Semi-weekly herald., 1917-07-12
Red Cross Buttons Received.

RED Cross Buttons Received.
At last the local Red Cross chap
ter has received its consignment of
Red Cross buttons. Persons entitled
to these may have same by applying
to Miss Mae Vandegrift at the First
National bank.
applications Tor Second
ouicers framing lamp.
mus lar EuwIn biuck, in charge
u une local ONCE, has received ten
,4ppneatlons Tor designation in the
second oHlcers training camp. rhe
eime limit Tor receiving appncations
,s sunday evening.
outer Fat Advances.
lhe San Juan creamery is quoting
1utler lat at 90 cents, an increase OIL
cent over last week. The whole
sale price OF creamery butter is ~
cents. All over the country there is
d shortage OF DAIRY stock and the
price Tor DAIRY products bids fair to
increase as the season advances.
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" on Honors at Fort Russell.
Fourth OF July was celebrated at
ort Russell by a field contest in
which the 24th and 18th Cavalry par
ticipated. The honors for the high
Jdmp were won by Leonard Snod-
grass of Durango, and he received a
handsome. gold cup for his reward.
in addition to his duties as private
leonard is assisting in the training
of company OF men.
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Mining News From Rico Item.
Ore shipments from the Rico sta
tlon during the month of June totaled
% cars, an increase of cars over
the previous month. The shipments
ere divided as follows: Marmatite
tlining company Il cars; Rico-Argen-
Inc Mining company. l3 cars; Rico
wellington Mining company Id cars;
Rico Mining company "a. Laube lease)
car. . Rico's average monthly
ore output for the first half of 1917,
IS SO cars. This is an increase of 23
cars or better than 76 per cent over
last years average monthly produc-
ton.
! here's A Reason.
When Sergeant Fred Dalton, Third
Missouri regiment, and whose home is
at Kansas City, married Gertrude
Smith on June 2S, he raised heaven
and earth to keep the wedding out
Of the papers and ucceeded-the tel
egraph says. Later, when Paul Schnei-
der, rejected suitor of his bride,
lourished a revolver in her presence,
the arrest crept into the paper, and
in connection with it the story of
the marriage was told. Dalton is in
Jail charged with bigamy. Upon see
ing the account Of his marriage in
the paper the woman he had married
in 1916 and their infant child, called
upon Dalton's bride. Really reporters
ought to be more considerate; when
person raises the dickens about not
wanting their name in the paper there
Is always a reason.
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Mining Items from
5ilvertOn Standard.
The Ben Butler mine, situated at
.iiineral Point in the Animas Forks
mining district in San Juan county,
is according to reports maleig ready
for a vigorous season of activity. A
iorce of men were put to work early
last week bucking snow in order to
make trail to the mine. The Ben
Butler is said to be an extension of
the famous Red Cloud property
which was operated years ago by
lnofnas IL. Walsh In the early days
Of mining in this state. Considerable
ore shipped from the property has
run as high as 60 ounces in silver, 40
ounces in lead, and some of it car
ried gold values as high as ounces.
>. The third shift was put to work
at the North Star mill the later part
of the week. Part of the Iowa
Tiger mine tramway was burnt to the
ground Wednesday afternoon. The
terminal tower, situated on the cliff
near the mine, caught fire when an
accident occurred on the tramway,
throwing the cable off the rollers. 1t
IS believed that friction from the
cable started the fire on this tower.