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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
The cold Frame at the College OF
Agriculture.

cold frame is simply a bod prepared for
seeds OF plants incloHed in a frame Of planks
and govered vrh glazet sash. with'fi; Coy
othei means ui heating but tie suni 40 IS
generally used tof the following purposes; To
start plants in the early spring to receive ar
TALLY hardened plants which have been started
II earlier not beds or forcing houses, and TO
winter young cabbages, lettuce and other hardy
plants. but at this Station where the sun shines
nearly every day during the winter we have
gone further than this. We have grown sue
cessfully radishes and lettuce and marketed
them in Juanuary.
Last November a cold frame Of twelve shashes
was made along the south side Of ten foot
adobe wall, A gsnerous coat Of we'll rotted
manure was put on and lnternixed with the
soil aud, after waiting tive weeks the soil was
in geod shape to work. December 2nd two
varieties OF lettuce, viz, Denver Market and
select black-soeded Simpson were transplanted
under eight sashes, in rows six by six inches,
making seventy two plants to the sash. Be.
tween these rows Of lettuce radish seed was
sowu December 10th This was done with the
expectation in Wow that the radishos would
manure before the lettuce would grew mater
tally. Such was not the result however for the
develops well. The latter We're ready to pull by
the 18th Of January, though most Of them we're
too small to be Of use. Nevertheless forty tw O
good sized crisp buuche- were produced from six
sash. After the radishes we're pulled the lettuce
grew very rapidly and on the 29th Of January
was ready to pull II was Of extra quality. be.
ing tender and crisp. Eight sashes produced
fifteen dozen bunehes.
Under the remaining four sashes fifteen kinds
OF flower seed we're planted on December ilth and
all terminated very well and grew splendidiy
Some of these flower seeds are very hard tC
germiRate, and judging from the success / hac
with these, beheys that undor oold-frames d
the very best way to germinate them.
Ae 10 the care OF the plants copious water
ing with a sprinkling pot was given then
whenever they shown signs Of drought, which
was about once a week. The sashes wvF,
shifted every morning to give proper ventila-
tiot and early ia the afternoon they we're pulled
back to place, At night rolls Of mating mad
Of reeds were spreBd ever the sash es for proteo
ton from the cold, What few weeds came VI
we're puled out.
Befsfe any definite conclusions are drawn, th
/ cold frame should haYa further triai which VI
/ intend giving it this coming winier but thi
much may be said now, that such hardy vege
tables az radishes aud lettuce can be sucoessfull
/ grown under it in the winter and that delicat
/ seeds can be terminated therein with market
success Humboldt Casad in Press Bulletin NJ
8g New Mexico College OF Agriculture
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Proceedings Of the Board In Regular
Quarterly Session Monday,
April A.


The Board Of County Commissioners
Of San Juan county met in regular sos
sion April 2, A. j 1900. Present, t, J..
Arlington, chairman; Commissioners
A. J. Gilmoar aud Juan A. Jaquez and
Clerk G. v. Sadord
The minutes Of the last meeting were
read and approved.
On petition o. ~ Weaver was ap-
pointed county survayor
On petition A. % esown was appointed
constable Of Precinct No 2, the con
stable elected haviag removed to Colo
RADIO.
The rssignations q G. =. Starr as
Justice OF the peaos Of Precinct No 8
and W H Whitne rs justice Of the
peace Of precinct No 10 we're received
cad same accepted iY the Board.
Application Of Oh Snyder for exemp-
ton as head Of family Tor 1897, not
allowed
1t appearing to ne Board that j. W.
Green OF Precinct saving no property
subject to taxation ~ 1898, and there
appearing on roll To- that year tax Of
S55s, it was order a that such tax be
rescinded.
The following exceptions az heads oi
families for the yea 1893. were allowed
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
sshsauies Of the esnhus.

