The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-06-06
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Shall we celebrate9
They are MAKING lots Of brick.
Fred Bunker has eO,OQg pounds of
corn for sale
Aztec is the best town in northwestern
New Mexico.
A few more summer hats to ploae out
at Williams & LARS.
Frank Baker and wife we're up from
Faraington Wednesday,
JIM. Palmer, one OF Farmington'e at
torneys was in Aztec Monday.
W. .. Mullarkey and wife OF Flora
Vista we're in town Wednesday.
J.. A, L%aughren Of Durango spent
several days in Aztec this week.
Now is the time to get bargains in
dress goods at Williams & Lair'ss
n J. A, Duff, the dentist, made his regu-
Tar professional visit to Aztec this week,
n Judge Pendleton and e. @. Berry
made Pennington a flying visit this
week.
Buy your seeds of Durango Seed
House. We carry everything. g. H
Clark.
Take your butter. eggs or poultry to
Chas. Fleck at the Inter Ocean hotel
in Durango.
I'm Tro;, L,-bo.-o, pouv;tto
Kansas, is here with a view to putting
in a lumber yard.
Balm farm wagons run lightsst and
last longer than any other mako. w..
Chapman, Durango.
Il James Mann and Dave Rudd started
Tuesday for the mountains where they
will spend the summer.
"a. G. Thomas was elected director Of
school district No. II, La Plata, at the
election held last Monday,
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buy corn, wheat and oats at the mill
and will pay cash for same.
EAp. j. Donovan, the assessor, was over
from the La Plata Tuesday to attend to
business with the commissioners
Rock Island plows, harrows. Giant
drills, etc. Get my prices before pur,
chasing. W. Q. Chapman, Durango,
Money to loan on sasy terms. For
further information write the Aetna
Building Association. Las Vegas, N. NJ,
See me before placing orders for nails,
barb wire, wire bale ties, buggies and
spring wagons, W. c. Chapman, Du-
range.
~. W Steinson this week purchased
Of F. q. Crump the 100 acre ranch on
the La Plata known as the Firebaugh
ranch for $1,000, cash.
= Even without statehood, San Juan
county will be great big and prosper
GUS community some of these times.
To the devil with congress.
A meeting OF the citizens of Aztec is
called to be held at the church tomor-
row Saturday evening for the purpose
Of discussing a Fourth Of July celebra-
ton.
Those having farm produce to dispose
Of, eggs, butter, poultry, etc, will find a
buyer at all times by calling on Charles
Fleck at the Inter Ocean hotel, Du.
range.
Workmen in Colonel Williams we'll
near town at a depth so feet encounter.
ed a body OF what is pronounced gen.
uine Gre clay, there being five feet of
the article. Indications for coal are
good in this we'll.
If the Democratic party expects to
carry a precinct 10 the United States
at the nsxt election, such stiffs as Car
mack Of Tennessee will have to be kept
quiet. lie is a rank chump as we'll as a
damphool.
'AHenfy Kifin is back after an absence
Of four years, during which, he has
been looking after the interests Of his
father in st. Louis. Mo-, who has reach.
ed the age Of 80 years, lie will re
main three or four weeks.
y Mr.. Emroy Shields and Mrs. Maud
Waidley Of Durango, Colorado, we're
united in marriage by justice of the
peace, b. G.. Berry. at the county clerks
Office on Wednesday. They returned TO
Durango where they will make their
future home.
y Mr.. and Mrs. Boone Vaughn passed
through town Wednesday on route
home to Pennington from a trip to st
Louis, where Mrs Vaughn went for the
purpose OF undergoing an operation,
which fortunately proved co mpletely
successful.
Talk about fruit crops-San Juan
county will produce one this year
According to present signs, there will be
fruit TO sell, to eat, TO can, to preserve,
to feed to the cider mills and stills. and
even INTO the fat and saucy swine.
1t just naturally grows, as Jake Ross
says.
y Mr. and Mfa John A. Koontz rsturn.
cd Thursday from a pleasure trip to
California where they spent the winter
enjoying the luguEies Of a tropical cli-
mate, They were met ia Durango by
their son John. Who haa been attending
aohool in Denver. Their many friando