The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-03-15

Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
a. J. Loomia is 10 town from SAINTS fe
90 official business. The distillery plant
formerly owned by Mesars. Olvey, Neil
aud company will be disposed Of by the
government aud Mr. .Loomie has taken
the necessary legal ateps to that end.
Superintendent @. e Mead OF the ex.
perimental station returned home Mon
dry from a two mouths' vacation. during
which'he visited Santa Fe, Ri Paso and
Old Mexico. He brought hack many
%cuIiosihes, such 90 silver work and spec
linens Of the coin and paper money Of
our sistsr Republic.
John @. Oivey. U. s. Cobb and Sidney
Fulton we're arraigned before Judge
McFie at Santa Fe last week and plead
guilty 10 a violation Of the revenue
law. They were sentenced to thirteen
months each 10 the territorial peniten-
tiary and fined each 81 and costs. The
distillery which they operated here last
year vas seized by the officers and will
be sold within a few weeks.
THR INDEX lie enabled to state that the
warrants under which United States
officers made their arrests at Durango
last week were issued on the Doth day Of
last October. This merely in connection
with the statement noted 10 n Of our
worthy contemporaries, to the effect
that the prosecution against the So
called "moonshiners' was Of recent orr
gin, inspired by malice, ETC., etc.
Philip Nelson and family and Mr..
and Mrs. II, @. Collins arrived from
Telluride, Colorado, last week. Mr..
Nelson will remain and will farm the
ranch he recently purchased near Aztec.
Mr.. Collins expects to return to Tellur-
ide within a few days. he is very fav.
orably impressed with this county and
will perhaps be the means Of locating
other settlers here in the near future.
The Chama Tribune makes the fol-
lowing mention OF the removal from
that town Of old.time residents of San
Juan county: MRS. r. A. Fisher and
daughter departed for Eagle Grove,
Iowa, Wednesday. Mr.. Fisher accom-
panied them az far as Denver and from
there he will go to Kansas City, thence
to Oklahoma, where be will go in with
the rush at the opening Of the new Fort
Sill country"
The Silverton Standard says: "a. M.
Jackson has placed on exhibition at the
p~ostofice store a number of the trophies
Of his recent conquest Of the Aztec and
Pennington country. Mr.. jackson has
been visiting the lower country on bust
ness and pleasure for the past two
months, and returned to Silverto2 this
week to take up his mining interests.
During his stay in the valley he gave
some time to the collection of relics of
the prehistoric race that inhabited that
country in way-back time. He declares
it a most interesting study to explore
the ruins of the cliff dwellers and pre-
historic races"
In commenting on the arrest Of par
ties for violation of the revenue laws
here, the Durango Democrat saysi 1.-THE
charge against them pas not moonshin-
ing as commonly supposed. They con
Quoted a regularly licensed distilleryI
but defrauded the government in failing
to account for their full output and also
in not keeping a correct account of sup.
plies or raw material for purposes Of
making brandy. Over 10000 pounds Of
fruit was bought from local growers anc
no record made Of il. We are not ad
vised, but suppose the distillerY will be
sold to the highest bidder. Though
small it is said to be a good plant anC
some one will doubtless encounter {
bargain"