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Billie Redden was visitor Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claud Lucero were up
Thursday.
Mrs. Fred Miller has been quite ill
this week with pneumonia.
Mrs. Herman Booker drove to town
Wednesday for supplies, from her
Glacier ranch.
Mrs. Harry Shumway came in on
Friday to join Mr.. Shumway' who is
employed at Smith Hill.
The call for examination will take
several of our young men to the
county seat within the next ten days.
Both Mrs. Bottenfield and her son
Ernest are reported on the sick list
this week since their return from
Denver.
Patrick Morgan returned Friday
from Pueblo and Salida, where the
funeral of his brother-in-law took
place, Thursday.
John Mcintyre has recently pub
chased the Philip Handy house and
after some remodeling will occupy it
in the near future.
The announcement of another
dance given by Ye Old Time Dancing
Club appears. The date to be Sat
urday. the 9th, at City Hall.
The Ouartette performance of the
Lyceum Course has been postponed
until the last of the month. Notice
will appear later of the exact date.
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Mrs. S. Peteruff and friend, Mrs.
T. Wilson, both of Kansas, left for
their homes on Friday, after visit
of several weeks here with Mrs. Pet
eruff's relatives.
M. I. Roth informed his friends OF
his impending happiness, when in
June he will return with his bride
for the honeymoon trip.
Zylbie Haymaker has accepted
work at Smith Hill and went up
there the first of the month. Mr..
Havmaker has been employed for
some time at the big mine.
Mrs. G. v. Benson entertained the
Ladies' Aid Thursday at her home.
Tho usual business dispensed with
the Aid enjoyed some delicious re-
freshments during the social hour.
Last week the deal was consumated
after q long consideration, wherein
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. pur-
chased all the coal holdings Of the
Durango Land 4 Coal Co., of this
district.
Dallas Duncan was called from
Smith Hill Monday by the local
board and went to Gunnison for ex-
animation. Mr.. Duncan plans on re-
manning on the ranch till he is called
for service.
Mrs. Clint Sampson of Jacks Cabin,
came up on Wednesdays train, re-
naming over till Thursday to trans
act some business. Mrs. Sampson
was a guest at the home of H. I.
Smith during her stay.
The little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Dick
Bailey, who has been seriously i'll
with pneumonia, is reported very
much better and it is hoped that the
crisis occurring Monday night means
the beginning of a rapid recovery.
C. L. Ross has resigned his posi-
tion as general superintendent of the
Bulkley and Smith mines. Mr.. Ross
will occupy the executive chair in
the Bank of Crested Butte during
the absence of DIR. Rockefeller, who
has gone to California for the next
three months. We understand that
Mr.. Ross has no definite plans fur
ther than this.
The generous sum of SHOTS was
raised Saturday night at the dance
and through donations, which was
turned over to the almost destitute
Saia family. The family of eight
children all under sixteen years with
only sickly mother to assist the
one boy able to work, has been in
dire circumstances since the death OF
Mr.. Saja months ago. The town peo-
pie and the various stores are help
ing continuously the brave fight OF
this poor mother and the mine Off