To build up great office like the Gems us
ONCE in fifteen months from absolutely mo-
thing to an efficient machine, employing
about three thousand men in Washington
and about fifty thousand elsewhere in the
country, is dihicult task. and entire sue
cess is out of the question The office
naturally compares itself with the stage Of
preparation attained at the same period ton
years ago and tried by this test, it has gained
several months on its predecessor. One Of
the problems before it is how to put in the
time thus secured in such way as most to
benefit the Census
In the Agricultural Division the need of
time for preliminary work is perhaps as great
as anywhere in the Census Office Farmers,
a. a class, do not keep their accounts as we'll
ss manufacturer and the returns from far
mers may occasionally include serious errors
which a trained eye will at once detect.
Hence the farm schedules must be examined
and such errors corrected before the tables
can be made up from th0m with safety II a
farmer reports that his land soWn to wheat
was ten acres and the yield four thousand
bushels II Is clear that an average yield Of
four hundred bushels to the sore is incredible,
and must be rejected or corrected in aooor-
dance with the probabilities Sometimes
oorresp6ndenoe must be opened TO settle the
doubt. All this ranks under the general
head Of verifying the schedules, and the
Agricultural Division plahh to give all the
time possible to the work of verifying each
OF tho millions OF farm schedules. To accom-
lish this An the time allowed the work OF
several hundred clerks will be required, and
thoy must have hard and fast rules to guide
them. For example, they might be told:
When the wheat reports show a product OF
over forty bushels to the acre. they are sus-
picious and must be laid aside for An expert
TO paee upon. But any such rules must vary
with the section Of the 6ountry. yield II
twenty bushels in one section might be more
questionable than a yield OF forty bushels in
another. Hence tho division must FIX In
advance what Is the range OF reports in each
part of the country aud for each crop that
may be accepted as probable on their face
and not requiring special examination. TO
get She i1hits OF probability for this purpose
for eact county in the United States, that ID,
the maximum and minimum yield and the
maximum and minimum prioe which may be
accepted without verihcatton, is the object
OF an extensive correspondence now being
carried on by the Agricultural Division under
tho direction Of Mr. i. Powers Chief
statistician ineharge OF that division. Three
simple schedules have boon prepared and
printed on different oolorod paper IN order
that they may be readily distinguished one
from another One Of them covers ordinary
garden vegetables. q second covers fruits,
and the third the great staple field crops.
Each asks about the units OF measure em
ployed price realized, and the two more iml
portant schedules those for staple Geld
products and for vegetables, ask for th.
higheat and lowest Yield o. each crop POI
acre.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
What the Times Thinks.


Our contemporary, the Farmiugton
Times, expressed its opinion Of the
catalogue" firms last week as follows:
We are in receipt Of communioa-
tion from a gentleman in Flora Vista,
in answer to Editor Groves article on
Montgomery Ward and other such
"shylock" institutions. We decline
to print same, as we agree with Mr.
Grove that Montgomery Ward-itis is a
disease that needsoa specific remedy.
and such institutions are maintained
only through the support Of individ-
uals who are afflicted with hypochon
driacal delusiOns, or acute dementia
The letter states that goods can be
bought for one half what our NOR
chants retail them for. We have ex-
amined decidedly inferior in quality
to goods handled by our merchants
We would advise our friend to con-
suit an occulist, as he must be suffer
ing frem myopia.
In Chicago these firms have 40
standing, Deing considered only estab-
| lishments for the Hey Rube" ia
squander his few extra dimes. No
doubt many orders go in from this
county. and in our minds eye we Gao
see the head stenographer recording
as each order ie numbered, "anothor
sucker"
The Times has received several ad-
vertising propositions from eastern
| csncerns such as the one mentained
every one Of which has been thrown
into the waate basket unanswered, as
= ss.iC4l i 5c4 esaa c0nCu. .ls axe
entertained by this paper With utter
contempt.
Patronize home merchants and home
industries it you want your town and
county to thrive and prosper.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
The horticultural Board.

As will be soen by reference to the
county commissioners proceedings,
there has been appointed board OF hor-
ticultursl commissioners. at the request
Of number Of petitioners. This board
is appointed under the provisions Of
Section 707, compiled laws OF 1897. The
statute authorizes the appointment OF
such boards in the various counties and
gives them authority to inspect orchards
and nurseries and compel the owners
thereof to oisinfect same on discovery
that the trees are infected with "scale
bug. codling moth or other injurious
pests" One section provides:
Sec TOO. Said county board of hor-
ticultural commissioners shall have
power to divide the county into dis
tricts, and to appoint a local inspector
for each OF said districts. Said board
and such local inspectors as they may
appoint shall be ex-ohicio quarantine
guardians, and az such shall have power
and full! authority to enter into any or
chard, nursery, vineyard, or place or
places where trees or plants are kept and
offered for sale. or otherwise, or any
house, or storerOom, salesroom, depot,
or any other such place in their iurisdic-
ton, to inspect the same or any part
thereof.
The members Of the board as ap
pointed Messrs. @. H. McHenry, L. W.
Coe and W. N. Kight-are wen qualified
to act in this matter aud 1t is to be
hoped the board will prove useful in
assisting to stamp out the orchard pests
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
LEGAL NOTICES.
PubIIcation Notice.

TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, No. 2oo.
COUNTY or SAN JUAN. '' ~
Ermine L. schwenk VS.. Edward W. Sohwenk
In the District Court for the First Judicial
District of the Territory Of New Mexico sitting
in and for the County of San Juan.
The said defendant, Edwnrd w. Schwenk,
hereby notified that a complaint has been filed
against him in the District Court for the County
of San Juan, Territory aforesaid, that being the
Court in which said case is pending, by said
plaintiff Ermine L. Schwenk the general object
OF said action being divorce, as will more fully
appear by references t0 the complaint filed in
said cause And that unless You enter your
appearance in said cause ON Or before the 9Th
day of April, 1900. judgment will be rendered
against you in said cause by default,
In Witness Whereof, have hereunted set my
hand and Seal OF said Court at Santa Fe, New
Mexico, this 18th day of February, A. D. 1900.
[SRAL.J A. NJ. BERGERE, Clerk
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
RARMINeroN.

+. NJ. Pierce, one of our popular mer-
chants, returned from Durango Tuesday
A large number of cur citizens are
troubled with serious colds.
VIM. Ross suffered the loss Of valu-
able horse Sunday with kidney trouble
Mark Currie is threatened with pneu-
monia. DR.. McEWen is 10 attendance.
1t is reported that Rev. Denton,
through the advice of his physician, will
not return to Pennington To continue
his pastorate at the Methodist church.
The entire community regrets to hear
OF his impaired health and sincerely
trusts that he will soon recover.
Our citizens have lately donated to
Rev, and Mrs Hugh Griffin large
quantity Of fuel and u5eful articles fof
the support OF the family Through III
health aud other mistortunes this family
is ia "a situation deserving help from the
entire community.
Farmington's courteous aud enter
prising liveryman, Frank Allen, is con-
stantly adding ReW carriages and fine
horses to his business. Travelling men
speak very highly Of his excellent liver
les aud the courteous treatment rem
dered
Married. April g. at the residence OF
the brides parents. two miles west of
FaFmington, Susan, daughter Of Mr..
and MFs 81. @. King, TO Mr.. Harry
Myers. A large number of our citizens
we're present to witness the ceremony.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Myers are favorably known
10 all our citizens who unite 10 wishing
them q happy and prosperous future
They will reside in Pennington. s.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

The city election in Durango Tuesday
resulted in a victory for the straight
Silver Republican ticket with the ex-
ception Of one alderman. The ticket
was composed Of eight Democrats and
three Silver Republicans. VI Wick
line was reelected city marshal. The
daily Democrat supported the successful
tiekkt
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

On petition Of citizens Of the county,
O. H. MeHsnry, i. w. Coe and W. N.
Kight we're appointed a County Board
Of Horticulture, as provided by Section
707, compiled laws OF 1907.
John U. HippeamYer on request, was
appointed a justice Of the peace for
Precinct No. 8.
The Board then adjourned.
4. j, AzRHeToN, Chairman.
Attest. CHAs. v. SAFFoRD. Clerk.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

Il c. v. Stafford, Probate Clerk In aud for
the County and Territory aforesaid do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing 10 a true
and correct statement Of the financial con-
ditiOn OF San Juan county at close business,
March 81, A. ID. 1900
Given under nay hand and official seal this
4th DAY Of April A ID. 1900.
rsean oHAs. V sATFoRD; Probate Clerk.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

W. d. Williams guarantees every bottle
IF Chanborlain's Cough Remedy and
viii refund the money to anyone who lie
not Satisfied after using two-thirds Of
the contents. This is the best remedy 10
the world for la grippe, coughs, colds
eroup and whooping cough and is plea.
cant and safe 70 take. 1t prevents any
eendency OF cold to result in pneu
monia.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

Marie Cofelli, for the first time 10 Eve
years, has written a short story for an
American magazine. The Lauisls Of
the Brave lie the title OF a bitter, bril-
liant timely story which ahe has just
finished for the Saturday Evening Post.
Of Philadelphia. It deals with the
South African War Charities, and
handles without glove the Society
Department of the English War Oaiee
and the women who, For advertising
purposes, are donning khaki. The
Laurelsot the Brave, superbly illustrated
by Harrison Fisher, viii appear in the
Saturday Evening Postoi April IA,
H. t.fr e.GI.. 80. L. L. ....t.tt.. n..t.f.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
COUNTY CONVENTION.
Democrats Of San Juan Meet 20 Sc
Ieet Delegates 20 Territorial
Convention.


