.
All the Indian lands in Colorado
may be brought under state taxation,
thus appreciably swelling the states
revenues. F. Fl. Talbot, secretary Of
the board Of Indian commissioners,
today sent out letters to the state
treasurers Of several states where In
dian land is located asking for de-
tailed information of the taxable
value of the reservations. He adds:
"The purpose of the board of Indian
in obtaining this infor-
nation is to determine as nearly as
possible what the various states are
losing in revenue because of the nom
taxability Of Indian lands The Ute
in southwestern Colorado
comprises 556,561 acres.-Denver
Post.
The new addition TO the Hamlet
mill is completed and the new ma
chinery for the enlargement Of its
daily capacity will soon be in place.
The work is being done under the su-
pervision of Construction Engineer E.
A. Ritter and Mine Supt. O'Kelly.
When this work is completed the
Hamlet mill will be in first class con-
dition to handle an increased produc-
ton from the mine which has been
made possible by work Of the past
year by connecting all of the different
levels with the sixth or mill level
by means of upraises therefrom. 1t
is hardly probable that the mill will
start until the metal market has bean
restored to the normal condition which
the great European war has so COM
pletely upset. -Silverton Standard.
On Monday of this week deal was
closed by which Frand Reid sold his
undivided half interest in the CO.
partnership between himself and E.
X. McGalliard to Wilkie McLin. The
uronartv interests in the transfer em-