The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-02-02


style it was before the fire burned the
plant-a six column folio.
George Hemphill, the leading MOI
chant OF Silverton, who was here several
days as the guest Of T. X. Holden, went
home Tuesday, very favorably impressed
with the sunlit end Of ye Animas vale.
The sale Of household goods and farm
implements at the Sizer ranch at Flora
Vista Wednesday was largely attended
and all articles brought top prices. Over
$500 was realized from the sale. A. E.
Brown was the a%uctioneer.
Mrs.. Steers duction sale is to be o
tinued on Saturday, the 10th inst, on
the streets Of Aztec. The articles to DO
sold consist Of bedding, large full leaf
table, books, fruit jars and other articles
too numerous to mention,
From Santa Fe New Mexican: Err
mine L, Schwenk brought an action for
divorce against her husband, Edward
w. Schwenk, in the district court for
San Juan county. Granville PendletOn
is attorney for the plaintiff"
Land contest cases Of Agapita Quin.
tano We. Jose M. Lucero int Of Sandoval
vs, Torres, both involving claims on the
San Juan, have been withdrawn, In
the latter case, Torres has entered the
proper filing on the land in dispute.
Precinct No, 2 poll tax ~delinquents
should get a move on them" Some
day they will wake up and find their
little account in the hands Of tho Justice
Of the peace, and then, oh, myl what a
lot Of costs thereH be. Dig up! Dig upl
Thos. Reynolds, the convict who wts
lynched at Canon City, Colorado, last
week, was a schoolmate Of our towns.
man, Price Walters, according to that
gentleman's recollection Of boyhood
days in Cherokee, iowa. Price says
Reynolds was a fair sort of chap, then.
Father Antonio %Jouvenceau Of TERRA
Amarillo was 10 Aztec Monday. He
came from Largo, having made the trip
overland from Arboles to the Pine river
aud thence to the San Juan. He was a
passenger on Tuesday's stage en- route
to DURANGO and thence home.
The county clerk has received a Ger.
tilted cory Of the judgment in the case
Of Slozn vs.. Tucker. to quiet title, in
volving the old John Berry ranch north
Of Aztec, and q. w. Wakefield, who re
Gently purchased the property, will now
take possession and enter into extensive
improvements.
Santa Fe New Mexican; AN. Der.
gore, clerk OF the district court, has
received notice that there is about 81. 100
In the court fund Of San Juan county and
close on to $4,000 in Rio Arriba county
court fund. So terms of the district
court in both Of these counties are as
sured the coming spring"
Judge Granville Pendleton left Tues.
day for Santa Fe, to attend the meeting
OF the territorial Republican central
committee, Of which he is a member for
San Juan county. The meeting is to be
held the Sd inst. A call for the terri
torial convention to choose delegates to
the national Republican convention will
probably be issuhd,
NDrilling of the Pennington oil we'll
has been starteds II everything goes
right, it should be demonstrated ere
many weeks whether nature WAS in a
liberal or a parsimonioua mood when
she tossed "this here" formation to-
gether. Coil or oil or gas or artesian
Wrter-eVen beer-we're not at all par
ticular-iust so it's sslable.
My son has been troubled for years
with chronic dlarrhoea. Sometime ago
/ persuaded him to take some OF Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. After using two bottles Of the
25 cent size he was cured, 1 give this
testimonial, hoping come one similarly
afflicted nay read it and be benefited
Thomas G. Bower Glencoe, o. For sale
by w. H.. Williams.
The Aztec board of immigration is
receiving scores of letters from people
anxious to learn Of our and
advantages. Many families with teams
are on the rosa and the coming spring
promises to SOS the heaviest immigration
the county haa aver known. Folders
and descriptive matter can be procured
OF the board, free OF charge, for distTibu.
tion.
The statement Of county finances ap-
pearing in THE issue deserves careful
perusal. The splendid condition Of the
various school districts win be generally
commented oa aud will be particularly
pleasing to those citizens who are heads
Of families. Never before have the
school districts been in a. good financial
condition, In most instances the out.
standTng indebtedness has been paid and
the treasures have money to 60 Oh That
great credit is due in certain quarters
for this showing goes without saying.
XTHE INDEX urges a large attendance Of
the pioneers al the meeting to be held
10 Huntington Q K Monday and Tu6s-
day, the 9th and 9th inst. A permanent
organization will there doubtless be
effected, the line being drawn on those
who came here since 1885. Lillian Hart.
man johnson Of Durango is one Of those
expected 70 matte addresses. II il an.