The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-03-23

home from Santa Ne Wednesday. He
reported a pleasant time, attended the
convention at Socorro. made copies Of
valuable land Office records at Santa Fe
and got home without having to draw
on Bunk" which is to say his conduct
was exemplary. Mr.. Stafford states
that the April term OF court will surely
be held, He returned home better con-
WINGED than ever that San Juan is the
banner county of the territory.
The New Mexican says; Governor
and Mrs. L. Bradford Prince pleasantly
entertained the Taos, Rio Arriba and
San Juan delegations to the repub-
lican territorial convention at an infor-
NAL dinner yeuterday. Those present
we're Messrs. Juan Santistevan, Pedro
Sanchez and Nalaquias Martinez, Of
Taos; Luis NJ. Ortiz, Perfecto Esquibel
and w. G. Sargent, of Rio Arriba, and
c. V. Stafford, Of San Juan. Judge
McFie was also a member Of the dinner
party"
Charles Milne, the now manager OF
the Ira Fulcher ranch on the La Plata
now ewned by w. A. Garrett Of Ouray,
was in Aztec Saturday and a pleasant
caller at this Office. Mr.. Milne was for a
number of years 10 charge Of the largest
ranch in the San Luis valley, near La
Juuta, and "sabes' the business from
bedrock to the blue sky. Men of that
kind are what is needed here to show
what can be done with the combination
Of soil, sunshine and water San Juan
county possesses,
One or more grocery peddlere are
said TO be at large in the county, claim
ing to sell goods lower than anybody
and it is said have no license for the
privilege. II this is true, the county
officials should promptly proceed against
them to the full extent OF theaaw. Even
if they are selling from samples, which
is a proceeding not annenable to law
though injurious to retail business, all
possible obstacles should be placed in
their path. Peddlers of most all kinds
are agents Of disaster aud San Juan
county could survive their absence.
@. f. Baker has painted the town red,
or at least the roofs thereof, giving The
INDEX roof among others a coat during
the last few days. He uses for the col
oring matter a mineral which he obtains
in the hills near Aztec. he roasts the
mineral lad mixes it with oil and obtains
a permanent, bright colored aud desir-
able article OF paint. For roofs, either
wood or iron. it is especially good Some
Of it put out five years ago stands today
almost as good as then, apparently I'M
affected by weather. Mr.. Baker says
there is a large quantity Of the mineral
ia this county, aud it appears to answer
all the purposes Of the higher priced
paints.
A. w. Shidler. who returned home
from Santa Re Sunday, reports that the
United States grand jury. of which he
was foreman. was ia session eight days
in all, returned Two indictments aud
passed on a number OF cases in which no
indictments we're found The two in
dictmeuts issued were against Mexican
residents of the southern part Of the
district. Mr.. Shldler speaks very highly
Of the officials at ths capital and is ap-
preciatiye OF the courtesy with which he
was treated. San Juan county stands
all right at Santa Fe, he says. The ofic-
ials at the land Office Informed him that
the papers sent iu boy Probate Clerk
Stafford were the best received at that
Office.
Df. Beeson, with a select company Of
artists who are ON the road as advertisers
Of the goods uf tine National Remedy
company Of Kansas City, has been with
Us this week., the company giving 40 els
tertainment each night at the hail. They
were at Pennington last week aud their
engagement here terminates tomorrow
night With ashow aud dance, They are
all stars in the vaudeville line aud pre-
sent what is truly q first class aud med-
torious entertainment Of its kind The
doctors scheme Of a voting contest 70
determine the most popular lady threat.
ems to put all the boys on the "hoa
train" financially speaking "Blackie'
and Charley Mead, Pendleton and Hub
bard and some more Of them are hitting
the game hard and heavy. Such lie hle