Semi-weekly herald., 1917-09-20
LOCALS AND PERSONALS
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

LOCALS AND PERSONALS
FROM MONDAYS DAILY
Miss Margaret Kroeger is improv-
ing and expects to be able to return
to her school work about the first of
October.
The ore shipments from the Silver
ton camp are keeping pace with last
month. Up to September IL, 104 cars
had been shipped.
The local fish hatchery forwarded
$4,000 rainbow trout to Chama this
morning for distribution in the
streams of that section.
Three cars of peaches which arriv-
ed here from Pennington last even
ing were transferred in the local
yards last night and forwarded to
points south.
Rev. Father William ]. Ryan of
Ouray has received a chaplain's COM
mission in the U. S. army and left
the last of the week to enter upon
his new duties.
DR.. and Mrs. f. d. Burns flower
garden is one of the prettiest places
in town. The garden is veritable
pageant of beauty which commenced
with the crocuses of March and will
continue until the last chrysanthemum
of autumn falls victim of the frost.
News has been received here of the
death of Lucy Landwhere, former Du-
range resident. The end came at
Taft, California, where she made her
home for several years.
When We're Marching Down the
Main Street in Berlin" is the new
military song which is all the rage
in the east. 1t is sung by the march
ing soldiers and is said to be very
stirring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jackson and
daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. B. w. Rit-
ter returned at noon yesterday from
very pleasant motor trip to Denver.
They made the outgoing trip via Ala
mosa and came home over Poncha
pass.
The condition of Mrs. Nancy Pen
dleton, Mrs. Olive Orme's mother re-
mains about the same. Her daugh-
ter, Mrs. C. L. Herbert, is expected to
arrive from Berkeley, California, to-
night. She is making the trip across
from Gallup with A. Rex Mollette.
Conductor Bernard Gogarty re-
turned from Denver last night and
went on duty on the Southern this
morning. He reports his daughter,
Miss Minnie making very good re-
covery from the operation she under
went at ST. Joseph's hospital, and
prospects are favorable for her to
leave the institution in a few days.
According to present arrangements
Miss Gogarty and her mother will re-
turn to Durango in about two weeks.
Perry Smoak, who recently Joined
the navy left here and went to San
Francisco, took the examination there
last week for admission into the wire
less school. Out of the is boys TAX
ing the examination Perry came sew
enth in the best grades. He has been
transferred to the Harvard University
at Cambridge, where he will finish
his school at the expense Of the gov
ernment, says the Pennington En-
terprise.
"Judd" Hallett, pioneer of Archu
leta county, met instant death in a
runaway accident in the vicinity of
Cornville, Arizona about two weeks
ago. The late Mr.. Hallett was an
active figure in the political life of
our neighboring county. He served
one term as sheriff and one terms as
assessor during his residence there.
Vacant houses are thing of the
past in Pennington. There is a de-
mand for houses here. A number of
families are in here gathering fruit,
many to place their children in school
and still others have come in to get
acquainted with this section, intend
ing to purchase ranch later on, says
the Pennington Times-Hustler.
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NEW TEACHER FOR
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Such q large number Of pupils are