The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-01-03

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school house on ihs To Plata Friday
night waa o-uccoaaf1l financially and
uoaally. The cum on o07B0 vsa taken
Ia 10 apply towards helrirg tho school.
A committee consisting Of Frank Will
liams, seig Caudoll. Harry Allen and
Granville Goo had the affair 10 charge
and Granville Coo was door manager.
subscriptions 70 the Mckinley Ne
mortal fund have been received from
several precincts and indicate consider
abls interest IN the memorial on the
part Of our people. In q short time the
list will be published. Hurry up your
subscriptions On tie time foF rsmitting to
Tho headquarters will soon be here,
san Juan county should make az good
q showing aa possible,
@, M. Hubbard, one OF the prosperous
ranohmen OF Flora Vista, was in Aztec
the 8rst Of the week and made this
Office a pleasant cali. Mr.. Hubbard,
whose crops suffered the past season By
reason Of the ravages OF grasshoppors,
anticipates very little trouble from that
source the next season, as be discovers
none Of their eggs or larvae in the neigh.
borhood.
Mr.. Ray Cooper Of Silverton, Colo
RADIO, and MRS. hrmine Schwenck OF
Aztec. we're married at the residence Of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs j. H.
Ferguson. il Aztec last Tuesday evening
by Rev. ]. X. Cooper. They departed
Wednesday for Siiverton, their future
home, where the groom lie one OF the
leading citizens and business men. The
bride is 4 San Juan county product
and an engaging, lovely young woman
May their pathway through life be
strewn with roses, is the wish OF all.
R. K. Brandenburg and brother, OF
Fairfield, Nebraska, have bought the
improvements owned BY Harry Hepler
on the land adjoining the Ira Fulcher
ranch on the ia Plata. Mr., Brandon
burg is an experienced farmer and
stock-grower, and will move here in the
spring to make San Juan county his
home, Mr.. Hepler still retains the
home ranch %adioining the property
sold, The sale wssmade through Judge
Granville Pendleton, Of Aztec.
The Gallup Republican states; 1.-THE
poor white man, who votes, pays taxes
and drinks red liquor, sitteth on goods
boxes and witches the noble Fedman lay
track and do other work for the Santa
Fe Pacific railroad company. The
poor Indian has no vote, be pays no
taxes, he seeketh no federal appoint
ment, and spendeth no money. He hath
= good reservation, and the gFRndest
and best government under the sun will
see that he lie provided for better than
his white brother. Like editors, he
rides on passes or the blind baggage.
An Indian. an editor AM an angel are
about on an equality on this earth"
Aztec Post No. Is, q, A.. r., met in
Aztec last Saturday and elected officers.
Col. ". H. Williams wss reelected pont
commander ard the other positions we're
filed as followss Sr. v. O., A. j, Gil
mourj Jr. N. c.. f. v. Williamsj Ad-
i%utant, G.. S. Boyd; Surgeon, D. W..
Freeman; Chaplain. Peyton Skidmeo or;
Q. NJ, Antoine s ever; NAicer Of the Day,
Il. H. KnowltoL5 Oficac OF che Guard,
M. Mcfarland; REORGANIZATION B. G..
Hildebrand. The Post will meet again
in Aztec on the 4th dav OF February for
the purpose Of installing the officers,
at which time 1t is expected to give q
dinner to which all old soldiers and their
wives will be especially invited. Full
announcement will be made later.
A petition which has been generally
signed was circulated this We6k asking
the sheep sanitary board TO waive the
inspection fee OF FIVE cents per head
which the law places upon all sheep
driven across the borders from Colorado
to New Mexico. This county being
a border county whose stockmen must
necessarily cross their herds into
Colorado during certain seasons it
Is claimed that it visits an unusual
hardship to the stockmen to collect
the inspection fees when stock are
merely Pastured from one district to
another, sometimes not moving over
Hfty miles away year in and year out.
A ruling along this line vas. it will be
remembered, made by Judge McFie at
the last term Of court with reference to
the cattle interests. and the ruling was
admitted by all to have been just and
right.