The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-02-23

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John Kelleut erger, the Durango
Wholesale liquor dealer, s.lls goods
+ r north g Cripple trees aud laes The
bulk of the busioess 10 an tho San Juan
towns. John is a r%ustler. first and
last. and bis abilities are such as to inufe
TO Duraugo's advantage. he s aporiod
ical visitor 70 San Juan couoiy and THE
boys are booking for him down the Jiue'
most any day.
Next year. says 40 exchange, we may
expect to read something like the foi-
lowing ia the daily papers: "About 40
o'clock this morning a horseless wagon
loaded with cowless milk collided with
a b%rainless rider on a chainleas wheel.
The lucklsss yheeiman was badly in
iured and being homeless, he was taken
IN a horseless cab to the home for tie
~friendless, WHARF his death was painless
in an hour or less.'
w. a. Dollarhide, OF Hermitage. Mo.
is a late arrival in Aztec. where he will
probably locate for the practice of law.
Mr. Dollarhide is a young man Of splen
did training ia the legal profession, hay
ing for several 5 ears been prosecuting at
turney of Hickory. one Of the best couu
ties iu Missouri. He is possessed Of the
idea that San Juan county has a great
future, aud should he decide to remain
here, we are convinced that he will at
once SECURE a fair share Of the business
ia his line.
An elocutionary contest, to be partici-
pated in by pupils OF the pablic schools
OF the county, will be held at Flora
Vista Saturday evening, March 10, under
the direction Of @. A. Grommet. The
prize to be contested for is a $40 gold
medal, donated by Mr.. Grotnmet foi the
purpose. The decision will be graded on
delivery, voice, gesture and memory.
The Aztec schools, it is understood, will
be represented by Mamie Farmer, and
many Of the districts will have partici-
pants. A large attendance is likely.
S@nowslides are running at Silverton,
one OF them last week causing the death
OF one Of a party Of four workmen who
we're repairing the Iowa tram. Sol.
Baker, who left Aztec about a month
ago for Silyertop, was Que OF those who
luckily escaped. $ dispatch to the Du
raugo Democrat dated last Friday dc
scribed the affair as follows: John ID.
Lewis, who was caught in a suowstide
between overs Nos II and u of the
Iowa tram about 4 o'clock this afternoon f,
is dead. He, in company with jim
Stevens, Sol Baker, and Billy Warren,
left town last Wednesday to repair the
tram, which was broken last Friday.
r The three other men were caught in the
/, mass Of snow bat managed to dig out.
Mr.. Lewis was we'll known in Silverton
where he has resided for several years
past and was for a long time secretary
of the Miners union. His body was
recovered at Z o'clock this evening and
will be shipped to town tomorrow morn
ing"
a. w. Shidler and James McEwen Of
Pennington were in town Tuesday. At
the end Of a ten minutes interview with
"Shide, The INDEX man quit winner on
information varying from the oil bore at
Pennington to the Boer war in South
Africa. Il was desired to preserve the
J discourse in full nut nothing else than a
photograph codld haye lone the job. A
5 ten years subscription would have Joy
, fully gone Tor ten seconds use Of such a
machine. The Rocky Mountain Show
company" ie now at Pennington; every
one thought the cars had come; DR.,
t Blank and Charley Starr struck them
for ON "ad" for the Times; they are not
advertising at present; onefeliow fainted;
sequel. quick curtain; the oil we'll is
going down; it takes "oii' to make it 20;
that's why it's an oil well, now new kind
, Of filter has been d%iscoveredj filters any
thing; buttermilk. beer aud benzine;
tangiefoot, ditch water and dirt; catches
saints, sinners and suckers; the Beers
can beat the British at running as well
as lighting; d. the Dutch, anyhow;
San Juan county win boom tins year;
the prospects for a fruit crop Here
our stub pencil yielded up the ghost, aud
we can voueh for nothing more Of bis
views caught on the fly, the while our
genial friend from down the valley gave
utterance 10 This sagaeious m%onologue