The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1901-09-13
LARGELY LOCAL.


Note the change in j. M. Randall's a,
in this issue.
F. V. Williams was aver from the Ii
Plata Saturday.
j.. b. Ashcroft Of Fruitlaud was il
town Wednesday.
j.. E. Mcguire came down from Pagosl
Springs last week.
j. M, Fillmore returned thie weel
from a trip to the mountains.
I. j. Arlington was here from Farm
ington Wednesday, en- route to the hills
E. G. Berry and Denver Waggonel
made a trip to Durango the first Of the
week.
Peter Knickerhocker returned lasI
week from a ten days trip to the noun.
tains.
A collection for missions will be taken
in the Presbyterian church, Sunday
morning.
The Colorado-New Mexico fair occurs
at Durango October 8 to IL. Remember
the date,
Col. d. K. B. Sellers, the Hustler'f
hustling editor, was up from Pennington
yesterday,
Rev. j. G. Lord, Presbyterian minister
at Pennington, vas On Mondays stage
bound for Durango.
The Hyde Exploring expedition viii
buy wheat, corn and oats at the mill and
will pay cash for same.
The prairie schooners are a-sail and
the Apimas, La Plata and San Juan
valleys are the destination.
Ed Turner has purchased of Joe
Crouch twenty acres of land at Flora
Vista. Consideration, $3.50.
Miss Ester Brown and sister, Ruth.
left On the stage this morning for a visit
with their father in Durango.
F.. W. Waggoner, son of DR.. F. r.
Waggoner, arrived in Aztec this week
from Sacramento, California.
John H. WILLIAMS commenced work
this week on thF erection of a commo.
dious frame residence building.
Miss Cent? Prewitt left Monday for
Durango, whence she will proceed to
Denver to attend school this winter.
Algebra, Latin, bookkeeping physical
geography, physics, rhetoric and all the
common branches will be taught at the
Normal.
F. N. Frakes, AzteC's furniture dealer,
went to Durango this week and made
arrangements for the early shipment Of
his goods,
Miss Del6na Martinez, daughter of
Nestor Martinez, of the La Plata, is
very i'll with pneumonia. DR.. Waggoner
is in attendance,
Delegate B. s. Rodey has written IKE
INDEX strongly commencing it's advo-
cacy of statehood. Mr.. Rodey knows a
good thing when he sees it.
Sanford b. Bowen Of Jewett made
final proof before the probate clerk last
Friday. Witnesses we're Clyde White
and Il. H.. De Luche of Jewett.
@. E. Mead is going to send in a large
order for wall paper in the next few
days, Call and ses his samples and give
him your order for winter paper.
a. j. Loomis, deputy Internal revenue
collector, came down on the stage yester-
day, He goes to Pennington to gauge
toe products Of the distiilery there.
Claib. Brimhall and j. V. Luian,
members Of the board Of county com.
m~issioners, we're in town Monday to at
tend the special meeting of the board.
W. II. Thomas Of the La Plata was in
town Monday for the purpose of taking
the initial steps toward purchasing
eighty acres Of coal land on the La
Plata,
W. NJ. Johnsoni OF Pennington, hes
purchased the Homer Hays ranch two
miles south Of that town. There are
40 acres in the ranch and the price paid
was $1,000.
The Astec-F Harrington base ball
game next Wednesday promises to be
an exciting one. The Fair association
deserves credit for it's liberality in offer
ing a purse to be played for.
Probate court vas in session Friday,
Judge Valdez presiding. The business
had to do with the estate Of Emily V.
Hartley deeeasedi and the date Of final
hearing WAC set foi September "a.
DR.. o. CT McEwen and vito we're here
Wednesday, returning to Pennington
from a visit to Cedar Hill, where the
serious illness of Mrs. Richard Hen
bricks demanded the doctors services.
II you have real estate to sell, list it
With Pendleton. II you want to buy
property, buy It Of Pendleton. He adver-
tises the county aud the town. cores
ponds with tho eastern people and
brings many Of them here, and be Is
entitled 70 the business In that line.
The Pennington Fair association has
offered a purse Of se5 for a ball game
there and the Aztec and Harrington
teams will compete for the purse. the
game to be played on Wednesday morn
ing, the 18th. The Aztec boys are
ott Of praeticel but theg ought
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