The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1903-10-23
Silver is still on the rise, having pass
ed the go cent mark early in the week.


new record last week, by going mile
to wagon in $50 a
Fifteen blocks Of Aberdeen, Washing
ton, was destroyed by fire this week.
several lives we're lost
"The Pit by Franz Norris, has been
dramatized and will be produced 10
Chicago the coming season.
The baseball games at the Albuquer-
quo fair last week were some ct the fast.
est games ever played in the territory,
The total assessed valuation of the
Territory of New Mexico for this year
is s4l,S5l576 gain over last year of
S742, S3l.
Jas, IL. Tillman ex-lieutenant COVER
nor Of South Carolina, charged with
numbering editor Ganzales on Jan, 10,
last, was acquitted last weak.
"Cresceus," the wonderful trotter, is
now again champion, He went mile
in 1884, lowering Lou Dillon's and
Major Delmar's time of a second.
The coal production of New Mexico.
for the past fiscal year is one-hfth more
than the year previous. The total pro-
duction the past year being 1859, $50
tons.
Sheriff Hubbell of Bernalillo county,
and deputy U. S. Marshall Wiley engag-
in cutting affair at Albuquerque dur
the fair. Wiley received several quite
serious, though not dangerous wounda.
Attempted murder and suicide was
the result of argument by couple Pen
sYIvanians over the pronunciation of
'Hiawatha. Had it have been over our
New Mexico names, they would have
shot up the whole town.
Jude W, H. Pope has decided to quail
ify this week as member OF the terri
t1rial supreme court, and to hold his
first session of court at Roswell on the
first Monday in November.
B. F. Dover, an Engishman, spoke Of
the American flag as dirty rag, rep
resenting dirty class of people" and
was well trounced By Harry Flynn an
Irishman for the remark. The affair took
place at Joplin Mo.
A. Moore of Ration, N. NJ. won the
belt in the cowboy Tournament held at
Glenwood Springs, Colo, last week. 1t
is said to have been the c'eanest, live
iest and best riding contest ever held on
the western slope.
Last spring we advised you to get some
nigs If you did az, you rnv ha"' h7gs
to eat all the refuse fruit, vegetables
and any grain not suitable for the grans
airy, and are ma&ing money out of
what your neighbor, who has no
hogs, is allowing to go to waste.
The United Sates Industrial school in
Santa Fee has decided to drill 5000 foot
experimental artesian we'll. The school
has also installed two carpet weaving
looms to teach the Pueblo Indians the
art of Navajo blanket making, and intro.
duce the art in the Pueblo villages.
1t is indeed alarmingl Canada is
raising an army of 100, 900 men and now
that the Alaskan boundry commission
has decided to grant the American con
tentons, excepting Portland, Carada
which is to be given to Cana
da. There may be trouble, aud serious
trouble too. But if they go too far, the
police OF some northern town will have
to take hand in it, 1t looks bad.
A Washington dispatch says tina,
the secretary Of the interior has author
lied the letting of contracts for the
construction of the works necessary Il
the building of the big dam in conuec
tion with the proposed irrigation reser
voir near Phoenix. Ariz. These work;
consist of cement plant, an electric
power house, a steam power plant I
saw mill and a telephone system.
San Juan county needs more chickei
rasers and butter makers, Our loca
markets would take double the amour
Of such products as are brought in, t
say nothing of the great mountain
markets at our door. Eggs are selllu
at 26c. per dozen, and butter as muc
per pound. Bacon, hams and lard a
coming from Kansas City aud Onaht
Why neighbor, there is no other farm
lug community on earth that coul
stand this condition and you are losin
by not doing your part to correct it.
Now that the fair :s over aud couI
adjourned, we have time to mentio
that Aztec is fast building up, and visi
ors note the progress we are making
| New houses are being built all owe
town, no vacant houses and all tn
hotels and roomng houses full, am
business good We know OF severt
others who are planning to build d
soon as arrangements can be completed
Verify, Verify, Aztec will yet show hC
keels to the others in the race for fir
place as the town OF San Juan Count
The New Mexico Irrigation Conver
tion which met at Albuquerque las
week, wasj in every sensei a grand sue
cess. The convention is now permi
nent organization and will be the near
of converting thousands OF acres of ne
arid landsj into beautiful fields and ol
chards 1t means more to the weIfar
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