Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-10-16

pGHctlct is uilNlHs All the Samr o"'
of the country. They say that when
IA bear Is recovered he has to be trap
ped or shot. that the hounds from
Archuleta county to Montezuma never
do any good on the bear hunt, but
that they drive all the balance OF the
game away. And they are red eyed
about 1t.
Valentine CioegleIn came in last
night from Cripple Creek to visit his
father. MIR. Goegle-n, With his father
and several others. were the pioneers
Silvertcn. named after Nj. Goeglein"s
daughters. They tampei through Del
Norte in 1875. carrying their blank
cts un over the range to Silverton.
down Cunningham ard Stoney gulches.
VIII Goeglein, the assayer. Is with the
Economic Reduction company at Grip
pie Greek. and Is doing well. He did
not like Goldfield and Bull Frog pitch
Ing
S. w. Raymond business manager
OF The Herald. returned from a tonr
of several days in the Pennington and
Aztec country, yesterday evening and
says conditions in that section are
generally good. the farmers having
raised large crops for which they are
receiving good prices. He thinks the
first class products of fruit are larger
than former estimates have indicated.
The people there are on easy street
and are goging right ahead for great
er achievements. Money appears To
be easy and when the crops have been
harvested times should be exceeding
ly good there.
Pagosa people who have watched
the movements of the Southern Paci
iic surveyors along the San Juan riv'
er from Pennington to Pagosa and
on the north to the divide, toward the
Del Norte country, are very conf
dent tnat will be the route of the main
line and they tell us so. This. how.
ever, will not materially change Du
raneos position for she will be the
same as on main line. with fifty
mile spur Of that road and through
! Rio Grandc road. Having the Rio
| Grande through road the Southern
| Pacific will have TO compete for the
| Durango business and offer rates and
advantages equal TO those offered by
| the Rio Grande to do business here
| Hardly any one will be so impractic
able as to dispute this.
Many Durangoites are planning FOL
visits TO the Pennington and Aztec
| sections during the fall and winter
months, and now and then we heal
our neighbors in the mountains in
quiring about accommodations in tina
| country Our neighbors in New Mex
| leo should prepare for many visitor.
| during the coming winter, hotel ant
carriage transportation for taking il
| the various Aztec ruins and other at
fractions. The whole San Juan will
| be down there before the winter |:
over. And do not do like California
ship all the best fruit out of the coun
try and give the visitors culls. bu
give them the best you have, for man!
of them will have enough money t.
buy from one to forty acres of i'm
proved or unimproved land. Ever,
bank in the San Juan is holding depos
its that are subject to call for invest
ment. Get ready for the visitors ant
treat them right
This week at Aztec the New Mex
leo Oil & Gas company was incorpor
ated TO bore for oil in that region
The company is local organization
almost entirely and the officers an,
directors are:
Judge j. S. Hartman, capitalist, pres
ident.
Or. NJ. D. Taylor. physician, vice
president.
j. r. Williams, vice-president Cit
zens' bank, OF Aztec, land owne,
county commissioner, owner of Azte
drug store, treasurer.
e. p Wilson. editor and proprieto
Index, secretary.
III uuuilibu W ,ilt iUoNt tHe DOdTu
directors includes Alex Hart, liver
firm of Jarvis & Hart; DR.. w. r. Nc
Rec. physician; w. A. Wilson, cor
nected with the Pacific Mutual Insui
ance Co, of California, resident a
Denver.
The New Mexico Oil a. Gas con
Pany has decided to 1t twenty acre
of land on the ranches of j. X. Wi
Jams and c. L. Spath. four mile
northeast Of Aztec. AT this point o.
flows on top Of the water, and expert
say gas as well as oil will be foun
here at less than 1000 feet. Coal /
said to be coo feet from the surface
Artesian water is another possibilit
FOR this company, and the people @
the entire valley are enthusias'icall
supporting the movement. believin
that 1t is time to know what under
lies the valleys of San Juan county
New Mexico, and that money aud et
fort spent in this direction will re
turn many fold 10 the people inter
ested.
The company is capitalized at $3.50
600 and stock will be on the marke
the last of this week Already aboil
$4,000 of stock has been pledged out