Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-05-25
SAN JUAN COUNTY, N. M.
The Most Resourcefu and Prosperous Country Of the Great
Souhwest-Her Enterprising Citizens Whose United
Efforts Overeame All Obstacles.

and husiiers Of San Juan county. New
Mexico. none is more active than
Granville PendictOD. vice president OF
the New Mexico Bureau of Immigra
iion, who has been steadily pushing
his county to the front for the past
five years More is probably due 10
Judge PendIetnn than any other one
person in making the AnImss valley
famous Much credit II due TO the
Territorial Bureau OF Immigration.
and TO PrDdleioD M vice president
aud Honorable Max Frost. secretary
of the bureau. and editor of The New
Mexican. In advertising and building
mp this great agricultural district and
the creates, fruit belt in tho United
States Where nature has done 50
much for q country IA II has done for
9an Juan county, Now Mexico. very
little advertising goes long ways 10
ward attracting attention and bring
ing pcopl. who IN turn bring others.
aud 30 On Our sister county to the
south Of US is indeed fortunate in pos.
sc.sing all these rich natural resour
rcs which In time must mako II The
garden spot aud yeritable orchard and
vineyard Of the srsai southwest.
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Notes.
Aztec has very cfeditabla hotel
conducted by &. " Baker. and II is
seli psirunised
E G. Arnold proprietor Of tho Lup
10 hotel. In catering To those who en-
10Y = good meal.
Aztec has one paper. the Index.
Fhich In good representative Of the
community In which Il .s published.
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The town never looked better, The
streets are well kept and Aztec peo
ple are Justly proud Of their New Mex.
can home.
Pennington hs, two weekly papers.
1nc Of which is the Hustler. name
lha, il In keeping with the paper. Col
pnel Sellers being proprietor
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y NJ Prince and Al Dustin have
buiit an extension ia their store and
carry large stock Of everything In
va, Of general merchandise and do
, biz buaincss.
The Fnrmington Times w one OF
h. reliable papers Of the Southwest.
appearing every Friday st Farming
iob under the management and editor
'hip Of William Butler
The flrni National hank. with cap
tai stock of t25 600. established lcaa
han ~ months ago, IN meeting with
'ucoess and growing in favor with the
pubilc.
A jsnnt of hftecn miles lands one
ntn FarmlnRiou, the oldest town in
he county Water works owned by
g ~ Mciionry and electric plant.
furnishes light by private owners
.
Another firm consistslng OF An.
irs~H A Randolph occupy the Eugle.
man building with an upio-date line
of general merchandise and are popu
lar with the people.
Every one who travels knows big
Frank Allen. proprietor of the Grand
hotel aud two.story brick barn Ia con.
nociion with string of firEt clasH
driving horses and buggier Frank
never ovcrloohs man or beast who
putH up with him
The blE orchard containing 7s acres
lust as YOU are entering town he
longs to W \ Kieht II In one OF
san Juan countys monuments OF in.
dusiry. and It's product ls known in
man, OF the large cities of the middle
states
MANY improvements have been
mad" in the past eighteen months
The town has Jus, completed a brick
s-story town hall, ?hs75 feet, si,ua,.
I'D on Main street Touring mill OF
thirty barrels capacity liz nearing com
plction with the lates, improved ma
chinery.
In passing through Aztec the at
tcntion OF the traveller is attracted 20
many pretty homes Fred nunkcr'H
many acres of orchard ON the out
skirts Of town. surrounds his coEy
home Across the street to the left
stands another large fruit tract. be
longing 10 Colonel W. n Williams.
who has conducted successful mcr-
camille business for several years
iohn A. koontI, the pioneer. lives In
another pretty home surrounded by
beautiful orcard. There are SO many
OF these places that II would take col.
umns to make mention of them.