The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-01-10

The aholhamer piaco 40 Flora Visit
wac cold this wods. Rubin W ant
Mark q. Helm, recentiy OF Creede, Colo,
bsing the purchasers. This ranch, con
aisting Of eighty actos, waa one Of th'
prottieat IN the county, and dosirabll
located in every respect The price 70.
which il wac aold wac $500, The pur
chusora will make Flora Vista theii
home. They are n the sheep business
and will make q winter feeding ground
for their stock.
The Durango Dehocrat's book, The
Great San JUAN ttscribing the glorie'
and resources OF TIE San Juan section
ia just out Of press snd this Office ha'
been favored with 3 copy. The work il
p%rofusely illustrated and printed on the
best paper for the purpose, Il contains
upwards Of sixty pages and reflects
credit on the mechanical facilities pos.
seused by tho Democrat. In its subject
matter Il is very complete and It will
serve &c a splendid portrayal Of San
Juan's resources,
Concerning the marriage of a San
Juan county girl. the Silverton Stan
dard saysi "Last Tuesday Ray Cooper
and MrB. Ermine Scswsnk we're MARI.
ed at Aztec, New Mexico. The groom
having grown from q boy to manhood's
estate in this town is we'll known.
The bride is Likewise we'll known
10 San Juan county, New Mexico. The
young couple start the new life under
favorable circumstances. May life's
ioya be theirs in abundance"
Aztes Lodge Nol 10. o. F., held
It's installation Of officers at the Saturday
night meeting. The list at present lie as
follows, although several appointive
officers remain to be Banned. Past grand,
L. G. GrOvej noble Grand, q. w. Lam
bersOnj vice grand j. B. Austinj re.
cording secretary, R. B. Whitford;
financial secretary. F. W. Sharp; treas
urer. Frank Revellj warden. H. L. Dun
ming; conductor, 3. R. Stewart, trustee
1S months' tsrm) Geo. A. Tinker. The
other appointive positions will be filed
later.
Having sold th0iE anc at Flora
Vista, Winnie and Lee Shslhamer will
take g trip 10 the mountains and will
probably End another location whore
they can engage in the stock business
more extensively. Their mother and
sisters will remain here until spring.
when they too will remove to the noun
tains. In common with their neighb6Ss
and the community generally, The
INDEX regrets the removal Of this est.
mable family from our county and
trusts that they may return in the
future to again reside with US.
With wheat at S1.gO OF better a hun
dred pounds, a big yield and a market
unlimited for the product right here in
the town Of Aztec it would seem That
those farmers who devote their energies
to the cultivation Of this cereal should
have prospered g~loflously during the
year. When a ranchmen can get close
two cents a pound for wheat and is
as certain Of q crop as he ia here,
there a be no excuse for him il
he fails to do fairly in "a financial
sense, And he ddosea.t fail in San
Juan county. Land is sold cheaply that
is sold for $50 an acre uader such cir
cuhstances as these, in such a country
30 this.
Thousand Of people IN the central
are looking and ysarning for a
location in just such q country &c VIC
have to present. Irrigating making a
certainty Of crops, sunshine making a
certainty Of health. and gold and silver
treasures in the eternal hills making a
certainty OF mining camps and markets,
.Orm 40 amalgamation OF tesources such
rs has not been brought to the attention
II the public since about the time
Christopher Columbus Landed on the
West Indies with both feet and first
directed the worlds gaze to the wonders
II the two Americas, embracing this
hen unku6wn garden spot and aani
Claib. BrimhallI chairman Of the board
II co unity commissioners, and d.. Dono-
'ani assessorl left Thursday for Santa Fe
attend the meeting Of the chairman
II the boards Of county commissioners
md the assessors. called by the goTer-
Tor to be held at the capital city on the
9th inst. Many matters In regard to
EQUALIZATION Of property values through
nut the territory will come before the
Meeting aud it is important that each
hate representatives there to
present thBlr views and look after the
'est interetss OF their respective coun-
les. The matter Of adjustment Of the
boundary line between San Juan and
Mckinley counties isalso one which will
20 Investigated by our repf ssentativss,
u at present taxes are lost to both
counties because Of a con hict OF opinion
u to the line. The Mckinley county
'mciala will be in Santa Pc and d con
Srence can probably be held,
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