Semi-weekly herald., 1916-09-07

was guest at the southern last
night on his way to the Shiprock
agency.
w. d. Lee, general superintendent
of the Rio Grande Southern, spent
the night here on railroad business.
Word comes from Mancos that
Mrs. "Muldoon" Kclly's condition
shows considerable improvement since
she returned to Colorado.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eggles were bound
for the old home in the Pennington
district this morning after an alb
sence of year or two.
Miss Ruth McCabe, daughter of
the late Jack McCabe, arrived from
Silverton this morning to visit Miss
Mayme Conway. Miss McCabe is a
trained nurse and for some time past
has been employed in the Silverton
hospital.
The exodus of school folk continues.
This morning John Polman and GLAND
Ashmore of Silverton, Johnnie Norris
of lockwood, Percy DeLuche of Ami
mas City and Eva Steele of Red
Mesa left for Colorado Springs to
enter the state school for the deaf
and blind.
j. f. Miller of the Marvel vicinity
patronized local mercantile establish
ments today.
L. Barache of Frutland deliver
e0 "A load of pears to the Graden
'tore today.
Mrs. Walter Fielding of the Breen
section was here on a purchasing ex-
pedition today.
Mrs. Elmer Fleisher of the Florida
mesa was here on business mission
today.
Seventeen loads of cattle shipped
from Mancos this afternoon will pass
thru Durango tonight on the way to
eastern markets.
A. II. Knight of Upper Florida
marketed bear meat in town yester-
day. He caught the animal, two
hundred "pounder" in a trap set on
his Upper Florida ranch.
j. c. Landers, in charge of the ir-
rigation department at the Southern
Ute agency, is the owner of a new
Oakland. He left for home in his
new car this afternoon.
Walter Fleming, former cashier
at the local freight depot, has been
appointed cashier at Telluride. Mr..
Fleming is competent railroad man,
who gives the public and the com
pany excellent service.
The vital statistics record shows
seven births and five deaths in the
city of Durango during the month of
August.
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several members of the Baptist
church went to Dolores today to at
tend the annual meeting of the
Southwestern Colorado Baptist as
sociation.
Rev. J.. Albert Dean, who served
as pastor of the First NJ. F.. church
during the conference year just clos
ed, has been transferred to the Aspen
charge. Rev. Mr.. Grim will be the
new pastor of the Methodist church
here.
The county commissioners are
meeting as a board of equalization
this week to hear all complaints re-
garding assessment. They are also
transacting the regular business that
fall to their lot every month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Mason and
son and Miss Bell Stevens and f. A.
Smith were members of motor party
who returned last evening froma trip
to Mesa Verde National Park.
Mrs. Lillian Hartman Johnson
formerly of Durango, has started
"The Independent" new literary
society and political journal, taking
state and national scope. 1t is pub
lished in Evanston Illinois.
Mrs. William Phelan, Mrs. Chas
Fleck and her son-in-law, John Viii
mer left this afternoon for motor
trip to Gallup, where they will meet
Mrs. Frank Foley, nee Mercedes Phe-
Ian, of Chloride, Arizona, who Is
bound for Durango to visit her par.
ents and old time friends.
Frank Tit and son Harold of Az