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has been assigned his place tempo rarily. Gilbert has concluded to remain with his father and grow up with the business. -0Reports from the Montezuma valley that Crawford is badly tangled up are in his contract on the irrigating canal, it. having fruished about 20 per cent of Loftus & Skidmore and other contractors have been figuring on its completion. but nothing has been decided are yet. If Loftus & Skidmore awarded upon the contract it will be finished as agreed. Too bad the work should be delayed at this time. -0-Mrs. D. B. Harmon left this moraing for Durango, her former home the where she will remain until after holidays. Recently she has not been feeling very well and will stay in the lower altitude until she recovers her usual good ealth.-Telluride ournal. -0Attention is called to the advertise ment of J. L. Parsons in this issue. Mr. Parsons is located n the Wingate building nearly opposite Richey's and for he will close out the entire stock 25 to 50 cents on the dollar. And he has a great deal that escaped damage, but the cut does just the same. -0 Miss Gertrude Raymond arrived from Fort Collins, where she is attending the state agricultural college, Saturday evening to spend the holidaya with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. N. Raymond. She is accompanied by Miss Bina Hindman of Denver. Miss Raymond is very much pleased with Fort Collins and the college. -0Letter Carrier Van Hove, who de livers on the North side, went home to bed Saturday evening threatened with pneumonia. Dr. Barnes is look- the ing after him and thinks he has case well under hand, but Mr. Van Hove is still in bed and may not be able to cover his route for several days. In the meantime Gilbert Ham mand will do his best to deliver the mail, and we trust delay will be overlooked as the postoffice management will do everything possible to serve the patrons. -0The failure of the bank at Rico this morning will necessitate the appotatment of another receiver. This cannot be done for sometime, however, as the law says bank receivers must be appointed by the district court. That means while district court is in session. There may be an adjourned session of the court in Durango the last of January, but until that time there will be no sessions of court in this district. It requires thirty days' notice to call a specal session. However, if reports of the bank's condition all are true the depositors will get their money and can afford to wait awhile for it. -0A depositor in one of the closed banks asked why The Herald does not publish all the rumors afloat. Simply because The Herald believes in dealing with facts. We want the receivers to make a full investigation as the to condition of the institutions and the method of doing business. If crooked work prevailed it is the place of the receivers to unearth it and make the facts known. The Herald will not shield or cover up crooked proceedings. It is up to the receivers, who have full charge of the books and papers, to make a complete report Un- to creditors as well as stockholders. til this is forthcoming The Herald will refrain from giving street talk -0Commencing tomorrow the run of & railway mail clerks on the Denver Rio Grande will be changed. At present postal clerks run through from Pueblo to Silverton. Hereafter the run will be Pueblo and Durango, and the run to Silverton being taken by an who will make This is a change extra trip daily. man the that round will be greatly appreciated by the postal it boys as under the present system is necessary for them to report at the Pueblo office about 11 o'clock at night and it is often that time the next night before reaching Silverton making a shift of nearly twentyfour hours with but little sleep at Silverton before the the return journey starts. Now clerks will stop over night in Durango and have a good rest. From Tuesday's Dally.)