The Democratic county mass conven-
tion to select delegates to the territorial
convention at Albuq uerque convened at
Lobato's hall in Aztec Saturday. The
attendance was large and indicated the
keen interest Of the people Of this county
in tho principles OF the Democratic or
ganisation. Many Of those whe were
formerly Populists we're present and
declared their staunch allegiance to the
Democratic faith. A little strife oc-
CURED during the earlier portion Of the
proceedings and there lie nc douht what
ever that some OF the very wisest Of the
wise there and then learned thing or
two.
The convention was called to order at
the appointed hour by W. J Wright.
chairman OF the county central commit
tee, who -ssd the official call as pub
lished. J. r. Williams, Esq, was elected
chairman without opposition. A vote
was taken on secretary and resulted in
the choice Of G. E. Mead by good ma.
iority. There was discussion as to who
should vote in the meeting, and motion
by Mr. whitehead that the call as issued
by the territorial committee should be
read, was carried. This call, copied froh
the call Of toe national committee, holds
the doors Of the party open wide for
those to enter who believe in certain
principles, No objection was thereafter
urged 10 the convention against any Of
those present voting Oh any or all Of the
motions, and the order of business was
proceeded with.
a committee Of three was appointed
by the chair to submit list of delegates
to represent the county at the territorial
convention, motion 20 that effect hav
ing been adopted. The committee con
sisted Of @. S. Cameron r. G. Berry and
c. NJ. Hubbard. A committee Of Ave
on resolutions was also named, consisting
Of A. A. Potter, L. G. Grove, @. M. Hub
bard, D. E. LobatO and j. W. Flsek
The convention took a recess to ALLOW
thescommittees to prepare their reports
When the convention was again calleC
tourdor the committee to select dele
gates to albuquerque submitted thu
following names, the report was adopteC
and the delegates and alternatos de
clared elected:
Delegates Alternates-
L. c. Grove. Charles E. Starr.
j. T McQuilian NJ. H. Real.
II. G. PreWitt Clayb, Brtmhall
]. P. Martin. Juan B. Valdez
The coamittee on resolutions reported
rs follows, the report being unanimousl.
adopted:
TIE psiun,rnfs fSar Iran county, IN aon
vsntion assem- blod. reaffirm their devotion tl
the declaration Of party principles enun
eiated at Chicago in 1896;
Resolved, That We endorse with unanimitl
the candidacy Of that peerless American
William ] Bryan Of the United States, an,
favor his selection as our standard bearer il
the coming campaign;
Resolved, That In case Of the failure OF an
Of the elected delegates OF alternates t,
attend the territorial convention at Albu
querque the delegates attending be and ar
hereby authorized and empowered to cast TN
vote for the absentees.
No further business appearing, th'
convention adjourned sine die.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

Admiral George Dewey has announ-
ced himself as a candidate for the presi.
deneey, contrary to the declination he
made some months ago. He has not
yet stated at which party hands he
expects to receiv6 the destination.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
Financial Statement.

Following is a statement Of the
finances Of San Juan county for the
quarter ending March 81. 1900:
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06
SAN IuaWs SUNSHINE.

This, table shows che number OF days of
sunshine as recorded 30 the Territorial AR-
riculburai Experiment Station 90 Aztec New
MeLlao. for lla ylarn-
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

