The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-05-25
FRIDAY. MAY %. 1900.
LARGELY LOCAL.


range today.
Remember the Decoration day exer-
cises. Aztec, May 30.
w. c. Flack aud Lester Hildebrand
have gone 10 Silyerton.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Nicholson OF Du-
range we're in town Tuesday.
Mrs. Ermiue Schwenk went to Du-
range yesterday for a brief visit.
Jas. Brady returned to the mountains
Saturday, his family accompanying him.
Elections for school directors occur
throughout the county, Monday, jane
Attn.
Superintendent Mead Of the expert
mental station visited Farmingter
Monday.
The county commissioner meet on.
the 4th day Of next month as a board OF
equalization.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Morton made
the trip t. Durango this week. The
circus, you know.
Judge Granville Pendleton has been
under the weather nearly all week, but
is improving today.
Miss Fannie Burnbam of Fruitland
spent several days in town this week Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. j. M. Palmer.
Rev. W. H. Howard of Durango passed
through town for Pennington Saturday,
where he delivered a Sunday sermon.
John W, Jones has sent teams to the
mills for lumber with which to erect a
neat frame dwelling on his ranch near
Aztec.
n Frank Revell has started the founda-
ton for a new residence building on his
lots in Aztec. 1t will be Of brick and
nicely finished.
f~Mr. Adair, of Uintah, Utah, with sew
eral other parties who go to settle on the
San Juan near Bloomfield, went through
town this week.
GA. E. Brown has begun anew the
work IN his big livery stable building
in Aztec, and hopes to have it completed
within a few weeks.
Note the professional card Of o. r.
Weaver, county surveyor, in this issue
He is a capable man in his line and his
work gives satisfaction.
Will Paddock, the La Plata merchant,
dislocated a shoulder by a fall from his
wheel a few days ago. At last accounts
he was improving nicely.
Mrs. c. NJ. Noble cams up from Farm
ington Monday, and Tuesday proceeded
on to Durango, where she took the train
for her home in Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Baker left for
Silverton this week, where Charley has
secured profitable employment. Frank
Knickerbocker accompanied them.
Rev. j. r. Cooper went to Durango
Tuesday, where he met his wife and
daughter, returning with them to Aztec
yesterday. They will occupy the f. d.
Sharp residence.
The Misses McNutt, daughters Of
Judge McNutt of Silyerton, are visiting
Miss Lizzie Woods. daughter Of r. H.
Woods, at Pennington. 1t is thei- first
visit to the county.
Mrs. w. r. Macdonald Of Flora Vista
has sold her ranch to Mrs. r. N. Shell
hamer, and has gone 10 Las Cruces,
New Mexico, where she will probably
make her future home.
Mrs. }. j. Ross, Of Montrose, Colo
RADIO, IS visiting with the family OF her
sister, Mrs. j. G. Coburn, accompanied
by a little lady who is Mr.. and Mrs.
Coburn's granddaughter.
A. W. Shidler, haying sold his prop
erty at Pennington, has moved his
family to Durango and expects to spend
the summer looking up some mining
deals in which he is interested.
The Denver Dental and Optical com
pany will be in Aztec for six days, com
mencing Monday, May %. Up to date,
painless dentistry and scientific eye fit
ting. All work fully guaranteed.
Heavy rains on the Animas-S San Juan
divide took out the town ditch across
the arroyas north Of Aztec Sunday. All
right again. Uncle Joe Howe is the
major domo and Uncle Joe never sleeps.
The Chama Tribune says: "Alex.
Read will build a residence 10 Chama
and reside here permanently. That's
right, Alex; come to a town where the
trains go by and where there are advan
tages"
W. r. Crouch last week purchased
G. W. Peddy's place at Flora Vista, for.
merly owned by DR.. Mcfarland. Mr.
Peddy Apocts to remove to the uppei
Animas valley and go int the dairy
business.
A. M. Hubbard returned home Mon.
day from silverton and reports thai
camp lively. the new snelter going in.
all mines active and the Now Mexico
colony Of summer visitors large and
growing rapidly.
Arnold Ned, Who for the past year has
been Getting editor Of the Pagosa Syringe
ee Has p@.aasali caller 90 lH