1t being shown to le satisfaction Of
the Board that an ror was made in
transferring the sche ule Of Robert Bu-
chanan to the tax roll lor the year 1899,
it wac ordered by tho Board that said
Buchanan receive a CT sdit on his tax for
that year of $3.50, the amount Of such
error.
1t appearing to the Hoard that an error
WAS made in transferring the figures Of
the schedule Of Epifiio Valdez to the
1899 tax roll, it was ordered that said
Valdez receive ercditrr the amount Of
such error, $3.50, and il .urther appearing
to the Board that said Valdez has al
ready paid on accountthesum Of $40 and
the amount OF such aayment together
with credit above a.awed, shove that
bis tax for year 1902 oyerpaid by $3.50.
.s ,.ss -o4Jasa- sla tasaa, u suoi
ovsrpayment be credited on rell Of 1900,
when completed and turned over to
treasurer for collection.
d, B. Ross appearing before the Board
and filing an affidavit that be is entitled
to fruit tree exemation on orchards
planted in 1891 and IS 2, on Eve acres, it
was ordered that said D. B. Ross be
allowed credit Of $500 on his assess
ment Of 1s99I amount Of same, $500,
The following bills we're allowed and
warrants ordered drawn:
San Juan Times, pub. treasurer's notices 1 50
G. G, Brewer, repairing Aztec bridge. ..a 10 25
M, Fields rent Of county offices .,..... 30 %
Fred Bunker, hardware fsr bridge ...... 81
A. Rosenthal, salary as school sup 'tend't IS 90
L. G. Grove, printing commissioners pro-
ceedings, last quarter ...................,6 90 90
L. G. Grove, stationery fot county. ....... 81 s.
" s. Dalton. water for county Offices SO
j R. Young, compensation assessor 1899. .1ls o
Juan A. Jaquez services as commissioner. 40 90
d L. Lobato, services as interpreter ave.. u
c. V. Stafford, probate clerk, express, ETC. 81 90
A. J. Gilmour, services as commissioner SO 81
I. j. Arlington, services as commissioner. Al %
Teohlo Jaquez, assessing in 1895 and 1885, "a %
Martin Pacheco setvices as probate judge 81 81
J. G. DOdson, acting as iailer and feeding
prisoners ,.......l....,t-. .............. 81 81
LeonOr Garcia, compensation assessor
1s97ls9s Observation-Disclosures. 21 Il
New Mexican Printing company, books .f4gsO-
b. c. Gortner district attorney ........ 80 o.
Arthur Thompson, IA toas coal. ............ Ol
Juan B. Valdez, Interpreter ............... u
@. F. Baker, cleaning stove pipe and aue j 81
F. v. Williams, coal al........;............... III
Fields sharp, morohahdise for Office. 6 q
]. B, Young, stamps mps...!.s...,.............. 2 q
". II, Williams, supplies g.................. 81
@. Il. McHenry, stamps and express.,..... 20 p
A. Villman, supplies .,....,............... 10 Il
A. L. Rlchey, supplies i.,............. 20
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

The following account OF pursuit. is
from the last issue Of the Gallup Cleaner:
SHERIFF Ed Beeler Of Navajo County
Arizona, With posse from St. Johns on
Wednesday was here in the pursuit ofIa
gang OF five desparadoea who had been
committing burRlaries and stealing cat
tie The thieves we're armed with
maueerrihes and had eight led horses
About twenty five miles south Of Nava.
70 Syringe tho gang separated three go
ipg one trail and two another Beeler
divided l,is men. Frank Licunsr and
Gus Gibbons taking the trail. Of two
thieves and Beeler with the balance
following the other three. Beoler's
pOsse overtookthree and fight ensued
the result being that the three men
we're captured two Of the three being
Wounded Beeler retfeated his steps with
his prisoners and followed she trail taken
te Llcuner and Gibbons after travelling
y couple of miles he found their dead
iiodieH on be trail. The two murderers
Hre suppDsetto be hcadiug lAr the San
lnan LlcVner vus HF0n utihe manager
f the COOppratdr 90 81 iohns,N
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-04-06

Try this oilse for job pfiating. Quick
work low prices.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-01-25
In a Coffee Grove.

You see all those bushes with red
berries strung along their branches!
That is coffee, and the taller tree among
which it is growing are pimentos. from
which the world gets its ''allspice.' 1t
looks like jungle, does it not: Yet
many hundreds OF pounds would not
buy that one hill slops. Among the
lovely flowers humming birds sparkle as
they fly and hover; butterflies as large
as birds dispute the honey with them.
AS you turn around the corner you sur.
prise parties OF tiny ground doves land
every now and again the larger pea
doves fit across the road. Up from
the valley below the sounds OF voices
and laughter Stop your carriage and
look down. Those are the works on
coffee estate. and those fiat terraces par
titioned off into squares are the bar
becues" upon which the berries. are
dried. You can see that some OF the
squares are a different color to the rest.
The dark ones are those that are COW
cred with coffee berries; the others are
those which have not yet been tlled.-
Good Words